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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-03-30
Sugar In Queensland.

Brisbane, which is reached by rail
from the port of Pinkenba, is a grow
ing city. l was surprised to find it a
city without sewers, but it appears
healthful. Queensland is the great
sugar-producing part of the land Of
the Colonies. was informed on what
consider good authority that the SUI
gar crop this year will reach $4,000
tons and that only six thousand tons
of it were raised by coolie labor. All
the rest was raised by white labor
Under the Contract System.
Most OIL the sugar raising is under
the contract system. Some of the
white men are earning as much as a
pound,-or "a. S6-per day. The
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-03-30

Editor Star: l note the contro-
versy in the papers regarding the ex-
tension of the franchise to the Rapid
Transit r. r. Company and wish to
make few remarks which l consider
.opportune at this time All must con-
excellence. The cars are 6rst-class,
the conductors and motormen are
neatly attired, courteous and obliging,
but because the management doesn't
smoke, they deprive their patrons of
that pleasure Three or four seats in
the rear of the car could be reserved
for that purpose, this condition pre-
walls all over the states. Honolulu is
becoming a large city; the car SER
vice is for all the people and should
have no strings for the rich or poor.
All classes should have equal rights.
could suggest to the company if they
have any doubts in regard 10 the mat
ter, why not take straw vote for one
day or "a Week-having previously ad-
vised the public of their in
tention 1t would show the people
at least their good intentions to please
their patrons. These smoker seats
would be occupied by orientals and
laboring men. AS it is now you have
the spectacle of a richly dressed lady
seated next to pake fresh from the
taro patch, clothes wet and dirty The
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-03-30
LABOR CONDITIONS IN THE
COLONIES; QUEENSLAND SUGAR
CROP IS 100000 TONS

growers have small tracts of land, and
sell to mills.
THE government of Australia does
all it can to induce settlers to take it's
lands. Land is sold very low and on
long term payments, 25 years being
allowed. The government also as
sists by lending money at low rate
of interest to enable men to buy ma
chinery, fence their lands, etc. Irri-
cation schemes on a large scale are
also supported. The government has
sent men to the States and has had
}ue.l from the States, studying irriga-
ton problems, with the result that
vast areas of country which were non
productive have been brought under
cultivation.
Labor Party Rules.
Everyone has heard that Sydney
has the most beautiful harbor in the
world, and certainly it is a most
beautiful harbor. The people are pro-
gressive and the city prosperous. The
Labor party is in power and all the
laws favor the laboring man, and l
heard some complaints by business
men to the effect that they did not
know what to expect next,
Auckland, New Zealand, is another
place with a very fine harbor. 1t is
rapidly growing and has a population
of about 100000. Labor is in power
here too and the laws favor the labor
ing man, farmer and settler, every as.
sistance being given the latter in tak-
ing land. The man of small means is
favored rather than the wealthy man.
may mention one instance whe"e an
applicant for land, complying with the
conditions, stated what he was worth,
and the figures were $54 1000. He was
esked if he hadn't made mistake and
when it was found that the figures
were correct, his application was taken
under advisement.
Government Railroads.
"The railways here and in Austria
liza are run BY the government. There
are no Sunday trains in New Zealand.
at least. The service is good.
Maoris Are Ricn.
~ met some of the Maoris AMI found
that they understood some Hawaiian.
They resemble Hawaiians very much,
though, unlike the Hawaiians, most of
them are well to do. This is a result
of their owning much land. 1t is held
by them as a tribe, hence no sale can
be made without signatures all round,
and the government discourages their
selling. Hence the Maoris are among
the wealthiest people and own the best
automobiles
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-03-30

Some very interesting facts concern
ing the sugar industry, labor and other
affairs in Fiji Australia and New Yea
land were gathered by G. ]. Waller, in
a trip from which he has just returned
and in which he had many opportun-
tiles to learn of conditions. Among
the statements made to a Star rep
resentative who asked for a statement
regarding his observations, was that
the sugar crop of Queensland this
year is estimated at 100000 tons, all
but 5000 of which was raised by white
labor.
"The first port visited on the way
from Honolulu" said Mr.. Waller, is
Suva, the principal city in Fiji. 1t is
a prosperous place, rapidly growing,
and the Union Steamship Company is
about to erect large hotel there.
/ Copra, sugar, bananas and pineapples
/ are the principal products. Expert
ments are being made with rubber.
1.-THE Fijians are rapidly decreasing.
+, They seem to be a peaceable, simple
minded race. They are inferior to
the Hawaiians.
Hndus Without Limit.
There are 10000 Hindus in Fiji, i'm.
ported by the British government as
), laborers. Anyone who needs help in
Fiji makes an application to the Brit
ish government and the laborers are
furnished from India. They get from
a shilling to a shilling and three pence
per day. The Fijians are not ambi
, tious and often have to be helped
by the government, though they own
much land that will produce almos
) anything. Many people are seeking
land in FIT, but it is hard to get ex
cept on long leases. Sales outright
are not encouraged, this being I sup
!, pose, for the protection of the FIJI
/ owners.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-03-30

CONTINUED on Page Twelvs.l
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-25
VESSEL WILL CROSS DESERT


nave speed Of ten miles an hour
enough to overcome the current. and
VIII enable the gold hunters to reach
places now Inaccessible.
The boat will be built as any other.
and after she is completed she will be
taken apart. put on a train. and taken
to Flagstaff. sAriz. From this point
she must be taken over a sandy waste
for 200 miles by wagon. At Lees
Ferry crew of men from the ship
yards will put her together again and
launch her. The operation will be cost
ly. but the miners expect to pay for
the steamboat soon with the wider Cd.
erations and make her a fine invest
ment
Persons who have been at the ferry
viii await with interest the attitude
the Navajo Indians will take when
they first behold the monster of the
water as they cross the river for their
trading with the Piutes. Nothing the
whites have brought to their attention
SO FAR has shaken their stole calm.
but this revelation may do so.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-25
THE CARELESS SMOKER.

The average smoker is too careless
IN the manner In which he losses burn
Ing cigar and cigarette butts and light
ed matches about. The chances are
that no damage will be caused. and he
takes those chances. When q home.
business house. a city block. or even
large section OF city. is burned by
q fire starting from a smokers care
iessness the smoker goes scot free.
Ii II not pertinent to ask why the law
should punish a man for splitting on
the sidewalk because some one might
contract germ disease as result of
his carelessness. while no punishment
Is liked to deter him from throwing
IRE about, although millions of dollars
worth Of property and many lives may
be lost II the butt or match chances to
fail where 1t can start fire. The cru
sade of the antismoke contingent is
not making much Roadway as a moral
Issue. a movement for the improve
ment OF public health or an agitation
against the boorish individual who Is
discourteous to those with whom he
comes In contact. says the Louisville
CourierJournal. II II should result In
the enactment OF city ordinances max.
Ing IT misdemeanor to throw lighted
matches and butts about. and in state
laws providing punishment where It is
possible to fix the blame for fire upon
negligent smoker. millions Of dollars
worth OF property and many lives
might be saved. The habit of smoking
cannot be ended by agitation.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-25
FINED FOR DRINKING SOUP
New York Electrician Admits In Court
That He Turned Bowl Up to His
Mouth-Gets Ten Days.

New York.-"Ma! That mans drink
Ing soup from his PLATED" cried Miss
Amanda Richter In horror as she
viewed a diner in her fathers res
taurant at S12 Eighth avenue.
Mrs. Richter came from behind the
cashiers desk and said to the drink.
ing diner:
Decent people don't eat soup that
way"
IF you've got a sponge that amt
working. you might lend it to me-" he
retorted.
He's laughing at you. ma" Miss
Richter said. The man took another
swig at the bowl and announced:
Il didn't come here for no table etf-
quette. come In here for soup and
I'm gettin' what come for"
He said some other things that so
shocked Mrs. and Miss Richter that
they called in patrolman
In the night court the soup swallow
er said he was Bernard Quinn. an hon.
est man and a good electrician Mo-
ther and daughter told their story
Did you eat soup out of a bowi?"
demanded Magistrate House OF Quinn
Il did. indeed, and 1t was good
soup" answered Quinn.
Don't you know better than to eat
soup out OF a bowl?"
That wasn't eatin' soup. your hon.
or That was contamination soup. the
kind You drink"
Do you mean consommey"
! suppose | dor" replied Quinn
Well. find Yea guilty and tine you
slo or ten days." the court announced
Quinn didn't have $40.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-25

battalion of the Continental army,
rhe excavations at the Morris man.
sion have not been completed and
much more material is believed to be
awaiting their industry.
The Morris manor house stood at
the enc Of Cypress avenue. near the
Wills avenue bridge. with series
OF vaults and wine cellars. II has
been said that there was a sub
terranean passage leading to the
Bronx Kills. but the excavators
were unable to find any trace of
such a passage. Near the Morris
manor house was the home of Jonas
Bronx. who had a tiled roof. An
old record says that Bronx used real
silver on his table, had a table
cloth and napkins. and possessed as
many as six linen shirts In this
house. which was like a miniature
fort. the treaty with the Indian
sachems. Ranaqua and Tuckamuck.
was signed by the Dutch in 1912.
Messrs. Bolton and Culver made
excavations near the Willis avenue
bridge. and found stone vault. in
which there was chinaware. II was
probably the property OF Jonas
Bronck.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-25

When does slang cease to be slang /?
This is not a conundrum, but the in.
quiry of a correspondent who seeks
to know what length of life a word
must have. how long must 1t be used
and generally understood. before it
passes from being. as 1t we're. an un.
desirable alien In the realm Of our
words and becomes naturaiized. Every
schoolboy knows that "the herring
pond" means the sea- Most people
would probably term It an American.
ism referring to the Atlantic ocean.
The only dictionary handy duly admits
the hyphenated word. describes 1t as
slang. and illustrates It with Ito be
sent across the herring-pond: to be
transported" says the London Chroni-
Gle. The word was used as long ago
as 1863. when an English ambassador
wrote from Calais to q secretary of
state that he had ''traversed the her.
rfng-pond after about ten hours SAIL"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-25

A one-pounder mounted on a gun
carriage is said now to solve the prob
lem Of firing at aeroplanes. How such
a weapon could be effectively sighted
remains to be shown. The convic.
ton grows that efforts to prepare tor
the aerial battIeship should be along
the line of perfecting the sight. en-
'arging the caliber and lengthenine
the range OF sharpshooter rifles. and
training men for their speediest and
most accurate use.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-25
Regular
Hours for
Chid'S
Study and
Meals
BY WELLS ANDREWS. N. D.

Constant nbblng Of food between meals should be forbidden
destroys the appetite the saliva and
digestion.
Children should be hurried off to school in morning
insufficient and rapidly eaten breakfast Their apptes
this hour from the effects ntae apartment
and they kept school for several hours without they
very i'll prepared for mental work.
The greater number OF children have natural craving for
The important role of sugars furnishing energy active childhood
necessates the consumption of larger proportion of sugar
required by adults The craving Of children for CONNECTIONS
the like furnishes true indication OF the actual requirements
and it be admitted that wholesome candy like
plain molasses candy not only does children
them q excellent food
Simple forms OF wecookd bread and cuad buildings should
be furnished dessert occasionally.
Tea and coffee should be withheld They interfere digestion
and make the child
Too much water should not be allowed with meals given
should not be iced.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-25

Tho burglar win always be abou,
seekiTS for a chance to rob. and the
police problem is how to reduce the
rarks of these thieves to minimum
and make their work so dangerous
that lew will dare to undertake it.
Carelessness and forgetfulness on the
part Of the housekeeper make the
work of these gentry far easier than
It would otherwise be. The police
generally do the best they can, but
they could do far better were not the
burglars offered SO many golden CD
portunities for the work they are al
ways SO ready to do.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-25

The seizure Of Or. Richter. a noted
herman engineer. by Greek bandits
who held him for q ransome of s225.
ooo Will be apt to cause travellers to
avoid Mount Olympus until assurance
Is received that the government of
Greece is strong enough to prevent
such proceedings by the Greek Ma.
nonai society. so-called. for the re-
punishment Of the society's treasury
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-25
Antiquarians Discover Many interest
ing Indian Relics In Heart OF
New York City.

New York.-Many interesting In.
dian relics and much historical mate
rial have been unearthed recently in
the borough of the Bronx by two con-
sulting engineers and antiquarians,
Reginald Pelham Bolton and w. l..
Calvert of this city,.
Messrs. Bolton and Calvert have
made the excavations on Sundays In
the last year to satisfy their thirst
Tor antiquarian knowledge. and the
scene Of their operations has been
where Jonas s. Bronck. the first
white settler in the Bronx. had his
home. Very little has been known
about these places. from an anti
quarian standpoint. The Morris
manor house was occupied by Cow
erneur Morris and was the great
residence in that neighborhood It
was built in the year 1910 and is
now in ruins.
The two antiquarians found In
dian pits in one of which was dis
covered portion of a clay pipe.
which may have been used by Jonas
Bronck- The antiquarians were ju-
bilant when they struck a row of
bake ovens which had been used
not only. by the Indians. but also by
the soldiers of the revolution A
large number of bronze coins of
George L.. George II. and George I'll.
were found. Some of these coins
we're in splendid condition. and one
was almost bright They discovered
a large quantity of cutlery. which
was used by Col. James De Lancey's
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-25
Man Embroiders.

ST. Paul. Minn.-F. e Brandt won
premium in the women's depart
ment at the state fair. being the only
man who was awarded a prize in that
department He won on Hardanger
embroidered lunch cloth five feet
square II took ninety-three skeins ,f
embroidery floss to work the article.
A large number of pieces embroidered
In Hardanger were exhibited. but MIR.
Brandt was the only man competitor.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-25
steamboat win Navigate Canyon Of
Colorado Rlver-euiit fer Use
OF Mining Company.

San Francisco.-One Of the strangest
projects OF navigation ever known is
to be put under way with the compile.
ton OF a steamboat that is now be.
Ing constructed at a local shipyard.
The craft Is first to cross the desert
and then is to be launched on the Col
orado river and navigate part of its
deep canyons. She win be 70 feet
long. of SO tons. and will be driven by
stern wheel.
She Is being built for the use Of a
mining company which has been con-
Quoting some large operations in TAX
Ing gold from the bed of the Colorado
canyon at Lees Ferry. Ariz. This is
the only crossing on the river for hun
dreds OF miles. because the stream
runs through great sand cliffs which
start well up In Utah. and q few miles
below the ferry It dips into the Mar
Ole canyon. which then leads into
the Grand canyon. and the water goes
through the Buckskin mountains far
below their summit
Although the river throughout most
OF It's course Is wild with rapids and
rails. there is long stretch In the W.
cinity OF the ferry house where 1t runs
smoothly. and the curren is not too
strong. II is for the purpose of taking
workers and supplies up and down
stream In the gold operations and for
carrying coal from deposit that has
been found in the Marble canyon that
the vessel Is being built She will
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-25
Hens Peck alInds.

Tarrytown. N. Y.-Frederick Hen
shaw will be blind in his left eye for
life as the result of henpeck. He
was petting Clara. the blue ribbon
fowl in his flock Of fancy poultry.
She was pecking at his face playfuliy
when her beak struck the pupil of his
eye glancing blow.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-25

After she had heard the woman's story and called
her mother to attend to her comfort she watched
vision in costly furs and billowy plumes carry her
poodle little snowdrift and hug him to her
pretty self. This gave her another turn.
When she reached the Office, she didn't NOPE She
only reveled in her ability to do the chiefs CORE
spondence unaided, and reckoned that if fortune
smiled on her in the shape of real rich husband she
would give more Of her time to paupen than. to
poodles
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-25
Deciding
on Right
Kind
of
Husband

Unpleasant
duties the fly the ointment benefits to accre
she considers the payment slight and strikes good bargain accordingly
But the Of primitive instincts been
duled by civilizations edge the idea of marriage with she
docs not love is impossible issue.
Every fiber her being rebels the barter she choice in
the
Money to her insignificant part of the formula happi
be reckoned conjunction with big primal forces
that go to make up her existence
She hawk her from prospective buyer another
for herself the right her happiness gives
self With the splendid generosity of great nature
OF such the real mothers of the
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-25

A Boston Chinaman is going back
70 MS native land after having
amassed a fortune OF half a million
dollars out OF chop suey We venture
TO predict that he Will lose his head
IL ne ever tries to spring that Amer.
lean invention on his fellow country.
men.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-25
Want More Clothes on p.vch.

Bcston.-"i think this statue Of
Psyche should be removed. You know
more dress is needed even on statu-
airy In this climate than in the old
countries" Such was the verdict Of
Franklin Simmons, the sculptor after
an inspection OF the Boston Museum
OF Fine Art His visit had beer brought
about as a result OF the recent crtti-
cisms of the museum In showing nuce
pieces In the public exhibition rooms
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-25

When We read how the aviators are
neid up by rain and foss and other
weather conditions It becomes more
and more evident that an immense de.
veiopment must come in the flying ma.
chine before it arrives at the stage OF
much usefulness.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-25

Hours for children's study and for
meals should be regulated. Sufficient time
should be allowed before each meal to per-
NIT children to wash and prepare them
selves comfortably, without going to the
table excited by hurry. And they should
be required to remain at the table through
out fixed time, never being allowed to
swallow their food hastily in order to COM
plete an unfinished task or game. An in
terval of half an hour or more should m
teryene after meals for recreation, in order
that digestion may be well under way be-
fore any mental exertion is required.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-25

In certain parts Of the country
farmers have been cutting hay with
their automobiles Unfortunately Il
VIII not be possible for many of them
to dig potatoes with automobiles this
year.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-25

One difference between Joy riders
and night riders is that Joy riders
sometimes manage to kill themselves
But they are both dangerous to the in
nocent bystanders.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-25

Whom shall the girl marry-the young
man with muscle or the old man With
money?
The question involves the matter of
temperament. There is the woman who
has little more emotion in her makeup
than the average sack of -four. She lives
for her personal well being, aided and
brought about by material comforts. To
her marriage is little more than the enter
ing into contract whereby she will gain
more of the worlds goods than at present
she is blessed with. The fact that it en-
faila tho norforn anoo Of a fo,~ ...i~--A
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-25

stories have surely heard of me considering the
fame their author relish for work you have
lost through mopng The main people these stories are all Keen
the joy using their facilities Some Of them love their work
first and their sweethearts afterwards.
Then that delightful story of the faithful and conscientious Jane
Eyre and that uplifting in which Maggie Tulve who never has
the things she would has wonderful gift for sefcrfce
And books quite cheering and instructive to the worker
Dickens novels which the heart Of work houses
and houses and all kinds trades and industries and brought next
to people who have things with like ourselves
The best get from mistaken to read
those of Others way the girl moper who
suffers with decrepit standpoint
stenoaphe who used wasn't the and
who had many head wouldn't maeaize
the right direction cold morning frozen
with little children accosted her she left the apart
ment of her mother herself we'll protected against the wind in
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-25

NEW fORkThree
into the
gnoon and 100 pounds of dynamite
enec OF Floating
naeships released that hoated
exploded electric
Wadsworth The experiment New
and that could !.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-25
Girl
Moper
Ought to
Bring Herself
Back to Earth

HAT poor girl moper who goes around wedgng NORWOOD
into your views Miss Gid born with gold spoon
in her mouth you weren't because the general divine
scheme of things has queeed you from way back because
darling of fortune carry around poodes while you
bills and order bookthat moper ought to bring
herself task before she goes the ash heap under the
tube
The "Brushwood Boy" and William the Conqueror" TIVE