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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-27
OUR CANAL RELATIONS.

lust what possibilities OF Honolulu from the Fan"'
canal? n. c..,, e.,
This city, like ports the west coast from Puget Sound to
San Deoo looks upon Panama canal the means OF commercial
Growth but most OF them talk in facts while talk in geleraeS
Is true as has said that steamship from New ok
Oriental bound could destination by going to San
Francisco stop and thence Japan China by the great
circle route could by taking the direct from the canal via
Honolulu
If the great the take going not also the
me @ take coming?
Is it not true that steamship from England and
the Eastern United States to Australia will be changed by the canal
from the North Pacific the South Pacific;
VIII which bring their tea and silk for
the Eastern and European Honolulu for ansspment
short Panama stopping here at all
business left them under coaWise laws!
steamers time than they used to, all the sup
substitute oil for COAL there any
think they will have stop Honolulu whether they
not?
One can see Francisco will profit big cargo port
properly located great and needing competition with the
railroads. distinctly shown yet where Honolulu
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-27

CHARLEY WTLSON--A week ago
I saw this weather coming and pre-
dicted kona.
R. ]. GREENE Custodian Capitol
Some of those confscated scales
dumped outside the reef yesterday
were said to be very light, but l didn't
find one light enough to float.
NORMAN WATKINS-Folks might
be recommended to compare the pacN-
ages of Australian butter weighing
sixteen ounces with those of Califor-
MIA butter weighing fourteen ounces
but sold for a pound
GEORGE w. SMITH-Yesterday
told a visitor to this Paradise of the
Pacific that this weather was UNI
usual but of course no stranger N
any city is expected to believe tha'
sort of a statement. However, it was
true.
DIR. PRATT (Boad of HEALTH we
keep few tame mosquitoes about
the office as pets and for scientlf'
purposes. They are so tame nov
that they will come and eat out o
your hand. You will probably md
few in all of the offices up this wa!
the bows like to have them about
Our mosquito inspectors are not ~
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-27
LITTLE INTERVIEWS

lowed to disturb these pets, but are
sent out in districts where mosqui-
toes are really nuisance.
]. A. GILMAN-It really looks IS
if the supervisors were trying to have
the bitulithic pavement discredited.
They allow a horse to be tied to d
pole opposite the city hall all day
long, stamping and grinding the pave.
ment with its ironshod hoofs. Even
steel pavement would not long resist
such treatment Yes, l have spoken
to them about it-spoken to Dwight,
chairman of the road committeeman
the nuisance continues day after day
SHERIFF JARRETT am glad
that the parties concerned agreed not
to have another baseball game be.
tween the Chinese and the Keios.
The decision saved me from haVing
to pass upon the proposition of wheth-
er to allow such a game or not. If
| had had to decide, / think l should
have prevented the game, for the dan
ger of riot and bloodshed was serlAns
l understand that some of the pruni
nent local Chinese and Japanese mer
chants joined in efforts to have thl
game abandoned.
SUPERVISOR MURRAY expec
that Charley Wilson Will now he ap
pointed road overseer for the distric
/ of Honolulu. | understand that he i.
satisfactory to City and County En-
gineer Gere. | should like to SCI
publication made of all the CORE
spondence between the board an
Road Supervisor Wilder before tn
latter resigned, | do not behs"e tn
statement in the Mayors message t,
the beard that he called for Wilder
resignation. Before the Mayor sen
in that message Wilder had stated
in writing, that he intended to -
sign anyhow, as road supervisor
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-27
under The Cocoanut Tree
BY H. N. Ayres.

"Any more chapters to this serialY'
queried the city editor, sarcastically..
None" replied the reporter, "un-
less there should happen to be resur-
rection."
1--WE haven't had a story like that
for two thousand years" remarked the
city editor, sadly.
O @. o
If the Chinese join the Hilo labor
union a good many folks will think it
queue-rious. (Sic him, TigeD
The entire membership of the civic
Federation is to have a voice in de-
termining the policy of the federation.
Well, it won't be base voice, any.
way.
The weather is hot enough to dis
solve anything from ice to a parlia-
ment.
An unidentified skeleton has been
unearthed in berth in the wreck OF
the Maine. It should be inferred with
the skeleton found in the cupboard.
o O o
! A stranger in town jumped into in
slant fame last night by inquiring of
a policeman where the Saveloy The
alter was. The officer thought enough
of the incident to embody it in re-
port, and, thanks to his precedence,
the bon mot will be preserved and
possibly immortalized.
O o O
The Claude-Tompkynsons of Moi
liili gave a musicale last night at their
charming residence, which was quite
the most delightful function of its
{ CONTINUED On Page Five.)
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-27

Lest we forget, Norton's Comedy
Company, now appearing at the Or
pheum, according to the jolly, jolly
press agent, came here direct from
mainland triumphs, having played to
capacity from New York to Portland,
Ore.
O O @
Pretty chorus girls in new songs
new costumes-every act a scream
every word a laughter-bringer-large-
ly augmented orchestra and absolute
ly new scenery"
Where, oh where, did we read those
words of golden promise? A cocoa
nut, guaranteed milky, for the first
correct answer. Members Of the Nor
ton Comedy Company barred from
this contest.
O O o
The chorus of the Norton Comedy
Company will, it is understood, sing
Eddie Foy's ancient success, IT'S
Fourteen Miles from Schenectady to
Troy" at tonight's performance. They
should sing it with that feeling which
experience alone can bestow.
% @ o
There should be no difficulty in
bringing off a long-distance walking
match while the comedians are in
town. Some of them must have had
an awful lot of practice at the hiking
game.
! O o O
Cupid, of all people, should know
that in union there is strength.
A fellow told us yesterday that h,
made notes on his cuffs in order t,
collar feeting ideas.
The reporter brought in brie
story of an accident just in time TO
the first edition. The facts came in
second instalment and just as the las
edition was going to press the scrib
: rushed breathlessly into the offic
with the news that the injured part
had died.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-27
WaIGT10USG Trust"
Land of PuupueO
ManOa Valley

Since we began selling lots in this
land We have learned a thing or two:
First: That the real demand is for
moderate size house lots-and in &C
cordance with our suggestion the own
err has sub divided the two large lots.
into twelve smaller ones containing
from $4,000 to 10000 square feet; Still
good sized lots!
Second that the lots in this land
come pretty near selling themselves:
The reason? Because the lots are
not remnants nor undesirables left
over after the pick, but are the rear
choice locations. This is easily prov
ed by visit to the land. Let us show
you
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-27
THE DEMOCRATIC WEEKLY.

1t does not follow from that the Honolulu Record has
publication that the Democratic party OF HaWan cannot support
weekly newspaper There Democrats enough for that moderate
responsibility Territory needs politics and government
printed opposition But the fate of the Record tore
doomed when advertising by the board
The live without advertising those which,
send hundreds of thousands OF copies and
satisfied with profit of fraction of cent each But even
The Commoner does refuse advertising altogether.
business enough in Honolulu to have given The Record
even comparatively low price charged for advertising the
weekly field livelihood which, if there change OF parties at
might develop competency But advertising
was not sought; did the Record develop feature
simply editorial pmpheteerng and the field deserved bust
ness methods Of equal spirit and dash.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-27

In review in which 67 British ships participated
the rear line held by vessels of the Majestic class which, at
King Edwards coronation the best and modern of their
dy Now they below par ships like them will be seen
ia the British navy In Germany Japan
produce something will send the Neptune class into second rank
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-27
Uncle Walt
The Poet Philosopher

When baked dry meath bazen sky and the hot winds
~ the plain then stands and he wrngS his hands and
walls for a soaking rain IF the rain would leak
OUR YOU can hear him shrek, "and mosen wheat and
BLESSINGS Jupiter chap when he wants snap could
count the votes. And he yels and sings when
the south wind brings his pacng but If too much
pou hear his 81 wish that this rain would stop! On
scratch garden patch au OF peas and beans
often that whole blamed sky should be run to raise my
The WHOLE bunch Of gods should protect my pods and nour
INV pumpkin trees should the groove to
favor my peas 1t little how the others fare as the
DAYS pass the clouds shed juice and the sun produce its
heat for my garden sassl
Copyright WALT MASON
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-27
WALT MASON.

Nothing but the limitation of habors efficient the pys
cal growth of dreadnoughs.
The 100000 year which the city is spent by
whom look the who doing and then will know
something Of the risks that John X. Sumner took.
ordinance rules the vocal pedders of New York
and dprves city calls of which have been heard
there since the Revolutionary War.
The naval report the military the condition of the
Maine wreck are nicely calculated leave the chief question
So far this summer had but forest fires both small
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-27
HOUSES. FOR RENT.
Furnished.

uTHlSIlChs
WahiaWa, 2 B. R.......$ 3O.OO
Young Street, 2 B. R.. 5000
Hebron Ave, B. r. -. $500
Aiea, 8 B. R. ........... 5O.OO
Spencer ST., 8 B. R. .... 1900
Kaimuli, 18th, B. r.. $500
Unfurnished.
Kinau ST., 8 B. r. ......S 5000
Rose & Kan. " Rd., 3 $500
Waipio, B R. ......... 1900
Wilder Ave, B. r. -. $500
Thurston Ave, 2 B. r.. 1850
Karatti Lane, B R.. $500
Judd Tract, B. R. 80. 1000
Magazine & Spencer, 3. 5000
King St., B. r. ..... $500
Wilder Ave-, B. R. -. 5000
Wilder Ave, 4 B. R. go. $500
Prospect ST., B. R.. q so
Elm & Birch Sts., B. R. $500
Young & Elsie, B. R. 1000
Anapuni St., 2 B. R.. %. 90
Kaimuki 10th Ave, 2 B r 1000
Beretania ST., 2 B. r.. 5000
Christley Lane, 2 B. r.. III so
TRENT TRUST co. LTD.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-27

So far this summer Oahu has had but two forest fires bot
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-02-23
SIGNS AND oMsNs.

The case Of Or HYDE was given a
hearing IN the Missouri supreme ciurt
and N that day his pet maltese cat
died. Tht people around the jail
where the doctor makes his residence.
shook thsir heads gloomiiy, and said
that It looked bad for him. Nobody
ever heard that the death Of cat
presagesd disaster 30 It's owner but
the fact that this cat ded on the day
when Hydes fate was the hands il
the court was considered ominous II
the decision il the court Is against
Hyde the iarlors and sherifs and other
prison officials will say; Il told you
solr says the Empora Gazette
Vivian Gould. a girl who should be
going to high school, was married to a
sepulchersl nobleman old enough to
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-02-23

be her father. A few hours before the
ceremony an awning at the Gould
home fell with crash, and there
was general CONSERVATION. Tne fal,
OF an awning at any other time
wouldn't have attracted attention. but
such an accident on the girls we'd
ding day surely was a sign" OF disas-
ter The matter was considered so i'm
portant that news was telegraphed all
over the country
In all probability the married life
Of this girl will be unhappy, If not
DISASTROUS A. miracle will be re-
CURED 70 prevent IT, And when there
are rumors Of coming divorce the
wiseacres will recall the fall Of the
awning and win say: = told you si!'
Thenceforth The fan Of an awning will
be considered a sure sign Of eyil for
tune.
In this way do superstitions origi-
nate. The country Is full Of people
who believe in "signs." A thousand
years ago a man passed under a ladder
and then had bad day, and every
body believes TO this day, thai bad
luck VIII follow You If you walk under
a ladder.
A thousand years ago man was
reused from his sleep by the howling
Of dog under his window In the
morning his wifes mother came on
protroeted visit Ever since that oc-
currence people believe that you will
have bad luck if a dog howls under
your window.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-02-23


The mails from England to the
United States are heavier by 80 per
cent. since the postage was reduced
to cents, says the British postmas-
ter generals annual report, which has
Just appeared Among the mass OF
facts and figures given by the report
another notable feature is that Lon
doners are now writing fewer letters
and are using the telephone more
For the hrst time a decrease is noted
in the number Of letters passing
through the metropolitan post offices.
The report gives a striking instance
OF British observation-disclosures. the mild
temporary insanity which makes peo-
pie drop unaddressed letters in mail
boxes or send half wrapped up par
cells that shed their contents in the
mails. These stray letters contained
in all s75.6s5 in cash and bank notes
and $S.16S.525 In checks. drafts and
stamps.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-02-23
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

ANY girl who Is able to weep at will
firmly believes she was cut out for
an emotional actress.
And many a man would rather pose
as the defendant In divorce suit than
not get his name in the papers.
A married woman can nearly always
find some consolation in the fact that
her husband admitted his love for
heretofore they were married.
A woman can almost love man
when he tells her that he is going to
intrust her with a secret.
A woman is seldom satisfied with
anything she buys unless she can
convince herself that she got more
than her moneys worth. Chicago
News.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-02-23
a Maine Huntress.

Mrs. Walter Judkins of Portland is
woman to whom the lure of the
Maine woods is strong. She has just
returned from her twenty-third sea
son in the autumn forest with a rec
ord OF 2S deer to her credit. Mrs. Jud-
hns shot her first deer when a girl Of
Is while in the woods in search OF
partridge in her home town Of Gilead.
Mrs. Judkins during her % years
OF hunting experience has tried many
varieties OF hunting costumes and has
finally settled upon what she deems
the most practical She wears IN the
woods a stout grLy sweater a pair Of
very full boomers. the stout hunts
mans stockings and shoe similar
in shape to moccasin and water
proof with top Of skin ana vamp and
soles OF heavy rubber.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-02-23
origin Of Muawump.

The word mugwump is derived from
the Indian tongue. The Algonquin
tribe had a word "mugquomp,' which
meant "chief" or great man." and it
was from this that we got our mug
wump. The term was originally APP
piled to any voter who was nominally
Identified with a particular party, but
insisted on the right to vote with an
other party If he saw fit to do SO.
Generations ago it passed into the local
phraseology of some of the New Eng
land villages, being applied there In
It's original (Indian) Significance to
any village magnate.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-02-23

A girl who has Just returned from a
long visit, during which she collected
a number Of spoons which are souven-
Irs OF The various places visited, re
Gently made them the key to a table
talk at a little luncheon. Beside each
plate we're two spoons. bearing pic
lures or seals OF various cities and
during the luncheon the guests were
asked 10 tell some interesting fact
about that particular city All the
guests declared that 1t was not only
unique method Of directing the con
versation. but the means Of making the
occasion most interesting.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-02-23
CAUSES 95 PER CENT
OF DISEASES.
Advice Concerning Stomach Troubles
and How to Remedy Them.

and ROW to Hemedy neni'
Do not neglect indigestion which
leads to all sorts Of ills and complica
tons An eminent doctor once said
that ninety-fve per cent of all the iis
Of the human body have their origin
in a disordered stomach.
A physician who made a specially
Of stomach troubles, particularly dys-
pepsia, after years Of study perfected
the formula from which Rexall Dys-
pepsia Tablets are made
Our experience with Rexall Dyspep-
STA Tablets leads us to believe them 10
be the greatest remedy known for the
relief of acute indigestion and chronic
dyspepsia Their ingredients are sooth-
ing and healing to the inhamed mem
branes Of the stomach They are rich
in pepsin. one of the greatest digestive
aids known to medicine. The relief
they afford is almost immediate. Their
use with persistency and regularity for
a short time brings about cessation
Of the pains caused by stomach disor
ders.
Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets will insure
healthy sppetite. aid digestion land
promote putritien As e-ideRce of our
sincere faith in Rexall Dyspepsia Tab.
lets. we ask you to try them az our
risk II they do not give you entire
satisfaction. we viii return You the
money you paid It's for them. without
question or formality They come IN
three sizes. prices % cents. 20 cents and
si00 Remember you can obtain them
only at orr Store--The Rexatl Store
II. J. BRoWNSON.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-02-23
Woman civil Engineer.

Miss Lena r. Haas. the civil en-
gineer Of Los Angeles. writes her
name l. r. Haas. consequently when
she applied for entrance to the course
Of engineering at Columbia College,
she was told 10 come on. and It was
not until she arrived that her sex was
discovered. She was the one girl in
class Of $50 men. but she proved
that she could do the work with the
rest Of them.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-02-23
Hoodoo Number Left out.

Ex-Governor Francis of Missouri
discovered 2O-story building In New
Yark that is only 19 stories aigl II is
at Wall and William streets. Believing
himself to be in the Broad Exchange.
Mr. Francis entered the elevator and
said: Thirteen" There amt no
thirteen IN this building" said the boy.
The elevator shot upward Mr.
Francis saw IL an IA; but there was
no number Is. The elevator went on
up TO 90. On the way down the boy
said: They left nut the thirteenth
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-02-23

SO long as there are thousands OF
poorly nourished and underfed men,
women and children In every large
city, many Of whom are sustained by
charitable aid, there can be no over
production OF foods. In every large
city there is an enormous undercon-
sumption not only OF foods but Of
other necessities that are having a
serious effect upon the best develop
ment of cities.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-02-23
A study in EnaIIsh comp0sItI0n.

A Study in English Composition.
In the eighth act Matty burned over
three beauts and Wagner brutally as
saulted the ambient atmosphere. Mike
bingled daisy-cutter down the right
line and purloine6 the middle sack Oh
the first teaser over the rubber Col
Inns solved fadcawRy and sewed It
up by stinging the pill to the fagpole
and ambling around the circuit.
Jinks schlaffed his tee shot into the
DEVILS Den, going to the sixteenth and
messed his niblick recover. His bras
sey fourth connected with the kop
bunker and he lifted. Jones got away
q screamer and was on In three with
a nifty mashie pitch. He rimmed his
approach putt, sank his next for a
bogey five and was dormie two.-Lifs.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-02-23
Hugo Planned own Advertising.


II may not be generally known that
Victor Hugo used to draft the adyer-
tisements of his own books, instead
OF leaving the task to his publishers.
His correspondence with his Belgian
publishers gives the following exam
pie OF the great noveIist's advertis-
ing style: After the middle ages. the
present time; such Is the subject Of
Victor Hugo's double study. What he
did for Gothic art in 'Notre Dame de
Paris that 10 has done for the mod
ern world in Les Miserables The
two books figure in his scheme u
work as two mirrors rejecting the
whole human life" An encouraging
example to those young authors who
cannot make up their minds how
much modesty is enjoined by the best
literary tradition London Globe.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-02-23
LAvERTy NEWS.
++44+4444++ :

The health Of our community is i'm
proving.
We are unable ito supply the de-
mand for farms to rent IL this part
of the county.
Farmers had began plowing, cut
ting stalks and sowing oats when the
rain came and the freeze stopped
them for the time being. Some oppear
to think that the cold snap has dam
aged the peach crop.
Our merchant A. G. Parrish is hav-
ing a fair trade.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-02-23

In her usual way. Chickasha made
good az hostess % the bankers. All
of the visitors declared the conven-
tion here was the best ever We owe
much 10 our local bankers who pro-
vided the "sinews OF war and as
sumed entire charge Of the arrange
ment for the entertainment Of the
clty's guests Several Of the bankers
said they thought the convention
should be held here every year.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-02-23
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

II is a long road that has no toll
gate.
Anyhow. Is about as safe to trust
q stranger as yourself.
Let man tell his wife that he neg
lects her out Of sentiment and she will
believe t.
You can teach a boy mathematics
with reason you have to whale good
conduct into him.
II all the men who are always crazy
to go fishing We're ordered to do it by
the state they would want to get up q
revolution about it.-New York Press
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-02-23

A woman and her daughter were at
sea during rough weather. After
silence Of some time the mother
asked: Are you seasick. dear?"
NO. | think not replied the
daughter; "but I'D hate to yawn."-
Ladies Home Journal
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-02-23

Just to show that hts tongue Isn't
cleaying to the roof OF his mouth and
that bis jaw hasn't lost It's cunning
Colonel Roosevelt made only six
speeches IN Chicago yesterday
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-02-23

We do q the new slogan adopted
by the Oklahoma City Chamber Of
Commerce That ought 10 be suf-
ficIent warning 10 the unsophIsiicated
% be on The look out.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-02-23

George Petty and Tom Dwyer may
have been able TO wresile with
feather-weight in their younger days
but they can't come back now.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-02-23

State supt Wilson isn't losing any
opportunity to put in a good lick for
the ! H. & c. He did an excellent
bit OF service for the Institution when
he prevailed upon the house commit
Tee to recommend an appropriation
OF $1,000 for the library