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STORY Of THE PLAGUE THAT IS NOW
SWEEPING THROUGH THE FAR EAST

difficult to obtain, owing to the al
most general absence of vital stats
tics. But in China alone, 100000
persisted, while in the rest of the ORR
ent,' in northern Africa and in the
countries bordering on the Mediter-
ranean 24,OOO,OO0 died in three years.
Italy lost one-half of it's population,
fifteen European cities lost 100000,
Germany nearly 100000. During the
three years rage of the scourge in
Europe, 1347-5O, there persisted 25,-
10000 people.
Nor was the ocean any safer than
the land. The dire and dealy cloud
swept over the face of the waters Riy
ers full of putrefying corpses poison
ed the sea, and we are appalled, by
stories of plague stricken ships, their
decks numbered with corpses, drifting
up and down the Mediterranean, the
Baltic, the Black sea, the English
channel and the North sea.
Perish by the Million.
In 1348-51 at least half of the popu-
lation of England perished-2,5OO,O 900
out of a total of 100000! In Lon
don the black death found 100000
victims; $1,000 out of 10000 were lost
at Norwich and 1000 out of 10,OOJ
died at Yarmouth. These figures are
fairly authentic, being borne out by
local records. The mortality of Paris
was $4,000, in Venice, 100000 and IL
Florence, 10000.
No doubt the frightful mortality
largely was due to the insanitary anl
uncleanly habits of the various PEG
pies. Whatever may have been thu
original cause of the black death
outbreak in China it's deadly spread wa
undoubtedly due to infection and con
tagion, brought from the far east q
Constantinople by the many carava
routes jim fact the march OF tn
, scourge from orient to Occident ma
be individually traced by these latte
l trade routes. BY contagion it reache
| the seaports of Italy and souther
a Europe; thence to Germany, France
e Russia, Sweden and England. Thre
$ years elapsed between the appearance
of the black death in Constantinopl
= and it's outbreak in st. Petersburg.
d One rather remarkable fact
vouched for by competent auth lite
Unlike the plague, which revisited tn
e same localities for upward of thoui
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BEAT HIM TO THE STATION.

When 1 was patrolman," says a
prominent detective, there used to be
a sergeant on the force who had it
in for me. He reported me for various
delinquencies, and well, he's dead now,
I won't say anything against him. He
got sick, and it was reported at the
station that he wasn't expected to live
So the boss called me and told me to
go around and see if could do any
thing for the old fellow, and asked If
could see him. They let me in. I
tiptoed into the room where the SER
geant was in bed, and said, The lieu
tenant sent me around to see how you
were getting along
Tile spoke with difficulty, but
could make out what he said. Go
back he said, and tell 'em that I'm
getting along fine. The boys have
fixed me up all right, and don't
need anything. I'm feeling better
so I went back to the station.
was stopped a couple Of times on my
way and got in about half an hour
later. Then I made my report. He
says he's better and doesn't need any
thing says T. The lieutenant jump
ed up. DO you mean to say you saw
him?' says he. Z did, says l. And he
told you he was all right?' Yes, sir.
You blamed liar!' shouts the lieuten,
ant 7 got a message ten minutes age
that he was deadv
"And it was true. What do yol
think Of that old scoundrel trying {,
get me in bad with his dying breath?
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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THOSE OHIO BRIRERs.

It would appear that the court au-
thorities in Adams county, Ohio, still
have large amount of work on hand
in connection with those political cor
ruption cases. In the 1908 election
the county cast 6,O5S votes. So far
only $500 voters have been indicted
or confessed guilt in the present in
vesugation. However. the authorities
appear to be conducting affairs in i
manner to justify belief that the
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death.
Speaking from medical standpoint
it is considered probable that the
dancing mania was closely allied to
what has been more recently known
as St. Vitus' dance, or st. Johns
dance; in fact, this was the name Civ
Ell to it in several localities. Some
thing akin to it in Italy was called
the Tarantula, being supposedly caus-
ed by the bite of venomous spider
From this is drived our modern dance
movement called a Tarantella.
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there appeared in the streets crowds
Of dancing men and women who be-
came So frenzied that they lost all
of self-c control, leaping and
cavcrting until they dropped dead
Some declared that they saw visions;
others, in despair of escaping from the .
plague or black death, adopted an at /.
titudn suggestive of the reckless, say
ing: ct us eat, drink and be mer-
ry, for tomorrow we die"
Naturally, under cover of this quasi
religious mania the widest excuses
took place, and there is little doubt
that many impostors Joined the ranks
Of the enthusiasts in the hope of plum
der ar o! license. There is no means
OF estimating accurately how great
was tire mortality, but it IS certain
that In the low countries, Metz, Col
ogne, and ST. asburg thousands perish
ed in mis- vierd dancing mania.
Hours in Wild DeIirium.
The spectacle must have been
strange ard terrifying. The deluded
enthusiasts formed circles, hand in
hand, and, losing all control of them
selves, continued, regardless of by
! ISLANDERS, dancing for hours together
! in wild delirium until at length they
fell to the pavement in a state of ex-
: haustion. Then they complained of
extreme depression and groaned as if
in the agonies of death until cloths
were twisted tightly about their waists
or fore heads, when they sometimes
recovered or remained normal until
the next attack. Sometimes vigorous
cold-water douches had a remedial eff
tect In other cases the sound of mus
lc brought relief, while another rem
edy consisted in violent humping
and punchings by the spectators
some of whom in turn, especially chill.
dren, became infected by these mac
orgies.
While dancing the victims neither
saw nor heard, being insensible t,
external impressions through thu
senses, but were haunted by hideou
visions Of evil spirits, whose name
they shrieked imploringly. Some as
serted that during the paroxysms the
= felt themselves immersed in a sea O
blood, which compelled them to lea
% so high. Others saw the heavens op
. en- and the saints and the Virgin Mar
a appear. When the obsession was com
plete the attacks began with epilepti
e commissions, during which those al
fected fell to the ground senselesi
champing the jaws, painting and labor
. ing for breath. SUDDENLY they woul
spring up and begin dancing anew !
d a final frenzy which too often ended
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Oahu Railway
tHIN1E TABLE
OUTWARD.

For waianae,. Weialua, Kahuku ara
Way Stations-"9:15 am. $500 pm.
For Pearl City, Eva Mill. and Way
Stations-+7:3O am 1915 am, '11:SO
am, '2:15 pm, 1920 pm, '5:l5 pm,
1890 pm, 511:15 pm.
For Wahiawa and Leilehua-.10:20
a. m, 1915 p. m, 1880 p. m. t1l:16
p. m.
INWARD
Arrive Honolulu from kahuku, Wal
alua aad Waianae-'s:S6 am, '6;SR
pm. 49,
Arrive Honolulu from Eva Min ana
Pearl City-f7:45 am, 1886 am,
"11:O2 am, '1:4O pm. '4:26 pm,
Arrive Honolulu from Wahiawa ana
Leilehua-'9:15 am, t1:4O pm, '6:3I
The Haleiwa Limited, a two-houe
train (only frst-class tickets honoredls
leaves Honolulu every Sunday at $3.50
Ia. m; returning, arrives in Honolulu
at 1910 pm. The Limited stops only
I at Pearl City and Waianae outward,
and Waianae, Waipahu and Pearl City
| inward.
'DaIiy. Except Sundays IsundayS'
a nEN1soN ohiy' r e SMITH.
Superintendent q, +. A
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and years, the black death was never
known to reappear in a once stricken
area. Nor, with modern methods of
sanitation, and quarantine, would it
ever be possible for such a scourge
to obtain foothold nowadays.
History of the Plague.
Curiously enough, the black death
left an indelible impress upon Euro
pean letters. In Bulver's "Rienzi"
there is a vivid account of the pestil-
ence in Italy, but it is in the preface
to the 'Decameron" of Bocaccio that
we find a particularly minute descrip-
ton of the sights and scenes during
the dread visitation at Florence In
: l24S, published in 1858, less than five
years thereafter. It will be remember
ed that the hundred tales which go to
make up the book were supposed to
be narrated to each other by a party
Of ladies and gentlemen who were re-
flgees on nearby country estate dur
ing a period of ten days.
Directly traceable to the human
r misery growing out of the terrible
; epidemics was deadly mania known
, as the dance of death, which was ia
, tai &c untold thousands.
1t had its rise in Germany in the
fourteenth century, and was at first an
allegorical miracle play" or "mys.
terry" like the Passion Play, intended
} to remind living beholders of the i'm
m'nent presence and power of KinE
; Death, the great destroyer of all man.
+ kind. The action consisted of dia,
} iogues between Death and a number o
> typical followers portrayed in or neaI
Y churches by various religious orders
$ From Germany the fashion spread t
4 France and the low countries, becam,
extraordinarily popular, and was treat
Y ed in every possible way in pictures
/ tapestries and bas-reliefs.
Blind Terror.
e II remained for human terror to de
S vclop 10 he old mystery play into tn
S dancing mania, fatal to hundreds q
10 thousands Of people throughout Eur
o ope When the whole continent wa
II scourged by successive visitations {
e the plague and the black death
y hind tenor took possession of tn
,r people. Frequently this was height
d ened by fanatics who declared thf
n the scourges were the visible juda
., ments Of an offended Deity. To ignol
se ant and educated alike familiar wit
re the old morality plays death becam
lie a real and dreadful personality stall
Ing over tho land, swooping down G
IS cit! and town, now IN the guise of
IS. grisiy skeleton now mounted on pa
ne horse, as in the Book Of Revelation.
s. In lhe cities and towns of Eurol
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HEAVY LOSSES. THOUGH!

The fact is that this country was
not ready for any of its wars, but 1T
was never hipped.-Columbus Dis
patch.
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roundup will be completed.-Chicago
Journal.
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Fine Job Printing, Star Office.
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| - WEtEAL"S 81 AK
With yesterdays issue the paper began appear
with minimum of twelve pages daily and corresponding
in the size of the usually large Saturday
the line of the front page to it's last
ward be newspaper of which Honolulu the
Islands may well feel proud
It's motto will be"Cet Everything And Publish First"
The city service of The Star complete
possible to make it. The Island of Oahu will fully
after day. Arrangements complete
Islands SERVICE while cabeand letter will
regularly from San Francisco Washington
All happenings of the day will known
afternoon
paper
by offers entirely the few well
delivered the Islands 70 month 800
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-02-03

and years, the black death was never
known to reappear in a stricken
area. Nor, with modern methods of
sanitation, and quarantine, would it
ever be possible for such a scourge
to obtain foothold nowadays.
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home governments For the benefit
of the others of you a simple test has
been arranged for tonight. This cap
on the table is charged; its inventor
is at his wireless instrument, fifteen
miles away At three o'clock he will
turn on the current that will explode
it." Four of the eleven men looked
at their watches. 1T Is now seven
teen minutes past two. I am instruct
ed. for the purposes of the test, to
place this cap anywhere you may Sc
lect-in this house or outside of 1t. in
box. sealed, or under water. The
purpose is merely to demonstrate its
efficacy; to prove to your complete
satisfaction that 1t can be exploded
under practically any conditions"
His entire manner underwent a
change: he drew chair up to the
table, and stood for an instant with
his hand resting on the back.
"The compact is written in three
languages-English. French and Ital-
ian. i shall ask you to sign, after
reading either or all, precisely as the
directions you have received from
your home government instruct On
DenalI OF tne tuTee eiedleSl hdih
countries. as special envoy of each. l
will sign first"
He dropped into the chair. signed
each of the three parchment pages
three times, then rose and offered the
pen to the cowled figure at one end
of the semicircle. The man came for
ward, read the English transcript,
studied the three signatures already
there with a certain air of surprise.
then signed. The second man signed.
the third man. and the fourth.
The fifth had Just risen to go for
ward when the door opened silently
and Mr.. Grimm entered. Without a
glance either to right or left, he went
straight toward the table. and extend
ed a hand to take the compact.
For an instant there had come
amazement, a dumb astonishment. at
the intrusion. II passed. and the hand
of the man who had done the talking
darted out, seized the compact. and
held 1t behind him.
IF you will be good enough to give
that to me. your Highness." suggested
Mr.. Grimm quietly.
For half a minute the masked man
stared straight into the listless eyes
OF the intruder. and then:
Mr.. Grimm. you are in very grave
danger"
THAT is beside the question" was
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Toistoy's intensity.

We quoted the other day an inter
esting description of the count by an
eminent Russian writer. Everything
in Tolstoys character. he said. attains
Titanic proportions. "As n drinker
he absorbed fantastic quantities of
liquor. As gambler he terrified his
partners by the boldness OF his play.
AS a soldier he advanced gayly to bas-
ton four. the bastion OF death. at
Sebastopol. and there he made dying
men laugh at his witty sayings. He
surpassed everyone by his prodlgious
activity in sport as well as In liters-
ture."-London Times.
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CHAPTER XIII.
The Percussion Cap.

There was a long. tense silence
The cowled figures had risen omin'
ously; Miss Thorne paled behind her
mask. and her fingers gripped her
palms fiercely. still she sat motion
less. Prince d'Abruzzi broke the ST.
lence. He seemed perfectly calm and
self-possessed.
How did you get in?" he demand
ed.
"Throttled your guard at the front
door. took him down cellar and locked
him In the coalbin." replied Mr..
Grimm tersely. Il am waiting for
you to burn It,"
And how did you escape from
from the other placer"
Mr. Grimm shrugged his shoulders.
Tho lamp is In front of you." he
said
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YES, THERE ARE FLATHEADS
Minor to Produce the Ap-
proved Shape.

People who are markedly broad.
headed are more or less nattened at
the back OF the head. Some of tho
fiattest headed people of the world
are among tho Armenians and tho
tribesmen in the highlands OF Asia
Minor and some OF them practice the
custom OF bandaging the babies heads
in order to get them the approved
shape 1t ia just the opposite in
Crete.
With the exception OF the better ed
ucated people In the towns and In tho
village In the mountains all Cretan
mothers bind the heads OF their chill.
dren when tiny to make them OF n
nice round form. In fact. when was
pressing home my questions in order
to make quite sure OF the object tho
mothers had In view one OF them told
me that had very bad head" and
that my bumps and ridges ought to
have been smoothed away in my in.
fancy Yet. after a fairly exhaustive
inquiry. ! came to the conclusion that
the bandage In Crete Is never tight.
and lasts for so short a time that
nothing Is effected.-C. II. Hawes. 10
the Wide World Magazine.
The Paonia progressive and the Paonia newspaper., 1911-09-21

to feel better when l had taken only
one bottle of Compound, but kept on
rs was afraid to stop too soon."-Mrs-
SADIE MULLEN, 2728 n. Is. ST., FL
wood, Ind.
Why will women take chances with
an operation or drag out a sickly.
half-hearted existence, missing three
fourths of the JOY of living. when they
can find health in Lydia L. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound2
For thirty years 1t has been the
standard remedy for female ills. and
has cured thousands of women who
have been troubled with such all
ments as displacements. Inflammation.
liberation. fbroid tumors, irregulari-
ties, periodic pains, backache. indiges-
tion, and nervous prostration.
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vege.
table Compound will help yous
write to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn,
Mass, for advice Your letter
will be absolutely confidential
and the advice free.
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And nnd your way here?" the

And find your way here?" tho
prince pursued.
Again Mr.. Grimm shrugged his
shoulders. For an instant longer the
prince gazed straight into his in
scrutable face, then turned accusing
eyes on the masked figures about him.
is there a traitor?" he demanded
suddenly. His gaze settled on Miss
Thorne and fingered there.
Il can relieve your mind on that
point-there is not." Mr.. Grimm as
sured him. Just a final word. your
Highness, II you will permit me. I
have heard everything that has been
said here for the last fifteen minutes.
The details of your percussion cap are
interesting. l shall lay them before
my government and my government
may take It upon itself to lay them
before the British government You
yourself said a few minutes ago that
this compact was not possible before
this cap was invented and perfected.
1t isn't possible the minute my gov
ernment is warned against its use.
That will be my first duty"
You are giving some very excellent
reasons, Mr.. Grimm" was the delib-
crate reply. why you should not be
permitted to leave this room alive"
Further" Mr.. Grimm resumed in
the same tone. Il have been ordered
to prevent the signing of that COM
pact. at least in this country. 1t seems
that / am barely in time. II 1t is
signed-and 1t will be useless now on
cta ttnlaaa
der me-every man who signs It will
have to reckon with the highest pow
er of this country. VIII you destroy
It? / don't want to know what coun-
tries already stand committed by the
signatures there"
II will not" was the steady re-
sponse. And then. after a little: Mr..
Grimm, the inventor of this little cap.
insignificant as It seems. will receive
millions for II. Your silence would be
worth-just how much?"
Mr.. Grimm's face turned red, then
white again.
Which would you prefer7 An in
dependence by virtue of a great for
tune. or-or the other thing?"
Suddenly Miss Thorne tore tho
mask from her face and came for
ward. Her cheeks were scarlet. and
anger famed in the bluegray eyes.
Mr.. Grimm has no price-I hap
pen to know that" she declared hotly.
Neither money nor a consideration
for his own personal safety will make
him turn traitor" She stared coldly
into the princes eyes. And we are
not assassins here" she added.
CTo BE CONTINUED
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SYNOPSIS.

Count di Rosini. the italian ambas-
oador. is at dinner with diplomats when
a messenger summons him to the em-
bassy. where a beautiful young woman
asks for a ticket to the embassy ball
The ticket is made out in the name OF
Miss Isabel Thorne. Chief Campbell or
the secret service. and Mr.. Grimm. his
head detective. are warned that plot is
brewing in Washington. and Grimm goes
TO the state ball for Information: His at
tention Ia called to Miss Isabel Thorne'
who with her companion. disappears
shot Is heard and Senor Alvarez OF the
Mexican legation. Is found wounded.
Grimm Ia assured Miss Thorne did II; ne
visits her. demanding knowledge OF the
Thorne Visits an old bomb maker. and they
discuss a wonderful experiment FIFTY
thousand dollars Is stolen from the office
of Senior Rodriguez, the minister from
Venezuela and while detectives are In
vestigains the robbery Miss Thorne ap-
pearS as a guest OF the legation. Grimm
accuses her of the theft: the money is
the disappearance of Monsieur Boissegur
the French ambassador. Elusive MISS
Thorne reappears. bearing a letter when
states that the ambassador has been KID
naped and demanding ransom. The am
baEsador returns and again strangely DIS
appears Later he is rescued from an old
house in the suburbs. 1t Is discovered
and that he is Prince d'Abruzzi. Grimm
figures In a mysterious jail delivery He
erders both Miss Thorne and d'Abruzzi
10 leave the country. they are conveyed
to New York and placed on steamer
but return. Grimm's coffee is drugged
and upon regaining consciousness he finds
. sympathetic note from Isabel Thorne.
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possible until three years ago, when
the navies of the world were given
over into the hands of one nation-my
country. Five years ago fellow
countryman of mine happened to be
present at an electrical exhibition in
New York City. and there he wit
messed an interesting experiments
practical demonstration of the fact
that a submarine mine may be ex-
ploded by the use of the Marconi
wireless system. He was a practical
electrician himself. and the idea lin
gered in his mind. For two years he
experimental, and finally this result
ed" He picked up the metal spheroid
and held It out for their inspection.
AS 1t stands 1t is absolutely perfect
and gives a worlds supremacy to the
Latin countries because 1t places all
the navies of the world at our mercy.
1t is a variation of the wellknown
percussion cap or fuse by which
mines and torpedoes are exploded.
THE theory of 1t is simple, as are
the theories OF all great inventions:
the secret of its construction Is
known only to its INVENTOR man of
whom you never heard. 1t Is merely
that the mechanism OF the cap is SO
delicate that the Marconi wireless
waves-and only those-will fire the
cap. In other words. this cap Is
tuned. II / may use the word. to a
certain number OF vibrations and half
vibrations; a wireless instrument OF
high power. with modifying addition
which the inventor has added has only
to be set in motion to discharge 1t at
any distance up to twenty-five miles.
High power wireless waves recognize
no obstacle. SO the explosion of a sub
marine mine is as easily brought about
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as would be the explosion of a mine
on dry land. You will readily see its
value as a protective agency for our
seaports."
He replaced the spheroid on the
table
But its chief value is not in that"
he resumed. Its chief value to the
Latin compact. gentlemen. is that the
United States and England are now
concluding negotiations, unknown to
each other. by which they will pro-
tect their seaports by means of mines
primed with this cap. The tuning OF
the caps which we will use is known
only to US; the tuning of the caps
which they will use is also known to
u.s. The addition to the wireless ap-
paratus which they will use is such
that they can not. even by accident,
explode mine guarding our sea-
ports: but, on the other hand, the ad-
dition to the wireless apparatus which
we will use permits of the extreme
high charge which will explode their
mines.- To make II clearer we could
send navy against such a city as
New York or Liverpool. and explode
every mine in front of us as we went;
and meanwhile our mines are impervi-
Gus.
Another word, and have finished.
Five gentlemen. whom I imagine are
present now, have Witnessed a test of
this cap. by direct command OF their