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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-12

tercourse was established, though un-
til 1916 the natives were still known
for their rude and insolent manner to
strangers. At the present time they
are quiet enough, and known through
out the Pacific for their keen business
instincts. In 1886, when the present
writer was living there, there were
also the following white residents:-
Rev. F. E. Lawes, of the London Mis-
sionary Society (then a resident for
% years., his wife, and family; Mr..
Nicholas (trader), wife, and family;
Mr.. George Head and family, and an
other trader named Patterson. AL
though there was a yearly elected
King, the real ruler of the island was
Lawes. who had an extraordinary in
fluence over the natives. They bore
him the utmost respect may say
affection-and were extremely jeal-
GUS of him. For instance the people
of his own town, Alof, did not like his
visiting any other town unless it was
absolutely necessary.
The interior of the island is, for the
most part, very rough and overgrown
with guava scrub. Yet the soil is
wonderfully fertile, and amidst the
broken coral may be seen growing
oranges, bananas, melons, custard ap-
pies, grenadillas, sugarcane, and many
kinds of European vegetables, such as
onions, French beans, tomatoes, and
cabbages. The Niuean cabbages are
unique and famous all over Polynesia.
Imagine a stalk from three to six
inches in circumference, and leafiess
but out of the stalk grow at intervals
cabbages from lb. to lb. in weight.
The highest part of the island does
not exceed 200 it., fresh water is
scarce-there are no streams-and is
conserved in the rains in large wood
en- bowls. The kava tree grows pro-
fusely, but the use of the beverage
made from it's root is forbidden. Never
theless one can always get a drink of
kava at any time sub rosa. Fish is
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-12

somewhat scarce except at certain
seasons of the year; pigs and fowls
ere plentiful. y
The Savage Islanders make excel
lent boatmen, and some years ago
there was scarcely a trading vessel
that did not carry boats crew OF
them. For handling boats in the surf
they cannot be excelled. Then as la
borers on the guano islands they have
always been in great demand, receiv-
ing 93 per month and being found. In
the missionary cause they are liberal
contributors, and one of the London
Missionary Society's small schooners,
the Niue, was built from the proceeds
of the natives donations. The main
product Of the island is copra (about
500 to 700 tons annually); then comes
fungus, cotton, and yams.
The climate is extremely healthy,
and the natives are a vigorous, stall
wart race; but Niue, like all the Pa
cific Islands, has it's drawbacks. The
plague Of flies is perfect curse, and
next to that is the pest of grass seed.
The guava scrub is also a great nuis-
ance, and greatly retards cultivation.
When the fruit, which is of large size
and excellent flavor, is in season, a
basket holding 200 or 300 can be
bought for Cd or less. Hat-making is
great industry on the island, the re-
tail price being from Is to rs. They
are made by the women from the leaf
OF the fala (pandanus or screw pine
tree), but are Of poor quality.
Life on Nihue is monotonous to the
white trader except during the copra-
making season, when he is kept busy.
There is nowhere to go in the even
ings, no pleasant walks, no ripping
streams as in Samoa or Fiji, and the
people have no dances or amusements
of any kind like the merry-hearted
Tahitians and Samoans. Twelve
months was enough for me.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-12
lei HAD ECZEMA.

I'd wash it away with that mild,
soothing liquid D. D. D. Trial bottle
25c. Relieves all kinds of skin trou-
BILE, cleansing away the impurities
and clearing up the complexion as
nothing else can.
Yes. If had any kind of skin trou.
BILE I'D USE D, D. D. Benson. Smith
& Co.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-12

mad. Admiral Rojestvenslly, taking
the opportunity, at once gave the or
der to open fire. The time was POS,
and the distance 1000 meters.
But this decision of Togo was re.
sponsible for the complete destruc-
ton Of the Russian fleet in the ensu-
ing battle. If the Japanese fleet had
passed by the Russian in an opposite
direction, the Japanese would not have
been able to concentrate their entire
fire on the Russian vessels one by
one, and disable them one after an
other Moreover, once past the whole
length of the Russian fleet, it would
have been difficult to catch up with
the whole line of hostile ships for a
second time. 1t actually occurred that
the Japanese throughout the battle
continually headed off the Russian
fleet, and prevented flight to Vladi-
Yostok. The rest of the story is known
to the world.
Another monumental decision made
by Togo at a psychological moment is
also on record. On July 25, 1894, when
the Chino-Japanese war was begun,
Togo was the captain of the cruiser
Naniwa, which had captured the Brit
ish steamer Kaoshing, carrying 1000
he
Chinese refused to surrender on the
ground that there had not yet been
any declaration of war, and they or
dered the British captain of the
steamer to take her back to Chefoo.
The captain was threatened with
death should he disobey. He, on the
other hand, believing that the Jap
anese would sink the steamer, should
he obey the Chinese, left the matter
to the Japanese for decision. 1t would
have been easy to sink the steamer,
but she belonged to England, at that
time more friendly to China than to
Japan, and any imbroglio with that
country was not to be thought of at
that particular moment. Still, the
damage to the prestige of Japan in
revoking the order of capture once is
sued, and it's effect as to future STRAIT
egg, had to be considered. There was
no time to consult any international.
code of law. Togo stood for a few
moments on the bridge thinking with
closed eyes and folded arms, and then
ordered the English crew to leave the
ship. Then he sank her. The minis
tiers at Toxic were astounded upon re-
ceiving the news, and declared that
the navy men were much too violent.
British public opinion was aroused,
and the commander of the British Far
Eastern fleet demanded that the Jap
anese cease overhauling any vessel
under the British flag. Togo was SUM
moned by the commander-in-chief of
the Japanese fleet and cross-exam-
ined. He explained the circumstances
which made the firing on the British
steamer unavoidable, and said that if
he were mistaken they might decapi-
tate him as a sort of apology to Eng
land. Fortunately DIR. Lawrence and
other authorities on international law
in England justified the action taken
by Togo, and the ruffed feelings of
the English were pacified.
Calm but resolute, unobtrusive but
strong, undemonstrative but very
warm-hearted, such is the general
Japanese estimate of Togo's charac-
ter, He lives in Toxic in a very mod
est house; facing a sloping lane, about
six feet wide. This lane his neigh
bors named Togo-zaka (Togo slope)
during the waT.-Oriental Review.
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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-12
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and Nasty Medicines.

and Nasty Medicines.
That mild, soothing liquiu, d. d.
d. Prescription, stops the awful itch
with the first DROPS A prescription
of acknowledged value.
Get a bottle. 1t will take away the
itch right away and you will sleep
soundly, We assure you personally
of the merits of this remedy; for we
KNOW. Benson, Smith & Co.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-05-19
SHOWS NOW LAZY a CLERK CAN BE

THE lazy government clerk has so
! long been standard type in cur
rent fiction that his fellow, the lazy
bureau chief, is often utterly neglect
ed. OF course, the bureau chief Is
fewer and farther between than the
clerk, and his lazness is thereby not
quite so apparent
1t was a pleasant spring afternoon
in nameless government office. The
town clocks were striking three. The
sunshine lay warm and brilliant across
old rugs, and glancing from the hand
some finish of dull mahogany desks
A caller entered the anteroom to a
certain bureau chiefs den. rs Mr.
k" he began.
The clerk was busy at the telephone,
and waved a hospitable hand toward
a row of empty chairs.
"Just a minute" he said, and then
turned again to the telephone. The
visitor tried not to overhear, but new
ertheless got something like this:
what did Murphy say TO that? :.
O, come now. You did? :.
Get out Not SC your notice it.
The reason was ! felt tired and went
out for walk with Murphy.
He ought to have it painted on his
shirt front Well, what do you
suppose l called you up for-to tell
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-05-19
SPEAKER NO LONGER is RULER

tees prepares the political pathway
for the house majority on which II
must travel to victory or defeat. The
mighty appropriations committee. act.
ing as a board Of directors of the gov.
eminent bank and as the regulator Of
public expenditures, does a non-parti.
san and truly patriotic service to the
entire government. But the rules com.
mittee, which ranks equally with the
two named before-carrying out the
figure of the house as locomotive
must In itself generate the power that
thrills the whole machine with life and
motion and enables it to travel safely
along the legislative highway.
The engineer Of this locomotive com.
mittee is Representative Robert Lee
Henry of Texas. His is the hand that
must close on the levers at the right
time. and his is the hand that must
sound the warning whistle and apply
the brakes and take the upgrades on
the high speed and the down grades
conservatively and with caution. Be.
ing responsible for the locomotives
progress, he is accordingly responsible
for the entire train of committee cars
behind him, and plotting them and
their precious cargo to a safe destina.
toin is his huge work.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-05-19

requires considerable engineering ex-
perieLae the farmer does not and Is
not expected to have. 1t Is no refec-
ton upon him to say he is not sue
cessful road builder-any more than
it would be to question his ability In
carpentry To have the best supervi.
sion the township or road district Is
too small a unit. The mileage is too
limited to make 1t practical to have an
experienced road builder in charge.
Hence the present thought Is that the
county should be the road district, or
perhaps there might be two districts
in large counties. The road super
visor should be capable, experienced
engineer employed by the year, or the
season Let him get the necessary
tools, men and teams and do the work
when it ought to be done. When grad
ing is necessary, the earlier in the
spring it is done the better. The sur
face ought not to be disturbed after
the first of July.
The first and most important step
is road drainage. No drain, no road.
1t is exceedingly important to have
one in charge who knows his business.
AS road drainage will be treated at
length In another article, the writer
will not elaborate upon 1t at this time.
The drains can be laid at any season
when the frost is out of the ground.
Culverts can be built, the roads drag
ged, weeds cut, etc. This will give
work from early spring until fall.
With the county as unit, plan
five-year campaign of grading and
draining, beginning with the main
roads and extending the work in the
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-05-19
Ia OF as'IllERLO0Xllsaa'' ar CAPITAL

Expenditures in the department OF
agriculture
Expenditures in the department Ct
commerce and labor.
Expenditures in the interior depart
ment.
Expenditures in the department Of
justice.
Expenditures in the postofice do
partment.
Expenditures in the state depart
ment
Expenditures in the treasury de
partmcnt
Expenditures in the war depart
ment
1t is the purpose of some of these
committees to ask for additional pow,
er which will enable them to extend
their Investigations beyond the ex
penditures. In addition. the Demo
Gratis desire to investigate the admin
istration pure food law and the opera
ton of tie bureau of education.
The railway mail service may be ex
amined, with view to establishing
under what conditions the men work
The postofIice department will be
delved into by the postoffice commit
tee, and the Democrats and progress
sives anticipate some golden campaign
finds in that department.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-05-19
EVILS OF SOCIAL DRINKING
English Statesman Says Greatest Diff
ficulty Is to Entertain, Publicly
Without Liquor.

Sir James Taslett, member Of par
lament for Belfast, speaking at a
meeting held in London presided over
-c Canterbury, gave
to following important testimony
which we commend to the statesmen
and public men of the United States:
My lord bishop, it is with very
great pleasure that l rise to propose
that the best thanks of this meeting
be given to you for presiding on this
occasion. l think you are the right
man in the right place. The church
must lead if we are to have healthy
influence in society AS a stranger
amongst you, l have had very great
pleasure in hearing all that has been
said in regard to total abstinence.
may say that | drank it in from my
mothers breast-I have never tasted
drink, and, what possibly is not an
easy matter, have never offered 1t to
others. The greatest difficulty we
have is in the social intercourse of
life-to entertain publicly, as q pub
lie man, without drinking So strong
are social habits that you have raised
against you all the weapons that sat
ire and evil communication can pos
sibly find. You are called mean and
'niggardly,' and a hundred other
things. / think, my lord, that the
change must come from the women.
They must act as lever in this mat
ter, though l do not know very well
how they are to do it. It was one of
my duties, as the mayor of Belfast, to
entertain the representatives of royal
ty and it was difficulty with me how
/ could do 1t without drink. Unfor-
tunately, the lord lieutenant dropped
upon me just the week after l was ap-
pointed. That difficulty was greater,
l think, than l might have been able
to withstand; but l had then my wife
with me, and she said We'll, you had
better resign your Office We carried
it through as best we could. trust
that the recollection of that may still
brighten her life in the other world.
But 1t is the difficulty of social life
cannot do 1t by legislation. am
bound to say that when l waited upon
the lord lieutenant and told him about
my difficulty, he said: My dear fellow,
l would only spit upon you If you sac
rificed your principles Lord London
derry was too much Of gentleman to
seek that l should in any way lower
myself, and l felt, as an old Sabbath
school teacher, working amongst the
young, and addressing meetings all
my life, that if l had then put drink
on the table l would have sacrificed
all that l had ever done. MY lord
bishop, 1t is not an easy thing to act
thus. l have passed through a recent
election and my bitterest enemies
were those who sold drink. 1t has
been said in Ireland that the readiest
way to mans intelligence is through
his stomach. 1t is wonderful how
kindly we are disposed after we get
our dinner. 1t has unquestionably an
immense influence; and there is a
large class in our country of whom II
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-05-19

order of Importance. In county Of
ten to fifteen townships, one good en-.
gineer with three or four gangs of
men with machinery, each having a
good foreman, in three or four years
will make such showing, that people
will wonder they ever tolerated the
old hit and miss methods.
If the method suggested was adopt.
ed and followed, 1t would at least dou-
BILE the results for the taxes now paid.
BY having regular employment, both
the men and horses would become
proficient and do more in day than
the "greenhorn" would do in two days,
and the work will be far better done
as we'll
The above outline is for the treat
ment of earth roads. When the time
comes, and come it will, when the
main roads will have to have a hard,
smooth wearing surface of stone,
gravel or brick. all of the work pre-
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-05-19
Serious Form Of Intoxication

Evidence has come to light show.
Ing that very serious form of In
toxication is INDUCED 10 by many
boys In Philadelphia, which Is nro.
duced by inhaling gasoline fumes
The boys, who belong to the poorer
classes, have possessed themselves in
various ways of the gasoline. some.
times obtaining 1t from tank cars ana
at other times from lamp posts. and
then have induced condition nbvsi-
cal and mental which makes them for
tme ume being practically crazy
musicians are looking into the mat
YER ana the police are endeavoring
70 break up the gangs who practice
tnis pefnicious habit. The physical
enects OF such indulgence are yorv
serious. In some cases proving fatal
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-05-19
TWO STORIES ON REPUBLICAN, LEADER

Two stories on Jim Mann, Republic
1 an leader in the house, have devel-
.oped recently, and the worst of it is
they are both on the Chicagoan. A
newspaper man who likes the birds
and flowers and knows all about them
was walking down town from his
home early one morning the other
day. He stopped at Iowa circle to
look at the crocuses and the forget
lme-nots that were poking their
heads through the flower plots. He
lsaw another man similarly engaged,
except that the other man was more
curious and was polzing around in
the black loan with his walking
stick. The newspaper II IN recognized
Mr.. Mann.
well, see you are nature lover,
too, Mr.. Manu. he said
"a what?" asked mann.
"a nature lover"
mot on your life," answered the
minority leader. 81 dropped a quar-
ter around here somewhere a minute
ago"
Mr.. Mann walked out of the White
House the other day. Since his ele.
walton to the leadership he has be-
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-05-19

lnity seems to be cropping in the carR
got knowing just how to accomplish
the desired end. In many localities
we find that meetings are held. sub
scription is started, and volunteers
beat up and down the street, asking
everyone to subscribe either money or
labor. A bank will give $500, a mer.
chant another 500, the man next
door, who ought to DO the same thing.
will give $40. A public entertainment
is gotten up, and after campaign OF
number OF weeks, perhaps $4,000 Is
raised for improving a piece of road
In order to save expense some local
party will undertake the work. He
does not know much about road build
ing, and the result is a botch f7h
money is spent and q lam.
road is made, and while 1t is poorly
constructed, 1t is 90 much better than
the previous conditions, that 1t is hail
ed with delight. No effort along these
lines can amount to much, beyond the
creating Of an increased desire for
better roads. Experience shows be-
yond any question that the way to do
is to build as large a mileage as pos
sible at the same time, and have 1t
done under the supervision of a cap
able road engineer If ten or twelve
miles are built instead of one the cost
CT construction will be much less; IT.
will pay to have improved machinery
and the best facilities. Then the pay
ment of the road should not he made
by passing the hat, where some
will do their duty and others will not,
but on the contrary tho amount should
be covered by issuing long time bonds
and spreading the burden over all the
property of the township. If FORUM
ately the state Is operating under the
state aid plan, whereby a portion of
The expense is contributed from the
state treasury, it simplifies the matter
very much and lightens the burden.
The writer made a calculation coy
ering the state of Illinois, and that cal.
culation was verified by the late DR..
Frank H. Hall of Aurora, one of the
best mathematician in the country.
anu hC IT COIlGCt. IL showed
that first-class hard roads could be
built over all the main highways In
the state of Illinois, under the state
aid plan, the state paying one-half the
expense from general tax levy and
the balance locally by the township,
and the combined expense spread
over period of ten years, would not
exceed ten cents per acre per year
on farm lands. What is true of Hi
nois will be found to work out very
closely along these lines in nearly all
states of the central West
The amount of money wasted upon
the highways Of any state between
Pittsburg and Denver, and from Min
nesota to Florida, would more than
pay the interest on the bonds neces-
sary to build and maintain first-class
permanent roads. We might state it
in another way: That the economies
that can be accomplished and the
benefits that will accrue from improv-
ing the highways, will take of. from
the burden of the people many times
more than the taxessto build the roads
will impose. Why not convert this
waste into permanent asset? Why
not have better conditions when we
can do so so easily?
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-05-19

the wrong thing, or If perchance do
ing the right thing, then doing 1t at
the wrong time, causes a loss of S10,-
600 per dayl
In no department of administration
have we more signally failed than in
dealing with the question of the high
ways. 1t is time to face about and
make an effort to get better results.
Is 1t any wonder people are sore"
when it comes to paying road taxes?
They have been at 1t for generations
and with here and there an exception,
the roads are no better than they were
to begin with.
The question now is what specific
things shall be done in order to get
better results. The first step in the
writer's opinion is to wipe out the
, labor system of working out" the tax
. by the annual picnic or tallxfest, that
usually takes place in the early fall
when everybody turns out to i'm
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-05-19

come secretive and has little to say
to the correspondents. The newspaper
men nailed him at the door,
Nothing doing, hoys," said Mann
and he placed the tip of his finger to
his lips.
At that precise instant a flock OF
visiting school girls and their teach
ers loomed into view from behind a
bush abutting the path to the execu.
tive Offices. The girls saw dignfied
looking gentleman with a white beard
looking directly at them and apparent.
~ throwing kiss. They giggled they
blushed and they retreated.
The old villain" muttered the be.
specialized teacher.
He wasn't bad looking, was he?"
murmured one of the tenderest OF
the chickens
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-05-19

me things like that? I'll tell you
tonight"
All of which was so obviously not
government business that the caller in
wardly wondered at the holiness OF
the clerk-and that OF the girl at the
other end of the wire. For minutes
were passing, Murphy figured again;
also some unexplained incident of
shirt bosom and drug store. The
caller blushed, and he read the old
mail he kept in his pocket for just
such occasions. More minutes passed,
"Goodby. What can do
for you, sir?" said the clerk in an un'
apologize, busiuess-like tone.
Il should like to see Mr.. K.
please
The clerk smiled
Hes gone for the day"
Whence the clerks leisure. Like
master. like man--in Washington, D.
c., at least.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-05-19

guage as smooth as a ribbon. No
fooner had he turned in under cover
than he saw a neighbor with two
teams coming down over the road, IN.
Going all he had done. The comment
made would not look we'll in print.
II the party in question had anv an.
recitation of the fitness of things, he
y ould have driven along the side of
tie road, and left the dragged surface
it would shed water and drv
snooth. A five-dollar fine with Gusts
could have been good lesson.
The sentiment is everywhere for
Letter highways. Good Roads" Ia the
Universal cry-everybody wants some
Ling done, but nearly every conaxlu