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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13
Uncle Sans Gunners Are Unequaled

get shooting held off Cape Henry.
During the practice in which she won
her championship the sailors Of the
Idaho shattered targets at 5000 yards
distance. Had the little vessel been
in battle she would have shattered in
five minutes a battleshfp at a distance
of five miles, had she shot with the
same accuracy.
The gunner begins in the ordnance
shops at Washington, where he is in.
structed in the rudiments of the art.
He is kept at his studies six days a
week from eight o'clock in the morn
ing until four In the afternoon. Before
he is detailed to a ship the apprentice
is given three months instruction in
the handling of high explosives and
taught the workings of the submarine
mine.
Then he is turned over to a battle
ship, where he is given the position of
gun pointer in charge of an instructor
who knows the business from top to
bottom, and at this gun he sticks I'M
til his superiors think him eminently
trustworthy, when he is allowed to
participate in m~aneuvers. Finally he
handles a gun in real war.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13
DOCUMENT BY LUTHER FOUND

While repairing the weathercock
Of the town church, Schlosskirche, at
Wittenberg, recently, the wOrkmen
found under the cross a metal ball
which would open. On examination
it was found to contain two dOcu-
ments. One dated 1880 is written
by Martin Luther. This consists of
four pages, of which three are written
by the hand of the great reformer,
the fourth bearing IN attestatiOn to
the fact that Luther had written the
document himself. The second doc
ument, dated 1856, also of four pages,
is written by Philip Melanchthon.
the friend and disciple of Luther, the
handwriting bearing the ch~aracteris-
tics of the Confession of Augsburg"
Both these manuscripts will shortly
be published. Both Luther and Mel
anchthon are buried in the church.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13
KWANG HSU'S MAUSOLEUM

After searching the forests of the
eastern hemisphere for the most dur
able, best and most beautiful wood,
and after a great deal of competition
among producers and dealers, the i'm
periaI princes of the Chinese empire
have fixed upon a species with which
will be constructed a magnificent maui
soleum to mark the final resting place
Of the late Son Of Heaven"-the Chi
nese emperor, Kwang Hsu. 1t was dis
covered in the Philippine islands, and
is an exceedingly hard, fne-grained.
heavy and handsome wood. A Manila
lumber company a secured the con-
tract, which is describes as t rich
est commercial prize Of recent years
in China" but the price, although very
large, is not given. The preliminary
contract signed by two Of b impe-
rial princes, calls for a first shipment
Of so, 900 feet Of the wood. On its ar
rival at Pekin work will begin forth
with on the great sepulchral tomb,
which will be placed among those Of
the Ming dynasty, near the capital.
For the huge pillars of the mausoleum
giant trees will be taken from the
Mindanao forests. Some of them, al
ready cut, are so feet high and four
feet in diameter. and weigh yer IT
tons each.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13
SAILORS SAVED BY MUSIC.

Nine sailors who arrived at New
York brought news of the loss of the
Norwegian barque Pallas, at Grand
Cayman, an island in the Caribbean
sea, to the northwest of Jamaica. The
bark was driven ashore during a hur-
ricane, which moderated the same
night. Two Of the crew, with violin
and accordeOn, played until dawn, to
keep up the spirits Of their compan-
ions. At daybreak a number OF row.
boats, manned by natives, put off
from the shore and rescued the crew,
their attention having been attracted
through the night by the sound Of
music. The violin and ACCORDION were
among the few things saved from the
wreck.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13

to shop. Then, your theaters. opera
and concerts are so wonderful. In
fact. New York is one of the most
fascinating cities in the world. 1t is
all life and color and impulse.
Logically, of course, Washington
should be the social center Of the
country. 1t never will be, however.
for no city can take the honors away
from New York. The atmosphere is
different, and a social climate is as
hard to change as any other kind"
1t is stated that Baroness Hengel-
muller nearly fell down dead when
she saw this interview in the New
York papers and then saw 1t copied
into the Washington papers Baroness
Hengelmuller is nothing If not cOn
ventional. She lives by form and
rote, and to do anything Out OF he
regular is in her opinion t. commit a
crime.
She came back home il a state OF
collapse, declared she never
said a word of it and that Washington
is perfectly lovely.
Baroness Hengelmuller wear that
title in her own right, and both she
and the baron belong to the stern Aus
tr1an court circles; that is, the baron
does now. She was born into that
world of convention and rules, where
you could sit by the fireplace and burn
up before the servant next to you
would make an attempt to save you
unless that was his particular court
function.
The baroness was a widow hen
She married Mr. LadiSlauS HPngplmul-
Ter Won Hengervar, and it never pleas
ed her at all that he was a plain
Mr." She was never quite happy un-
til she secured her husband the en-
bassadOrship from AustrO-Hungary,
and then a few years ago she got
him created a baron.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13

THE carelessness or ignorance of big
i firms in observing the federal laws
governing abuse Of coins costs them
thousands of dollars yearly. Just re-
Gently a Chicago company came to
grief which would have saved itself
and the government much trouble and
expense If it had read the following
law:
whoever ~fraudulently, by any
act, a or means shall deface,
mutilate, impair, diminish, falsify or
tighten the gold or silver coins
which have been or which may here
after be coined in the mint of the
United States shall be fined
not more han $4,000 and imprison-
ment Of not more than five years"
Some clever advertiser conceived
the idea of an "ad." of metal just the
size Of a dime, with the wording and
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13
Christmas Among Capitals Asiatics

much gaiety during the holiday weeks.
For the eldest of the ambassadors
daughters, Miss Alice Chang, is only
twelve years old and still retains
many childish tastes. This year the
month-old daughter of the couple, tiny
Nielsen or Mildred Chang, was the
youngest member of the legation who
came in for Christmas presents.
Santa Claus did not neglect Arkira
and Sada Matsui, the tiny son and
daughter Of the counsellor of the Jap
embassy, Keishiro Matsui. Ar
kira and saba have been used all
their little lives to hearing of the
good old Saint Nick, and were happily
pleased at his bounty.
Among the legation youngsters who
this year spent their first Christmas in
Washington are the children of the
newly arrived Norwegian minister, H.
H. Bryn. There were high doings"
at the legation, too, for the Christmas
tree is a native of Norway and old
Santa Claus thrives best of all in the
climate Of ice and snow, to which the
Bryn children were born
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13

THE tiny representatives Of all the
/ nations represented at the national
capital celebrated Christmas, each
with some peculiar custom brought
from his own far-of land. The Christ
mas idea is one easily caught up by
the foreign child and the talk he hears
for weeks before the happy festival
10 just as eagerly listened to by the
little Oriental as by the child to whom
1t has always been familiar.
Although the Christian significance
OF the Saviour's birth is absent from
the Oriental celebration of Christmas,
yet the festival spirit of the season ap-
peals no less to the boys and girls
from far-off China and Japan than to
their little American playmates. The
Chinese embassy was the scene Of
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13

Birds, as a general rule, do not go
in for cycling. They prefer aviation
to and machines, and man has still
much to learn from them before the
problem of soaring and sailing
through cross currents of air may be
said to have been cOnclusive1y solved.
But here is a cOckatoO earning it's
own living by riding a bicycle on the
vaudeville stage in Berlin. The &C
COmpanying illustration from an
actual photograph. gives some idea of
the kind of feats this bird performs.
At balancing the bicycle on two in
verified goblets and at riding on one
wheel the cockatoo is an adept. 1t
uses its wings to keep it's balance
when things look wobbly mo it
knows how to pedal backward or for
ward.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13
FRENCH BACHELORS PRODDED

The bachelors of Mende, in the de
partment of Lozere, France, have all
received by post the following curious
communication from the A~nti-Depop-
ulation league: Appeal to bachelors.
On essentially humanitarian and pa
triotic motives, we beg. to enclose a
list of all the young girls in Mende
aged IS and upwards" Then fol-
lows 200 names and addresses. A
postscript adds that the committee
has the names Of q more girls, who,
however, asked that their names
should not be published.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13
A Christmas Criticism.

Orville Wright, discussing flying in
New York, said to a reporter:
The French claim to make the
best machines, but our foreign order
books tell a different story.
Our foreign order books give the
game away like the little Dayton boy
at the Christmas treat. He got from
the tree at this treat a pair Of trous-
ers, and, waving them around his
head, he electrified the entire Sunday
school by shouting in a loud and joy
Gus voice:
"fOh, ma, these pants must be new
Pa never had a suit like that"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13
HAD TO HIRE
THE WASHING
Mrs. Daniels Tells How She
Solved That Problem and Sew
eraI Others AS Well.

Slip, Ky.--'I was SO sick for Q Gr 4
years." says Mrs. j. F. Daniels, of this
place, that 1 had to hire my washing
done most of the time. l haG given I'D
hoping for a cure, but my husband kept
begging me to try Cardui, so at last I
began to take it, and 1 hadn't taken
half a bottle before l could tell it was
helping me. Now I can do my washing,
and emo my garden. l am neshier than
l ever was before in my life and Car
dui made me so. l believe that I would
have been in my grave, if I had not
taken Cardui. Your medicine is all
right. I can't praise it too much"
Cardui is purely vegetable and gen.
tle-acting. It's ingredients are mild
herbs, having a gentle tonic effect on
the female constitution.
Cardui makes for increased strength.
improves the appetite, tones up the
nervous system, and helps to make
pale, sallow cheeks. fresh and rosy.
Cardui has helped over a million
weak, tired, WORKOUT women, and
should certainly benefit you.
Try it today.
N. B.-WrfA to-: Ladies' Advisory Dept.
Chattanooga Medicine Co, Chattanooga.
Tenn, for StrciaE Lustyucffon5. and g.
page book. "Home Treatment for Wom-
en-" sent in plain wrapper, on request.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. society has
w had nothing that has made it sit
up and take notice in a good while.
But 1t sure got a slap hat wakened 1t
with a jump the other day when
there appeared in a New York news
paper an alleged interview with Bar
oness Hengelmuller Won Hengervar,
the DEAFNESS" Of the diplomatic
corps, Or, to put it properly, the
doyenne, her husband, Baron Hengel-
muller Won Hengervar, being the dean.
The baroness, who has been in New
York city, permitted herself to be in
terviewed by a very sprightly young
lady reporter in New York, who on
two or three previous occasions has
shown herself to be rather long on
imagination and short on facts. She
directly quotes the ron as fol
lows:
washington is dull and stupid. So
ctety there is provincial. To get to
New York is heaven to me, for there
is so much to do besides paying and
receiving calls and callers and drink
Ing tea and going through the drier
round of formal and uninteresting So
cial events. We have lived in Wash
ington 16 years. 1 have done each
year the same things with practically
the same people. Here in New York
formal calling and tea taking are prac-
t1cally eliminated, because there are
SO many other more interesting things
to do. Even the shops make a differ
ence. Here it is a positive pleasure
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13
LONG JOURNEY ON ONE PONY

A journey of 2,419 miles on an
Arab pony has just been accomplished
by ]. H. Bill. a British consul in
southern Persia, who has reached his
home In St~afOrdshlre, England, on the
back of this plucky little animal. He
told a newspaper representative that
he believed 1t constituted a record for
one animal. The early stages OF the
journey yer the worst, for the pony
had to tackle billy and broker coun-
try, and he was unable to average
more than 20 miles a day. One Incl
dent Of the journey was an attack by
b%rigands.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13
STEEPLEJACK'S CLOSE CALL.

While repairing the top of a lofty
chimney at Silebey. Leichestershire,
England, j. T. Akiens. son of a we'll
known steeplejack of Leicester and
st. Helens, fell to the ground, so feet
below, turning several somersaults
IN the descent and finally a~lighting on
his feet, Horriied spectators expect
ed instantaneous death, but wonderful
to relate, Akiens escaped with a dis
located shoulder and many bruises.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13

Munyon's Paw-Paw Pills are. a tonic
TO the stomach, liver and nerves. They
invigorate instead of weaken; they en-
rich the blood instead of impoverish it;
they enable the stomach to get all the
nourishment from food that Is put into
it.
These pills contain no calomel. no
dope. they are soothing, healing and
stimulating. They school the bowels to
act without physic. Price 25 cents.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13
ORDEAL OF WARSHIP'S CAT

On the sails of the British special
service vessel Undine, the flagship OF
Admiral Chief of the More, being I'm,
furled recently at Chatham, the ships
cat rolled out on deck. She had been
~enshrouded in the sails Is days, and
strange to say had escaped starvation
and s~uffocation. She was very ema-
ciated, but was soon cgain quite lively
after a few hearty meals
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13
CONSTIPATION

NJ u Y o ms Paw
Paw Pills are unlike
all other laxatives or
cathartics. They coax
the liver into activ-
ity by gentle meth
DDS. They do not
scour; they do not
grippe; they do not
weaken; but they do
start all the secre-
tions of the liver and
stomach in a way that
soon puts these or
gans in a healthy
condition and cor
reefs constipation.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13

Among the five hundred or more
deities in Canton, Chica, is the figure
of a European pictured above. 1t is
hundreds Of years old and there is an
ancient Chinese tradition to b eff,
feet thai it represents Marco Polo
the famous Italian who was a pioneer
tourist in 10 Orient and wrote a won.
derful account of his travels and ad'
ventures.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13
Important to Mothers
A Poultry Problem.

(Which is correct" ask the sum
mer boarder who wished to air his
knowledge. ito speak Of a sitting hen
or a setting hem"
Il don't know" replied the farm
er's wife, land what's more, l don't
care. But there's one thing 1 would
like to know: when a hen cackles.
has she been laying. or is she lying?"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13

When & woman mas an eye for the
beautiful she hunts up a mirror.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-06-08
CHEAPER LUMBER FROM JAPAN.

The forced growth of prices of lumber in Hawaii of which there
very certain sign of decrease the event of Canadian
cproc may the eyes of local capital American and Japanese
% the export lumber of Japan
Japanese Saghaen there vetabe wilderness
frequented by bears and wolves capable of yielding of millions
sound lumber The port this district is lakodate
heard said that the Japanese by dm of owrced labor
cheap woodland could pay the American duty lumber underb
charges underse the present holders of this market and
money If practicable bring log RATS here prices
could be almost in
Independent company willing live and let live and not sub
disguised the might make good thing by
akodae connection Hawaii the years. going
call great deal of building material The housing of 1900
small and the civil growth of Honolulu speaks for itself
Structural growth however, depends measuaby fair prices. It
will stand all that the traffic will bear and it will slow down
rather than submit onOus How advantageous therefore
draw foreign of supply and give the building
the impetus which deserves and which much
this city
Meanwhile the pceboostng here and its relation to wheel
wnhee companies the will be put before the trust nves
tgang committee Congress and the Department of Justice Then
shall what shall
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-06-08
Will RErURN TUESDAY.

The Inter-Island steamer Mauna
Kea will return to town Tuesday
morning, not Monday as stated in the
marine items of the Advertiser this
morning. This will give a half day
ashore at Hanalei, where there is the
finest beach in the islands. At lao
Valley the passengers will have the
entire day to themselves. This is con-
sidered by tourists to be miniature
Yosemite Valley. There are places
where maidenhair ferns grow luxuri-
antly, point of interest to the la
dies of Honolulu. There are berths
left for those who wish to have a view
of the grandest scenery on the islands
at small cost. Four hundred miles
of sea travel and nearly two days
ashore at cost of fifteen dollars.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-06-08

F. P. DODGE-More people are
killed by joy rides here than by chol'
era.
GOVERNOR FREAR-The LegisIa-
ture should designate the legal holt
days, but so far it has declined to act.
JOHN COFFEY-The tourists are
slowly coming back. Fifteen students
from Berkeley will be at the Seaside
later on.
DAVID DOWSETT-No, sir, the
ladies simply wished to enjoy the
moonlight, which was fine, especially
on the road beyond Ponds dairy,
towards Kaimuki.
]. COFFEY-At last accounts Colo
mel George Macfarlane was in London
doing a large business in selling Eng
fish steam ,plows to the colonials, who
prefer them to the American variety.
GEORGE MACY-The prohibition of
netting in the harbor will greatly i'm
prove the mullet-flshing there. These
fish give good sport when they are
fairly plentiful; indeed, l don't know
of any nicer or more exciting fishing
with a rod and line.
R. d. MEAD believe that a mis-
sionary named Whitney was the first
man to raise cane on these islands
opd oyriB,d IL apd ~ is ea5d +bo+ in
digenous cane gave him his start.
Kauai is the place where the industry
began and where the first mill for
grinding export sugar was built. In
1887 over two tons were shipped.
REV. w. D. WESTERVELT-The
cablegram from the City of Mexico
referred to the Cathedral Santa Do
mingo," probably meaning the cathe-
dral and the church of Santa Domingo,
about four blocks away. The place
seems to be weak spot in the earth's
surface, as it was badly torn up by
an earthquake three years ago, and
much Of the same property damaged.
DANIEL LOGAN wouldn't be
surprised to see later dispatches say.
ing that the Mexican earthquake was
dynamite explosion. The dead seem
to have been all in one place-the mil,
itary barracks. There is very likely
press censorship and the government
might want to call it an earthquake
under the circumstances.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-06-08
LITTLE. INTERVIEWS

e. M. EHRHORN, Superintendent
of Enotomology-If we should get
the Cleghorn place we would have
the grandest opportunity for carry
ing on interesting experiments, not
only on injurious pests, but we should
also have the finest facilities for
propagating beneficial insects and
parasites, and if we are to proceed
in doing such work with the appro-
priations asked for we shall surely
have to have better facilities than
We have at present for carrying on
the work, and in my opinion Ainahau.
offers just such opportunities.
E. M. EHRHORN-Very often the
question has been asked, "How DO
all the pests get into the country?"
In answer to the same l will state
that during this month a package of
sweet potato seed arrived by mail,
marked merchandise" and passed
the postal authorities as well as the
Division of Entomology. It was only
through the great interest for the
welfare Of the island shown by Mr.. j.
B. Castle that we were able to eX-
anime this lot of potatoes and subject
them to a dip in formaldehyde. He
happened to get in touch with the
party who received them and before
planting them thought that I had bet
ter pass upon them. How many such
packages go through the mail nobody
knows, but it surely goes to show
that the chances for introducing
pests are not all abandoned as yet,
The party, of course, did not send
these potatoes as merchandise to get
them through without inspection, but
probably thought that they would go
cheaper through the mail by mark
ing them merchandise. I only
hope that we shall have more citi-
zens come forward like Mr. Castle
and notify us if packages containing
seeds and plants should happen 10
pass in under similar conditions.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-06-08
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES.

st. Andrews Priory commence
ment will be held in Davies Memo
rial Hall on Thursday evening, June
10, at eight O'Clock. The class Of
1911 includes Maud Niaupio Piianaia,
Julia Kahaopulani Spencer, Florence
Isabel Tewksbury and Mary Shut
leong Woo. Glass day takes place
at the Davies hall on Monday, June
IL, at three o'clock. A piano recital
will begiven the following day in the
same hall at three o'clock, and an ex-
hibition of drawing and sewing will
be held the same afternoon.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-06-08
GIBSON s PLANS If
He WERE EDITOR

T. H Gibson, of the board of edu-
cation, stated this morning that he
thought that the newspapers had made
too much of the Hilo High School and
Kalihiwaena school scandals.
Such stuff isn't news" said Mr..
Gibson, cts gossip and it would be
a good thing if the papers didn't make
so much of such matters. 1 am quite
sure that no good end was served by
printing, for instance, the details of
the recent auto accident at Waikiki.
81 should like to see the local pa
pers about a third of their present
size with good, instructive editorials
feature"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-06-08
WALT MASON.

There twensevn words all told in yesterday afternoons
the Mexican earthquake the Star and Bulletin getting
AS the cable appeared in the Bulletin it counted III
words office expansion of than three words The de-
supplied from the imagination that eocay rescued
babies burned to death in the Dreamand fire.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-06-08
"Under The Cocoanut Tree
BY H. N. Ayres.

changed his mind! His mind should
be subjected to minute examina-
ton in the interests not only of sci
ence but of Justice.
Hank Brewer left on Tuesday for
the Big Island, where he is under con-
tract to head the mammoth Fourth of
July procession. He was met at the
wharf by the Kipling Club Before
leaving Mr.. Brewer made the round
of the local newspaper offices and
requested that no further allusion
be made to his travels abroad, as the
hot weather had made him nervous
and he feared annoyance on the part
of the Hilo roughs.
600
No steamer for a week
Makes gettin' news hard sleddin'-
There's nothin' on the beat
But a June weddin.
600
Fashion Note: The most popular
plume this season appears to be the
nomme de plume.