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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-23
OVER TIE TEACCPS.
BY Meg NegIey.
Q Q COOS @ Q . O Q ooo 90

2 CALLING DAYS FOR HOMO
9 LULU.
. Mondays: Punahou, College
2 Hills, Manoa, Makiki.
Q Tuesdays: Waikiki, Kapio-
. lani Park, Kaimuki, Palolo.
. Wednesdays: Nuuanu, Pun
. nui, Pacific Heights First and
? Third Wednesdays above Nuu-
9 anu Bridge. Second and Fourth
. Wednesdays below Bridge.
g Fourth Wednesday, Pacific
. Heights.
Q Thursdays: The Plains
g Fridays: Hotels and town.
? Fourth Friday, Fort Shafter.
G First Tuesday, Fort Ruger.
g Saturdays: Kalihi. Third and
g Fourth Saturdays, Kamehame-
g la Schools.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-23
SALE OF PUBLIC LANDS

At 10 o'clock noon, Saturday, Jan
uary 10, 1912, at the front door Of
the Capitol Building, Honolulu, there
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-23
BAND CONCERT
At MOANA TONIGHT

The Royal Hawaiian Band will give
a concert this evening from 1880 to
$3.50 in the Moana Hotel, to which the
hotel management cordially invites
tourists and town folks.
The Yale expositor., 1911-10-19

"Here and now. That wagons full
of whisky on which you have not paid
cent Of tax
Davis lips curled with scorn.
81 thought you didn't know what
you were talking about. We have 20
cans of milk in the wagon and it's
consigned to the Harvey Milk COM
pany OF Cincinnati. Isn't that true,
Sam?"
The driver Of the wagon, being thus
appealed to, nodded sleepy head.
Eyes, sir" he said, that's as true
as gospel"
Brooks climbed up on the hub Of the
front wheel and looked at the wagon.
'If you have milk here,' he said,
lets see it,"
YES" said the other detective, joe
ularly, 'Ill take a quart"
But it's fastened for shipping"
"Open it," said Brooks. "Open that
can on the end"
The man did as he was bade, and
sure enough it contained nothing but
pure milk.
ANY OIutI YOU lihC W oSSs oShSu
Davis triumphantly.
Eyes; open the can on the other
end"
That was opened and that, like the
other, yielded only A!derney milk.
Now" said Brooks, let me see the
contents of the can in the middle.
"Oh," exclaimed Davis, "this Is
carrying a joke too far"
The can was opened, however, and
| it was found to contain high proof
whisky. Every one of the other IT
cans were filled with distilled spirits.
Davis was arrested, tried and convict
ed, and the far-reaching conspiracy of
| defrauding the government defeated.
| Brooks was highly complimented by
Commissioner Rollins, and shortly aft
erwards was assigned to Philadelphia,
where he won new laurels in ferreting
out and convicting those who were
cheating Uncle Sam of his legal dues.
The Yale expositor., 1911-10-19
XALT./" =
CO/NINH/XlEDIH
NsECUNE.

processes and initiates against the
home. The place must not blur the
vision, and somehow the vision of the
fat or boarding house does not seem
to stir the blood of man or boy. Men
dent fight, bleed and die for their
apartments" or lodging houses. The
place for light housekeeping" is not
the spot in which one wants to en-
shrine his household gods. The
young man and his beloved may both
be wage earners, and money makers,
but not be home makers. The apart
ment that cuts out cats, dogs, flowers,
babies, sickness, company and memo
ries is to be placed on the discard list.
When no mutual tasks tie the heart
strings together around the place, the
heartstrings will miss it. 1t is hard
to imagine a great person living that
way, except in the early days of strug-
gle. The most alleviating thought is
that such place is temporary con-
venience and easy to give up.
One of the unifying influences of
the old home was the fireplace, where
the carbon went up the chimney, the
oxygen into the air, and ozone into the
spirits. Around the fireside was a
fine place for story telling and read.
ing aloud, and playing games. It
seemed to loosen the tongue and call
out native eloquence. Down in
the cellar, which we called the "cel-
lar" and not basement" though we
shall have no quarrel over mere
words, were about 25 barrels of ap-
pies, at the beginning Of the season,
four or five barrels of cider, / don't
know how many barrels of hickory
nuts, walnuts and popcorn. They just
fitted the fireside and seemed to be
the very things that six boys and
girls needed 10 complete the comforts
of home.
Joke and jest and play and prank
sometimes consumed the whole even
ing, leaving a residuum Of unity in vari-
ETY. and hearty good will to help each
other as comrades, in common life.
Hospitality was one of the priced vir-
tues, when neighborhood or kindred
came in for the evening or to stay
all night" or longer, it was enjoyed
without nervous fear OF an outside
call or too long "call" inside. Even
a peddler found food and shelter and
apples and cider, as once, on a snowy
day, we filled up a jolly German with
cider that had grown too old, and he
became uncontrollably funny"
It is a gloomy thing when we must
get our glow, not from fireplace and
armament, but from bulbs and base
ment, not from stellar radiance, but
from cellar register. We gain by the
hot air and hot water furnaces, but
we lose, In the pleasures Of the fire.
side, the light that CLEANS and the
lives that gladden.. To make the curb
stone instead of the hearthstone, the
radiator instead of the illuminator. the
rallying point of the home is to i'm.
pose on the family the needs OF dis.
covering unseen centers OF unity and
gathering around them.
The Yale expositor., 1911-10-19

begin with courtship and grow till the
diamond wedding, central in the hus-
band and wife; fruiting in parent
hood, childhood, brotherhood and sis
terhood, supported by all the forms of
religious and patriotic impulses and
ideals. From that place, friendships
flow out, and reproductions of the orig
inal and originating affections come.
The physical nature of the place will
affect the working out of the essential
principles of life in that institution
which is alphabetical in the spelling
of human destiny. 1t furnishes crea-
tive love it's habitat and opportu-
nifty. The questions of unselfishness,
cooperation and unity are involved in
the mere place.
There Is power in place. The po-
cts of Greece were born, for the most
part, where "the mountains look on
Marathon and Marathon looks on the
sea-" Most of the poets of England
were born up there where the sky
bends with such tenderness over the
earth and reflects itself in the lakes
that are set like mirrors in their frame
work of hill and mountain. Our own
poets were mostly born where the
mountains lift them to purer air and
broader view, or where the sea is
ever singing to them of the profound.
eternal things of nature. Ones des-
tiny may be affected by removal
around the corner. The good thing
about it is that the place where one
founds his home is within his own
choice and it can be chosen SO as not
to initiate against the interests OF
home but really to cooperate with
them.
1t must be as ample as one can af-
ford without wasting any values.
The place must be chosen with a view
TO permanency, which is essential to
the highest home culture. It is all
the better If the residence is an heir
loom and the family ideals and spirit
can have an unbroken continuity.
Whether it is an antique frame or a
colonial brick or lazy log house in
the country, or place in the city not
yet pre-empted for a mansion or a
skyscraper or a railroad track. Mem
cries of the past give might for the
present, and every corner of the dear
place will be echoing with the voices
of victors in the warfare now re-
newed by their children. Ownership
is a dream of youth, and If one lose 1t,
something passes out of the life. The
spot should be chosen with view to
ownership sooner or later.
The place must lend itself, in the
highest degree possible, to home max
ing, as that is the real business of
the couple, just starting. The fiat is
not immoral, save as 1t discourages
the instincts of home building and
turns the family into parasites. If
1t gives the family no chance to OBJ
jectify itself In the making or adorn-
Ing of the building, II 1t puts steady
and stubborn limitations on service
for each other. by having everything
machine made, 1t arrests the unifying
The Yale expositor., 1911-10-19

sAGM N THE summer of 1866, In
NSM ternal Revenue Commits
Al SNN sioner Rollins summoned
~ III James j. Brooks to Wash
IN ington. The officers of the
&S0 \ government were greatly
perplexed. Congress had
placed the almost prohibitive tax of
two dollars per gallon on whisky, and
Immediately illicit distilleries sprung
up in all parts of the country. Com
missioner Rollins very, much desired
to break up the illegal traffic. and he
had selected Brooks as the man for
the purpose. The interview between
the two men was long and important.
Brooks" said the commissioner,
''the frauds connected with the pro-
duction and removal of spirits are be-
coming alarming. Great public dissatis-
faction has arisen from the failure to
collect this tax. Besides it is ruin
ing discipline in the service, and un-
less some remedy is obtained, l fear
further Generalization"
Are the conditions as bad as that?"
Worse! l have figures which
show that 60 per cent of the whisky
reported riade and warehoused has
been sold without payment of the rev.
enue tax. Such extensive fraud is not
possible without the knowledge of
responsible revenue officers. 1t is
exceedingly difficult for officers in
Washington to detect collusion on the
part Of their subordinates in other
places. These frauds have not only
robbed the national treasury, but have
corrupted many men of heretofore ac-
knowledged integrity. Men of capital
but without conscience have some
times been found to be partners of
those whom they have put to the front
for bribery or perjury and the perils
of detection. Brooks, l want you
90 help me break up this business"
After outlining the general situation,
The Yale expositor., 1911-10-19
The Milk Punch
QeVenue Fraud
An Episode inthe Life ofJamesJ j. Brooks.
once Chief of the United States Secret Service.
COPYRIGHT 1911 6Y W G.. CHRPrAN

He had 90 cows and distillery, and a
farm of hundred acres. Everything
seemed to be open and above board.
Davis apparently worked hard, and
with son and his hired men, did not
seem to have much spare time on his
hands.
Brooks managed to come in contact
with Davis, but there was nothing
about the personality of the man that
gave him any clue. Davis wore a look
as though he were constantly exhaust
ed through lack of sleep. His coun-
tenance did not give any indication of
the operation Of his mind. He was
man of few words. He had prefer
ences, but no friendships The dull
horizon of his life seemed undisturbed
save by occasional streaks of tact in
business matters. One of the loungers
in the hotel credited him with having
once brought about a corner in pork
on limited scale. Another indicated
that he had once mixed fine white
meal with his lard These things did
not seem very important in them
selves, and yet they were traits of
character which made it possible to be-
lieve the charge that he had habitual-
ly withheld from taxation nearly three
fourths of his yield of whisky
Brooks contrived to visit his farm
on various occasions. He went through
the dairy, examined the live stock and
managed to get a peep into the distil
lery. He arranged his visits so that
one day he went in the morning, an
other in the afternoon, and still an
other in the dusk of evening, but he
was never able to find anything out
of the way. From time to time whisky
was sent out in casks, but it was al
ways properly gagged and the govern
ment appeared to be receiving it's tax.
Among other persons with whom the
detective became acquainted was a
queer old character named Ezra Wal
The Yale expositor., 1911-10-19
FlRESIDE VS.. THE FURNACE
Place Where One Pounds His Home
Is Within His Own
Choice.
copyrighted by J. S. Kirtley.)

(COpyrlgnted Dy J. >. hrtley.)
The fireside is like the flower in the
crannied wall, which roots itself in
such far reaching soils that Tennyson
claimed he would know both God and
man, IL he knew all that was to be
known about the flower; 1t is like the
wing of a bird from which Couvier
claimed he could describe the whole
bird that it belonged to without hav-
ing seen 1t. IL brings to the minds
eye the whole local life. the appoint
ments of the home. Given the fire.
side and you know the people 1t be-
longs to.
1t is the reaction of the people upon
the place that makes the home. That
makes the place a critical matter. II
houses the greatest group Of emotions
that any one ever felt. emotions that
The Yale expositor., 1911-10-19

tho commissioner became specific in
his statements and informed the detec-
tive just what he expected him to ac-
complish. That night Brooks departed
on his assignment, which was to little
town near Cincinnati, and which, for
the purposes of this narrative, shall
be known as Meadboro. He wore no
disguise. He never did. He was in
the habit of saying humorously that
his actual appearance was all the dis
guise he ever needed.
The man who alighted from the
train at Meadboro was a tall, COM
manding figure. He had a benevolent
look which seemed to say: II am at
mace with all the world" Only two
narts of his organism could be said to
talk. His eyes bespoke intelligence,
and his lips expressed determination.
He was about 40 years of age, but his
whiting hair gave him the appearance
of being much older than that. Be
fore he had been in the little village
long. It was whispered about that he
was a tract distributor and an agent
for some charitable institution. He
reeistered at the only hotel in the
MACE under an assumed name. 1t did
not take him long to get into conversa-
tion with the proprietor and so some
of the loungers about the place.
The talk, after exhausting itself on the
weather, and horses, and politics. and
cburch matters, finally turned on
Meadboro and it's inhabitants.
He learned that John Davis was
probably the most important man in
the locality. He combined the busi-
ness of a distiller and dairy man.
The Yale expositor., 1911-10-19

lace. He was Scotch Presbyterian, and
was the sexton of the village church.
He was an intensely religious man and
hungered for discussion of theological
subjects. Brooks accommodated him
more than once, and it was not long
before he found himself among the
boarders of Ezra Wallace's humble
home. The old man would have cheer
fully lodged and fed him for moth
ing for the sake Of religious controver-
sizes on which he lived, and thrived,
and had his being. One night the
two men needed book to verify some
disputed point. 1t happened TO be in
the church library. Brooks volun-
teered to go after II. The sexton hand
ed him the key and he went to the
church and obtained the book, but he
conveniently forgot to return the
key.
Some time after midnight he quiet
ly hurried to the church, and using
the purloined key, made his way
into the edifice. 1t was quite
dark and the place was unfamiliar, but
he managed to grope along until
he reached the stairway leading to the
choir loft. From thence he climbed
to the dingy attic at the base Of the
church steeple. He crawled up by
easy stages until he reached the bel
fry. A rustling noiso startled him.
This was followed by another and then
still another. He realized that the
rats were scampering from their ac-
customed haunts. The fluttering of
wings near the top of the structure re-
minded him that he had disturbed the
bats. 1t was still quite dark. and he
The Yale expositor., 1911-10-19
To the Bitter End.

Mrs. Brown-Jones-Mrs. Smith is op-
posing your nomination bitterly. Can't
you conciliate her in any way?
Mrs. Smith-It is impossible. Twen-
.y-four years ago | said that her baby
was small for its age.-Harper's Maga-
zine.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-04-04
AER0PLANE IN BATTLE
SOME DIFFICULTIES APPARENTLY
IMPOSSIBLE TO OVERCOME.
Enthusiasts Do Not pIherentlate Be.
tween the Wonder Of the lnven.
tion and the Limitations Of
Its Applications.

Those who regard the aeroplanes as
invaluable in warfare. far beyond It's
possibilities are led to their conclu
sions by two errors: first, they do not
differentiate between the wonder OF
the invention, per Sc, and the limita-
ton OF its application. Second, that
this conquest of the heavens has moth.
ing to do wi,a the subjugation Of man.
II has not invented into him new fac
ulties; and yet II is man and not
machines we have to deal with. While
II has given new means OF military OBJ.
servatfon. It does not follow that these
observations will be more ineligible
nor his deductions more reliable nor
his judgmen, and genius, his valor
and endurance, superior to what II
had been before.
The unreliable and diverse opinions
Of scouts on things that they have
been in actual contact with is a well.
known military phenomenon, and
one that is perfectly natural since
there are no two men whose per.
ceptive faculties are Identical. A good
scout Is one OF the rarest elements
In an army. for he Is good only be-
cause he has lived in an environment
and followed a vocation that develops
ders them accurate. An erial scout,
on the other hand, rarely shoots for
ward out of a vocation that has moth
ing to do with those elements that
would give reliability to his reports
even though he were inspecting. on
the ground itself, all things from an
entirely different point Of view. and
there is but one single thing that
he could make report on that would
be worthy of consideration. and that
is the actual movement of a body Of
troops on an open terrene. But his
report as to the strength. its destina-
ton OF rate of movement, could be ac-
cepted by no commander, and practic-
ally all the rest Of his information
would be erroneous.
Peering down from great height
II would be impossible for him to de-
termine the depth OF stream. their bot
tom or their currents or the thickness
of ice. He could not ascertain the
angle or height OF deolivities. Looking
down from the perpendicular upon
these he could have no means OF
determining whether or not they be-
longed to deep gorge or shallow
ravine. He could not ascertain the
location Of fords and whether in ad-
Joining thickets they were defended
by bodies Of troops or by wired en-
tanglements in the ford itself. It would
be impossible for him. looking down
upon woods, villages and forests to
ascertain whether or not they con-
tanned troops. and II troops what Lind
Of troops or the number, What would
appear to him to be a gap In the
enemys lines might in all probability
be their strongest positlon.-Gen'
Homer Lea. In Harper's Weekly
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-04-04
Badge Of Servltude.

Wouldbe Rrtistocrats In America
who are wont to decorate the hats of
their coachmen with cockades are
probably ignorant of the fact that from
European standpoint the cockade Is
only used to show that the wearer is n
servant OF royalty. Across the water
the cockade can be legally worn only
by servants of royalty, including naval
and military officers, diplomatists, lieu
tenants. deputy lieutenants and high
sheriffs OF counties. As worn by these.
the color Is black. The black cockade
was introduced In England by the
house OF Hanover, although previous
thereto II had been worn In various
colors. A scarlet cockade was In
vogue during the time OF Charles |.
His son adopted white, the badge OF
the Jacobites. while orange was the
color OF William of Orange. Orange
remains the color In the Netherlands
Black and white is the color In Ger
many, black and yellow In Australia
tricolor In France, scarlet In Spain
blue and white In Portugal-that Is
before the revolution-and black, rec
and yellow In Belgium The wort
"cockade" comes from the French "co
carde," originally applied 10 the feath
ers of the cock worn by Croatiau sol
diers serving in the French army.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-04-04
House Haunted7 Low Remit

when alien immigrants arrive In
this country they often bring with
them stock Of misapplied ingenuity.
The tenant with a ghost is a game
that is being played by foreigners in
various parts OF the United States.
and, what is more. It is being played
successfully.
The newcomer takes q house. and.
after one or two payments of rent.
complains that the premises are
haunted. Quaking with simulated
fear, he tells tale Of horror-of q
headless man seen stalking from the
coal cellar, a lady in white or of some
thing invisible but groaning. Now. q
ghost is the average landlords prime
aversion. Spectral visitors afford
splendid subjects for gossip In the
neighborhood. and prospective ten
ants seldom fail to hear and be
warned of by the story.
Anxious that the report shall not
get about. landlord confers with ten
ant, and In several such instances the
result has been this--the tenant
agrees to stay on, to say nothing
about the matters to others and to
put up with the ghost. providing the
rent is substantially reduced. 81
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-04-04
CQUNTRY
| Correspondence

his departure for the missionary field
The stork has been kept busy o
late. Messrs. Steven Cantwell, JOSEPH
Watson, William Corbridge, Osborn
Low, Louis Peterson and Arthur Pit
cher were the favored "papas' thii
| week.
Elder Ivan Nelson has been re
leased from the Canadian mission, blu
will visit most of the prominent east
ern cities OF the United States before
coming home.
Sylvester Low has been engaged
as inspector and field agent for the
Condensing company of our town
The company is fortunate in securing
Mr. Low and he has had many years
of experience in the dairy business,
and is trusty business man.
Tht First ward choir filled two
nights engagement at the opera house
during the week. Nothing but praise
is heard from everyone that witnessed
the festivals.
Mrs. Bertha Mather as musical di
rector of the choir is genius in this
line. Many urgent requests have been
made by the surrounding towns for a
nights performance, but the company
feel that 1t is to great an undertaking
now that men are busy with the
spring work. The company, however,
played one night at Richmond.
Ezra Nelson has commenced new
home on Main street the foundation
work is completed.
Mrs. Minnie Nelson has added a
fine new fence wfich greatly i'm
prove the appearan of her home.
Ur. r. T Merrill and family have
mos ed into their new home.
George Romney, ,lr., has purchased
u tank of 1000 ga lon capacity to store
oil ready for the sluudse pots to be
placed in his orchard in case of frosty
nights.
of about 500. The doctor
were entered on Friday night by some
unknown persons, and carried away
instruments, gold plate, etc, to the
amount OF about $l.00. The doctor
thought 1t an April fool joke, but
thinks the joke has been carried far
enough now and would be pleased to
have the things returned.
Miss Florence Merrill is quite i'll
at this time.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-04-04
So Mad She Forgot Her Change.

The stamp vending machines install
cd In many stores and shops about the
city are not favored by woman who
hurried into drug store In Massa
chusetts avenue several days ago
where there is branch post office.
How do you sell your two-cent
stamps" she inquired. Indignantly,
1.-TWO cents apiece" replied Bias
sett.
We'll. that's all right" she replied
while she fshed In her purse for a
coin. This Is the fifth place | have
visited after stamps. At all the
other places they had those slot ma
chimes where you have to spend {
nickel for two two-cent stamps.
made up my mind not to be held NJ
II had TO walk all over the city, Give
me two stamps"
The woman laid down dime anC
hurried out with two two-cent stamps
leaving four cents In change lying OF
the show case She did not return
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