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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-04
ORIENTAL CHINESE
POSTAL SERVICE

Mr.. Fred J. Melville. who contrib
utes a weekly column on Postage
Stamps to the London Daily Tele-
graph, says in the course of some
recent notes: In China the post is
to this day referred as the con-
venience of the wild goose and pic
lures Of that bird figure upon several
of the stamps issued for use in the
Imperial post in China. The legend
tells that Tartar chief, having been
making himself troublesome to the
Chinese Emperor, the latter sent a
special envoy to warn him, The en-
voy was taken prisoner and was
employed by the rebel in herding his
flocks. But one day the unfortunate
man caught a wild goose, and had
the happy idea to make it convey
news of his Whereabouts to his
friends. lie tied letter to the .eg
of the bird, and on being released the
goose flew southwark until it was
shot in the grounds of the Imperial
Palace by no less a person than the
Emperor himself. The letter was dis
covered, and a punitive expedition
speedily rescued the captive and pun.
ished the rebel chief.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-04
Laws Which Even
SOvereignS Must Obey

One has read amazing accounts
more or less true, of the ommipotence
of King Georgetown, for example, he
could at a word disband his armies
and leave the Empire defenseless; or,
in some freakish impulse, sell every
warshlp that floats his flag.
When he travels in foreign lands
we are told that he can defy witt i'm
punity every law of the country whose
guest he is. He can refuse to- pay
his hotel bill or his railway fare; be
can enter a bank and seize a bundle
of notes or break jewelers. window
and fill his pockets with treasures of
gold and jewels; and outraged law
could only look on with tied hands.
But is the King really : far be-
yond the reach of man-made laws?
There is, as there always will be,
another side to the shield; and there
are limits beyond which he may not
step. If, for instance, a King assaults
the meanest subject OF a foreign coun-
try in which he is travelling, no law
can prevent the man from hitting
back or punish him for acting in his
own defense, even against a crowned
monarch.
If, too, the authorities have good
reason to conclude that the sovereign
intends to commit some offense
against the law, they would be just
fled in placing him under restraint
until his own Government was com,
Inunicated with; and in an extreme
case they would be entitled to ask
him to leave the country If he were
to commit a grave abuse of hospital
ity they could convey him beyond the
frontier.
And even in their own countries
kings may not do just as they please
when their pleasure involves a breach
of the law, as King George of Greece
discovered not long ago, When it was
discovered that his dog license had
not been renewed His Majesty at once
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-04

gave orders that the tax, as well as
the customary fines, should be paid at
once-a spontaneous act by which he
recognized his duty equally to his
laws and himself.
When the King of Italy found his
way recently barred by sentry, who
refused to allow him to pass, King
or no King" Victor Emmanuel not
only took the rebuff with a smile and
retraced his steps, as the least of his
subjects might have done, but the
next day the faithful sentry received
from him a watch inscribed, ITO the
soldier who knows how to obey or
ders."
Even in such a simple matter as
hobby or sport, kings and queens have
found that they cannot always fol-
low their own sweet will. A few
years ago, for instance, King Alfonso
was told by his Ministers that he
must not risk his valuable life by
motoring at reckless speed, as he
was in the habit of doing Every we'll"
answered His Majesty, quite humbly;
81 will try to be more careful in fu-
ture."
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-04
BY LYULPH LUMLEY.

Sitting at her writing table with
its too elaborate suggestion of much
Lady Orbury took
up a letter and read it through.
From a drawer she produced a check
book, filled in one of it's blue forms,
slipped It in note she had already
written, addressed it, and placing it
with the check book in the drawer,
turned its key.
ON her delicately carved and tinted
face was a musing smile. Once more
she picked up the letter which lay
before her and SKINNED its contents.
AS she did so shadow stole over its
page. Without seeming to move her
eyes she was aware that the tall
figure of a man was standing outside
the long French window gazing in
upon her. While she looked up with
frank smile of welcome on her lips
her fingers were engaged in quickly
slipping the letter into its envelope;
but before the task was done the
man had pushed open the window
and entered.
Lady Orbury turned in her chair
to face her husband. Her hand
rested across the envelope on the
desk.
Orbury's eyes were fixed upon her
They accorded with the cold, hard
cast CT his features.
"Threc weeks ago." he began, with
on almost inquisitorial abruptness in
his tone, 81 told you that there was
to be an end of all this; that l would
not have any further friendship be
tween you and Manners; that, al
though l received him here. you
were to cease exchanging letters OF
kilograms or anything Of the kind,
81 did as you asked me-" she an
swered; but l told you that it was
an unjust request, that you mis-
judged me and him, that you didn'
or wouldn't understand"
yet you had a letter from Man
ners yesterday by the Afternoon
post. ! may as well tell you that
have been watching and I know, Sc
you can save yourself the trouble o
denial as far as that goes"
Lady Orbury's cheeks were pale
by a shade, but her self-possessioI
was quite undisturbed.
81 hadn't any intention of denyini
what is a fact" she said quietly. q"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-04
CALIFORNIA GIRL
LOSES LOVER

BERLIN, oct 2l.-The royal house
of Bavaria and many friends of Miss
Maude Fay of San Francisco are plung-
ed in mourning because of the death,
said to be by dieting, of her fiance,
Prince Luitpoid Ottlinger.
The Princes death is ascribed to
his heroic efforts to reduce his over
abundant weight 1t is averred that
he had learned from his fancee, who
is herself quite svelte, that American
women make and keep themselves thin
by a course of medical treatment.
Miss Fay and the Prince were en-
gagged about six months ago, and were
to be married soon. He first fell in
love with the voice of the California
girl,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-04

the forbearance to stay quiet, but
they did think they were hypno-
tized by my father-in-law's coolness)
he said, in his weird French, 'Vous
vooly nos animauX, which sounded
like nos animose.' The crowd grin
ned with delight-his French saved
the situation l felt that they would
not do us any great harm now.
"Mr. Moulton fumbled in his pocket,
and judging from the time he took
and the depths into which he dived,
one would have thought he was going
to bring out corruption enough TO
bride the whole French nation, but
he only produced a gold piece, which
he flourished in front of the spokes-
man, and asked if money be any in
ducement to leave us les animose.
But the not-to-be-bribed Communard
put his hand on his heart and said,
Sir, we are honorable people'-at
which my father-in-law permitted HIM
self to smile q thought him very
brave).
Raising his voice to an unusually
high pitch he cried, 'Je ne peux pas
vous refuser lie cheval mails (the
pitch became higher je refuse lie
ache Il can not refuse to give you
the horse, but l refuse the cow.
THE men before us were convulsed
with laughter. Then Mr. Moulton gave
the order to bring out the horse, but
not the COW. The official turned to
me; Madame he said, you have a
COW, and my orders are to take all
your animals. Please send for the
cow
1T is true, Monsieur, I answered,
with gentle smile Oike the one re-
posing under the mattress), that we
have a COW, but we have the permits
sion Of your government to keep it,
Which government he asked
The French government. Is that
not yours?'
The man could not find anything
to answer, and turned away num-
bling, AS you like which applied to
nothing at all, and addressed Mr..
Moulton again: we have orders, Mon.
sieur-' But Mr.. Moulton interrupted
him. 4 don't care; | refuse the COW.
Some one in the crowd called OUT,
'Gardez lie vache!' This was received
with burst of applause. I think that
these men, rough as they were, could
not but have admired the plucky old
gentleman who stood there so calmly
looking at them over his spectacles.
The servants were all huddled to-
gether behind the glass windows in
the antichambre scared out of their
wits, while the terrible Communards
were shaking with laughter"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-04
THE HUMORS OF A
FRENCH REVOLUTION

Madame De Hegermann-L indencrone
the wife of the Danish ambassador to
Berlin, contributes to the November
Harper's some memories of the Com
mune which Interestingly present the
drama and comedy of life in those
uays.
10Th May, 1871.
"While we were at breakfast this
morning the servant came rushing in,
pale and trembling, and announced TO
us that pillage had commenced in the
Boulevard Haussman Gust around
the corner), and that the mob was
coming toward our house. We flew to
the window, and, sure enough, there
we saw body of soldiers collected on
the other side of the street, in front
of the Princess Mathildes Palace,
gesticulating and pointing over at us.
eve thought our last day had
come; certainly it did look like a
crisis of some kind. We gazed blank
ly at one another Mademoiselle dis
appeared to seek refuge, | fancy, be-
tween the mattresses of her bed, the
smile and the urbane language with
which she was prepared to face this
emergency $50 often predicted by
herr disappearing with her.
"The mob crossed the street howl
ing and screaming, and on finding the
gate locked began to shake it. The
frightened concierge, already barri-
caded in his lodge, took care not to
show HIMSELF this Infatuated the riot
GUS crowd to such an extent that
they yelled at the top of their lungs
to have the gate opened
"Mr. Moulton sent scared servant
to order the still invisible concierge
to open not only one gate, but all
three,
HE obeyed, trembling and quaking
with fear. The Communists rushed
into the courtyard, and were about to
seize the unhappy concierge, when
Mr.. Moulton, seeing that no one else
had the courage to come forward,
went himself, like the true American
he is, Cand l went with HIM out on
the steps.
His first words lin pure Anglo,
Saxon), Quest ce que vous voolly?'
made the assembled crowd giggle.
"The leader pushed forward, and,
presenting a paper with the official
seal of the Comite de Transport, de,
manded in the name of the Commune
('requisitioner,' they call IT'D every.
thing we had in the way of animals
Mr.. Moulton took the paper, DELHI,
erately adjusted his spectacles, and
having read it very leisurely q won,
dered how those fiery creatures haf
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-04

interesting inasmuch as ! did not ex-
pect to find so elaborate an institu.
ton, and because | had always heard
that the things my ancestral cousin
was likely to have to do with would
be very simple and democratic instead
OF dignifed, and in some respect, eX-
elusive, as | have found Harvard.
The English universities have re-
manned unchanged for centuries in
many of their customs, and conse.
quently | expected the same condi-
tons here The spirit of comradeship,
! fear, is also lacking Many of the
students reside away from the uniyer-
sity in fashionable apartments. At
home the majority of college men
room in the college yard, A student
should be more interested in his
books than in finding a room in so.
ciety circles.
Perhaps, however when 7 have
been here longer / shall change my
ideas of American universities and be
ready to agree that the methods pur-
sued here are superior to those Of
English schools, and that Harvard is
just such an institution as John Har-
ward would have If he were alive"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-04
HER MIND RELIEVED.

Charley, dear" said young Mrs
Torkins, what is a jackpot"
"Why-er-a jackpot is a general
contribution for purposes of charita-
BILE donation"
ooh! Do you know l was afraid
it had something to do with the wick
edness of politics Chicago Inter-
Ocean.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-04
METHOD.

Conductor-See here, don't you
know better dan ter pull dat strap in
de middle? You'll ring both bells.
Pat-Faith an l know that as well
as yerself. But it's both ends av tn
car OF want ter stop!-Satire.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-04

The Gulf Stream skirts the Atlantic
coast pretty closely as far North as
Sandy Hook and the weed goes along
with it. 1t is just as possible for the
wind and sea to collect the weed into
one mass and give it the appearance
of a serpent a short distance off the
coast as it is farther out L" t sea. Then,
too, it is possible for the wind to blow
the mass out of the Gulf Stream and
up close to shore.
Captain Whyte, therefore, has a
sympathy for the sea-serpent tale, and
he says that there are other mariners
who agree with him that a person on
shore seeing a mass of the weed when
the atmospheric conditions make ii
appear to rise out of the water has
a right to believe that he has seen a
Continued on page twenty)
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-04

pent was sighted The Katharine was
on her way to Baltimore and was near
Currituck Inlet, close to the North
Carolina Coast, when the mystery ap-
peared.
Captain Whyte was on the bridge
and saw, ahead of the steamer, what
looked like a huge snake at least 700
feet long and dozen feet wide, NOV
ing along over the surface of the sea.
1t was travelling at rate of three or
four miles an hour, apparently, and
as it went it's body undulated in a
long, graceful movement What was
more, it seemed to be a foot or more
out of the water.
Captain Whyte has no hesitancy in
saying that the appearance of the
long, serpent-like thing gave him a
start. To him it looked exactly like
a living creature, and everybody else
on deck who saw it shared the cap
tains feeling of awe and mystification.
AS the Katharine neared the serpent"
all eyes were fixed upon it,
When the steamer was close upon
it all hands saw plainly that it was
only an extraordinarily long mass Of
the gulf weed blown together 1t was
moving along with the stream and the
undulating movement was caused by
thp rise and fall of the waves The
fact that it appeared to rise out of
the water Captain Whyte ascribes to
the state of the atmosphere, which
caused a sort of mirage.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-04
Cabin-Fire Tales of a Deep
Sea Skipper who is Veracious

garded as mysteries by shore-going
folk receive from them an explana-
ton.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-04
ORIGIN OF OUR cALENDARS
Story Of tho Year and Its Days, a.
Now Constituted, Told
Once More.

The Julian year consists OF. 1851
days and exceeded by IL minutes 1885
seconds the solar year Of 365 days
hours 48 minutes 46 seconds. - con.
sequence Of this, the equinox the
course Of a few centuries fell back con.
siderably. In the time Of Julius Cae.
sar. 1t corresponded to March rs,
and by the sixteenth century 1t had
refrigerated to March II. It was at
this time that physician oc Verona
named Ghiraldi proposed a plan for
amending the calendar. He died be
fore he had opportunity to carry 1t
forward, but his brother presented 1t
to Pope Gregory Kill, who assembled
q number Of learned men to discuss it
1t was passed upon favorably and
adopted. and thus was given to the
world what has since been known as
the Gregorian calendar. In 15S2-Greg
DRY Issued brief. apolishing the Julian
calendar in all Catholic countries. anu
Introducing the reformed one.
The reform of the Gergorian Ut new
on the Julian or old, consisted In
dropping ten days after October 4,
1882. so that the 18th was reckoned
hundredth year, which, by the ODD style
was a leap year. was to be common
year, the fourth century, Invisible by
four, excepted; that is. 1000 was to re-
main a leap year, but 100, 1900 and
1900 were not to be reckoned as such.
while 1000 was to be reckoned.
In this calendar the length of the
solar year is taken to be 265 days S
hours 40 minutes and IL seconds, the
difference between which and the true
length is immaterial.-The Christian
Herald
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-04
MYSTERY OF THE UMBRELLA
Pittsburs Shockeeper Wondered About
1t for Many Days-simpIe.
After All.

In the midst of a driving rainstorm
one day recently the owner of a small
store on a North side street corner
was startled by the violent opening Of
the door and the sound OF rushing
teet Hastily dropping the work she
was doing In the rear room. she hur.
r1ed toward the front Of the store iii Va
IN tune to see the door slammed shut
ana strange man running away at
top speed. Wien she reached the
door he had disappeared; but when
she turned to investigate she was
astonished to behold "A handsome gold
handled silk umbrella. dripping with
moisture. lying on the 81 owcase
surprise. alarm and complete mysti.
hcation were mingled What possible
explanation could there be of a stran.
ger dashing into her place in the
midst OF drenching dovnpour, Ieav.
ing his fine umbrella without n word
OF explanation. and rushing 9TH into
the rain without It? a.
The more she though. about 1t the
deeper grew the mystery She re-
lated the incident to her customers.
Not one Of them could offer a plausI.
oie solution. She finally concluded
the man was crazy. and she Felt rro.
foundly thankful that he had done r.
worse
Then one day n second stranger ap-
peared. He was almost as mysterious
as the first. He produced a letter
ana handed 1t to the storekecpc- II
was dated Chicago and read:
Dear Tom; left your umbrella in
the little store at the corner near
your house. Just had tire to grab
car, so failed to explain TO store.
Keeper. Left II on showcase Hore
you recover 1t o. K"
We'll declare" was all the IAne
storekeeper could gasp as she pro
dnceG the umbrella How simple IL
was after all"-Pittsburg Gazette
Times.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-04
The First "cowbo.A

T., cowboy" was once siIit.yer word
,Io. n,ueFIca' politics. In the Reyolu.
.,o"n,y war the cowboys" were
80 o, tories In Westchester county
view York. popularity so.calIed hecamso
thor ~. brutal roughness with which
noIs,. treated their Wing or rebel
n nns" II was, no doubt. in
"oon. pry OF them that the name OF
,. rU"ooys, was given in 1851 to Ger.
.''n people In Connecticut and Other
m mos, u .. Ne" England who were al.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-04
On the Shelf.

TO The married woman and IN tba
spinster alike 1t Is always a sbock n
md that parties are being given for
younger set to which they are moi
oidden, Tor the realization that tbese
younger members Of society are cIass
Ing them as "old" is not altoeethor
pleasing. To the married woman Tho
experience usually comes later than
TO the unmarried. for she will bo
as ed to young gatherings when a
spinster several years her Junior will
be omitted. Whether this Is becausa
her husband Is still reckoned attrac.
lVe' though married, or because n,
her utility as chaperon, is an omen
qlS stion. but the fact remains Ono
spinster lately confessed that for aev.
eral days after her first experience at
being left out of party she almost
p'nched herself. saying. Can this he
J that an so slighted?" for she dearIv
loved TO dance and never had been a
wall hover. Now she says she has
slowly but surely been reIega.Ad 10
me dinner set. and there she cuM ont
tho debutantes at every cbance aoa
gets In revenge
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-15
Old Dauy Crockett

Is credited with having said. BE
sure you are right and then go ahead"
Davy was wise man. as millions who
have gone ahead without knowing
whether they were right, both before
and since his day, would testify were
they given an opportunity. / have
made 1t my business during the past
twelve years to try to induce men who
had made up their minds to buy life
insurance, to Look Before Leaping, and
investigate the standing, record and
policy contracts Of the Mutual Bens-
fit Life Insurance Company. Some
have taken my advice, while others
have not. All who have made thor
oush and impartial Investigation and
have insured In the company-and the
number includes not less than 95 per
cent Of the investigators-are sure
they have the best there Is In life in
surance, while many Of those who leap
ed and then looked have lived to regreI
their failure to look before leaping,
and In many instances have rectified
their original blunder by also joining
the Mutual Benefit Host, while many
others, IL they keep their health and
keep on living, will yet do SO; anyway
they have assured me that such was
their purpose. Ask TO be shown
wherein the Mutual Benefit ls Differ
ent from other companies. Wise men
attend to the matter Of securing Mu-
snefit Policies with as little delay
as possible.
SAM M. eRIsT, Special Agent.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-15
THE OLD HIGHWAYS.
They Are Found to Be the Best Routes
For Modern Roads.

In adopting as her cross-state high
way the route of the pioneers. Mis-
souri, follows the lead of the modern
pathfinders. The men who first cut
their way through forests and wild
land cared more for a direct available
route than a scenic and picturesque
road, and those that came after them
have found the first crude surveys the
best.
Maryland in undertaking to devel-
op her old roads has found them full
Of historic interest and has made lit
tie changes in the original lines. The
roads now under discussion from
Washington south are the routes
tramped by troops of earlier wars into
the Virginias and Carolinas or fought
over by armies There is the same
charm of associations with national or
state history in the old national road
and in the turnpikes leading from 1t
in Ohio and Indiana southwark to
Kentucky and in the trails westward
across the prairies from the Missouri
river. The dedication Of the end Of
the Santa Fe trail has just been cele-
brated on the plaza at San Fe. This
old trade route has been carefully
marked across the Kansas plains and
through the passes Of the Rockies. 1t
has been found not only the most in
teresting but the most available IL a
way is to be made across the conti-
nent from the Atlantic to the Pacific,
and so well has 1t satisfied the de-
mands of the modern traveller that
already much of 1t has been improved
from grass grown trail to an automo-
bile road. The pioneer route from
Wyoming to Texas has been trans
formed into a thousand miles Of good
highway over which motor cars are
travelling while the paths Of the from
iiersman and the soldier in Montana,
Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico,
Arizona, California, Oregon and
Washington have been Joined to make
a loop automobile road Of 10000
miles, with only three bad stretches
throughout the entire circuit.
When three routes were proposed
for the Missouri road there was grave
thumbing of histories throughout the
state. One route had nothing to meet
the fact that at one point on the line
two generals once met and agreed to
separate their armies and avoid bat
tie. A Missouri committee naturally
brushed aside In favor Of the "Boons
Lick road" There was a strong ap-
peal in the very name. Besides, 1t was
the first regularly travelled road in
the state back from the watercourses.
Boon and his sons established in 1907
Missouri's first industrial enterprise
in the manufacture of salt at the sa-
line springs he discovered in Howard
county. First a pathway, then road
was beaten out to this spring. For a
hundred years the road has been
trodden. by the feet Of Missourians.
Over it for a generation the column
Of the pioneer army marched west
ward to join the Santa Fe trail. So
the automobilist in his ambitious
scheme Of an ocean-to-ocean boule-
ward only revived the old route Of the
pioneers prairie schooner and the
Conestoga wagon.-New York Sun.