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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-01
AUTOMOBILE AND GARAGE NEWS
MOTOR CYCLES
IN TRANSVAAL

II is estimated that there are over
1000 motor cycles in johannesburg
and probably 500 more along the Reef,
which is known as the Witwatersrand
mining district During 1911, sol mo-
tor cycles we're registered in this city,
not including those registered in 9TH
er municipalities along the Reef.
From January l to February s, 1912,
500 motor cycles were registered in
johannesburg. The figures for the
the other towns are not available.
There are probably over 1000 gasoline
automobiles in use in johannesburg,
but only one electric.
The streets in johannesburg and
the larger towns of this consular dis
trict are well paved. The country
roads, on the whole, are not consider
ed good though they will compare
favorably with the average country
districts of the United States. The
license fee for any motor cycle in
Johannesburg is $3.50 a year. The
retail price of petrol varies from S43S
to So SO per 1O-gallon case, according
to quality
The average prices for the better
grades Of motor cycles, with free en-
gines, are 1858 to 1855. The standard
model, with fixed engine, sells for
1904 to 1916. Other makes, Of cheaper
grade and construction, range in price
from 1855 to 1904 for free-engine mod
els, slight reduction being made for
standard models in this class. The
side car, consisting of third wheel
and seat to be attached to motor cy-
cles, is becoming popular here, the ad-
ditional cost varying from s4S66 to
STAG, according to frame and fittings.
Motor cycles for ladies', open-frame
model, are being introduced into Jo-
hannesburg, the price being the same
as for the ordinary motor cycle.
The names of the motor cycles most
in use here, in order of numbers and
prominence, are as follows: Triumph,
Bradbury, Matchless, Humber, Rover,
Bat, b. S. A, Precision, New Hudson,
Zenith-Gradua, Rudge-Whitworth, Ivy,
and Scott, all of British Manufacture.
A German motor cycle, the N. s. u,
has been sold here to some extent, in
the past, but is not at present rep
resented here. The Indian, an Amer
lean make, Is now being introduced
here and is meeting with fair success
Other motor cycles on this market in
clude the Singer, Rex, Royal Enfield
the James, Forward, New Comet
Abingdon, King Dick, and Douglas, Of
English make, and the F. NJ, of Bel
gian manufacture.
Engines of motor cycles for sale
here should have a clearance of al
least inches, owing to the numerous
stones encountered on outside roads
The tires universally used here are
2 IA inch. The customs duty on mo
tor cycles is fifteen per cent ad valo
rem, with three per cent preference
in favor of the British Production
sular Report
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-01
AMERICA MAKES 700 CARS DAILY

Registration figures up to April OF
this year show that there are 652,461
motor vehicles in use in America.
In 1911, the daily production of plea
sure cars reached the surprising figure
Of 700 per day. This number will be
exceeded at the present rate for 1912,
one maker alone now producing 10000
cars per month.
Up to 1911, registration figures show
ed 25,451 commercial vehicles in use
and estimates place the production for
1912 at 10000.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-01
EXTRAVAGANCE OF AMERICAN
CHAPTERS HOSTS GASOLINE BILL

A motor.dosigning engineer, whose
name is not given, is quoted in The
Motor Worl1 rs having declared that
the steady increase in the price Of
gasoline Ought to set to thinking
every person interested in the auto.
mobile trade, and cause them TO guess
when the limit will be reached"
When ever he sees the announcement
Of an advance in the price, he I'm
dulges in one long sweet dream" in
which he sees many, many ways by
which the supply of liquid fuel could
be conserved. One of these ways is
the use of greater care by drivers in
using it. He cites the impressive fact
that, while in England the price is
about double what it is in America, lit
costs little, if any, more to operate
a car in England than it does here"
The reason is "the American tempera-
ment:"
British cars are no more perfected
in design than are our cars; there is
no more refinement in detail over there
than is shown in the construction of
American cars; their motors show no
greater thermal efficiency than do the
motors of our native heath, and yet
they can go about double the distance
on a gallon of gasoline, There are
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-01

ping or calls and not deprive him OF
his car for business use.
THE new roadster has been a big
success and has won admirers every
where. 1t is car which every man
who has use for a two-passenger ma,
chine should Investigate. It is a car
which increases efficiency"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-01

April established new months rec
ord at the Cadillac plant in the matter
of shipment Of cars. Some 1872 cars
left the factory during April, an aver
age of about seventy cars a day.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-01

automobile into this island. 1t Is a
four-cylinder car and was construct
ed in Tokyo. Another car is to be
ordered soon by the Taiwan Railway
Hotel for the use of it's guests.-Con-
sular Report.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-01

only two reasons that / can see why
this should be the case. First, because
of the prohibitive tax on the higher
powered cars the average English au-
tomobile is light and low-powered and,
second the average English car owner
prefers to travel at uniformly moder.
ate pace and does not accelerate the
machine to sixty miles an hour and
then retard it to twenty miles the next
moment. There is not the slightest
doubt that were an American car
matched with a car of British manu-
facture, the cars being of equal weight
and power and both provided with
careful drivers, the average gasoline
consumption per mile would vary but
slightly. But the American desire for
speed, the Americans so-called pride,
which will not allow of another car
passing him on the road, cause the
operating and maintenance costs to
mount high. However, the usual run
of caf-owners have the idea that a
motor-car IS an expensive proposition;
they think that about the only way to
cut down expenses is to avoid being
fined for overspeeding and consequent
ly they slow down every time they
see anything that looks like blue
coat, and imagine that by SO doing they
are reducing operating expenses"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-01

Window envelopes at Hawaiian Star
office. No addressing necessary in
sending out bills, etc.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-01

Glenn H. Curtiss, the noted aviator,
being interested in automobiles, re.
Gently purchased a Flanders electric
coupe.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-01

Count S. Sakuma, Governor General
of Formosa, has imported the first
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-01
MUSCULAR RHEUMATISM.

When your shoulder is so lame tina.
every movement of your arm pains
you severely you may know that You
have muscular rheumatism. Prompt
relief may be had by applying Cham
berlain's Pain Balm and massaging
the affected parts with tine palm Of
the hand at each application. DO not
use your arm any more than is nee.
essary for a day or two as every
movement tends to aggravate the dis
ease. For sale by all dealers. Ben
son, Smith & Co., Agents for Hawaii.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-01

For the best made rubber stamps
30 to Wall, Nichols Co.. Ltd. They
make them.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-01

Fine Job Printing, Stat Office
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-03-06
cAITcHT an THE Fly.

r 0AF
Jack johnson. the negro prize
fighter. has an English vhiet. and.
Judging by the present crop OF
white hopes" he may as we'll let
the valet defend the title In connec-
ton with the other duties of the posi-
tion.
According to report there are now
5000 ostriehes In this country and
this number does not include the
men who eat In the railroad lunch
rooms between trains.
In the dissolving view of the pres
|idential situation there seems to be
coming into prominence a pair Of
eyeglasses, a bristly mustache and a
set OF teeth.
Statistics show that more gold was
taken from the earth during 1911
than during any previous year. More
also WAS taken from the ultimate
consumer.
The mystery Ia solved. That Penn
sylvania man who never heard of
William Jennings Bryan ID an In
mate OF an institution for the deaf
aud dumb.
A Cincinnati millionaire enter
tanned seventy-nre chaufYeHre at a
Christmas party. He will probably
be abs to o the street In safety
hereafter.
Lillian Bell says every man under
thirty-nve years Ii either hopeless or
impossible. Lillian must have a
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-03-06

way
To letrcumvenf this noisy pest,
Who never gives us any RES
Or to elect the arrant dub
Intg the Ananias Clue.
It matters not what the event
He Is the omnipresent gent,
No matter what creates the stir
He always knew 1t would occur.
Earthquakes and fires do not dis
may
This prophet In the slightest way.
He'll tell you afterwards that Hb
Had prophesied them down to Z 1T"
No matter how the vote may stand
This ardent faker has the sand
To tell you that be doped It out
When this old world doth end at last
And time for prophesies are past.
When he's assigned to realms below,
Win he say then, II told you so?"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-03-06

hasnpnd nnd I s@t1aa xsaf dfakeulta!sa
wgsnect hsfp from thS1n III frexa ynas
Who are you anyway7
II am calling you fro mEhe trouble
~dspsxemanf OF the telephone cong
psny. Ths neighbor reported that
thsrs was soznsthina wrong With
your phone"
FOR the love OF Miks.'' shriekea
the wife. ss she dropped the tele-
phone receiver and nearly tainted
away. Caught with the goods.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-03-06
SOME LEAP YEAR HINTS.

Dont give nim 8 cheap engage
ment ring. for he In sure to find Ii
out, ooner or later.
When you interview his mother
and ask her for his hand, dealt act
rs though you wer too anxious. Ba
little Indifferent and lat the old
lady know that her son Is not the
only plum on the matrimonial tree.
II you have got q good Job, and IN
tend to stick to 1t after marriage, tell
hi mao. 1t may make him think more
likely of your suit.
Send him a nice Bouquet Of vioIets
or American beauties once in awhile.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-03-06

not often enough to aatter bic vanity
TO any great extent. but Just semi
occasionally, - 1t we're.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-03-06

CAUGHT WITH THE GOODS.
The man and his wife or perhaps
It might We more proper ia these
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-02-05
MONEY MADE IN FOX FARMING
Most Profitable Of All, Says Agrlcul.
~ turaI officiaI--skins Are
Worth $4,000. ..--

Neutrality-suspicious. farming is prob
ably the most profitable agricultural
Industry in the world. This was what
]. Walter Jones Of the department of
agriculture told the American Breed.
ers' association here. At the sugges-
ton of Secretary of Agriculture Will
son Mr.. Jones made an Investigation
Of the fox farms of Canada, where a
practical monopoly of the business
now Is enjoyed, with the idea of try
ing to interest some Americans in the
work "
Natural black fox sets sell at from
$500 to $4,000 a set, Mr.. Jones said.
Next years expected crop of pups al
ready has been sold for $4,000 a pair.
"The increasing scarcity of costly
furs," he declared, "and the greatly
Increased demand make the signif-
canoe of breeding In captivity the
more important. It is probable that
within year orttwo the breeders will
be rearing mink, marten, offers, and
beavers Skill such as only trapper
or a close student of nature can
achieve is necessary In the successful
breeding Of the shy and nervous rey-
pard.
"The so.called black fox is the skin
Of the timber wolf of Kamchatka, the
half-wild dog of Manchuria, or cheap
American fox dyed black. Only few
dozen genuine black foxes have been
caught yearly. and most of them have
gone to the nobility of Europe. prin-
cipally those of Russia and AUSTRIA -
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-02-05
LOVE STORY OF ARCHDUKE
Ferdinand Charles Louis Of Bavaria,
Welded to Rosa czuber, Enjoy.
ing Peaceful Exile.

The Archduke Ferdinand Charles
Louis of Austria, scratched from the
Almanach Gotha, scratched from the
army, deprived of all his titles, ranks
and orders, is peacefully enjoying per-
feet love as an exile. He is now known
M. Ferdinand Berg, and is painting on
the borders of Lake Lugano.
His fault was a gracious one, for
to marry morganatically has become
almost habit in the Hapsbourg fam
lily. But this fault was aggravated by
the fact that the marriage was cele-
brated without imperial authorization.
His elder broth, the heir to the throne,
and the ducheresse of Hohenberg, who
were likewise separated by a great
difference In station, were more adroit,
and had taken into their play Madame
Schrab, the mistress of Francis 10
seph. 81.
Madame Ferdinand Berg, nee Rosa
Czuber, has nothing with which to re-
proach herself for having made con-
quest, Of the archduke in an official
reception at Prague. The archduke
had Immediately demanded her hand,
but the severe DR.. Czuber made him
wait five years.
It is only question now of OBJ
tanning the pardon of the emperor
Francis Joseph. The archduchesse
Annonciade Is employed to do this,
but it is feared all her efforts will re-
main unfruitful If she can not first
move the excellent Madame Schrab.-
lie Cri de Paris. ..
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-02-05
A Modern Type.


They are usually of a willful fair.
ness, with flesh kept firm by the mas.
seuse; their brows are lowering, and
there is the perpetual hint of hard.
ness in their faces; their apparel is
exceedingly good, but their manners
are ungentle, their voices harsh and
disconnected; there is no light in their
eyes, no charm or .softness in their
presence. They are fitting mates, per.
haps, Tor tho able-bodied pagans who
are overrunning the earth, but hard
~ suitable nurses for q generation
which must redeem us from material.
ism, If indeed we are to be redeemed.
Facing them, one wonders if race sui.
eide is not one of natures merciful de-
Vices. How should they or their of.
spring ever replace our old-fashioned
lady?S Yet they are the natural prod.
uct Of much Of our modern wealth,
as she was the natural product of the
comfortable life of a generation Of two
ago.-The Atlantic.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-02-05
For Rent. Nicely furnished
rooms. Third street. Next door.
east of Bankers, up stairs.
10 ABOLISH GERMAN SALUTE
Movement Afoot Against Taking OF
the Hat on Occasions Of Meet.
Ing and Separation.

The progress In urbanity-the art
Of city life-which is taking place
among modern Germans Is illustrated
by the movement for modifying. or al,
together doing away with the Ger
man salute" says a cablegram to the
New York. American. Under the ex-
preston is meant the traditional
fashion of taking of the hat on occa-
sions Of meeting or separation. It ia
q highly elaborate performance, in
three motions, suggesting military
precision, the first being the raising
Of the hat with stiffly extended arm,
the second the lowering of it to the
knee with downward cutting motion
and the third the similarly precise
replacement on the head. The action
between adults appears formal enough
to draw smile from foreigners Of
easier manners, but it becomes laugh
able when one sees 1t practiced with
all gravity between pair of school
boys or college students. How deeply
the German salute" is engrained in
the national forms Of so-called polite
ness is proved by the story of the
independently minded subordinate of.
fetal who steadily refused to make
the traditional obeisance to the
"chief" and got the alternative of max
ing it or being dismissed. In Ger
many 1t is etiquette for a gentleman
meeting lady Of his acquaintance in
the street to take off his hat to her be-
fore she bows. In Anglo-Saxon coun-
tries the reverse is the practice, and
an American woman would feel not
little establishment, as we'll doubtless
as some amusement, if she were
brought up against one of her male
friends saluting her in the German
fashion.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-02-05

full Of hope for the present generation.
Players have learned to save their
money. They receive better salaries,
too, than in the old days, and with
strict training methods, and in many
instances good advice from club own
ers, the habit of saving has been in
stilled and the ball player can now
retire with as much money as any
salaried employee in the average busi-
ness can save in lifetime.
Fred Clarke is worth a quarter mill
lion and he is still playing. Frank
Chance and dozens of other players
can be named who have plenty of this
worlds goods, and safely invested, too.
When the present geenration of ball
players passes on and thirty-four of
them, perchance, die in one year, there
will be different story to tell about
mouths of fatherless children unfed.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-02-05
Something Missing.

Life guards at Jersey seaside re-
sort tell with great glee of an incident
that happened there last summer. A
German, with his boy of ten, was
standing at the rail of one of the piers,
quite at the end thereof, when sudden.
ly the youngster toppled through into
the water. AS no life guards were out
that far at the time well dressed
young collegian on the pier, without
waiting to divest himself of shoes or
clothing, jumped in and after battling
with the waves for some minutes got
the half-drowned boy to the beach. IN
the meantime the father had fastened
from the pier. ~
q The parent. however, bore himself
with great GOODNESS. AS the rescuer
placed the dripping lad at his parents
feet, the German calmly inquired:
Many tanks, but yot hat you done
NIT his hat?'
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-02-05
Strawberries Every Month.


A strawberry plant, imported from
Siberia last spring by Edward Dixon
Of Forest Grove, Ore, bears fruit every
month In the year, the berries being
white in color when fully ripe. The
berries are not so large as the Oregon
berry. The flavor resembles that Of q
pineapple. f.. -
Blossoms and fruit are found on the
plant every week in the year; how
ever the best season for bearing is
from August 1 until about the end of
the year.
The berries hang in clusters on q
long, slender stem. Each plant has
several stems on which the fruit grow.
The stems with leaves bear no fruit.
Instead of propagating new plants
from runners, as is the case of native
strawberries, in this species the par.
ent plant Is broken up, the several
fruit-bearing stems are separated and
planted Individually. New York
World. ri ..-E
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-02-05
Driver ls 80, Horse 40.

Weston, Ore.-Amasa Phillips, 80
years old, Is driving a horse just one
half his age. and both appear to be
good for several years yet of work.
Mr.. Phillips is the owner Of valuable
Weston land and town property, and
labor with him is not necessity. yet
he is not contented unless Industrious
from morning until night. He is now
hauling gravel fora concrete building
he is erecting. The horse has lost
some teeth and its forage must be
ground. but 1t is in good condition
otherwise and tugs strongly in the
harness
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-02-05
FEAR I ! | An EPIDEMIC.
Rare Germ Causes Excitement
in Berlin, 81 Dead.
eotutlnus Bacillus Said to Have Been
Discovered In Food Eaten by Some
OF vlotims-kaiser Calls Tor
Reports.

Observation-Disclosures today of
dozen more deaths and thirty new
cases OF prostration have intensified
the public alarm over the mysteriou
malady that first made its appearance.
three days ago at the Central Munich
pal Shelter.
The deaths now total sixty-seve1
and the prostrations 142.
Despite official denials that there II
any suspicion Of the presence of chol
era In the city, Berlin is giving NOR,
and more credence to the most SIMS
ter rumors. These rumors are chiefly
due to the fact that many cases of i'll
ness and death have occurred at wide
~ separated places in and near tho
city where there could have been
scarcely a possibility of the malady
having been due to eating spoiled her
ring gathered by habitues of the Cen
trail Municipal Shelter. r, r., -
The latest explanation Of the au
thorities. put forth from the Berlin
Magistracy, is that the strange dis.
ease Is due to microbe known to
science as the "botulinus bacillus y
This particular type of bacillus is said
to cause a deadly sickness similar ia
that produced by "allanto-toxicum''-
the acid developed in spoiled liver
sausages. There has been no posi-.
tive Identification of this bacillus in
allanto-toxicum. It Is case of sim.
ilartty of effect.
1t Is announced that Investigations
1t the archaeological institute seem
TO determine the present malady as
aue to the botulinus bacilous in food
eaten by those who have been strick-
en-.
If that be so, the mystery is how so
many persons in such widely separat.
ed districts could have CHANGED to
eat food infected with the compare.
lively rare microbe.
The German emperor has asked the
minister of the interior to send him
a full report on the outbreak. The
Emperor and Chancellor Hollweg have
sent messages to the Burgomaster OF
Berlin expressing sympathy for the
victims. -
The fact that thirty deaths occurred
the first day of the outbreak, after
which the spread of the disease less.
ened, Is conclusive evidence to Prof
Gaffky that there Is present in the
community no infectious disease, such
as cholera, moreover, all the symp.
toms themselves, he adds, point to a
parasitic disease.
The professor says this type Of all
ment is luckily infrequent The most
recent researches, he says, lead to the
conclusion that the botulinus bacillus
Is not restricted to meat or to food
prepared from meat, but may occur in
vegetables. To this bacillus is attrib
nted the outbreak at the cooking
school at Darmstadt in 1894. when
twenty persons were attacked after
eating salad. and eleven died.
Prof. LEM and his staff at the Royal
institute have begun an examination
of the various food scraps, including
smoked herring, gathered by the in
mates Of the Central Municipal Shell
ter and it's branches. ...~
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%
|SPOPIDOM

Grand Forks, N. D., wants a place
In any circuit that is organized along
the northern border. ~
II Toledo let's Harry Hinchman go,
Mike Kelly would like to have him to
play second base for St. Paul.
intercollegiate basket ball is as
good as football, with the added at.
traction that pads are not worn.
The easiest thing in tho whole world
TO explain Is how man happened to
be knocked out In prize fight. 81
Jimmy Toman of Los Angeles has
signed his contract to umpire in the
Northwestern League next season.
Minneapolis has signed a catcher
named Otto Hungary, who is a pro-
uct Of Riverdale (Cal) University.
The Chicago Cubs will go to West
Baden for weeks water drinking be-
fore they 60 south to New Orleans.
Manager Mike Finn of Mobile de.
MES that he has closed deals for Max
well, Paulette or Cutshaw, as report
ed.
Some statistician figures that 1927
hits were made in the American
League in 1911 as against 1926 in
1910.
Seattle has bought Hosea Siner
from the Danville, ILL.,, club to take
the place of Bill Leard at second
base.
There seems to be as much diplo,
macy required In this broadsword
game as there is in boxing before.
hand.
Probably it would have eased the
minds Of many Of the wrestlers were
Mahmout barred from every city in
the United States.