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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-19
BUILDING PERMITS

| Following are the building permit
issued since last report.
Louis Canoe, dwelling, Punchbowl
John Holmberg, architect; Sanko com
pany, builder; $3.50.
| Cecil Brown, dwelling. HaCkfelC
| street; Fred Harrison, builder; $1400
E. Henriques. dwelling. Kaliht; Ace
| ty;ene Light and Agency Co., builder
$775.
G.. H. Lung. dwelling. Banyan street;
| IMm Lee Tai Co., builder; 1925.
c. Apau, dwelling, School street;
Lam Lee Tai Co.. builder; $500.
p. l.. Weaver, dwelling, Puunu
tract; T. Gill, architect; Tum Lee
builder; S4665.
Mrs. E. NJ. Adams, garage. Diamond
Head road; NJ. Ohta, builder; 5000.
E. S. Cunha. three cottages, Vine
y%rd street; FreitaS d Fernandez,
builders; $500.
Ching Lum, two COTTAGE. AIapai
lane; All Choy, builder; $500.
Ching Hing Yucn. dwelling, Parker
lane; Hee Yam Choy. builder; $500,
Mrs. J. Center, bungalow, Kalakaua
avenue. Ripley & Davis. architects;
CITY Mill CO.. builder; $3.50.
.!;on,., aa,+aoo kaIihi. PubIir
!. o,','r or, hitnct. Froitas E. Fernan.
dez. builders; $7924.
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-07-27

signs OF the pines, gone to play wit
the futtering leaves OF the aspen, !
the shade by the turn of the trail
gone forever. For the hills will moi
lei worry stay with you.
am glad | came to the hills. the!
taught me how little and how FOOLS
and how ungrateful was.
When the worry bit the deepest
there stood the eternal hills: smiling
at me from under the scurryini
clouds. III.
"WIlt," they said, be patient, take
comfort. see the little squirrel dowr
there in the shadow--see how he hu
ries about his business? He's worrle
for fear he won't have enough to las
him through the bitter winter. II
will. know he will, for have seei
his grandfather worry the same wa
all for nothing.
Once, when the season was poor
the squirrels great.grandTather dit
run short OF food late in the colo
snow, and he died just as easily as h
would have died a while later, any
how. II he had had all the fruit OF the
great oak stored in. his cellar und'
the cedar roots. What difference die
1t make. really? Why did he worr!
so, the worst that came was not 81
bad. was 1t?
"The little striped squirrels there o!
the rocks are quarreling among them
selves, they call each other the mos
awful names. Why do they do 1t?
Life is so short with them. One sea
son we see them and the next they
are gone. Just little season. rain
sunshine. wind. Il full! stream, low wat
err, hail. sleet. lightning, they are al
so wonderful. and the little striped
squirrels there on the rock do not Sc,
any OF these things, they Just chatter
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-07-27

The other day when l went up into
the hills ] had worry. gnawing, tear
Ing. agonlzing worry. 1t kept me
awake at night, and it walked witt
me at MONDAY, and when the gray
evening stepped, yelled, from the sun
I set skies, there was the worry coming
too, like the disagreeable cousin thai
always hears OF the party and comes
without waiting for an invitation"
Twas pretty tired OF the worry, but
somehow | couldn't seem to get rid Of
1t. The buster was the buster the
worry was. too; and when friends
came to see me | heard the worry's
voice above all that the friends were
trying to say and life was getting to
be a good deal OF nuisance.
And then went to the hills, and the
worry went along. OF course. Catct
d good.sized, able.bodied worry stay
ing at home with the old clothes and
the idle furnace and the empty ice
box.
. Every day IN the nils | went walk
Ing, short walks at first. then long
ones. over sun.soaked trails that lei
higher and ever higher up the rec
hills. Shady paths winding among
cedars that looked Il thousand years
old. Down soft valleys with the
green benediction to tired eyes
Along little streams that laughed and
gurgled at the joke OF life as human
beings live 1t. always walking. al
ways out under the great dispassion
ate skies, now blue, now gray. now
flecked with foamy white, but always
.impersonal.
And one day, all at once the worry
was gone, vanished, disappeared from
ylsw and almost from memory.
Gone down stream with the little
Z bits OF brown bark | leaned to sail
In the giggling water, gone up the
urHn TO listen to the grooming OF
the wind In the ccdars and the gusty
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-07-27

ginger nile would do Just as we'll ties
him in an upright position TO the
nearest bar and causes him TO inhale
enough whiskey sings to float d
whaleback at low tide.
f One OF the best habits now made is
that which prevents people from dig.
ging into other folks business without
first being invited to draw cards.
This habit is not as common as chew:
Ing gun at the theater in loquacious
and uninterrupted manner. but It
wears better with the general public.
Wherever a habit becomes SO IA
miliar that II sends man TO work
with a pair OF eyes looking like two
burnt holes In rag carpet, II Is time
to taper off on seven.up or Five Hun.
dred.
Habit Is a treacherous article to
tamper with, as 1t will warp mans
eyesight until he can't see the differ.
ence between thirty ten.cen. cigars a
day and smoking In moderation.
Some people try to disguise habit
by chewing coffee beans, while others
go about in company with the embit.
tered young onion. II there is any
habit which onions will not kill, it de.
serves to live to ripe old age.
The most cohesive habits are those
which have to be coaxed, coddled,
sub.soiled, dics-harrowed and irri
gated before they become enthusias.
tic over their surroundings and take
out life lease. Among these is the
olive habit, which never yields until
II has been swallowed several times
in a defiant and intrepid manner.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-07-27
VIOLATING THE NEUTRALITY
LAWS

LAWS.
TO quarrel or to air ones family dis.
agreements In front of outsiders Is
painfully bad taste.
To appeal to these outsiders to take
sides by expressing their opinion on
the points OF contention Is worse
than bad taste. 1t is discourtesy; 1t
Is unkindness: II is fragrant viola.
ton of the golden rule. For everyone
knows how embarrassing 1t is to be
appealed to in this way. To have to
be witness to family disagreement
Is bad enough. 1t makes one feel SO
awkward and self.conscous, $50 pain.
FULLY In the way and 50 wishfpl for an
Aladdin's carpet on which 10 whisk
ones self to the farthest corner OF
the earth. But to be appealed to- TO
take sides-that Is the last straw.
A friend tells me that she actually
ceased 10 visit at one home because
the husband and wife were continu
ally disagrceing and continually EN-.
barrassing her by urging her to eS
P'S'o hSi OIlulOu,
II suppose they are fond of each
other" she said. but they never
agree on anything, and they never
have the slightest hesitancy about
arguing in front Of me. wouldn't
mind that SO much, but they always
insist on my saying what think, ana
then the one disagree with gets
cross with me. try to be polite
and not take sides, but you know sit.
ting on the fence all days Is kind VI
hard work. One time It was whether
to do the living.room over In brown
or green. and the next It was an ar
snment on woman's suffrage, and the
next 1t was whether to send Donald
to public or private school. That was
the last time was there. don't be,
lieve In private schools and was fool.
ish enough TO say SO. Laura does,
and that made her cross with me,
and altogether Just made up my
mind that Id never 60 there again
at least unless heard they had re.
formed"
Myself. ! shall never forget day
spent with a ouarrelsome family
Though | was invited for the day, !
should certainly have made some az.
cuse TO escape sooner. had /, NOT been
that their home was on an island and
the only communication with the
mainland was a small steamer which
touched at the island once n day 7
went on the morning Trim ana oorIdr,t
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-07-27

!. la.s -. IN
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-07-27

with antedlluvian sonnd. This life
would be gayer, swow. be more like
a bright day in Spring, If people who
never knew how would cut out their
efforts to sing. The walls and the
rumblings and groans of people dc.
termined TO trill, give, us pains in our
left collarbones, and often. indeed,
make us III. This life would be fin.
err, I ween, our spirits less likely to
flag. II the man with n new auto ma.
chine didn't make 1t his business to
Drag. For we're tired OF the blIther.
Ing bores who say that their cars are
the best, who talk OF their triumphs
and scores till We long for the tomb
and its rest. This life would be no,
bier, and death less comfort to peo.
pie would give, II the man with dis.
tillery breath would talk, when he
must, through sieve. For under the
sun or the moon there's no one so
lacking in grace as the fellow who
leaves saloon, and blows the free
lunch in your face.
s: :;;.i s:''. 81 3 lN.,xG1sAo.,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-07-27

md scold and fight. For what? We
"onder and wonder.
THE great mountain there. the
Ing OF us all, he never worries. he
lnnot. There Is so much for him to
There are the clouds always get
ing lost and wandering around like
ihite sheep forgotten by the shep-
erd. he has to call up the wind, the
inging shepherd. to whistle them all
ONE again.
There Is the sunrise, what would
hat be without the great peak, and
he waters fall and rise. and the sun
cts, and the moon sails in calm gran
eur through the glorious sky?
we wonder among ourselves, we
Ills, we laugh together, we mountain
treams. Why. even the yellow flow
RS there on the spur of the noun.
ain know enough to smile in the sun.
line and he happy. What poor
lings you are, you humans, YOU and
ne squirrels. what good does all the
hattering and the hurrying and the
boarding and the worrying do? Tell
IS mat, we want TO know, we hills
And II was while | listened to them
hat the worry disappeared, and my
ieart Is light again, for know that
III is well In the end. and that all the
'orrylhg in the world will not make
better
And so ! live in the sunshine and
AK IN the rain and rejoice in a lit.
le weather because am alive, Ike
ne flowers there on the spur OF the
reat mountain. Alive and part OF
ne great plan. Who am |. to sit and
lake the day sad and the night Tor.
orn with my moaning?
Come up into the hills. the glorious
his and learn the peace. oh We Of
roubled minds. The hills that en-.
ude. and smile, and rejoice that they,
10. are part OF the great scheme
Come. forget for while the little
'ets, leave behind you the small an.
'oyances. put care into the stove and
urn 1t up, and most important OF all.
cave yourself. your conscience self,
It home with the last years clothes.
Jack your self-consciousness in the
garrett with the Paris hat that was
UGH a beauty II year or so ago and
such caricature now.
You are not OF fashion, too. Won
Yourself You need a change. a new
point OF view.
1t isn't half so important as Won
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-07-27

The Rev. John B. Craft was con
Quoting series of meetings in a ru
raj neighborhood OF southwest vir.
ginia. One night he was trying to
bring the necessity OF early embrac.
ing religious hope to bear upon his
compensation. Said he: "We'll Just
Illustrate: You begin in February or
March to prepare your ground for
planting out your spring crop. Yo
plant in, April TO be on time. Sur
pose you neglect this work! afayiwls
be late, but perhaps win answer Lot
the work 60 unaone tn June; then
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-07-27
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THE PICNIC.

(By Percy Shawl
When twenty persons, more or less.
Laden with cake and pie ana candy,
with Holsters, clans and anything
That happens 10 be rich and handy,
Start forth upon their arduous way
To feast in sheltered spot archaic,
We know that picnic time has come
With indigestIon's III prosaic.
The ladies scatter here and there
One salad stirs. one stops to chat.
ter,
One lays cloth, one heats the tea.
One heaps the doughnuts on plat.
ter;
Like woodland martyrs sweet, they
smile
While perspiration rills their noses:
Thongh all are starved, they talk OF
skies
And seas and pines and hills and
roses.
lsdB Z 4 VI. n6l lIllEItltIElIEn
ana when at last the clans are steam.
ed.
The Holsters ready for dissection,
They argue half an hour upon
Food values verses prediction.
The feast is voted grand and good.
The peaceful scene is strewn with
clutter.
The party drags its baskets back
WAth thoughts too full OF spice TO
utter.
Sale in their homes they sit and sigh.
ut was so warm-thIs is so breezy
Why take such RATS of trouble, when
A luncheon here is cool and easy?"
They VOW they'll never go again,
Yet on the very next excursion
You'll hear them say a picnic is
The incest kind OF h diversion.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-07-27

Or. Andrew d. White. former pres:
.ident OF Cornell, has been reappolnt.
ed by Congress regent OF the Smith
sonian Institution for six years, DR..
White received his first appointment
to this office in 1888, and on the
completion OF the present term he wi
have served the Institution for 30
years.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-07-27
SIDEWALK SKETCHES
HABIT.
BY H. l. RAM.

HABIT.
Habit Is an acquired luxury which
consists In driving the human will
With the bride off
Some habits are able to get over
The ground faster than others. and
have TO be curbed by the grand jury
our times year at heavy expense
10 the truculent taxpayer.
! The most difficult habit to acquire
is the habit of thinking in words OF
i've syllables without falling into. a
literary vein and flooding the market
With unbaled Yetblagg. !, { s )
Habit ia sSmelhlhg which selzes i
nan In an hnguarded moment When
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-07-27

what will you do? Too late, too late,'
will be the cry
Just SOW 1t in buckwheat,' called
out an old farmer from a rear seat.
The preacher sat -Mack's
National Monthly Il
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-07-27


DR.. David Bokhof, OF the swope
settlement, was enrolling several
boys for the privilege OF the various
departments OF the institution the
other day. One particularly restless
tousie'headed little fellow was being
questioned by the doctor:
"And what religion do your parents
protest. asked the doctor. .,ie
There was silence.
Don't you know what church your
father and mother belong to?" came
the second question.
Sure, do" blurted out the boy.
"All right, which Is IT,
They belong to the Turnverin.,'
proudly answered the young scion Of
the elan OF Germania.-Kansas City
Journal.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-07-27
WALT MASON
The Poet Philosopher.
suleERELuous MEN.

This world would be better, / wist,
and life would be sweet, | wot, II
TIE fellow who carries a grlst Of sto.
rles as ancient as Lot would suffer h
memory lapse AMI never more mosey
around to worry Industrions chaps
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-08-21
Child Born to Lady Decies.

London, Aug. 19.-hady Decies, wife
Of Baron Decies and daughter Of
George J. Gould, gave birth to a
daughter. Both mother and child are
doing well. ai,z.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-08-21
QUAKE DEAD 5000;
5000 ARE INJURED
Homeless and Hungry in Turkey
Total 10000.
SHOCKS CONTINUE DAILY
Relief Expedition Returns on United
States Gunboat Scorpion to Con-
stantinopIe With Appalling
Story of Suffering.

Constantinople, Aug 19.-An appall-
ing story of suffering and damage
caused by the recent earthquake in
the region about the Sea of Marmora
was told by the members Of the ex-
petition dispatched on August IA to
the stricken district on the United
States gunboat Scorpion, which re-
turned
]. Cornell Tarler, second secretary
of the United States embassy, and the
special mission of four doctors on
in the various towns and villages at
5000, while the total of those injured
reaches 5000 The homeless, hungry
and half clad number 100000
It was found impossible to approach
several villages on account Of the
odors arising from the bodies buried
among the ruins. Some villages were
heaps of charred debris
The plight of the survivors has been
made worse on account of the diff
Guilty of obtaining building material
Earthquakes Continue Daily.
Earthquakes continue almost daily
at many places along the coast.
In several villages visited by the
expedition some OF the houses which
were apparently unchanged were
found to consist of empty shells, the
whole of the interior having collapsed.
At Myriophite the appearance of
the town was deceptive because a
number of the houses standing on the
sea front, surrounded by gardens, were
intact, but Immediately in the rear
scarcely stick or a stone was left
upright
Americans Help Sufferers.
The American medical mission, aft
er treating 800 patients and finding
that it's work was overlapping that of
other missions, handed over it's sup
plies and medical stores to the vail
Of Adrianople, who is experimenting
the work on the scene.
The American Red Cross society
continues to dispatch supplies to the
sufferers and the foreign colonies here
purpose to collect subscriptions I'M
der the patronage of their respective
legations.
The Greek patriarch has appealed to
the archbishop of Canterbury for re-
lief for the sufferers. The 10000
without homes are mostly orthodox
Greeks. They are living on water
melons.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-08-21
INSANE MAN RUNS AMUCK
Empties Shotgun into Crowded Barber
Shop, Killing One Man-Two
Are Wounded.

Chicago, Aug. 19.-Michael La Por-
ia, an insane barber who was over
come by the heat, shot up his shop
with double-barrelled shotgun, kill
Ing Luigi La Crosse, who was about to
enter. He then wounded one of his
employees and turned the gun upon a
woman who, attracted by the two pre-
vious shots, was leaning from the win
dow overhead with three-months-old
baby in her arms.
He next ran into the shop and hid
himself, but was later arrested by the
police.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-08-21
POLICE CHIEF Is BUSTED
MAJOR of Columbus, O., Charges That
Gambling Houses Were Not
Closed by Deposed Official.

Columbus, o., Aug. 19.-Charged
with La.Iure to close 10 alleged gam
bling houses, Charles E. Carter, chief
Of police, was suspended by Mayor
Barb. Thomas O'Neill was appointed
acting chief Added to the Is charges
which name the proprietors of the al
legged gambling houses, charges Of in
competency, gross neglect of duty and
accepting, receiving and converting
fees belonging to inferior officers
were filed against Carter.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-08-21
Scores of Sundays Games.

0SOICS VI 0AEANdT 1dHiVSs
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Philadelphia, 10; Chicago, first game);
Philadelphia. I; Chicago. 5 Second game).
New York, II; st. Louis, I.
Boston, 5; Cincinnati, 4.
Pittsburg- Brooklyn, no game SEIZED
uled).
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
No games scheduled.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Milwaukee, 5; Indianapolis, g.
Minneapolis, 8; Columbus, ! (frst
game); Minneapolis, o. Columbus. (sec-
ond game).
Louisville, 5; Kansas City, (irst game);
Louisville, 5; Kansas City, 10 Second
game).
Toledo, I; St. Paul. 0 first game);
Toledo. 2; ST. Paul, Second game).
WESTERN LEAGUE
Omaha, 5; Topeka. (1rst game; Oma-
ha 5; Topeka 4 Second game).
ST. Joe 10; Wichita, 4.
Denver, 9; Sioux City, Z
Lincoln, II; Des Moines, 6 first garne) ;
Lincoln, "A; Des Moines, s Second camel.
THREE EYE LEAGUE.
Danviile. Z; Peoria, 3.
Bloomington, 4; Quincy, 2 first game);
Bloomington, 8; Quincy, 5 Second game).
Springfield, 4; Dubuque, first game);
Springfield, 5; Dubuque Second game).
(. Decatur 4; Davenport, 8 (irst game);
Decatur 8; Davenport Second game).
CENTRAL LEAGUE.
South Bend. 4; Akron, Q2 innings;
called, darkness).
Fort Wayne, 10; Erie, 1.
Youngstown. 6; Grand Rapids, T.
Canton. 4; Springfield, 0.
GAINESVILLE. 3; Dayton, 1 (f1rst game);
GAINESVILLE. A. Dayton, 2 (second game).
Terre Haute- Wheeling, postponed; rain.
WISCONSIN-ILLINOIS LEAGUE.
Oshkosh. 4; Madison, 1 first camel:
Oshkosh, 8; Madison, 2 Second game).
No other games scheduled.
CENTRAL ASSOCIATION.
Burlington, s; Keokuk, 4.
Monmouth, 2; Hannibal, 8.
Ottumwa, z; GaIesburg. Cffrst game);
Ottumwa 6; Galesburg, 2 Second game
Muscatine. 0; Kewanee, first game)
Ottumwa, S; Galesburg, 2 Second ga1ne).
Muscatine, 0; Kewanee, s first game)
Muscatine, 3; Kewanee, 2 Second game).
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-08-21
ALLEN CLANSMAN TO PRISON
Sidna Edwards, One of HiIgsviIIe
Courthouse Assassins, Pleads
Guilty and Is Given is Years

Wytheville, Va, Aug. 19.-Sidna Ed
wards, one Of the HiIlsville court
house assassins, pleaded guilty and
was sentenced to Is years in the pen
itentiary. Two of his kinsmen had
been found guilty of murder in the
first degree. On his mothers advice
he accepted compromise.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-08-21
Insures others; Foroets Self.

New York, Aug. 19.-After spending
lifetime writing millions of insur-
ance for other people, Archibald c..
Haynes died without any insurance on
his own life. He was president of the
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance COM
pany.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-07-23

Says music between acts is nuts
ance, anyhow.
Buffalo, N. Y.-Sam Isen, who
came from Bay City, Mich, is af-
ficted with leprosy. May be de-
ported.
Hancock, Mich.-Two-year-old
son of Joseph Coulhier, Tama-
rack, Wis, sat on railroad tracks.
Ground to death.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-07-23


He Enjoyed 1t Once't.
The amateur artist was paint
sunset, red with blue streaks
and green dots,
The old farmer, at a respectful
distance, was watching.
"Ah," said the artist looking up
suddenly, perhaps to you, too,
Nature has opened her skypicture
page by page! Have you seen the
lambert fame of dawn leaping
across the livid east; the red
stained, sulphurous islets floating
in the lake of fire in the west; the
ragged clouds at midnight, black
as ravens wing, blotting out the
shuddering moon?"
NO." replied the farmer, mot
since 1 give up drink"
Most women have five senses,
some have common sense and a
few have a sense of humor.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-07-23

eral have a grand jury called ip
Seattle. If Wickersham refuses
Berger will attempt to secure the
grand jury investigation through
a resolution in the house.
81 am informed that half
dozen millionaires or other rep
resentatives of big business in
duced Hanford to resign said
Berger. Anyway, Hanford, his
secretary and all his friends got
rich while Hanford was on the
bench. Then these millionaires
induced Hanford to resign to save
themselves from exposure in the
investigation. ! propose to show
them up, although dropping the
impeachment proceedings"
1t was on Berger's motion that
the impeachment action was
started against Hanford.