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The Holbrook news., 1912-05-24
Shoe Dealer Duke.

The story of how a grand duke, near relation of the czar of Russia, came to be boot and shoe dealer on the Nevsky Prospeckt comes from St Petersburg. Some time ago woman from Paris appeared in the Russian capital, covered with diamonds. It was loudly whispered that this woman was a protege of the grand duke; that the money that paid for all this dis play came out of the admiralty treas ury and would have paid the crews oi many ships in the war with Japan One evening at reception this wom- an was hooted and was obliged to withdraw. The czar drove her away and dismissed the grand duke in dis grace. His career having thus been closed he opened the shoe store. Now he has been pardoned and restored to his rank. But his shoe store contin- ues to do business and all the officers who are under his orders are wise enough to patronize it in order not to put anything in the way of their ad' Vancement-
The Holbrook news., 1912-05-24

forms the sixth dealing with the re suits of the Smithsonian biological sur Vey of the Panama zone.
 Among interesting birds collected by MT. Goldman, while engaged on this survey, there are two new spe cies of nun birds. These are described by B. W. Nelson of the department oi Agriculture, biological survey, in 2 pamphlet Smithsonian miscellaneoui collections, No. 2070), published by the Smithsonian institute, which forms the seventh paper on the results ot this survey.
 The nun birds, or genus Monasa, are so called from the somber black oI slaty plumage, which, however, ii somewhat relieved by the bright red or yellow bill, and in some caseI white feathers at the bend of the wing and about the bill.
 The specimens were collected bI MT. Goldman on the base of Cerrt Azul, northwest of Chepo. Only singld specimens of the two new forms wers obtained, and, in fact, no others were seen during the entire season in the canal zone and the adjacent coun try.
The Holbrook news., 1912-05-24
TOHN BURROUGHS once wrote a

IOHN BURROUGHS once wrote a J book which contained a chapter on the birds of Washington. It was 30 years ago that this book was written. In 1t he spoke about the crow black bird, otherwise called the purple grackles, which "stalked" across the lawn of the treasury and The Mall in front of the Agricultural building.
 The crow blackbirds have just come back to Washington from the south. In other places this bird is persecuted and in most of the states he Is allowed to be shot because it is supposed that he Is pest. but in Washington he is protected and here he will pick up crumbs at your feet unafraid.
The Holbrook news., 1912-05-24
HELPING A NEWSPAPER MAN
Governor Myron Herrlck of Ohio De- cllned to Answer Telephone and
 Tell of Own Death.

"The queerest talk I ever had over the telephone" conflded Myron T. Herrick, just before he left us, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer, "was down in Columbus, when I had the honor of being the governor of this state
 T was about to retire for the night, when a local reporter rang me up. You must know that had been re- ported dead that evening. I was in the best of health, as a matter of fact, but 1t was said that I had gone the way of all flesh. On this last cab I answered the phone myself.
 "'Mr. Herrick's residence?'
 "'Yes, sir
 "Ts he dead?'
 "No.'
 "Do you think he'll die tonight?'
 CT do not
 "Well, if he does, will you answer the phone and tell me?'
 Tt won't be possible, in that case.'
 "It won't, eh? Well, get somebody on the line that can help me out-you are useless!'
 q acknowledged my limitations,' continued our new ambassador, "and sent the cook to see if she could do better"
The Holbrook news., 1912-05-24

WASHINGTON.-Charles M. Wrenn,
 " foreman of the car barn ot Eff teenth and H streets northwest, has reached the conclusion that office safes do not make the best incubators for matching chinckens. He tried 1t and 1t almost failed.
 The hen quietly but firmly establish cd herself in MT. Wrenn's office few weeks ago because 1t was much warm CT than the icy outside. MT. Wrenn tried to remonstrate, but the hen was obdurate. There was nothing to do but let the hen have her way, and MT. Wrenn made room for her beside 8 lot of dusty files and railway rec ords in his big wooden safe. The hen was perfectly contented with its lot and offered no resistance.
 "Cluck, cluck," issued noisily from the office early in the morning when MT. Wrenn went to work and found the hen strutting proudly about cack- ling vigorously as though she owned the entire office.
 It didn't take MT. Wrenn long to size up the situation, and, opening the door of the safe, he found in the cor ner he had cleared for the bird batch of eggs. "One, two, three," he count ed them out, fifteen in all, and every
The Holbrook news., 1912-05-24
Strange Mammals Found in Canal Zone

IN the early part of the year 1911, I while engaged in the Smithsonian biological survey of the canal zone and the adjacent parts of Panama, B. A. Goldman made a collection of S6S mammals. This collection, represent ing between 40 and 50 genera, in cludes 12 new species and subspecies, of which descriptions have just been published by MT. Goldman (Smithson- fan miscellaneous collection, No. 2073) In advance of the general report on mammals of this region.
 Nine of the new forms are from the canal zone, and the others were col lected by the author when he was on a trip to the mountains near the head waters of the Chagres river, Panama, in March last.
 The new animals include oppos- sums from near Gatun, squirrels, of which is known as pigmy squirrel; rice rats, a yoke-tooth rat, which was found to be one of the most abun- dants in the grassy clearings of the canal zone; three spiny rats, includ- ing one known as an octodont, and named after Col. George w. Goethals, chairman and chief engineer of the isthmian canal commission.
 MT. Goldman states in his paper that acknowledgements are due especially to Col. Goethals and others connected with the administration of the canal zone, who materially aided the work of the survey.
 This paper, which has just been is- sued by the Smithsonian institution,
The Holbrook news., 1912-05-24

needed for food for the men and for the other dogs retained"
 Peary ridiculed the idea that Amundsen's observations of the south pole were inaccurate because he used only a sextant and artificial horizon. and not a theodolite.
 "The sextant and artificial horizon are the recognized instruments used by all explorers in such work" he said. They are accurate enough. The theodolite is much heavier and too bulky for use except at a tempo rary base or headquarters. The lighter instruments were used by the BritiGh antarctic expedition. Nansen, myself and many other explorer"
The Holbrook news., 1912-05-24
Hen Makes Nest in Big Office Safe

one of them snowy white. MT. Wrenn had never heard of matching eggs in an office safe, and he didn't know what to do, especially as he Is no farmer. He called a special meet ing of his office employees, and after lengthy debate 1t was decided that as long as the hen had taken the int tiative, the on.y thing to do was to put up with and let her hatch the eggs in the office safe.
 For three weeks the hen practically bossed the office, and, after deducting, 1t was discovered that the eggs ought to have been matched on a recent Sat urday, according to the office al manac.
 Saturday morning MT. Wrenn and the office force came to work little ahead of time, and the door of the safe was thrown open. while every one ex- pected to see Is chicks run helter skelter. Instead, there was a series of cackles from the frightened hen, and not a single one of the 15 eggs had matched. One of the men, who was something of a farm. CT, declared that the eggs would sure ly hatch the next day, but Sunday came, and they were as unhatched as china eggs. All that day there was a feeling of misapprehension, and Mon day MT. Wrenn went to the office to see if the expected had happened.
 From the half-closed door of the safe there issued a half-hearted "cluck," and the silver hen, followed by two forlorn-looking chicks, hopped out upon the floor. MT. Wrenn decid, ed to throw the other 13 eggs away
The Holbrook news., 1912-05-24
IInhurt hv Lona EaII.

A fall from a second-story window of her house in Philadelphia did little more than jar an aged lady the other day. When members of the family reached her side they found that she had sustained only few bruises. A doctor said no bones were broken, and that she would be about again in a day or SO. She was leaning from the bathroom window when she lost hef balance and fell to the yard.
The Holbrook news., 1912-05-24
FIrst Modern Painter.

GIotto, who painted the death of St Francis of Assist. Is regarded as the first modern painter. He was the first to paint objects and human figures in . manner to make us realize easily that they lived and had form
 Measured by the modern standards bis drawings were faulty. but he was nrBt to depart from the mosaio-like stiffness of the Byzantine artists to- wards freedom of competition and lramatic life and movement, apart tom the formal beauty of harmonious- I arranged line and color.
The Holbrook news., 1912-05-24

A correspondent, a churchman, somewhat moved by paragraph re- garding sleeping in church, wrote that he has no particular objection to the congregation going to sleep, when it has an excuse for doing so. "But, he writes, 'T want to ask you what you think of this: I attend a church where the assistant sleeps during the sermon, and a few Sundays ago he had the nerve to tell the rector it was the finest sermon he had ever heard him (the rector) preach, when he had been sleeping through iti" This is certainly very shocking. We submit, however, that if the assistant slept calmly through the sermon he could do no less than compliment it.
The Holbrook news., 1912-05-24

is rendered possible by the presence of two layers of differently colored pig ments in the skin, capable of displac- ing each other or of appearing simul- taneously at the surface. The chame- leon is remarkable also for its long sticky tongue. It will watch patiently until an insect is four or five inches from it, and then strike 1t with it's tongue, and the insect adhering to this sticky organ. is at once brought so the mouth.
The Holbrook news., 1912-05-24
Professional Precedence.

Martin W. Littleton, at dinner in New York, was talking about a po- ntical orator who exaggerated some what.
 "The fellow" said MT. Littleton. 'was addressing meeting one night in my former home in Dallas. He com plained bitterly in his address of 8 certain alleged abuse of power.
 "tAre to take this lying down7' he roared.
 'Then little man in back seat said shrilly:
 "No. old chap. the reporters Ii do that"
The Holbrook news., 1912-05-24
A Paradox.

Representative Underwood said the other day in Washington apropos of a tariff tangle:
 'It is contradictory and confusing. but it's true. Lots of contradictory and confusing things are true, you know. Thus, if a horse runs away with a man, the man is liable to be laid up for six or eight weeks, while if a man runs away with a horse he is liable to be laid up for six or eight years"
The Holbrook news., 1912-05-24
Tn. Woman Who Acts Naturally.

Women who are not anxious about the effect they produce, women who act naturally, have wonderful advan- tage over the self-conscious-thosa who are either vain or their beauty or dissatisfied on account of their lack of 1t All this takes away from their natural charm, their understanding. their sympathy. Many people expend so much sympathy on themselves that they have none to spare for any one else.
The Holbrook news., 1912-05-24

hair. He urges that all dogs be ban ished to the country.
 Other physicians have risen to the defense of the dog, and the newspa- pers of Paris are being inundated with letters for and against, but prin- cipally for, the dog. Some suggest that dogs be shaved. One of these let ters, written by Louis Carpenter, an eminent lawyer, says:
 "Dr. Toulouse ought to get shave. for his beard and hair certainly har- bor more microbes than the body of a dog. He ought never to telephone, for the telephone is botbed of contagion. He ought never to kiss his children, if he has any, for fear of communicating disease germs to them. He ought never to go out, for on the soles of his shoes he brings home particles of all the filth of the streets. He ought never to eat or drink or breathe, for
The Holbrook news., 1912-05-24

ed by MT. Toad. who carries them to her and presses them into the soft skin of her back. There they ger minate, and go through all the usual stages until each egg becomes young toad, and emerges from the mothers back as shown in the picture. The average number of young produced at a time may be roughly stated to be one hundred.
The Holbrook news., 1912-05-24
cow IS cURIoUsLY MARKED
Attorney Holstein, on Whose Side There Appears Profile Bust of
 Humorist, Mark Twain.

This curiously-marked COW was born on the farm of MT. Walker, near AL bertis, Pa. It is an Alderney Hol- stein COW, on whose side there ap- pears the profile bust of the great hu- morist. The colors of the COW are white and dark brown. As the months have passed the Twain bust has be- come more and more distinct, until today 1t stands out so plainly that the
The Holbrook news., 1912-05-24

-tions of all sorts from pious people throughout the country, and among other things there are said to be near ly 150.OO0 ancient copper mirrors in- cluded in it's makeup. The great Sho- toku bell is 26 feet neigh, AS feet in circumference, 16 feet in diameter, foot inches thick, and weighs no less than IA tons.
The Holbrook news., 1912-05-24
Lively Times.

Butcher-Come, John. be lively nowI Break the bones in MT. Will liamson's chops and pat MT. Ray'a ribs in the basket for him.
 John (briskly)-All right, sir, just as soon as have sawed of Mrs. Mur phy's 1eg.-Texas Magazine.
The Holbrook news., 1912-05-24
r.xt a. He Rsmembered 1t.

Little five-year-old Harry accompa nied his father to church one Sabbath morning, and the minister preached from the text, Iris I, be not afraid" {" Upon returning home his mother asked: What was the text this morn ing. HnRry?"
 The little fellow thought for . me meut, then answered: -It's me; doaA get scared"
The Holbrook news., 1912-05-24

works, inasmuch as it breeds diff ferently to any known animal. The female toad lays eggs, and these are collect
The Holbrook news., 1912-05-24
rabaeee hY tho YarA.

On Saturday afternoons in tAO R0A Antonio market, on the island cf Js- xaaica, Q dozen or more negroes may hO seen selling rope" tobacco by tAO yard. It is smoked by the natives, and derives it's name from the fact that 1t is twisted and put up in coils Ike rope, 200 yards to the coll
The Holbrook news., 1912-05-24

ful old temple in Osaka, the Man. chester of Japan. The bell was cast in 1903 to perpetu- ate the memory of a certain Prince Shotoku, who lived nearly 1900 years ago The bell is flo r m @ d largely from contribu-
The Holbrook news., 1912-05-24
Re-saarnh AII RInht.

Bill-Have you done any research work?
 Jill-Have IT We'll, say, I've looked for this same collar button I'm wear ing now at least fifty timesl"
The Holbrook news., 1912-05-24
DIsconcertInc.

T notice that you nearly alwayf sleep through my sermons, Deacon Hummer"
 'Why, Dr. Droner, Ter"
 I'm not hurt, deacon, but do wish you would sleep with your mouth closed"
The Holbrook news., 1912-05-24

in these actions he introduces into his precious sys- tenn germs of death, which, how ever, have not pre- vented him from living till now in perfect health.
The Holbrook news., 1912-05-24
TImorous.

T am afraid spinks has the wrona perspective of life"
 T shouldn't be at all surprised ft that were true. Spinks usually looA1 at life over his wife's shoulder.
The Holbrook news., 1912-05-24

color under the in- huence of fear, rage and various ly colored lights. This color-chanRa
The Holbrook news., 1912-05-24

dogs as dissemi- nators of disease. He gives a long list of maladies and parasites that dogs are liable to spread through carrying about the germs upon their
The Holbrook news., 1912-05-24
A Mark Twain" Cow.

most casual glance shows what it is The white marking is also unique, iT that 1t forms an almost perfect map O the United States.
The Holbrook news., 1912-05-24
TOAD BREEDING.

In the Surinam toad, a native of America, we have one of natures
The Holbrook news., 1912-05-24
BOTH CARRIERS OF DISEASE
Dog Lover of Opinion That if Animal Must Be 5anlshed, Doetors
 Should Shave.

Dr. Toulouse of Paris has raised . great storm in that city by attacking
The Holbrook news., 1912-05-24
FLY-cATcHINo EXTRAORDINARY

The most remarkable thing about a chameleon is it's power of changing
The Holbrook news., 1912-05-24
EXTRAORDINARY BELL

One of the largest bells in the world Is situated in the grounds of beauti-
The Holbrook news., 1912-05-24

Norah-Yes, ma'am, broke of my engagement with the policeman, and now have a soldier keeping company with me.
 Mistress-OhI I see. You prefer court martial to the police court
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-11
Hearst's Magdalena Bay
Scare and Its Real Purpose

syndicate granted
Mgdalena its back
they do nothing with
difficulty
within
the Magdaena they it, The shores of
died
fashion them off, that is
b thirst,
syndicate
things Until within
region for fourteen Thirst thirst always thirst They sent
miles
within
trying
fishing negotiations
the
motive all certain that the the Hearst
Mexico Therefore Hearst insists
Mexico
the
hunting We
President be trusted American interests this
Of the Monroe doctrines. F. Bulletin
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-11
THE BENEFITS OF A SIEGE.

We we're thinking thing would be for
people respects Oahu was closely invested
n their
food products in Davis free trader In
his Congress- showing wt
the Federal blockade This
acted like protective tariff in favor local
featuring industries; get few manufactured
Obliged its ingenuity at work to make
things itself Needing quinne and not getting mucn from e
runners Needing gnpowder the great
Berkeeywent to work under extra
ordinary supplied powder from queer raw material
Needing cannon swords small iron works
them Inventive talent was greatly
stimulated There was medicine hospital appliances
condensed food products
the like Conederacy realm manu-
acue products necessarily limited
Oahu should find out for the first
time the agricultural capabilities oil this SOIL the pest ways
public health actual work IN the
prouctvness! would be any
shells which did not bloom with
in agriculture there would be
until they gone we
would do different levels ana way up sn
chicken turkey duck %
beeaguered Everybody would be hahu
cushions of his automobile and going to
would
trees and looking times would
incidentally number of would be used in
would be made from and
things it for breakfast You will see
would be finally killed cut up and sailed and the noe cured
of things that wouldn't keep
otherwise guh would be pig
the whole list of possibilities SO many food
factors would
hopeful enthusiast and the siege frightened we
pretty WELL in spite of the and sturdy appettes In
should all have in time
couldn't
them would into the general
potatoes delivered
The best borers of
seed Our cannes things got
diluted
should the of
woods make
veabe hive of industry; and
people would feel stimulus make every acre TILL
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-11
Judd WINS MARATHON.

a marathon race was pulled on thl
morning round Diamond Head by the
Honolulu School for Boys and resulted
in Raymond Judd catching the Judges
eye FIRST, followed by ortlli and Joao
II was a handicap race with the
winner finishing in thirty-two minutes
being allowed six minutes. The sec
end man covered the distance in 81
minutes 25 seconds and was allowed
four minutes. The third man started
from scratch and put up q minutes
Is seconds. This scores one point for
him at the track and field meet to be
held next Saturday by the school when
the championship medal will be com.
peted for. rte ~
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-11
The Curbstone Critic

a peanutsand up he spout
moneybarons of this
everything I've tried triumph
gets my hide and deftly hangs / the
But l tell
Will be n
And why whole oppressive
OF foolish laws should be repealed.
pedded shoestrings got wse they
climbed with loaded
poor has chance show the
trusts whereer failed everything
And condemn
Which make the fall
And all mutimiioned
Should feered n
My wife is
es washing shirts and scrubbng
Her earnings small
parons troHc by shining
If Congress o me
I'd i proper track,
Show how ation free,
And give the poor canvasback!
4 Walt Mason
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-11
.FAIRCHILD ON TEST

CONTINUED from Page One.)
general revenues, a surtax or an ad.
ditional 2 per cent income tax on in.
comes over $4,000 is levied, which is
devoted exclusively to the two objects
of immigration and conservation. The
tax available for immigration amounts
to about 100000 a year. Agents of
the Territorial board of immigration
are sent abroad who are instructed
and do actually exercise great care
In selecting only desirable agricul-
tural immigrants, men with families
being given the preference. The pres
ent operating headquarters is Gibral-
tar. BY special arrangement with
the Federal authorities, an officer of
the Marine Hospital Corps is de-
tailed at the expense of the Terri
torial board to inspect every immi-
grant before embarkation, but this
does not, in any way, lessen the rigid
requirements of a similar inspection
by the Federal authorities upon the
arrival Of the immigrants in Hawaii.
Plantations and Wages.
The attitude of the Hawaiian plant.
ers is indicated by the secondl of the
above quotations. The one-third lar.
ger wage is an exact figure. During
the years 1910 and 1911, when the re-
port was published, the minimum
wage for unskilled field labor on the
Hawaiian plantations, was $18 a
month, plus free house rent, water
plped to the house and gardens, fuel
and medical attendance, which al.
-owances are estimated at So a month
At the same time, however, the
agents of the Territorial board of i'm.