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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-02-14
NEWSB0YS WILL BE
GUESTS OF KAAI

Several hundred newsboys in Homo
lulu have never heard the Kaai sing
erS in a regular concert though many
oil them have peeped through the win
dows at the Young and listened to the
sweet strains waited through the
doors as they were opened to admit
those who had the price. Ernest is
now playing the part of philanthropist
and Is going to give the youngsters a
Chance to hear him and his company
of excellent minstrel singers in con-
cert at the opera house tomorrow aft
ernoon at two O'Clock, without money
or price. 1t is to be free concert as
faI as the newsboys are concerned,
each little merchant receiving ticket
a. the Office of the Star-Bulletin and 1t
Is intended that only a newshoy will be
permitted to enter on that ticket; no
shenanigan or doubling up so that any
ole not entitled will have a chance at
the music.
There will be a regular concert and
hula by the Kaai'e, Saturday evening
beginning at eight O'Clock. The pro-
gram of music will be entirely differ
ent from that presented on Wednesday
night. AS usual the place should be
crowded; the company never appears
20 empty seats because the public en-
joys hearing Hawaiian music rs it is
rendered by the troubadours. Tine
hula will, of course be an attraction
that none can we'll withstand. 1t was
p feature at the entertainment on
Wednesday and will be tomorrow night
Tickets are obtainable at the rooms OF
the Promotion Committee in the
Young building.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-02-14

Six persons were killed and five
fatally wounded on the Brisbane EX-
press which crashed into the wreck o.
a cattle train near Murphy's Creek,
Queensland.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-02-14
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larger price for household goods
AID have them last a reasonable
length OF time than to have to re-
plenish the supply several times a
year 1t has been found that the
American housewife in her mania for
cheap articles needs a larger pocket
book than she would if she were will
ing to pay a greater price in the be-
ginning.
Opportunities are offered the women
in Honolulu as well as in other parts
CT the United States TO study house
hold economies in order that they
may haze an idea of real economy.
Anyone who has studied the fibers
and the processes they have to go
through will readily understand the
advantage this knowledge gives them.
In the colleges students are shown
low practical tests OF samples may
he made at nome. So many women
ignorant of this subject enter a store
and depend upon thu knowledge of the
clFfk VINO has perhaps no more knowl-
edge than they have. A clerk may
think herself at an article is all
wool or all silk, whichever it is sup
posed 20 he. In the course in the Cob
lcge Of Hawaii tests are made of every
material that is put on the market and
the students are shown how to desig-
nate between the real and the sham
Another way in which the American
housewives are said to be extrava-
CANT. is that they do not always desig-
nate between Injuries and necessi-
ties. IN. America there are many
people who up to a few years ago did
not know what banana was like,
-nOw statistics show that nearly fff-
teen million dollars a year are spent
in taking the tropical fruit to Ameri-
ca. To Honolulans the banana is
neither necessity nor a luxury, but
to these who have not lived IN the
tropics it is placed in the former
class. A great deal more money is
CHHsumCd in food now than in former
years.
In wearing apparel, too, the Ameri-
can woman is very eXtravagant. Some
time ago only the wives IF the
wealthy men were able to afford silk
dresses and silk underwear while now
nearly every working girl possesses at
least one silk petticcat and many Of
them wear silk hosiery all of the
time. In fact the wearing of silk
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-02-14
. a. sURNETTE

Commissioner Of Deeds for CaIifor-
ria and New York: NOTARY PUB
Lic; Grants Marriage Licenses. Draws
Mortgages. Deeds, Bills Of Sale
l eases, Wills. etc. Attorney for the
District Courts. 70 MERCHANT ST.
HONOLULU, Phone 1S46.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-02-14
Fights Giant Eel
In Ocean Depths
Duke Kahanamoku. World
Champ on Swimmer, Grazes
Death Says Headline in New
Orleans PiCayune

Under a special dispatch line tie
New Orleans PiCayune, of Jan. IS.
prints the following highly artistic
yarn:
IN e desperate battle with giant
eel ten feet below the surface of the
ocean Duke" Kahanamoku, world )
champion swimmer at short distances,
had narrow escape from death al
his practice grounds near here today.
He killed the eel, and in doing so lost
the index finger from his right hand.
AS result Of his experience the win
ner OF chief aquatic honors at the
Olympic games last year may be I'm.
able to retain his swimming power.
''Kahanamoku, known as the duke
of Waikiki" a resort near Honolulu.
has been practicing hard for partici.
patton in the Australian champion
ships. and with several companions
was going through the daily exercise
in the water when today's misfortune
came.
"Kahanamoku's friends in the water
were padding about in all directions
and did not notice his disappearance
beneath the surface until cries from
shore aroused them. Then they
searched the surface with eager gaze
for hundreds of yards about and soon
were diving in desperate efforts to
locate the champion.
After the duke" had been under
fully two minutes his companions
Noticed furious churning of tn wa.
ter fifty yards from them, where the
depth Is at least ten feet. Suddenly
one of the swimmers legs shot up
from below and was kicked about in
the air, indicating that the youth was
struggling desperately to release him
self.
while the other swimmers were
dashing towards the spot with power
full overland strokes, the leg, after q
final kick, was dragged clear beneath
the surface again, and the churning
Of the water continued.
Chokes Eel to Death.
Just as the swimmers reached the
scene Kahanamoku came to the sur
face, gasped for breath and then sank
again. His friends dived, brought
him up and dashed for shore, where
ne was revived. One of the party got
the body of the eel, which the duke
had choked to death. 1t was the larg-
est ever seen in these waters.
"Kahanamoku was in a very weak
condition tonight. 1t was not known
whether he will be able TO compete in
any of the spring or summer matches.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-02-14

hosiery has become so common that
some OF the most snobbish of the
society women will not wear anything
Tut the lyle threau because they wish
TO be different from the girls who
have 10 earn their own living.
Our grandmotners and mothers
looked upon music as a much-desired
luxury and only the wealthiest girls
were able to afford piano lessons.
Now nearly every small girl takes les
sons. Perhaps the parents deny
themselves necessities so tina; the
daughters may have music, for 1t is
thought now that without some
knowledge of music a girl is almost
uneducated.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-02-14
HOUSEWIVES CN
GUARD AGAINST
EXTRAVAGANCE

In all parts OF the United States
there is a fight being carried on to
make the people live more economic
ally. 1t is said that the American
woman is most extravagant and that
she often spends and wastes more
when she thinks that she IS saving.
A great many OF the housewives
watch the bargains and pay small
prices for articles that should be ex-
pensive. Woollcn goods for instance
never should be bought at a bargain
counter for the many processes that
the pure wool is put through before
II is ready for the market make it tx.
pensive and it is only the imitation
that can be purchased for a small
price. 1T is much better to pay a
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-02-14
FOR SALE
FOR RENT.

. bedroom furnished bungalow. rent
$40. Apply 1874 Magazine st.
3470-tf
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-02-14
SITUATION WANTED.

Experienced night Waterman wants
position. Best references. Address
&c l. this office. 54701m
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-03-13
MUMMY TRAINS Uf EAGDAD
Bearing the Dried a I'd Sailed Dead TO
Sacred Soi! For Burial.

Bearing the Dried I'D Sailed Dead Go
Sacred SYi! For Burial.
Finding myself not long ago at Bag
dad told home of Sindbad the SailOr). J
decided to see for myself just what
Eden looks like today. notes Il writer
in the Christian Herald. and to get nc
uuainted with the people who now in
habit the old traditional homestead OF
Adam and Eve. | wanted To SIZE Baby
Ion, too. and the excuvated palace
Of King Nebuchadnrzzar- where the
handwriting appeared OH the wall--and
I wanted to get Il picture Of the tower
of Babel. which still lifts its battered
head above the fiat. empty plain OF
Mesopotamia.
So crossed the odd pontOOn bridge
that spans the yellow Tigris at Bag
dad, slipped through the massive west
gate, passed the supposed tomb of 70
bedia and mingled with the pilgrim
horde on the great Shia caravan trail
that stretches down from Turkestan
and Persia, crosses Chaldea and en-
ters the golden domed mosques at Ker-
bella and Nedjef Millions have pass
ed this way in the centur'ss. bringing
with them the sailed and We'd bodies
of their dead for burial in the sacred
soil outside the walls of their holy
Shia cities. Two hundred thousand
mummified human bodies have passed
through Bagdad in single year. borne
by these Shia devotees.
For miles along this strange highway
our "arabanah," drawn by four gal
Looping mules, passed these weird death
caravans. silent and mysterious. The
bodies Of departed relatives were car
ried in oblong bundles, dashed to the
backs of pack animals. Yelled women
rode In queer, cagelike boxes, slung
one on each side of mule or camel.
The men. clad in the round. hard caps
and padded clothes peculiar to Per-
slams, marched behind, prOdding any
tagging donkey or camel.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-03-13
VIGOR AT SEVENTY.
Great Works Performed by Men Even
Beyond That Ripe Age.

Who talks Of fifty years as the cul-
minating point in mans career? Were
all the great work performed by men
even beyond seventy erased from his
tory the human race would be bereft
of some very proud achievements.
Jefferson founded university by his
own activity after he had passed three
score years and ten. John Quincy Ad-
ans, although he had been president
of the United States and five times a
foreign minister, wrought as a con-
gresham by far his greatest deeds
after he was sixty-6ve. His robust
father sat in constitutional conven-
ton when he was almost homage
marian. Franklin did valiant service
in helping to frame the constitution
of the United States after he had turn
ed a serene and contented eighty.
Seventy saw Gladstone so vigorous
that he was still good for the greatest
battle of his political life and a pre-
mierShip.
Germany's first emperor, the vener.
able William, saw Waterloo as a SOL
der, but fifty-five years later was di-
recting armies at Sedan and welding
an empire after the fall Of Paris.
John Bigelow at fourscore was mental
~ as virile as boy. and his powers
as an author were not dimmed
Frederick Fraley was an active bust
ness man, president of bank and the
national board of trade since the Span
ish-Amefican war, and yet he was
prominent enough In 1874 to serve on
committee that welcomed to Phila-
delphia Daniel Webster.
Science is making lives longer than
they were in the days of our grand
fathers and also far more comfortable.
The same agency that prolongs bodily
vigor will surely lengthen the age OF
mans most virile mental labor.-Phtla-
delphia Ledger.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-03-13
THE ART OF POISONING.
Subtle Methods Used by the Natives of
Central Africa.

Central Africa.
The Central African native is a mas
ter in the art of poisoning and always
on the watch for it, He will never
take a drink Of water or beer or eat
of dish. even when offered by a
peaceful acquaintance. until the host
has eaten or drunk some of it TO pledge
It's harnlessness lie is always In
fear of treuchery. and with good rea-
son. for an assassin is cheapIy hired.
Vegetable pOiSUnS may be made by al
most any one. and the methods of adj
ministering them are cunning beyond
description.
One of the clevereSt ways. often re-
sorted to when man gets into his
head an idea that neighbor is injur-
ing him by witchery. is to kill the I'M
suspecting victim by means of poison
ed stakes and at the same time avoid
suspicion, which would inevitably lead
to a similar vengeance.
Procuring little sharpened sticks, the
murderer hollows their points and in
serts poison usually made by boiling
down the juice of certain shrubs or
creepers) into the cavities. These he
secretly plants upright, but leaning
little along the path which leads from
the doomed Negroes hut to his garden.
Sooner or later the intended victim
slightly lacerates his bare foot by hit
ting one of these sharp stakes. He
takes no notice of the scratch. for he
is used to such tri1ing injuries, but In
few moments his foot and leg begin
to swell, and an hour or so later he
expires in agony.
The bark and roots of several trees
and shrubs yield virulent poisons when
properly brewed, one Of which has the
peculiar effect of at once paralyZing
the organs of speech. The gall Of the
crocodile when dried in the sun and
pulverized is also very deadly. The
most fatal poison, however, Is that
prepared from an ugly, whitish tree
called ujungu in German East Africa.
1t grows i'm only few localities, and
few natives will venture to cut it
down. for a mere prick with splinter
will cause terrible and sometimes ia
tai inflammation The negroes say
that neither moths nor snakes will go
near it and that birds never rest in it's
branches.
To make this poison the wood Is
burnt and it's ashes are mixed with
water and then boiled down to thick
nasto The natives will travel hum
dreds of miles to procure this paste,
with which hunters anoint their ar
rows and spears and the bullets Of
their guns. dipping them after the
smearing in hot beeswax to form a
protective covering against loss OF
power as we'll as against accident
Harper's Weekly.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-03-13
Scattering Disease.

DR.. Leonard Hill of London holds
that it is an "offense against society
for any one with cold to cough. sreeze
or even talk without covering bis
mouth with his handkerchief. Colds
kill tens of thousands every year." the
doctor adds, land yet we persist in tax
ing no special precautions to escape
them. We go to great trouble to pre-
vent the spread Of diphtheria or scarlet
fever or smallpox, but the person with
@ cold, who is scattering deadly mi
crobes everywhere, we treat as perfect
~ harmless. / thoroughly agree that
during the sneezing, coughing stage the
person with cold should be isolated
80 that the germs he is constantly scat.
tering may not be breathed In by bis
neighbors New York Tribune.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-03-13
west, respectfully report.


That we are advised by the Dis
trict Attorney that BAYFIELD, county
is liable for one half of the cost Of
the construction of said bridge if the
proceedings had in the town Of
Barksdale are regular;
That the county is not liable for
any part Of the construction of tn
approaches TO said bridge:
That the County Board shou d
appoint two of its member, O act as
commissioners with the tOWn boa, d
of the town of Barks dale and that
said town bard and SAID com
missioners shall have charge of the
letting, inspecting and acceptance
of the work;
That notwithstanding the fact
that the petition OF the town board
of the town of Barksdale asks for
S., 100000 as the county's one half of
the cost of constructing said bridge,
we report and Iecommend that the
appropriation of the county's one
half of the costs thereof should be
made upon the basis of the estimate
of the engineer employed by the
State Highway Commission. which
was that span 100 feet long, stand
ing on concrete piers or abuttments,
could be built for 100000. and
that therefore we recommend that
the county board appropriate $500
as the county's share of the cost OF
said span.
Dated this 4th day Of March, 1913.
Peter Soronen, Jr.
w. Fl. Nettleton
Geo. A. Curry,
COMMITTEE on Roads
and Buildings
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-03-13

either the Swamp road or Canal
road, to report back to this board
the cost. Expense of such investi-
cation to be borne by the county,
and that the county shall keep the
long bridge in repair at cost not to
excs ed $500. on, uatl otherwise pro-
vided for. Such report to be made
to this board at the next meeting.
Nothing herein contained shall be
cons trued as a waiver of any rights
Of the county or as assuming any
obligations to adopt, construct, re-
pair or maintain said bridge or any
approaches or roads leading to or
connecting with the same, except as
therein set forth.
Dated March 4th, 1913.
T. H. Robinson.
The foregoing resolution was
adopted by the following vote: Aye
Pat Galigan, Walter Fleith, Peter
Soronen, f. H. Bartlett, M. B.
Morris, Albert Johnson, G. Fl
Werden, Hans Peterson, Erick
Johnson. W. E. Trip, A. F. Stoue,
Ike Berman, T. H. Robinson. Nay
Geo. A. Curry, Ben Holm, W. H.
Nettleton, Geo. Mertz, Ole Dahl,
Ole Ramstead and Martin Rogan.
Aye 13. Nay7
The following report was present
ed and upon motion deferred until
the next meeting.
To the Honorable County
Board of Bayfield, County:
Your committee to whom has
been referred the petition of the
town OF Barkesdale in relation 10
the matter OF the construction OF
the bridge over Fish Greek at the
head of Chequamegon Bay in section
SO in township AZ north OF range 5
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-03-13
A Pet Dog Cemetery.

Dead dogs fare better than many
men in one town in England. where
there is an exclusive cemetery for rich
women's pets Expensive dogs must
have snowy graves. and the owner of a
toy spaniel. blue blooded Pomeranian
or French poodle doesn't think any
thing of paying 500 for burial plot
In the first stop on the way to the
canine Valhalla Pink headstones are
stuck up over the last resting place OF
the aristocratic doggies. and the cpl
taphs are as appreciative as If they
were on tombstones over the graves OF
the best French chefs.-New York
Press
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-03-13
DIRECTORY
City Officers.

Mayor H. H Peavey
Clerk L. N. Clausen
Treasurer Nels Lee
Assessor NJ. H. Robinson
Chief of Police Gideon Chauvin
Health Oficer IT, r. Spears
Pound Master Joseph Boushey
= Aldermen-E. Bryan. George Pluck, c. w.
Hacker. G. Wright. Hans Amply. o. Wescott.
Andrew Peterson, Ole Handberg, Nels
Martinson. r. A. Herring. Angus Ross, George
Dibbell.
Standing Committees
Judiciary rules and ordinancss-O. Weecott,
Nels Martinson Angus Ross
Finance and claims-George Fluck, Hans
Amply and Andrew Peterson.
Licenses and Assessments-Nel Martinson.
Ole Hanberg and r. A. Herring.
Stationery ana Printing!. Wright Edw
Bryan and A. Ross I'll
Education and Public Buildings-Ole Hand
berg. Jake Dibbell. r. A. Herring.
Charities and Cemstary Grounds--Andrew
Petersen, Nels Martinson. George Fluck.
Sanitary Affairs and SeweraRe-R Herring
Jake Dibbell, Edw Bryan.
Public Property and Public Grounds-Guy
Hacker. Hans Amply. George Fluck
Sidewalks Bridges and Streets = Hans
Amply, Guy Hacker. o. WescOtt.
Water works-Ed. Bryan. Ole HandberE
and Clarence Wright.
Fire Observation-Disclosures Ross, Andrew
Peterson, Clarence Wright.
Lighting Streets and Public Buildings-Hans
Amply, Jake DibbelI, Guy Hacker.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-03-13
PAINTING A HORSE.
The Scheme That Delighted Detaille
Upset Meissonier.

Upset Meissonier.
In other days, on the Boulevard
Malesherbes, Edouard Detaille and
Meissonier, his master, lived in adj
joining houses. Their workshops al
most touched each other. 1t happened
that Detaille was painting some caval-
rymen furiously charging the enemy.
He found it necessary to excite the
horse posing as a model to give the
appearance of a frenzied gallop. But
it was In vain that the jockey, who
held the bride, smacked his tongue;
the animal drowsed.
Detaille then ordered another do
nestle to strike upon Chinese gong.
For fully five minutes the horse was
terribly frightened, and the painter
was delighted. But the animal soon
became accustomed to the tomtom
and drowsed again. To draw the
valiant steed from his torpor it was
necessary to strike the bronze disk
with greater force. This was done.
1t was as If a cannon was being fired
On the other side Of the wall Meis-
sonier was painting, quite gently, Ma
poleon /. mounted upon a white horse,
In repose, observing in the distance
the catastrophes of an immense bat
tie. He had mounted horseman in a
gray redingote upon the beast that
served as a model. AS the blows were
struck on the gong in the atelier of
Detaille the imperial mount shook and
snorted in a fiery way, which was far
from pleasing to Meissonier.
So he visited his pupil, and an ar
rangement was effected Detaille was
to paint his galloping horse in the
morning and MISSIONER his unmoving
steed In the afternoon. 1t was In this
way that Napoleon l. was enabled to
keep a firm seat In the saddle.-Cr de
Paris.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-03-13
CHECKMATING JUSTICE.
An Inside View of the Way Criminal
Cases Are Handled.


Cases Are Handled.
In Courts, Criminals and the Ca
mora" Arthur Train, the author, once
an assistant district attorney in New
York city, says that our present system
of administering justice 6ffers no de-
terrent to the embryonic or profession
al criminal. The administration Of JUS
tice is a clever game between judge
and lawyer in which the moves are
made with view to checkmating JUS
tice, not in the trial courtroom, but be-
fore the appellate tribunal two or three
years hence.
"My young feller," said grizzled
veteran of the criminal bar to me long
years ago after our jury had gone out,
there's lots of things iii this game
you amt got on to yet. Do you think
I care what this jury does? Not one
mite l got a nice little error into the
case the very first day, and I've set
back ever since. S'pose we are con-
victed2 I'll get Jim here 1.-THE prison
er1 out on a certificate, and it'll be two
years before the court of appeals will
get around to the case. Meantime
Jim'll be out maxim money to pay me
my fee. Won't you, Jim?
"Then your witnesses will be gone,
and nobody'll remember what on earth
it's all about. You'll be down in Wall
street practicin' real law yourself, and
the indictment will kick around the of
fee for a year or so, all covered with
dust, and then some day I'll get a
friend Of mine to come in quietly and
move to dismiss. And it'll be dis
missed. Don't you worry! Why, a
thousand other murders will have been
committed In this county by the time
that happens. Bless your soul, you
can't go on tryin' the same man for
ever! Give the other fellers a chance.
You shake your head? Well, it's fact.
I've been dom it for forty years. You'll
see."
And 1 did. That may not be why
men kill, but perhaps it may have
something to do with it