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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-12-12

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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-12-12
BUSINESS CARDS.

HONOLULU IRON WORKS CO.-Ma.
.hinery of every description made to
order,
Advt
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-07-11
. eL...; Excuse For pirtinss,.

In soldering and Sport In Uganda
the author noticed the extreme dirti
ness of q Shersi herdsman. whose hall
was matted with clay and his face and
arms incrusted with yellow sand:
"When l checked him for his sleven
" appearance. poking my stick through
his cntangled curls, he told me he was
a herdsman and went on to explain
that when he tended cattle If he turned
up clean and washed they would have
such a fright at the sight Of him that
they would run away, whereas in bis
present messy condition they had no
fear Of him whatever. Again. when he
had to milk them. the more begrimed
he was so much the more did they pro-
duce. . asked him II he would
like some elephant meat. but he replied
that il a herdsman ate meat the cattle
would mistrust him. whereas as 1t was
they treated him as one Of themselves"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-07-11
KIND EDWARD AS 4 DRUMMER
England Had No Better travelling
Salesman Than He, According !.
20 6iosrapher.

King Edward VII. Of England Gre
ated q new type Of monarch. Edward
protected and enlarged the nations
resources. There was not in the whole
United Kingdom q more industrious
commercial traveller or a better nler-
chant. He only wore the crown when
It was absolutely necessary. He had
mingled with men Of all classes and
professions. had had experiences to
which crown princes are not usually
exposed. had been on familiar terms
with flnanciers and captains Of indus
try, and had learned to look on the
world with the eye of a comfortable
gentleman. He was quickly at home
everywhere. Whether he had to deal
with the self-controlled Alexander OF
his volatile son. with Indian princes
or Yankees. with the fiery Delcasse
or the witty Clemenceau. he always
struck the right note.
He was lucky man. He enjoyed
life from the day he left the nursery.
Engiishmen did not mind that. They
would not have liked q morose and
stingy moparch. Prince BERTHE. who
ate we'll. drank we'll. did well ut the
derby. ct the tables. and settled the
fashion Of the season. was the man
for them. It did not seem to them a
serious misfortune that he was hostile
to Bismarck. and 1t times went lit
tie too far With shady people. He al
ways drew his head out Of the moose
In time, and then gave England oc-
casion for another chuckle.-From a
Biographical Sketch by Macmillan
HRrdea.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-07-11
4 ,,,;oue loo Fountain.

In the parks and pubic pi'afes IN
colder parts OF Germany not M o.
mon object in winter is tie SC c;'l!s
Ice fountain, rugged pyramid of +
many feet in height, which glis!ens J
the winter sun and is most effective
r. Is constructed as follows:
A fir tree of suitable diTaensi-'ns az
dense growth is placed upright In Il
ground or in circular pond whe'
there is q water fountain. and wait
nine with a fairly fine rose Is fixed I
the stem SO that the rose Is at the 10
The water Is then allowed to RI
slowly, generally at night when the.
IA n frost. and IN the morning 1t
turned off again. The water freezes
It trickles over the branches and aft
two or three nights severe frost til
tree is entirely enveloped in ice.
we'll frozen ice fountain will last SON
days even when thaw has set in. an
It can always be touched up on the TT
turn of the frost by turning on the wa
tar again.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-07-11
NO GAY WIDOWS LIVE HERE
When husband Dies In Madagascar
His Wife 10 Subjected TO Many
Cruel TreatmentA

There are no gay widows in MAZDA
gascar-not. at least. for one year
after the husband has died. In NADIA
gasoar, on the death of any man Of
position, on the day Of the funeral the
wife is placed in the house dressed all
in her best clothes and wearing her
silver ornaments, Of which In general
she possesses a considerable quantity.
There she remains until the rest Of
the house have returned nom the fl.
neral.
As coon as her relatives return they
begin to reviIe her IN most abusive
language and tell her that Y Is her
fault that she has been stronger than
her husband and that she u really the
cause Of his death. They proceed TO
tear the ornaments from her ears and
neck and arms and give her cloth
and spoon with broken handle and
dish with the foot broken OF. Her
hair is disheveled and she is covered
with a coarse mat, under which she
remains all day long and can only
leave at night. And she may not speak
to anyone who goes into the house.
Neither Is she allowed to wash her
face or hands. but only the tips Of
her fingers.
All this the Madagascar widow en-
dures for a year. or at least for eight
months, and even when this Is over
her time for mourning Is not ended
for a considerable period.
The last straw consists of the fact
that she is not allowed to go home to
her own relations until she has been
first divorced by her husbands family.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-07-11
NE FOLLOWED HER ORDERS
Nurse Finds That Chinese Are Literal
but Experiment Provee
Costly.

i've always heard that the Chinese
were LITERAL" said trained nurse.
Last week l satisfied myself on that
subject. As was hurrying of for q
few days rest l made up two brown
paper parcels, which happened to be
about the same size In one was .
bunch Of collars and cuffs for the
Chinese laundry. was to leave this
on my way out.
'The other package contained .
yard of blue velvet and two hand
some feather ornaments. My MILL
ner was to call for these and have
my hat ready for me on my return.
Starch! Stiffi' I said to the
Chinaman as pointed to my package
and hurried out. Four days later. on
my return. stopped on the way from
the station. presented my check. paid
A cents, and came home with my
package.
There was my millinery parcel
still uncalled fori decided to fasten
the trimmings on another hat and
opened the paper. only to have fall
out my collars and cuffs. which !
thought had been at the laundry.
Naturally, II took but q few min
utes to open the package I'd just
brought from the laundry. Yes, the
Chinese are lterali My velvet and
my two feathers were starched as stif
and ironed as smooth as though they'd
been the shiniest Of linen! They
were ruined past hopei
Il took them to Mr.. Laundryman
He shook his head sadly but firmly.
"'You say. Starch! Starch stiff!-
he repeated. Ny A cents was gone
and my velvet and feathers ruined.
But I had fully proved that the Chi
nese are literaii"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-07-11
The Quotations Used Most.

The vote of the people as to the mos,
hard worked quotations from a.
Shakespeare, G Milton. 81 Dryden. a
Pope, o. Cowper, CO. Campbell. ca
Byron. (S) Shelley. CO.. Wordsworth, 90
Tennyson. has resulted as follows:
a. To be or not to be.
"a They also serve who stand and wait
90 None but the brave deserves the fair
10 A little learning is dangerous thing
~ The cups that cheer, but not inebriate
90 Distance lends enchantment to. ths
view.
CD Truth is always strange-strangei
than fiction.
(S) Hail to thee, blithe spirit
o. We are seven.
90 IT'S better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all
We think these hard worked quota
tons have a right to at least an eight
hour day.-iondon Truth.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-07-11
They Did Better Then.

I'VE are losing all our secrets in
this shabby age" an architect said
IF we keep on. the time will come
when we'll be able to do nothing we'll.
Take. for instance. steel. We claim
to make good steel. yet the blades the
Saracens turned out hundreds of years
ago would cut one Of our own blades
In two like butter.
take ink. Our modern Ink fades
In five or ten years to rust colos, yet
the ink Of medieval manuscripts ia
a. black and bright today as it was
100 years ago.
take dyes Tho beautiful blues and
reds and greens Of antique oriental
rugs have all been lost while in
Egyptian tombs we find fabrics dyed
thousands Of years ago that remain
today brighter and purer In hue than
any Of our modern fabrics.
Take my speciality. buildings. We
cant build as the ancients did. The
secret of their mortar and cement ID
lost TO US. Their mortar and cement
were actually harder and more dur
able than the stones they bound to
gethe.. whereas ours-horrorsl"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-07-11
Late Trial for Wltehcraft

A trial for witchcraft and sorcery
occurred In England in 1881. This
was the trial of the Fletchers. who
were famous clairvoyants. crystal
gazers and mesmerists-who gave
seances to which the whole fashion
able world focked. They induced
Mrs. Hart Davis to give them jew
elry and lace to the value Of 10000.
and when proceedings were taken
against them fed to America. The
husband managed to escape arrest,
but Mrs. Fletcher was brought back
to England. indicted under the old
statute Of witchcraft and sorcery. and
sentenced to IL months Imprisonment
with hard labor.-London Chronicle.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-07-11
DEVELOPMENT Of The PIANO
csnturses. Of Invention Have Been
Needed to Bring Il to Present
State Of Perfection.

Have you ever thought, when play.
ing some melodious sonata upon your
piano, that the instrument. as Il IL
today. is the perfection of centuries
Of invention?
IN the beginning It was Z harp
hhaped piece Of wood. having two or
three strings. From time to time
more strings were added until tho
cithara was invented. This was an
Instrument In the shape of . capital
p. with ten strings stretched across
the open space. Many centuries after.
ward musicians conc lved the idea
Of stretching strings across an open
box. About the year 1900 this was
done. the dulcimer made its appear
ance. and the strings were struck
with hammers.
For another hundred years or 70
these hammers were hela In the
hands. and then some genius invented
keyboard. which. being struck BY
the fingers. caused the hammers to
strike the strings. This was called .
ciavicytherium. or keyed cithara, and
from time to time It was modified and
improved.
During Queen El}sGEeth1 time Il
was called . virsinG. And thea Q
spinet. because the hammers were
covered with the spines Of quilts,
which struck and caught the stringa
and produced the sound.
During the period between 100 and
1900 1t was much improved and en-
larged. and was given the name OF
harpsichord. 1t was in ITO that
Bartholomew Christofoll. an Italian,
invented = keyboard similar to the
one we have now, which causes the
hammers to strike the wires from
shove. and thus developed the piano.
During the last century the inven4
tive genius of musicians the world
over has revised and improved II until
It has reached the presentday Per,
lection.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-07-11
mink stranger. Brine pI,..,t.


The inhabitants Of St Kilda. IKE
those Of Niue. regard the landing Of
strangers as fraught with danger tc
their health. John Sands, who thirty
odd years ago spent some months in St
Kilda, writes that 1.-The most extraor
binary complaint that visits the island
Is called the strangers cold. The Mi
dives firmly believe that the arrival oi
q boat communicates this disease
They say that the illness Il more Sc
we're when the ship or boat comes from
Harris and that they suffer less when
the vessel comes from Glasgow oI
London II Il curious that every one
caught this distemper when an Aus
TRAN vessel visited the island during
my stay there. Not one St Kildan es
capped. The symptoms are q severe
headache and pain and stiffness In the
muscles Of the jaw. deep rough cough
and rapid pulse."-London Chronicle
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-07-11

Richard Grant White In his Words
and Their Uses'' says: 'Transpire
means to breathe through and 30 to
pass off insensibly. The identical word
exists IN French. in which language II
u equivalent to our perspire, which
also means TO breathe through. and so
TO pass OF insensibly. The FrenchmaD
says. 'J'ai l-,aucoup transpire' Il have
much perspireO. In fact. transpfre
and perspire are etymologically AZ
near perfect synonyms AZ the nature
Of language permits. The latter. bow
ever. has BY common consent been set
apart in English to express the passage
If a watery secretion through the skin.
while the former Is properly used only
in q fgurative sense to express the
passage Of knowledge from q Hmited
circle to publicity"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-07-11

wise men make point Of having
two pairs Of trousers to each evenina
coat and one pair Of trousers IL Of
heavy cloth. Trousers Of this kind ars
probably OF the same thickness a.
those worn In the day. They last longer
than trousers Of thin cloth and look
better all the time. because they art
not easily knocked out of shape with
continuous hard wear every evening
knowing this. some men make . poin,
or always having the trousers Of their
evening suit made Of cloth q little
thicker than that Of the coat-London
Standard
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-07-11
hlndu's AaonlxIna PenaneA,

An extraordinary scene was wit.
messed In Calcutta recently when Q
small t-olly, studded with rows Of iron
spikes. On which . HiAda was lying
at full length. was being pulled
through the streets. A large crowd
was following. Inquiries elected the
Information that the man was doing
penance. and was ON his way to the
temple Of the Goddess Kali at Kalis.
bat The Hindu had been several
days on tho journey. and was in .
terrible condition. The spikes. which
numbered about $50 were quite sharp.
and the man wore only q loin-cloth.
He must have been suffering acute
pain from the fact that his body was
bruised and lacerated all over al q 70.
suit Of lying on the sharp nails. Meth
er The police nor any pesser-by made
any attempt to stop the selfimposeo
torture.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-07-11

"Wise Child Knows Ito Own Father.
In Portland. Ore. there Is a certain
well-known automobile man who has
a very bright and charming little
daughter. aged Ave. Little Dorothy
rides about with papa quite . bit. but
1t has never occurred to the fond
father that she was absorbing any.
thing but a fine quality Of fresh air
and sunshine. However. one after
noon Dorothy went with mammS to q
matinee performance Of the comic
opera variety. During the initial
features of the performance she SAT
quietly by her mother. apparently
rather bored. but when the ballet ap
pea1ed-girls in sparkling waists
gauzy skirts. and cleaning tights
Dorothy came to life. She gazed al
the spectacle with intense interes,
for few minutes. then. turning "a
her mother. exclaimed: "Oh. my, how
papa would enjoy this!"-Life.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-07-11
SUDDEN ENDING OF ROMANCE
Task Set for Reformed Tramp Was
Just Little More Than He
Could Stand.

"Oh, yes, we have romances IN our
lives" said the tramp. ~but there u
always something to spoil 'em.
had my last one last fall was peg
ging along q Rhode Island highway,
thinking more Of good feed than 70
nance. when a couple Of weariea
ahead of me turned into q farm
house. I turned In as we'll when
came along up, and l walked into the
Kitchen just as they had locked . girl
up in q closet and were about to 60
through the house. They invited me
to take q hand in their game, but
took two in my own. They made It
interesting for me for three or four
minutes, but the average weary is
no boxer. He depends upon wild
swings instead Of straight punches.
! had 'em both down when the farmer
came up from the field, and the girl
was released and the fellows sent OF
TO Jail.
well. currant jam, big red apples
and mince pies were none too good
for me for the next week. The daugh-
ter was a school Jam. about twenty
years Of age, and I had won her 70
mantle heart ere three days had
passed. l think tho old man would
have sanctioned the match, but he
didn't take me right. On the fourth
day OF my stay he took me out and
showed me ten-acre lot of the ston-
Test Yr0und 7 ovop oov In nv H%o
and intirnated that I might start In
blowing next morning. It was too
much. That night l left the house by
way Of window. and daylight found
me seven miles away. I would have
helped gather apples or husked corn,
but when 1t came to blowing among
powders as big as barrels. romance
fed. and followed close at her
heels"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-07-11
Child Marriages In England.

Child marriages were common enough
In England century or two ago
Wards Ut the crown In particular were
frequently married before they reached
their teens Some children were mar
ried ut the age OF FIVE. while from nine
10 twelve was considered quite mar
riageable age for girls. Little Moll VII
Hers. daughter OF the Duke Of Bucking
ham. was not merely wife. but &
widow. at the age of nine. and there
are descriptions of her romping in thu
garden and climbing cherry trees II
her Widows veil
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-07-11
A Record.

English Poultry Farmer-Yes. I as
sure you the weather was so hot here
one summer that the water In the
birds drinking troughs positively
boiled American Ditto-Thats moth
ing! Why. In New Jersey We some
tunes have to feed our hens on crushed
Ice to prevent them from laying hard
boiled egRs-LondOn Home Nofaa
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-07-11
A Storm canso..

An English censor once passed 9
play called London Life" In tht
third act Of the play the hero. enter
Ing a restaurant, calls for a chop and
jug Of musty ale. Opposite this
speech the censor wrote. During Lent
the order must be a glass Of water and
a plate OF dry toast"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-07-11
The Amsuds Aenorahle.

1uO NW0u03 H0n0f06J0s
"Sof roared Bilkins. selling Wigglei
BY the arm I've found you at last
You called me a jackass at the clut
the other day. and. by ginger. you've
got to apologize"
All right Blk" said Wiggles. ANY
thing to Oblige. Lead me to the rea
1ackass and III apologize to bis face
-Harper's Weekly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-07-11
Ingenious.

who is your lawyer?" asked the as.
sistant district attorney. who was try.
Ing . case in court.
II forget his name." said the pris-
oner, and then. turning to the deteor
tive Who had arrested him and was at
that moment taking the witness stand.
b. askad:- SAY. 30. what was tho
hame Of that lawyer you said could
- - ant e thisr
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-07-11
Hard Work.

No matter how talented man Is, he
cannot win success without hard work.
but he must not be tempted to give II
up because 1t seems like drudgery. No
work can be well done by one who Is
unwilling to sacrifice comfort The
price of success is perseverance. Al
Kipling says:
Go to your work and be strong, haltins
not in your ways,
Baking the goal half won for an In
stant's dole Of praise
Stand to your work and be wise, certain
Of sword or pen.
We are neither children nor gods. bol
men In Q world Of men.
philadelphia LEDGE.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-07-11
Tempe.

I'm what time was that composition
wrltten?" asked the man who profess
es to be exIertiy musical.
Il don't KNOW" replied the man who
doesn't but 1t sounds to me as II II
ought to have been written In about
ten minutes - Washington Star.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-07-11
Men and III. Muscles

The total strength Of all the muscles
in the body Of strong man can be e.
timated at about 10000 pounds Apar,
from the voluntary muscles, which
number over 800. there are infinite In
voluntary ones which are even too
great to attempt to estimate.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-07-11

rhsrs Ar cseks and Cocks.
4 lady correspondent remarks cyHt
cslly that many q man who would hest
tate to make wife of bis cook u quite
ready to make Z cook Of his wife.-
London Standard.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-07-11
chlnsse oxatars

A New York Chinese laundryman q
helping out his daily breakfast WIKI
native Chinese oysters ON the halt
shell. The shells he brought aio.g
with him from China. The oysters h
receives from China In the half has.
rel, dried and smoked.
A. they come they resemble some.
what dried apples or peaches. The
laundryman places . meas over night,
each oyster In . shell full Of sea
water. and the next morning they
have the plump and juicy attractive.
pess Of freshly opened oysters, anl u
HEY did not have 90 much the taste
Df canvased ham one might perhaps
1etect IN oyster flavor about them.
! The Chinaman says the oysters are
preserved in this way By hrst being
dried In the sun and then smoked
with seawosd which, when burning
has . smell uks oyster soup.
smoking In Winter.
A physician writing to the Family
Doctor Qondonl says that smoking has
q worse effect on most people h win
ter than In summer. and he advises ali
smokers who find their health and
mental faculties impaired in winter for
no apparent reason to accept tobacco
~ the explanation and to cut down
their smoking during the colder
months. Tobacco. he says, Is a. pow
srful drug and cannot be consumed In
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-07-11
0aa Good polnk

Il wouldn't yawp 80 much about the
laws delay. It Is good thing some
times"
I'D like to know how"
People who foolishly apply for q
divorce think better Of Il and make
up"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-07-11
HiaA CO q kllllna rurlrp.

Turksyb stuhbornness cost her
and the Balkan alias t2.60o. 900 day.
eays IN expert on tho sxpsnsivsnsss
a var estimates II two big pow.
ess should Jump u each others
threats ON account Of the Balkan
scrap Il 10 figured that the mobiliza-
ton alone would cost almost $1,000
900 for the IRA two months and !
minimum Of @6.00o. 900 . day after.
ward The uprising In Mexico just
now II . piker's game alongside q Z
big sst-to IN Europe.
Food for Reflection.
n Los Angeles the other day . aAoD
girl was hurrying to her work whss
her hat blew OF and IN automobals
san over IT. She got permission fron
~ employer 70 90 hack, and On tn
Nay met three men. one Of whom ~
carrying The wrecked hat. A. 10 =.
turned Il h gave tn iii ! D3o htll
Tho Other men Hch1pped ins Ill
apbeA Thersupea ~ girl went 8
eaee and bought = ~ haG ~Tve -
Ways wanted one 1lko ut - 80
wsfA : ani3a ~ novuP 1900 I
sAeuA haDs go - - -
ano = - 1nl1o1nt 81 - -
D 49,
-
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-07-11
0AaaeAfianA

sWhy do you think 20 much Of being
decorated? 1t doesn't give you ability.
mo. but II makes people think
have some"-Peie Meta
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-07-11
A Rouah Lie.

Can you build me . piano and
leave the bark on the woodf"
Z guess 20" opined the piano man.
Il want Il for my hunting lodgA
We rough 4 up tAare. you know
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-07-11

He who would rest must WORKS
Italian PyoylSh n