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MAUI BLUE BOOK
Hon. J. V. Kiilim, ClrcuH ludpe, Wttlluu
I,. 11. 1'riHili. Clerk Circuit Court. WnllnUu
Judge W. A. McKay Dint. Mngistrote, Wnlluku
' ;ims. Conn, " " Muknwmi
" Knh'Uilello " " Lulmuiu
" K;iVIUllll. " HoDliniiln
' J. K. Hnnuntt, " ' Hn
" l'iimittii " " Klpnhuln
" M;,h(ii . " " MoloUui
" Kalioohnlimiiln. " ' Latin!
Ij. M. Hulclwln, Shoritt, Wailuku
W. E. Sultorv, Diputy ShPrift WittltiUu
Kin:ir Mnrlim " " Makuwuo
C. 11. I,imisv, " Lahiiiini
Y. Win rock. " ' 'li
O Trimble " ' Molokai
O. H. Rummliigs Cuptntti Police Wni'uku
H. Iwlcnn, " " Mnlmwno
Win. Kenuu, " Lmtanina
K. C. IjI'iIwt. " " "'
J. K. Walmnau, ' Kulanpapo
W. T. toblnon, Tx Assessor, Wblluku
.1. yt. K. Koola, Doputy Asiessnr Wailuku
W. O. AiUeu, " " '-'a'"
O.Hunii, " " Lahalmi
M H. Hmilcr, " " Hu
Dangerous Colors.
J The long suspense was ended on Wednesday, when wireless
yews reached Maui that t ho county bill had been knocked nu,t, by
fhe unanimous decision of the Supreme Court. Logically, the islands
stands now whore they stood before the county bill was; passed.
.tnd Ine election of county officers in kh? different counties is void,
fortunately the decision came e.u lv in their term before woph
complications had arisen. It is, u source of keen regret, to the
News that tho bill was found fatally defective; for this paper has
always advocated county government. And sympathy is due to
those who spent their money to niake the campaign anil
and secure election But ns the News views the matter, the knock
ing out of the county bill restores the statu quo, and we are now
exactly where we were before the county bill passed. Consequently
'our county ofticers-olsct should, like the good citizens that they are,
step down :iml out at once, and await a new election under a County
bill which will stand.
The contrast between the methods pursued by the Hilo Board
or supervisors and the Maui Board of Supervisors in the matter
of accepting and approving the bonds of the county officers is very
instructive. The Hilo Board of Supervisors. stood for gilt odged
bonds, and when Iveolanui, the sheriff-elect, presented a bond which
looked more like a subscription list for a raffle than an official bond,
i 5 was handed back to him with the request that he submit a prop
er bond, -which he afterwirds did. Our Maui Board accepted
whatever was offered, seemingly without any investigation what-
ever, and thereby much weakened the confidence of the public in
tfheir capability to transact county business. It seemed as though
they had lulled themselves into an undue slate of confidence be
cause of lack of opposition, and felf into the error of supposing
that whatever they did would be accepted without question. Not
one member of the Maur Board of Supervisors had the grit to
make a record for himself by opposing ihe slipshod methods of
the Board in the matter of accepting bonds. Doubtless the Maui
Board thought it was doing right,' but the chances are that it don't
think so now.
na "? continually insisted mui mere are aounaant
latent opportunities to build up good paying lines of business on
Maui, whenever a proper mixture of money, brains and energy
Should see tit to take hold of them. The promised development of
the meat and hsh industry on Kahoolawe is, an .excellent illustra
tion of the truth of this. Maui capital should long ago have taken
hold of this proposition, but all we can do now it to stand by and
sec the profits of the industry pocketed by a Honolulu man. How
Qjertnere are other chances j-nst as good awaiting us, and we
should wane up, rub our eyes, look round and see them, and then
proceed to develop them.
: e
!S? it is something of a guess as to what is the wisest couse to be
pursued, now that the county bili is pau. It is .a question as to
Ayhether the governor has authority to call an extra session of the
lagislature for the purpose of passing a new county bill, although
( H is quite likely that an extra session may be needed to pass neces
sary appropriation bills. JNow, that the county bill is dead, jt
vyould be a good time to approach, congress with a request , to
pass a vaua county qui ior the islands. In the meantime it is the
duty.of all good citizens of all parties to unite for the purpose, of
preserving harmonious conditions on the Islands until normal
. conditions are restored.
If purple walls and a red-tinted win
dow surrounded you for a lvkmtn, with
no color but purple around you, by tlie
end of that time you would be a mad
man. No matter how strong your
brain might be it would not stand the
strain, and it is doubtful if you would
ever recover vour reason. For pur-
pie is the most danirerous color there
is in its effect on the brain, which it
reaches by way of the nerves of the
...
A splash or two of any other color
in the loom would save your reason
for sometime longer; but de;id purp'e
would kill you eventually, ns surely
as would, foul air. Scarlet is as bad,
butbcarlet has a different effect. It
produces what is called homicidal
mania a madness that drive li vic
tim to kill his fallows, especially his
nearest relatives. Even on animals
scarlet has ibis effect. It will drive
a bull or a tiyter to charge a naked
spear, lint purple, on the contrary,
brings on melancholy suicidal mania.
Clue, as long as there is no trace
of red in it, stiululates the brain, and
helps it; out its effect ton vour nerves,
if you are. s'auirated with it and can
not yet away from it, is terrible.
Scientists class blue as a kind.of drug
in its effect on the brain. It excites
the imagination and gives a craving
for music and stagecraft., but it has
reaction that wrecks' the nerves.
If you doubt ii , stare hard for a few
minutes at a large sheet, oi orignt
blue paper or cloth not flowers, for
there is a good deal of green iu their
blue and you .w ill rind that it wiu
make your eyes ache and give you a
restless, uneasy feeling.
Greeu.' on the oilur hand, is the
Lking of colors, aud no amount of it
can do any harm. On the contrary,
it soothes the whole system, and pre
serves the eyesight. . If your were
shut up in an' artificial green ibjhl
for a month, it would develop vour
eyesight immensely; but it would be
fatal, because when you' return
ed to the world you would b6 utterly
unable to stand ordinary lights and
colors, and you would certainly cou
tract ophthalmia,' or possibly destroy
the optic nerve altogether, unless you
were very mindful to take great
care,
Most people imagine the sky, in
clear weather, to be blue. It is really
white, tinC with green. It is only
the distance and clearness that make
it seem blue. Gr-een is so soothing
that- it makes a big difference in the
.length of an illness, helping the sys
''tem to fight the disease, rnd nearly
all hospital wards have every p'os
sible detail about them colored green.
Sage green is the most soothing tint
of all; metallic green, however; is by
w- means so good.
Solitary confinement in a yellow
cell for six weeks will hopelessly
weaken any system and produce
chionic .hysteria'. - A long enough
course of it will produce foolish lun
acy, and' even o.i a guiiea pig or a
rabbit will drive the animal at last to
either bite and woutio. itself, or reduce
it to such a state of nervousness thai
it will die of sheer fright if suddenly
startled. On the other hand, u you
are not smothered with it, yellow is
the healthiest, cheeriest color there
and will make a dark room bright
and habitable, when even fcrecn would
be cold and depressing. Dut to be
well "soused" with yelldw; day and
night, and to be unable. to get away
from it, would oring you to nervous
madness within two months at the
outside.
Sheer dead white, unbroken, will
destroy your eyesight as surely as
"cataract" If you are exposed to it
for a few days a week at the latest.
It kills the optic nerves nd the sight
goes out like a candle, while the ef
fect on the hraiu is so maddening that
blindness is almost a relief. This is
why Arctic explorers have to wear
colored "goggles" of green-tinted
glass, otherwise "snow blindness;" as
it is called, and wh.'ch is really
"whito blindness," ultriost a cer
tainty. Even in polar regions, thqugh,
the white is not complete; .The, sky
breaks it. If it did Hot. no' man coulM
keep his eyesight there without
glasses. Tit-Bits',
Resting' In-Midair.
cuummade by the steamer, and on it
the gulls are carried along without
effort and at the name speed at which
the shin is traveling." New York
ess.
An Interesting tiplnocle.
the
It will be with much reluctance that the British public will
consent to remain neutral, if Japan becomes, involved in war with
llussia. True, war between Russia, and Great Britain is some
thing to be dreaded and feared by both powers, from several
points of view, but at the same time Great Britain will find her al
liance, with Japan an entangling one, which for several reasons
may involve her iu any war between Japan and Russia. And it
now seems reasonably certain that if England should not interfere,
the result , of such a war -would be that Russia would- beat off
Japan, absorb Manchuria and Korea, and take a first mortgage on
China.
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J5 While the mercury is dfty degrees below.zaro in the Eastern.
States, it would be a good time for our Mr. Boyd, of the Hawaiian
promotion Committee to flood that region with warm literature
concern'ng the charms of the .winter climate of the Hawaiian Is
lands. Hundreds of people who ,are shivering with the. intense
cold prevailing in. the Eastern. States would cpme here, aud we will
show them something to come for. Rush along your literature,
Mr. Boyd,
e
It is encouraging to glean from Uie. Island .press the joint
movement of private enterprise and governmental aid iu the mat
ter of accomplishing practical and profitable results in improjed-
f ruit culture and diversified agricultural products on the Islands
1 he importance of this movement is becoming, more .ihoroughly
understood every year, and. prospects look bright now that good
results will soon begin to be realized,
.
jj , Possibly before the next Usue of the News war will have been
declared between Japan and Russia. It is not going to be a short
war notwithstanding the fact that optimists ou both sides Insist
that it will. And if Japan finally gets the, worst of. it,, Great Britain
will almost surely he drawn into a war with Russia.
"While I never have seen it ex
plained in print," said one of thoorn
ithoingical sharps or the Z')0, it is a
wonder to me pet-sons should express
amazament at the ability of certaii
birds to hang poised in the air with
out wing motion.
'It is a favorite trick of the great
condor.. Away in the oir, far bevond
the mountain tops, these birds ham.'
poised as motionless as if perched on
solid rock. True, their wings are out
stretched, but even through glasses
not the slightest motion is perccpti
ble. They remain in this position for
many miuutes, Semetirnes for an hour,
making a carefnl scrunity of every
thing below them in their search for
prey. Then, with a slight tilting of
the wings, they flap slowly away, or,
having found what they are seeking,
dart like bullet toward it.' The eagle,
hawk and other species have this
same faculty of poising apparently on
nothing.
"These birl-j move about until they
meet an uprising current of air. It
may come trom immediately beneath
them, from wind deflected bv striking
a clff along the sea, or may come f rem
a great distance,' where a rushing
wind struck" the side of a mountain
and was turned upward. Being on
the wing most of the time in search of
prey, they" have learned to utilize
these uprushing air currents for their
own purposes. Coming to ono ot these
end heading to the wind, they fix
their pinions at an angle which will
permit them to rest there and scrut
inize something that hag taken their
attention perhaps on the plain below.
Thus, .while they seem poised on
nothing, the air current rushing up
ward buoys thein.
"You see the same thing in mid
ocean when ships are followed by
flocks of gulls, in some rare case
clear across the ocean. When the
ships starts out the gulls fly here and
there, sometimes avuy on high aud
again skimming tho surface of the
water iu search of jood. As the hours
and days pass they tire, and then you
will see thein poibe for rest o'u the air
cut rent rising from tho stern of tjie
sup. itieonrusnoi an ocoau grey
hound creates a swiftly rising air
current in its wakd. This curls over
iiKe a vave ana rusnss into the va-
The Washington Tost piinled
following:
Senator lloai; and Editor II. w.
Scott, of the Portland O.ogonin,
met today in jts elevator at the .Cap
itol liudfr circumstances which nei
ther Will s.o.111 forget. Mr. Scott, one
of the most respected citizens of the
facilic Coast, and as venerable in his
appearance as the Massachusetts
Senator, wa accompanied by Mr.
Mitchell, the senior Senator from his
Stale. As Mr. Hoar came on the
elevator Mr. Mitchell introduced him
to Mr. Scoit, who extended his hand,
but quickly withdi ew it., as Senator
Hoar declined to grasp his hand.
"I should tell you wit I will not
shake hands with you," said M r. I Tour.
There once appeared in your paper
a paragraph reflecting upon my
friend, the late Senator Morrill, of
Vermont. It is said he was living
uloug several years to save funeral
expenses."
' I am uo'l aiviiresuch a paragraph
was ever printed in niv pap'-r," re
plied Mr. Scott, with some warmth
as well as surprise. "I had a Ver
mont m'an on my editorial staff who
might 'nave written such r, thing, but
I cau't say that it did or did not ap
pear, I never saw it."
"You are responsibly for what ap
pears iu ths Oregonian," interposed
Mr. Hoar.
"I am sir," said Mr. Scott.
'Then I hold vou resuonsible for
that paragraph."
"Very well sir, since you withdraw
your hand I will turn my back upon
you," rejoined the editor, who was as
good as his word. Mr. Hoar did like
wise and the two parted company in
silence. In the opinion, even of his
best friends, Senator Hoar, during
these latter years, is becoming ex
ceedingly testy and absurb.
Vldid with annular hollow bronze
castings built In the bfack work
through which a stream of cold water
is c irculated for the purpose of keep
ing down the temparature of the'
brickwork at the hottest part of the
furnace. It should be explained that
the who'c interior of the steel shell is
lined with about three feet of brick
work from th4 Scientific Amer
ican s special number of iron and
Steei.
Sensational Suicide.
A man who says his name is Hor
ace Wingate, tried to commit suicido
in a highly spectacular way near Jop
lin the other day, if the reports are
trustworthy, says the Kansas City
Journal, lie wanted simultaneously
to kill himself nnd irive the news
papers a sensation, ile got some
kerosene, a rope and a boat from a
farmer named Hawley, who lived ,on
Turkey creek, The farmer's curi
osity was excit6d and he slippi;! ioto
the woods to see what the stranger
was going to do with his miscellaneous
lot of stuff. Wingate paddled the
the boat in to. a picturesque place
.vhere a willow hung over the water.
Then the farmer saw him tie one end
of the rope to a branch and the other
around his neck. Having done this,'
Wingate poured coal oil over his
clothes, lighted a match and Instant
ly lie was a mass of flames. Then he
pulled a pistol and fired at his head.
The bullet, which was to have ended
his life, saved it. It cut tha rope with
which ho meant to hang himself when
he jumped from the boat, and plung
ed "kerplunk" into the water, which
extinguished the flames. Farmer
Hawley, seeing how things were,'
dashed to the creek, jumped in, and
towed Wingate to shore, Wingate is
glad now he is alive, but he is awfully
sorry he did not give the newspapers,
that seusatiou.
What Steel Is'Medc 01.
The raw m'aterials of manufacture
in making pig iron consist of iron ore,
coke and limestone, iu the proportion
of 2 pounds of ore to one pound of c jke
of a pound of limestone. In the
manufacture of steel from which rails
are rolled, there are two fundamental
processes? first, the reduction of the
ore. m the blast turnace. and then
tha conversion of the molten iron ore
into steel in the convertor. The-description
of the blast furnace is the
same for all tue subsequent branches
of the steel industry; for blast furnace
practice is broadly the same today in
every furr.aco throughout the coun
try. Each furnace (there are eleva
tors in all at the Edward Thompson!
works), consists of a huge steel shell
varying from 75 to UO feet in height.
It has its largest diameter at about
a quarter of its height, and tapers
regularly to Us smallest diameter at
the top of platform. The upper por
tion is known as the "stack," the
lower portion as tho "bosh," while
b.-low this is Ihe hearth, iu which the
molteu cast iron collects. The bosh
whicn is just above the tuyers, is pro-
A certain Judge, living in the up
per part of New York, while trying
a case, listened with pain and dis
pleasure to the testimony of a color
ed woman who was describing how
she had whipped one of her offspring.
She enlarged on the harrowing detail
until the judge stopped her.
"Do you mean to tell me that
you were cruel enough to punish your
sou like thai?" he demanded.
"Obco'se I did, yon houoh," she'
replied.
"How dare you bo so brutal?"
The colored woman looked at him in
flue contempt tor a moment, then
asked slowly:
"Look a-hoh, Judge, was yoh ober
de father ob a wutLlcss mulatter
boy?"
The Judge almost fell from the
bench.
"Ef yoh ain't," continued tho ne
gress, "then you don't know nuffiu'
about do caspl" Harper's Weekiy.
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