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THE HAWAIIAN STAR, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 108. SIX PAGES. LIVING IN SOLITUDE. STRANGE HERMITS WHO HAVE AT TAINED NOTORIETY. Tfcs lingular Ot satan Whs PisuasntstlM H IMi "f Plks BmiHi r. iii rk oiin- tf't I fin. lit' Ht'iinll II, -Mill ClWoftlM "Here 1 liuvr 1 i vol for 40 jrtMt, nml hen Ibopstodto, l srsnl do othsr oonpny than thsst woods iimi noMtaiin tits us. All I nsk of my fsllowi i that the will lenvc me to folic in pesos my o n ile.il n " The mini Who Spciks III tliis euriOQS WBf war Austin Sheliloii, the fnmottl hermit of Pike county, l'n . the place, tin- entr.itice to his home, n small aM uloomy r ive in the ilennly wooded mountain It doMB miles or so from Dtngtnan'S, the sleepy little villiiue so well known to lovers of the man nini chase. A eurious mnl Striking Huure is this old hermit, now far jw I kl; natures slurp, form tliln nvil i . 1 erect, eyea keen iinil niitterinii no i hair and Ions flowing beard as White list lie ttlid winter snow. It i" now M years since he made hit appearance ill Piite county and pttrchaacd a small (Mm nenr Blooming (Irovc. No one Unew where he ciune from, and us to Ms past lie himself wns ns silent ns t he irrave. lie lind no vis itors, lie lived alone, mid his brief visits to MUford were lew and fur bet ween. Those wim came in contact with bin found him a man of education and superior Intelligence, bnt lie quietly repelled all at tempt to break in upon Ms solitary lMe, and at the end ,,f a few years told bll farm and went to live in a cave on t he adjacent mountainside, lien' upon a lime a party of hunters found him one cold winter's clay Stricken with fever and slowly starv ing. The good people of Dfngmnn's, whence lie was taken, nave him tender care, aud when he recovered he went hack to his home on (he mountainside. Here, a tier the lapse of many years, ho was found by relatives from Connecticut, who had long sought for him In Tain, They besought him to return to his old eastern home, bnt without avail, anil after provid ing for hi-wants they left him to follow his strange and solitary life undisturbed. Before they left t bey told the inquirers the touching story of Sheldon's life. Married to a beautiful girl Whom he tenderly loved, her sudden death a few weeks after their wedding day made him henceforth a changed man, lie grew silent and morose, and after a few months sold his property in Connecticut and disappeared, In the wilds of Pike county he found the solitude and outet lie so much desired, and there, witli his Bible as his only companion, save, for one brief period, he lias since re sided. Eight years ago lie again fell sick, aad, found as before by hunters, w as taken to Plngman's. His sister came from Con necticut to nursft him, and when his health was restored persuaded him to accompany her home. Hut tie' longing lor his cave and the forest solitude soon proved too strong to be resisted, and a few mom lis' time found him back in his oddly chosen home, which "lie said he should never leave again, and thus far his resolution has been faithfully kept. Pennsylvania had until a few years ago two female hermits. One of these win Bailie Ketner, who lived in the mountains near TiernviUe, lierks county. She reached the aije of 84, and for 48 years liv the life of a hermit, residing all that time In a tumbledown hovel, the falling timbers of which finally produced the injuries whicli caused her death. She had loved and been loved in return, so the story goes, by a handsome young sailor w ho left her with the promise l bat in five years he would re turn and make her his bride. Tli is promise was never fulfilled, for the sailor lover, impressed into the service of another country, died in a French prison before the t ime set for return. His sweet heart kept his memory ever green, would never have anything to do with men. and in her bosom when she was dead was found the last letter from her lover, faded wit b age. written just before he died. She was a fine shot, and during the winter months her hut hung full of game brought down by her unerring rifle. She lived In the so ciety of her cnts and dogs, of which she had a goodly number, and often was not seen tor months. Bsrrnds life made her healthy and strong. Four or five years ago the people of New York talked f or a day about the story of Hermit 'oe of the Bowery and then forgot It. A doen years before Leonard 'oe, that being the name he was known by, had taken up his residence in a Bowery lodging house. He seemed very poor, but paid Ids rent promptly and spent a few cents each day for food. lie was morose and taciturn, could seldom be drawn into conversation and rarely left his room. When he did. he always carried with him a brown paper package. Finally he fell sick and waMakei to a hospital. When told that he could not recover, he sent for John Ilaller, a former fellow lodg er, and Informed him that his real name was Baer and t hat be bad relatives living In Lancaster, Pa. He also made a will, naming Ilaller as his executor, and intrust mi to Ids keeping the brown paper package ha had so long guarded with jealous care. The day following his death Ilaller opened the package and found, to his astonish ment, that it contained over f24,0u in greenbacks. An examination of the hermit's papers showed that lie was a graduate of Yale col lege and had studied both law and lnedi cine. Later lie had engaged in t lie publish ing business wit li his brother, but had in time retired witli a competence and had finally drifted to New York. There, for some Unknown reason, he had sunk his identity under the name of Coe and adopted the Squalid life of a hermit of the slums. Chicago Inter i leeau. PolltS I" a Fault. The electoral campaign, fertile as It is In falsehoods and platitudes, recalls to our memory a delicious bit of sarcasm i com the pen of f 'ham. our late lamented earl aturist. Two characters the husband (a candidate) and his wife. Scene, the open country. On the hori.on, a calf. "Whatl you are taking off your hat?" says the wife. "Yes, love. The owner of the calf is one of my most influential electors." Chari vari. locnatfciag to Look Forward To. Saidso In the next world the rich man will still have the advantage. Ilerdso How so? He can't take his money with him. Saidso. Of course not, and his poor rela tions will let him alone.-Kate Field's Washington. tail Hotll YVu. Irish wit, as a rule, comes like a flash. Up in Worcester OOUnty awhilS ago a pro tracted rainstorm left the roads almost im passable for vehicles, a Yankee wss driving in u light buggy and met a jolly Irishman phsldiug along ou foot with difficulty. Said tiie former, "It's very bad yoing, Pat, isn't itr" "Yes," re?ponded Pat, "aud it's danged bad cumin too . " liostou Courier. Love mo i High Keeled simes. Thotjcruiau mother says that should she by accident lose t lie heel of her shoe one of her childreu will die before the year is out, while should a French lady meet with such an accident lo her high heeled slippers dis appointment in love is sure to follow. Clu cinuali Commercial Gazette. The Choice of capons. It wa Paul de CasaagWW who wrote to Victor Nott : "I am UtS offended party. 1 have the choice of weapons. 1 cliunse the French grammar. You are dead." AFTER RAIN. Clouds rifted, srswsrd drifted like white sails. A silver rail upon the taaglsd (Trasses, A sweet wind on the mountain where It pas es We'll follow sunwsrd by the Mcliened mils. Within tile gray, thin shallow ,,f the bSSOhSS, By while pool'- llseptni in ths yellow sun, tin fountain slopes w hero sparkling slmllow s run Beyond the meadows Into ptnoy reaches Your hand, dear, so I'll guttle, you vvlioro the. flowers Are n s blown, bins and golden, irkast the d ramming of some Ions partridge sounds and brown bees' humming, Into the stleStttSSSSS of dim bowers, -II. IL Merrill. Utilisation "f Waste. The discovery that the leaf of the pine apple plant can be Wrought Into service able cloth is one of those newly found facts that ate constantly proving how much there is yet to discover in nut tire. As the plant is extensively grown in Florida a new industry in time will spring up there, and the producers of the delicious plnsap pie w ill have n new souneof profit at their command. But It does not speak well for the boasted Inventive gealOS 01 America that pineapple liber cloth has been nianu faetnred for soms time in Central Amer lea, and I bat it is now .in article of export Thiols, however, only one of the discov eries made in KOSBt years by which waste material is being utilized, it would puzzle any one but an expert to go into a store to daj and tell from what material a pet rent age of the goods m e manufactured, Brass, timber, sawdust and other products that were once rejected as useless are now saved and not to iiiactical use. The Hollanders have even discovered how-to convert the neat from bogs into the soft wools, which can be spun into cloth, rugs and blankets at half the cost these goods can be made from wool grown on the sheep's back. Booh a discovery ought to open before Ireland nnd some other count rles the prospect of a great industry which will increase their prosperity and commercial importance. Philadelphia Press. To Keep a BotttOnttlore Fresh. Carnations, daisies and occasionally half blown rosebuds that have been used 01 boutonnieres In the evening may by care fill management be kept fresh enough to wear next day. A mall in town w ho has a pardonable penchant for frequently wear iug a buttonhole bouquet, yet doesnotwish to spend from 11,80 to tt a day on this lux urious fancy, puts away his boutunuieres at night as carefully as a woman does her jewels. He makes n hole through a paste hoard card, clips the end of the flower and puts it through the hole in the pasteboard He then puts t lie caul over a glass full 01 water. Tire delicate petals of the flower art thus prevented from touching the water, and the stem is in itsfuli length. As every body knows, water on the petals of cut flowers destroys their freshness. A bunch of carnations may be kept together and their stems put through a sizable hole in the pasteboard card. Daisies should lie separated and t lie stems put through in dividual holes. New York Herald. Consumption From improper Breathing The breathing of compressed and rarefied air is attract lug wide attention at tbs pres ent time in connection wtih the prevention and the treatment of pulmonary cousump tion and is another mode Wherewith the chest capacity can be decidedly improved When air is breathed in this manner, then is felt during each inspiration a gentle dis tention of the whole chest, while during expiration a feeling of emptiness is experi snosd. Consnmptton la not a disease whicli orlg iuates in a day, hut it is t lie outgrow th of morbid habits and agencies which may even antedate the birth of the individual Defective breathing is one of these habits aud its pernicious prevalence is more wide spread than is generally supposed. Dr Thomas J. Mays in Century, The llomuu Coliseum. According to expert calculations, the Col iseuni of Borne seated ST. Out) spectators while liO.000 more could have found stand iug room. The external circumference of the Coliseum as it stands today is 1,7188 feel its long diameter 015 feet, its short dianie ter 510 feet. The arena is '!?" by 908 feet and the height of the building 151', feet. There is still standing four stories of the original structure. It was in all prohahil Itythe largest building of auditorium ar rangement ever known. New Y'ork F.ven ing Sun. Tile llaggnge Siuasber's Itrain. "In the brain," remarked the physician to the traveler, "are, besides the portions pertaining to the senses, certain portions controlling the motion of the arms, the motion of the legs anil the motion of the trunk" "I'll bet a horse," interrupted the lis tener, "the baggage smasher hasn't got any of that last portion you mentioned," and the physician refused to furnish further in formation. Detroit Free Press. A Hint 1 .o CoituresH. First Tragedian Speaking of Chinamen, I don't see why the government can't have a law compelling si randed actors like us to register aud be photographed under pen alty of being transported to Union square. New York. Second Tragedian Tea, it would bo a heap better than walking ties. New Y'ork Weekly. A Gobi Spoon. Among the crown jewels of England In the Tower of London is kept the "corona tion spoon." It dates from thetime of Ed ward tiie Confessor, 1068, It is of pure gold, richly set with gems, and Is used to receive the consecrated oil used at the coronation, it is sometimes called the "anointing spoon." St. Louis Hepublic. One Specimen Of the boababtree exam ined by Humboldt proved to be 5,150 years old. The great naturalist, in speaking of it, said, "it was undoubtedly the oldest organic monument on our planet." Sunday was a day of amusement with the Londoners of 1800. According to a cal culation, 800,000 of them spent each Suuday in summer in thesuburbau inns aud resorts in getting rid of irjlu'5,000. On some railroads the cars are provided by the bible society and other religious or ganlutlons With Bibles that are kept in racks, aud curiously enough the racks are systematically robbed. The Duke of Westminster has spent over a million pounds in rebuilding Falou hail, which Is now considered to rival Chats worth as England's finest house. A woman say I that a man can smile grim y under the tortures of the rack, but he i annul tread on atintack with his barefoot without a bitter howl. glTtrl f WlSSi mnl Kal". Prufesxor WiKginn bsllSYSStlU-t telegraph wlreo tuuse drought', that the Stmospbsrs cannot absorb moisture unless it is clisiriird with olsCtridtT SDd that upon an oblate spheroid like the earth the electricity will inevitably collect at the equator. In this way he expluins the frequency of the rains at the equator. "If, however,'' lie says, "there be eh ,-:i ted spots on a hpher, , !ec tricity will OQllsOt on them. .Should these spots or continents be connected by wires, It might accumulate on each altrnuitch This has happened, and America has all of the electric energy, and Kurope has lost it, so that our continent is Hooded, and Bit rope is burned up with drought " Ills con elusion from all this U that electric wires should be buried. -Chicago Tribune THE MODERN "BUSY" WOMAN. Hon Hie Bead of n HomMiolil Itirrrrs In iter Methods From Iter Husband. Tl "busy" woman of ths momsnl is the bush- creature in existence. She is real ly dreadfnllv overworked and pressed for 1 si SQ-S. There are t wo reasons lor it. One has got lo stand for awhile, lei us bone for a long while since it is because she Is still, vvnite poklnu her obt rusive little nose about in men's work, full of her feminine traits and oharaoterlstloa in her heart of hearts she has never rjuite given up her liking for daw dling. she hates to lie ready on the minute; tilings are wearing that have tola1 dune on Friday absolutely, in tend of Wednesday or Saturday if sin feels more like It. And. besides, she Is wife, mother, housekeeper, neighbor, friend, ladv of the house, nurse, counsel confidant and half a dozen more things all t he time t hat she is t lie "business worn in. " Her confrere, t he "business riian," gets up in ths morning, eats ids breakfast, puts his morning piper In his pocket, h-cs his wife and bablet and slams the front door on all domestic cares till evening. The bust ness woman does two or three hours' work in t lie way of gel t iug children oil' to school. rdering meals, planning sewing, writing family letters, seeing tradesmen, Bunervia ing a household in Its many del ails before he, loo, takes a train lo the office, If you watch her n route you Will see that she does not li t her newspaper, if she reads one nt all. absorb her. for she frequently lays it down, and it volt are another woman vou will know by Hie pucker in her forehead and the com pros-ion of her lips that she is still full of home cares. The business Woman, pUrt and simple, is not quite dc velo, d. And as has been hinted I here are some reasons Why we are in no hurry that she shall be. The second cause for the busy woman's want of leisure is her want of system. This is not. wholly her fault. She is not born with it as her brother is. (ienerations of business men have implanted hereditary business instincts punctuality, system, promptness, application, perseverance and they uulokly develop In most young men. It w ill take general ions of busy women to give them the same chance. "Yes," said Mrs. Itaehcl Foster Avery. corresponding secretary ol the ..National Counts! of Women, "1 leave for Chicago to morrow, It was a few days before the opening of that epoch marking woman's congress t hat the World's fair gave us. I shall be SOI smpanted by seven stenograph ers, three babies and two niir-i--.. In t his way does the model u woman meet the demands made upon her by this exact ing age. New fork Times. -i I m mil; th6 Ylcprny. An old soldier ami army reserve man sends us the following (shall never forget the first time thai I saw Lord Duticrin. Iu lHt, when a recruit, I was stationed at Barrackpore. One Sunday evening I was taking a walk along the road leading past the viceregal lodge when I sawn gentle man, accompanied l y two or tUfcee ladies and several gentlemen, coming toward nil-. In my UpiOMBceot high lift-1 little thought that his lordship would venture abroad without a suitable escort, and as the party passed me I never came to attention or yet saluted. What was my astonishment when tne leading gentleman raised his hand to his hat, imillng benignantly all thetime, ami passed slowly by. A sergeant, however, who had spotted my want of respect or stupidity term it what you will tame up witli all the pom posity of a drill instructor, and in scathing tones said: "Why did you not salute Do you know who that is:-" I replied in a humble way that 1 was not aware, and that I had been taught not to salute civil ians. "What, you young villain! Pretend that you did not know his lordship? I will get you pack drill ami saluting drill until further orders." 1 then became aware of the uwful mis take I hud made and passed the night in an agony of apprehension and dreaming ot saluting drill and Lord DutTerin alternate ly, but to my intense relief the worthy ser geant, did not fulfill bis threat, aud I was allowed to go seat free from the terrible crime of not knowing and saluting the vice roy of all India. London Globe. The Kii'hm nf Youth. An anxious papa the other evening drew me aside at a dinner aud earnestly asked my advice as to what his sun, a tophomort nt college, should order tor the coming sea son. This Important query h d me to re view my past how 1 dressed when a youth. I was at ESton and naturally wore an Kton jacket and a tall hat. from my earliest years. I agree with English Writers Ol dress that a hoy, as soon as he emerges from pettiooatl, should adopt a tall hat. It gives him a sense of dignity, aiyl it teaches him during these tender years u be courtly in manner aud to be able to salute hil acquaintances with a grace which it may take him a long period afterward to acquire. Of course, in America, this is impossible. A small boy in a top hat would bemobbed. This country is still young, and it resents the introduction even now of foreign fash ions. Hoys here usually wear K nicker bockers until I hey are lit, unless they ure extraordinary tall for their years. After that age t hey dress exad ly as we do, except that they do not affect the swallow tail and top hat until their eighteenth or nineteenth year. Vogue. isntlelpatlng Things The youth approached the father with more or less trepidation. '"So," said the old gentleman after the cae had been stated, "you want to marry my daughter?" 'Not any more than she wants to marry im," he replied, hedging, "She hasn't said anything to me about it." "No, because she's afraid to." "Aren't you afraid, sir, more than she is?" said the father sternly. The youth braced up. "Well, perhaps am," lie said, "but as the bead ol our (amity I've got to face it and set the pegs," and the old man smiled and gave his consent. Detroit Free 1'ress. The KMSM of Two Cities, l)n the principle of "In Home do an the Homans do," I think it is a safe rule to pronounce I lie name of a place as the resi dents of a place do. Hence we should speak of St. Lottls as though it were written ".St. Lewis" not "St. Louse," All good Mis OUliMISSay "St, Lewis." It is a little dif tlcult to put down iu black and white the local prOQUUdstloO of New Orleans, but it is something like this "New Avvl-yins," with the strong accent on the 'Awl." Cor. New York Tribune. l-lgureM Itcliitiiig to the Sea. Tin4 number of gallons in the Pacific is in no trillions (& with 90 ciphers), and its weight is SM8.0tKi, hmi.iss i,mK,(M ii i ions, audit would take mole than 1,000,000 years to pass over the falls of Niagara, but if we could oonstruol a lank liH miles long, wide and deep it would contain It all. --Ex change. slri,nB1.r xhmm the Kj-e. The massive six foot reflector in the Lord Hosse telescope at PnrOOOtOWO, Ireland, is justly considered one of the modern won ders of the world. This gigantic reflector, the Aral that ever solved tin- problem of the ntbuls of Orion, Is set in the end of a j. foot wooileu ttihe lii-itl together by iron bauds. Althougti it weighs a lracliou over lour loiis.it is so sensitive thai llie pres sure of the hand Upon the back will produce distortion in the reflected image of a star Compared with the human eye, this luou iter ti Aeotor is u 180,000 to I. It has a pen elraliug power of 500 and can reveal stars so remote from our earth thai it would ouire O0.UO0 years for their light to reach na. .mil vet light I ravels at the unthinkable speed of IWJOOalles per ssoond,- St Louis Hepublic. On cm I tin JOHN Wrought Steel Ranges, Chilled Iron Cooking Stoves. HOUSEKEEPING GOODS: AGATE W'AKK (Whitt, Orsy tnd Nickle-phited), PUMPS, WATER AND SOU. PIPES, WATER CLOSETS AND URINALS, RUBBER HOSE AND LAWN SPRIXKI.EkS, BATH TUBS AND STEEL SINKS, o. S. GUTTERS AN 1 1 LEADERS, SHEET IRON, COP PER, INC AND LEAD, LEAD PIPE.AND PIPE FITTINGS. Plumbing, Tin, Copper and Sheet Iron Work. D1MOND BLOCK: 95 M, W. McCHESNEY k SONS, ACKNTS Honolulu Soap Works Co T Laundry Soap 42, 56 .iml 63 bars to case- One I lundred Pounds. HIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR TALLOW! Club Stables Co. S. F. GKAII.WI Manackr, Livery, Feed and Hale Stables Fort Street, Between Hotel AND BllKI lAN'IA. HOTH TELEPHONES No. 477. 3T Connected with Hack Stand Corner King nnd Bethel Sts. BOTH TELEPHONES. Na 113 Hard Times Mean Close Prices To House Keepers. f vOU ire in need of any New or Srconil haml FURNITURE, RUGS, STOVES, BE WING MACHINES, Etc., call al the I X L Furniture & Commission House, Comer Nuuanu anil Kiny streets. 18 tf W. AHANA. MERCHANT TAILOR, No. 50 Merchant Strici, Honolulu. Kim- wits from $14 up. UloSO ami t'lrpe ults, 40. 50 Ul. ALL SUITS GUARANTEED TO i l l' ami l. THE LATEST STYLE Clothki Cleaned amp 44 2lf Repairer rrt i 0 cm cn t tv NOTT. - 97 KING STREET. If, W. MESNE, k SONS, Wholesale Grocers, Honolulu, II. I. A FULL LINE OF GROCERIES Always mi Hand. FRESH GOODS Per Every Steamer and Sail. SPECIALTIES! Cheese, Lard, Hams, Butter, Codfisli, Milk, Onions, Crackers, Potatoes, Salmon, Macaroni, Corn Meal, Pickled Skipjack, Alvicore, Herrings, Flour, drain and Beans. And All Kinds ok Leather and Nails for Shoe makers. Metropolitan Meat Co. 81 KING STREET, Navy Contractors. G. J. WALLER, - Manager L. H. DEE, JOBBER OF HOTEL STREET, Between Fort and Bethel Streets HONOLULU IRON WORKS, B 1 k am ExaiNM siicak Mills, Boilibi Cooler. Iron, Ukass, anu Lead Castings, .Mai nincry of Every I U scmition Made lo Order. Particular attention paid lo Ship Blacksinilhing. J i.b work executed at Short Notice. 5 - H. S. TREGLOAN & SON, Merchant Tailors ! OFFER TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC THEIR LARGE AND COMPLETE stock OF Foreign Woolens for Spring & Summer AT 20 PER CENT DISCOUNT FOR CASH, Business Suits Reduced lo Twenty-two Dollars and f0 Cents Business Pants Reduced to Six Dollars and 50 Cents. Corner Fort TAHITI Lemonade Works Co., 23 Nuuanu, MANUFACTURERS OK High Class Lemonade, Soda Water, Ginger Ale, Hop Ale, Sarsaparilla, Plain Soda A Trial Order Solicited BENSON, SMITH & CO., AGENTS. H. E. McINTYRE & BRO., IMPORTERS AM' DEALERS IN Groceries, Provisions and Feed KAST CORNER FORT AND KING STREETS. New Qoodi it ccivcd by every racket from the Eastern States and Ki.rupe. Krtsh California Produce by every steamer All orders faithfully attended to, am) (jO(hK ilclivemi to any part of the city free of charge. Island Orders solicited. Satisfaction guaranteed. Tost Office Box No. 145. Telephone No 92. ENTERPRISE PETER HIGH, - O FFIO B3 On Alakea and Richards near MOULDINGS, Doors, Sash, Blinds, Screens, Frames Etc. TinWKl) ATsI) SAAVKlfW'OIJK. Prompt attention to all orders. IKLUPHON fCMi Mutual 55 Hotel Sts. Honolulu, H. I. Beverages Sarsaparilla and Iron Water, Seltzer Water, Etc., Etc., Etc PLANIhG MILL. - - Proprietor. AND .MILL, Queen Street, Honolulu, H.I, t3 Bell 498,