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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-12

he slept In place ABOUT Ioot from me
ground, made OF stones and cement, with no
bedding. although the natives had bedding
Finally the officer in charge released Shields,
telling him he could 60 away.
HARDLY ABLE TO WALK.
In reply to a question about his condition
when he left the prison he testified:
Il was hardly able to get on my feet and walk
as far as that chair. / was not fit to do work
for over three weeks afterward. I was black
from the back of my head down to my kidneys.
and was abused around the body and from
the hunger and starvation and the beating and
everything. was as silly as kid two months
old. 1 did not know my own name hardly
when went on board the ship"
A CHILEAN DOCTOR SCARED.
The next morning Shields found the consul
and was sent on board his ship. The surgeon
Of the Baltimore was sent over to attend him.
A few days later he had recovered partially and
was able to 60 ashore. The consul attended
him and they went to the Office OF the COM
mandans OF police, who refused 70 see Shields
in his present condition. He told the consul
he would see the sailor when his wounds were
healed. Shields was then taken back 70 the
keweenaw and about four days afterward q
doctor Of the Chilean government went ON
board and examined him for about i've minutes.
Shields says: He got scared when he saw the
wounds ON my back and cleared away. He said
il was q bad case"
FACTS LAID BEFORE TIE cHuxAx oovERxnErr.
The consul spent night on the ship taking
his testimony. which he put in writing and laid
before the Chilean government. Nothing vas
apparently done about it Shields signed Q
claim for $1,000 damages against Chile and the
authorities sent him paper TO sign, but he re-
fused to do 70. This concluded his testimony.
Shields 10 thlrty years old and has been In
the United States about sixtssn yearA He has
NO naturahsatiea pspsrA his growth into
manhood in this country praetisslly nakinC
him citiBsn.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-07-18

work out its benef1cent results and to
shower its pro missed blessings upon the
American laborerf
Yet the great iron and steel industries
have been in distress for months. They
have Knocked at Major McKinley's COM
msnd to ''go on and prosper" and now
their doors are lock ed against their en-
ployes. Their Enclosures are pierced Nth
port holes. They are prepared for siege
with hot>wEter pipes and Oarbed wire and
wslls that cannot be scaled or faced.
Their thoussi DIS of workingmen are
eating the bread of idleness. But
none the less from Cluny Castle, across
the sea, comes the congrstulation of its
m ,ster to resident Harrison on his
Tel omination as the candidate of
McKinleyism and protection" The
people," said Mr.. Carnegie. know a
good thing when they see it. The peo-
pie, in MIR. Csrnegie's vocabulary, means
himself and his associate tariff lords.
So, too. do 1.-The people" who work for
wages in the mills and elsewhere They
know "a good thing also. and they are
very sure that thousands of workingmen
out of employment, mills barred and
barricsded against them as if they were
rioters and anarchists, employers reveliDg
in wealth and luxury in foreign lands
all this, they are sure. is not''s good
thing" Yet this is the natural and inev-
liable fruit of protection. left free to
exploit itself in this great country of ours.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-07-18
ENcent TO His Wife.

He was one of the "cleverest" men in all
that section of the country, all agreed on
that.
He was good fellow" and good
friend. Many time had he gone ont of
his way to do good turn for some one in
distress, and he had been late to dinner or
he had not come home to dinner at all
Poor JIM he would say when he did
arrive He is in bad way, and can re-
member when he was bright young fell
low. l had to straighten him up a little
when met him, and it took some time"
He was ''clever fellow in all that the
term implies. He never failed to respond
to the plea of n friend a former friend
if he were in a position to do so.
81 am sorry" he would say to his wife:
81 intended to bring you the money You
asked for tonight, but | couldn't let Tom
sleep on the street. I':c csrad he has lost
his grip, but I'd be a III. hty small man if
l didn't see him safely put away in a hotel
with money enough to get his overcoat out
of pawn. He ought to brace up though"
He was a great hearted man when it
came to any way of assisting men he had
known who We're in hard luck through
their own any one else's fault. He was
a generous man when it came TO subscrib-
ing "a little something for anything that
would tend to give pleasure to another
II had intended to get something for the
house today" he would say, but Drinks
leaves for the south tomorrow and of
course | Clipped in for little present to
him."
A CLEVER man to every one except the
one he should have been the "cleverest' to.
Detroit Free Press.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-07-18
Only Female Gnats Bite.

Only female gnats bite, and the most OF
them never have the opportunity to taste
human blood. The ferocity of the gnat is
much exaggerated for the larger portion
of these creatures live on the juice OF
plants until such time they therl.eIv ven
furnish food for other insects and small
birds. The bite of the gnat would not of
itself cause pain We're it not for the fact
that from the mouth of the gnat Il secre
tion, poisonous in character, is poured into
the wound, it's effect being to make the
blood more fluid SO that it can be sucked
up by the insect. Most male gnats live
but a few hours, and generally take no
food after passing into the perfect state
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-07-18
IN THE BO'SUN'S BOAT.
Saved from Cannibalism at the Last
Hour.

Saved from Cannibalism at the Last
Hour.
Morning has come again, and one after
another of the people rouse up and com
prehend the fact. The bosun is the only
one having the strength and ambition to
stand up and look around-to search the
CLASSY sea for sight of sail
This is the twelfth day since we left the
burning ship-the ninth since we lost sig hit
of the other boats. Seven men, three
women and two children-twelve of us
crowded into one of the quarter boats
with the bo'sun in charge.
Twelve days ago the Cape of Good Hope
was due west and l 200 miles away The
three days gale drove us to the north and
separated the boats. Then came the calm
eight days of heaving and drifting under
sun which burns and blisters like a YER
liable ball of fire.
Water Water, For Gods sake. give
me water,"
That was the cry on every lip, even from
the strongest of the seamen. We had only
few gallons as we pulled away from the
burning ship. 1t is always thus when a
great danger menaces-there is excite
ment and haste and neglect. 1t had been
dealt out sparingly, grudgingly, almost
drop by drop, but it was gone three days
ago. 1t was thus with the food-the last
crumbs given to the children with the last
drops of water.
Some of us languidly watched the bo'sun
as he stood on athwart and slowly turned
about to scan the sea from every point
some did not even look up. No one asked
question as the old man finally sat down.
Men looked at each other, but it was with
avacant stare. The women sat with bowed
heads-the children seemed to sleep
though moaning family ut intervals
No sail in sight. low could there be
without a breath of air stirring? The
same ball of fire creeping up out Of the
immensely of the Indian ocean-the same
CLASSY surface us far as the eye can travel
On the port quarter is a monster shark
which has mrintaineti his position for four
days-on the starboarl quarter his mate.
Their presence filled US with terror at first.
now no one cares.
1t Is two hours since the sun came up.
Not word has been spoken. OF a sudden
CONTINUED on Third page5
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-07-18
THE republicans have appointed an

THE republicans have appointed an
other chairman of the national committee.
They had TO look all over the country to
get one whom the president had not
offended, and finally were obliged to go
clear out to Montana for one whom they
selected, in the person Of Thomas H.
Carter. Not being certain as TO whether
Mr.. Carter would accept. W. A. Suther-
land, of New York, was named as tenn
porsry chairman, or rather emergency
chairman. Later Mr.. Carter was pres
vailed upon to accept.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-07-18

Scrpent Worship in India.

Serpent worship, once very widely diff
fused, survives in India. Sometimes when
Hindoos find u cobra in some crevice in the
wall of their house it will often be rever-
enced, fed and propitated, and if fear or
the death of some one bitten by it induces
them to remove it they will handle it
tenderly and let it loose in some field.
When Hindoos are bitten they have far
more confidence in their magic spell or
''Muntra" than in any medicine, even if
they do not scruple to make use of medical
aid.-Quarterly Review.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-07-18
The brel1a.

Some one has sagely remarked that the
umbrella is only the child of the parasol-
. stalwart and healthy offspring certainly.
and one that does credit to it's progentor.
1t is true that the umbrella was formerly
used for sun and not defense against
rain, but that was prior to its introduction
into Europe. 1t is not likely that it was
invented for use, but canopy for great
ness. 1t originated in Asia, more especial
ly in China, but there it is not an article in
general use among the common people.
1t forms part of the regalia of royalty,
and in India it's use is only permitted
among the highest of the nobility. There
it is badge of royalty, and one porentate
is the king of the white elephant and lord
of the twenty-four umbrellas. Mrs. NJ
L. Rayne in Detroit Free Press
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-07-18
Origin of an Expression.

The origin of the expression Getting
into "a scrape,'' is as follows: In Scotland
they play game called golf, the favorite
grounds for such sports being the downs"
or links" The rabbits frequent these
links" and the hole made by them is
called ''ascrape." Golf is played with a
hard ball of wood or other substance, which
is driven from point with mallet usually
made of wood, but sometimes of iron. The
game itself is a cross between our croquet
and shiny" Thus it will be seen that
when the ball gets into 'ascrape" it is
very difficult to get out, and the player is
in a correspOndingly bad fix generally
Such incidents occur so frequently that
the books on ''golfing' have laid down
rules as to what may be done in the time
of such an emergency, getting into
ascrape' being the golfers greatest draw
back. From this has arisen the term now
in such common use among us, meaning
in a bad fix.-St. Louis Republic.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-07-18

Woman has been compelled to suffer.
not only her Ills. hut those arising
from a want of knowledge on the part of
those with whom she stands connected
In the mansions of the rich and novels of
the poor, woman has been alike the pa
tient victim of ills unknown TO man. But
now the hour of her redemption has
come Bradfields Femsle Regulator
cures all diseases peculiar to her sex.
s I'D by Hartz s. Bahnsen.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-07-18

Joseph Ruby. of Columbia. Pa F, suffer-
ed from birth with scrofula humor, till he
was perfectly cured by Hoods Sarsa-
plrilla.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-07-18
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL TICKET.
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL AL
CONVENTION

The Democratic voters in the several counties
comprising the Eleventh Congressional District
requested TO seId delegates 10 Congress
ional convention TO be held 81 Monmouth Iii .nois
THURSDAY, SEPT. l, 1892.
at $50 O'Clock, m. for the purpose of minat-
ing candidate for congress, a member of
board of equalization, and to transact such other
business as m.y be presented for the consider
ton of the convention The several counties in
the congre ssional district will be entitled to n
representation the basis of one delegate for
every sU0 votes ind one for frac Ion of 100 votes
or over, cast for Edward S. Wilson, for state
treasurer in 1890 as follows:
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-12-01
A BREACH OF FAITH.

The item, Arrangement and pre-
servation of Government archives,
$60OO," was struck out of the Appro-
priation Bill by the Legislature yes
terday. This was case where the
pruning knife of economy was ap-
piled without sufficient reason. The
Government archives had never been
properly cared for, and were in great
part in state of confusion and de-
cay. Rev. r. r. Hoes, chaplain in
the United States Navy, while work
ing gratuitously for the Hawaiian
Historical Society, revealed great
aptness in recovering, arranging and
classifying documents of historical
value. He discovered many import
ant records in manuscript and
print amongst the waste paper
jammed in dusty boxes and corners
of the Departments. The Ministry
of the day saw an opportunity in the
presence of an expert like Mr.. Hoes,
and on its advice Her Majesty sent
a request to the State Department
of the United States, that Mr.. Hoes
be given leave of absence from the
Navy so as to be free to give his
services to this Government in col
lecting and arranging the archives.
The request was cordially granted
by the United States Government,
and Mr.. Hoes has given many
months up to the work for which he
was engaged. The item inserted in
the Bill included all expenses in ad-
dition to salary. Its striking out
can only be regarded as breach OF
faith with Mr.. Hoes, and seems also
like an act of discourtesy to the
United States Government. A real
injury is at the same time done to
this country, in the relegation of the
archives to a confused mass of waste
paper.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-12-01

tains one in Honolulu, and that the
failure to provide for such an Office
might be taken as deliberate indi-
cation of unfriendly feeling against
maintaining proper relations with
the United States, and thus lead to
the consequent withdrawal or lower
ing in rank of the corresponding
position here. Although at any par
ticular time there may be no ap-
parent evidence that the incumbent
is doing any work for his salary, yet
the continuity of friendly relations
with the States requires to be kept
up. AT any moment something may
occur which requires the presence
on the spot of an able and we'll
posted official of this Government,
empowered to handle questions of
moment and make or receive per
sonally those explanations and
propositions so difficult to be pro-
perly conveyed in writing. We are
glad to note the fact that sub
stantial majority of the House had
the common sense to negative the
absurd proposals of some of the
members, and provide the necessary
appropriation to uphold the office
and continue its benefits to the
country. 1t is to be hoped that as
large number of them will continue
to act as sensibly and extinguish all
other erratic and unreasonable pro-
posals to abolish useful or necessary
offices.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-12-01
THE DAILY BULLETIN.
Pledged to neither Sect nor Party,
But Established for the Benefit of AH
THURSDAY, DEC. l, 1892.

Mr.. Thurston has presented a
petition to the Legislature, signed
by many leading business men, pray
ing that the duty on bicycles be not
more than ten percent ad palorem.
They are now subjected to the car
riage duty of 25 percent, which is
rather steep, considering that more
of them are used for business than
for pleasure, and that many to whom
they are great convenience are
people of moderate means. A bill
in accord with the petition should
pass without opposition.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-12-01
THE WASHINGTON MINISTRY

Some members of the Legislature
have curious ideas as to the necessity
or use of various offices to the coun-
try. The discussion on the advisa-
bility of voting an appropriation for
a Minister Resident at Washington
affords strong evidence of this. 1t
never seems to have occurred to any
of the members that international
comfy and courtesy require us to
maintain Minister Resident there
as long as the United States main
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-12-01

Holders of Water Privileges, or those
paying Water Rates, are hereby notified
that, owing to the drouth and the scarcity
of water in the Government Reservoirs,
the Hours for using water for Irriga-
tion purposes are from to s O'Clock A. M,
and to o'clock P, M, until further notice.
JOHN G. WHITE,
Supt. Honolulu Water Works.
Approved:
CHAs. Il. GULICK,
Minister of the Interior.
Honolulu, H. L., Oct. Is, 1892.
549-tf
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-12-01
THE LABOR AMENDMENT.

THE LABOR AMENDMENT.
1t is matter of congratulation to
the country that the constitutional
amendment, enabling the Legisla
ture to enact laws for the control
ling of the hordes of barbarians in
troduced for cheap field labor, has
been finally passed by the unani-
nous voice of the House. 1t is the
first positive as we'll as tangible re-
suit of the movement for self-pro-
lection inaugurated by workingmen
in the Reform period of 1880.
While that movement has yielded
negative results in various measures
restrictive of Chinese immigration,
it has hitherto produced no means
of at once satisfying the perennial
cry of the planters for more cheap
labor and preventing that labor
from overaowing from the cane
fields and rice patches into the oc-
cupations forming the sustenance of
the bones and blood of the country
as civilized nation. After great
deal of public discussion, eliciting
not small amount of impracticable
theories, the best thought of the
Legislature of 1890 evolved this con
stitutional amendment as an essen
tial basis of action for solution of
the vexed labor problem. Being in
tenor and probably in form the best
mode of meeting the almost unani-
nous desire of the country, it would
have been blind retrogression into
confusion of schemes and entangle-
ments of varied though not antago-
nizing interests for the present
Legislature to have stifed the
amendment. Having this basis of
action it now devolves on the Legis-
lature to enact the laws necessary to
the main purposes of its adoption
While no laws can be passed which
will afford protection against the
Chinese already in the country, it is
well that all who may hereafter be in
troduced for agricultural labor shall
be kept to that employment. This
will be a benefit to the planting inter.
ests as we'll as to the classes for whose
protection against Chinese compete
ton the amendment was devised
1t will compel those who are brought
into the country only as agricultural
labor to depend wholly upon agri
cultural employment for subsistence
By the introduction of recruits o1
their own nationality, the Chinese
plantation laborers now in the coun
try will not be able, as in the past
to hold control of the labor situa
tion and dictate terms to the plan
ters. Once fairly supplied will
field labor that is not free to rul
away and exploit the means of liveli
hood of white and native traders
workingmen and independent farm
ers, the plantations would not have
to ask for such an enormous amount
of new labor every year as they nov
do. There would be less migration
from one plantation to another-on'
of the evils against which the plan
ters have made mutual compact
usually futile-because nomadi'
laborers would have much smalle
chance of striking new fields in
strait for their services. Their
would likely under these condition
be more continuity of the working
force once collected on a plantation
so that the overseers by having
mostly the same gangs to deal witt
for long terms could obtain NOR
efficient services from the men, for
given outlay, than they could wit
constantly shifting labor,
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-12-01
NOTICE.

Owing to the drought and scarcity OF
water, the residents mauka of Judd street
are requested to collect what water they
may require for household purposes before
So'clock A. NJ.
JOHN G. WHITE,
Supt. Honolulu Water Works.
Honolulu, Sept. 6, 1892. 5l5-ti
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-12-01

When on a visit to Iowa, Mr.. X.
Dolton, of Luray, Russell County,
Kansas, called at the laboratory of
Chamberlain g. Co., Des Moines, to
show them his six year old boy,
whose life had been saved by Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy, it having
cured him of a very severe attack OF
Group. Mr.. Dalton is certain that ii
saved his boys life and is enthus-
iastic in his praise of the Remedy
For sale by all dealers. Benson
Smith a. Co, Agents for the Hawai-
ian Islands.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-12-01
I iEO' IL u ' TED.
Honolulu, Nov. 30, 1892.

For sore throat there is nothing
better than flannel bandage damp
ened with Chamberlain's Pain Balm.
1t will nearly always effect cure in
one nights time. This remedy is
also a favorite for rheumatism and
has cured many very severe cases.
so cent bottles for sale by all dealers.
Benson, Smith Il Co., Agents for the
Hawaiian Islands.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-12-01
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE,
HONOLIfILf. NoNnmher % 1902

Mr. f. s. Pratt having been commits
stoned as Hawaiian Consul-General to San
Francisco, the vacancy in the office as
Registrar of Public Accounts has been
filled by the appointment of George Il.
Smithies whose commission dates from
to-day. P. c. JONES,
Minister of Finance.
5S5 Ats 1t
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-12-01
PROCLAMATION.
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE,
HoSoIITIU. 0ctober Of 1899

By virtue of authority given by an Act
of the Legislative Assembly, entitled an
" Act to Prevent the Infection of Cholera
in the Hawaiian Islands," approved on the
9th day of September, 1892, upon recon-
mendation of the Board of Health, | do
hereby declare all Ports of Entry in the
Kingdom, now open to commerce.
e. G. MACFARLANE,
Minister of Finance.
Honolulu, Oct. 25, 1892. 657-tf