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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-11-17
The Protest UnchaIlenxed.

When this paper was prepared at the con-
clusion OF the conference and signed by the
queen and her ministers q number OF persons,
including one or more representatives OF the
provisional government were present and I'M
derstood its contents. and by their silence. at
least, acQuiesced In It's statements and when
twas carried 10 President Dole he Endorsed
upon il. Received from the hands OF the late
cabinet this nth day OF January 1893. without
challenging the truth o, any OF its assertions
Indeed. IL was not claimed on the nth day OF
January or for some time thereafter by any
OF the designated officers OF the provisional
government. or any annexationists. that the
queen surrendered otherwise than stated ia
her protest
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-11-17

The earnest appeals to the American minis
ter for military protection by the officers OF the
provisional government after IL had been rec.
ognized. show the utter absurdity OF the claim
that IL was established by q successful revolu-
iion OF the people OF the islapds. The appeals
were confession by the men who made them
OF their weakness and timidity. Courageous
men. conscious OF their strength. and the jus
tice OF their cause do not thus act
II Is not now claimed that majority OF the
people having the right 10 vote under the con
stitution OF 1857 ever favored the existing au-
thority or annexation 10 this or any other coun.
try. They earnestly desire that the govern
ment OF their choice shall be restored and its
independence respected
Afraid to Submit the Question to tho
Natives.
Mr.. Blount states that while Mt Honolulu he
did not meet single annexationist who cx.
pressed willingness 10 submit tho question to
agotc OF the people nor did he talk with one
on that subject who did not insist that II the
islands we're annexed suffrage should he so re.
stricted rs to give complete control TO for.
egners or whites. and representative annexa.
tionists have repeatedly made similar state
ments 10 the Undersigned
su.4endered Under q Threat OF War.
The government OF Hawaii surrendered its
authority under q threa, OF war. until such
time only as the government OF the United
States. upon the facts being presented to IL,
should rcinstate the constitutional sovereign,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-11-17

Hoods Pills cure liver Ills. constipation,
jaundice, sick headache indigestion
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-01-12
Gallery Audiences.

| "Ga1lery audiences said 3 veteran
attache OF one of Philsdelphia's theaters
recently, care made up Of some Of the
most intelligent playgoers in the city.
Young men Of moderate incomes pre-
vail, but often wealthy youths so among
the gods, as their elevated station af-
fords in many respects the most advan.
tageous place ffom which to view tho
stage. The receipts from the gallery,
moreover, are a veryimportantitem, and
the people in it do good work in leading
the applause. Edwin Booth always be-
gins an after the play speech by gazing
UP at the gallery In recognition Of its en-
thusiasm in greeting him.
iLswrencsB Barrett was always popu-
Lar With the gods In Philadelphia, and he
used to say theif applause was as a re-
freshinx drink to' him. For the most
part tbs gallery audiences were well be-
hayed, critical and intelligent, and for
myself I should feel sorry to see them
relegSted, in this city anyhow, to the
pit, Us the English call the parquet.."-
PHILADELPHIA Press,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-01-12
The Gold Cure L yery old.

The precious metal has been employed
both externally and internally, In the
metallic state, in solution and by sym
;pathy, for great variety Of the Ills that
aeah is heir to, for over {, 900 years. The
train Of Thought which led the ancients
to employ this highly priced material
can be well told In the quaint language
Of the distinguished Dutch physician and
chemist, Hermann BoerhaaYe;5 writing
about 1725, he says: The falchemists
will have this metal contain I know not
what radical balm Of life capable Of re-
storing health and continuing it to the
longest period.
"What led the early physicians to
imagine such wonderful virtue in gold
was that they perceived certain qualities
therein which they fancied must be
conveyed thereby into the body; gold,
for instance, Is not capable of being dc.
stroyed; hence they concluded 1t must
be very proper to preserve animal cub
stances and save them from putrefao-
tion, which Is method OF reasoning
very much like that OF some faneiful
physicians who sought for an assuaging
remedy in the blood Of an ass' ear By
reason the ass is q very calm beastr-
Professor b. Darlington Bolton In Pop
tlar Science Monthly.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-01-12
The Action 81 a spinet.

The spinet instrument was an improve
ment upon what was known as the claYi.
chord, the tone of which, although weak,
was capable, unlike that Of the harpsi-
chord or spinet. of increase or decrease,
rejecting the finest gradations of the
touch OF the player. In this powerof
expression 1t was without a rival until
the piano was invented. The early his
tory Of the ciayichord previous to the
Fifteenth century rests in profound OBJ
security, but it is said that there is one
bearing the date 1920 having four ROC
tayes without the d sharp and ,G sharp
notes. The spinet was the invention Of
the Venetian Spinetta. 8 -
The action is unique. The instrument
is similar to small harpsic chord with
one string to each note. The strings are
set in vibration by points Of quills ele-
waited on wooden uprights known as
jacks, and the depression Of the keys
causes the points to pass upward, pro-
ducing tone similar to that Of q harp.
Springs are used to draw the quilts back
into position. The keyboard is arranged
in manner after the present modern
piano.-Proyidence Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-01-12
The Heart Of England.

In the midst of the old cityof London,
where the heart 5t human life boats
fastest, stand: the church of st. Swith,
ms, an old edi6es rebuilt by Wren upon
its alcient foundations, but recently re-
fduced by modarn taste to q most com.
monplace air of comfort and newness.
5If the curious traveller will step ont Of
The passing thfIong and edge his way
through the hucksters OF flowers and
stale fruit squatseds around the church,
hewin find imb dsd in the blush slabs
Of its foundation 8 large oblong stone al
gray as the beard Of Time himself.
This is London stone, erected by the
Romans half century before the birth
Of the Saviour as the central milestone
OF point of their positions in Britain.
From it all roads, divisions Of property
and distances throughout the province
were measured.
s It has been recognized as the heart OF
England, from which all its articles
flowed, "by every historian, dramatist
or antiquary known to English litera-
ture."
/; A feeling haa always existed among
iEngliahmen about this stone which was
mot altogether superstition, that, as all
distances were reokoned from 1t, so it
was IN q certain way the base Of the
stability Of Engisnd.-Youth's Compan-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-01-12
Character In the Walk.

TO the attentive eye none OF the ordi-
nary gestures or movements betrays pc
culiarities of individual character more
plainly than the gait-the sailors roll
Ing, the soldiers stiff, the countrymau's
1olting gait are Immediately cogni1ed.
Slow steps, whether long or.short, sug-
gest gentle or reflective state Of mind,
as the case may be, while, on the con.
trary, quick steps seem to speak of agi.
tation and energy. Reflection is revealed
In frequent pauses and walking to and
fro, backward and forward. The direc-
tion of the steps, wayering and follow
ing every changing impulse of the mind,
inevitably betrays uncertainty, hesita-
ton and indecision.
The proud step is slow and measured;
the toes are conspicuously turned out,
the leg is Strengthened. In vanity the
toes are rather more gracefully turned.
the strides u little shorter, and there Is
very often an affectation of modesty.
Tiptoe walking symbolizes surprise,
curiosity, discretion or mystery.-Pall
Mall Gazette.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-01-12
lit Costs You Nothing.

We are pleased to announce that
We have made arrangements by
which we are prepared to supply
free to. each of our subscribers
years subscription to that we'll,
known monthly home and farm
Journal, the American Farmer
published at Springfield and
Cleveland, Ohio. We make this
offer to each of our subscribers
who will pay up all arrearges on
subscription and one year in ad-
vance, and to all new subscribers
paying one year in advance. The
American Farmer is strictly Ma
tional in it's character. 1t is a
high-class illustrated journal filled
with entertaining and instructive
reading matter, containing each
month much information that is
invaluable to agriculturists and
of special interest to each member
of every home. 1t is suited to all
localities, being National in its
make and character, thus meeting
with favor in all localities. 1t is
strictly non-political and non-
sectarian. 1t has a trained corps
of contributors and is carefully
edited. The various departments
of Farm, Horticulture, Sheep and
Swine, The Home, The Horse and
the Dairy, are filled with bright
and useful matter. The readers
of the American Farmer are uni
versal in its praise and look for it's
monthly visits with keen anticipa-
tion. The regular subscription
price to the American Farmer is
$1.00 a year, but by this arrange
ment it costs you nothing to receive
that great publication for one
year. Do not delay in taking adj
vantage of this offer, but call at
once or send in your subscription,
Sample copy of the American
Farmer can be seen at the ADvER-
T1sER Office, or will he supplied
direct>by the publishers.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-01-12
The mattsr. Of Car Fares.

Speaking OF embarrassment In the
matter of car fares when male friend
going the same way as yourself is en-
Seountered; en- route to bridge or ferry, a
woman says:@fI really wish there was
an inyiolate rule, as there is among Eng
lshmen. remember soon after my ar
rival In England happening to meet as
I was boarding an omnibus an English
friend, to whose house I was bound at
the moment by appointment with his
wife. He was reserved and distant
man, though serupulpusly courteous,
and wondered whether I ought or
ought not offer to pay my fare through
the three changes Of transportation we
must make to reach qua destination.
Gall doubt, however, was quickly re-
moved by the cause himself, who leaned
over, after finding his own coin, with
theinquiry, Got your tuppence readyT
I found over there that even whena
man was taking yoa atsut bF ilpitatioa
car fares, etc., were to be individually
looked after. wish the matter were SO
absolutely fixed here"
It would seem as IL the question is
readily settled in a doubtful case by
leaving it to the man. Part of the mat
ter is, disposed Of absolutely. No man
in America would think OF asking to es-
cort a woman on trip about the city
without assuring all its expenses. In
the matter of archance encounter there
can be no harm in making the effort to
pay ones fare, which, Il the man pre-
fers to do, may be permitted without
protest. Her Point Of View in New
York Times,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-01-12
The King. and the seid1i.. Powder.

On the first consignment Of seidlitz
powders to the capital Of Delhi the
monarch was deeply interested in the &C.
counts of the refreshing box. A. boz
was brought to the king in full court
and the interpreter explained to his maj.
esty how it should be used. Into COB
s let he put the twelve blue papers, and
having added water, the king drank II
off. This was the alkali, and the royal
countenallce expressed no sign Of salts
faction. It was then explained that In
the combination Of the two powders lay
the luxury, and the twelve white pow
ders were quickly dissolved in water,
and as eagerly swallowed by his ma
jesty.
With shrek that will be remem-
~bered while Delhi is numbered with the
Kingdoms the monarch rose, stared, ex-
ploded ard in his full sgonies screamed
s,Hold me down. then rushing from the
throne fell prostrate on the floor. There
he lay during the long continued effer-
vescence Of the compound, squirting Like
1000 pennyworths Of imperial pop, and
believing himself in the sgonies of death,
melancholy and humiliating proof that
kings are mortal. Indian Mirror.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-01-12
Tho Dewey System.

The Dewey system of cataloguing .
library was devised by Mr.. Melvil Dew
sey, at present director Of the state IL
brary. In it all books are classified into
q certain number Of principal subjects,
which, in alphabetical order, receive
numbers; for instance, astronomy may
be 1. Then the subjects are divided,
and each division receives q decimal;
FOR example, history may be I; thus
the history Of astronomy is numbered
III. The divisions are further subd-
zyided, and each subdivision receives 8
number expressing hundredths. Books
ON the history Of astronomy in America
might be 1.12.
After. these come, when necessary,
further subdivisions still, and then, in
practice, come the shelf marks, which
show where the book is to bo found.
The system, theoretically, is perfect;
practically it is cumbrous, and, except
tothe cataloguer, unsatisfactory. Adapt
ed in various ways, It is used in many
libraries, however.-New York Sun.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-01-12
Similarity in the Names Of Peer,

Similarity In the Names Of Peers.
Several peers have names nearly alike.
There are Lord Amherst of Hackney,
and Earl Amherst. There are twopeers
with only the difference Of letter in
the spelling Of their names-the Earl Of
Lindsay and Che Earl Of Lindsey, the
former being a Scotch representative
peer and the latter an English peer.
There is only the difference of q letter
also in the names Of Viscount Middleton
and Lord Middleton, but there lisa dit-
ference in rank which makes the dis
tinction easy.
There are several instances in whEe
the territorial title is necessary to distin-
guish peers, the more notable being Lord
Stanley of Alderley and Lord Stanley of
Preston, and Lord Howard de Walden
and Howard of Glossop. Formerly Lord
Willoughby de Broke and Lord VIII
loughby de Eresby sat in the house, but
the latter has been made an earl, and.
will henceforth be known as the Earl of
Ancaster.-London Tit-Bits.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-01-12
ALaurhabla super.tition,

ga curious illustration Of the va!ue of
superstitions," said Mr.. Kunz, the dia-
mond expert for Tiffany g Co., twas
afforded the other day by q lady who
brought set OF opals here for the pur-
pose Of selling them. She felt obliged
to part with them on account Of q series
Of misfortunes in her family which she
feared were attributable TO the gems,
10 notoriously nriucky. Onsexamining
them I found shat they were merely i'm
itationa "a fewweeks sgoI had in my
possession three seashells which had
been transforaed into opal. Their orig
inal liny material had. been dissolved
out Of the rock by which they were in
closed, and the precious substance was
deposited by water in place Of the lime,
retaining the. form of the shells. A
graduate OF Harvard college bought the
curiosity and presented 1t to that insti-
tuition" New York Sun.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-01-12
An Ab,entminded Journalist.

Jim Faberpusher Is one Of the most
industrious journalists in New York.
he thinks of nothing but his professional
duties.
One day his wife to whom he was re.
Gently married) said to him:
"You don't speak to me any moro,
Have you ceased to love me1''
"Oh, no, but just can't find time.
I'm pressed for time"
"Yes, but don't get pressed at all Y
responded the neglected wife. This well
merited rebuke reminded the Journalist
Of his obligations to his better hail.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-01-12
An Eminent Politician.

/. HoMsany one should ever desire to be.
come an eminent politician passes ones
comprehension. It is amazing. He Is
seyerybody's slave. He is the slave of
his party, he is the slave Of the wire
ppllers, he is the slave OF the press, he is
the slave Of the great British publict Let
him refuse obedience to any one OF his
owners, and before he can say Jack Rob-
inson he is out of the running, smashed,
done for. We are told from the house,
tops that the great Mr.. Blank Is going
to make a declaration 81 his policy-his
policy, mind.
II doubt if the great Mr.. Blank has
very much to do with the declaration
or the policy either. It is the party
which wants the policy; it is the wire
pullers who inform him that the mo.
ment Is opportune for its declaration; it
is;the press which has warned him Of the
direction in which the wind is blowing;
tits the great British public from which
he receives the doctrine, hot pressed, cut
and dried, which he is to preach. One
may venture to doubt If he ever had a
policy which he could legitimately call
his own. He would scarcely be the
great Mr.. Blank If he had.
tits the rank and file Of the party
who have policies, ideas, theories Of
their own. The great Mr.. Blanks are
Ike sponges. They are sodden with
moisture which they receive from every
side. Itis-rained on them from a thou
sand waterspouts. This mixture Of all
the fains Of Ill the heavens, when
squeezed ont by their several proprie-
tors drop by drop, Is called their policy.
Surely an eminent, a truly eminent,
politician is the most wonderful work Of
man.-All the Year Round.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-01-12
The Mandolin

The stringed musical instrument
which Is peculiarly suited to ladies Is
the mandolin. It comes from Italy and
was introduced here by the Spanish stu
dents, who made 80 great success at
Booths theater 80 many years ago. Mrs.
William Waldorf Astor was one of the
first ladies to learn to play the mando-
lin; her ability, however, with this in
strument was not made known to any
extent outside of her home circls.-New
York Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-01-12
rws Gseatost Of stamp collectors. :.

The two greatest stamp collectors IN
the world were M. Philippe Ferran, son
of the late Duchesse de Galliera, and the
czar, whose collection is said by experts
to be worth 8,OAO,QQ0 francs, He,began
to make it when he was czarowitz, and
has been adding to it ever since. 4s..
Ferrart, Who sasc ,y'c,n--as-eof q eoftune, or
g:ssaer several fortunes which he1con-
ceived to be jill gotten and said he had
no right to inherit, boards stamps as
misers hoard money, He has quantities,
which he says will be valuable to his
heirs should he live to great age
London Truth. - g
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-01-12
Tho 'yalue Of a Russian Beard.

The Russians had an old law. bywhich
any one who drew hair from another's
beard should be fined four times as much
as tor Gu ting OFF o finger; and ttssthgsf fli=;
'portsnce and value Of the appendage is
further illustrated by the fact that.
although the less Of aleg was estimated
at 10 shillings, the loss of the beard was
estimated at 2O.-English Illustrated
Magazine, y.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-01-12
The ritlos Ct Books.

A book title, like woman's face,
ought to be pretty. And if a bewitch-
ing, diaphanous veil, in the shape Of q
alight curiosity rousing cloudiness of
meaning can be thrown over it, 30 much
the better. Readers delight to befhaH
taken in by books, just as men do By
women, so long-and this is a most inn
portant provisa-so long as their vanity
is not piqued. The object Of "a title
should be to seem simple, artless, naive
and quite naturally charming, but this
as in the case of so many Of its feminine
anslogues-is often to be attained only
by the most cons 1mmate art.-Black-
woods Magazine.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-01-12
Money spent in War.

It costs $1,000 to kill man. From
the Crimean war down to that Of 1901
the civilized nations Of Europe and
America spent in destroying one another
e21, ,OOO, 600, 900. The wars Of the last
100 years have cost $4,000, ,000, 900,
without counting the sorrow, the loss Of
men and other results. Cincinnati En-
guirer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-01-12

Some curious pipes have been found
in the vast guano deposits of Peru, the
date Of which is fixed by scientists, to
whom they have been submitted as CO.
equal with the famous Peruvian pot
terry, the Eleventh or Twelfth century.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-01-12

If the sun gave forth sounds loud
enough to reach the earth, such sounds,
instead Of reaching us in the space Of
about eight minutes, as light does, would
only arrive after period of nearly four
teen years.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-01-12
A Girl Colonel.

Little Dot = You think girls isn't
brave. The queen Of Holland is q little
bit of q girl, and mamma read THE
paper that she was colonel-so therel
Little Dick--Huh! The paper said
she was only colonel of infantry. Mus
be a baby regiment.-Good News.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-01-12

Henry of Navarro was saved from
death at the massacre of st. Bartholo-
new by hiding under his wife's immense
fardingale.