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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-06-29
THE ELECTRIC LIGHT COM
PANY.
Text of Prospectus Recently Issued
by It.

Text of Prospectus Recently Issued
by 1t.
The Hawaiian Electric Company has
recently secured from the Government
the exclusive right to conduct an cleo
trio light system in the city of Homo.
lulu, for the period of ten years, the
terms being a payment to the Govern
ment of 2I2 per cent on the gross re.
ceipts, and the carrying out of certain
conditions which have been already
published; it being understood that
should the franchise not be extended
at the expiration of the ten years, the
Government is to take over the plant
at what it cost the Company.
1t is now prop sed by the company
to extend its present plant sufficiently
to avail itself of the privileges granted
under the franchise, and to furnish the
residents of Honolulu with a perfect
system of incandescent lights, and
also to provide electric power to parties
requiring it.
In order to accomplish this, the COM
pany has purchased a suitable and con-
venient site on the Esplanade, and will
erect thereon a ire-pro f building of
sufficient dimensions to admit of the
work being increased to the fullest
capacity which the demands of this
city may require The machinery and
apparatus now being used by the com
pany at the works, corner of King and
Alakea streets, will be utilized as far as
practicable in the new buildings, and it
will be supplemented with additional
machinery Of the latest and most APP
proved style. The company has
secured the services of Mr. w. l..
Warmer, practical electrical engineer,
who has just arrived from the East, and
plans and specifications are now being
made for the buildings
The estimated cost of buildings,
machinery and lines when ready to
! start, will be
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-06-29

The new lunch yoom opened by Mrs.
Nicoll was crowded during the noon
hour to-day and bids fair 10 be grand
success,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-06-29

CERTIFICATE.
S ''''.. No........
Honolulu, .........1So .
Received from ............. in ......
CON- ................ .......... Dollars op
Deposit, payable in. Coin on pre-.
sentation of this Certificate, properly Endorsed.
This deposit is made for. ....... months, and
will bear interest from .........I8o. ., at
the rate OF. per cent. per annum, and in
accordance with the conditions printed hereon.
''''N'N'' o. 90 ''''....'.'
Approved
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-06-29
CERTIFICATE.

HAWAIIAN POSTAL SAVINGS BANK.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-06-29
$I,457 so

Leaving a net profit to the Company
of say $2242 50 per month, cr $26,9Io
per annum.
1t is confidently hoped, however,
that when once perfect system OF
electric lights is established here, its
use will become universal, and that it
will become much greater than what is
indicated above, and that with but a
slight increase of expense to the Com
pany.
The original capital stock of the
Company was $4,000. AT a recent
meeting it was voted to increase the
capital stock to $4,000, or 1900
shares of par value of $Ioo each, on
which to cover the estimated cost Of
new plant as given above, there will be
assessments levied of 70 per cent,
which will complete the works to a
capacity of 5000 lights, and electric
power in proportion.
The foil, wing is list of the officers
of the Hawaiian Electric Company:
VIM. G. Irwin, President; Alex Young,
Vice President; VIM. w. Hall, Treas.
f. Oscar White, Secretary; Tom May,
Auditor.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-06-01

The encampment of the Maine devisiG /,
Sons OF Veterans, will take place in 4.u-
gusta Wednesday and Thursday, June
18th and 18th. There is every indication
that the meeting will be successful and an
unusually large attendance is locke | for.
A, T. Clark Camp of Belfast will be repre-
sented by Ezekiel X. Thomas, delegate
and Allan Weber, alternate Caot { t..
White, Past Captains AL. s. Ste ney and
c. T.. Merriam and comrades A. w.
Thompson and Leonard Pendleton expect
to attend.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-06-01

Another atrocious murder rivaling in
some respects the famous Borden TRACE
dy has been committed at Fall River,
Mass. The victim was Miss Bertha Man
chester, - years old, the place Il farm
house in IA retired place within the city
limits but about four miles from the
city hall. The deed was done with an
az, and the victim was horribly cut and
man0lpd,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-06-01

If eX-Secretary of the Navy Whitney
took Capt. Goodrich from his official post
in the navy, rs it appears he did, and put
him in charge of the administration
pulp mill at Madison, giving him leave
of absence and continuing his pay on the
navy rolls, it afforded modest object
lesson of civil service reform for which
Cleveland's first administration was so
renowned.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-06-01

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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-06-01
THE MONKEYS SCHEME.

The monkey said TO the chimpanzee.
In q monkeys original way:
"If we should start II peanut stand,
Do you think we could make il pay7
"The boys would buy the nuts Of you
As you sat your stall beside,
And every boy would divide with me
As he passed where | was tied.
$50 you could sell, and could feast,
And think we could make ii pay,
For you could sit and handle the cash,
And could eat all day"
-Harpcr's Bazaar.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-06-01
ENTERED AS SECOND CLASS MAIL MATTER.

The Memorial Day exercises at Athens
were of great interest this year, the
church was crowded and the exercises
very much enjoyed.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-06-01
MadiSOn'S Mammoth Mill.

The papers of late have contained a
circumstantial account of the rise and
progress of the big pulp mill at Madison.
said to be the largest of its kind in the
world and apparently very expensive
business enterprise for those who invest
ed their money in it.
1t WIS started in the palmy days OF
President Clcveland's first adminstra-
ton and his secretary of the navy, Whit
ney, was the central figure in the enter
prise.
Elaborate plans were made by an EN-
inent hydraulic engineer but these spec
iiications were greatly modified or dis
regarded rs the work proceeded, the
construction appearing to be in charge
of men entirely incompetent for and
without experience in this line of bust
ness. Capt. Goodrich gave way to Col.
Taylor and changes of plans added to
the already enormous expense, heavy
mortgage was placed upon the plant and
recently, Mr.. Whitney has resigned rs
president and has been succeeded by X. ;.
Hayes = railroad m,rnate who direct :
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oi'e'"t'o'is i'o''i -Ne" GIN "''' " S'"''
al reorganization of the management is
in the progress.
pro.idont CLEVELAND Is said to have
oeo" o one oi the investors 10 '''e '"''e u
$4,000.
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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-06-01

\ stakeholder in the Worlds Fair
corporation of Chicago petitioned for an
Injunction to restrain the managers from
81 losing the gates Sundays and Judge
Stein the one Hebrew justice of the city
has granted a Temporary injunction pend
ing the hearing on the case. Thus do
those in favor of Sunday opening take
the aggressive.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-06-01

J. F. Holman, Esq, of Athens, was III
town this morning. He informs rs that
hire was discovered in Albert Leavitt :
lumber mill last evening, but just in sea-
son 50 that a few pals of water eXtin-
guished IL
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-06-01

The cities and towns of Maine contin-
ne in the observance of Memorial Day
with the interest of former years una
bated. Citizens of Maine generally as
we'll as veterans honor the soldier who
gave his service or who sacrificed his
life for the perpetuity of the Union and
for constitutional liberty. This may b.
sentiment but it is sentiment the people
may we'll afford to cherish and all good
citizens do cherish 1t. The lapse of time
can detract nothing from its Importance,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-06-01

Morality without religion is only a
Kind of dead reckoning-an endeavor to
hnd our place on cloudy sea by meas
uring the distance we have to run, but
without any observation of the heaven
" bodies. -Longfcilow
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-06-01

/ f=lDerb dignity he received an IMAGINARY
vessel. drank unsnbstantial water from
| it and threw it aside Then. grown elo-
anent he haraugned his tribe on its
achievements in battle and urged his
/ people to foster the suirit which had led
/ them to SO many victories. At the close
he reeled, his sightless eyes rolled va
cantly. he clutchcd at the e,nffv air
! lurched and then sank unconscious TO
the ground.
Thus he Law until the middle Of the
following night. Consciousness returned
slowly and painfully. and with his face
still buried in his hands he compelled his
memory to applv the fortunes it had in
store for him Pains rackea his frame.
and groans forced their way ont from
the depths of his dcspair. At last he
turned upon his back and opened his
evelids.
His eyes were opened to the heavens,
and his stout heart auailed to discover
ttrange things, which warned him of his
madness, for there were nulnberlcss
burning points above him. such as never
before had come to the visions of his
blindness. " he would move his ewes
they would sprug in an opposite direc-
ton. whereas all the visions that he had
had before remained fixed whatsoever
direction he might look.
He came to a sitting posture. and in
stantly tho bright points disappeared.
but other things, dark. shadowy and
more terrifying. arose before him. These
apparently reached from the Level of his
eyes all the WAY mp To the bright. fierce
points above, and they. too, would spring
in direction opposite to that in which
he would move his eyes This was mad
ness, he reflrcted-a strange and distress
ing form Of it. He closed is eyclids
and thea the visions disappeared He
opened them again and they returned rs
before. Then he closed his eyes in sim
pie fear, and thus g;.ned courage and
relief, and not daring to reopen them he
staggered to his feet and began to grope
through the forest in search of water,
for bitter thirst was burning him.
Thus he proceeded, with closed eyelids
and hands outstrctched, and his fine in
stinct led him straight toward Il stream
mile away. But 10 keep his eyelids
closed was unnatural and irksomc, SO
once he opened them. and instantly the
terrifying visions reappcared and with
far greater distinctness than before.
Strange forms stood all around him,
grotesque and formidable, but wonder
fully fascinating. Almost convinced
they were real, he put ont his hand t.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-06-01

before GOD to preserve lnYlOlate The H.
ion in all its parts, its public properties
intact, were Systematically planning its
destruction; were robbing its treasury,
plundering its navy, its arsrnals aud lis
forts. Having accomplished this salts
factorily, they took possession of all
government property i'll their domain,
pulled down the stars and stripes, hoist
ed a flag of their own and informed the
national government that they claimed
the right to secede which no reasoning
man or woman for moment admits.
The President OF these nlted States
takes his oath to preserve to this govern
lnenl TINS mon ol States ANA ITS tel
fltories, It's treasury and public proper
lies intact, dnd II traitor within or Ice
without seeks to rob or dismemher ii. he
VIII prevent II, even at the expense of
HE.
Inc year OF .6l Is one long 10 be re-
lhembefed. on viii recall the prtuotlc
speeches, me nag filsings. signing The
ron, the prlde IN the new uniform, the
tanner presented TO your regiment. the
last bay ut home. how you struggled 10
Keep pack llle thought. "perllaps my last
u'y ever now you dared not look III
ne faces OF loved ones; how tenderly
.'iey packed the knapsack, putting llttle
he.p-sakeS INTO odd places, little sur
o'iSp lof you Mheh lar away ana longing
ior nome, Wlllle Tears uhblddeh dropped
nv precious pearls on every garment
"t'iii' OF. lllareheu away NM cheers
anu waving hahdkerchiefs. Win music
u 'i'tio'l'l a'rs ior lh>pifa'i"o,'a ana the
excitement oil new scenes to helP YOU
pc"' 'iie separation. IT was wen LOT
you 'iili you c1uId not look oack upon
lilc scenes you ii''u luSt l'lt' ioN'a ones
""lN''c" ''lc ''"'il "h,Ii curve ma 1t
rom we" 'heii Tue glow laued anu the
pen, up "S"nN puIsl "i' pouiiuS, the sun
"o't wv ul"'u uvs'iiea S.fe''S' liic
iiuSl ., uca''i prey aiieu' is VINES nlotil-
ei9 anu l,"'uei'9 soopeu o''i III tiiPlT oes
ola, loi' 'oi', perhaps forever
'IH we 9',i' o,,i l'Sili'eiilS away we
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-, .t u VI Nur's o'0N o'' IT.
f law WIS p", We ui'i ii9' mean mem
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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-06-01

l. b. Barrett, Esq. of Canaan, was
IN town Tuesday.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-06-01
The Somerset Reporter,
A Weekly Republican Newspaper.

L. o. SMITH. f. E. Men EELIE
%. SMITH & CO., PUBLISHERS,
i4e WATER STREET, SKOWHEGAN, ME.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-06-01

SUBSCRIPTION RArEs;-On year sl50; SIX
months, rs cts; three months, 81 cts, when
Maid in advance.
ti.75 will be charged if not paid until the
end OF year.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-06-01

In the reports Of white missionary
among TIE Indians ailssars the following
quaint narration of legend which had
been handed down through generations
Of the Wampanoags, a warlke tribe Of
great power and prosperity in those days
Of his peacefullninistrations among them;
II trust your reverence will not deem
it trivial in me (but rather a manifesto
ton Of my zeal that Your reverence will
have an understanding Of these strange
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-09-21
shore of Murchison Sound.

shore of Murchison Sound.
A week ago the little colony were,
doubtless, well settled in their winter
home. If all has gone well, the
hunting parties are now afeld, max
ing up the quota of seventy-five or
eighty reindeer that Peary expects
to stow away for winter use by the
time the long night comes. The ex-
plorer found, two years ago, that
there were seven guns among the
Arctic highlanders, some of them
most ingeniously repaired. He will
provide them with better arms and
will utilize their skill as hunters; and
while they and a few members of the
party will be filling the larder,
Peary and Others will be prosecuting
the fall exploring; for he intends to
make a better map Of the neighbour
ing coasts and the shores of Ingle-
field gulf than earlier explorers have
given us. 1t is probable that before
this he has seen again the head of the
gulf, whose magnificent panorama
Of mountains and glaciers, almost
unequalled in the Arctic regions, he
was the first to reveal.
His Eskimo friends are again
gathering around his camp to winter
near him. Some of them travelled
two hundred miles, two years ago,
to visit him. They never expected
to see him again, and we may mag
inc the JOY with which they well
coined the "Kapitansoak" who re-
turns to them with large supply
of the odds and ends that are of
priceless value to this isolated
people.
The north Greenland expedition
has before it the prospect of winter
ing under the most comfortable con-
ditions. May it be party of train
ed athletes, at the next sunrise, all
ready for the arduous work of the
spring campaign In. Y. Sun,
Sept. 8.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-09-21
Commissioners Notice.

ALEXANDER p. McLARENS ESTATE.
The subscribers, having been appointed by
the honorable probate court for the district
of Caledonia commissioners to receive, ex-
anime, and adjust all claims and demands of
all persons against the estate of Alexander p.
McLaren, late of Barnet in said dis
trct, deceased and the term of six months
from the 3oth day of August, 1898, being
allowed by said court to the creditors OF
said deceased, to exhibit and prove their re.
spective claims before us Give notice that
we will attend to the duties of our appoint
ment at the dwelling house of the late Alex
ander p. McLaren in Barnet, in said district,
on the Goth day ofSe ptember and the 2Sth
day of February next, at ten o'cloc& in the
forenoon on each of said days.
HENRY A. GILFILLAN,
WILLIAM H. BURBANK,
Commissioners.
Barnet, VT, September 9th, 1898.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-09-21
Travellers Guide.
BOSTON & MAINE R. R.
PAssUMPsIC DIVISION
SUMMER ARRANGEMENT, JUNE 90, g;
Trains Leave 1T. JOhnsbury.

SUMMER ARRANGEMENT, JUNE 26, '93
Trains Leave 81. JOhnsbury.
GOING SOUTH.
For Concord, Manchester, Nashua. Lowell
and Boston via White River Junction
1885 a. M, $50 and e.45 a. m.
arriving at Boston SOP a. m, 4.55 p. m
and AS p. m.
For Concord, Manchester Nashua, Lowell
and Boston via Wells River and Plymouth
LAO a. M, $50 a. M, 2.20 p. m. Arriv'
ing at Boston, 8 .O2 q. M, $40 p. M
For Bellows Falls, Northampton, Spring
field Hartford. New Haven and New York
1885 a. m. $50 a. m. and 9.45 a. m.
For Newbury Bradford, Fairlee, Thetford
Norwich and White River Junction, 1885
am, $50 a. in. and 5.54 pm
For Passumpsic, Barnet and McIndoes
$50 a. m, and 5.54 p. m.
For Wells River, 1885 a. M, 1.4o a M,
$50 a. M, 9.45 am, 20 p. M, 5.5+ pm.
GOING NORTH.
For Lyndonville and Newport, 2.22 a. m,
3.15 a. m, TO- AS a. m, 3.0S p. M, 4.27 p.
m, 500 p. M
For West Burke, Barton and Barton Land
ing, 3.15 a. M, 1915 a. m, 427 p M,
500 p. m,
For Stanstead and Derby Line, Massawippi,
North Hatley, Lennoxville and Shcrbrooke,
3.15 a. M, 1915 a. M, 500 p. m.
ForQuebec via Sherbrooke and Grand Trunk
Ry., 3.15 a. M. 500 p. m
For Quebec via Sherbrooke and Quebec Cen
trail Ry., 3.15 am, 500 p. M.
For Montreal via Sherbrooke and Grand
Trunk Ry., 3.15 a. M, 500 p. m.
For Montreal via Newport and Canadian
Pacific Ry., 2.22 a. m, 3.0S p. m.
]. w. SANBORN, D. FLANDERS,
Acting Gen. Man. Gen. Pass. Agt.
H. E. FOLSOM. Div Supt.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-09-21
A DISCONTINUED GRANGER.

A gentleman who was rusticat.
ing in the northern part of New
Hampshire took tramp among the
hills one day recently. In passing a
hillside farm he saw an aged gran
ger hoeing very stony potato field
near his house, and the gentlemen
stopped to converse with him.
Your potatoes seem to be doing
well" he started in.
"Oh, reckon I'll hev a few per-
taters," rejoined the man drily, as he
stopped hoeing the rocks off the
vines and glanced at the stranger
curiously from under the wide brim
of his weather-beaten staw hat.
"Othtr crops good?"
"Oh, the crops is jest toler'ble, as
usual, | s'pose," replied the farmer
inditferently, as he came up to the
rail fence dragging his hoe after him.
But III tell yer jest how it's,
Squire" he continued con6dentially.
Pm the most unfortunit ole critter
IN COOS county.
Farming don't pay very well up
here, | supposed"
Pay! Nothing pays me, Squire,
but did expect leetle or suthen
from my crop of young uns."
children turned out bad, Ell ?"
"Jes' so, stranger. The hull on
EN- has been a dead loss to me.
Dan'l-I named him for Dan' Web
ster an give him a good eddication
he's boss doctor; practised on
my old mare, an she died. Zeke
went inter what they call the green
goods misunderstanding a grocery
store, s'pose-but he busted up. an
he writes me that he's now workin'
in place called Sing Sing; says he's
got good stiddy job, but the pay
amt good, and he's alters wantin
to borrer dollar from me. Sam an
Hi went ter brakin' on the railroad,
an | had ter pay the funeral expenses
of both of EN-. Maria Ann got
married to drummer at the county
fair last fall, an went up in a
balloon but they came down safe,
an hev been honeymoonin' with me
an the old woman ever since. Lily,
my youngest, ain with her keep, an
she's a-teasin' me to buy her by.
suckle-me, who hain't laid eyes on
five dollar bill sence the war.
tell ye, stranger, I'm the most un
fortinit ole critter with my young
uns that ever lived,' he groaned.
You certainly have had bad luck
with your children"
~ should say l had. Now there:
Bill Durkee up ter Colebrook, he.
had the greatest luck with his. They
supports him in good style, an Bill
hain't done stroke O. work fur five
years"
"All smart and steady, eh ?"
That's where you miss it, Squire
they amt any on um taken tina
way"
How is it they get along so well
then ?"
They are all freaks, an have al
got good Study jobs the year round
Sal weighs bout a ton, Mirandy'
got tremendous long hair, an hi
oldest boy was born without legs
An here be without even man
moth hog or two-headed calf,
sighed the aged farmer as he wen
back to his hoeing,- Boston Jour
nal