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The Yellowstone journal., 1894-11-28
Wednesday, November. %. 1894.
NE WAS A DAISY.
- - Reporter Be Made an Awful Blum.
der ON . Big Scoop.

"As funny thing as ever knew Of
In the newspaper business, said the re-
formed reporter, twas the way Sandy
Mclean gave the Chicago Tribune o
SCOOP. Now. Sandy, to my way Of think
in&. is the lest reporter in Chicago. He
va lawyer once. and a mighty good
cssA but he saw that the law had no
suDh opportunities as the newspaper
busineea and he camo to Chicago from
tho Iowa town where he was practicing
snd began work on one Of the big
dsilies He hadn't been there a week be-
fre tho managing editor realized that
ho had q star. and Sandy was given ev-
cry opportunity to make himself name.
"He made it too He was put ON big
story after big story and beat every 9TH
er reporter in the city. After time he
got to the Tribune and kept up his bril-
liant work. F-e was with The Tribune
for a long tin c. The Herald and other
papers wantel him, but Sandy stuck to
The Tribune he got bit free and gay,
but the old nan put up with him. FL
nally patier ce ceased to be a virtue, and
one day s ndy drifted into the Office
only to be told that they thought they
might be bile to get ont paper without
him il tn hustled.
"He 1nt out whistling gayly and
walked over to The Herald Office. He
told the n The Tribune people had Just
fred him and asked for job. The Her
aid was too glad to get him. They snap
ped him up right away. The next day
Sandy reported for an assignment. The
city editor of The Herald put him on a
big story ho had been keeping ON the
ioe for awhile and told Sandy that it
was exclusive.
"Sandy went ont and got the facts.
He found that he was the first and only
newspaper man who knew anything
about the tale and it was a corker. He
started back to the Office to write it up.
Hs had been so used to going to The
Tribune Office that he mechanically got
OF tho car there and walked up into the
local room. He sat down at his old desk,
wrote the story and handed it to the city
editor. Tho city editor saw that the
story was sensational. put a scare head
O. 1t and ran it on the first page. The
Tribune was tho only paper that had it.
and Sandy did not wake up to what he
had done until he had got note from
Tho Herald city editor next morning
calling him all sorts of names and dis
charging him. He got back ON The
TriL une, though, and he's there yet"
buffalo Express.
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-11-28

Snakes travel a good deal on their
reputation. They scare birds and small
animals so they become helpless. We all
know this to be fact. And then when
they get in a tight place with a man
they try to run bluff ON him. A law
yor in our town once met q rattlesnake
down in the Ozarks and began to expert
ment or rather to let the snake expert
mont to sec IL there was anything in
ths snake charming theory. he said
that tie snakes eyes got brighter and
brighter. and his scales became glisten-
ine, and his body seemed to swell up 0
littio thicker. and the whole outfit be-
aans % engrossing that he finally ran
avoy from the snake In . dead scare
- didn't get over it for good while
afbx. He told me that It was his bslief
49, u - had kept company With thes
Unks nush lon0s - woaA ~ ~
- UoA-4mest - o0s10
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-11-28

Adam Eede. by George Eliot.
.Es.p's Fables.
AIlen Quariermain. by ii. Rider Hag
gard.
All Sorts and Conditions f Men. by
Walter Besant and james Rice.
ADdeson's Fairy Tales.
Anna karcnine. by Court Lyof Tolstoi.
April's Lady. BY "TheDuchess."
Arabian Nights Entertainment.
Armorel of Lyonesse. By Walter Besant.
At the Worlds Mercy. by Florence
Warden.
Averil. BY Rosa Nouchette Carey.
Babylon. by Grant Alien.
Balzacs Shorter Stories. by Honore
de Balzac.
Basil: or, the Crossed Path. By Wilkie
Collins.
Beppo the Conscript BY T. Adolphus
Trollope.
Blind Fate. BY Mrs. Alexander.
Born Coquette. A. by The Duchess"
Camille. by Alexander Dumas.
Cast Up by the sea. by Sir Samuel w.
Baker.
Child's History of England, A. BY
Charles Dickens.
Christie Johnstone. BY Charles Reade.
Clyfrards Of Ciyffe, The. BY james
Payn.
Confessions Of an English Opium Eater
by Thomas De Quincy.
Conscript, The. By Alexander Dumas.
Consuelo. BY George Sand.
Countess of Rudolstadt, The. By Geo.
sand.
Count Of Monte Cristo, The. BY AK
ander Dumas.
Cousin Harry. BY Mrs. Grey.
Crooked Path. A. BY Mrs. Alexander.
Crown of Shame, A. by Florence Mar
.ryat.
Daughter Of Heth. A. BY William
Alack.
Dawn. By II. Rider Haggard.
Dead Secret, The. by Wilkie Collins
Deemster, The, BY Hall Game.
Deerslayer. The. By j. Fenimore Cooper,
Dsldee. the Ward Of Warringham. BY
Florence Warden.
DEVILS Die. The. BY Grant Allen.
Doctor Cupid. BY Rhoda Broughton
Donald Ross Of Heimra. By William
Black.
Donovan. BY Edna Lyall.
Dora Thorne. BY Charlotte NJ. Braeme
Doris Fortune. By Florence Warden
Double Cunning. BY George Manville
Fem.
Dukes Secret, The. BY Chariot NJ
Braeme.
Feast Lynne. By Mrs. Henry Wood.
Edmond Dantes. By Alexander Dumas
Emerson's Essays, First Series
Emerson's Essays. Second Series.
Essays Of Ella, The. BY Charles Lamb
Fair Women. By Mrs. Forester.
Family Pride. By the Author OF "Pique.'
Family Secrets. BY the Author Of
"Pique."
Fanchon the Cricket. By George Sand
Father and Daughter. BY Frederiks
Bremen.
Fiery Ordeal. A. BY Charlotte n
Braeme.s
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-11-28
FINISHED POETRY
Patient Labor as Much as Fine Frenzy .
Factor In Its Production.


Factor In Its Production.
There are yet some persons left who
fancy that poetry is the product of a
fne frenzy; that the poet genius awakes
from a sublimated cataleptic trance to
fill page after page with effortless
beatitudes. A number of manuscript
sheets Of Longfellow's Excelsior,
which may be found in Harvard, should
not only explode this theory, but give
hope to many discouraged amateur.
As Longfellow first constructed the first
verse of this poem it ran:
The shades Of night were falling fast
As through an Alpine village passed
A youth who. as the peasants sung.
Responded In an unknown tongue,
Excelsior.
This was manifestly weak, as the
only obvious reason why the Alpine
peasants sung was that they might af
ford a rhyme for the youths response
in an unknown tongue. A second trial
at the verse, however. not only failed to
improve it. but arranged it in such
form that it is difficult to believe Long
fellow guilty of the fault. The last two
lines of tho verse were made to read:
A youth who bore pearl of price,
A banner with the strange device.
There are not many, even among tho
magazine poets Of today, who would
consent to refer to banner as "a pearl
Of price," But the poet had by this time
three lines to his liking, and the substi-
tuition of ga youth who bore mid snow
and ice" completed the verse as it has
been read and spoken throughout the
length and breadth of the land, all Of
which goes to show that the genius Of
tho poet is in the conception, and that
tho production of the poem, being quite
another matter, lies solely i'll the direc-
tion of patient labor Chicago Herald
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-11-28

FIRST Violin, The. BY Jessie Fothergill
logng 3 tbe Fetters. b. Mrs. Alexander
,.r sisters, The. BY Frederika Bremer
r'routlersmen, The. by Gustaye Al
mard.
Frozen Pirate, The. BY w. Clark Rus
sell.
Golden Hart A. By Charlotte NJ
Bracme
Grimm Fairy Tales.
GuIlderoy. by Ouids.
Handy Andy. by Samuel Lover.
Ilanly NorsemaI. A. By Edna Lyall.
Heir OF Lime, The. By Robert Buch
anan.
Heriot's Choice. Ey Rosa Nouchette
Carey.
Hon. Mrs. vereker, The. by The
Duchess"
House on the Marsh. The. 10y Flor
ence Warden.
Hunchhack of Notre Dame. Tie. By
Victor Hugo.
] Have Lived and Loved. BY Mrs. sor
restor
Indiana. BY George Sand.
In the Golden Days. by Edna Lyall.
la the Heart Of the Storm. by Max
vel. Gray.
IvaDboe. by Sir Walter Scott.
Jane Eyre. BY Charlotte Bronte.
Jealousy, b. George Sand.
Jet. b. Mrs. Annie Edwards.
John Halifax, Gentleman. by Mise
Mulock.
King SoiDmon's Mines. by II. Rider
HaggtrH
Lover or Friend. Ry Rosa Nouchette
Carey.
Macd-rmots of Bsllycloran. The. by
Anthony Trollope.
Mad Love. A. by Charlotte NJ. Braeme
Man in the Iron Mask. The. By Alex.
ander Dumas.
March in the Ranks. A. BY Jessie
Fothergill.
Margaret Maitland. By Mrs- Oliphant
Marriage at Sea. A. by W. Clark Rus.
sell.
Married at Last. by Annie Thomas
kith and Kin. by Jessie FothefgIll.
knight Errant. by EdLa L,all.
Braddon.
Lampl ghter. The. By Maria S. Cum,
INNS.
Las Days Of Pompeii. The. by Sir +
Bulwer Lytton.
Last Essays Of Ella, The. BY Charles
Lamb.
Last Of the Mohicans, The. by J. Feni
more Cooper.
Lifes Remorse, A. By THE Duchess.
Little Irish Girl. A. BY The Duchess
Lord Lisle Daughter. by Charlotte
NJ Braeme.
Lorna Doone. by r. ID. Blackmore.
Lost Love. The. BY Mrs. Oliphant.
Lost Sir Massingberd. by james Psyp
Louise de la Valerie. by Alexander
DuPas.
Love aud Liberty. BY Alexander Dumas
Married Beueath Him. BY James Payn
Marvel. By The Duchess"
Mary st. John. by Rosa Nouchette
Carey.
Master Rockafeller's Voyage. BY W
Clark Russell.
Matchmaker, The. By Beatrice Reyn
olds.
Merle's Crusade. By Rosa Nouchette
Carey.
Michael Strogoff. By Jules Verne.
Miseries of Paris. The. By Eugene Sue
Modern Gree. A. By "The Duchess
Modern Home Cook Book, The.
Molly Bawn. BY The Duchess"
Mona's Choice. BY Mrs. Alexander.
My Danish Sweetheart. By w. Clarl
Russell.
My Hero. by Mrs. Forester.
Mysteries Of Paris, The. By Eugene Sue
Mystery Of Mrs. Blencarrow, The. By
Mrs. Oliphant.
Nellie's Memories. BY Rosa Nouchett,
Carey.
Not Like Other Girls. By Rosa Nouchet
to Carey.
Old Curiosity Shop, The. By Charles
Dickens.
Old House at Sandwich. The. By Jos
Hatton
Old Mam'selle's Secret The. BY E
Marlitt.
Oliver Twist. BY Charles Dickens.
One Life. One Love. BY Miss N. E
Braddon.
Only the Governess- By Rosa Nouch
stte Carey.
Other Mans Wife, The. By Johr
Strange Winter.
Our Bessie. BY Rosa Nou:hstts Carey
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-11-28

Pathfinder. The. BY J. Fenimore Coo
per.
Peg Wellington. Bv Chasles Reaie.
Phra the Phunician, The Wonderful
Adventures Of. ketold by Edwin
Lester Arnold.
Pilgrims Progress. by John Bunyan.
Pioneers. The. by J. fenimore Cooper.
! Plutarch's Lives
Poe's Tales. by Edgar A. Poe.
Prairie, The. by j. Ferimore Cooper.
Prince Of Darkness. A. BY Florence
Warden.
Queenie's Whim. BY Roea Nouchetts
Carey.
Reproach of Annesley. The. by Max.
well Gray.
Rienzi. Is, Sir +. Bulwer Lytton
Robinson Crusoe. by Daniel Defoe.
Rogue's Life. A. by like Collins.
Romola. by George Eliot.
Rory O'More. by Samuel Lover.
Rose Douglas. by the A uthor Of "Pique.'
Ruffino. By Ouida.
Sar'or Ressartus. by Thomas Carlyle.
Scarlet Letter, The. By Nathaniel
Hawthorne.
Scottish Chefs. The. By Miss Jane
Porter.
Sealed Packet. The. BY 7. Adolphus
Trollope.
Search for Basil Lyndhurst. The. By
Rosa Nouchette Carey.
Second Thoughts. by Rhoda Brough;
ton.
Sell. Sacrifice. by Mrs. Oliphant.
| Shadow of a Ship. The. L., Charlotte
NJ. Braene.
| She By II. Rider Hageard.
Sketch Book. The. Ey Wsshinetoa
Irving.
Silence Of Dean Maitland. The. BY
Maxwell Gray.
Son OF Porthos. The. by Alexander
Dumas.
st. Katharincs by the Tower. by Wal.
ter Besant.
Ralph Iron.
Story Of Elizabeth. Tie. By Miss
Ihackerary.
Swiss Family Robinson.
This Wicked World BY Mrs. ii. Lovett
Cameron.
Three Guardsmen. The. by Alexander
Dumas.
Three men in Boat. BY Jerome. X.
Tom Brow at Oxford. by Thomas
, Hughes.
Tom Browns Schooldays BY Thonas
Hughes.
Tour Of the World in Eighty days. The.
by Jules Verne.
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the
Sea. BY Jules Verne.
Twenty Years After. BY Alexander
| Dumas.
Two Kisses. by Hawley Smart.
Two Orr hams, The. by Il. DEnnery.
| Two Years Before the Mast. by X. II.
Dana Jr.
Uncle Max. BY Rosa Nouchette Carey
Urde, { r-ranfe The Duchess.
Under Two r rags. ny Ouida.
Vagrant Wife, A. BY Florence Warden.
Vanity Fair. By w. NJ. ThsckaIy.
Vicar of Wakefield. The. BY Oliver
| Goldsmith.
Vicomte de Bragelonne. The. BY Alex
ander Dumas.
Vivian the Beauty. by Mrs. Annie Ed
| wards.
Weaker Than Woman. BY Charlotte
| M. Brseme.
Wee Wife. By Ross Neuchette Cncy
We Two. by Edna Eysll ~
What Gold Cannot Buy. By Mrs. Alez-
ander.
When q Mans Single. BY m. Barrier.
White Company. The. By A. Conan
Doyle.
Wife in Name Only. By Charlotte N.
| Braeme
Willy Reilly. BY William Carleton.
J Witchs Head, The. BY ii. Rider HaS3
gard.
Woman in White. The. BY Willie Col
Inns.
Woman's Face. A. BY Florence Warden
Woman's Heart, A. By Mrs. Alexander.
Woman's Thoughts About women, A.
BY Miss Mulock.
woman's War, A. By Charlotte n.
Braeme.
Won by Waiting. BY Edna Lyail.
| Wooed and Married. BY Rosa Nouch
ette Carey.
wooing OF. TIE. by Mrs. Alexsndss
/ yellow Mask. The. b wilkie Collirs
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The late Lord Tennyson was not cred
tied with much admiration for pictorial
art. Lord John Russell met him on his
return from Italy and asked how he en-
joyed the pictures and works of art in
Florence. II liked them very much, I"
said Tennyson, but was bothered be-
cause could not get any English tobac-
CO for love or money. A lady told me l
could smuggle some from an English
ship il / heavily bribed the custom
house officers. but didn't do that and
came away. San Francisco Argonaut
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-11-28

The house of the late Charles O'Con-
or, at Nantucket, should possess espe-
cial interest for women on account OF
its being without closets. The architect
was . young relative of Mr.. O'Conor,
and the house was finished before either
man noticed the deficiency.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-08-21
Nem Embellishments
Valuable Real Estate for Sale !
CONSISTING OF THE
Following Properties,

1-Buildings and premises on the
southeast side OF kekaulike street, makai
of King street. Have a frontage Of
y 10 feet on the street. Lease for
$3.50 per month. Buildings are insured
for 5000.
Building and premises on the
southwest side of Hotel street, between
Maunakea and kekaulike. Have
frontage OF 90 feet on the street, depth
of So $40 feet on the Waikiki side and
9O11 feet on the Eva side, and contain
an area of 6611 square feet. The pre-
misses lease for So 80 per month rent
payable monthly in advance. LeSsees
pay water rates and for repairs. The
Buildings are insured for $1,000 at the
lessees expense and in case OF
the destruction or damage OF
the buildings by fire, the moneys
received in respect OF such insur-
ance are to be laid out in rebuilding or
reinstating the same, and in case such
moneys shall be insufficient for such
purpose, the deficiency is to be made
good by the lessees. y good sidewalk
with granite curb has just been laid in
front of the premises.
3-House and premises on the north
west corner of Hotel and Kekauike
streets, area 1925 square feet.
Piece of land at Kapiwai, Psuoa
Valley, containing an area OF 2-10
acres and comprising taro land and kula.
This land is finely situated near the head
of the Valley and commands a beautiful
view OF the harbor. Leases for $40 per
annum.
5-Lot on the southeast side OF Liliha
street, near the corner of Kuakini, hav-
ing frontage of so feet on said street
and an average depth OF 100 feet. This
lot is number of the Kaliu Tract and
contains an area OF 1915 square feet.
6-Taro land at Hauula, Koolauloa,
Oahu near the mauka side of the Govern
ment Road. Area l 1900 acres.
Titles perfect. Warranty deeds will be
given TO purchasers. Deeds to be at
purchasers expense. apply to
J. NJ. MONSARRAT,
Cartwright Block, Merchant Street.
3739-tf
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-08-21
VIII the Deutsch Take Holland?

The Berlin Neue Blaetter perhaps
gives voice to secret desire of I'M
perial Germany in suggesting that
eventually the smaller States of
Europe will be absorbed by their
more powerful neighbors, and in
warming the Fatherland to be fore
handed in the coming struggle for
the Netherlands lest the French
should capture not only Belgium but
Holland. The Dutch and the Elem
ings, it is true, are kindred in race
and language to their German
neighbors; but after several centuries
of independent and almost republic
an national life the proud burghers
of the Low Countries might be
averse 70 the rule OF the military
empire of Central Europe. Neither
Is it apparent by what secret alchemy
the Dutch Colonies, which are stated
by the Neue Blaettor to be at pre-
sent expensive Injuries for the King
dom of the Netherlands, are to be
suddenly transformed into sources OF
wealth through annexation to might
Germany.
As If 70 compensate for the
cynicism of his suggestion, the writ
er OF the article referred TO proposes
that the Communication of Holland
shall be accomplished by resort to
the wiles of Venus rather than by an
appeal to the method of Mars. the
war god. Let the heir 10 the Ger
man throne become the husband OF
the young Queen of the Netherlands!
To be sure, Queen Wilhelmina is a
well-favored little lass; and young
Prince Frederick William of Ger
many might look further and fare
worse. And if the Netherlands are
to be had for kiss, by all means let
the Deutsch take Holland.-Ex.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-08-21
FORESIGHT NECESSARY.

What are the planters doing to
prepare for the great change in the
conditions of agricultural labor
which will be brought about by
annexation to the United States e?
While the prospect of securing an
nexation is not immediate, it will
probably be realized before three
years are out. When Hawaii is
part of American soil there can be
no doubt that the contract labor
system will terminate forever. 1t
is vain to imagine that Hawaii
can be American territory without
being fully subject to the constitu-
ton and laws of the United States.
There will not be one kind of labor
law for these islands and another
for the rest of the Union. Whether
We like it or not we shall have to
get our labor system on such
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-08-21

The Parliament of Finland has
passed law prohibiting all railroad
traffic and mail delivery on Sunday.
I The most remarkable meteor on
record Is that OF December q, 1876,
which originated in Kansas, glided
over Missouri TO the south of Lake
Michigan. and became lost near
Niagara Falls. 1t exploded with
report like that OF an earthquake.
The membership of the Congrega-
tional Church is comp sed of 1SS, 1S7
males and 313,444 females. This is
nearly two to one. Last year the
number OF deaths OF ministers was
9S. The average age OF these SO
ministers was IS years, 5 months and
% days.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-08-21
MORE ANENT THE ELECTRIC ROAD.


The proposition Of foreign capt.
talists to build and equip an cleo
trio road in and about the city,
with an extension to the Pail, at
an actual cost exceeding half a
million of dollars should be cordi-
ally accepted by our people, pro-
vided the road and service Is of the
first class, and the public rights
are most carefully protected.
The Government committed a
gross error in granting to the Tram
way Company what has been re-
garded as the exclusive use to our
streets, without STIMULATING for the
kind of service to be rendered, and
in permitting it to fnanceer It's af-
fairs in such a way that it is now
loaded down with obligations, and
in no position to add an electric
service. We are now acute suffer
ers from this folly.
The promoters of any new trans
portation service are confronted
with the fact that the Tramway
Company has not only occupied
the best streets, to the exclusion of
all other transporting methods,
but has secured, apparently, per-
petual right to introduce the cleo
trical system, which is, of course,
q standing menace to the promOt-
ors of any independent electrical
scheme.
If foreign capitalists are willing,
in the face of these disadvantages,
to invest such large amount of
money in the matter, our people,
who are now under the burden of
a miserable service, should cordial
ly encourage them to go ahead.
A service of really high char
acter can be maintained, if the
Government reserves the right to
interfere whenever such service
fails.
Quick, cheap and frequent trans
portation is a matter in which
every man, woman and child living
in and about this city is deeply
concerned, as it affects the personal
comfort of each.
Whether the present Advisory
Council should provide the neces-
sary legislation, without waiting
for the coming Legislature, is a
serious question. Local transit is
purely local matter, and the pres
ent Council is really better able to
pass upon the matter, because its
members reside here, than Legis-
lature composed of men who are
not specially informed of the needs
of the city.
If foreign capital, to the extent
of half a million of dollars, is
ready to make the investment, it
would be a pity to cause any delay
which might drive it away or af-
ford it chance to seek some
other investment. The dullness of
speculative investments in Canada
and America is our present oppor-
tunity, and we should take advaut-
age oft, provided we are the gain
er by doing so; and provided al
ways that 10 home company, offer-
ing equal advantages, is in & posi-
ton to take up the enterprise and
build the road.
-~E-~~------~uSS----@H--E--Er
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basis that il will not be disturbed
by annexation.
AS the ADVERTISER has fire.
quently pointed out, the necessity
indicated will not be a curse but a
blessing. One of the principal
advantages of annexation will be
that it will help US to throw off
labor system which is deadly to
civilization, and which clogs the
progress Of Hawaii. That con-
tract labor is not needed is shown
by the fact that it is discarded alto
gether on some plantations, while
not more than halfof all the planta-
ton laborers are now actually under
contract. That Europeans cannot
work in the cane fields is disproved
by the fact that the Portuguese and
other nationalities have worked in
them and do so still. That the
system of perpetual labor importa-
lions to supply the plantations is
not necessary is proved by the fact
that the laborers show an increas-
ing disposition to remain on the
plantations whenever they have
reasonable inducement to do so.
These are all matters in which
the Labor Commission should and
doubtless will throw a great deal
Of light. At the same time no
Commission can solve the labor
question for the planters. Nothing
but practical experiment can do 1t,
and such experiment all planters
should hasten to make. There is
probably no reason why the culture
of cane should not be remunerative
to agricultural laborers as well as
to mill owners. Collie labor is no.
toriously costly and inefficient. If
the money wasted upon the main
tenance OF large force of contract
laborers could all be paid to two
thirds Of the same number for do
ing the same work, the wages
would probably be large enough to
induce the greater number OF the
Chinese and japanese now en-
ployed on the plantations TO stay on
them. This simple suggestion may
not be a solution of the labor ques-
ton, but it rests upon fact which
is universally ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
fact, namely, that the efficiency OF
average plantation labor can be
very greatly increased. Such an
increase in efficiency has actually
been brought about on parts of
Eva plantation, as well IS else
where. The plan so successfully
operated at Eva has resulted to the
mutual advantage of the company
and the laborers participating in
it. Hope for the future lies in just
such experiments, and self-interest
and philanthropy both indicate the
wisdom of following them up.