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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-12-25
What Happy New Year Means.

A happy New Year What does it
mean ? Are not these words often
thrown out as a greeting without
thought or depth Of meaning? Is it a
year in which to ourselves come wealth
and health, prosperity and friendship ?
one spent in the pursuit of feeting
pleasure and filled with self-centered
interest ? No Rather let the wish be
to each and all; as the new year dawns
with all its opportunities, that the
days of 1896 may be we'll spent-flled
with thought and sympathy for those
around that in self forgetting and
kindly deeds the happiness Of others
may be ever sought, and then most
truly will each act rebound again in
joy and blessing to the heart from
which it springs.-Maud Booth.
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A Sagacious Horse.

Some 40 or so years ago a party OF
surveyors had just finished their days
work in the northwestern part of Lii
nois when violent snowstorm came
on, They started for their camp,
Which was in forest Of about 80 acres
in large prarie, nearly 20 miles from
any other trees. The wind was blow
ing very hard, and the snow was drift
ing so as to almost blind them. When
they thought that they had nearly
reached their camp, they all at once
came upon footsteps in the snow.
These they looked at with care and
found, to their dismay, that they
were their own tracks. It was now
plain that they were lost on the great
prairie, and if they had to pass the
night there in the cold and snow the
chances were that not one Of them
would be alive in the morning.
While they were shivering with fear
and cold the chief man caught sight
of one of their horses, gray pony,
known as Old Jack. Then the chief
said: "If any one can show US the
way to camp out of this binding snow,
Old Jack can do it. will take of
his bride and let him go, and we can
follow him." The horse, as soon as he
found himself free, threw his head and
tail in the air, as if proud Of the trust
that had been con6ded in him. Then
he snuffed the breeze ana gave loud
snort, which seemed to say: :S"Cnme
on, boys ! Follow me. I'll lead you
out of this scrape." He then turned
in new direction and trotted along,
but not so fast that the men could not
follow him. They had not gone more
than mile when they saw the cheer
full blaze of their camp6res, and they
gave loud huzza at the sight and fol
Old Jack.-Boston Herald.
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Ninety Miles an Hour.

There is now being built at the
Baldwin locomotive works in Phila-
delphia, says the New York World,
an ordinary locomotive with driving
wheels of FIVE feet diameter, which, it
is said, will, as soon as completed,
draw train Of cars from Philadelphia
to New York city in an hour.
This claim is not made by the Bald
wins. They have nothing to say on
the subject. They are simply build
ing the locomotive for private parties
and are to receive their regular price
Of $4,000 for it. When it is COM
pleted their part in the matter is end
ed. The gentleman who is paying for
the locomotive is W. j. Holman, Of
Minneapolis, an elderly inventor, who
has been in the railroad business all
his life and who has now invented
something which it is claimed will
completely revolutionize railroading.
tits not pretended that the ordinary
$4,000 locomotive which the Bald
wins are building would, if set upon
any railroad track, be able to travel
ninety miles an hour. The locomo-
tive is not, however, to be set on the
rails as engines generally are. When
it is completed it is to be placed on
what are known as the Holman fric-
tion-geared trucks, which will raise it
thirty inches above the surface Of the
rails. It will be just like any other
locomotive except that each Of its
driving wheels rests upon and between
three other wheels that finally rest on
the rails. The instant the drivers Of
the. locomotive begin to turn they
necessarily, through friction, give an
opposite rotary motion to the small
wheels upon which they bear, and
these small wheels just as necessarily
give forward rotary motion to the
third set Of wheels upon which they
are bearing. The natural and ineyi-
table result is that one revolution of
the locomotives driving wheels, by
this multiplicity Of wheels in pyramid
form, carries the locomotive forward
just twice as far as single revolution
if the driving wheels be on the rails
themselves. In other words, the
speed Of the engine, whatever that
speed might be on the rails them
selves, is exactly doubled by the use
of this newly invented truck.
In an experiment which was made
with an ordinary locomotive thus
mounted in Minnesota on branch Of
the Northern Pacific railroad recently
a speed of eighty miles was said to
have been easily attained. TIE in
yention has been kept quiet, it being
the purpose Of those interested to say
nothing about it until practical utility
was demonstrated by run from Phil
adelphia to New York within an hours
time. That, it is believed by the in
ventor, will be the shortest and quick
est way Of letting the world know
that new marvel in mechanics has
come into existence.
In addition to the increase of speed
attainable this new invention will, it
is claimed, save millions of dollars
through the diminished wear and tear
upon the rails, for the weight of loc'g35
motives will then be further distEJbu
ted along the track, and at no point Of
any rail will there be pressE 2sae sta2se
than one-third as great as is 5w ex-
erted by the driving wheels,
----7
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Catarrh Cannot be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot
reach the seat of the disease Catarrh is blood
or constitutional disease and In order to cure It
you must take internal remedies Hali,s CatarIa RI
blood a and mucous surfaces Hall 8 Catarrh Cure
I!0D is not "a qnacF medicine It was prescribed BY
one Of the best physicians in this country for
years and is q regular prescription. It !. com.
The best blood purifiers, acting directly on Il Q
mucous surfaces The perfect combination Of the
two Ingredients Is what produces such wonderful
results in curing Catarrh. Send for testimonials,
'''' F.J. CHENEY & co, Toledo, o.
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be spent in small change, and a vast
amount of moral character may go
away in small depletions. 1t is the
little troubles of life that are having
more effect upon you than great ones.
A swarm Of locusts will kill grain.
field sooner than the incursion Of
three or four, cattle. You say, "Since
I lost my child, since I lost my prop
erty, I have been a different man.
But you do not recognize the archi-
lecture of little annoyances that are
hewing, digging, cutting; shaping,
splitting and interjoiuing your moral
qualities. Rats may sink a ship.
One lucifer match may send destruc-
tion through block Of storehouses.
Catherine de- Medici got her death
from smelling poisonous rose. Col
umbus by stopping and asking for a
piece of bread and drink Of water at
Franciscan convent was led to the
discovery of new world. And there
is an intimate connection between
triAes and immensities, between moth
ings and everythings.
Now, be careful to let none Of these
annoyances go through your soul un-
arraigned. Compel them to admins
ter to your spiritual wealth. The
scratch of si1penny nail sometimes
produces lockjaw, and the clip Of q
most inGnitesimal annoyance may
damage you forever. Do not let any
annoyance or perplexity come across
your soul without its making you bet
ter.
Our government does not thilx il
helitt!ipg 10 put tax uu small szti
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uS W 6Gop liz IL VIC hou q wv Va
everything that was attractive and
soft and easy, what would we want Of
heaven ? We think that the hollow
tree sends the hornet, or we may
think that the devil sends the hornet.
I want to correct your opinion. "The
Lord sent the hornet
Then I think these annoyances
come on us to culture our patience.
In the gymnasium you find upright
parallel bars-upright bars, with holes
over each other for pegs to be put in.
Then the gymnast takes peg in each
hand, and he begins to climb, one
inch at time or two inches, and,
getting his strength cultured, reaches
after awhile the ceiling. And it seems
to me that these annoyances in life
are moral gymnasium, each worri-
ment peg with which we are to climb
higher and higher in Christian attain
ment. We all love to see patience,
but it cannot be cultured in fair wealth.
er. Patience is child of the storm.
If you had everything desirable and
there was nothing more to get, what
would you want with patience ? The
only time to culture it is when you
are lied about and sick and half dead
"Oh," you say, "if I only had the
circumstances of some we'll to do man
I would be patient, too r. YWmigh'
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ALI Sorts

A wife that k
worth praising.
If young menE'
would be no drum
At Danyers
pear tree still in I
planted in 1880.
Never let thl
out doing some ki
your pillow softe
IL lS y mASt'3
women ever mari
times, however,
want of it.
In the ma
doesn't make 80
a girls compile
only faira
A woman vi '|
"what women liH
mention money.
oversight. II
The bicycle !
many new industry
making Of leggin
factories now exit
The bodily tel
and men in healthy
it varies much frof|
thing is seriously {
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mind me Of the s
cause they are SCI
No. They
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has got $50,
the house he
trouble to be . p
That is q gu
which some men
the meanness Of s.
and justification b
duct.
Psychologists
a man grows the 81
comes. This expl
man knows nothing
everything.
It is rather It'll, 8
come to think abos
secuted and unwelc
makes q loyahle
grandmother.
Mrs. + Fozzie
baby has just begd
Mr.. Fozzleto
Mrs. Fozzleto
this morning
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marry r. ~
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box of cigars for
but Ill get even
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going to select
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foolish about
expect anythi9
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a bunch Of I'd
with 925 mesN
which grew Fl
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has a cucunI
growing.
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appear to ii
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days ago. A
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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-12-20
The Message.

Ia his message to Congress the
President says in regard to Hawaii:
early in January last an upris-
ing against the Government of
Hawaii was promptly suppressed.
Martial law was forthwith pro-
claimed and numerous arrests were
made of persons suspected of being
in sympathy with the Royalist
party. Among those were several
citizens of the United States, who
were either convicted by military
court and sentenced to death, i'm.
prisoument or fne, or were de-
ported without trial. The United
States, while denying protection to
such as had taken the Hawaiian
oath of allegiance, insisted that
martial law, though altering the
forms of justice, could not super
sede justice itself, and demanded
stay of execution until the pro-
ceedings had been submitted to
this Government and knowledge
obtained therefrom that our citi.
zsns had received fair trial. The
death sentences were subsequently
commuted or were remitted on con-
dition of leaving the islands. The
cases of certain Americans arrested
and expelled by arbitrary order
without formal charge or trial have
had attention, and in some instances
have been found to justify remons-
trance and a claim for indemnity,
which Hawaii has not thus far
conceded.
"Mr. Thurston, the Hawaiian Min
ister, having furnished this Govern
ment abundant reason for asking
that he be recalled, that course was
pursued, and his successor has lately
been received"
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Timely Topics.
Honolulu, Dec. 1S, 1895.

He had been in the Hawaiian
Islands nearly a year. He ar
rived here in the latter part of
January, 1895, and his fortunes
had been between the cups" and
"downs." This is the first
Christmas that he is to expert
ence far from home, far from
his friends and his relations.
The old picture of the snow-clad
hills, the merry bells of the
sleigh, and the blaze of the
Christmas trees is inscribed on
his mind. He has made friends
here in the ever sunny cline of
Hawaii. His friends want him
to forget the longing for the
snowy country and the Christmas
as he saw it, and they will offer
him their presents and Christ
mas gifts and try to make him
believe that he once more is
patronized by the King of the
North, Santa Claus.
To help in that noble purpose
we have imported the very
thing suitable for Christmas
presents. This year we have
made a speciality of Aluminium
Ware, and we propose to present
to the public something never
seen here before. Aluminium
Toilet Sets are the rage and
fashion to-day in every part of
the civilized world. They are
made of pure Aluminium and
will not tarnish. The Alumi-
mum Ware looks like silver
and give as much pleasure to
the owner as do goods made of
sterling silver. We know of no
more appropriate Christmas
present than set of Combs and
Brushes in Aluminium. Or a
Card Receiver, a Mirror, a Cigar
Stand, Ash Receiver, etc, etc.
The price of these excellent
goods brings them within the
reach of everybody and to give
a truly useful Christmas present
has become easy to everyone.
While we have imported a
large invoice of Aluminium
Ware we have not neglected our
Silver Goods; Pitchers and Plates
Cocktail Shakers and Forks and
Knives in the latest fashions
are a special feature of our
Christmas exhibition. We have
all kinds of Plated Silverware of
the highest degree and finish,
and we invite the public to call
at our store and remember the
poor lonely fellows who, on
Christmas eve, will feel home
sick and lonely and deeply
grateful for the smallest token
signifying that they are not
forgotten, although far away
from home.
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to say in regard to that large amount
of unused capital They always
scream for foreign capital to come
here, while by every steamer the
money made out of Bawaii's fertile
soil goes to the North and is invested
in real estate, or stocks, or railroads
in foreign countries. We ask the
foreigner to come here and make
his home and fortune, but we do
not tell him about the score OF
millionaires who arrived here as
paupers, became rich during the
boom, and now spend their money
in Paris, Bremen, Wiesbadep, and
other fashionable places OF resi-
dence.
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soil as advertised by the organs Of
Mr.. Dole's Government.
We most decidedly desire to en-.
courage men with money 10 come
here. We also advise the men who
did so and who have lost every bean
to get out Of these islands. We are
just as much in the vampire line as
are the boomers OF these islands,
who under the special protection of
the virtuous Dole throw out false
flashlights and invite the poor hard
working and saving capitalist "fy"
to enter our parlor. We want more
money here Never mind how we
get it, but Hawaii needs money to
pay for it's army, its police, its spies,
its lepers and, beyond anything else,
it's national debt, For these rea-
sons we encourage the small capi-
talist to follow the advice OF Editor
Atkinson and throw his future with
the fortune Of the men who now
have hand in the ruling of Hawaii.
There is one weak point however
in the arguments of our morning
contemporary when it invites the
small capitalists to come here and
develop the land. Why is it that
the virtuous gentleman of the
Board of Education and the Adver-
tiser addresses himself to the
foreign capitalists and calls upon
him for money? We are told from
the same enthusiastic sources that
Hawaii possess great wealth and
we believe that for once the truth
is told.
But if it is a fact that large
amount of monies are lying idle
here in Hawaii, the capitalists like
Campbell and others only needing
touch the button and the gold will
do the rest, why do we constantly
invite the foreign capitalist to come
here and invest his money in under
takings which we tell him will reap
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RooK AND PIGEON

The missionary organ, now con-
Quoted by Mr.. Atkinson, is not call
ing for the "small" farmers. 1t
seems that the heretofore we'll.
nourished scheme of populating the
islands by the "smal" farmer has
collapsed 1t is probable that it
has been understood at last that
Hawaii offers no field for the small
farmer in the sense which has been
used by the promoters OF that mat
ter.
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There arc, to our knowledge, about
two million dollars lying idle in
Hawaii. The Advertiser and the
other howlers for the investment of
capital in Hawaii have never word
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-12-20
Christmas
Is Coming
We Are Not!
We Are Already Here
and We Are Here
to Stay!

IF YOU WANT ANYTHING
1 in the line of PLANTATION
SUPPLIES come to me and get
them. have them. If it is
MIXED Tor Plain) PAINTS you
think necessary TO coat your
house, carriage or fence with, |
am ready to furnish it. SOAP
/ have it, and both plenty and
cheap. Lovers of flowers | can
supply-not the flowers but the
PoTs and The W1RE-HANG1NG
BASKETS. And in the cooking
line, while you must supply the
food, l can, if you want, furnish
the best AGATE and TINwARE in
the market.
9g And, remember, that in
all these things and in many
others, no place of business in
town sells you what you want
cheaper than you can find at
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Now we want the "small capital
ist." We want him to come along,
spend his money in planting coffee,
and await his returns in a most com
placent spirit. Poor capitalist2 He
is offered sound (O investme MT for
his money, plenty hard work, sure
taxation, and the goodwill OF Ha-
waits hest Government. What a
fool the small capitalist is who does
not jump at the offer and without
hesitation sell out his home, realize
his property and sink it in Hawaiian
soil as advertised by the organs Of
Mr.. Dole's Government.
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NOTICE.
ROYAL DANISH CONSULATE,
HONOLULU, Dec. 6, 1895.

A LII PERSON HAVING CLAIMS
"A against the Estate of DITLEv ToRUP
deceased, are requested to present the
same at this Consulate within two months
from this date, and all persons owing said
Estate are requested TO make immediate
payment. II. w. MACFARLANE,
143-lm Acting Consul for Denmark.
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If Hawaii isu't good enough for
the men who have made their money
here, why should it be attractive to
foreign capitalists? Ii the men OF
Hawaii whose ckets to-day bulge
with their earnings in these islands
see no future for further investments
why do they invite strangers to
come here aud risk THEN all2 Does
any sane man think that the bloat-
ed bondholders of Hawaii would
allow a single chance to go by
where dollar could be- made2 They
ask the small capitalist to come here
and drop his dollars. II is the old
game of the Rook and the Pigeon,
and our missionary friends seem not
to to above the Rook business.
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How can we urge the small capi
talist of California to realize on his
property and throw his fortune into
our lot when we know that the men
who have made money here in
Hawaii have taken the best care to
invest it in California; Is there
any sense in Mr.. A. of Hawaii going
to Mr.. b. of California and saying.
l tell you my dear sir, Hawaii is an
colorado. Sell out here and plank
your money down there in coffee
and "small" farms. l have made a
fortune in sugar and | am now
investing my money in California
real estate. You go down there
with your coin. 1t is like picking
up gold.
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Copyright, 1896. by GEO. NJ. vICKERs.

consistent, must, in the first place, have
words that in themselves are inspiring,
and which contain no allusion to events
or persons-words that can be sung
always, breathing only patriotism and
devotion; in the second place the music
must be majestic, simple and well marked,
with sufficient pathos to touch the
heart moreover. the melody should not
fail to possess distinct originality of
construction, at least to the extent of de-
flying the charge of plagiarism. Such
songs have been written by most nations,
and it is absurd to think that Americans
lack the ability to do likewise. Yankee
Doodle" (the words) appeared about 1775
but it was after the Declaration of indie
pendence that it became popular in the
American camps as soldiers song.
The melody is very ancient, some writer's
declaring it to be an old Spanish national
air. 1t has done good service, how
ever, since the birth of our Nation, and
has thrilled our warriors with patriotism
on many a battlefield and weary march.
Whatever the origin of "Yankee Doodle"
may have been, it is now Americas song
and will be always. Hail Colum bia"
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The composer of the new music for
America" George M. Vickers, was born
in Philadelphia in 1841. During the Civil
War he served in the Union army and was
wounded in the battle of Glendale, June
so, 1862. He has written and composed
about 600 lyric poems and songs, which are
published and sung throughout the world.
Among his greatest successes are ''Guard
the Flag" of which over three million
copies have been sold, columbia, My
Country" and many other pieces which
are familiar to the pu bic.
The United States has many patriotic
songs and anthems, for the ambition of
every American poet or composer seeks
no higher glory than to write or compose
his country's song, which would be mon
ument to his memory as lasting as the
Republic itself. The United States has
never formally. either by act of Congress
or proclamation of the President, adopted
song as the accepted lyric of the Nation,
but by common consent the "Star-span-
gIed Banner" is recognized as the Ameri-
can National air, both at home and by for
eign nations.
National song, to be appropriate and
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was written in 1898 by Hon. John Hop
kinson of Philadelphia and was set to the
music of the Presidents General Wash
ington) March, the melody of which was
composed by German music-teacher
named Philip Roth. The words were
written to suit the times, as the line,
"Behold the chief who now commands"
shows conclusively. 1.-THE Star-spangled
Banner" was written by Francis Scott
Key, Maryland lawyer in 1874; the music
is an adaptation from foreign air
entitled "Anacreon in Heaven" The
words record an historical event; but no
one will deny the beauty and strength Of
both words and music, and as 1.-THE Star
spangled Banner will always be sung,
whether as the official song of the Nation
or not, it seems strange that no one has
ever suggested revision of the words to
the degree of consistency. "Columbia
the Gem of the Ocean" ("The Red, White
and Blue'') was written and composed by
David T. Shaw in 1S43. 1t is a spirited,
patriotic song, and is distinctively Ameri'
can. Guard the Flag" was written and
composed by George NJ. Vickers, native
of Philadelphia, in 1888.