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The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-13
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The arguments in the United States
 Supreme court concerning the income
 tax law are very interesting Senator
 Edmunds, who knows something about
 the constitution, made a very strong
 argument against the constitutionality
 of the law. He denounced the action
 of congress- in denying the right of
 appeal under the income tax as un-
 usual and tyrannical, and said that 1t
 was the duty of Ehd court to give the
 protection from this tyranny which
 congress had denied, Here is a so-
 called statute, said MT. Edmunds-"I
 designate it as such for brevity's sake that declares that the officer of the
 government and his deputies (for the appointment of whom there ifs no au-
 thority at alp can compel answers to a series of questions that invade every private right. I speak of this only as one of the vices that bloomed in this garden of opportunities presented to the last congress. This deputy--this Illegal appointee-is directed to invade every trust, every confidence and every right, to compel the citizens to expose to him everything connected with these sacred relations. If the citizen does not give the information to this so- called agent the agent may make up his mind from any source obtainable. If the citizen submits and gives a statement of his private affairs and the agent is dissatisfied with it, the citizen is punished by the imposition of a penalty of 100 per cent. Then, in order to do complete justice under this munifcent free government, the citizeH may appeal to the collector of internal revenue, who decides the whole case-whether the citizen is subject to an income tax and if so, how much. That is the end of the case. The ju- dicial power is not to be invoked at all" MT. Edmunds called attention to the fact that under this law fully 95 per cent. of the revenue to be derived from this source would be paid by less than 2 per cent. of the male voters of the United States. And this" he said, they call equality; this they call liberty"
 This states the case clearly, but the | of an income tax has been assailed before. It is highly l probable that the law will stand now.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-13
NEW

Billy, the Thug-Shall rob you first and kill you afterwards, or kill you first and rob you afterwards? His Victim-Rob me first-it is easier for 8 poor man to get into heayen.-P, & s. s. s. Co.'S Bulletin.
 Jimson-Doctor, l am getting too stout for comfort, and l want your advice. Doctor-Nothing reduces flesh like worry. Spend two hours a day thinking of the unpaid bill you owe me.-New York Weekly.
 English Traveller-What is the mat ter? Valet-Oh, sir! The vessel has struck on a rock and is sinking. Eng hsh Traveller-How annoying My doctor has forbidden me to swim so soon after having dined-Harper's Ba- gar.
 Excitement in Boston.-Friend-This must be bargain dayl I never saw such crowd in your store before. Dry Goods Man-I should say it is bargain day. We are selling "Homer's Iliad" in the original Greek at 9S cents!- Puck.
 A poet in the Century says; q would l were her violin to rest beneath her dtmpled chin" That would be nice, certainly, but he might repose near her dimpled chin if he were simply her beau. And that would be nicer.-Nor- ristown Herald.
 Peacemaker-I wouldn't fight, my good men. First Combatant-He called me a liar, sur. Second Combatant An he called me lazy loafer. Peace maker--Well, wouldn't fight over difference of opinion; you may both be right. -Tit-Bits.
 Mabel (blushfully)-Papa, did the count call upon you to-day on a rather important matter? Papa--Yes. Mabel (still more blushfully)-You consented? Papa-Well, not until he had given me a note for sixty days to show for the amount.-Town Topics
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-13

River has the deal the Black River band
 operates on the Black River drum. A guesser holds his place until he has missed three times, when another takes
 his place. A dealer handles the chips until the other side has guessed out the pile containing the odd chip three times; then, as a penalty for his bad luck or
 want of dexterity, another one of the tribe is called to take his place.
 The game is sixty points and the score is kept by sixty sticks, each about five inches long and about three-quar- ters of an inch in diameter. They are laid upon a board about five feet long. As one side wins a point the stick is moved to one end of the board When 1t loses point the stick goes back to the other end. When all of the sixty sticks have moved up to one end of the board the game is over and one tribe is rich and the other is insolyent.
 The luck was so variable that the sticks moved back and forth as though they were pendulums with strings fas- tened from the ceiling. At one time the score stood 5S to 2, and every Indian looked at the mats with wild excite ment. Within five minutes the score was AT to 13, and the prospect of a prompt ending was over.
 John Towallis was captain of the Puy- allup team. and now is the the most popular man in the tribe on account of the remarkable victory of his side after the session of nearly a month, and also of the quantity and value of the pot. Captain Jack, the leader of the unsuccessful Black River team, proved thorough sport, for in addi- tion to his contributions to the stake of his tribe, he staked and lost his greatest treasure, big knife; his prin- cipal decoration, shiny brass rings; all his money, $60 his watch, his rifle, his harness, his buggy and his horse. He advised his compaions on the team to bet everything they had except their canoes. He insisted that they should keep those, in order that they might have some way to get home. He was not so careful of himself as of them, for he had to walk when the time came. Some of the men and squaws who pad dled home in their canoes felt the sharpness of the weather; for shirts and trousers were exceedingly scarce when the sixtieth stick had gone to the Puyallup end of the board.
 At the last part of the gamble the Black Rivers plunged wildly The run of luck of the Puyallups had been con stant, and Captain Jack announced to his followers that this could not con tinue Luck must turn, and here was chance for them to get every movable thing, except that which belongs to the transferred from the Puy- allup reservation over to the Black riv- CT reservation. His men were quick to follow his suggestion. and the result is that poverty Is tense this year at Black river and the Puyallups are having a boom.
 The "sing gamble of 1895 may be the last to be held in the Puget sound coun- try. The younger Indians take no in- -erest in the gambling, and as the older ,nes die away the number In attendance | each year grows smaller Tn another year 1t would be difficult to gather a | cam and the necessary material for he stakes from the tribe. This is the | ast of the old customs to die.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-13
4AFTER PENSIONS.

No right-minded patriot objects to
 proper pensions, but there is no doubt
 that the generosity of this country has
 been abused by many who have had no just claim to a pension. The schemes which are matched in the minds of some who would like to share in the bounty of
 the government were well illustrated by some of the 1,293 private pension bills which were presented to the Fifty-third congress. Among those bills were the following: TO pension quartermasters' employees and others not regularly mus tered into the service of the United States, or the widows of such POP; to pension permanently helpless children of soldiers, 72; to restore pensions to soldiers widows who had remarked but again become widows, 73; to pension soldiers or widows of soldiers who serv- ed less than ninety days, S3; to pension army nurses, 24; to pension soldiers not in ratable degree, 2S; to al- low arrears of pensions, 23; to pension or their widows, 19; to pension widows of soldiers who died in the but not in the line of duty. such widows not being questionable un- der the act of June 27, 1890, because the soldier was not discharged, 16; to
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-13

corselet of guipure Is garnished with black ostrich feather galoon which bor- ders the decollette and drapes the front From the corselet hang two tabs that fall on the skirt.
 Plaids still hold their popularity, and bodices are made of plaids that are so enormous as to seem ridiculous for such use when viewed in the piece, but when they are gathered into the folds, pleats and fitness of the average bodice it be- comes merely & crush of blended colors. It is the proper thing to enrich such material by velvet or satin of color dominant in the plaid. If of satin, 1t should be shrouded with black crepon to emphasize the black sure to be pres ent in all plaids.
 Fancy waists of the newer patterns all show the little pudding-bag blouse effect in front This pattern is univer- sally becoming. The increasing of the length of line from collar to the foot of the bodice gives slenderness and height of effect, which can, if necessary, be enumerated by the fulness of the blouse. It is the fashion to have the top of the blouse fitness quite flat and this brings into use perpendicular strip ing of ribbon and insertion. A piece of sash ribbon, stiff as board and edged with beading and spangles, is quite the thing. FLORETTE.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-13
Advertisine Itares.

Situations, Wants, Rents and other small ad- vertisements, One Cent Word each tnser- ton. Five cents word for full week (seven times)
 Display Advertisements-Per inch, one in- eertion, S1 20; each subsequent insertion. 40 cents; one week, S3.2O; one month, $10; one year, $40.
 Obituary notices, in prose or verse. lh cents per line. Notices of Births, Marriages Deaths and Funerals, 50 cents each. Local notices, l5 cents per line
 Yearly advertisers are limited to their own immediate business (all matter to be unob1ec- Wants. To Let, For Sale, etc.
 Discounts-On two inches or more. one month and over, Upper cent; on four inches or more, one month and over, b per cent.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-13
And Yet He Was Rejected.
IFrom tho Chicago Record. .l


 It is said that one of the veniremen re- gently summoned to the Federal court for service on the jury which was to try Eugene V. Debs and other officers oi the American Railway union was ab- solutely unbiased. He was not chosen a juror for some reason, although he had one qualification. He knew noth. ing about the case.
 Whats it all about? Who's been hauled up?" he asked of the man seated next to him in the court room.
 They're going to try Debs."
 Who's he?"
 "Debs-you know; the labor organiz- CT"
 Oh, he's the fellow that got gang together and was goin' to capture Washington"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-13
PREFERRED.

Magistrate-Do you prefer charges against this man? McSwat-Sure. yer Honor, I prefer damages. Philadelphia Record.
 My dear, what is that awful noise from the kitchen?" q don't know, Jack, unless it is that some of the dishes are getting rattled. "-Brooklyn Life.
 The queen of the Sandwich Islands in abdicating the throne affords ma terlaI for meta physical research in the problem of whether a person can get out of where he wasn't t.-Washing- ton Star
 Miss Motto-Love, according to the Venetians, is discovered easier than a hole in a stocking. He-Yes, and &C., cording to the modern idea, it can be patched up about as easy.-Detroit Free Press.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-13
F41SHION NOTES.
What Godets May Lead To.


 All the latest skirts are made with the pleats extending directly out from the belt line, in a way that is rapidly accustoming the eye to the outline the dress improver" produces, so it may be said that that accessory impends. Its godet skirts of the sort that to-day's picture shows that hint of it's coming, and the beauty of these same smooth folds Is so enticing that poor woman is blinded to the possibility of the dread improver. This particular skirt has a plain front breadth and gathered sides the gathers forming small organ folds and the back has three pleats stlffened throughout. In the bodice deep
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-13

The new woman is very active. A Michigan newspaper, in recording a marriage the other day. added that 'the bride is member of eight secret so- cieties, several clubs and one or two missionary bands"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-13

Science Monthly, the nerves of warm b1ooded animals telegraph information ko their brains at the rate of 150 feet per second. When anyone puts his hand on hot iron he does not feel it until the nerves have sent the message to the brain, and in the interval his hand has been burned. Tt is thought that this would not be the case if the nerve mes sage were transmitted with the inten- sity and velocity of electricity trans mitted over copper wire to brain acting with the promptness of a Ley den jar.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-13

Women who kiss their lap dogs will be glad to know the authority for the assertion that dogs are one of the great agencies in spreading disease, especial Iy consumption. It is pr. Megnin, of the Paris Academy of Science.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-13

Of greater effect at long range than even the shots from a Lebel or Mansur rifle Is the new bullet invented by an officer named Hebler, of the Swiss army. It is shaped somewhat after the fashion of a goose quill, and with a charge only slightly over 21a grammes (S9 grains) of powder will travel 1,4O0 yards and pene- trate block of wood to the depth of mine feet. At longer range the pen etrating power Is still greater, as the shot will enter block of wood at dis Eance of 5000 yards, or nearly three and a half miles.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-13

Speaking of great fortunes, Chinese banker, Han Quay, is said to be worth Hhe almost inconceivable sum of $1,7OO,- DOC, ,OOO A great number of the largest banks in the Chinese empire are believed to be under his control.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-13
Notice.

Wecannot aocept anonymous or return re- jected communications. In all cases the name of the writer will be required. not for publlca- ton. but as a guarante good faith.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-13

At an autograph sale in Paris the signature of Christopher Columbus (which is, probably, one of the most fantastic sign manuals ever used) brought 4,OOO francs. The only existing piece of manuscript in Titian's hand writing was knocked down at 5000 francs, and one with Cromwell's sigma ture attached brought in exactly half that sum. Alfred Morrison, a great English collector of autographs, was present at the sale and paid sum equal to 4,000 francs for the only letter writ ten by Corneille that has ever been on the market. The last letter written by Napoleon to the Empress Marie Louise was disposed of at the same sale, bring ing 4,000 francs, and several signatures of Louis XIV. and Henry ". fetched I, 1000 francs each.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-13

According to reports made to the British Medical Association, the signal service observers on the bleak summit of Ben Nevis are free from influenza, catarrhs and chest troubles until they return to lower levels, where they are more susceptible to them than others. It is said that persons living in noun tain air, where there are no germs of such diseases, lose much of the power of resisting them where they are present at lower attitudes.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-13

As a result of experiments in fil- Hering the water of the Merrimac at Lawrence. Massachusetts, it has been found that 9S per cent. of the germs of typhoid fever and other dis eases present in the water are removed by proper Alteration. Since the in- Hroduction of the system now in use the deaths from typhoid fever in Law renee have been, reduced 50 per cent.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-13

There are half a million bicycle riders In Paris and London.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-13

Much interest has been manifested of late in the great Mohammedan center of Hyderabad in the problem of the prevention of cholera among pilgrims to Mecca. MT. Ernest Hart recently addressed public meeting attended by 6,00O persons. The prime minister pre- sided, and after a statement as to the means adopted for the prevention of cholera in Hyderabad Dr. Lawrie, the Nizams physician, introduced resolu- tions in favor of urgent representations to the Sultan of Turkey demanding a reform of the quarantine arrangements
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-13

But it is the white andneglige shirts the folks are buying by the armful. It's a fit in every shirt or your money back, so the point is to buy at these prices. Wives know the size of their husbands necks just half the length of their arm and that settles the fit, of course, But here are the prices for this week only;
 Dread D. B.. SSc. Elite, 47c.
 Our own R. s. 63c. Short Bosom 49c Very Fine Sho Bosom, 69c.
 University Full Dr. ss, FOG.
 White bodies, Percale bosom, 50c. Neglige laundered, attached collars
 and cuffs soc.
 Night shirts, 39c, 53c and 67c.
 Besides if you own a trst-class
 shirt that cost you S3 or more
 we will reproduce 1t exactly for $1.50.
 ''-7 1T West Store. Main Floor
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-03-14
THE KILAUEA HOU.
After Hard Work Saves Portion
of the Kihalani's Machinery.

The steamer Kilauea Hou ar
rived yesterday morning after hav-
ing been twenty-six days away
from this port. Two weeks were
spent in the vicinity of Hakalau
awaiting weather favorable to the
heaving of the Kihalani's machin-
cry from the rocks in which it has
been Graded for so long a time.
The Kilauea Hou approached to
within fifteen feet of the place where
the machinery was and divers were
set to work at once, A chain was at
tached to the large boiler and an
attempt made to get it out, but the
chain parted and it became neces-
sary to repeat the operation. 1t
was finally hauled up alongside
and taken to Hilo where, with the
assistance Of the steamer Hawaii,
it was hoisted aboard. Besides
this, the donkey boiler, the pump,
whistle and gong were brought to
Honolulu.
While the Kilauea Hou was at
Hilo she lowed out the bark San
tiago and discharged the ballast
from the ship Levi Burgess. Aside
from this she took 97O4 bags of
sugar from Hakalau and Pepeekeo
for the above two vessels.
1t is probable that she will sail
at the end of the week for Hakalau
where an attempt will be made to
get at the remainder of the ma
chinery of the Kihalani.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-03-14
NEW TELEPHONE PLAN.
Ringing the Bell to be Supplanted
by Electric Lights.

Under a new system, partially and
successfully in operation, the Chic
ago Telephone Company is going to
take "tbe crank" off the telephone
that is, the handle by which the
hello girl is rung up, and sometimes
wrought up. Soon the only thing a
subscriber will have to do is to take
his phone off the hook, and putting
his mouth to the transmitter, say:
"Give me two. two nines," to get 299,
and it will be done without any ex-
ertion of ringing or turning a crank.
Or, if one should want main 209, for
instance, take off the 'phone and
whisper in the transmitter: "two,
aught (it must be caught" for the
hello girl insists upon calling
"naught" "aughi,") nine, and you
will get connection without further
trouble.
The new system is simply making
the eye assist the ear, the telephone
ear, of the hello girl has bad to do
unassisted.
At present when a subscriber rings
up central" an "annunciator," like
unto those In hotels, falls aud tells
the operator what number wants to
talk. This annunciator is replaced
by an electric lamp or incandesceut
miniature light, which flares up III
front Of the operator. Connect me
with two-'aught'-two,", and the pro-
per plug is put in on the switch
board, another light flares up, show
ing connection is made, and then
both go out and are dark so long as
talk is held between the two lamps.
As soon as one gets through and
hangs up his phone her lamp is lit;
and the operator knows he's done
talking, but waits Until the other
lamp looms up before severipg the
connection, and thus putting out
both lamps.
If the central makes no reply to
the first hello the phone hook may
be moved up and down, making q
pyrotechnic display before the eyes
Of the operator, which che must
quench 10y answering, lest she be
bnnded.-Chicago Inter-Ocesn.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-03-14
MEDICAL CONFERENCE.
Government Physicians From All
Parts of the Islands Invited.

The physicians of this city and
vicinity have long been working on
a proposition looking to the estab-
lishment of annual medical confer
ences, at which a general inter-
change of ideas may be had for
mutual benefit and instruction. The
first of these has been arranged for
May 23d next, and so pleased are
the members of the Board of Health
with the idea and the results likely
to accrue from it that its secretary
has been ordered to extend a gen.
ersl invitation to all physicians in
the employ of the Government to
attend. While of course all could
not do so, it is expected that the
majority will.
One of the main features of the
conferences will be the reading of
papers on particular subjects by
those attending, each physician
being invited to prepare a paper
on the theme chosen in advance or
on some particular one of his own.
The subject decided on at the COM
ing conference is "Leprosy," on
which each physician has been
asked to write a thesis giving his
observations and mode of treat
ment. An excursion to KaIaupapa
has also been spoken of in connec-
ton with the conference.