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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-11-13
Timely Topics.
Honolulu, Oct. S5, 1895.

the late epidemic of what vital
Importance pure water is to all
human beings. While our me-
dical men have differed in Opt
Mon in regard to the nature
and treatment of the epidemic
which now fortunately is ended,
there has only been one opinion
in regard to the imperative
necessity of having an am
pie supply of pure water
for all purposes. In Homo
lulu the water supply is now
plentiful both for drinking pur-
poses and for irrigation. The
same cannot be said for the
country districts. In many
places it is necessary for the in
habitants to carefully save rain
water in tanks especially where
artesian wells are impossible.
1t has been a great help to
people living in the country
that we have introduced the
celebrated Aermotor in these
islands. Many people have
availed themselves of the golden
opportunity to purchase one Of
our galvanized Aermotors, and
they have in all instances ex-
pressed themselves as highly
satisfied with the bargain.
The Aermotor is especially
appreciated because it runs in
the lightest wind. Being geared
back three to one, it starts with
only a third of the load that the
ordinary mill has to contend
with. This enables it to start
and run in zephyr so light
that all competitors stand idly
by. Again, its lightweight and
perfect bearing enable it to face
up to and get the full benefit of
the breeze. The wheel is so
light and its efficiency so great
that it is an absolute calm in
deed which induces it to stand
still.
The lightweight of the Aer-
motor is strong point in it's
favor. The weight affects the
cost Of transportation; the ease
of handling and erection; the
facility of turning on the tower
to face the wind for work; the
regulation for safety in high
wind; the recovery of working
position when danger is past;
the sagging of the tower out of
shape; the vibration and break
ing Of the tower in a storm
and consequently the weight.
strength and cost of a tower and
foundations. The Aermotor
only weighs about two-fifths as
much as the other mills which
do the same work. The great
disparity in weight is in part
made possible by the use of
steel, malleable iron, and the
very best materials throughout,
and explains why so excellent a
piece of work can be turned out
at so low a price.
We invite farmers and others
who have use for an Aermotor
to call in at our stores, or write
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-11-13

The Star wants public examiner
of government accounts. 1t also
wants him to drop ir,egularly into
the different government offices to
examine them. 1t ssys.if this is
done, "such a practice would have
avoided some unpleasant surprises
during the past two years" Who
has been doing iti
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-11-13

In the Council of State which act
with the executive, there are some
members who believe in the policy
Of rubbing it in" and who are only
too willing to accept chance to
"get even" with some personal enemy
who has had the misfortune Of being
placed in their power.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-11-13

1t may be that in our immaculate
republic, we have had no system Of
regulating the police establishment.
There certainly were rules and regu-
lations in the time of the monarchy.
And they were obeyed and carri+d
out. But apparently the Bulletin
is OF the opinion that there has
been none lately for it says
"Any sort of system for regulating
the police establishment is better
than none"
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-11-13

The Star is not in the coupon con-
test mania. The Bulletin is. So
they slangwhaug each other on the
results of their genuine circulation
and its results on advertisers. We
don't care about that. What we
want to do is to reach the adver-
tisers And our advertisers say we
do it as no other paper iu Honolulu
does for them. With an advertise
ment in our columns the results tell
in the cash drawer on Saturday
night. And they admit it, even
when politically differing from the
conclusions expressed in our literary
department.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-11-13

We think that the dignity OF the
Republic should rise about such
personal feelings and petty spite,
and on Thanksgiving Day, only
thoughts OF gratitude to providence
should prevail, and spirit of
mercy, forgiveness and Christian
love 60 forth.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-11-13

The Government has enough on
its hands to-day without being
bothered by questions, and probable
diplomatic interference in regard to
the handful Of political prisoners
not yet liberated. 1t will be wise,
as we'll as a merciful action to let
the men go. A few Of the citizens
who have seats in the Council of
State have expressed themselves dis
satisfied because the recently liber-
ated prisoners showed no outward
sign of gratitude. May be they are
right in some instances; but do true
Christians, do good simply for the
sake OF reward and thanks? Christ
preached differently.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-11-13

Others claim that some OF the
prisoners are aware of the storage
of considerably amount of guns
and ammunition in the islands, and
hold that no pardon should be
granted until a disclosure is made.
We do not believe such a silly yarn.
But even il it was so, has it not
been sufficiently demonstrated that
the guns of the rioters were only
lacking in one thing-the men be-
hind the gunsa And the situation
has certainly not changed since
January, or more 'men" been found,
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-11-13

When the Monarchy WAS in ex.
istence treaty was uttered nlo
with japan to procure labor. One
of the understood accompanying
conditions was that, by constant
natural modes of reduction, the then
number of Chinese laborers should
be reduced. AS long as the Mon
archy existed the direct as we'll as
the i'm Piled obi zal ions were carried
out. Now referring To the recent
re-introduction Of Chinese laborers
the Star says:
"The importation was but recently
resumed in small way after com
plete cessation of several years"
We know now who has been
breaking or trying to break the
treaty. All was right till the Re-
public put in its Italian IF. M. H.
hand.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-11-13

The Bulletin has found out since
the Supreme Court decision, tnat it
has a contemporary existing on
Konia street. 1t likewise has dis
covered that it is grammatically
Sharp" 1t then states:
"This paper "got the bulge" on
its contemporaries in the records OF
the Hawaiian Relief Society, be-
cause it took time by the forelock.
1t also took the only copy of the
Society's transactions, so we are
told. II that is taking time by the
forelock" according to the Bulletin,
it is usually characterized in other
ways by other people, even burglars,
asa scoop.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-11-13
THE INDEPENDENT
EVERY AFTERNOON
Except Sunday
At "Brito Hail. Konia Street.
- ISSUED

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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-11-13

'Gdi,lst The iUr0ng that needs resistance,
For the right that needs assistance,
For the future IN the distance
dnd The 0Ood that tUe can do.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-14
ELECTRICAL MOTORS.
Will They Supplant the Imposing
Steam Locomotive?
Eastern Roads VIII Hereafter Use Elec-
trical Systems for Suburban and
Tunnel Work-Generation of
the Necessary Current.

The electrical system adopted by the
Baltimore 81 Ohio railroad company to
haul trains through the city of Balti-
more is the first and only one of the
kind yet placed in operation. 1t has
been tested with freight trains of TWEEN
ty-six loaded cars and two steam-power
locomotives, which were pulled up an
eight per cent. grade at the rate of fifteen
miles per hour, the steam locomotives
not being used. From Camden station
to North avenue in Baltimore, one and
three-fifths miles, the electric locomo-
tive hauled fifteen hundred tons of dead
weight in five and one-third minutes,
actual running time.' As it is designed
to operate an ordinary passenger train
weighing five hundred tons at thirty
five miles per hour, this and other tests
demonstrate its success beyond ques-
ton.
The electrical way, says Leslie's
Weekly, is about two miles in length,
consisting of open cut and tunnel work,
the largest tunnel being 1889 feet long,
and extending under the heart of the
CITY. L nc CuTTcub 10 CdIrlcu dlouS du
inverted trough or channel of metal
placed at an angle over the center of
the track, and supported by series OF
transverse supports or bridges" from
which chains of iron rodsare suspended,
which are the immediate support of the
channel in the open cuts. In the tun-
mel work the channel, which is a sub
stitute for the trolley wire, is suspended
by insulated supports from the roof.
The current is supplied to this chan
mel by three copper-feeding cables,
each of sixty-one wires The motor
receives the current through brass
shoe sliding along the channel, and is
connected with it by a jointed metallic
frame, which is raised or lowered auto
matically, adjusting itself to any posi-
ton. This. is the substitute for the
trolley bar in common use. The electric
locomotives, of which three will be in
service, weigh ninety-six tons each
about thirty more than the larger Mo-
gul freight engines. They have eight
driving-wheels, each sixty-two inches
in diameter, and two trucks. To each
truck are attached two motors, each
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-14
Incubation of Birds.

Investigation into the period of in
cubation of birds and the temperature
requisite to hatch the eggs have led A.
Sutherland, of Australia to formu.
late the laws which he has dis.
covered. tits shown that sitting
birds keep at practically con.
slant temperature. He finds that for
animals of the same &ze the time
Of embryo development is in inverse
proportion to the square of the tenn
perature, the temperature being reck-
oned from a definite point; and that at
the same temperature the period Of de-
velopment Is directly proportional to
the sixth root of the weight of the
animal.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-14

Both the method and results when
Syrup OF Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing TO the taste, and acts
gentlyyet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys.
tenn effectually, dispels colds, head.
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro.
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C
ceptable to the stom ach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in so
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. az. Gsw Y0Rk AE
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-14
FAMOUS WOMEN's FADs.
Mrs. Elizabeth Grannis Adopts q
Baby Every Summer.
Her Last Acquisition Is Pickaninny-
Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher Buys
Opals and Mrs. John Mac
kay Marquise Rings.

Mrs. Elizabeth Grapnis, the we'll
known New York philanthropist, who
recently donated princely sum to be
divided among several educational in
situations in the east, has for years an
nually taken under her protecting
wing some human waif or other. Once
in awhile she in this way adopts more
than one inside the year, and not in
frequently her selection is of a nature
to startle even those acquainted with
Mrs. Grannis' peculiarities in this re-
spect. Recently, in speaking of her
amusements, she said:
"Much of my time IN the winter is
taken up with religious work, but in
summer always try to enjoy myself
with some diversion or other. love
babies. James," turning to servant,
''bring up the baby,
The servant disappeared into the
lower regions and shortly returned
with the blacklist specimen of infant
hood ever seen. "This baby is named
Christian League Woodyear," said Mrs.
Grannis. 81 adopted her when she
was nine days old, and her mother was
nearly dead. They are both well now
and live in my basement Christian
League will be my playmate all sum-
mer. She is nine months old and very
bright. I'll tell you a story. One
night at prayer meeting we heard a
snoring under the seat, and l could
spy pair of legs in the dusk. 1t was
womans meeting, so / stopped
prayers and pulled out the man. 1t
was just a wretched little boy, six
years old, with no home. i took him
home and adopted him. That summer
/ knit stocking day for him, long
stockings of the feminine persuasion,
to go over his knees, and fitted him
out fine. One day got hold of his
father, nasty, drunken man, and put
, him up in my spare room to sober up.
Then | got him a job. That is nine
years ago, and he is working at it yet.
The boy has grown up, and is a credit
to everybody"
Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher has fad
which works with her, both winter and
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-14
ELECTRIC MOTOR OF B. a o. RAILROAD.

ELECTRIC MOTOR OF B. o. RAILROAD.
able to take current of nine hundred
electrical amperes and of three hun
.dred and sixty horsepower, making a
total of one thousand four hundred
and forty horsepower to the locomo-
tive. They are the largest railway
motors ever built. The locomotive Is
provided with air-brake, bell and
whistle, and is operated by parallel
controller quite similar to street-car.
The current is generated in a power
station containing Eve engines, each
operating five hundred Kilowatt gem
orator, and capable of securing three
thousand steam horsepower if needed
The reason for adopting electricity
was to avoid smoke and gas in the tun-
mel work, and to insure greater speed
than could be obtained from an ordi-
nary locomotive in pulling trains up
the necessarily heavy grades and sharp
curves of the railway. The road, which
is seven and one-fifth miles long, was
built to give the company an all-rail
route from Washington to New York,
and avoid ferrying of trains across the
Patapsco river, heretofore cause of
delay and annoyance The cost of
construction was seven million dollars,
the tunnel work costing two hundred
and twenty-five dollars per foot.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-14
Exculpates Capt. Sumner.

SOUTHAMPTON, Eng, Sept. A.
Capt. Shepard, of the flagship San
Francisco, in the course of an in
therview today said the injuries
received by the cruiser Columbia
in the docks of the London and
Southwestern company, were due
to culpable neglect of the company
and that Capt. Sumner was in no
way blameable therefor.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-14
Deaths From High Water

CoFFEYvILLE, KS, Sept. l4.-A
man and two children, names un-
known, were swept away while at
tempting to cross the Verdigris
river near Talalal, L. t., today, and
several similar deaths are reported
from the territory south of here.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-14

summer, but for which she now, alas!
has small funds, although she does oc-
casionally fall a victim to its fascina-
tions. This is for the buying of opals.
Henry Ward Beecher loved these
stones. Instead of thinking them un-
lucky, he got great inspiration from
them, and he was always marching
home with new opal for Mrs. Beecher
snugly tucked away in his pocket.
Sometimes he did not care to give it to
her if grocery bills were pressing at
that moment. Mrs. Beecher grew to
share his fondness for them. Now she
is never without one of the great shin
ing gems at throat or finger. She
gazes at them in the shop windows,
handles them over the jewelers. count
ers, caresses them fondly, and walks
sadly away to revisit her favorites
again and again.
= 1t is said that the most expensive col
lection pastime is INDUCED in by Mrs.
John w. Mackay, who buys marquise
rings of antiquity. But fads are for
the most part inexpensive and are re-
markable only for the fact that they
serve to amuse some very great people
who would otherwise grow tired of
counting their fingers through the
long summer vacation days.
Mrs. Ballington Booth takes few va
cations, but such time as she allows
herself is spent in the very oldest oc-
cupation ever invented by woman for
a summer holiday. All during her va
cation hours She busies herself with a
pastime to which she is passionately
devoted-the gathering of books on
surgery. 1t is said that she has the
finest collection of surgical works to be
found outside the great libraries. She
chooses those of simple terms and seeks
to perfect herself in them. When she
has opportunity she visits operating
rooms. Her book, "Antiseptic Chris
tianity," was the direct outcome OF
hints CLEANED from operating tables,
and she was assisted not little by DR..
MeCosh, son of the late president OF
Princeton. During vacations she re-
vels in surgery of all kinds, practical
and printed, and is the only example
on record of a very pretty woman who
enjoys mussing in very disagreeable
scenes
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-14
A Policeman Hurt.

Police Officer Espinosa early this
morning saw man acting In a
suspicious manner on North Flores
street, near the San Pedro creek
crossing. He started after the man
and his intended prisoner began
running. Espinoss took a short
cut over the trestle crossing of the
street railway, missed his footing
and fell with one leg between the
cross ties. He was too badly in.
jured to keep up the chase and was
compelled to ask assistance as far
as Belcia's drug store, where the
patrol wagon was summoned and
conveyed him to his home. He
will be disa bled for few days.
Or Miles, xofg. sn5YYn m, 0s1n nrx.a1 m se,,,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-14
The womens' Work Nearly Over

LOUISVILLE, KY, Sept. 14.-At
today's session of the Womons' Re.
lief Corps, election of officers was
proceeded with and completed.
This mornings session Of the
ladies' G. A. r. was devoted to
reading reports and the installa-
tion of officers. Both the w. r. G.
and Ladies' GA. r. will finish up
their work some time today.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-14

Or Miles Putin fills are guaranteed 20 seon
He0dHchc IN 20 minutes "One cenx dosay
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-14
National Park Fetes Begin.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Sept. A.
BY tonight there will be 10000 peo-
pie here to attend the dedication
exercises of the Chattanooga-Chic
amaugs National Military park,
beginning next Wednesday. Re-
ports are the crowd will run up to
$4,000.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-14
Cheated the Scaffold.

DAYTON, o., Sept. 14.-Wesley
Boyd, the confessed murder of Mrs.
Elizabeth X. Burns, who is in Jail
after his Preliminary examina.
tion awaiting the action of the
grand jury, committed suicide to.
day, by hanging himselfin his cell
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-14
st. Louis Market.

ST. LOUIS, September 14.-Cattle
market dull, supply light and
prices unchanged. Sheep market
slow and light supply, at previous
prices.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-14
FOR RENT,

Good store opposite S. P. depot,
Austin street, $25.
Large warehouse, Austin ST., $40.
Also houses for rent In all parts
Of city. VIM WILL, this office.
S.l5.tf
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-14
Double Domestic Tragedy,

CHICAGO, Sept. 14.--As the result
of a family quarrel Louis Hoff-
mann shot his wife and then sent
a bullet into his own breast today.
Both will die.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-14
New York Cotton.

New YORK, Sept. 14.-Spot cot
ton quiet; middling uplands ST
gulf 81. Sales 436 bales.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-08
CUSTOMS OF
It's eggs and Legends, with Their
Origi and Significance.
The Chautauquan.

he oIdulduQudl-
AS Easter represents a new birth into
the pagan idea that the egg was the be-
ginning of all kinds of life should become
purified in the hands of the Christians, and
accepted as the typical offering of good
between believers in the glad Easter day.
The egg in some form or other has been the
unquestioned type of the new life from the
very dawn of the Christian era.
In Russia as early as 1888 eggs colored
red, IMPLYING the blood of Christ shed as
an atonement for our sins, were the most
treasured Of exchanges at Easter. Every
believer went abroad at this season with his
pockets well supplied with Easter eggs, as
the society man. of to-day attends to his
well-filled card case. When two Russians
met for the first time during the Easter
holidays, if they had not met on the day
passed, first by solemnly shaking hands in
silence; then the elder Tor the younger, if
he outranked the elder would say: The
Lord is risen,'' and his companion would
other and tremendously drew from their
respective pockets the Easter emblem, and
exchanged eggs.
The Chinese claim that the world was
egg. From the yolk of the egg stepped
forth the human being whom they call
Poon-koo-Wong; he then waved his hand
and the upper half of his late castle. the
concave heavens of blue, the lower half
fell reversed, making the convex earth,
and the whSIe albumen became the seas.
The Syrians believed also that the gods
Matched from mysteriously-laid eggs. Hence
we infer that our present custom of Of
fering the Easter egg emblem has the
heather legends for its origin, in fact, all
similar sources. but purified with the light
of Christianity.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-08
THE STUDY o F AMERICAN HISTORY.
some symptoms of Its Popularity
Seem to Exist.
Baltimore American.

iNA AAAANt
In a recent literary contest. extending
over a number of States, it is refreshing
to find the history of the United States
far up on the list. and considerably ahead
even of '.Trilby," which is generally con-
sidered to be the reading fad of the year.
Using one, and can hardly be set down as a
fad, since study of this kim requires an
application and a degree of mental dill
gence which could not be keptsup by mere
preteHse, nor last, unless genuine interest
were its inspiration and its stimulus.
This interest displayed in the history of
our own country is gratifying in mere ways
than one. 1t is necessary to the creation
of a healthy patriotism in all, and especially
in the young, that We should know all
about our birth as a nation, the causes
leading to its formation, the men who made
1t. the trials and sufferings borne for lib
erty's sake, the deeds which glorified ii
and the principles which secured 1t. No
one can properly be A good citizen who
does not love his country and her i%nstitu-
tons. and no one car. love these who
does not know their history and all that
it cost and involved to place us in our pres
ent proud position among the nations of the
world.
Besides American history presents attrac-
tions to the mind and Imagination which
duty. and these attractions should be
urged on general notice. There is probably
no history combining SO much romance of
all kinds, such heroism, such stirring incl
dent and such tales of thrilling adventure.
Nor is it lacking in the charm of character,
for the men who made the nation were
men of strong individuality, who acted their
parts In the great drama of which they were
a part in a way to excel any effort of fic-
tion. Whether In motive, action or char
acter, no one can ind more interesting
reading than in the history of the United
States. ae@t