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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-09-10
LII HUNG CHANG.
An Interview With New York Re
porters in Regard to Important
Matters.

I Matters.
New YoRK, Sept. Iii Hung
Chang was interviewed at the Wal
dorf TO day by number OF reporters
In response to query whether the
Earl, who had said 40 many pleasant
things about Americans, had any
unfavorable comments to make, his
EScellency replied that he would
not,say anything about this coun-
try. He added, however, that he
thought that there were too many
political parties here, and asked why
the newspapers did not bring them
together.
When asked to make comparison
between this country and England
he declined, saying he had nothing
unfavorable to say of either.
In answer to question as to what
he had been most interested in, he
said our tall buildings we're very
wonderful, but they would hardly
do in China on account of the
typhoons.
Earl Ii was asked whether he ex-
pected any modification of the
Geary law. He replied that he
hoped for it.
"Was your Excellency influenced
in determining to go home through
Canada by the treatment OF the
Chinese in the Pacific States, and
especially 10 California;" he was
asked.
81 choose to go through Canada
for two reasons. First, because when
l was High Commissioner in China,
l was constantly receiving memorials
and complaints from emigrauts in
San Francisco that they were not
allowed rights which under the
American laws they were entitled to-.
My assistance was constantly invoked
to secure them these rights. Instead
Of being able to do so, your Con
gress curtailed what rights they had,
aud made their situation worse.
do not go through those States
where the Chinese have been SO
treated as | know I would be be-
seiged by Cinnamon in California
having complaints to make"
The second reason, he said, was
his advanced age, which compelled
him to take great care of his health
81 was told in China" he con.
tinued, that the steamship Emperor
OF China was the largest and most
comfortable of those on the Pacific
coast, and decided to go by way OF
Vancouver instead of taking a small
or steamship at San Francisco.
II wish to say more about the
exclusion act, The exclusion act is
most unfair and most foolish, be-
cause it is admitted by all who have
studied political economy that com.
petition, and competition alone, will
keep the market in good health,
whether that market is one of com,
MERGE or labor. Put aside from
your minds that am high Chinese
Official and mandarin, and look
upon me as a man who is studying
the best interests Of q country, |
say to you that to exclude cheap
labor or cheap commerce from your
country is unfair and against the
best interests of your country.
"By excluding the Chinese aud
taking Irish you get inferior labor
and pay superior prices for it,"
After the interview Earl Ii called
on Mayor Strong at the City Hall
and then proceeded to BROOKLYN
where he visited the Navy Yard,
Prospect Park and other places of
interest.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-09-10

Bleached Linen Table Damask so
inches wide at 55c per yard. Kerr's
Queen Street.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1896-05-02
A Sedentary Hen.

Though generally cheerful and con
tent with her lot, the hen at times be-
comes moody, sullen and taciturn.
At first she seems to be preoccupied
only. She starts and turns pale when
suddenly spoken to. Then she leaves
her companions and seems to be the
victim of hypochondria. Then her
mind wandcrs. At last YOU come upon
her suddenly some day seated under
the currant bushes. You sympathize
with her and you seek to fondle her.
She then picks a small memento out
of the back of your hand. You then
gently but firmly coax her out Of there
with hoe, and you find that she has
been seated for some time on an old
croquet ball, trying TO hatch out a
whole set of croquet balls. This shows
that her mind is affected. You pick
up the croquet ball and lind it hot and
fevcrish SO Won throw it into the shade
of the woodshed. Anon Won find your
delncuted heA III the loft of the barn
hovcriug over 4 door knob and trying
bv patience and industry to hatch out
a hotel. Bill Nye.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1896-05-02
Lighting New York HarbOr.

The entrance to New York harbor
is now illuminated at night like city
street, AS each Of the spar buoys along
the Gedney channel carries An electric
light. The current for these lights as
we'll as for some others farther up the
harbor. is furnished from a generat-
ing station at Sandy Hook Part Of
the lights are supplied with q contin-
uous current Of $50 volts by means of
nearly two miles Of cable, consisting
Of a single conductor of seven
stranded copper wires of No. Is guage,
covered with an insulator, aud pro-
tected by double armor of steel
wire. The buoys along the Gedney
channel are furnished with all alter
mating current of 1000 volts, prob
ably The first instance in which sucha
current has been used for this pur-
pose.
The lamps are of 100 candle power
esch. and are set at the top of the
buoy. They are protected by heavy
bell-giass globes. and are about five
inches IN diameter. The buoys to
which these lamps are fixed are large
spars, from sixty to seventy feet long,
each anchored to the bottom by hol.
low castiron block, shaped like a
mushroom, and weighing about 500
| pounds. New York Churchmeu.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1896-05-02

If a writer for the American Field
is to be believed, the crow duck is the
most extraordinary bird OH the Poto-
mac river, cutting up such capers rs
to make even a naturalist gasp.
-Four years ago." he writes, while
shooting ducks with Mr. Waller
president Clevclands duck blind
builder, | noticed crowd Of three
or four thousand crow ducks. After
half an hour ! noticed an eagle going
toward the flock. When lie arrived
at the proper distance he made dart
but the ducks as II By magic, wen.
under water like a fash, and sen. mp ii
volume of water as # a big nine Ind
been exploded. This was done time
and time again, and finally the volume
Of water thrown up Was So great that
the eagle was drowned. This IS
sight seldom seen. which MAY occur
but once n duchIug lie OF iiftv
ycare.
This crow duck is also known as the
American coot, mud hen, blue peter,
and Fnlica Americana by various hunt
ers and alongshore people. Up North
these ducks may BIC seen IN creeks and
marshy, recd-grown rivers. but South
in Florida they resort III enormous
numbers to>fhe lakes where bonnets. or
yellow lilies abound, associating there
with lesser scaup ducks. They arc
shy birds, being much prosecuted
usually, but IN localities where shoot;
in,- 3 prohibited, near the Tl,usvlIle,
Fla, railroad pier for instance, they
are az tame as sparrovs, understand
ing that they are safe.
The nearest anybody ever came 10
the drowning eagle story was Frank
VI. Chapman IN his Birds .! Eastern
North Amerlcs, when lie SAYS,
when alarmed they pa'tsr over the
water using their fee. as much a.
their wings The soaad produced is
q characteristic one He does no,
e.y vhe,he, the water flies or not, but
one could imagine that cro~ duck
Just as it turned Up TO dive could give
is scolioped webbet feet kick up
behind, Ike vicious mule and So
easura,.og tie eagle tia. il would ba
drowned. Eagles often catch living
fab, out OF the water, anl OF course.
ge. more or less We. IN 60 doing, bat
perhaps the Potomac river eagles arc
| Of . different species than those
| known to bird bccks
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1896-05-02
A Terrible Fly.

Near the castle of Golubaes is found
a range Of caverns, famous for pro-
duclng the poisonous fly too we'll
known III Scrvia and Hungary under
the name Of Golubaeser fly, says Pub
lie Opinion. These singular and ven
omous insects, somewhat resembling
mosquitoes, generally make their ap-
pearance during the first great heat in
such numbers as to seem like vast vol
umes of smoke. Their attacks are
always directed against every descrip-
ton of quadruped, and SO potent is
the poison they communicate that
even an OK is unable to withstand it's
influence, for he always expires in less
than two hours. This results, not SO
much from the virulence Of
the poison, as that every vul-
ncrable part is simultaneously
covered with these most de-
structive insects; then the wretched
animals, frenzied with pain, rush wild
-L-~.ol- H. :u1a,,, iii uvs+h puts an
end to their suffering, or they plunge
headlong into the rivers. The shep-
herds of these countries, taught by
experience the time of their approach b
annoint every part of their flock aud
herds unprotected by nature with a
strong decoction of wormwood, 10
which these flies have great an
tipathy. In addition to this, the
shepherds keep immense fires blazing
round which the poor animals, aware
of their danger, trembling and pa
tiently. congregate. Nature has,
however, mcrcifulIy ordained that
their existence shall be most ephemcr-
al, for the slightest variation in the
| weather Is sufficient to destroy the
| whole swarm.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1896-05-02

sillian, came up the hall. Ny moth<
put out both hands TO take JACK S, anil
then catching sight of Mr.. TresiiIions
face, exclaimed, "Mercifu ful heaven.
Gilbert!'
Yes, Mary, it Is l; n OF dead, as
You see, and Lettie?"
'fls waiting still, Gilbert. Oh, Ma
lor Pendarves, l am so glad. Lettie
has told ne. And now, child, go into
the oak parlor and break the news to
your aunt. No, perhaps I had better.
Gilbert come when l CALL"
Jack and | went over by the fire and
In few minutes mother's voice called,
Gilbert. Gilbert. coma quick - -
Mother soon reioined us, and to.
gether Ill the freight, we talked over
our plans; Jack saying l must so to
London and be presented at Court or
my marriage. There is little else te
tell. As Lady Pendarves had said,
there were two Miss Trehernes mar
rled together. and though Jack woul6
never agree with me, | always sale
Aunt Lettie looked the better of the
two. Black and White.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1896-05-02
The Cheapest Restaurant

All records have been broken in the
providing Of cheap meals for the very
poor, by German who mas a tiny
place on Oliver street, near Chatham
square. He serves bowl of coffee, a
bowl of pea soup and four slices
OF bread for one cent, and his
average patronage calls for 1000 such
meals a day. The Mariners Iemple
grants him free rent, he pays two
helpers s. a week each. ami takes "a
small wage for himself, aud generally
has 81 profits week 10 give to the
Mariners Temple Most Of the bread
is contributed by big baking firms
that have 1t left over. New York
Mail and Express
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1896-05-02
Ruse of Ahyssinian Warriors

The warriors Of Menelek, king Of
Abvssin!s, adopt device .ha. puzzles,
contuses and frequently batTes their
enemies OF the white persuasion. The.
cut down trees about seven Zee. from
the grouod, ard burn the stanrs till
toev are well caarr.d aud b.ackeoed.
L front 0: these they station them
selves, a1d the resemblance between
them and the stakes IS SO striking that
an Italian rileman IS likely ~ waste
all his cartridges on the latter in the
belief that he Is shooting az the
former. Aev 1orG Press
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1896-05-02
How She Managed.

y Ike that girl,' said Woodoy
Witfe, because whenever / tell her
anything amusing she laughs II the
right place.
"xes. replied his friend. She told
me how she manages it..
'Why -er-now is that -
''She says abe always watches YOU.
and laughs when ycu Washing
ton Star.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1896-05-02
THE WEDDING DRESS.

How we'll ! remember it all. We
wore ,ttinG rourri the fire in the oak
tarIur 'oi thc old Dover House at
oromer mother. Aunt Lcttic, and !.
Dear Aunt IottIc. how beautiful she
was stil! despite her SHOW white hair;
and though She was 'S, her complexion
was rs fresh and bright as any young
eirl's. We were chatt ering over the
peace just proclaimed the peace that
ended the long war with France the
Var that lasted twenty years
must tell something Of my dear
amt life, that YOU may understand
why my another aud we're touched
to surprise. Twenty years before my
5 auHt, then IS, and the Belle Of Daw
ash [some said OF Dcvonshire) was en-
Gagged to be married to handsome
Gilbert Tresllllna. 1t was splendid
match III every way. for he was young,
Ilch, anIablc; hc was an orphan, un
troubled with any undesirable rela-
ttyes; and, moreover, he had al ample
income arising from money IN the
tunds. GILBERT Treslllinn came to
STAY III Dawlish, where my grand
'sther then lived, ht the Mill house,
charming old place some four miles
rom the town surrounded by magnlfi-
cent gardens, sloplns terrace to the
sea gardens the admiration of the
West country The Gay before the
Wedding lie spfnt there. returning IN
tho evening to thc Red lion at Daw-
Ash Nv amt walked with him about
4 mile through the gardens, where
they parted until the morrow; and
from tliss moment Gilbert Tresllliau
was. not seen or heard oi again
He disappeared as completely from
the mortal ken as though the
Garth bal opened aud swallowed
9lm. The country was secured, the
sHorc beneath tie cliff WAS searched
bat not the slightest trace could be
'ouud. My poor aunt came near to
lie with brain fever; and When she
'ccoyercd. her beautiful hair was as
uh.tc as snow. My erandiather re,
moved froln place whose every ub.
.oct brought back some fearful mem
ory 10 his daughter; and when. soor
after he died, Aunt Lettie came t,
i've with us III Cromer. Though onl,
httle thing recall perfectly the
day she came, for l thought | hat
never seen any one SO sweet and vet
sad None had ever heard Aun
Lettie laugh, none had ever seen hel
smile. yet she was cheerful always
and ready 10 help every one. All thu
happened twenty years ago and though
many had sought her hand she wa.
sull true to the memory Of Gllber
Tresillian.
During the next few DAYS | coul,
'niuh and talk OF nothing save the
coming masquerade. and Jacks re
larn.
En- herhe DAY never 70 weary or long.
\ ieucth u ringeth 10 eNcnsonc
Aad SO nj length the eventful even
ne arrived. Aunt and mother dresse,
me II pettIcoat and tram Of lovelies
white hrocade. trimmed with film
honi'on lace. Mother dropped man
.1rtlve tear. recalling the bride tha
vas 10 have been, whose romance @
.o7e was cut short II such nveteri
Gus fashion; but aunt said never
word TIL was dressed, and then
Ur1lng 70 nv mother she exclairn ed
She looks better, Mary. than
should have done and after all. 20
see,lt has not been utterly wasted. b,
Hol must lei me powder YOUR hal,
Ae'Ne, every one wore powder when
WAS young"
+ was sitting, oh, 80 happy, by 81
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1896-05-02

The natives Of Venezuela and ad-
joining countries on the north side of
the river Amazon often avail them
sdfses of the services of native crane
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1896-05-02
domesticated US poultry keeper by
the natives Popular Science News.
"The State or Pike

the county of Pike is older than
the state OF Missouri itself having
been laid out by the Territorial Leg
islature in 1919 before Missouri was
admitted to the sisrerhood Of States
The town OF Louisiana was laid
out In the same year the county was
organized by Shaw & iColdwell. the
proprietors of the land upon which
the town now stands, SO that Louis
|rfnnAsnhI51 1||I
nlSioF 6t- tths = IA M g;
When Territorial government es-
tablished Pike county its southern
boundary was the northern line OF ST.
Charles county. The western line
was alo ng the ridge dividing the
waters of the Mississippi and Missouri
rivers, to the extreme northern bound
airy line of the territory of Upper
Louisiana. At that time the dividing
line between the Spanish and French
possessions was claimed by Spain TO
run along the summit of the Rocky
Mountains to the 10th degree of
Iorth latitude, while France claimed
the whole Of the territory now en-
braced by the states of Oregon aud
| Washington. This question was
finally settled between the United
States and Spain by the treaty OF
1919, which was not made and ratified
at the date of the passage of the act
creating this county.
If the French claim was correct,
them the county of Pike extended to
! the Pacific ocean on the west and to
the 49th degree Of north latitude.
The wonderful area Of the county
the Territorial Legislature was Great
ing stuck one Of the early day Solon'
SO forcibly that rising in his seat while
the bill was up for consideration, he
excla,med: "The county of Pike
why gentleman it is not count,
we are creating; its the biggest Stat
in the Union. Aud 30 Pike county
has gone down in history as Estate 0
sIssla ''-St L~-i. Rur.b1ie>
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1896-05-02

Brown. - asss..5
O. sasase sIslhsht ID assaassof putity. i
Carlyle.
knowledge of all avaiis the human
kind for all beyond the grave are joys
of mind.-Hogg.
Liberality does not exist so much in
giving q great deal MS in giving season
ably. La Micrec.
He who always prcfaces his talo
with laughter is poised between i'm.
pertlnencc and folly. = Lavater.
JOY descends gently upon us like the
evening. dew, and does not patter
down like hailstorm. Richter.
Tho game OF life looks cheerful
when one carries IN ones heart the
unallenable treasure. e.-Coleridge.
You may as we'll go abou, to turn
the sun to ice by tanning his face
with a peacock's feather. Shakes
peare.
AS the confusion Of tongues was q
| mark of separation, So the being of
one language is mark Of union. =
| Bacon.
We paint love rs child, when he
| should sit a giant on his clouds, tho
great disturbing spirit OF the world.
| -Croly.
| They pass best over The world wha
trip over 1t quickly; for it is but y
bog-if we stop We sink queen
Elizabeth.
| Law is the science in which the
| greatest powers Of the understanding
are applied to the greatest number Of
facts - johnson.
The discovery of what is true and
the practice Of that which is good arc
the two most important objects OF
philosophy. -Voltairc.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1896-05-02
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

A mans life is an appendix to his
heart. South.
joys arc our wings, SORROWS arc our
spurs. -Richte-.
A lie must be matched with another
or it will soon rain through.
The great secret Of life Is never to
be in the way of others. Halliburton.
Such is the posie love composes, a
stinging nettle mixed with. roseA a
Brown 80
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-05-02

room OeciOeu not 10 give CrcuN. hdie
lie vous remerci mon ami inconnu.
"Our years are like the shadows
On sunny hills that lie.
Or grasses in the meadows,
That blossom but to die:
A sleep, a dream, a story
By strangers quickly told,
An unremaining glory
or things that soon are Old
The poetry Of some Of the hymns that
congregations ring is the one remaining
literary influence that reaches even az
many Of the people as 60 to church
Before the people could read there was
poetic feeling. There was a mystery
about literary effects on the heart that
fascinated the peasantry and the scorn.
full knight to listen as often as the
jongleur would sing his narrative songs
Before that in the Homeric period the
people listened for hundreds of years to
the men who chanted their history into
an epic. There would have been no
Iliad il the people had not listened
Today they will not incline their ears.
Only few OF them 60 to church once a
week-half Of those who 60 are too late
for the opening services" and miss the
message a poet wrote and ages have
ripened.
Few read now that the heart Of the
mystery is plucked from letters. The
people are absorbed IN affairs. Every
thing else is vanity "All the labour Of
man is for his mouth and yet the appe-
tite is not filed"
Mr.. John S. Sargent, the portrait
painter, whom Whistler has fiattered by
putting in the same sentence with
Velasquez, is to paint portrait of the
right honorable Joseph Cham berlain.
The pain ter can scarcely leave the
monocle out OF Joseph's eye and il he
puts it in he might as well try to paint
a serious picture Of Mr.. Punch. Per-
haps the painter will paint picture of
his sitter's alert though politically I'M
scrupulous soul. In that case the like
ness does not matter and it may be a nice
picture. A New York critic says that
"the best portrait painters hold that
the first essential Of great portrait paint
ing is that the subject shall not be able
to recognize himself M. Sargent is
great portrait painter indisputably and
know Of none OF his portraits wherein
the likeness is said to be striking.
Many who saw at the worlds fair the
picture Of ST. Gauden's wife and son
will be haunted forever by it's beauty.
On looking at photographs Of Mrs. st.
Gaudens and sor it is impossible not to
them unsatisfactory as family
souvenirs.
Pabstis new beer advertisement looks
like cathedral window. 1t appears in
the principal monthly magazines and
shows q maiden who looks like Ruth,
plucking hops and only separated from
Boaz cutting rye by Mr.. Pabst's an
Of the good his tonic has
dcne. The advertising agent may he
trying to attract the attention OF those
who care only for the lines of church
or much more likely he is a
in small way.
The story. ''Sons and Fathers" fin-
ished all but the last chapter in last
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-05-02
In Omaha.

TIE COURIER 10 sale in Omaha Megeaths stationery
store, 1903 Farnam street
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-05-02

The story. ''Sons and Fathers" fin-
ished all but the last chapter in last
Fridays Chicago Record 10 very poor
story and good mystery. When only
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-05-02

isfact ory The COURIER has received. As
there is no other paper in Lincoln
which fits the description the unknown
writer has chosen to apply, there is no
forwardness in accepting it. Besides.
Il done it, that is pasted the cutting
from the Chicago Tribune on to the
copy. intended for this column and l
presume the Gods Of the composition
room decided not to give credit. Mais,
je vous remerci mon ami inconnu.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-05-02

"Our years are like the shadows
On sunny hills that lie,
Or grasses in the meadows,
That blossom but to die:
A sleep, a dream, a story
By strangers quickly told,
An unremaining glory
or things that soon are old"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-22
ANC>EMENn-
Richard Mansfield.

R5chard Mansfield xsa open MS engage
nent az the Seattle th.aier Monday even
.cS with Beau B-umneil" Mr.. Mans
feds 1aris has oss2 50 thoroughly sdsr-
ua-1 with his creation OF Beau Bram-
mel TIA; his engagement would Tot
sessn coEaplste without his appearance IN
this famous character 5estnealio1- The
play s;sslf presents charming scenes and
pictures q the English NOBILITY at the be-
ginning OF this century. II addition 20
which Mr.. Mansfield has elaborated his
part with - wealth % i.sal which be-
comes fascinating to the student Of drama
tic art from its intense realism ard close
attention 10 detail Beau Brlmmea. as
presented by M Mansfield. Is character
acting % the highest order. and IN the
part he hss the opportunity % appealing
- all the feelings Of the human breast.
his first estrancs causing laughter al his
absurd fo2plshrsss. and the last dsr-iny
the eye with pity for his misfortunes ard
sqUalor, and YET through II all there
runs 4 vein % admiration for the latent
m2nlEness that is 10 be seen IL the ecss1-
TIE makeup Of the character. a Paris
ian Romance vii be presented on Tues
day evening and Prince karl'' On We'd
1esday evening.