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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-09-05

shall take my lunch at the An
Choir tomorrow as Cunningham's
ook is up 10 dale add has some de-
licate surprises in store.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-09-05

A brass cannon landed from the
schooner Luka is dangerously and
suspiciously placed near Alick
Smiths workshop near the old fish
market. Notice of this should be
taken by our military authorities.
Alick Smith was taken prisoner dur
ing the late unpleasantness and
should be carefully watched.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-09-05

Yes! most certainly, to sit down
to a square family meal is an limo
walton, Gall in at the Anchor be-
tween ll:30 and l;30 and enjoy the
success,
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-09-05

The Pabst Milwaukee beer is ex-
cellent in bottles, aud is, perhaps,
better than in tho draugbt 1t may
cost trihe more than other beers
but it pays TO buy it. The Royal,
Pacific aud Cosmopolitan can sup
ply you.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-09-05

The best 75c Corset in town can
be bought at Kerr's. 4
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-09-05

Messrs Theo, SEVERN, TIL. Cook
and J. Fishel have severed their con-
nection with the Custom House.
The two former have been very eff
6cient guards during the last two
years and Mr.. Fishel has held the
office as Appraiser to the general
satisfaction OF the merchants No
reason has been assigned for this
sudden change in the staff of the
Custom House.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-09-05

Glow full our pastor was yester-
day morning--Of his subject
mean" eyes, but how slow he was
in emptying himself He wanted a
good dose OF Pabst Milwaukee beer
to invigorate his strength and ac-
CELEBRATE his delivery,
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-09-05

A pen and ink sketch superscrib-
ed. "A timely suggestion" is sug-
gestive. Artist Viggo jacobsen is the
artistic laborer. Professor" Fred
Leslie is at all times prepared to
show the picture, and subscribe
for the thirst souly. Try, just one Of
Fred's cocktails aud you will render
your judgment-that the world is
not cheerful liars.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-09-05

A manufacturers stock Of Liner
Serv cites from 50 per dozen a
Kerr's.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-09-05

This is just the weather that one
should drink Pabst Milwaukee beer,
1t is light, wholesome and thirst ap-
peasing, aud the Royal, Pacific and
Cosmopolitan are the saloons where
you can procure it,
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-09-05

1t is much better to patlonize
Cunningham's Anchor restaurant
than to take bal meal at Chinese
eating house.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-09-05

Bleached Liuen Table Damask 81
inches wide at 55c per yard. Kerr's
Queen Street.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-05-07
Sraye Deed Of tho War.

At the battle Of Franklin. at a critical
juncture. when the Union center was
broken and the Confederates. greatly
superior in numbers. had gained such
advantage that humiliation or capture
seemed inevitable. when there was left
only one small chance OF driving the
rebels back and holding the center.
Major-General D. 8. Stanley rode in
front OF Updike's brigade. and. restnr-
ing confidence in the men, led them to
The assault The struggle was furious
and terrible. Men fought with bayonets
and with the stocks OF their guns. The
gallant Stanley was in the midst Of
it all. and his courageous bearing and
indomitaDie viii 30 eDthussd his men
that they fOIsnx like yeSy demons. Ine
enemy was driven back, the line re-
established and TIE DAY saved.--Sl.
Louis Globe democrat.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-05-07
LEGALLY DEAD.
Ths Strange Case of Capt. Mayo. Who
Went North After Whales

xhe strange ease OF Sapt. MAyOs "uO
Went North After Whales
The friends of Captain Mariana Mayo
OF San Leandro are somewhat excited
over a report that has just been re-
ceivcd from the north that the captain
who was supposed to have died on
little island in the Arctic. is alive and
will soon return to his home. says the
ST. Francisco Examiner. There is
strange story connected with The life
of Captain Mayo. Should the report that
he is alive prove to he true there will
b" coLstornation in more than one Fam-
i'y in Eden township. Captain Mayo
was an cld-tirre whaler who settled
in San Lean1ro many years H=o. He
e"llow, ID whaling for living md everT
year ho made trim TO the northern wa
ers. For years luck was against him
and he made but little money. The cap
, tain married vo,rg lady of San 1-e-
andre. ard they had two children. who
or" st'l alive. -Four years ago Captain
Mavo made q trip to the Arctic regions
| and he was very successful. When he
! returned he built fine home at San
! Leandro and determined to give up the
sea. He promised his wife that he
would only make one more trip. ann
that would he his last. Three years
'"o he left his San T.eandro home ana
r"i'o1 Coz tho rcrt', nnd he expected 10
wake enough money to last him for lie.
II was his INTENTION when he left to
remain in the Arctic regions during
| hn -;,,,- u HI n
! visions from, tho SUNNY ehin which
sailed north annually Captain MAYO
! hnd heon gone almost a wear and
| nothing had hcnn hoerd Of him. Then
! Contain Hea'ev Of the revenue cutter
| F"ar came down from the Arctic re-
"icrs 'r'' '~~u~H' 'ho INFORMATION that
/ Contain Ma vas dead. The widow
! @oclired '~ N~|ic'-" I'VE etorv and so did
tho rc~,hrrr cf the local lodges OF
| 'rrinh Tho rart~', Wa y member They
v'n- OIL c~.~>~ ,>~o~s r'No story was then
related That while after whale Cap
! vain We've, bod h-o'-nn his log. and when
Tho Rear e,,l,,e C'n~to'r Nayo's vessel
! ne WIS IN y hr' CONDITION. We was
! rlaced on hoard the Bear and given
enrsicn! treatment Then he was TAX
| en- to srooll island in the far north
| and nut ashore. A nurse was secured
10 care for him mt after suffering for
several davs no d'o1 nf blood poison
ing. Cartain TTealev made an affidavit
If his knowledge of the case and an
Hf1idavit vas made by the man who
claimed that he buried Captain Mayo.
| This was the evidence Of his death. The
| estate of the missing man was probated
In this county and the insurance on
his life paid to the widow by the lodges.
In the course Of time Mrs. Mayo mar
riod again. and is now living at San
Leandro. In the eyes CT the law Cap
tain MAYO is dead and the story that
Is now brought TO San Leandro has
caused no end gossip. Captain Mayo
said that he would he absent three
years. and that time is nearly up.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-05-07
POPULAR SCIENCE,

Twenty millions OF meteors are said
to fall upon tho earth every day. their
aggregate weight amounting TO sever
al tons.
\ new insulating material for tela-
grapn ana other work ia being intro
Gu2el BY Cardiff firm Of enane.ers.
II is stated to be T..uch less costly than
the preset.t material a.-d .". .ot be
broken or cracked.
London bgromeiers on Jan. 9, 1906,
Showed a pressure OF Se.oa4 inches at
Y D. III. Only four times IN a hundred
and illy years has q height above 500
inches been recorded. On tho same day
near Chester. the barometer reached
Si.Ul3 inches.
A recp.t scientific traveller Ia Palos.
tIe publishes. as the result CT his OBJ
seryGtions, that the Sea OF Gallies
wn!ch is eight hundred feet Below TIE
level CT the Mediterranean. Is fast be-
coming Hike the Dead Sea, With dense
water and salt formations on its banks
The Traveller believes that the bottom
o. the sen is sinking, and that greater
oi.aUees IN It are impending.
Mt Gcosle D. Fling in Psyche. a wei
taoNa cnteiaeias ical Journal, asserts
tlat insects i.ee.a soiia duriaa lie win
te. and thaw CIT when wariI weatnsl
comes. This surely has never beer
doa:0astrated. /; enee the power O
evolving heat is lost HE gees with it
At least this IS great principle in bic:
cgy. There are liquids which do no
freeze under a low temperature. ant
these possibly enter Into The insee. oe
gansI,
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-05-07
How Tnaddeus Felt.

Congressman Brcsius Of PennsS,van
Ia tells this story about Thaddeus ots''
ems, according to yesterdays "asnlns
ton Post: Stevens was chaml''on. no
some bill in congress which a'ouseu ".
opposition of the combined Sou'ne'1
members. He made brilliant spec.
in favor of it, and equally bri'''au'
speeches were made on the other s'us'
and the upshot Of it was that So "a
was outvoted after a very hi''ef ~.
passionate partisan debate o.e's.
was still boiling with disapPolh'msa'
and bitterness when Tombs. oil neo' .'u
in a haunting way, asked him: w.. a..
Stevens, how do you feel over your y. :.
feat" Feel snapped back Hte'ens,
feel like the poor man at the iich .
gate, who was licked by the dogs
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-05-07

Miss Emma &. Slckles. who achieved
considerable reputation lor the part che
played in connection with the uprising
OF the Indians 1T Pine Ridge agency In
1890, has just received q notification
that ste has been awarded gold medal
by a society in Paris. France, whose
motto is. ITO Save or to Perish" Miss
Sickles was in 1886 teacher In the
Indian school at Pine Ridge agency AMI
was we'll acquainted with all the In
dams. When the uprising 1t the agency
occurred in 1890 che volunteered her
services to the war department SEC
rotary Proctor and Cen Schcfeld sane
toned her enterprise. She managed AZ
great personal risk TO get into the camp
of the hostile Indians. and although
the massacre of Wounded Knee too1
place she has always maintained Una
by giving Gen. Miles timely iniormS
ton of the intentions subsequent 70 Una.
she averted a wholesale slaughter !"
the agency.-Detroit Free Press
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-05-07
Facts About People.

The seventy-two races inhabitine
the world communicate to each other
N 1904 different tongues, and confess
10 about 1 900 religions. The number
OF men and women is very nearly equal.
the average longevity of both sexes be-
ing only ihirty-eight years. about one
third of the population dying before
the age Of II. Moreover, according to
the most careful computation. only one
person in 100000 of both sexes attains
the age OF 100 years. and only six TO
seven In 100 the age Of 80. Generally.
taking the entire world. married people
live longer than single. and those who
have to work hard TOR their living long
er than those who do not. while also the
average rate Of longevity is higher
among civilized than uncivilized races
Further, people Of large physique live
longer than those OF small. but those OF
middle size beat both.-New York Med.
ical Record.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-05-07
A WORD TO MOTHERS
An Opportunity for Reflection Afts
Reading Implied Advice

An Opportunity for Reelection Ate.
Reading Implied Advice
How many girls we meet TO-DAY no.
tween the ages of IL and Il who are
going out in company without either
father or mother accompanying them"
begins a conversation reported in tina
Philadelphia Press. Either they %
out alone or with a young girl or young
man as easily Influenced as themselves
These young people have an idea that
their parents are growing old and are
of a different generation from Them
selves. therefore they neither under
stand nor sympathize with them. ~
they seek suggestions from those who
they think will coincide with their
views and with the times generally
How differently the daughter feels to.
ward the wise mother who has made Of
her friend and companion from child
hood Bound up in the love and inAu-
ence and confidence of such a mother
there will be no question concerning
the useful womanhood of such daugh
ter"
But sometimes" interrupted. "one
sees daughters that are far superior in
moral character to their mothers"
There are instances. of course, wher.
the daughter would be better off had the
! mother no influence whatever over
her." was her answer
1T is shameful that such state Of
affairs should exist, and yet it is true
| The mother seems as greatly pleased
over the daughters success in catching
new beaux as other mothers feel when
their daughters receive prizes for ef-
| flcient work in school. They proudly
exhibit the packet of love letters the
daughter has received in one week, and
We have only to look out upon the
street of any town. from twilight until
9 to 10 o'clock in the evening. TO see the
result of such training. Young girls
! dressed in their best are noticed walk
ing up and down the streets, endeavor-
ing to attract attention, or chatting
with some youth upon street corner
These are somebody's daughters Are
they yours? Perhaps some mothers
| viii w udt 81 IOHS DIS tuerp
are other girls with her?' But who are
the other girls and what is their nflu-
ence over your daughter: Do you sup
pose these girls are the confidential
companions of their mothers. or that
they repeat to them one-half the con-
versation which passes between them
and their street friends?
III you have not previously secured
your daughters confidence, however.
be sure 1t will not be given you then.
for their timidity and bashfulness will
be far greater at that time than ever
before. Ii she does not go to you she
gathers little Information from one
young friend, a little more from an
other. and very likely none Of it cor
rect and much Of it harmful.
THE complaint of the paragraph.
think, is jast. Women should make
every effort to be their daughters con-
ndantes-yes. and their sons. too."
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-05-07

Inc Electric Review calls attention
10 the advance on the Boston marhe, o,
Bell Telephone stock from 2Ol to 2D4. in
connection with the announcement that
the company is about to issue 5000
shares OF stock with which to further
extend or improve It's long-listauca
service. The rise OF Bell Telephcue
Which is believed to have been from
about l65 to its present figure, goa. In
IN: last twelve months, and that, while
It's capital stock has been i1Crease1
from s2o.ooo.0O0 TO $50. 100000 ma CON
siHncs to rise along with increased can
''a'iZaiion. testities to tho ulmos, m.
limited possibilities OF the telephone In
ifs extension OF popular Use.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-05-07

When cleared. by tiltering through blot
ting paper, of some fine dust OF car
bonic acid gas, 1t wore the appearance
OF limpid. light-blue water. A few
drops OF it, however. thrown on genu-
inc water fixed and sputtered like red
hot iron plunged into cool stream. and
presently each one was seen floating
about in self-made cup of ice. Some
alcoho' poured into the mysterious
liquid became promptly a solid block.
Yet alcohol resists sternest arctic rig
ors. freezing. indeed, at 234 degrees
frost. Removed from the oxygen, It
thawed into viscid substance. which
could not be induced to burn until 1t had
taken up heat enough to restore 1t 10 its
normal condition"
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-05-07
Hit Hin, All XII. NJ.

A young woman from oui u VI -,
went to tea among the !terAfs ..
last week. She Was iL1f1dGee" ~,
whole roomful OF people. Sld !'ei w." va,
she went about trying 10 ci-I' e'o'' 's -.
by his right and proper h''Ane II
rather prides herself on ina. ga "a an
thing, you know. She rcnempe feu .,
amazing number of names, ut. rine
she came to one distinguished i' noS
man she paused in despair .hu;
everybody else's name. she s''i4' an
when l try to remember you.s AT
completely at a.""Then you re ~. -,
wrong" said the distinguished urosh.
man. My name is AiWa'eF'
ington Post.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-05-07

able to rise, and occasionally groaning
for The Doctors benefit or course.
preferred this to the uncertain fate of a
condition there was room for me 20
hope 10 escape.
THE doctor, whose own mind seemed
not wonderfully brilliant. was easy to
deceive, and l once heard him remark
to an assistant that. owing to the loca-
tion Of my wound, he was quite certain
that 1t had affected my brain, which ac-
counted for my prolonged suffering.
He kept my head carefully bolstered in
bandases, much to my discomfort.
though, of course. was in no condition
tc offer objections.
From bits Of conversation had be-
tween the surgeon and the officers who
occasionally called on him, l learned
that We were still camped at Ruggles'
Ford. awaiting the arrival Of another
regiment from somewhere.
But l forgot to tell you that at the
time Of my capture nearly dozen
more Of our boys. who fell wounded that
morning, were carried into the same tent
that was. Since then. however, three
or four of the poor fellows, whose
wounds had been far more serious than
mine, had been hauled away to the
graveyard.
Yes. about dark. on the evening OF
my second day there. the dead wagon
had backed up to the door of the tent.
and carried them off. Each was
wrapped in a single blanket-the same
blanket that he had suffered on-aua
they we're laid in the forest. somewhere
along the bank of the creek.
81. was awful. colonel, to hear that
wagon rafting OFF with them, espe-
ciaiiy just at dusk. for those were moon
light evenings. and to the gravediggers
1t seemed more rcverent to perform
their solemn duties at night.
well. colonel, On the morning OF the
third day l continued to lie in hall
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-05-07
The God IDEA.

There is a vast difference between the
God-idea and the idea of God. The
God-idea has ever existed in the minds
OF humanity, and the idea of God has
constantly changed as man has pro-
crossed from savagery to civilization,
The God-idea is fundamental factor
in the mind of the individual, but the
idea of God depends upon the degree ot
the intelligence of the individual, Tie
God-idea is the highest possibility OF
the individual Rev. F. K. Mason.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-05-07

The most HUnGe:fut c,iy E.s1IH the
limits % the United States, Gnd wbicn
has no existence whatever during iae
summer months. is Fish City, slicn.
This municipal Cus-..y is bull. OF the
ice OF Saginaw Bay regularly every
winter and is occup. ed b. lien and their
families. who are ensageA In catching.
cleaning and packing lake trout ana
while fish for Inc market. Fish City i
situated in the s11As cove every winter
and is built Of rCush pine boards. In
the winter OF 1888 - il had 4 population
OF nearly $500. and in 1895 almost
twice that number-Exchause
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-05-07

composed OF ten lassies and ten men,
all musicians The start will be made
from Kansas City, and the route will
lie through Kansas. Missouri. Arkansas.
Oklahoma and Indian Territories.
The brigade mounted on bicycles viii!
be practically brass band on wheels.
and the feature is entirely new and
original with Brigadier Sully.
There will be special costumes de-
signed for the members. That for
women has not yet been determined.
The men will probably wear white caps
or helmets with the red ribbon Of the
organization.
Between towns when the distances
are long the lassies will travel by rail
ments. There is host of volunteers
already. but the utmost care will be
exercised in making the final selection.
SO as to make the little band as effective
as possible.
All towns where the organization has
posts will he visited, sometimes by the
entire brigade and sometimes by irdi-
vidual members detailed to this duty
In towns where there are no regular
posts efforts will be made to establish
them.
The first point to be visited is Law
renee. Kan, thence the route leads to
Topeka. Emporia, Newton. Wichita
Wellington and south to Oklahoma. In
Oklahoma the brigade will stop a:
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-05-07
I,O,JEFACTION OF GASES.
A Wonderful Discovery OF Freezing
oxygen and Air.

oxygen anu Ar
On Dec %, 1857, a year which must
forever be memorable in the history
of chemistry, the liquefaction of oxygen
was announced as having been success
fully accomplished. says the Sco''lsh
Review. BY strange concurrence 'ni'
great achievement was erected siiIui-
taneously by two investigators-M. flc-
tet of Geneva and NJ. Cailletet OF Paris
who. unknown to one another. had beeh
devoting years of painstaking research
to effect this object. The concurrence
is rendered all the more striking WHEN
we remember that similar colncldence
is associated with the discovery OF TINS
gas in liza by Priestley and ScheeIs.
The methods employed by both lnVesu-
gators were similar and consisted IN tue
combination of enormous pressure WIN
very low temperatures. The oxygen
gas. submitted to pressure OF 5oo 10 oVo
atmospheres, and a temperature or lo1
degrees of frost, was suddenly alio"eu
to escape through narrow apera'urc'
and in so doing consumed sucn q"a"
tity OF heat as to condense portion oi
the gas. The liouefaction OF nitrogen
by the same experimenters soon 1o'-
| lowed
1t was. however. to Prof. De"ar OF
| the ROYAL Institution, London, to per-
| feet the methods for the production OF
| these gases in the liquid state. in guam
| titles sufficient to study their proper
, ties, and to reduce nitrogen ana air 10
| the liquid state. Prof. Dewar's re-
searches have been going on for some
years now. but they were first MADE
known to wv general public on the oc-
| casion of the Faraday centenary in 1891.
| The following short description from a
recent article in the Edinburgh review.
of Prof, Dewar's lecture may he quoted
The numerous audience" says the
writor. COLLECTED in the thea'er OF the
ROYAL Institution on Friday evening,
| June &c 1891. were amazed to see LIQUID
| oxygen freely on tan and drawn of. to
| vulgar apprehension. smoking hot. In
| point of fact it was boiling ut tenn
perature of 32S degrees Of frost. its
steaming appearance being due to the
conversion of the moisture in the sur
rounding air into ice particles through
contact with the swiftly oe,n-',c gas
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-05-07
Culr In tho kou,;..

The New York Tribune printed A
story the other day OF man who com.
piained 10 book publisher tina, y Ger.
tain book was not properly bound, the
fact being that its pages were loft ,,,c;;t.
The manager OF book store IN Chntla.
nooga writes: I'VE have haa many
similar experiences with BOOKS with
uncut edges. 1t has got 80 row TIM.
We never even attempt to explain the
matter but send them their ,,1caey
quick IL we can't furnish u ,!iirerens
binding. 1t Is q relief 10 know that the
same thing happens in tho cultured
East"