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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-07-17
The Fatal Mugs

1t will, perhaps, surprise English
readers to learn that the 100000
mugs distributed by The Russian
Emperor and Empress 10 Moscow as
souvenirs of their coronation were
manufactured in Eogland. 1t was
during the distribution of these
that the terrible crush ensued in
which so many lives were lost.
Messrs. Robinson, of Wolverhamp-
ton, had the distinction OF receiving
the order. The mug, which holds
nearly a pint, is made OF the best
English steel plates, and is beauti-
fully enamelled and decorated in
blue and red upon creamy back
ground, with gold bands at the top
and bottom, the main ornaments
being IN. and A. in Russia, the
Imperial coat-of-arms, and the
figures 1896.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-07-17
Prayer and Poker.

Nor do l present the following
ant cdote as an encouragement for n
fellow TO try his luck at a gamble
when his fortunes are desperate. 1t
is one OF Florence's stories, and /
heard him youch for its accuracy.
Gen. Forrest was noted Southern
officer in the American War. All
being over, he returned with his wife.
to Memphis. She was a lady Of
amabl. aud Christian virtues, the
only person in The world who could
coutrol the fry temper OF h.
famous soldier. Sitting at home on
Sunday night he said, Mary
know you are strict Chnrchwomsn,
and always dead against cards; but
a 10 dollar bill is all tn 1t stands be-
tween us aud the poorhouse. Now,
wo1't you ,nsent TO my going out
to night and hunting up game OF
draw pok +? Aud above all, won't
you pray that | may wiu?' In vain
the good woman protested aud
dwelt upon the sin Of it, aud on a
Sunday night Of all nights in the
week The general kissed her ten
deris, and babe her goodnight. He
returned at 2 o'clock in the morn
ing. He took of his hat where he
had packed his winnings, and empti-
ed the notes and gold into her lap.
"Couut it, Mary" be said. She did
so; il amounted to l500lols. "And
really believe" said the general,
when he told the story, that Mary,
ia spite OF all she said, did offer up
little prayer for me while was
gone. Anyhow, / know that in
many tight place during the war
her prayers must have been heard
and so all's well that ends well-no
poor devil, / think, ever wanted
lh00dols. so badly as did that Sun
day nightp JOSEPH HATToN.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-07-17

To the Egyptians has been given
the honor OF inventing the FIRST
lamp, but it seem ms moe than prob
able that they received it from the
older civilization of Iudia. The
amps originally used by the He
brews, the Egyptians aud Greeks
were simple fat vessels with a small
handle at one end, aud at The side a
little projection with hole, form
ing nozze. In the back was a
larger opening, iuto which the oil
was poured. The oil used was gen
orally vegetable, but according to
Plny it was sometimes OF liquid
bitnmtn.
The lump commonly used in
Egypt at the pre- ent time il small
glass vess, ], with a tube in thu lot
tom, in which is placed wick OF
cotton twisttd d around straw. The
ordinary travellers torch, or lamp,
in India is bundle Of strips of rag
on the end OF a stick, With oil pour
ed over il. In "oible lands" The
lamp commonly used is small
earthprn plate, with the edge turned
~ To make it hold a small quautily
Of oil.
Among the most beautiful ruins
of antiquity that have been preserv.
'd are a great number OF Egyptian,
Greek and II ,man lamps, formed OF
clay, metal, terra Gotta and bronze.
The museum at Naples contains the
finest vari-ty OF specimens to be
found anywhere. These were re-.
covered from the ruins of Pompeii
aud 1erculaneum. Some lamps
were hung with chains to bronze
can ielabra; some were supp orted
by beau iful brackets.
Iu 1874 Ami Argand, a Swiss re-
siding in London, made an entire
revolution in artificial light by in
venting a burner with a circular
wick, the flame being thus supplied
with an inner aud an outer current
Of air. To Argaud we also owe the
invention OF the common glass lamp
chimney. He was very desiious OF
Increasing the light gi7en out by
the lamp that he had invented, and
to chat end had made many expert
m-n,s, but all to no purpose.
One night as he sat at his work
table thinking, he noticed an oil
flask lying near eff which the bot
tom had heen broken, leaving a long
II, cked, funnel shaped tube, He
thought it ou, placed it over the
lame Of his lamp. The result as
tonished aud delighted him. for the
q ,me became brilliant white light.
Argand made pract cal use of the
hut thus given him 10y d-vising the
lamp chimney.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-07-17
His Only Brief.

Q. c., Mr. r., tells true story in
Gnitely full OF pathos. A fortnight
ago Letter reached him in the
handwriting Of au old college friend
telling a pitiful story of a stranded
life. The writer had been called
to the Bar, hoping some day to land
on the judicial bench, even il he did
not reach the Woolsack. He bad
no influence, aud very little money
No business came his way. But be
held on through long years, patient
~ hoping that some day his chance
would come. Now he was sick, prob
ably unto death, aud had no money
to buy food or medicine. His old
friend promptly sent a remittance,
which was gratefully acknow edged
A SAD DISCOVERY.
At the end OF fortnight it occurred
to him that he would call on the
sick man and see what more he
might do to help him. Arrived at
the address, the door opened hy
lady like woman, sill young, pretty
in spite OF the pinchiDg Of poverty.
He gave his name and announced
his errand. Whereat the lady, burst
ing into a passion OF tears, told him
he was too late. Her husband had
died that morning. "Would you like
to see him7" she asked wistfully.
The two walked upstairs to small
front room. Ga the bed lay the
body OF man about 40, fully dress
ed in the wig and gown OF barrister
la his right hand be held bundle
OF foolscap. "What is thal9' the old
friend whispered. THAT" said the
widow, ".s the only brief he receive d
in the course OF ~ years waiting.
He asked me TO dress him thus, and
put it in his hand when be was dead"
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-07-17
Administrative Notice.

TINE UNDERSIGNED HAVING BEEN
Il duly appointed Administrative With
the Will Annexed of the Estate Of Ma o
(w), of Honolulu, oahu deceased notice
is hereby given to all creditors of the ce-
ceased to present their claims, whether
secured by mortgage or otherwise, duly
authenticated, and with the proper vouch-
ers. IL anv exist to the undersigned within
Six Months (6) from the date hereof "r
they will forever barred; and all persons
indebted to the deceased are req ested 10
make immediate IaymenC at the Law
Office Of s. X. Kane. corner of King and
Bethel Streets, upstairs
KELIIHANANUI,
Administrative with the viii Annexed of
Mao (w), deceased.
Honolulu, July ID, 1896, S26-3t oaw
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-07-17
Diamonds by the Poun dis.

The finest collection of jewels in
the world is that which the late
Shah Of Persia possessed. Ordin-
airy people estimate their wealth in
diamonds in carats, but this Oriental
ruler might have reckoned his by
the pound. 1t is almost impossible
to put value upon them, but the
lowest estimates appraise the at
between Els 100000 and f20,000,000.
Thy will now become The property
Of the ShaL's successor There is
the Kaiauian crown, shaped like a
dover pot, wit the small end open
aud the other closed. At the top is
set what is perhaps the greatest
ruby in the world, an uucut, abso-
lutely hawless gem as large as a
hens egg. OF gauutlets and bolts
the Shah's store was vast, and every
one was adorned and covered with
diamonds and
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-07-17
NOTICE.

CUBSCRIBERS ARE RESPECTFULLY
- notified that all subscriptions are pay
able strictly in advance by the month.
II. i. TESLA,
Tt-+t Maoa0n-
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-07-17
PEARLS OF sURPAs ING VALUE.

The Kaianian belt is he haudsomest
Of these girdles, and is about foe t
in width. The dazzling mass OF
diamonds, pearls, aud emerads
which encrust it weighs nearly IS b.
There are drinking bowls galore,
each thickly studded with gems;
swords, or 2 Of which have jewell.d
hits. There are garments aud
robes, too, so thickly crusted with
jewels as to hide the fabric beneat J.,
aud in the ruler OF P-rsia's cuff-ls
lie tray after tray Of pearl, ruby ana
emerald necklaces, aud diamond,
ruby, and turquoise rings by the
buudred. BY the gem of Ibis col.
lection OF gems is the famous
Darya.i-Nur, or Sea of Light, The
sister diamond to the famous Koh
Moor, aud weighs so carats more
than that gem. The inscription OF
the Shal'S name on one side, how
ever, reduces the value of the stone
incalculably.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-01
Rome.s Great Road system.

The Roman empire had system Of
paved roads, radiating from Rome in
every direction, to the utmost limits of
Roman territory. One great road led
across the Alps into Gaul, to a point near
Calais, and beginning again in Britain
it ran directly north to the wall of
Severns; another down the valley of
the Danube, and from Constant nople
east, through Syria and Palestine, to
che Euphrates. Still another ran west,
along the seacoast into Spain, while
Africs had its own system.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-01
HISTORICAL ROADS.
They Were Built by Hard Work and En-
tirely Without Resolutions.

They Were Built by Hard Work and En-
tirely Without Resolutions.
When Appius Claudius started out to
build the now famous Appian way, he
didn't wait for carriage builders, bicy-
Gle clubs and farmers p:cnics'' to pass
resolutions on the subject. He simply
put men to work and constructed road
220 miles in length, by II 10 Is feet wide
from Rome south through Capau TO
Brindisi, and although FOG years have
passed since then, the Appian way is
still the best country road in Europe
When Napoleon determined that France
should have the best highways on earth
tor the rapid movement nf troops and
the ready supply of armies with pro-
visions, he didn't pause for the adoption
of constitutional amendment, but at
once took his soldiers out and built the
roads. And there they ere to-day, the
finest and best highways ever construct
ed. This dictatorial way of doing
things is of course neither possible nor
advisable in republican country, but
it is part of history which teaches us
shat the only way to ge; good roads is
to build them, no matter what the cost.
What is wanted most in the construction
OF country roads is disposition to
give up the cash required for the pur-
pose. A bushel of resolutions never yet
built q foot of roadway anywhere under
heaven. Rural World.
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e.ssf 49,: 4. 3.
COUNTRY AND CITY.
The Farm Laborer's Lot Is Not So Bad
as Many Imagine.

! as Many Imagine.
moseswho work by the month on the
farm are apt to regard their circum-
stances with disfayor when they hear Of
the wages which labor of no higher
grade commands in our1arge cities. But
they will find, if they Investigate the
matter, that the farm laborer is usually
as well paid as his city brother, and
Qftentimes> "a great deal better. In the
city of Pittsburgh at present all the car
penters and artisans of similar grade
that are wanted can be had for two dol
lars per day. Many cannot find work at
that. All over western Pennsylvania
good common" labor can be had at
prices from one dollar to one dollar and
fifty cents per day. Those who have
contracts for public works, such as rail
roads, pipe lines. etc., are overwhelmed
with applications for work.
Wages like $3.50, 50, or $3.50 per day
look pretty big to the man who the year
round makes but SO cents in cash, but
they are not so big as they look. They
are often inconstant. \ good many
skilled laborers can work only part Of
the year, but rert and other living ex-
penses must be paid all the time. The
city laborer must pay cash for every
thing, including many things which the
farmland is either furnished or permit
ted to raise for himself free of cost. I'm
less workman of the two-dollar grade
has constant employment in city like
Pittsburgh he is very likely to find the
balance on the wrong side at the end
of the year. If he has family to sup
port he must often live in cramped quar-
tiers, and must raise his children amid
surroundings unfavorablc to their ply
steal and moral development. Contrast
this picture with the man on the farm,
who, if he has family, is often fur
nished house at little or no cost, is per-
mitted to raise his vegetables, dairy
products and meat, and is paid wages be-
sides. Or with the single man who is
kept and if economical has most Ct his
wages at the end of the year. The coun-
try laborer who investigates the mat
ter thoroughly will be very slow to
change his certain employment and in
expensive living for place where the
reverse is unfortunately too common
National Stockman.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-01
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
SMOOTH HIGHWAYS.
What Wheelmen Arc Doing to Hasten
Their COnstructfon

What Wheelmen Arc Doing to Hasten
Their Construction.
Joseph B. Bishop sums up his article
in the Forum on the Social and
Economic Influence of the Bicycle in
these words: Putting all other social
and economic effects aside, its influence
as missionary for scientific road build
ing is alone sufficient to entitle it to the
lasting gratitude of the American peo-
pie" The commentator of this good
Office of the wheel rests on a sound
basis. It is not too much to say that be-
fore the bicycle came into general use
the majority of the country roads were
not always adequate even for heavy
wagons, and, as rule. were unsuited tc
light driving, except at a certain season
of the year. In the vicinity of large
cities great stretches of highway like
the Lancaster pike, near Philadelphia.
were sometimes macadamized, but
branch roads into the country, or roads
beyond certain radius of miles from
the metropolis, were left almost in a
natural state. Up to the present time
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-01
EARLY STRAWBERRIES.

Some of the Varieties Which Have Given
Satisfactory Results.
The very early strawberry fighting
for life amid the quickly aftermath ex-
tremes Of heat and cold of early spring
is apt to be generally inferior to varie-
ties ripening later and under more IA
yorable conditions. Laboring under so
many disadvantages from weather it
must have all the advantages that soil
can give to attain any degree of excel
lcnce. With all these advantages many
more early Strawberries prove failures
than any other kind. After many years
experience and the testing of many
hundreds of varieties, 1 find that the
Murray and the Improved Westbrook
are the best. I have tested them fully.
Both ripen their fruit before Crescent
or such varieties called early-begin
to ripen at all. AS experienced growers
know, this is very early indeed. Both
are very prolific, of the most perfect
and brilliant red, and about the finest
and best shippers I ever saw. Their
size is good averaging with Crescent.
Being pistillates they should have
Meek's Early planted every fourth row
as pollen;Zers. Eleanor I have not fully
tested, but experienced and reliable
growers pronounce it the earliest and
most valuable berry known. But like
I'll very early varieties the above must
have rich soil and clean culture. One
hundred bushels of cotton seed CT half
ton of cotton seed meal, CT ESQ pounds
Of nitrate of soda, or rs good loads of
stable manure, 300 pounds dissolved
bone or acid phosphate and $50 pounds
sulphate of potash. or 1CC bushels I'm
leacned wood ashes per acre, thorough
ly plowed and narrowed liz make SPLEEN
did crops of them on almost any soil.
Pipening so early and being so firm and
highly colored they command very high
prices.-O. W. Blacknall. in Prairie
Farmer.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-01

there has been no uniformity in the
building and preservation CT roads. \
person starting on a road journey
through New York, Pennsylvania or
the New England states was never
sure that his progress would not be de-
layed by ruts, stones, holes and other
impediments of country travel.
There are good reasons why the roads
in this country are not yet in the state
of perfection found abroad. The vast
areas of the United States, the wide
stretches of uncultivated land, the rap
id march of emigra ton westward, the
concentration of wealth and population
in metropolitan centers. have all con-
tributed to a certain neglect of scien-
tiic road building. In addition to these
hindrances, the enormous expense re-
quired to build and keep in order thou
sands of miles OF highway, seemed often
to put the undertaking out of the ques-
ton.
There are indications, however, that
what the legislation of townships AMI
the complaints of teamsters and drivers
have not been able to accomplish in this
matter will be accomplished by the BIZ
cycle. A century run is practicable
only over hundred miles OF good road
The man who takes spin Of five or ten
miles of an evening also demands safe
and sure passage unimpeded by stones
or ruts. The ever-increasing number
of wheelmen makes this demand i'm
perative, and good roads are now in
evitable. The time may not be very far
distant when 4 man may wheel from
New York to San Francisco over high
ways as firm and smooth as the boule-
vard.-N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-01
TOOL FOR scRAP1NG BARK.

scraped off. A most convenient imple-
ment for this purpose is the shank of
an old, WORKOUT hoe. Gu. off as shown
in the cut, and sharpen to an edge.
With this an entire tree, even to the
smaller limbs, can be scraped in few
minutes. One sees hundreds of old neg
lected orchards about the country that
ought to have the trunks of the trees
thoroughly scraped, the suckers" and
superfuous limbs removed, the remain
der grated to good fruit, and the sod
broken about the roots and fertilized.
would soon be paying profit instead Of
producing, as now, barely enough fruit
to pay for gathering Country Gentle
man.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-01
summer Resorts on the donon.

The Summer resorts on the Monon Route
are having a "big season. West Baden
and French Lick Springs are more popular
than ever, and Paoli has started new san
itarium to take the overflow. The waters
of these springs have been recommended by
prominent physicians as superior in their
curative properties to those of Hot Springs,
White Sulphur, or even the noted spas and
,sbads'' of Germany. West Baden indeed
has been ftly called ''the Carlsbad of Amer
ica." Cedar Lake is prettier than ever and
just as full of fish. The railroad company
has fine park there and is soon to build a
new station.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-01
a4oo truck Farms in virginia.

September LIST and 18th and October and
20 Home Seekers Excursion tickets will be
sold from points in the west and northwest
over the Big Four Route and Chesapeake
and Ohio Ry. to Virginia at one fare plus
s. for the round trip. Those who havein-
vestigated the state are of one opinion, that
Virginia is the best state in the Union to-
day for farmers. Situated at the doors Of
the great eastern markets with cheap
transportation and perfect climate it has
advantages that cannot be overcome. Small
farms may be had for $40 per acre and up
ward according to location and improve
ments. For descriptive pamphlet of Vir-
GINA, list of desirable farms and excursion
rates address U. l.. TRU1TT, n. w. P. A, c..
& O., Big Four Route, 234 Clark ST., Chicago.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-01
HANDY BARK SCRAPER.

Every Wide-Awake Orchardlst Should
Make One at Once.
Hundreds of old orchards have the
tree trunks covered with loose, hanging
bark, that serves as breeding places for
borers and other injurious insects.
Such old loose bark should be carefully
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-01
A Houaehold Necessity.

Cascarets Candy Cathartc, the most won
aerful medical discovery OF the age, pleas
ant and refreshing to the taste, acts gently
and positively on kidneys, liver and bowels,
cures headache, fever, habltual constipa.
ton and biliousness. Please buy and try a
box of c.. c. G. to-day; 10, 25, 50 cents. Sold
and guaranteed to cure by all druggists.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-01

If you want to quit tobacco using easily
and forever, be made well, strong, magnetic,
full Of new life and vigor, take No-To-Bac,
the wonder-worker that makes weak men
strong. Many gain ten pounds in ten days.
Over 200 cured. Buy No-To-Bac from
your own druggist, who will guarantee a
cure. Booklet and sample mailed free. Ad.
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-01

SHE-"When man proposes to girl, it
doesn't always mean that he wants to mar
ry her." He-ssNo; it may be matter of
necessity."-Iife.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-01

FIRST CHICAGO MAS-s'What are your
plans for the future:" Second Chicago
Man-''I think I will stop getting married
and settle down.''-Truth.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-01

sTHE older man GETS" SAID the corn-fed
philosopher, ''the harder he finds It to feel
sorry for woman whose pug dog has
died."-Indianapolis journal
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-01

WE have not been without Piso S Cure for
Consumption for 20 years.-L1zzIE FERREL,
Camp ST., Harrisburg, Pa, May 4, 94.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-01

A PEN may be driven, but the pencil does
better when it is lead.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-01

''No MAuDE, middle-of-the-road candi-
date is not bicyclist. IN orristown
Herald
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-01

The act of worship is among all creation
Indigenous and peculiar to man.-Melville.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-01

'TnE greet thrubble that Oh notice about
the bicycle" said Mr.. Dolan after his first
lesson, sis that yez kape fallin' off before
yez git an."-Washington Star.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-01

ADVICE is seldom welcome. Those who
need it most take it least.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-01

WHEN bilious or costive, eat a Cascaret,
canoy cathartic, cure guaranteed, 1Oc, 25c.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-01

JCsT try a 10c box of Cascarets, the fcest
liver: and bowel regulator ever made
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-01

CAsCARETs stimulate liver, kidneys and
bowels. Never sicken, weaken or grippe
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-01

ssWHAT shall do with this article on the
city drinking water?" said the Chicago
editors assistant "Boil it down." was the
reply.-Vogue.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-01

VERY few horses eat corned beef, but we
saw one standing the other day with bill
in his mouth
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-01

If an Indian takes cold, he is liable to
have the whooping cough.