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The herald., 1896-11-15

Hawaiian islands were quite as deeply
interested in the result of the recent
election as many people here, but for
very different reasons. The disposal
of the currency question meant compar-
atively little to them, but the success of
the Republican nominee meant a good
deal. Now that Major McKinley is to
be the next president of the United
States. the centers of population in the
Hawaiian group of islands will TEEN
with excitement. Annexation clubs VIII
be as plentiful as sound money organic
atlons were here a few days ago, and
anti-anneXation clubs will be as nu-
merous as the free silver bands.
While little has been heard from the
anneXationists of Hawaii within the
past year or so, it is well known that
they are just as eager now for relation
ship with this nation as ever. They have
been forced to stand still in their efforts
by the opposition Of President Cleveland
to their overtures, and the leaders long
ago decided to make no fresh move until
a new administration took hold of the
affairs of the government.
WORK FOR MR.. M'KILEY.
But when Mr.. Mckinley has taken the
oath as president it will probably be one
of his first duties in his new office to re-
ceive delegation from Hawaii and an
nounce his position in regard to Uncle
Sam adopting these islands. When the
matter was brought before President
Cleveland, Immediately after Queen Lil-i
iuOkalanrs dethronement in January of
1898, many of the Republican leaders fa-
vored the proposals of the annexation
lists, and, If these are still of the same
mind, considerable pressure will be
brought to bear upon MIR. Mckinley
when the question again comes up.
But the annexationists will not have
clear sailing by any means. The anti
annexationists, the friends and advisers
of the dethroned queen, have not been
idle during the past two years. They
were taught severe lesson by the abor-
tive insurrection of year ago, which
has made them more circumspect in
showing their opposition, and it is sus-
pected that they are now prompted by
influential English residents, who are
not partial to the idea of the islands be-
coming a part of the United States. The
English government Is not believed to
look with favor upon annexation either,
and for these reasons there will prob
ably be two opposing delegations in
Washington when the matter is revived.
The advisers OF the dusky eX-queen
have done everything in their power
to hamper the provisional government
of the islands and have caused Presi-
dent A. B. Dole much trouble. Their
latest move has been to advise the more
ignorant natives to refuse to pay taxes,
and many of these have fled to the in
terior Of the Island of Oahu, on which
Honolulu u situated. where thsy have
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TREES TRIMMED WITH PAPE1
FLOWERS.

Never was Paris 10 beautiful befsrA
The French people, always ready On tho
slightest excuse to spend money Ia fet1o,
have outdone thempalves In honor 81
the czar. The Paristans are particulaes
ly famous for the artistic ingenuify they
show in the decorative line, and the cleo.
trio effects, fiags, bunttpgs and Rpsa.
ese lanterns Of all descrfptfonS weSexery
beautifully displayed; not very Ne!sS-
we would have done 1t 1t home. Who
in Boston, though. would have thought
to trim rows Of trees with, rows upon
rows Of paper flowers! filiSS whose pet
ais were electric lights. ana roses galore
green and red. blue ana yellow roses:
large purple roses, too, with mauvS fol-
iage, all swinging and swayinE to TIE
tune Of the rhythmic winds in one 0rea4
mass of glorious color. It WAS unique.
those millions Of fu1l-biorn roses on
elms and naples. but It was Charming,
and the trees tried their best 70 look
green to do credit to the artificial love-
liness.-Paris Letter to the Boston
Evening TRANSCRIPT
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set up a kind of farce comedy govern

set up a kind Of farce comedy govern
ment of their own.
AS 1t is now something more than pos
sibility that these islands will become q
part Of the United States, q brief refer
ence to their history will not be out Of
place. There are eight islands in the
chain, and they are almost in the middle
of the Pacific ocean. The islands run
from southeast to northwest in fairly
straight line. In addition to the eight
principal islands, there are number Of
little islets. All of them are of volcanic
origin, and they contain the largest
volcanoes, active and quiescent, in the
world. They cover 6640 square miles in
area and the total population is about
100, 900, four-fifths of which is native.
The largest in the group is Hawaii,
which has an area of 1850 square miles,
The next largest is Kaui, with 7S0 square
miles, but the most important from a
commercial standpoint Is Oahu, which
has but 700 square miles. Maui is 750
square miles in extent, Molokai no. Nil
miles.
Good harbors are very scarce in these
Islands, and the Importance of Oahu
is due to the fact that peculiar coral
formation serves as a breakwater for
the harbor at Honolulu, the only safe
harbor in the whole chain of islands.
HAD MANY SENSIBLE KINGS.
Although the islands were not really
discovered until 177S, when Cook visited
them, the natives have been quick to
seize upon the advantages of civilization
and In the matter of intelligence rank
far above the aboriginals Of other Pacific
islands In early times each of the
Islands had king, but at the time Of
Captain Cooks vivsit King Kamaha-
meha. very sensible monarch, had
just brought all Of the islands under one
kingdom This king recognized the
force of civilization and wrote to King
George III. of England, in 1910, offering
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HAWAII IS At THE DOOR
Will Again Try to Enter Uncle
Sans Fold
THE ANTI.ANNEXATIONISTS
Are, However, Still Active and Will
Protest
lE ANTi.ANNEXATIONISTS
One Of Mr.. McKinley's First Duties as
President Will Be the Consideration
of the Annexation Project.

What the American people went
through in the way of excitement on the
night of November is being reflected on
q smaller scale just about now in the
middle of the Pacific ocean. Horns are
blowing, bonfires burning, flags waving
and professions are marching about
shouting the big news 1t takes eight
days for a steamer from San Francisco
to reach that precise part of the Pacific,
and as the first steamer did not sail until
three days after the election the news is
now red hot. 1t will be two weeks or
more before the American people will
know the exact effect of the news but
those familiar with the situation can
make pretty shrewd guess.
1t is safe to say that the people of the
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. be insun,cient and requires amplify-

10 Do 1noumcleut euo TeQulro8 ompuky-
ing.
In riding in . carriage, for instance,
you have motion. and the exaltation
soon wears off; on horseback you have
motion and physical effort and an al
most unconscious idea Of risk and the
exhilaration Is sustained and II Of the
most delightful description. You may
ride in sledge and the novelty and easy
motion provoke exhilaration. but how
much more SO is this experienced in skat-
ing, where you have motion and physi-
cal effort and unconscious risk combin-
ed? That risk has a good deal to do with
exhilaration will be appreciated by
any one who has ridden in . carriage
down a tortuous mountain path at a
pace which gives to the feat spice Of
danger. You have here motion and risk
and healthy individual will enjoy tho
ride as much as he would on horse
back. on bicycle or on skates. In cy-
cling the risk ID quite as great as in
these other pastimes, and the cychst,
f1ciently conscious Of the danger to give
an added zest to the pastime.
M. du Pasquier's opinions as to the
benefits of the bicycle are worth quot
ing as showing to what extraordinary
lengths some scientists will 20. He says
that this exAltation Is bad for hysterical
people. 1t is also bad for intellectual
work because 1t consumes Z part Of tho
force EMPLOYED for mental work In mus
cular energy. The monotony OF the con-
stant turning Of the wheel will result in
cerebral torpor which will have the ef-
feet OF exhausting the brain. Cycling is
thus capable Of being abused" 1 take
off my hat to the scientist at this point
and leave him, merely remarkirg that
have never discovered that cyclists are
more affiicted with cerebral torpor than
other people and that they are not in the
ing their optics on the revolving wheel.
Paris Letter to the American Cyclist.
The herald., 1896-11-15
ONE c1rY's STREETS AND PARKS.
Pleasure Grounds Where People Play
and Streets Are Clean.

Birmingham has emphasized its own
ersflip of the streets. Early in the pres
ent regime the policy was adopted of
requiring new streets to be put into per-
manent condition, graded and macad-
amized, before acceptance. Most of the
257 miles of streets are paved with ma
cadam varying from six to eighteen
inches in depth. 1t Is we'll adapted for
the less crowded residence districts, al
though somewhat costly to maintain. In
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gave public notice to the city, through
the Bank of England, that he would
receive sealed proposals from all who
wished to send them, and in order to
guard against all partiality they were
opened in the presence of the governor
and deputy governor Of the bank. The
lowest tender given by persons Of known
credit was accepted,a and Pitt was able,
with truth, to assure the house of COM
mons that not a shilling had been reserv-
ed for distribution among his friends :
Frank A. Myers in American Fedora
tiOniSt
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TROUBLES OF THE 400. WITH
THEIR SERVANTS yTF

Where do all the good servants 90?
1t Is certainly appalling to note that
Townsend Burden Is being sued by the
wife Of his cook for q reward for giving
tip to the police. and that Chris Rob-
erts is held in damages because he
wounded the feelings Of his butler by
insisting on counting the spoons. De-
lancey Kane got out Of the woods a short
time ago only by some species Of COM
promise with an indignant sseond man
who thought II very unreasonable for
Mr.. Kane to object to his receiving his
friends in his drawing room during his
absence and treating his friends to q
convivial glass and q tune on the pi-
ano.
Every year at Lsnox one hears the
same complaint. The servants there
invariably strike for higher wages in
September, giving as reason the pos
sible loss of places during the winter
The question has become . very sert-
Gus one at the New York club. The in
stallation for a time last year of gen
tleman steward at the Union and the in
away more or less with the old servants
of these two institutions.
Unfortunately, new help are not Sue-
nciently well acquainted with the faces
of members and hence the reason Of the
robberies at the Calumet and Metropoli-
tan, where, evidently. strangers were al
lowed to go to the sleeping apartments,
The Union has had Cerberus for years
in the person Of a dignified doorkeepe-
who was formerly butler at the Bryce
Grays and who knows everybody In New
York at sight, and Quinn II still at the
Manhattan. He had grown old in its
service when the club was In lower Fifth
avenue. But the majority are new.
corners, and there is constant changing
of help. which, at the present time,
makes the service at many of the clubs
very bad indeed.
The intelligence offices are filled with
servants whose written references are
fictions, and who invariably insist that
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NO CONVERT

Lillian Russell is no convert. She has
always been some what friendly to the dou-
BILE standard, with good deal of national
ar International dlsagreement.-Chicag
The herald., 1896-11-15
A GREAT DIFFERENCES

There doesn't seem to be much OF Dc.
mand for seats to this performance," sa}d
the star.
NO., said the manager. as he ran ever
q bundle OF deadhead apphcationH; 'tnoth-
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tho sooty chimney with the agility Of !
finished chimney sweep. and I kent
bling till made q stronghold for
myself. " .
+ What went on down below } did not
know. In the cessation Of this ruin l
could hear the heavy tread passing to
and fro in search. knew. for that
money. But l, from my lofty vantage
ground. could only thank Heaven again
and sgain for such blessed deliver
ance. "-e' s"' ! s
I was 90 benumbed with cold and
frightSsi hat think ] lost consciousness,
and would probably have tumbied
down the chimney hut that was 20
rigid and SO walled in Icould not.
The next thing ] remember was
opening my eyes and seeing the square
OF wen light above me. Then realizing
all, my strength gave way. and l fell
heavily, striking my head against
something which left ne senscless for
hours. When came to myself, I was
in the arms Of q young man whom !
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because II was trodblesoms to do other.

because Il was trodblesoms 70 do other
wta0. a.. NJ 9 ,s Il ".
I did not want my tea, 20 let the
srvaut girl 60 early; and sat, neglect
:l,g e:en to light tho lamps, before .
big oak fire in the sitting-room "think
ing ur" one OF Dicks cases. Itwns q
murder case. that lud a great deal OF
circumstantial evidence leading in vari-
GUS directions. ,-A ~
I soon became deeply absorbed: 50
deeply that ! presently went to slcep&t
it, and in a dream cav our poor man
tried, conviotedaand.actually sentenced
to be hanged, and was myself possessed
of q frantic desire TO attend the hang
ing in person. my non-appearanceb being
wholly due to the fact that could not
ind my shoes, being separated from
A..hem Cor neutrality-suspicious. reason.
! woke pp suddenly, frightened to
find myself envelcped in darkness, re-
lieved only by IN uncanny red glow
from the fast-dying Goals upon the
hearth. Everything was SO still. Not
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At the great works of Herr Krupp in
Essen is to be seen hammer weigh
ing 80 tons, and this in turn is placed
on an anvil block Weighing 100. tons.
A Swiss, calling himself Prof. Schu-
mann, who has devoted much Of his
life to training fleas a. Berne. in
Switzerland, recently visited Essen and
looked upon the mighty hammer. On
his return to Berne he began . model
of the great hammer. but on such .
tiny scale that it could be worked by
flea power instead of the mighty en-.
CINE which operates the one in Essen.
In it's completed state this marvellous
miniature steam hammer, pulley. an
vii, block and all, weighs but half q
grain. The hammer and. anvil lare2 OF
solid gold, the pu;leys German silver
and the framework of platinum. A:
flea trained by Mr.. Schunann will. at
the word of command, hoist the ham
mer to the top of the frame. There ii
is automatically set free, descending
In precisely the same manner as tho
monster after which it is modelled
Pearson's Weekly.
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THE BIG SWING DOOR.

Such Things ~ These Are What Spells
Mems Tempers.
The outer door to the Office building
was q massive affair that swung either
way.
The man who entered was in hurry,
but he considerably looked behind him
to see that he did not let it swing in the
face of anyone'who might be following.
The woman who was following
seemed to be paying no attention to the
door, so the man held it open Cor her to
enter.
The thought that occurred to the
woman just as she got in the doorway
appeared to make her doubtful as to
whether she wished to go in or out
The man still held the door open.
The woman said: wonder it have
the paper that he told me to tr:ng to his
Office" and began to search through
the little bag that she carried in her
hand.
The man said-well, never mind what
the man said. He still held the door
open in order to prevent it sweeping
the woman into the street.
The woman found the paper she was
after and looked across the street. rs if
uncertain whether she had the right I'D
dress. ~,,~.., 1850
The man said: pardon me, madame,
but am in hurry"
The woman said: "Sir!"
The man said: Il cannot remain here
and hold this door any longer"
The woman said: "Sir. you are the
most insulting man I ever met"
The man swore softly to himself. the
woman entered and the door swung
back with greatforce.
The woman looked scornfully at the
man and said something about telling
her husband how she had been ;nsulted.
The man made no reply, but later he
was heard saying to himself: sand yet
people claim that it pays to be polite. ~
Chicago Evening Post.
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sPrfH AND Po,N,r.

II " #. Z ~ ~
Teacher Suppose you were y
king, Tommy, what would you do ~ r.;
Tommy I'D never have to wash my
face any more. Texas Siftings.
Mistress Bridget, everything in
the, house is covered with dust; ! can't
stand it," Bridget-"Do as I do, mum;
don't pay any. attention to It"
Bits. pei,
-Blobbs-"M Oldgirl would make
a good soldier" Slobbs-- Used to pow
der, .elt?'' Slobbss -'.'Yes, and never
desertA her colors. Philadelphia Rec
ord. .>.-.. (. ". I'd sss+ia Il
Tile must be worth atleast $1oo, 900,
mamma" GLOW do You know? He
told me his fortune ended in five
ciphers." ''H'm. Maybe it begins with
one, ,oo."-Washington Star.
in the Restaurant = Waiter
"What shall I get for you?" Professor
(absent.mirded, reading the bill Of
fare)-"I am busy now; ask me after
acknowledgements Batter. --s.s, s,5
-Squildig-"What doctor did poor
Jays,nith have?" McSwilligcn-~He
had two of them. One was DR.. d., but
I forget the name of his accomplish.
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
"A Prudent Acceptance.--She-"1
hope yon can come next Thursday.
We're having some music and = supper
AFTER He-"Oh, yes. Ill come; but
er-I may be late."-Boston Peacon.
-"Are your writings much read"
THAT is what I should like to find out.
As it is, I do not know whether they
read NY manuscripts or send them
back without reading" Tran
script.
in chronicling the funeral of q
highly respected citizen. the report OF
a contemporary thus concludes: He
leaves daughter and three sons, his
widow having pre-deceascl him.
Household Words.
-.-Would-be Cyclist-"I thought you
said that after IL lessons of an hour
each / should know how to ride :"
Cycling Instructor-"So you would,
sir, if you hadn't spent the best part
of the time on the ground"
Mrs. Wickwire-"You dor't know
what grief it is to have husband vino
thinks he is funny" Mrs. Watts
.'What is the trouble, dear?" Il asked
him last evening to bring home some
good up-to-date literature. and no
brought n bundle of almanacs."-ln-
dianapOlis Journal.
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/, TRAPPING IN WISCONSIN.
What tho Woodsmen Say Of the Cunaing
IT, of Wolves and Otters.

What tho woodsmen Say Of the CunnanI
s.5 Of Wolves and Otters.
American trappers said that the gray
wolves Of upper Wisconsin were the
largest OF the United States. They
drove the deer great deal. A pack of
seven wolves had twice crossed their
lines that winter. and they had poison
out for them. Wolves swept across =
great deal of country-3O, 40, so miles or
more-and did not remain local. The
lynx also travelled q great deal. A lynx
usually came around again, in SEVEN
days, and the wolves once in two Or
three weeks, though not SO regular as
the lynx. The otter also travelled .
great deal, but was irregular. It would
sometimes leave the water course, and
travel miles across dry divides to en-
tirely new country. The best place to
trap marten was along. the high ridges
between waterways, and that was best
also for the fisher. They quite often
caught fisher, but never had VOL
VERNE.
American trappers rated the fox the
hardest animal to trap. the7wolf next
and the. otter third. To catch the fox
they often made bed of chaff and got
him to lying in it or fooling around it,
the trap being set under the chaff.
Or trap was set at u place where sew
eral foxes seemed to stop for a GER
tain purpose. Or fox could he caught
sometimes by putting bait a little
way out in the water and then putting
a pad of moss between the bait and the
shore, with the trap hid under the
moss. The fox, not liking to wet his
feet, would step on the moss and be
caught.
For wolves the usual way was to put
out poison (strychnine). Often they
would not touch the poisoned meat.
For otter it was necessary to use
great care, not leaving any chips or
litter around. Our trappers usually
caught them either on a slide or at u
place where they came out of the water
mot where they went in. as the otter
slides with his feet doubled under and
would be apt to spring the trap with
his body. 1t was a good way to drop
limb or stick on the side of the slide,
cutting it down and letting it fall nat
urally, SO that the otter could not 30
easily escape the trap. The trap should
never be set in the middle of the slide,
but at one side, as the otter's feet are
SO wide apart, and he would not be
caught should he spring the trap with
bis body.
For otter and beaver, if they were
trapped near deep water, sliding pole
was usually used, arranged with the
small end stuck down into the deep
water. The animal when trapped
plunges into the water, and the ring of
the trap chain slips down along the
pole. The little stubs of the trimmed
off boughs prevent the ring from slip
ping back again, and the animal is
drowned. An otter should not be left
in the water over nine days, or the fur
will slip. A few days makes no differ
ence. All traps should be visited about
once in six or eight days.-Forest and
Stream.
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had never seen before. ae sat upon
the fic<'r, and held my head across his
knees, while he wiped the blood from
my cut forehead with pocket hand
kerchicf, which every now and then he
would squeeze out in basin of wuter
at his elbow.
don't suppose there was ever a moro
terrified young man upon this earth Of
ours. Imagine an inoffensive young
man turning up in o town where an
intimate friend lived, coming in on the,
very train that takes this intimate.
friend out. Imagine the intimate friend
cordially inviting tho newcomer to bis
house, telling him there was nobody
in it. but that he could put mp there,
make himself lord and master, tird
pleut,' to eat by foraging around and
ret good bed. Then to make the
thing complete, give him the wrong
keys by which to let Iimself in.
Imagine this newcomer booming about
town Until II O'Clock, then striking out
for his friends abode; crtaken by
the rain; at last 20 arrive ct his in
tended abiding place to discover he has
climbing into The house like a burglar.
Imagine him pilihg into tho first bed
he comes to, very soon sinking of into
the untroubled slu,nber of the inno-
cent It heart. to be awakened Mt the
peep OF day by something tumbIing
down the chimney. Not a hobgoblin-
that q ere better-but a young women,
despatched and grimy. but still =
young woman and one probably more
dead Than alive. Imagine it ell, if you
can. for that is what happened to tho
misguided young man. who held Inc
across his knees and wiped the blood
from my broken forehead On that
memorable st. Notwithstanding.
lima CINE it. and tel, meif men through
stupidity don't cause half of all the
trouble in the world. We explained it
all to each other as best We gould, for
I was really i'll, and quite ready to 60
of irlo another swoon.
When tho servant girl came he went
for the doctor, and Mary got me to bed.
Dick came ut noon, and was horrIied
at what had happened. But the doctor
had pronounced me more frightened
than hurt; and really, but for the
drea'!ful cold caught, and my wound
ed forehead, it did not amount to my
thing, and soon became q tremendous
joke.
:. And it turned out that this friend OF
Dick 8, whose acquaintance made in
such I'm unconventional fashion, was
the vc:y client whose money de.
Tended. sz. =. :! .
And it also camc about that-that
he-thut THAT We have-we have
grown to know each other very we'll;
and Dick--Dick is TO look out for ON.
other cooperator before next fall; be.
cause well. for reasons best known 10
myself. Tobin, in Detroit Free
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