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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-10-17

Gold democyats have talked good
deal about preserving. the Ark of the
covenant" Did they hear from it Mon
day?
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-10-17
Palmer Isn't.

It is said that Palmer was a Demo-
crat before Bryan was born. But BRYAN
is still Democrat.-San Francisco Ex-
aminer.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-10-17

Talk about Strong men"-there's
Bryan carrying the country!
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-10-17

pounds in notes from five Shillings to
five pounds, and was redeemable in
taxes. This money was not made a
legal tender. It was not stamped as
money by which private debts could
be paid; but in 1892 it was ordered that
they should be received at the treas
ury at five per cent over metal money.
This fiat" brought them at once to
par with gold, and they stayed at par
with that metal for twenty years, un-
til taken up in the revenues of the
colony.
In 1775 Virginia put out her notes
to sustain the war CT that period. and
guaranteed their redemption in a
specific tax To make their success
doubly sure. these notes bore interest
at six per cent. Thomas Jefferson af-
terward wrote in his history of the
colonial money: "Not bill of this
emission was found in circulation. It
was locked up in the chests Of execu-
tors, guardians, widows, farmers"
Why? Because it was good money.
1t would not have been boarded if it
was not. Jefferson further says: 1--WE
then issued bills bottomed on a re-
deeming tax, but bearing no interest,
These were received, and never de-
preciated single farthing."
This is populist money. The money
that the men who are ridiculed and
abused. and called cranks advocate,
Money bott0med on taxes-backed by
that which is now back Of the gold
interest bearing bonds of the United
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-10-17

measure and the methods OF Its pass
age was colossal swindle. It does
not possess the moral force of law"
Representative Cannon, of Illinois,
says the bill was not discussed and
neither members of congress nor the
people understood the scope Of the
legislation.
Senator Hereford of West Virginia,
in a speech in the senate. said "the bill
never was read, never was discussed,
and the chairman of the committee
said to Mr.. Holman, when asked the
question, that it did not affect the
coinage in any way. whatever
Who was benefited by this crime?
The foreign and New York bondhold-
ers. Who paid for it? Let the follow
ing affidavit explain. It was made by
Mr.. Frederick A. Luckenbach, for
mer member of the New York Stock
Exchange, but a resident of Denver for
several years. The present editor of
'The Gazette" met Mr.. Luckenbach
often in Denver and heard him re-
hearse the matter, substantially as
given in this statement:
I'm 1866 l visited London, England
for the purpose of placing there Penn
sylvania oil properties in which I was
interested. l took with me letters OF
introduction to many gentlemen in
London, among them one Mr.. Ernest
Seyd, from Robert M. Faust, ex-treas-
urer OF Philadelphia l became we'll
acquainted with MIR Seyd and with his
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-10-17

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-02

these sportsmen killed one buffalo for
the trophy of its head or skin he would
on a low average, kill ten for the wolves
ana Yultures to feed upon. When l was
in Kansas this great and wanton saugh-
ter of buffalo had begun to alarm think
ing people out there, and they were talk
ing OF bringing the matter before the leg
stature. To impress that body with the
important of taking some action to pre-
vent further butchery these people form
ca an organization, and stationed men at
various points of observation to obtain
statistics of buffalo killing.
Their representative at Medicine Lodge
reported that in that district alone 210 900
buffaloes were slaughtered in two months
At Wichita $1,000 skins were bought by
traders, representing the work of profess
stonal hunters. As many more buffaloes
were killed and left for four-footed and
winged carrion eaters to feast on. l never
heard what the legislature thought about
it.
dodge City in 1873 had a. population Of
perhaps 1900, and two-thirds of it was
made up of buffalo hunters. They over
stocked the market with skins, so that
the price fell to 81 25 a skin, and the sup
ply was greater than the demand. Buff
falo skins were piled up in the store
houses by the cord. One man alone had
$4,000 that he was anxious to get a mar
get for. Hind quarters of buffalo went
begging al cent a pound. Fore quarters
were worthless. One enterprising trader
tried a speculation in buffalo tongues
and shipped few hundred east They
made hit, and a big demand sprang up
TOT DuIIalO tOngueS-SO big, in fact that
the price went up to % cents a tongue
The man who started that line of bust
ness bought 5000 tongues and sold them
all at good profit, but he rather overdid
the market, and when l left Dodge City
he was waiting for it TO revive 1t did
in time, and l heard afterward that he
tongues.
Next to the buffalo, poker was the
game most sought after in those DAYS or
Dodge City. 1 used to chase it little my
self. One night, about week before I
lett for the east, got up a pretty fair
winner IN cash, and friend of mine
owed me $500 for having too much conf
dence in q hand he held He was a trae-
er in buffalo skins, and had plenty OF
them, but was short of money SO he
came to me and said:
See here, old man, owe YOU a couple
hundred. l haint got it, but I'll give
you 80 buffalo skins to call it square.
That was better than $500, but l had
no time for buffalo skins, and / said no.
I'd rather take $50 cash. said l.
So he skinned around and raised $780,
somehow and settled, and l left for the
east. But you see what a chump 1 was
II L had had half a head on me- l might
pc owning railroad now, instead Of
climbing around on somebody else's
greasy old locomotive Why? Because
ia have taken these $50 buffalo skins
cheap now at $3.50 apiece. I'v figured It
out and know how much $50 times $50 is
It's 62,5OO, and that's just the number Of
dollars I'd have had this minute not
chumpp'
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-02
ANNIE ABBOTT IN CHINA.
What the Wise Men of the East Say
of the Georgia Magnet.
From the Chicago Record.

From the Chicago Record.
Miss Annie May Abbott, the Georgia
girl, whose prodigious feats of strength
created such a sensation in this country
a few pears ago, and gave her name OF
1.-THE Electric Magnet" is now in China.
after having made a tour of Japan. In
the latter country the strongest of the
wrestlers were unable to lift her little
body from the floor or even push her
over, while with the tips of her fingers
she neutralized their most vigorous Ell
forts to raise other objects, which, under
ordinary circumstances, would have been
the merest trifie When she placed her
hand upon the arm of the champion wres-
tier he was unable to lift an ordinary
cane from table. The Japanese sclen,
lists, however repudiated the electrical
theory which Miss AbbottS manager uSu-
ally suggests to the newspapers, and al
tributed her remarkable feats to hypnouc
powers, claiming that it was the force Oh
her Will instead of the strength or ner
muscles that interfered with the action
of those who are engaged in the expert
ments. In China she is creating an even
greater sensation, and the native scholars
accuse her of receiving aid from super
human agencies. Such a feeling mas Deen
excited among the literati that 1t is feared
1t may have an unfortunate erect III
stimulating anti-foreign and anti-mission-
airy prejudices. Chou Han, an educatea
Chinaman, writes TO a Shanghai paper
asking:
do not such exhibitions, as viewed by
Chinese, fully corroborate what the ma
tives have alleged against missionaries
possessing uncanny powers, and thereI,o3Ie
confirm them in the belief of the army
of foreign men and women to stupsly
children and bring them under their inilni,,
enee for good or evil? The Chinese VIII
certainly conclude that If foreigners praU-
tice this mystic power to make money
they will do so for the far higher OBJECT
of gaining converts and saving SOUS. ~.
tives who have witnessed Miss ADDotts
~
that among missionaries there are ~
both men and women who possess t lIe9
same power of rendering others suDJees
to their will
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-02

AN INVASION OF RATS AND MICE.
A Plague in Russia and the Means
Adopted to Exterminate the YER
From the Philadelphia Ledger.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
Washington, Jan. 23.-Mice and rats
have caused great destruction in certain
localities of southern Russia during the
past two years, and the remarkable inva-
sion of the rodent army is the subject of
a report just received at the state depart
ment from Thomas z. Keenan, United
States consul at odessa. The first appear
ance of mice in great numbers was in the
autumn of 1898, and their rapid increase is
attributed to the mildness of the weather
and to two consecutive good harvests, in
consequence of which much grain remain
ed in stocks until threshed.
There were three varieties of mice observ
ed-the common house mouse, the common
field mouse and another kind never pre-
viously noticed, having a long, sharp nose.
They swarmed in houses and granaries.
and in some places moved in great num-
bers, like an army Instances are cited by
Mr. Heenan where they attacked animals
and men. The rats were not so numerous
as the mice, but caused great destruction.
even running buildings. Every effort was
made to stop the plague by the people liv-
ing in the infested districts, and finally
government aid was secured. The deparf-
ment of agriculture, in June, 1894 sent DR.
MerezhkoVsk1 to one of the mice-ridden
provinces TO carry out experiments of ex-
terminating the mice by means of the Gull
tivation of the bacillus discovered by him
The results were excellent. Epidemic dis
ease was generated among the rodents.
and now the plague has ended. Similar e-,-
perimentS made by DrS. Loeffier and La
care did not give such good results.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-02

With desperate effort the doctor grew
calm. You remember nothing of it, my
dear Lord Templecombe, because il never
happened. This poor fellow is the mad
man-not you. This absurd confession is
the work of a disordered BRAIN There
is not an atom of truth in it!'
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-02

and his wife lived alone in the house,
and she kept his secret. 1t was not till
you came to Paris to see me after my
fathers death that he knew of the muir
der and then he dared not speak. only
he begged that he might accompany me.
and his wish was granted. Now / know
that / was mad then, and that l murder
ed my own father in fit of insanity"
And you remember nothing about it?''
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-02

Judge Ito man who was arrested
charged with robbing liquor store): Do
you know anything about the robbery of
this liquor store? Prisoner (respectfullvl:
Judge, do you suppose I'd be sober2 if I
did2-Texas Siftings.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-02

In Italy" he was telling her "they
make -four out of chestnuts."
do they?' she answered sweetys
what a. bonanza you would be to them :.
Detroit Free Press.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-02
DR.. SWAINSON'S SECRET.
Ry GEORGE r. SIMS.


Life" How the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-04-22
INFLUENCE OF RIFLE PRACTICE.

The refusal of some of the trustees of
the Bishop estate to allow the Hawaiian
Rife Association to establish a rifle
range in the vicinity of the Kameha-
meha, schools has brought to light some
of the most shallow, weakened argu-
ments that our attention has been
called to for many day. The unpub-
lished reason for this refusal is that
the presence of the Sharpshooters going
TO and from the range with their guns
will have bad influence upon the boys
of the school; that it will lead them to
believe that the members of the mill
tary are practicing so as to be able to
shoot down the natives-if necessary.
We know very we'll that S. NJ Da-
mon, one of the members of the Board
of Trustees, is a dissenter from this
opinion. He is a man of too much
common sense to play with such twad-
die. We regret that we cannot say
the same of another member of the
Board who is swayed by we'll known
royalist proclivities. We regret that
force of numbers should allow such a
damaging argument to go forth as in
fuencing the action of the directors of
a school which the people OF this coun-
try point to with we'll merited pride.
1t is hard to make out why any man
of average reasoning power and a fair
knowledge of human nature should
lend his voice and vote to such a mis-
cradle excuse. If it is true that the
presence of men with guns in their
hands leads the young Hawaiians to
believe that members of the military
are being trained to shoot them down,
some one ought to influence the Minister
of Foreign Affairs to arm the military
with pea-shooters and mud balls on ac-
count of the good moral effect.
If it is true that target practice in the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-04-22
PETER CORNEY, MARINER.

A very interesting reprint of the
narrative of trading voyages from 1913
to 1913 has been published by Thos. G..
Thrum, and ably edited by Prof. w.
d. Alexander. There is also preface
and appendix from the same pen. The
narrative is by Mr.. Peter Corney, de-
scendants of whom are now residents
on these islands.
Besides giving very interesting &C
count of the manners and customs of
the Hawaiians, the book throws much
light upon the doings of the Russians
here in 1915 and 1917. There is an es-
peciaIly interesting account of the mu-
tiny and piracy of the Argentine cruiser
Santa Rosa, and her surrender by Ka-
mehameha to Captain Bouchard of the
frigate Argentina. With the latter Mr..
Corney took service and commanded
the Santa Rosa during a predatory ex-
cursion along the coast of California,
during which the town of Monterey was
burned.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-04-22

CON course of legaIized piracy, but it
is quite a question whether the people
o4 tbe barried cities saw much differ
enca between the Santa Rosa under
Mcdonald and the Santa Rosa in the
squadron of Captain Bouchard.
In the attack upon Monterey it was
an Hawaiian who hauled down the
Spanish colors. They also sacked and
burned two other towns further south.
Mr. Corney did not make much by his
venture, for on reaching Valparaiso,
in June of 1919, he wished to quit the
service of the patriots and applied for
his pay and prize money, which he
could not get unless he took his ship
to Buenos Ayres. He declined doing
this, and leaving his crew Of non
descripts, got passage to England. He
returned to the Pacific on the bark
Columbia, and made several voyages
between British Columbia and the Is
lands, also engaging in the inter-island
trade. In 1886 he died On the Columbia
while on voyage to take responsible
position in the Hudson Bay Company's
service. His wife and family elected to
remain on the Islands. His son died
several years ago. His two daughters
still reside here.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-04-22
SITUATION DEMANDS ACTION.

Our correspondent, Bondholder, is
rather of a sarcastic turn of mind and
lays his lance in rest and gallops gaily
to the fitting. The "reducio ad absurd
UNI" is certainly reached when he
shows that by borrowing at a high rate
of interest at home more money will
be spent in the country.
The fact is that our debt should be
bonded and the leave to do it should be
given by the Legislature. We should
not face another two years under pres
ent conditions We should certainly
aim to reduce our interest and get more
money. With profitable improvements
in public works there will be no diff
Guilty about paying interest upon the
loan. The difference between the bor-
rowing now and the borrowing under
the monarchy is that all the money now
borrowed is put into useful and repro
ductive works, while in former times
the loan funds were used up for current
expenses and all sorts of fuss and
feathers.
The latest information that we have
is that the Legislature means to
do something in the matter and not
fold its hands peacefully and put off
till the morrow what can be done to-
day. The policy of ''laissez faire" is a
very easy, yet very dangerous one
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-04-22

By giving it's sanction to the action
of the House of representatives lin
dropping the appropriation for a gen
eral appraiser, the Senate has simply
fallen into line with narrow, cheese
pairing policy that puts damper upon
a businesslike progress in one Of the
most important departments of the
Government AS the item has been
given its quietus for the present period,
the business community must now take
the consequences of inactivity. We can
only offer the suggestion that before
many years have rolled by, our business
men and legislators will wake up only
to wall over what might have been"
The responsibility for the mistake will
rest solely upon their own poor judg-
ment
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-04-22

In Alexander's History, PIP. 1913, 164
an account is given of the pirates, but
the story now republished gives details
which the Professor had not at hand
when he published his history. From
this it appears that the captain in
charge of the Santa Rosa when she ar
rived here was not Captain Turner. A
Captain Turner had fitted out the ship
at the River Plate, on behalf of the
patriot government of Argentine, and
had sailed her around the Horn to prey
upon the Spanish colonies of the West
coast His men mutinied and put him
and most of his officers ashore at Val
paraiso, a man named Mcdonald taking
command.
They ran up the coast, destroying
Spanish commerce. Eventually, after
plundering many Spanish towns, rob-
bing and burning churches, they de-
serted some forty of their comrades,
and under Mcdonald, who assumed the
name of Turner, they sailed for these
Islands, which they reached in May of
1918. Here they sold their vessel to
Kamehameha 1. for 5000 piculs of san
dial wood. Peter Corney seems to have
got the full story from one of their
number, and informed Kamehameha
of their character. The latter distrib-
uted the pirates among his chiefs,
making each one answerable for them.
The party deserted by their comrades
arrived here in a small brig under the
command of one Griffiths. Mcdonald
made his escape on a whale ship, but
the rest remained on the Islands. In
September the Argentina, a government
ship, arrived in chase of the Grant
Santa Rosa, which was given up by
Kamehameha, together with her crew.
Her commander, Bouchard, pardoned
the crew, with the exception of Crit
fiths, who was shot on Waimea beach,
Kauai, and three others who had es-
capped to Maui and were brought in by
the natives. One of these was con-
demned to death, but reprieved.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-04-22

Senator McCandless' motion to tax
absentee estate owners was lost by the
casting vote of the Acting President OF
the Senate. We are Informed, how
ever. that of those who voted against
the measure were several Senators who
were really in favor of the measure,
hut that they wished the matter to be
brought up and thoroughly discussed
in the lower house. We have net heard
the last of the absentee business by any
means.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-04-22

vicinity of the Kamehameha schools
will have bad effect upon the young
Hawaiian mind, it behooves the people
of this country to adopt a system of
political education that will wipe out
the possibility Of such baneful influ-
ence. Does this pandering to the old
royalistic idea mean that due care is
not taken in laying the sound prin-
ciples Of political freedom and growth
which are at the bottom of the progress
of this country? If so, the aggressive
leaders are not doing their duty in al
lowing such a condition to obtain. They
are not doing their duty if they with
hold instruction because of the possible
conclusions drawn in consequence of ig-
norance. To pander to such possibilities
suggested by some of the Bishop estate
trustees amounts to little more or less
than sanction of conclusions that are
not only unwarranted but dangerous.
1t makes but little difference to this
paper whether the Sharpshooters have
their rifle range at Palama or koko
Head, but we cannot witness the resur-
rection of the antedeluvian skeleton of
monarchial weakness without entering
a protest. The Kamehameha boys are
taught military tactics. They should
also be taught that the military forces
of this country are maintained in order
to protect the Hawaiians in their politi
cal liberty. They should also be taught
that political liberty is exemplified in
the principles of the Republic, and that
men should be willing, to give their
lives to uphold those principles. Under
such circumstances the presence of men
perfecting themselves in order to better
protect Hawaii in case of emergency
would be healthful object lesson.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-04-22

Sailing from here with Mr.. Corney in
charge of the Santa Rosa, they proceed
ed to California. The complexion of the
the least of it. On the Santa Rosa.
which was an American built vessel of
800 tons, mounting eighteen guns, were
100 men, of whom thirty were Ha-
waiians and the rest Americans.
Spaniards, Portuguese, CreoIes, negroes.
Manila men, Malays and few Eng.
lishmen." The Argentina had 26O men.
of whom fifty were Hawaiians and the
rest Of the variegated character of the
crew of the Santa Rosa. They now be-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-04-22

Now" is usually the wisest to deal
with, then is a very uncertain guam
tity. To let things slide and let other
fellows meet the difficulties is pleasant
We are pleased to learn that such is
not the intention of our legislators.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-04-22
= THE =
HQV0i0D P|QDIeTS' Monthly
II. NJ. WHITNEY, Editor.

As N. WHITNEY, Editor.
Cotents for April, 1896.
Notes.
Market quotations.
FertiliZerS-HOW Plants Feed
and What They Require.
An Ill-Advised Demonstration.
Stripped and Unstripped Cane.
New Kinks in Sugar Mill Prac-
tice.
The Rate and Growth of Banana
Leaves.
Contract Laborers in Hawaii.
Sulphurous Acid, Acid PhOs-
phate and Lime as Clarifying
Agents.
Soil Analysis.
Cane Sugar Preferred to Beet
Sugar.
Minor Industries.
Planting Colonies i'll the Trop-
les.
Our Insect Friends and Foes.