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was ready to take the polytechnic ex-
aminations all right, and he went
through with colors flying. The pro-
| fessors told me he had done more study
ing and gone faster than anyone they'd
ever had in the school before. But it
most killed him. 1t took all the red
out of his face; it made his hands white,
and the muscles in his arms soft, and
| | was afraid he was going to die. So
| I got him to come here for vacation, and
here he saw Lucetta again.
He wouldn't have seen her, though,
if it hadn't been for the big storm that
came up sudden one day in July. Both
he and the girl had declared they
wouldn't meet for worlds, and
thought best to humor them, particu-
IarIy as my wife agreed with me that
I'd better. Hank was out fishing that
day, and it happened that he was
under the short bridge not far from
Slatertown when the storm came up.
Maybe you remember it. Anyway, it
was the worst storm we ever had here.
II was something like western cloud
burst. | guess. There was plenty of
hail. and the water came down in bar
relsful-not drops. 1t wasn't half an
hour before the creek was so full that
Hank had to get out from under his
shelter in hurry. In no time he was
drenched, and he was wondering where
to find cover when he saw a horse
and buggy coming on the other side
Of the stream, as if the evil one was
in pursuit, straight for the bridge. One
glance showed him it was a runaway,
and another that the driver was Lu-
cetta. He saw the horse was coming
across the bridge and he braced him
self to stop the runaway, but before
the bridge was crossed the horse SHE'D
suddenly and jumped right into that
roaring torrent of muddy water. You
know there was no rail to the short
bridge. Then Hank showed that he
had plenty of nerve, and wasn't afraid
of n little flood whether he was some
body or not
There wasn't half chance in
thousand for him to save her, and he'd
have known it il he'd ever stopped to
think, which 1 don't suppose he did.
Quicker than l can tell you, he had cut
the laces of his shoes, kicked them OFF,
and jumped into that awful stream OF
yellow water, and was swimming for
the girl. The buggy hadn't been upset,
for wonder, and she sat on the seat,
clinching the reins tight in her hands
as she fioated down the stream, her
face as white as ghost and actually
scared out of her senses, her eyes look
ing straight ahead, but seeing moth
ing.
The force of the current was good
deal stronger than Hank thought it
was, and it rolled and tumbled him
over and over hundred times, it
seemed to him, before he got to the
buggy. He finally reached it all right,
however, and not knowing what else
to do, climbed up on the seat beside
of Lucetta. Just then the horse that
had made all the mischief began to
struggle, and in a moment the buggy
went over and threw them into the
water. Hank remembers that just be-
fore the buggy upset he heard fright
ful crash upstream, and surmised that
the bridge had been carried away. as
indeed Il had; and that was what
caused Hank most Of the trouble that
was to come. The buggy must A@ys
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-07

day." he says, II heard the baby was
dead, and learned little later from
the other natives that the poor little
things death was entirely caused by
the brutality of its own father, who
would beat his wife without any re-
gard for the child which she carried on
her back, according to the custom of
the country"
And II this is the fate of African
women in their own homes under ia
yorable circumstances the reader can
imagine that it must be unspeakably
worse when capture and exile are added
to their sufferings. The conqueror,
generally some Mohainmedan monster
in human form, profiting by the fire.
Guent battles between rival tribes, Sc
cures hundred or more of the prison
ers. These miserable wretches, bound
together, weighed down beneath heavy
burdens of ivory, or precious gums, are
driven for weeks and months across the
desert to an unknown. hand. there to be
again sold into abject slavery.
The conquest and annexation of
western and equatorial Africa by Eu-
ropean nations will be the dawn of day
for the women at least.
JAMES IRVING cRARBE.
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ON THE CONGO RIVER.
A Beautiful Country Rich In Nat
ural Resources.
European Emigration 60 Tropical
Africa Il Increasing from Day TO
Dny-DepiorabIeC Condition of the
Women of the Native Tribes.
isneoiaI I.nndon I.etter1

The newest new world" is the vast
region watered by the Congo river and
its numerous tributaries. 1t is over
100000 square miles in extent, and has
been discovered and mapped, and some
parts settled, annexed, and even par
tally civilized within the past quarter
of century. Ii is a strangely beau
tiful new world of which Henry NJ.
Stanley was the Columbus, whose
wealth and fertility and scenery are
gradually becoming better known.
Where
Far away through forests old
The Congo rolls DER sands Of gold"
Unlike some other great rivers of
the old world, the Congo empties into
the Atlantic ocean in a single stream,
seven miles wide and of enormous
depth, and although cataracts and rap
ids interfere with its continuous nav
igation, there are between these imped-
iments, in the Congo and the Aruwimi,
its chief tributary, over 1000 miles of
navigable waters.
The Congo valley, that is the country
of the Upper and Lower Congo, is a
wonderfully fertile land. At present
the chief commercial products are
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-07

hoated down stream much slower than
the current was running, and that was
natural enough. seeing that il was pref
~ heavy and the wheels reached down
so far, probably, as to drag on the bot
tom.
Anyway, the pieces of the broken
bridge came down enough faster than
the buggy. so that just as the young
thap had got to swimming strong for
the shore, piece of lumber hit him
and knocked both of them clean under
the water. Hank told me afterward
that he was as clear-headed as ever he
was in his life while he was under water,
and he remembers perfectly how he
came to the surface with Lucetta on his
arm. After that he doesn't know what
he did, but in some way he got to
shore and took Lucetta with him. Then
he tainted away with the pain, for the
beam that had struck him had broken
his left arm. By that time Lucetta had
gained her senses. and she called for
help till some one came and took them
both away, Hank to my house and Luz
cetta to Graham's.
thought they'd be reconciled then,
but they weren't. Neither would hear
to seeing the other, and when his arm
was well it was time for Hank to go
back to school. That fall Lucetta start
ed out to get an education, too.
Hank will be somebody, sure enough.
Cousin JIM" she said. land, though I
never want to see him again, even if
he did save my life, | propose to he
his equal and more if cam
$ was two years younger than he,
and SO not yet 20, and. being bright
and quick, she got on very fast at school,
the same as Hank cid.
Well, to cut it short, Hank got
through the polytechnic in a year less
than the regular time, and was sent
right away to South America to Law
out railroads and build bridges there,
1t was queer enough, after he had been
there couple of years, that this same
engineer that had made him all the
trouble at first was put on his staff in
a subordinate position, but so it was,
| and Hank has told me two or three
times in his letters that the fellow ac-
cepted the situation like a gentleman,
though it did seem to gall him little.
Lucetta finished her schooling with
colors flying, too. / had to lend her a
little money to help her through, be-
sides returning her own that she tried
, to let Hank have, but she's paid me
back all right from the sale of her
books. You see, she found out at school
that she could write for print, and she's
doing pretty well now. don't
think Hank knows about that, for he
forbade me to write to him about LII
cetta. You see, I'm the only CORE
spondent he has from here, and Lu,
Cetta has always written over the
name of Mrs. Margate," SO that he
shouldn't know.
No; they haven't seen each other since
the big storm when he saved her
from drowning. He is past 30 now,
and she's IS and both are still single.
There was stories that he had married
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-07
Deafness Cannot BE Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion Of the ear. There j:
only one way to cure deafness, and that II
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an inflamed condition Of the mu-
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets infamed you have a rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing, and when il Is
entirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the Inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal con
dition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an infamed condition
of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by eatarrh) that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars, free.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold bv Druuo,sfa 10
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-07
"NTRS At. STAEFOpD %
HUMOROUS.

-Millie-"Dicky Doolittle seems
such an empty fellow!" Willie-"You
wouldn't have thought so if you had
seen him last night.
-He-"Do you believe in love at first
sight?" She-"It all depends whether
you mean first sight of the man or first
sight of his handbook. "-To-Day.
-Freshleigh, '00-"James, how does
the button come into my salad?" James
(the WATERFRONT! dat am paint oh lie
dressin', sah!"-Princeton Tiger.
-Mchener-"Straws tell which way
the wind is blowing" Oldpart (from
Kansas)-"Out thar in our country,
tale. "-Philadelphia North American.
-He-"I suppose your father under
stands that l am not going to marry the
res. of the family?" She Zone of many
sisters) -"He says that is the only
thing that troubles him. Detroit Free
Press.
Miss Manchester-"Do you know
that after Ellen refused Mr.. Esplanade
he actually committed suicide?" Miss
Monterey-"Really? dead in love with
her, isn't he?"-Pittsburgh Chronicle.
Telegraph.
-"Bring me my glass;" commanded
the lady pirate, for there was now no
| field of human endeayor to which the
gentler sex was not admitted, that
| may see if all is WE'LL" The faithful
lieutenant brought two glasses, know
irg it to be impossible to size up the
back hair with one.-Detroit Journal.
-Creditor-"But, my dear Sir Baron,
l can't spare the time every day trying
to collect this money; please fix day
on which you will pay this overdue
bill" Baron-"On what day can you
best get off ?" Creditor-"That would
be on Thursday" Baron-"Well, then
come every Thursday" Elk.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-07

By reason Of its mileage and location, the
Texas A. Pacific Railway is the most impor-
erscs the Lone Star State from East "a
West, through the most progressive towns
great forests Of pine, and the broad prairies
and weIl-kept farms, afording the most
beautiful scenery all along the line. No
other line affords such opportunities for the
home seeker OF investor to see and enjoy
Texas. Cheap lands for all. Low rate Home
Seekers Excursios Tickets on sale at al
points in Texas and Louisiana February
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goth, May 4th and 18th.
For handsomely illustrated book fully
describing the wonderful State Of Texas
conceded to he the finest publication issued
in recent years, send eight cents postage e
CASTOR Meslier, Gent Pass'r & Tiki. Agt.
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For other..

physicians are claiming now that
widows weeds are very unhealthy"
she remarked.
For men wishing to continue a life
of single blessedness. yes" he admitted.
II can't see why they are SO Irresistible,
elther,"-Chieago Post.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-07

palm oil, rubber, spices, gums for med
icinal use, and ivory. Gumcopal, wild
coffee, camwood powder and fruit in
great abundance are produced. These
yield a revenue of about $25 ,0c0, 900 an
nually. In what is termed the lake re-
gion of the Congo there are valuable
iron and copper mines and gold and
silver deposits.
The Upper Congo region, between
the Congo and the lakes, is said to be
fine field for colonization. The climate
is salubrious and temperate, the alti-
tude ranging from 1000 to 6,000 feet
above the sea. The rich river valleys
and old lake bottoms yield immense crops
of rice and grain and there, as we'll as
on the uplands, is found some of the
most valuable timber in the world, the
logs making the most costly transporta-
ton profitable.
Speaking of the Congo valley as New
World is only figuratively true, for
those lazy old pioneers, the Portuguese,
have been settled at the mouth of the
great river, and many grand family in
Portugal has been kept flourishing for
the past 200 years on the profits of the
Congo slave trade. Thanks to the inter-
vention of the British, principally, this
iniquity is being broken up, the only
transgressors nowadays being the
Arabs, next to the "unspeakable Turk"
the most despicable member of the
human family. Wherever the influence
of the believers in the false prophet ex-
tends the traveller expects to find that
the natives are treated with cruelty,
and that neither age nor sex is spared
when those demons are aroused. What
the Mohammedan is doing in Armenia
he has done in Equatorial and West Al
RIGA, and occasionally cities and culti-
waited regions are destroyed for miles by
the Arabs so as to capture slaves.
Among the many natives which peo-
pie the Congo region there may be
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-07

"senorita" of the country he is in, but
he says it isn't so; and Lucetta has said
mo" to half dozen.
Do think they'll ever meet again =?
Yes, 1 do, and right here in this post
office, too, next summer. Hank is COM
ing back to the states, and Lucetta is
going to pass the summer with my wife
and me, and we're going to see if we
can't keep two folks we know of, from
carrying certain piece of foolishness
too far.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-07

Man is the only animal that has real
nose or chin. Horses have faces that
are all nose, swine have shouts and ele-
plants trunks; lions have vast smelling
organs, but none of them anything
that can be separated from their faces
and called nose. It is even more true
CT the chin. which is particularly hui
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-07
Another Theater HORROR.

''lou cannibal!" shrieked the lead
ing lady.
For the heavy villain was eating dew
lied ham.--Chieago Tribune.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-07

In Corfu sheets of paper pass for
money. One sheet buys one quart OF
rice. or 80 sheets piece Of hemp
CLOTH.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-07

The man who wears a face like a coffin,
should not complain if he finds no welcome.
Rams Horn.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-07

Fits stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use of DR.. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 81 trial bottle &
treatise. DR.. Kline, 933 Arch st., Phila, Pa.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-07

Birds are supposed to have, in common
with all living creatures, certain reasoning
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-07

Piso's Cure is a wonderful Cough medi-
cine-Mrs. w. Pickert, Van Siclen and
Blake AYES, Brooklyn, y. Y, Oct. 26, '94.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-07

Send your address to the Malacura Co.,
st. Louis, Mo, and receive trial package
Malacura Choclats free. See ad this paper
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-07

Just try l0c box of Cascarets candy Ca
thartic finest liver and bowel REGULATOR made.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-07

A lot of bootblaeks sitting on curbstont
may not be India-rubber boys, though they
are gutter perchers.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-07

The giants who brighten us most, often
turn out to be common-sized men on stills.
RAMS Horn.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-07

Like Oil Upon Troubled Waters is Hale s
Honey of Horehound and Tar upon cold.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-07

The greatest objection we have to free
things is that they cost too much.-West
Union Gazette.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-07

When a man slips he always stops to look
at the place where he specialization
Globe
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-07

When bilious or costive eat Cascaret,
candy cathartic, cure guaranteed. l0c, 25c.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-07

They say people who live together get
to look alike" "Is that so? Well, just in
the interest Of science, let's try it."-Chica.
90 Record
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-07
THE GENERAL MARKETS.

The man who rides hobby thinks nobody
else is making any Roadway.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-07

Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-08-31
BUSINESS LOCALS.

Ring up Sal, if you have anything
to say to The INDEPENDENT.
Join our Suit Club, 81 per week.
Medeiros g. Decker, Hotel street.
Big reductions in Childrens trim.
med hats for one week onlyst N. S.
Sachs.
Childrens trimmed sailor hats in
all colors only so cents at N. S.
Sachs.
One ounce Of prevention is better
than ten ounces of cure. The EN-
pire boasts OF infallible remedies
against the varioloid. Wieland beer
on draft beats vaccination, and
Doctor Charlie Andrew presides over
the finest stock of remedies" that
can be found in town All for medi-
cinal purposes-snd cash.
Buffalo Beer has proved it's i'm
mense popularity at the Royal, Paci-
fic and Cosmopolitan Saloons. The
celebrated Pabst is also retained
there in draft or in bottle. The in
Interchangeable check system that has
proved such convenience to the
patrons OF these popular resorts is
also in vogue.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-08-31
CORRESPONDENTS.
More Waste.
ED. The INDEPENDENT

Ed. The INDEPENDENr:--
The report of last meeting OF the
Board Of Health, states that bill
was presented from Mr.. j. Cassidy
for $1477 for electrically equipping
the Quarantine Station. In May
last was published a tender from
the Hawaiian Electric Co to do
this in frstclass manner for con-
siderably less than is now demanded
for inferior work; the tender was re-
jected as the charges were said to
be excessive by some incompetent
adviser OF the Board, with the result
that more money is wasted but OF
course a permanent position is pro-
vided for some valiant gun carrier
for whose sole benefit the taxpayer
seems to exist. TAXPAYER.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-08-31
Camping Season
is Coming
WHEN You GET OUT INTO
The MOUNTAIN

we can be with you. The memory OF
well.stoclSed larder in your camp will help
the enjoyment Of the scenery picturesque
or majestic, as it appeals to the eye. The
climate-genial bracing, rejuvenating-
will be aided by good groceries. Whatever
you do rnsticating, hunting, fishing, rid
ing, boating, wheeling, mountain climbing
or in valley reposing our goods are the
best and necessary accompaniment.
The season for this sort of thought and
action il upon us. III The world takes an
outing once year-if it doesn't, 1t ought
TO. While making up your mind where
you will CO. put these places before your
minds eve:
ON MAUI Haleakala, Lahaina, Wal
kapu. Makawao, Hama, Kula, Kahului,
Haiku. Makena.
ON KAUAI-Hanalei Hanapepe, Lihne,
Koloa, Waimea, Nawiliwili aad Hawai-
hau.
ON HAWAII-Kilauea and Halemau-
maui, the rainy city, Kapapala Kealake-
kua Bay ana DR.. Lindley's Sanitarium,
Waipio, Kohala, Puma, Kona, Laupahoe-
hoe and Hamakua.
ON 0AHU-Waikiki, Tantslus, Puo.
waina, Olympus or Leah Makapuu and
Mokapu, Waianae, Pearl bor Remood
Grove, Moanalua and Manoa,
The Islands OF Lanai, Molokai, Kahoo-
lave and Niihau.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-08-31

RISDON IRON g. LOCOMOTIVE
WORKS..
5s2-tf San Francisco, Cal.
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Peru Arrives.

The P. M. S. S. Peru, Captain
Saunders arrived off port at | a. m.
to-day, 6 days IL hours from San
Francisco. She brought the follow
ing passengers for Honolulu; Gap
tain N. M. Dyer, U.S.N., j. F. Hum
berg, f. E. King, VIM. II. Hamilton
Miss NJ Scott, DR.. It. j. Edwards,
H. T. Edwards, Rev. T. and Mrs.
Jackson, A. Emanuel, Mr.. aud Mrs.
E Emanuel, Miss e E, Dickinson,
Miss Georgians Bancus, Mr. aad
Mrs. j. D. Brett, R. j. Watkins.
Cargo for this port 1l6 cases OF beer.
The Peru is coaling at the Pacific
Mail dock. The steamer is adver-
tised to sail at 10 a. m. tomorrow.
She carries IL saloon passengers for
Shanghai and Hongkong, besides a
full California cargo. Several
changes have been made in the Of
6cers Of the Peru. Captain Saunders
late chief officer of the S. S. China is
in command. A new man is in the
purser's office and malihini freight
clerk. Dock Superintendent Gill
fillan will coal the steamer to 400
tons
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-08-31
A. q. p. Delegates.
FOURTH DISTRICT.
comes.

FOURTH DISTRICT.
First Preeinct-Government Muir
sery. Two delegates: B. F. Dilling-
ham and f. A. Hosmer.
Second Precinct--Beretania Street
School. Six delegates: j. A. Ken
nedy, W. H. Hogs, Robert Grieve,
j. II. Fisher, j. S. Martin and S. B.
Rose.
Third Precinct-Nuuanu Water
Gate. One delegate: E. F. Bishop.
Fourth Precinct-Royel School.
Three delegates: G.. W. Smith, w.
McBryde and F. S. Dodge.
Fifth Precinct-Kapuaiwa Build
ing. Three delegates: j. A. Nc Cand-
less, E, Benner and @. B. Gray.
FIFTH DISTRICT.
First Precinct-Kaneohe. Two
delegates: William Henry and r.
McKeague.
Second Observation-Disclosures Court
House. One delegate: W. r. Rath-
burn,
Third Precinct-Waialua. One
delegate: Andrew Cox.
Fourth Precinct-Waianae. One
delegate: Judge Kekahuna.
Fifth Precinct-Ewa Mill. One
delegate: w, j. Lowrey.
Sixth Precinct-Manana Court
House. One delegate: e. B. Mika-
lemi.
Seventh Precinct-Reform School
Two delegates: j. A. Low and W. r.
Sims.
Eighth Precinct-Tram Stables.
Two delegates: d. X. Keliipio and
G. w. Farr
Ninth Observation-Disclosures School.
Two delegates j. M. Poepoe and
Geo. r. Garter.
Tenth Precinct-Chinese Engine
House Two delegates: o. Berg
strom and j. @. Cluney.
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