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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-12-31

LdAs TINS INDEPENDENT will be husily
engaged To morrow in interviewing
The New Year as to future social,
pollticaI anti economical problems,
II will suspend publication until
Monday The Bird instant. In the
must rest contented with our
heartest wishes for Happy and
prosperous New Year to them all,
no matter under which Of the two
Flags we shall all be enrolled this
time twelve months. In this coun
try 1T is all "patriotic poppy cock"
anyway, aud not worth a pot OF
honest stngo.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-12-31

Let us give the sold boy" good
send off. Let all be merry and
thankful that they have lived an
other year, and help on paving the
road marked 1898 with good inten-
tio6sQ W9U no iiBil y lGii
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-12-31

.ts.. atf.rN.ft Efs f..
1t ioes not seem to be generally
known that all interested in the
schooner Emma and Louisa are men
of social position aud high reputa-
ton. One Of the parties interested
in the cargo is even the Hawaiian
Consul at San Diego. The owners
OF the schooner and its cargo at
tempted a corGm-tcial experiment
which might lave materially bene-
fitted quite section Of this COM
munity, II is uuiortunate that their
first reception should have been so
upkiukly, out probably, as ever, the
Custom officials, when properly
called upon, may be in position to
justify the extra precautions they
are said to have taken in regard to
the vessels cargo. TIE INDEPENDENT
hopes so at any event for it does not
presume to interfere with an honest
desi,e TO faithfully discharge official
Isduty '"
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-12-31

The year which goes out has
brought sorrows and happiness to
all Of U.S. Many families had be-
reavements and beloved men and
women and children have been call
cd to appear before the high trib-
unal from which there'is no appeal.
Other families have been established,
however, and homes have been filed
with gladness on the arrivals OF lit
tie ones who do not yet understand
whether 1897 was a lucky or an un.
fortunate year. .I oJEf
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-12-31

"I will steal no more crowns."-
'Aa1anill Mi keep 14lyida ny nose out Of other
peoples affairs"-(Albert Francis,)
y will Jesign.""-(W,, Q. S.),cys
'l@Fwbn'F tesigh." Sammy W
81 will nurse my diety"-(H. O.
81 will not cinch the planters any
more under false pretenses."A(L.
A. T)
81 will never do banking business
again without a lcense.psrT (Pop-
.s8aAs v Al TO 3G W III ~
81 will lie no more."-(S. E. b.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-12-31

At midnight, with our elbows bent,
We merrily watch and wait,
With all our thoughts and hopes
intent,
On the glorious days OF "ninety-
eight"
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-12-31

The list of good intentions which
we found on our desk and from
which we take the above, is getting
too long for this issue. THE INDE
PENDENT intends during the next
year to give some interesting and
spicy news to its patrons worse"
than ever before,
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-12-31

Is the House OF Hawaii in order?
Are we ready to meet the issue
of the coming trouble7 We think
mot. The men who in 1898 stole
a. government through one OF
sthezmost Infamous plots Known to
the civilized world, have not sue
ceeded during the ear in gaining the
confidence or even the respect Of
the people of Hawaii. Nepotism,
injustice aud spite have been ram
pant during the past year, and 1898
will find the Hawaiians and the. men
. who believe in upholding their
rights as hostile to Mr.. Dole and
hissco schgmeFs as they we're in 1893
" y.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-17
Why Modern Bricks Are Hollow.

The use of paper in the manufacture Of
high grades OF bricks for interior house
work, trimmings, facings and for decora-
tive purposes is evidently much on the in
crease. Already some very good samples
Of enameled paper brick have been shown
In the latest process of making and enam-
cling the paper bricks the bricks are made
on the hollow principle. The object of
making the brick hollow Is practically the
same as sought in the making OF hollow
forged steel sbafting. Not only is defect
i've center removed, but IL is possible TO
put mandrel into the hollow and by ap-
plying pressure, the walls are operated
upon both from the inside and the outside
When solid body Is heated, the tenn
perature of the interior always varies from
that Of the outer portion AZ first often re-
sulting in an expansion of one O: the 9th
er that causes defects. For these reasons
the plan Of forming the bricks upon the
hollow principle, plugging them after
ward, is recommended. Sawdust 10 found
TO be a good filler. lt is first flreproofed
as Is also the paper pulp used in the bricks
Then IL is mixed with cement and pressed
into the hollow of tho bricks, smoothed
and enameled over, making perfect
shape. e.-Philadelphia Record.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-17
II Was "a shock.

The last time Roland Reed was in Cleve-
land he dropped into down town restau
rant and accidentally picked up an item Of
considerable interest This is the way he
tells the story:
"At an adjoining table sat two gentle
men who had ydently been to the theater.
1 hoard one say:
"'I've just been TO hear Roland Reed.
He got no further, for his companion in
tcrruptcd him with the remark, delivered
with most cutting sarcasm:
Why, you chump, Roland Reed has
been dead thosu ten years.
What his companions reply was
don't know. ! was shocked beyond express
sion AT the sudden news Of my decoase,
and mu'iuncd 90 my companion. who was
conNulscG with laughter, that ! would set
tie for the wine. | told him guud night
rather sadly and went Co my hotel The
clerk handed me my key aud the bellboy
asked
What time do yoa wish 20 DO called,
sirY'
Il was not fCrli@g verv chippcr--n0 nan
docs sftcr he's t,Un ucad tn yoars--Hnd
rpturtcd
refuse 20 hc called I've boon decd
ten years and don want 80 bc awakened
ct all ~ -Cle,eland Plain Dealer
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-17
Gulliver's Travels.

In The Atlantic DR.. Hill, who edits
"Swift's Letters" quotes contcmporane-
Gus testimony i'm regard TO "Gulliyers
Travels" as follows: "'Gulliver' is in ev
erybodys hand. lent the book to an old
gentleman, who went Immediately TO his
map to search for Lilliput." Gay wrote n
few days later: Tho whole impression
sold in week. From the highest to the
lowest it is universally read, from the
cabinet council to the nursery" Swift
used 10 leave the profits of his writings to
the booksellers. In 1875 he wrote, Il
never got farthing by anything / writ,
except one about eight years ago, and that
was by Mr. Popc's prudent management
for me" The time of publication renders
1t almost certain that this book was "Gul-
liyer's Travels" " He is said 10 have re-
ceived $500. BY tho Irish edition, pub
lishcd in 1927, he made nothing. Dub
lin booksellers " he wrote, have not the
least notion of paying for copy" II the
book was "manglod in the press. it was
owing to the timidty of its London pub
Usher, Benjamin. Motte, who may have
feared a prosecution for libel.
Swift, keeping up the mystery of author
ship, wrote TO Pope, II read the book over
and I'm the second volume observed several
passages which appear to be patched and
altered" He added, "A bishop here said
that book was fun Of improbable lies, and
for his part be hardly believed word of
IL" Mr.. Craik argues with great proba-
bility that his suggestion Of parbling was
ga loopholo for disclaiminP what swift or
his friends might aftcrwarl condemn"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-17

THE lNNOceN- cHERUss.
How They Worked Papa For a Double
Dose OF Candy.

Dose OF Candy.
He had settled upon system Of rewards
and punishments for the children and felt
that he had solved the whole question OF
family discipline There were certain
things TO be done and certain things 10 be
left undonc for whole week, at the expira-
tion OF which he agreed 10 bring home q
small box OF candy to be divided among
such of the children as had lived mp TO the
rules and regulations. To be deprived OF
candy when tho others were eating il he
was sure would be sufficient punishment
10 make arcpetition of the offense unlikely.
II worked TO charm the first week.
With the promised candy ever in their
minds the four Of them lived such upright
lives, according TO the standard set for
children. that each one came i'm for share
of the reward. The next week, however.
the novelty had worn off somewhat, and
in a moment of thoughtlessness one of
them did something that forfeited his
share Of the candy. The fact was duly i'm
pressed upon him, aud when the candy
was brought home he was brought in to
see 1t divided among the Others.
HUH he exclaimed scornfully when
the box was opened. II don't like that
kind Of candy anyway"
Now, here was feature that had not
entered into the calculations of the head
of the household, If the boy didn't like
that kind of candy It was no punishment
to deprive him of IL. Consequently the
only thing 10 do was TO bring home an
other box containing something that he
did like, and thus IL happened that the
other children got double supply of can
dy that week in order that n valuable les
son might be impressed upon the one who
didn't get any.
The next week 10 so happened that lit
tic girl was the offending one who had to
be punished, and much 10 the astonish-
ment of the head Of the household she
turned up her little nose when the box was
opened and said, even as the boy had said:
II don't care. i don't like that kind
anyhow"
OF course that noccssitatcd the purchase
Of another Lox. but it was brought home
with many miSgivingss There was some
thing suspicious in the fact that the only
one who didn't like the candy was the one
who couldn't have any However, the box
was opened, and then IL was that the boy
was heard coaching his little sister off In
one corner.
Say il again, +" he urged.
Wont do IL, she replied "You didn't
do it but once"
II didn't think of it." he persisted.
But you say IL again so that we can get
another box this week, and whoever gets
left out next week will fix it SOS 10 get IA
many extra boxes for you"
And thereupon the little girl piped up,
II don't like that kind, either" But
this time 1t didn't work Chicago Post.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-17
AN OLD MAIDS SONG.


and l wondered whether she were going
crazy.
Tnen the singer sang the simple verses.
They may have teen very baa as verses,
but as a song they were success The
audience listened intently, the women
looking up, as women look wnen lowered
eyelids would let the tsars brim over. and
when the last yerss rang out plaiDtively
and proudly
And, though thou hast banished me,
i touch thee in each nodding flower
l see, thee, dear one, eyerv hour
In sky or star or sen. All beauty holds
some hint of thee,
And so thou oHnst not banish me-
Thou canst not Danish me
the hall forgot to applaud for fully three
seconds. when IL caught its breath and
surrsptitlously wiped Its eyes- that is, all
but the old maid. she wept quite openly.
turning her radiant tear stained face to-
ward me:
Its mine It's minep' she half sob
bed. "Oh, it's Inc, and I'm 40 happy.
And then ale told me the whole story.
But neith,r PRAYERS nor eDtreatios could
prevail upon her TO let ms { ell her secret
And the b0arders still wonder why IL Is
that colorless little lady like the old
maid sometimes wears look OF pride. -
Chicago Tribune.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-17
How Elizabeth Wa, Dressed.

Queen Elizabeth's love OF sumptuous
apparel indeed grew with her years and
the leading fashions Of the courts of Eu-
rope furnished her with designs for new
dresses, which she would continually cast
aside for Others such as her fGrcy might
suggest. On all occasions she dressed in
the richest costumes, adorned with bril-
liants, precious stones and jewelry of the
rarest workmanship Even in her old age
she continued TO dress like young girl
afraid Of nothing SO much as Of being
thought old. Upon the subject of her
personal beauty she would smilingly ac-
cept the most extrayagant fattery, says
Carte, however fulsome 10 appeared to
everybody else. - When Paul Hontzner
saw her, she was In her sixty seventh year.
Being German, ne observed her with an
eye wholly unclouded by any sense OF rev.
erenco for the divinity which hedges round
a monarch. Indeed ho was so ungallant as
10 jot down In his notebook that Queen
Elizabeth wore wig and that red He
goes on 10 remark that she bad I'm her ears
two pearls with very rich drops and that
the bosom was uncovered.
She was dressed In white silk bordered
with pearls Of the size OF beans, and over
IL IA mantle Of black silk, shot with silver
threads. Instead Of chain she had ON an
oblong collar of gold and jewels. He adds
that wherever she turned her face every
one fell upon his knees an act of bom-
age which on state occasions had been paid
10 her father, and Elizabeth never forgot
or allowed others TO forget that she was
the daughter of Henry VIII.-Nineteenth
Century.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-17
Would You lie Glad to Hear IL?

Jinx has recently become a father. The
other morning he was hurrying 10 the Of
tce with the joyful air OF "A man who had
been taking the heir almost all night and
has just managed 10 snatch a few winks
after the bawl. 1t had suddenly flashed
across him that he had forgotten TO comb
his hair when he was accosted by Greens.
Hello, old mani Allow me To congrat-
ulate You! a boy, understandY 1 am
glad TO hear it!'
"Ye-e-s, replied Jinx.
You seem rather melancholy about 1t,
though. Nothing wrong"
mo. was merely thinking that you
wouldn't 10 So glad 10 hear it il you heard
il all night long. Pearson Weekly.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-17

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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-17

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gists under "A positiv,
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-17
Trains Leave Oakland Beach:

For Providence 5:57 a. m, 6:57 a. m. 7'57 a. mr
1857 am. 1857 a. m, 1851 p. M, PSI p. H.
4:57 D. m. 6:57 p. m, 9;57 pm.
SUNDAYS-8;57 a. M, 1851 y, H., 4:57 p m.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-17
HOTEL AND COTTAGES.
OAKLAND BEACH.
TEN MILES FROM PROVIDENCE.
Splendid Carriage and Bicycle Road,
Trains Leave Providence:

Trains Leave PfoVIdenCe:
For Oakland Beach-6;20 a H.. 800 a. m. 1920
a. m, 1920 p M, 2:20 p, M, 4;20 p. m
520p. In., $40 p. M, 7;20p. nla ll:20 p. m
SUNDAYS 800 a. m, 1920 p. NJ, 4:20 p, m.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-17

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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-17

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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-17

Formerly Cory Bros. PIANOS AND ORGANS,
No. 435 WESTMINSTER ST, Tuning and Re.
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-17

Professional and business men buy season
ticket three months $1,000; one month
500.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-02-11
A DEAF AND BLIND CRITIC.
Helen Keller on the Character OF q Fa
vprifa HarOinR.

Helen Keller on the Character OF q Fa-
vorite Heroine
Here, from the Century, is one OF
Helen keller's compositions" 1t is
on the Character of Rosalind."
"What first strikes US in Rosalind's
character is its buoyancy. AS soon as
she begins to speak we know that she
is young, fair and 1ouable. When we
first meet her, she is grieving over the
Punishment of her father; but, on being
chided by her cousin, Celia, for her sad
LESS, we see how quickly she locks up
her sorrow in her heart, and tries to be
happy because Celia is happy So
when we hear her merry laugh, and lis
ten to her BRIGHT conversation, we dc
not imagine fer a moment that she has
forgotten her sorrow; we know that she
is unselfishly trying to do her duty by
her cousin. And when we see the smile
fade from her sweet face, and the light
from her ewes, because fellow creature
is in trouble, we are not surprised,
We feel that we have known all along
that her nature was tender and SYM
pathetic.
'Rosalind's impulses, her petulance,
her tenderness and her courageous de-
Tense of her father seems perfectly
natural, and true to life; but it is very
hard to put in words my idea of her
character. 1t seems almost as if if
would lose some of its beauty and wom-
anliness, if I tried to analyze it, just as
we lose n beautiful flower when we pull
ii to pieces to see how many stamens
it has. Many beautiful traits are won
derfully blended in her character, and
we cannot help loving the vivacious,
affectionate and charming Rosalind."
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-02-11

There is cat story connected with
the name of Mr.. Stanley When the
African traveller was writing his
Through the Dark Continent in
Sackville street, he used often, from
want of a flat surface, to spread his
maps and charts upon the floor, and
one day the cat of the house, which
he'd conceived an extraordinary liking
for the great explorer and passed most
Of her time in his rooms, went to sleep
on chart that was spread out on the
hearth rug. BY and by the chart was
wanted and one of Stanley's assistants
was going TO turn puss off it, when
"the man who found Livingstone
stopped him.
Don't disturb the cat" he said
eve can get on without the chart till
she wakes. If you only knew how
good the sight Of that English cat,
cozily culled up in front of that fire,
is to me, you would never let her move
from where she is"
He had just come back from a weary
and trying time among nncivilized
tribes and the sleeping cat was TO him
the symbol of comfortable security, of
peace and of home.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-02-11
PeacOcks Supplanting Towser as the
Household Protector.

1.-The place of a watchdog on the farm
or country place." said States Attorney
Mcclure the other day, in making some
observations about mad dogs, reports
the ST. Louis Globe-Democrat, might
be very well taken by peacocks and
guinea fowls. / long since adopted pea
cocks alone to guard my place, and
nothing can come around the premises
night or day without causing an alarm
than any dog L ever owned. My expert
ence with guineas has not been so ex-
tensive, but l believe they are also
sure to give an alarm, or rather good
many alarms, if any strange man or
beast should venture near them by
night or day. Perhaps the days of the
watchdog would be numbered if it were
generally known how well peacocks
and guinea fowls would take his place.
Then, certainly, with fewer dogs there
would not be so many cases of hydro
phobia."
The statement of Mr.. Mcclure as to
the watchfulness of peacocks was borne
out by numerous Howard county farm
ers, among the number being County
Commissioners Hess, Dorsey and Smith,
and Mr.. James l.. Hobbs, who superin-
tends the farming operations Of SEN
ator German. Mr.. hobbs stated that he
long ago discovered what excellent pro-
lection peacoo3ls afford about place,
and down on the senator's farm he al
ways keeps six Or eight Of them to
guard the premises. So it appears that
peacocks are useful as well as orna-
mental
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-02-11
HUNTING THE BALLOT.
A Field Where Forger and Manipulat
Have Worked Success sfully.

Field Where Forger and Manipulation
Have Worked Successfully.
In no field of literature have the
forger and the manipulation worked
with greater vigor and success, says
the Atlantic Monthly. From Percy's
day to our own it has been thought
an innocent device to publish a bit of
ones own vcrsifying, now and then, as
an "old ballad" or an ancient song
Often, 100, late stall copy of ballad,
getting into oral circulation, has been
innocently furnished to collectors as
traditional matter. Mere learning VIII
not guide an editor through these per-
pleXities. What is needed is, in adj
dition, a complete understanding Of
the popular" genius, a sympathetic
recognition of the traits that charac-
teriZe oral literature wherever and in
whatever degree they exist. This fac
ulty, which even the folk has not re
tanned, and which collectors living in
ballad-singing and tale-telling times
have often failed TO acquire, was vouch
safed by nature herself to the late Prof
Child. In reality a kind of instinct, it
had been so cultivated by long and
loving study of the traditional litera
ture of all nations that it had become
wonderfully swift in its operations and
almost infallible. No forged or re-
touched piece could deceive him for a
moment; he detected the slightest jar
in the genuine ballad tone. He speaks
in one place of certain writers "who
would have been all the better histori-
ans for little reading of romances."
He was himself the better interpreter
of the poetry of art for this keen SYM
pathv with the poetry of nature.