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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-02

The regular monthly meeting of
the Hooulu and Hooula Lahui will
be held at the Maternity Home at
10 o'clock to. morrow morning.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-02

The S. +. Chronicle OF the 14tl
contains very interesting accoun
OF our Opera House.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-02

Paul Neumann and Lieut.. Stafford
Of the U. S. S. Alert related some
interesting experiences at the Social
Science Club last evening.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-02

Homer D. Martin, the American
landscape painter, is dead, aged 60
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-02

The celebrated dog poisoning case
was tried in the District Court this
morning Judge de la Vergne will
render decision to- morrow,
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-02
FOR SALE.

Firewood and Ballast, by the load
or large quantities Apply to
FRED. HARRISON,
New Campbell Building, Fort ST.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-02

Judge Rosa and A. G. NJ. Robert
son will leave for Kauai this after
noon to attend the term of the Cir.
cult Court.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-02

The Turkish Consul General at
Boston has been arrested in New
York for embezzlement amounting
to $250000.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-02

S. @. Dwight, executor and trustee
of the estate OF j, HI. Lovejoy, de-
ceased, publishes a notice to credit
ors and others in this issue.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-02

Prof. Yarndley's Choral Society
meets at the High School at 7:3C
this evening. Volunteers are desired
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-02

The Pacific immigration Com
pany want Lee Sow, Chinese de-
serter from the Hawaiian Sugar
plantation al Makaweli
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-02

Figured Art Muslns, in newest
designs, Is cents per yard at Kerr's.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-02

Victoria Lawn only 60 cents
piece, Fine White Goods, in plaids,
8 yards for 81 at N. S. Sachs.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-02

Postal Savings Bank Book No.
1854, has been lost.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-02

The w. g. Hall leaves to-day with
lawyers for the Circuit Court term
at Lihue, Kauai.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-02

Bleached cotton sheeting, 81
inches wide at 20 cents per yard at
Kerr's.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-02

The Helene made III knots on her
trial trip IN San Francisco bay
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-02
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Lenten services tomorrow.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-02

Money Saved by doing your shop
ping at N. S. Sachs
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-02

Bedspreads from 81 each at Kerr's.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-02

Eighty-one inch Brown Cotton
Sheeting at 16 cents per yard at
Kerr's.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-02

j. l.. Carter, the well-known
painter will leave for Maui this
evening He will visit his friends
on Maui, to paint some OF the new
buildings now being put up.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-02

Oyster cocktails by the Australia
at the Merchants Exchange coupled
with a new supply OF the famous
Enterprise beer and half and half.
Call early and often.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-02

The Australia arrived on time this
morning. She brought 81 passen-
gers, including Capt. u. Allen, A. j..
Cartwright, j. HI. and Mrs. j, @.
Kirkpatrick and VIM. Warehouse,
s. and Miss M. Hoffman.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-02

Jim Dodd came back purposely to
attend to his mammoth shipment of
Enterprise beer by the Australia.
He will be on hand tonight to tell
his friends OF his merry experiences
while he was coffee hunting, and
Enterprise will be brighter for his
presence.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-02

Read "Timely Topics" to-day.
The Hawaiian Hardware Co, an.
nounce the opening Of their annex
for Plantation and Agricultural
implements on Fort Street in the
former H. w. Schmidt and Sons
premises. There is a splendid dis
play of utilities there,
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-02

The wedding cake for the Con-
radt-Widemanu nuptials to-day was
the superb work OF Prof. Herman
Horn Of Horns Bakery, Hotel street.
Herman, like Calico, was brought
up at the feet of his father. Seldom
has another bridal cake been seen in
this city to surpass the artistic work
OF the son,
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-02

1t is rumored that meeting Of
tho Hawaiian Jockey Club has been
called for tomorrow evening. The
INDEPENDENT has encouraged such a
step but has had no official notilina-
ton from the president or secretary
Of the Club, Horse racing will pro-
gress all the same.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-02

The wedding of Mr.. Christian
Conradt and Miss Alvina Widemann
took place this morning at the
Roman Catholic Cathedral, Father
Leonore officiating. A lunch was
given at the home of the brides
parents prior to the departure for
Ahuimanu OF the young people.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04

A MEDICAL genius has just dis
covered that the eating of coffee
beans is almost as insinuating and
harmful to the system as the opium
or morphine habit. It is con-
sidered more baleful in effect than
the whisky after which it is usually
taken as a sort of disinfectant.
Stranger yet to relate is the fact
that the saloonkeeper shows the
greatest eagerness to have this foul
habit subdued by public disap-
proval of it. Whether he is melted
by moral or economical reasons is
yet to be discovered, though one
incidentally mentions that the
"disinfectant'' used in his place
costs him three dollars weekly.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04

WHEw! what an uproar we are
having about rich people spending
their money in lavish display. To
a man up tree this would appear
like an attempt to cure our own
corns by treading on the pedal
extremities of others. What would
you have them do with it-let it
stay in iron vaults where it would
do not even themselves a particle
of good? Let the dear ones spend:
some classes are certainly being
benefited by their extravaganza if
you insist on calling it such.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04
DISCIPLINE.
world.

WHEREVER large number of
men are congregated for any cause,
whether in factory, a military
camp, prison or even on a pleasure
excursion, it is a prime necessity
that some degree of order and sys-
tenn be maintained. The wide
awake employer is aware of this
fact as we'll as the experienced
prison warden and the necessity
Of systematic dealing with en-
ployes is shown by the rigid rules
in force in well-conducted factories
which govern the office force as
strictly as the humblest toiler.
The only saving clause is that the
plan is known as System" in lieu
of the stricter word "discipline"
used in military organizations and
prisons. There must of necessity
be different grades Of discipline,
usually determined by the class to
which it is applied. AS it is a
well-known fact that men generally
sent to prison are not presumed to
be angels in temperament it can
hardly be expected to see willowy
specimen of it used in their gov
eminent. Thus it is that we find
very strong quality essential in a
prison for the very reason that the
faults to be corrected are so we'll
fortified as to require sturdy means
for their ejectment. It seems nat
ural to some to invariably rebel
against what is usually alluded to
as harsh methods. Still if we
probe the matter deeply it will be-
come clear to us that the benefits
gained by rigid discipline in every
detail will eventually accrue to our
own welfare. The most effective
medicine is always distasteful to the
palate. AS we have by our volun-
tary actions made this moral groom
ing a necessity it is we'll to be
philosophical, to look at the ulti-
mate results and not the present
taste of the medicine.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04

For the benefit of our local
readers we publish in full the bill
creating the Board of Pardons as
it is now a law in full force. It
will be noticed that the bill is quite
an improvement on the original as
first introduced. It does not leave
any loophole for the consideration
of undeserving cases. It seems to
be the spirit of the bill to give a
fair hearing to all worthy appli-
cants regardless of previous social
standing and influence in the outer
world.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04

dinarily smart prosecuting attor-
ney with some specious circum-
stantial evidence at his disposal
could easily convict a stranger, in a
large city, Of even the most hide
Gus crime. We do not blame at
torney or jury in such case; they
may not have any personal inter-
est in the conviction aside from
the natural ambition of the attor-
ney to show as many verdicts as
possible on the side in which he is
engaged. What we would like to
see is a law enacted in every state
providing proper limits to the use
Of such evidence in any and all
cases. Until this is accomplished
we may at any time expect to hear
of such cases as the one mentioned
above. 1t is very good logic to
''let no guilty man escape" but
would it not be more humane to
let an occasional possibly guilty
one go free than to have many in
nocent ones, like Lindsay, suffer
the fortunes Of living hell to say
nothing of those who go to their
graves without even the consola-
ton to their relatives Of postum
nous vindication of their inno-
cence?
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04

MANY of our resident readers are
expecting a salutatory from the
new editor. We have thought the
matter over carefully and deem
it would be but waste of good
space. The MIRROR has no politi-
cal or orthodox views we desire to
change. Our ambition shall be to
follow in the pace already set by
excellent predecessors and we
shall devote our best ability to
that end.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04

WITH the spring yet afar off the
tramp is receiving his annual warn
ing about possible laws to be en-
acted in various states for his ex-
tinction. Yet he HES him hither
and thither as he will like VERT
able lord to the manor born. No
thought of the law dulls his serene
equanimity while there is aught to
satisfy the cravings Of his internal
economy in sight. Shades of the
glorious past, can it be that tramps,
like poets, are born, not made!
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04

ANOTHER link has been forged
to the already lengthy chain of in
nocent victims to the plausible
facts elucidated by circumstantial
evidence. Another mortal has
gone to a dishonored grave with
the fatal brand of Cain uniustly
stamped upon his brow. It is a
pitiful story simply told. Just six
lines in an inconspicuous corner
of large daily newspaper says:
Joseph Murdoch, of Scott coun-
ty, Va, who was supposed to have
been murdered twenty-five years
ago, and for which crime Bud
Lindsay served twenty-one years
in the Virginia penitentiary, has
returned to his former home.
Lindsay died recently.
How this man lived as long as
he did in prison with the horrible
stain ever gnawing at his vitals is
a mystery to us. Twenty-one years,
a generation, plodding YEARLY a
monotonous prison life, Stunned
by all as travesty on the very
word mankind! Can anyone who
has not undergone a term in prison
understand the mental and phys
ical strain upon this poor fellow
when the fact was ever uppermost
within him that his punishment
was unmerited, unjust?
We believe that circumstantial
evidence is Legitimate and often
necessary to subserve the true
ends Of justice when properly sub
stantiated by undoubtable direct
evidence. Of itself alone such evil
dence is inimical to the liberty of
the most honorable men. An Or
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04

REV. PARKHURsT, who gained
considerable renown as civic re-
former in New York, is seriously
i'll, the doctors claim, from the eff
fects of overwork in that line.
Rather rough on the officials of
that city that a reformative course
should have such a serious effect
on the reformer. Minneapolis and
Duluth citizens interested in civic
purity would do we'll to make a
note of this.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04

A ST.. LOUIS detective has just
made full preparations for his
funeral, even to the naming Of the
pall-bearers and their particular
position in the exequy. He claims
to be neither superstitious nor a
spiritualist. Perhaps he is a
"wheelist" as that term is used in
connection with the internal work
ings Of the Uranium.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04

If WE would look ahead and
judge of the quantity, quality and
hideous texture Of the four-ply lies
necessary to uphold the plausibility
Of the first prevarication we would
pause and shudder before uttering
the original. A lie always rebounds
with the added strength of its
smaller satellites to Delay the one
who brings it into being.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04

CLEVELAND seems anxious to let
the world know that ''public office
is a private snap" by his negligence
in not taking some action relative
to the undisputed fact that Ameri-
cans are being outrageously treat
ed in Cuba. Shame! Grover; if ou1
term was now at it's close as
is yours we would have a more ex-
allied notion of the duty we owe
our fellowmen than to have waited
for a successor to assume the re-
sponsibility.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04

In narrating "When Lincoln
was First Inaugurated," in the
March Ladies' Home Journal,
Stephen Fiske writes interestingly
of the memorable journey from
Springfield, Illinois, to the Nation
al Capital, and tells of Mrs. Lin
coins efforts to have her husband
look presentable when receiving a
delegation that was to greet them
upon reaching New York City.
"The train stopped" writes Mr..
Fiske, ''and through the windows
immense crowds could be seen; the
cheering drowned the blowing off
steam Of the locomotive. Then
Mrs. Lincoln opened her hand bag
and said:
"'Abraham, [ must fix you up a
bit for these city folks
"Mr Lincoln gently lifted her
upon the seat before him; she
parted, combed and brushed his
hair and arranged his black neck
tie.
"'Do [ look nice now, mother?'
he affectionately asked.
"'Well, you'll do, Abraham, re-
piled Mrs. Lincoln critically So
he kissed her and lifted her down
from the seat, and turned to meet
Mayor Wood, courtly and suave,
and to have his hand shaken by
the other New York officials
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04

FROM the general tone of the
New York state press it would ap-
pear there was a political "nigger in
the woodpile'' in the late prison
bill enacted by the Legislature of
that state. Sentiment now concurs
that the present bill is greatly in
ferior to the one it abolished.
Aside from the moral injury in
flicted on the convicts by idleness,
the state is at an immense expense
as the prisons now do not contrib
ute a dollar to the state treasury
whereas under the old law they
we're self-supporting.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04

IT HAS been claimed that the
soil of Nevada is so poor a good
row could not be raised on it.
The Nevadans are submissive
people at present, but this insult to
their sterile plains is beyond for
bearance as we see that a REPUTATION
of the statement is to be attempted
on the seventeenth of this month.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04
N O TIC E..

THOSE receiving copies of THE MIR
ROR who are not subscribers will
please consider them as sample cop
les. If, after reading them, you should
conclude that THE MIRROR is
worthy of your patronage, send one
dollar to this office and we will enter
your name on our books for a
years subscription.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04

WHAT the average juror Of today
needs is what a number of political
boosters claimed the ordinary voter
required at the last national cleo
tion-confdence; and lots of it in
the defense usually put up by some
court-appointed attorneys.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04

THE MIRROR is a weekly

THE MIRROR is a weekly paper published
In the Minnesota State Prison. 1t was founded
In 1887 by the prisoners and is edited and man.
aged by them. Its objects are to be a home
newspaper; to encourage moral and intellectual
improvement among the prisoners; to acquaint
the public with the true STATUS of the prisoner;
to disseminate pathological information and to aid
In dispellng that prejudice which has ever been
the bar sinister to fallen mans selfredemptiOn.
The paper is entirely dependent on the public for
its financial support. If at any time there should
accrue surplus of funds. the money would be
expended in the interests of the prison library.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04

If YOU plant your foot on a
quicksand you must expect to sink.
If you follow dangerous calling
be prepared to suffer. A criminal
career is not only dangerous but
decidedly senseless.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04

CONGRATULATIONS to you, Major
President Mckinley sounds we'll
Now let us see your twin children
Prosperity and Industry, hustle
out and make the smoke-stacks
smoke and the millers mill.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04

WHEN you hear man speak
derisively of a woman, no matter
what her station in life, look out
for your pocketbook; for if he pos
sesses as much knave ability as he
shows lack of character he will
steal it.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04

Lester Ketchum, one of the
brightest Of the young school of
Western writer's has an amusing
story in the San Francisco Argo-
naut of March LIST. It is entitled
''Mr Meeks' Prisoner and tells
Of the extraordinary experience of
an Oklahoma town with noted
malefactor. "a Lucky Duel" is
the title of another romantic story
in this issue. It is from the pen
of A. P. Stanton, who has recently
been contributing to that journal
an interesting series Of reminis-
cences of early days in California,
and, though "a Lucky Duel'' has
the form Of fiction, one readily
guesses that it is at least founded
on actual occurrences.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04

AN Ohio woman has entered
suit for $1,000 against a Cleveland
dentist for having wilfully, ma
iciously and forcibly robbed her
of several kisses.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04

If YOU want to find out your
true friends just get into serious
trouble once.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04

DON'T look for a soft snap: all
snaps have teeth.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04

This paper will be forwarded to subscribers
until ordered discontinued and all arrears are
paid.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04

The Review of Reviews for
March has the bright appearance
of the up-to-date Magazine.
Among other interesting articles
it contains we note timely char
acter sketch Of Lyman J. Gage.
our new Secretary Of the Treasury
that we'll repays perusal. "The
Conditions of Governor in Cuba, :"
is the title of another article of
great value in the present status
Of worldly affairs when wars and
rumors of wars are the all-absorb-
ing topic. Other subjects COM
mented on are equally worthy of
attention.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04

Should THE MIRROR fail to reach subscriber
each week. notice should be sent to this office,
and the matter will be attended to at once.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04

Entered at the Post-Office at Saltwater, Mimi,
as SecOnd-claSS mail matter.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04

A thrilling chapter of secret war
history will be related in McClure's
Magazine for March by Gen. John
M. Thayer, formerly United States
Senator from Nebraska. It is an
account of a night he passed alone
with Secretary Stanton in the
War Office when the latter was ex-
pecting that President johnson
would attempt to dispossess him
Of his Office by force Of arms.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04

Contributions solicited from any and all sour
ces. Rejected manuscript will not be returned.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04

Jonah seems to be giving the,
theologians of today pretty nearly
as much trouble as he gave the
whale in the days of Nineveh.-
Philadelphia Press.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04

Edited and Published by the Inmates
of the Minnesota State Prison.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04

Because a young man wears a
large chrysanthemum on his but
toned coat is no sure sign that he
has on clean rt.-Portland
Welcome.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-10-16
TAX COLLECTION.
What a KOna Man Says About
Hawaii

What Kona Man Says About
Hawaii.
A Kona resident called at this Office
last evening, and in the course of con-
versation, expressed desire to see a
change made in a method which, he
said, is sometimes used for collecting
taxes on Hawaii. 1t is his fear that
unless such a change is made the col
lectors may be liable to serious injury
He said:
LAS it is now, the deputy tax asses
sors and their assistants can stop a
Chinaman or a Japanese on the road
and demand from him his receipt. OF
course, each and every one of the Off
GERS has right to do that. Now, what
under the sun is to prevent a rascal
who never saw the inside of tax
office from stopping a man in lonely
place on the road and demanding his
tax receipt? This has been done many
times and bogus receipts have been
given to the poor fellows thus duped,
for upon coming to bona fide cOllec-
tor, just such useless receipts have been
found on their persons. The letters
that the tax officers carry around with
them to show their authority cannot
be read by the majority of Cinnamon
and Japanese. The only way / see to
remedy the evil is to give each of the
tax officers badge. That will soon
make the people know that authority
is on the road.
CAS- it is now, the Chinese and jap
anese have been fooled SO often by bo-
gus collectors that they are beginning
to put on bold front and are giving
the collectors trouble. 1t will only be
a matter of time, if things are not
changed, when some collector will be
found dead on the road. The Japanese
particularly are putting on an ugly
front
anese have been fooled so often that
they are beginning to put on a bold
front and are giving the collectors
trouble 1t will only be matter of
time, of things are not changed, when
some collector will be found dead on
the road The Japanese particularly
are putting on an ugly front.
Il know of thing that happened
only a short time ago and while it
does not bear on the tax matter, shows
the mood that people are getting into.
A native officer stopped a Chinaman
on the road and asked him for his
letter of release from the plantation
on which he had been working. The
Chinaman acquiesced very meekly and
reaching down, began to undo his
bundle He jumped up again like
flash and poked SO calibre revolver
under the officers nose, saying at the
same time: There's my release. Do
you want it?' The officer spurred up
his horse and set out for home as fast
as the animal could carry him..