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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-06
Some Views AS to Annexo ton.


Leaving the wrong of the thing
entirely out OF the question, it is
safe to say that Hawaii would prove
to be mighty expensive acquisi-
ton. The American flibusters who
wrested the island from it's owners
would, of course, profit; but the
United States is sufficient unto it.
self; and the mass OF the people are
unquestionably opposed to annex
alton and it's attendant expenses and
evils.-Sacramento Bee.
One Of the strong reasons given
for the annexation of Hawaii is that
there are about $3O,0O0,000 OF Amer
lean money invested in the islands,
and that we should annex it so as to
control our investments. If there
is any force in that idea, with how
much greater reason the British
should annex the United States,
where they have upwards OF $780,.
100000 invested. But that's horse
OF another Pittsburg KanSan.
So far it has been noted that the
loudest and most persistent advo
Gates of the annexation of the Sand
wich Islands and its $4,000 coolies,
leprosy and all, are the jingos and
those who expect to profit by the
consummation of the scheme. Those
who have the best interests OF the
country at heart hesitate before
launching into a policy that is
entirely at variance with that pur-
sued by the nation for over 100 years
"a policy that our greatest and
wisest statesmen have warned the
people against. -Napa Journal
The Cuban and Hawaiian matters
will end in huge bond steal. Now
mind what wa say.-Living Issues.
Dead sure.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-06

The following most conclusive
criticism on law making by judges
comes from source they cannot
question, and more than sustains
the position of Bryan, and the
Chicago platform, so much de-
nounced by Republican politicians
and journalists, as we'll as by sham
Democrats. 1t is from the Amer
lean Law Review, as follows:
Before a judge can refuse to en-
force an Act of the Legislature on
the ground that it contravenes the
Constitution, he ought to be able to
put his finger upon some provision
of the Constitution to which the
Act of the Legislatures plainly and
distinctly opposed. 1t is not for
him to put forward his views as to
the policy of such legislation, He
is not elected or appointed to per-
form any such Office. Such views
are uucalled for, and ought to be
regarded as indecent and offensive.
1t is precisely as though the Legis-
lature, in the preamble to statute
should arraign a particular judicial
decision. The Legislature often re.
peals the rules OF law laid down in
particular decisions, but so FAR as
we have observed, no Legislature
has ever done so by referring speci-
fically to any legal judgement. The
Legislature repeats the law made
by the judges except where the law
consists OF interpretations of the
Constitution; because, as the law
making power, the Legislature is
above the judges, In theory the
judges are not lawmakers, though
in point of fact they make much
more law than the Legislatures make,
and much of it equally as bad.-S.
+. Star.
Which has got the best title,
Russia to China, or Great Britain to
Japsn? Great Britain's title to
japan is the best title, because it is
a perfect one. She has extended her
gold and banking policy over Japan
and if Japan has any rights left,
there will be sonnet thing new under
the sun,-Silver Knight.
Our government is republican
only in theory. 1t is constitutional
monarchy in fact. The monarch's
throne is vacant. His functions are
performed by the heads OF our civil
administration. The provisions of
our federal constitution are no
longer sacred to protect our indi-
vidual rights, nor to fix the bound
aries of legislation. Our judiciary
rides rough-shod over its provisions
with impunity.- Winters Independent.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-06

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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-06

RIsDoN IRON Il LOCOMOTIVE
WORKS..
5S2-tf San Francisco, Cal.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-05-27

themselves reasonably we'll informed
in the worlds progress, refuse to be
martyrs to such well understood
troubles as sleepIessness, rheumatism,
neuralgia Or kidney diseases. Paine's
celery compound is used with perfect
assurance in those households where
only an intelligent, authentic remedy
can get any consideration. AS a spring
remedy nothing compares with it.
As physicians are all the time say
ing: The pain over the kidneys, head
aches and the misery of nervous de-
bility should be ME- by Paine's celery
compound. It's in~vigorating action is
at once felt by the irritated, worn out
nerves and brain. 1t makes new blood.
1t brings fresh strength and vigor to
tired, wornout men, weary women
and to sickly children. For those dis
eases which are the result of weaken
ed nerves, such as dyspepsia, head
aches, neuralgia and heart disease,
Paine's celery compound is the only
logical, permanent cure. 1t feeds the
wasted nerve tissues and regulates
their action. 1t tones up the entire
digestive tract and encourages the
body to take on flesh and to increase
the volume of pure blood in the AFTER
les and veins.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-05-27
Gov. Stephens Congratulated.

JEFFERSON CITY, no, May 90
Gov. Stephens to-day received the
following telegram:
"STATEHoUsE, SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,,
May 20, 1s97.-His Excellency, Hon.
Lon v. Stephens, Governor of Missou-
ri, Jefferson City, Mo.:-The twenty
ninth annual meeting of the Eclectic
Medical Association of the state of
Illinois in the Statehouse assembled
sends you greeting. This Association,
representing 1900 eclectic physicians
of this State, unanimously beg to con-
graduate you on the liberal step you
have taken in the appointment to
official positions in State institutions
irrespective of the allopathic tyranni-
calcode of ethics.
"Thousands of practitioners through
out the United States and tens of
thousands of friends of liberalism in
medicine feel that you have done for
the people that act of independence
which is in perfect harmony with our
free American institutions"
<SIGNED) R.. SPAFER, M. D., Pres.
w. E. KINNELL, M. D., Sec'y.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-05-27

The Palmer House, Chicago, needs
no introduction to readers in America
or Europe. 1t is one of the largest
hotels in the world, and is one of the
great institutions of Chicago.
Mr.. Willis Howe, the well-known
superintendent of the Palmer House,
writes the following letter:
Wells, Richardson & Co., Burling-
ton, Vt.-GENTLEMEN: 1t is with a
feeling of sincere gratitude that l
write you this letter. I was seriously
sick with fever, and after passing the
dangerous stage began taking Paine's
celery compound. At this writing 1
am in excellent health, and in fact
never felt better. I attribute this to
the use of Paine's celery compound.
Hoping others will find that Paine's
celery compound will make them as
well as it did me, 1 am most gratefully
yours, WILLIS HOWE.
Chicago, Jan. IA, 1897.
Repeated and astonishing success in
making people we'll has lifted Paine's
celery compound to the admiration of
the world as the surest and wisest
means of invigorating "rundown,"
nervous condition of the body.
Since the discovery of this great
remedy men and women who keep
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-05-27
A Old Girl has
Nervous PrOstratiOn
THE REWWFYING EFFECTS or A PROPER
NERVE FOOD DEMONSTRATED.
From the Era, Bradford, Pa.

Miss Watrous concluded that her cure was
complete and left home for a visit to relatives
in the grape country near Dunkirk, N. Y.
She stopped taking the medicine and by
over-eXertiOn brought the ailment back again.
As soon az the returning symptoms were felt,
Miss Watrous secured another box of pills and
the illness was soon driven away. She is now
in better physical condition than she has been
for years and declares that she owes her life to
DIR. Williams Pink Pills.
Mr.. and Mrs. Watrous were interviewed
by a reporter at their home on Clarion
Street. Both are loud in their praises of
Pink Pills. "My daughters life was saved
by the medicine" said Mrs. Watrous. "Her
condition was almost hopeless when she COM
menced taking them, hut now she is as strong
and healthy as any one could be. l cannot
recommend the medicine too highly"
An analysis of DIR. Williams Pink Pills
shows that they contain, in q condensed form,
all the elements necessary TO give new life and
richness to the blood ard restore shattered
nerves. They are an unfailins specific for
such diseases as locoInotor ataxia, partial
paralysis, St. Nitus' dance. ~sciatica, neuralgia,
rheumatism, nervous headache, the after eff
fects of la grippe, palpitati0n of the heart, pale
and sallOw compilations. all forms of weakness
either in male or female, and all diseases re-
sulting from yitiated huiEors in the blood.
Pink Pills are sold by all dealers, or will be
sent post paid on receipt of price, so cents q
box or six boxes for S2.50-(they are never sold
in bulk or by the 1907 by addressing DIR. Will
liams' Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-05-27
County News.
DULY ITEMS.

Correspondence of the LEDGER.
DULY, Mo-, May i9.-We hope Miss
Dowell, of Bean Greek fame, will teach
US as good a school as she did over
there. It will be remembered that
Miss Dowell received her start on Old
Bean and that she gave them excel
lent satisfaction.
Edward Boeger, the blacksmith, is
certainly making a success of his bus
mess, or why would he get SO much to
do?
Theodore Selb and N. P. Morris
have rented land on the Hinde place
this season.
Most OF the farmers in this vicinity
are about through planting corr and
are proud OF the fact that they have a
good stand.
We understand Mr.. Canada is striv-
ing to get up a defamation contest.
That is what we need in this neighbor-
hood and I say "Let the good work
continue"
Edward Selb is out on the prairie
helping his little boys work. IL is a
mighty good thing to have a substan-
tial old man to fall back upon.
Prof. E. HI. Woody is visiting his
many friends in this neighborhood.
Rev. r. 81. Cooper delivered two
good sermons Sunday at Trinity.
e. T. canada and Miss Pope attend
ed the contest IN Mexico on Monday
night.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-05-27
The Mayfield Sanitarium,
gl2 Taylor Avenue or Southeast Corner
Taylor and Belle Avenues. st. Louis, Mo.

Home and hospital established and controlled
by Baptists, but admits of sick and afflicted Of
all denominations or of nc denomination. The
medical staff is composed of some of the best
known physicians of the city and who are
recognized authority in their special lines of
work. Any physician of good standing can
treat his own patients in this sanitarium and
patients can choose their own physician II they
so desire. It has a nurses training school and
a woman's board of charity. The location of
the sanitarium is good and with its many other
superior advantages, without a doubt, makes it
one of the most attractive and desirable insti-
tutions of its kind in the West, and there are
hundreds of patients who need treatment and
yet they hesitate to come because they are not
acquainted with sanitarium methods. To all
such we will say that the Nayfield Sanitarium
is a Christian Home and you will feel that you
are with friends; will be tenderly cared for by
trained nurses and will receive such skilled
vidual case may require, and we solicit your
patronage: Elegant accommodations furnished
at IS, 81, $40 and Sl4 per week: Nursing at $3.50
to S. per week. Medical and surgical services
reasonable. Our aims in this new sanitariuln
are just the same as when we first entered the
work twelve tl2l years ago. As in the past,
ministers of all denominations and their fami-
lies receive free professional treatment. Also
no charges for professional serv ices rendered
INDECENT persons whose board and nurse bills
are paid by churches, lodges. &c.
For further information address
w. H. MAYFIELD, M. D.,
maytield Sanitarium, st. Louis, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-05-27

Several months ago, Miss Cora Watrous,
the sixteen-year-old daughter of Mr.. |. c.
Watrous, a locomotive fireman, of 81 Clarion
Street, Bradford, Penna., was seized with a
nervous disorder which threatened to end
her life. The first symptom of the ailment
was a loss of appetite. For some little time
Miss Watrous had no desire to eat and cOm-
planned of a feeling of extreme lassitude.
This was followed by severe pains in the
head. For three weeks the young lady was
nearly crazed with a terrible headache and
nothing could be procured to give her relief.
Finally, after trying numerous remedies,
a physician was called and began treating
the patient. He said the trouble was
caused by impoverished blood, but after
several weeks of his treatment the young
lady's condition had not improved and the
parents decided to procure the services of
another physician. In the meantime Miss
Watrous' nervousness had increased, the
pains in her head had grown more severe
and the sufferers parents had almost given
up hope of her recovery.
1t was at this time that Mr.. Watrous heard
of DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People.
He found that the pills were highly recon-
mended for nervous disorders and concluded
to give them a trial. A box of the pills was
purchased and before they had all been taken
there was a marked improvement in the
girls condition. After a half dozen boxes
had been used, the young lady's appetite had
returned, the pain in her head had ceased
and she was stronger than at any time pre-
vious to her illness.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-05-27
MartiIsburp, Mo.

Martinsburg is one of the most pros
porous little towns in Missouri and its
people know how to entertain visit
ors. On last Friday night a large
number of Masons from Mexico, Lad
donna, Welisviile, Rush Hill, Benton
City and other points met at Martins
burg and were royalty entertained by
the good Masons of that hospitable
little city. The business men of Mar
tinsburg appear to be doing a nice
business and are carrying a large
stock of goods. The writer unearth-
ed two curiositiss In that place, one a
pair Of wooden shoes In Oscar Krie-
gers store and the other a tin violin
made and owned and very cleverly
played by the mar who conducts the
meat market there. The shoes r to
be worn by the editor OF the LEDGER
to whom they were presented by Mr..
Krieger. D.. O. Wright was anxious
to carry of the violin, but vas too
closely watched Any kicking done
by the editor of this paper will be
backed by wooden shoes in the future.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-05-27
DON'T FEEL RIGHT.

Whenever the liver becomes disor-
dered there is certain to be disturb
ances Il the general health. The vic
tim of a torpid liver will feel bilious,
drowsy, tired, Respondent, irritable
and if the trouble is allowed to remain
it will extend its influence until it
lays him on his back for a sick spell
of greater or less duration.
Whenever you get into this condi-
ton you are in urgent need of
PRICKLY ASH BrrTERs to cleanse the
bowels, regulate and strengthen the
liver and promote digestion. Get a
bottle at once A few doses will set you
right, and if kept on hand and taken
occasionally during the hot months
will not only cure, but prevent dis
Ease. 1t it a very valuable system
regulator. G. A. BUCKNER.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-05-27
Oscar Wilde is Released,

LONDON, May 21.-Oscar Wilde, who
vas sentenced on May %, 1895, with
Taylor, a companion, to two years.
Imprisonment at hard labor after hav-
ing been convicted Of immoral prac-
tices, was released from prison this
morning. Wilde, who seemed to be
enjoying robust health, will go toParis
Immediately. He intends, however,
to return to this city to engage in lit
erary work. He says he does not in
tend to hide his identity, but will
write over his own signature.
The Pail Mall Gazette this afternoon
says that one of the first acts of Oscar
Wilde on regaining his freedom was
to refuse FL 900 for a story Of his prison
experiences.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-05-27
W. W. HARPER
Is Having an Immense Trade and is
Offering Some Splendid Bargains.

w. w. Harper, the old and reliable
merchant, on the northeast corner
of the square, has arranged for liberal
advertising space in the daily and
weekly LEDGER. Mr.. Harper has Sc
cured some splendid bargains, which
he offers to his customers. He bought
literally in the big walker fire
sale in st. Louis and, buying for cash,
bought the cheapest line of good
goods ever offered to the people of
Audrain county. His store is crowded
with customers from Audrian and ad-
joining counties and they are all de-
lighted with the bargains secured.
Examine his advertisement closely.
Note the class of goods he is handling
and the prices he quotes. Mr. Harper
means what he says in his advertise
ment and you will be pleased when
you examine his stock. MIR. Harper
has most accommodating clerks who
are always glad to show goods. Don't
fail to read his advertisement and
then call and see for yourself.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-05-27
RETTY GREENS LEVEL HEAD
Americas Richest Woman Says a Few
More Sensible Things, This Time
About the Logan-M cCook Row.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, May 21.-Hetty
Green, the richest woman in America,
has discussed the Logan cCook row
az follows:
81 see that bloodshed between John
A. Logan and some of the fighting Nc
Cooks is threatened, but / don't be-
lieve any more blood will flow than
when James Gordon Bennett and Fred
May were talking some years ago
about shooting each other on the field
of honor. Now, if some Americans
were not SO crazy over this desire to
touch the hem of royalty, there
wouldn't be such a fuss as is being
stirred up.
"You know l am a Populisr in a
good many things, and I don't want
to see young Mr.. Logan shooting at
old MI. McCook over happenings at a
foreign court.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-05-27
DEBS' ARMY.
1t is Proposed to Bar Women From the
Cooperative Society.

CHICAGO, May 20.-Eugene V.Debs'
purpose is to establish a cooperative
society of the unemployed" in Utah.
He intends to lead an industrial
army" of at least 100000 men out of
this "land of bondage" across country
by turn pike to a new land of promise.
The "army'' Is to "~evacuate Chi
cago" on or soon after June 20. On
that date, which is five days after the
American Railway Unions convention
here, an open air mass meeting of the
unemployed and strikers of all trades
will be held on the lake front.
One of the most interesting ques-
tions yet to be solved is the woman
problem. Some of the men who father
the plan say it may be decided to bar
out the fair sex during the first six
months of existence in this Utopia.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-05-27
From Bottom to Ton.

Leslie Ferris has had a gang OF
workmen at work on his depot hotel
for the past three months. He has
rooted it, re-plastered, re-painted it
until there isn't a nicer and cleaner
hotel west of st. Louis. Mr.. Kane,
the proprietor, is the right man in the
right place and a valuable adjunct to
Mexico. The LEDGER is informed
that his lunch counter and table is
only surpassed by the st. Nicholas
Hotel, of st. Louis. The rooms are
large and airy and Leslie is putting
fire escapes to every window in the
building. We are also informed that
there is ONE prospect of the @. & A.
trains stopping there for meals.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-05-27
The Fulton ASYLUM.
From the Marshall Democrat.

FROM LQb MitaTsldll DtIlOCTdL,
The editor of this paper is the pres
ident of the board of managers of the
Fulton Insane Asylum. He was a
i member of the board before the re-
cent change was made, and while the
proposed change was being discussed
he was of the opinion that it was not
for the best interests of the State and
for the u~nfortunates therein to change
the staff of physicians from the regu-
lar school to that of the regular no.
m9opathic school of medicine. All
his intimate friends among physicians
were of the regular school and up to
the time of the proposed change he
was unacquainted with a single ho-
moeopathlc physician. The change has
been made and none of the results
predicted by the regular school have
taken place. Not one patient has
been removed, not one dollar of mon
ey from private sources has been
with held, not one evil effect has been
noted in a single patient and nothing
has gone away in any department of
the entire institution. On the con-
trary, there are thirteen more pa
tients in the asylum than ever before,
more money has been paid in advance
by the friends and relatives of pay
patients than for any quarter for the
past three years, and more patients gre
taken out riding each day than was
ever known in the history of the
asylum.
Under the last Superintendent the
executive department was well in
hand and is now in even better hands.
A great amount of improvement is
being done with less expense than
ever and there is more harmony
among officers and employees than
has existed since the writer became
acquainted with the institution.
Applications have been made and
refused to take patients from other
states since tho new school took
charge, and we pear witness that the
asylum is in the best possible condi-
ton and everything indicates good
and successful handling of the un-
fortunates now confined within its
walls.
No n was more upset than we
when the charge was announced as
probable; it meant turning out per-
sonal friends ard installing perfect
strangers in lucrative and responsible
positions. But the charge was made
and it has not resulted in evil to the
inmates, nor depopulated the build
inpa.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-05-27
CHAMP CLARK CAMPAIGNING.
he Is in the Thick of the Fight to
Help Lloyd Reach Congress.

KIRKsvILLE, Mo-, May Icon
gresham Champ Clark is now in this
district, campaigning for Lloyd, the
Democratic nominee for Congress.
He made two speeches in this county
to-day, one at Stahl this afternoon
and one in this city tonight. Both
were attended by large and enthus-
iastic crowds, and Champ is giving the
people the best of Democracy with
his usual force.
Col. E. NJ. Richmond, of Macon, was
also here tonight, and followed Mr..
Clark in q speech.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-05-27
Agricultural Notes.

1t doesn't pay to use inferior, out
of-date tools. The best are always the
cheapest.
Average crops in this country are
poor crops. They don't pay. Pros
perity lives above; on which side of
the line are you?
This spring is a good time to plant
tile. Ground that has heretofore been
all right is too wet this spring to be
cultivated and nothing but a tile will
reduce it to the usefulness of produc-
ing crops.
1t is not the adding of all kinds of
material to the manure heap which
makes it valuable, but the preserva-
ton Of these materials SO that they
will not deteriorate nor lose any of
their plant food. A progressive farmer
is n who pays more attention to the
making of manure than to anything
else on the farm.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-05-27
Deafness Cannot he Cured

by local applications as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deaf
ness, and that is by constitutional
remedies. Deafness is caused by an
Inflamed condition of the mucous lin
ing of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube is inflamed you have a rum
bling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed, deafness Is
the result, and unless the inflamma-
ton a be taken out and this tube re-
stored to its normal condition, hearing
will be destroyed forever; nine cases
out of ten r caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an inf1amed con-
dition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any cas- of deafness Caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circu-
lars; free.
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O.
Bay"Sold by Druggists, 75c.