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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-06-15
Mi lister Damon's Mission.

LONDON, June Minister Damon
OF Hawaii, in an interview relative
to the report cabled from Washing
ton that his mission is connected
with the proposed cession of Hawaii
to Great Britain in event of the
United States Congress abrogating
the reciprocity treaty; which the
Hawsiians believed Congress intend :
ed to do, said the report was utterly
ridiculous aud added that he was
here solely to represent Hawaii at
the Queens Jubilee.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-06-15

No one can find a more pictur-
esque spot for race track than the
one offered in the Kapiolani Park.
II true painting of the track sur
rounded by the hills, mountains,
and the rising forest was presented
to the world, the world would not
believe that such a track was in ex-
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-06-15

By the Peru to-day there were the
following arrivals OF passengers
from the Coast: Lieut. Com. Jno,
B. Briggs, U. S, N, Jno. @. Wise, e.
o. Jones and wife, HI, Wilson, W. d,
Baker and Col, Rice, and number
of through passengers, ~
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-06-15

The layman, however, can con-
gratulate all honest horsemen on
the appearance OF horse like Anti
dote. The young grey was the
horse Of this season-and his own.
ers as we'll as the Mokuleia Stables
are to be congratulated on his ap-
pearance.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-06-15

Discretion was used in the Gladys
races, and in the Johnny Goldsmith
race on Friday, and very, very
large amount of discretion was used
from the judges stand on Saturday.
A little less severity and little
more discretion" might have been
in evidence when Antidote won his
race and his owners lost it.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-06-15
TUESDAY, JUNE Is, 1897.
THE RACES

We are sorry that the good sports
on the 11th and 18th OF June should
be marred by some complaints
against judges, jockeys, and owners.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-06-15

The same layman also fails to un-
derstand why Lord Brock lost every
race and now andwhy Sympathetic's
Last beat Magnet in 1.47a, although
the time OF the Waialua horse was
far better, and the "new" horse can
privately boast of a much better
record.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-06-15

To the layman, the fellow who
never saw horse before, the races
appeared rather funny in some
instances. He couldn't understand
why Ralph on Friday could make a
mile in 2.25, and the best time of
winning Gladys was 2;3l on that
day. And then how Ralph on Satur-
day could win three straight heats,
all the betting being between Gladys
and Billy Buttons, the two favorites.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-07-22
How to Stop Snoring.

To those who SnOre and are aware
of the intirmity and wish to get rid
of 1t We would commend the follow
ing: There are two channels in
which the air travels in going to the
lungs namely, the nose and the
mouth. These two passages unite
In Il common cavity, and from that
point there is but one tube leading
to the lungs. There is bone, called
the hard palate, which forms the
roof of the mouth and tho floor of
the nose, separating these two air
channels from each other At the
inner or postrrior end of the bone
is n little body called the soft palate,
made of muscle and covered with a
delicate skin. This soft palate Is
attached ut ono end to the hard pal
ate. The other end hangs loose and
moves or laps III the act of breath
ing, something like window cur
tain when acted upon by current
of air. This is its condition while
we are asleep or awake, though dur
ing sleep it IL much more relaxed or
flabby than when we are awake.
Now, in order to snore one must
keep the mouth open as we'll as the
nose, and in this condition the two
currents of air passing in and out
together during the act of breathing
catch this little current between
them and throw it into rapid vi
bration. This vibration, more or
less intense and sonorous, is what
we call snoring. 1t is only with the
mouth open that snoring can be &C
complished. Try to sleep with your
mouth closed, and if you can sue
coed in doing SO you will cure your
self of n very disagrecable perform
ance-ccrtainly disagrecablo to 9TH
ers If not to yourself.-New York
Ledger.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-07-22
A Fifth Century Mosaic,

A correspondent of the London
Daily Graphic in Syria writes: AT
a village on the east of the Jordan,
half way between Salt and Kerak, a
largo piece of mosaic pavement has
been discovered-that is, a flcor
made of differed colored tiles, each
about two thirds Of an inch square.
1t is about 30 feet long and 10 feet
broad, and is supposed to have been
the floor of chapel of tho fifth
century. 1t is a map Of the country
from Egypt to the Lebanon. Every
thing is dreadfully out of proper
ton. Jerusalem is enormous and
has streets marked. The Dead sea
swarms with flsh-although none
can live in it on account of tho btu
men with which the water is mixed
and some of the fish are longer
than the width of the Jordan"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-07-22
Card Etiluctte.

Card etiquette is more pronounced
on the continent than in America
for society rs whole is more con-
yentional and social customs are
much more matters of form. Emo
tons are expressed by cards, and, as
an example, Katherine de Forest
tolls of Il bride whose husband had
lived in Paris 10 or l 5 years before
She married him. The proper thing
for her to do on her arrival was to
leave cards with all her husbands
friends-that is to say, at the places
where he was in the habit of visit
ing, or with women who had said
to him that they hoped his wife
would call on them. Nearly all these
cards were returned within IA week
in person-that is to say, the right
hand corner Of tho card was turned
down. And when the woman leav-
ing it had II reception day not en-
graved. it was written in the lower
left hand corner. 1t so happened,
however, that two of tho husbands
visiting aciuaintanccS were not
pleased with his marriage and did
not care to know his wife. They
simply left cards with no corner
turned, and the wife did not call
again. a year later little misun-
derstanding that had crcpt up he
tween the two families was ex.
planned away. the two ladies left
cards with corners turned down and
their day written upon them, and
the course of social intercourse ran
smoothly ever after. Francisco
Argonaut.
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Where Water Is Water.

A. b. Ellis, while on a visit to AS
cension island, met an old friend,
who shook hands, reached down a
coat from a peg and put it on, say
ing:
Excuse my not putting on "a shirt,
will yOuI"
"Of course, of course replied
Mr.. Ellis. Take off more of your
clothes ii you'll feel more comfort
able. "
"N-no; it's not that, but the fact
is haven't II shirt clean enough to
put ON.
Mir. Ellis could but murmur his
surprise ut this strange circum-
stance and endcuvored to look sym
pathetic. The friend continued, II
dare say you think it odd that l
don't have them washed
Mir. Ellis, hardly knowing what to
say, inquired, why don't your"
The friend unfolded a horrible
tale to the effect that the water sup
ply of the island consisted principal
ly OF what was distilled by IL con-
dcnser, small quantity being OBJ
tanned from Dampjer's drips and
Brandeth wells. That water was al
ways so scarce that it was served
out like II ration of rum, only more
sparingly, the allowance in prosper
GUS times being two gallons a day
per man.
When clothes were sent to the
wash, the wator for washing them
had to be sent with them. But the
condenser ut that time had been out
of order for some nine OF ten days,
and all the people on the island had
been put on short allowance, so that
they had not enough for drinking,
much less for washing either them
selves or their clothes. -Portland
Orcgonian.
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POETRY.
AT THE DOOR.

Goodnight! If YOU and were lovers,
Ia say Goodnight, and dream of
me -
But prudence now-Or pride-discOvers
How very foolish that would be.
Since not shadow of Loves blindness
Turks in those eyes of YOURS TO bless
The man they dazzle with their kindness
What use III, signals Of distress -
Look DER Won sand-bar sparklcS Luna :;
Like yea, cool, brilliant, and remote,
She smiles to see that luCkless schooner
Fast stranded. Better keep aiiOat
Goodnight lis must do the dream
ing;
Your pillow dewS ObliviOuS steep;
Day's loss in Lethe thus redeeming
Is beauty's secret. You will sleep.
But when with bird and rose YOU wakcn,
And count your COnquests, do me
right
snail I've wishing then d taken
Another sort of leave. Goodnight!
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-07-22
Taking the Wrong boats.

Dwight l., Moody, in addressing
his great Bible class in The Ladies'
Home journal Oh regeneration, IL
lustrateS his teachings with this eX-
cellent story: "A Methodist minis.
ter, on his way 10 II camp meeting.
through some mistake took passage
on the wrong boat. He found that,
instead of being bound for Il rclig-
iouS gathering, lac was on his way
to horse race. lis fellow passen-
gers were h>ttinG and discussing the
events, and the whole atmosphere
was foreign To his nature. Ho be-
sought the captain that he would
stop his boat and let him off at the
first landing, as the surroundings
were SO dlstaStcfUl to him.
The story also goes on to relate
how, on the same occasion, Il sport
ing man, intending to 40 to the
races, by some mistake found him
self on the wrong boat, bound for
the camp meeting. The Conversa
ton about him was no more intclli-
Bible to him than to the man in the
first instance, and he, too, besought
the captain to stop and let him off
the boat. Now, what was true in
these two cases is practically true
with every one. a true Christian II
wretched where there is no fellow
ship, and an unregenerate man Is
not at ease where there are only
Christians. A mans future will be
according to what he is here pre-
pared for. If he is not regenerate,
heaven will have no attractions for
him "
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Bravo Surgeons.

Persons who glorify military oper-
atoms do not always stop to think
that they could scarcely be under
taken without tho aid of the medical
staff. Here are men who must DO
consulted ut every turn, who con-
stantly suffer toll and anxiety in or
der to keep the troops at their fight
ing best, and who in the day of nc
ton risk their lives as truly as if
they were heading column. Black
woods tells the story of an English
surgeon who was mortally wounded
at Majuba Hill, and who yet per-
formed an act worthy to he mated
with that of Sir Philip Sidney on the
field of Iutphcn.
The agony of death was closing
in upon him. He had succumbcd to
his own hurt and weakness, but just
ut that moment he heard "a wounded
man shricking in an extremity of
pain. That was enough, and he
crawled to the spot where the sol
der lay, gave him an injection of
morphine and died.
During the Ashanti war in 1874
the English force was holly engaged
at Amoaful, and one regiment was
gallantly making its way through
the bush. Several men had fallen,
and every surgeon connected with
the fighting line was fully occupied,
when suddenly two highlanders ap-
pearcd, bearing between them IL gal
liant old officer who had been shot in
the neck. The artcrial blood was
squirting like IL fountain from the
wound, and the principal medical of
hcer at once recognized the danger
of the case
IF that man is not attended to. "
said he coolly, "he will be dead in
FIVE minutes.
And, though they were at the mo-
ment i'll an open space exposed to al
most inevitable death, he stopped
short and applied himself to his task.
He extemporized II support for the
poor fellows head and laid him
down. Then, while the ugly "phit!
phit! of bullets sounded about
them, he tied the carotid artery with
as steady hand and rs mistaken n
nerve a. if he had been in an operat-
ing rooiI.
Onc brave man had done his duty
with Tie sim hrity of true heroism,
and another haNc man had been
saved for tie scl vice of his country.
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A Misnanaged Compliment.

II guess, remarked Willie Wish
ington hopelessly, that have said
the wrong thing again
ITO whom2''
Miss Sceranbraun. was com
plimenting her on her costume, and
on venture ] told her that she
looked the part completely-that it
was positively lifelike have jusk
found out the character she was as
suming."
what was it2"
"A lady of the preceding CEN
fury. "-Washington Star.
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oUfWlTTiNG lem.
How n Sharp Railroad Man Cot tho Re-
ter of n Lot oC Competitors.

uo -. ,.,,,, ,.,,., ,.,,,
:, -
~, ''
sum "i'' "n"'I '"'9 H'''"'" !" ''N'
I'D iis'eh l" III III S"' na'N SMOKING
cigar ana telling stories after TN"
work far into til" might was done.
Zone of the victories of NY lfC. q"
he said. after narrutiur sryrrul incl
dents which were not 50 ultopcrhCr
victorious, "tuok place when WINS
with the l.. and n. with my head
quarters at Cincinnati. II 50 fCll ont
once upon a time that l.5 urnrlc
wanted to make an excursion into
the west via Cincinnati and 81
Ioui. from Brrra. i'm Madison conn
ty, XIV. As | rrmCmbrr. il meant
about $25 Il head To thrrailrnad yet
ting the partv, aud the Comprtition
among the bows WAS lively rnourh
I tell YOU. Nrrotintirns had brrn
going on vigorously for some time.
and on Il certain dav the rNCursiun-
lists wcrc To he at the Rrrrn station
and all the railroad mon Urrr IN
meet them There
1--WE camo down from Cincinnati
on 4 spccinl train and I ,yus .tudv.
ing up every rossiblr plan how /
was going to get that business for
my road. but no way arprarrl until
We wcro within u dozen miles of
Bcrca. There il CumC 70 mo and I
slippcd around and had - little tall;
with the engineer, who was quite
willing to help mo ont by letting
his engine drop a cog or do some
other peculiar and UNEXPECTED thing.
as locomotives have a wav of doing.
This sheIlid about six miles out and
near siding. where the engineer
pulled i'll and proceeded to repair
the damage, the men, who wcro in
a hurry to get to BrrCa, putting in
their time GUESSING the engine, the
road and mo.
AS for myself. when had fixed
it with the engineer, ] droprcd off
the train as il WAS leaving the sta
ton, and tho men on board didn t
moro than discover that | had diSap-
pcarcd until the accident happCncd
that delayed them two hours or
more on that siding. In the mean
time | wired my agent ut BCrca-
you see, this all took place on my
own line of road, SO it was Il good
deal casicr-to make Il ratio to the
eXcursiOnistS 81. 30 lower than any
figure yet given them, and let them
have half an hour TO decide in, or
the whole rate would go up to the
regular price OF course the cXCur-
sioniSts didn't know that had the
agents corraled on II siding. They
didn't know anything except that it
was the lowest offer they had re-
ceivcd, and after chewing awhile on
it my mau wired me that INV offer
was accepted.
"What would be the result when
they found out about the other
agents and what kind of crazy offers
those fellows might make to beat
me out of the business unless | had
some kind of cEnchcr, | didn't
know, so sent word to my agent to
collect SO on each ticket, or the rate
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July Is, 1896. our store, four dwell

JULY Is, 1896. our store, four dwell
ing houses and three barns were washed
away by food. Soon after the com =
munity was visited by an epidemic of
ten dozen of Chamberlain Collie, Chol-
era and DiarrhGa Remedy, and in ev-
cry case where it is used the results
were all that could be desired 4; in fact
our physicians admitted that it would
do more toward bringing about cure
of fiux than they could do. ''-BUsH Il
KNIsLEy, Auburn, w. Va, Oct. 8, 1895.
For sale by y. u. Sydenstricker & Co.
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ST. Geor0o'a Lake.

st. Georges lake, in Liberty, Is
said to be one of the handsomest
sheets of water in Maine. 1t is fed
almost entirely by springs, and its
waters are 30 clear that objects on
its bottom can be seen plainly when
the water is many feet deep. Tho
water at the outlet Of the lake passes
down IA descent, and the fall in three
quarters of mile is estimated to 10
17b feet
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MIKE Nj. COLLINS.
GOOD & CHEAP WHISTLES.
Feb. 18th. 1897.

I HAVE been doing business with the
1 people of Greenbrier and adjoining
counties for the last five years, and l
hope | have given them satisfaction
and that my Goods proved to be what
| represented. A great many of the
people through Gfeenbrier know me
and know ! will do what say. am
now able to say that can furnish bet
ter WHISTLES and Brandies for the
Money then can he bought elsewhere.
| buy from one of the best and most
reliable Wholesale houses in the coun-
try and get my Good at Car load prices
| do my own work and can sell at very
close profit. will sell st-class apple
brandy, at $3.50 per gallon; Kentucky
bourbon. 500 to $50; Maryland
Rye, $500, $3.50 $500 and 81 90. |
will make the jug trade speciality for
the people of West Virginia. So don I
fail to send your Christmas orders. and
they will receive prompt attention. |
guarantee satisfaction or money re-.
funded.
M. NJ. COLLINS,
Dec. l7-tf. Covington, Va.
always keep on hand the s year old
Belle of Nelson.
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Foreigners In Argentina.

1t is estimated that there are 345, =
1913 foreigners in the city of Buenos
Ayres and that the total number of
foreigners in the Argentine Repub-
lie is about 1000, 900.
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OvERsEERs OF THE TooK.


OvERsEERs OF THE PooK.
Lepisb1lrg District-.John Lipps: Fort
Sprr.y-Campbel NJ. Lips; Blue
Sulphur-A. ID. Hanna Irish Corner
j. NJ. Rodgers Meddop BluO-A.
II. McClung; Failing Spring-John
Pickering Anthony's Creek--M. G..
Beard White Sillphur-J. W. Harper
and WillidmsburQ-J. NJ. ThomasSon.
ASSESSORS
Lo,Der District Everett b. Miller
Upper District-JOhn W. Legg.
SENATE AND HOUSE OF DELEG ATEs.
State Sendte-ThoS. l.. Davies and
n. Z. Mcneil.
House of Delegdtes-Willlam fl. Me.
Chung and b. +. Harlow.
County Superintendent-Alex. Thomp-
son.
John w. Arbuckle, James Withrow
Is. +. Harlow and ChaS. Il. Larcw.
NOTARIEs PUBLIC.
w. &. Walton, Alexis NJ. Buster,
James T.. Mcpherson, Samuel II. n u.s.
tin, 5. Ii. Turner, John NJ. Price,
Geo. II. Lewis, Henry a. Robinson,
Samuel Il. Patton, John w. Arbuckle,
Perry w. Martin, ChaS. l.. Davis, AL
bert q Williams, 7. II. Dennis, Jas.
Williams, Henry Gilmer, Il. y. San
dige, Cyrus S. Larew, JamesC. Mccoy,
Washington Wallace, VIM. ii. Shields,
David A. Dwyer, ID. W. Weaver, John
F. Caring, William f. Nelson, J. w.
Young, George Kirkpatrick, NJ. G..
Jamison, l.. J. Williams, 5. W. Os-
borne, b. f. Harlow, Jas. w. Goodwin,
Mason Mathews, ID. &. Rife, John A.
Baker, LualZO Rupert, a. G.. Handy.
Quin Morton, VIM. ii. Burns, NJ. \ ,
Humphreys. &. Il. Smith, John NJ.
Sammons, J. :. Wilkinson, J. a. Mil
Ter, J. NJ. Skaggs, Geo. NJ. Ilarrah, Il.
l.. Harper, b. +. Burns, J. w. Dwyer
and f. ID. Smoot.
TIME OF HOLDING COURTS.
Circuit Court convencs as follows
Third Tuesday in April, fourth Tues
day in June, and the first Monday III
November.
The Commissioners Court will he
held four times a year, viz: On the
first Monday in January, second Mon
day in April, first Monday in July, and
first Tuesday in October, respec-
lively. The July Court will be the
fiscal term.
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useless fight and goes TO bed TO die-hct
husband wakes up 20 realization of his
duties
Women are proverbially careless of their
health They don't like to pay out money
for medicine.
The majority of women have some dis.
case or disorder of the organs distinctly
feminine. Eventually il will drive them to
death or insanity unless il il cured There's
q cure for such things II is DR.. PicrCc's
Favoritc Prescription. Don't despair be.
cause doctors have failed Don't think that
q modest woman must DC forced 10 undergo
abhorrcnt local treatment She can be
cured right in the perfect privacy of her
own home by that greatest of all great med
iciues- -Di. Picrcc's Favoritc Prescription.
Rev. l. J Coppedge. of Elmo Kaufman Co.
Texas writes: About six years ago my wife be-
came afflicted with displacement causing iuflam.
her feet get in position but what She suffer
ed great pain. She was naturally q strong woman
fhad several diitCi Cut physicians TO treat herewith
out any permanent relief She dcspaircd OF ever
your Favoritc Prescription and spoke to me
about IL. got her a bottle OF the medicine which
at FIRST seemed to make her worse but She found
Il was helping her, so she kept on till she had
taken six bottles. Since taking the last She has
not suffered "A mOiuCnt with the old trouble. She
has been we'll nearly twelve months"
The Common Sense Medical Adviser"
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with over 600 illustrations and Colorcd
plates, will be sent for a limited time only,
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twenty one cents in one cent stamps TO
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GsEESsslEs s!?ItlA. DIRECTORY.

Judge, }. Nj . McWhortcr States At
torncy } Ohm a. Preston County Com
miSBioners, John G. Patterson, Prcs'l,
Henry a. Wallace and J ID. Arhucklc
Clerk Circuit Court, Jonathan MAYS ::
Clerk County Court, ChaS. B. Buster ::
Sheriff of the County, =. Hill Nickel
deputies -John ii. Crawford and John
G.. Dwyer SURVEYOR, j. Austin Burr.
JUSTICES.
Letoisburg DiSt1ict--,lamcs {. Me
Pherson and \. J. Wilson Fort Spring
5. r. Patton and &. ID. Hanger Irish
Corner-M. n. Humphreys and }. W.
Longanacre White Sulphur-D. W.
Ayres and -. -. ---; Anthony s
Creek-R. w. Ramsey Falling Spring
David Jameson and W. l.. Kershner =:
Wiiiidms6urg-D. &. Rife and }. :.
Wilkinson MeudoW BluG-W m. H..
Burns and Homer McClung-B Blue
Stlphur-I.. a. Mahan and Thos. J.
Flint.
CONSTABLES.
Lewisbur9 District-Henry Holly
and Chas. l.. y eal williamsburg }
+. Burr ami &. j. McClintic Blue
Sulphur-J. NJ. Kershrcr Meddow
Fort Spring.. +. Barker irish Cor.
ner- White Sulphur
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LET me see," unused the sport.
ing editor. What is an incuba.
tor ?" An incubator" replied the
agricultural editor, lis an egg
plant"