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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-07-16
MIGHT MAKES RIGHT.
An Interesting Letter from an Aged
Foetess.

By permission of Captain julius
A. Palmer, TIE INDEPENDENT is ell.
abled to publish the following let
ter, which will be Of interest to a
large number OF it's readers:
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-07-16
TO LET OR LRAeE.
TO LET.

ITO A DESIRABLE TEN. A ISea-~A
l nant, a beautiful resi- k&yY5fS-xsS
denre furnished tn "ourhout EsilE&I1A.
situated at the Peninsula BlAAAIG ss2sss
Good boating Close to the Railroad For
further particulars apply to
j. o CARTER, JR
at the Bank of Bishop u Co
622-tf
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-07-16
Camping Season
is Coming
WHEN YOU GET OUT INTO
The MOUNTAIN

we can be with you. The memory OF q
we'll stocked larder in your camp will help
the enjoyment of the scenery picturesque
or majes ic, as it appeals to the eye. The
climat. genial, bracing, rejuvenating--
will be aided by good groceries Whatever
you do rusticating, hunting, fishing, rid
ing, boating, wheeling, mountain climbing
or in valley reposing our goods are the
best and necessary accomplishments.
The season for this sort of thought and
action il upon us. All he world takes an
outing once year-if it doesn't, it ought
TO. v lille making up your mind where
you will go, put these places before your
minds eye:
ON MAUI Haleakala, Lahaina, Wal
knpu. Makawao, Hama, Kula, Kahului,
Haiku, Makena.
ON KAUAl-Hanalei, Hanapepe, Lihne,
Koloa, Waimea, Nawiliwili aad HAWAII
hau.
ON HAWAII-Kilauea and Halemau-
maui, the rainy city, Kapapala, Kealake-
kua Bay anu DR., Liudley's Sanitarium,
v aipio, Kohala, Puma, Kona, Laupahoe-
hoe and Hamakua
ON OAHU-Waikiki, Tantalus, Puo-
waina, Olympus or Leah Makapuu and
Mokapu, Waianae, Pearl Harbor, Remoud
Grove, Moanalua and Manoa,
The Islands OF Lanai, Molokai Kahoo-
lave and Niihau.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-07-16
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS. TOPICS ~ TEE DAY.
nair At TS|rs ~ F The m ain argument Of the annex
III r. ,,roo ationists is "We HAYES stolen a
ba1s Of na from AL, even mensey jewell please
inc ii from else shall be found
mic largo front 3 to let ont and punished
at No 9, Garden Lane.
,. ci,--,, , The oligarchy is playing gam
at headquarters at 1870 this oio ' "So ou INC
Necktes made up knife through the hand on the table,
Tor Kerr's might perhaps find loaded die
The Myrtle Boat give t ~, " ''"S""'
German on the evening OF Friday,
The regular monthly meeting look At that picture in the window
and was we'll attended the Hawaiian News Co.,
=. A., n the sh amefacedness of the Hawaiian
a IL evann, 70 ogan- Commissioners
ize and arrange matters of Secretary Sherman. Crust
The schooner NOm Ro.sh b s.yng himself
and after rough
,,,;-o :, ~ ed conoo likely nat will long
cation Of st. Andrews Cathedral impossible"
will evening. United
rt u.w.ian Hos will yi,a States Comparisons between them
dau on Tuesday evening and the European
guests by the that flock through the gates
Australia Castle Garden might be unfortunate
China will probably for the latter educ
rive tome evening or early on concerned.
Wv - Thore appears to have arisen a
MaGstosn question of
by; r innroye in bsab After william Smith" aud the Adver
his brief visit to Victoria
torney General, The INDEPENDENT
nYi Hall would advise the
mow evening for the benefit invariably
Young People" governmental puudit with Edi-
rL ,i L A1hort salad Lapsus
for San Fncco Yesterday Capt sympathetic legal
(irithths had full OF
and pleasant passenger ist
bity the total number of
at their Cup Parlors oo being before
eieo' on nu'u',, election 1t stated that the
Central
arrived, would
49,; oraot;aa there a wonderful quantity
hs changed n m, saturday of
49, - announced appears be
~ az 49, details.
year: A. Schaeer, President; f.
W. Maciarane Vice President and WE'LL we'll after had
d. A. the this
u'ei' - little republic upon having the
Inc Town Boys abs; administrators the helm
Co.. of state, the General
the
beora Advertiser
will probably
future TO raise he Wn characteristics the Attorney
Berger goody attendance modesty and humility
around him his
iasI eVe1'hB, - r io' himself
Islands Honolulu alone aoes not What, military
] 1 d,iou the "2O0J0
49, -- males here" from taking
mateh this
s Pt r. 10 said hat s by the United States
the
of vigor in this
ability and
large VIII '' likely
f'' occurs iter annex than before
morning the District Court
burglarzng the baseball be-
office OF d. H. Walker bicycle agent coming nauseatng "Pay ball.
woo wo got one vss don't good venti
aing and
Reformato School for year sections from Spadng If you
c;uan anod MAJ, who discuss the subject do it in
has
Semi=weekly graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-04
Slam Work In London.

10 accomplish any substantial result
in slum work in London, woman must
not only give time and strength but
life itself Miss Meredith Brown, the
English philanthropist, who has been
the champion Of the factory girls fo1
some years, says that women who know
only the slums of New York and Chioa-
go have no conception of the horrors aud
misery of the slums close to the aristo-
cratic parts of London. The girls which
Miss Browns special mission reaches
are so rough and lawless that the Sal
walton Army would not take them in,
and the directors Of a mission which
had invited the girls to tea refused to
allow them into the building again.
The girls came to the feast with pillow
slips under their aprons and snatohed
everything to eat off the table before
their hostesses could stop them.
Finally the courageous women inter
ested i'll the welfare of these young
semisavages decided that to reach the
girls they would have to live among
chem. Ten dauntless women took NJ
4heir residence in a rickety old house in
the very heart of all the misery und
squalor which makes the wild girls
what they are, and their efforts at last
were met with more than an encour-
aging response. But it is very hard on
the health, " says Miss Brown. Give
years will break down any one, so we
have lost some OF our best workers. -
New York Commercial.
Semi=weekly graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-04

1t is quite evident that the
delegates are cognizaut Of
the fact that civil liberty IS dead in
America. | have said, and say
again for the last time, that | have
appealed to the courts for justice,
and shall appeal to them no more.
The a. r. L. expended $40. 600 to
have the question OF civil rights
tested in the Supreme Court Of the
United States, only to be told that
we have no rights that capital was
bound to respect. Shall we appeal
to the Supreme Court again? No;
we appeal to this convention and to
the country fer an uprising Of all
the common people in every walk OF
life, to beat back the courts ana re-
enthrone the rights of the American
people
And this is not idle talk. There
are thousands of idle miners and
idle workmen, who feel as Debs and
Sovereign feel. aud who are ready &c
take up arms against the govern
ment and the courts II a leader Of
sufficient courage and ability should
come forward to lead them
The GRAPHIC does not take much
stock ia Debs and Sovereign, but il
requires no astute observer to dis
Germ that If the Federal courts per
sist in their usurpations of power
and expressions of the people thai
there will be serious trouble, if not
rebellion aud revolution, in these
United States.
Semi=weekly graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-04
Hoods Pills to to- operate pes = IS seen cents Say

THE city was profoundly shocked
and grieyed Thursday upon the re-
ceipt of the intelligence of the death
of former Alderman and late candi-
date for Mayor, Mr.. Thos B. At
kinson. at Armstrong Springs,
where he was sojourning at the time
of his death. NJ. Atkinson was
held in high regard and esteem by
all good citizens. AS an Alderman
he was upright and honest, con
scientious and painstaking in the
discharge of his public services, and
as q private citizen was esteemed
for his gentlemanly and courteous
conduct and his Christian virtues.
In his death Pine Bluff has lost an
admirable citizen.
Semi=weekly graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-04
KNOWN BY HIS SCARS.
That Is the Way Uncle Sam Keeps Traeh
of His enlisted Men.


While a good many people know in
q general way Of the Bertillon system
for the Identification of criminals, com
paratiyely few know Of the simple
method which Uncle Sam has been
using for number of years past TO keep
track of the men who eat his rations
and wear his uniform in the regular
army. The system employed by the war
department might be termed the nat
ural method and is at once simple and
ingenious. 1t does away with all APP
paratus except vertical measuring
rcd and a pair of scales. 1t is known as
the scar system" and has been found
wonderfully effective.
There is an unwritten theory in the
army that every man who enlists Will
at some time or other desert. This is
not entirely true, but the assertions are
numerous enough to make it worth
while to Keep track of the offenders. In
war the penalty for desertion is death,
but in peace it is long term Of impris
onment, and the subject is liable to pun
ishment no matter how long term has
elapsed since his ofense was committed
Strange az it may seem, the men who
desert most readily are the ones who
straightway so back and enlist again
though usually in some remote section
of the country.
The recruiting card, as it is called,
is big enough to contain two inch
outlines Of q man. form. front and rear
view, with good sized border for mar
ginal notes When the recruit is strip
ped for his physical examination, he is
gone over from head to foot and every
appreciate scar or permanent skin
blemish is recorded Its location is ac-
curately noted by dot on the card, and
its description is written on the mar
gin The hands and face usually have
the greatest number of sears but those
on the body are apt to be the more
pronounced and characteristic, as it is
usually a mere severe wound that pene-
trates the clothing and leaves its record
ON the flesh beneath. Moles are also
noted, their color and dimensions, and
other birthmarks or blemishes that
would not ordinarily disappear with
time.
The question may arise as to what if
man have no scars, moles Or birth
marks That would be enough to identi.
fy him, for in all the thousands Of men
who have been eatalogued by the de-
partment there has never been one who
bore less than three clearly defined
scars, while seven Or eight is the more
usual number, and there are some cases
where the number runs up to 80 or 80.
Further SO infinite are the chances OF
combination that there have never been
two individuals whose height, weight
and the number and location Of their
scars came anywhere near ooinoiding. -
Washington Star.
Semi=weekly graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-04

Tue Pittsburg Post punctures
the contention of protectionists to
the effect that a high tariff increases
wages. Under the Dingley bill the
average I'D oalorem rate of duty is
higher than under any other tariff
bill ever passed by Congress, yet,
according to the Post, "sinee the
passage of the Dingley bill, the
: wages of workingmen and women
in the shops, factories and mines OF
Pennsylvania have been reduced.
In the case of these people Republic
can prosperity has cut the wrong
way and they will have occasion to
remember it when with lower wages
they will be compelled to meet the
higher prices which the new tariff
has imposed on all the necessities
of life. .
Semi=weekly graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-04
RETOLUTTON.

Are we on the verge of revolution
in this country? 1t would seem so
from the TENOR of the remarks of the
participants in the Labor Confer
ence at ST. Louis.
Almost every speaker in that
conference was severe in his de
nunciation of the established order
of things, and especially so in their
denunciation of the judiciary OF
our land.
Clown with the courtsla was the
slogan of Debs and Sovereign. Debs
declared himself a socialist amid
ringing applause aud Sovereign as
serted himself ready to go to Jail to
overthrow government by iniunc-
ton.
And who shall say their utter
ances were reasonable or I'M
warranted by recent developments?
Their speeches had reference to the
recent action of certain Federal
Courts in the miners strike. And
who is there that can contemplate
with complacency the encroaeh-
ments of the Federal judiciary upon
the private rights of man by injunc-
tion2
When one remembers that the
Federal judiciary, by injunction, can
suppress lawful assemblages, over
ride the constitution and suppress
freedom of speech, aud prohibit the
use of public highways, then one can
we'll stop to inquire if this is a
government of rights guaranteed by
the constitution and laws, or a
government by Federal courts.
The aggressions of the Federal
courts in recent years are amazing
Not only are the liberties of the
citizen threatened, but the rights of
sovereign States are being en-
eroached upon by an usurping
Federal judiciary. Nothing stays
its power. That which was estab-
lished for the protection of the citi-
zen and the State is becoming the
source of their oppression. Against
this unhappy condition We we're
warned by one of our patriotic fore
fathers. 1t is time to call halt. A
continuation of its entertainments
upon the citizen and the State will
lead to revolution. The utterances
at nearly any public assemblage in
dictate this.
"Let US reorganize this govern.
ment,' says Sovereign. Let us
stand up and assert ourselves.
Behind these injunctions stand Cat.
ling guns and Winchester rifles, but
we fear them not. Let rs hold up
the flag and tear down the courts.
And amid wild cheering Debs de-
clared: Il believe the gravity Of
the Industrial situation in this
country is we'll understood.
Semi=weekly graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-04
Made a Difference.

q can't take that half dollar
madam. It's a counterfeit. -
Why, / got it here yesterday morn.
ing
Are you sure?"
Yes, sir. bought pair Of shoe.
for $3.50 handed you So bill. Yor
gave me dollar bill and this half dol.
lar in change. There can It be any mis-
take about it. haven't had any Other
80 cent piece in my possession since. -
Let me look at it again. H'm-tIlt
coins all right It looks a little suspi.
cious, but on closer examination / fin6
it's only battered. I'll take it. ="
oh, beg your pardon. Now that ]
think about it 1 didn't get it here al
all. A fruit peddler gave it to me il
charge this morning. had forgotten
it. However, if it's all right you Ii
take it, SO it doesn't make any
"H'm--on looking at it still closer
ma am, I find m5 hrst impression wa.
correct. It's a counterfeit and bad
one. shall have to refuse it, ma am. y
Chicago Tribune.
Semi=weekly graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-04
THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL.

TUE COMMERCIAL APPEAL.
The Memphis Commercial Alpeai
is a great newspaper.
The Coalmercii I appeal is proud Of
Arkansas and Arkansas has reasons
TO be proud OF the Commercial Ap-
peal
Wednesday the G A. sent az
Arkansas Traveller flying through
the State at the rate of forty miles
an hour. The Arkansas Traveller
was a special train over the Little
Rock and Memphis railroad, char
tered by the Commercial Publishing
Co. to deliver the Complor ial Appea
to subscribers in this State.
This special train now arrives in
Little Rock at 7:15 every morning,
where it makes connections with
the early Iron Mountain trains foi
all points in Arkansas reached by
that road.
The G. A. inaugurated its speeia
train service by issuing a specia
Arkansas edition, devoted to write
ups of a number of leading eoun
ties, cities and towns OF this State
1t was Il superb edition in every
particular and Il is gratifying tc
note that Pine Bluff was repre-
sented therein. Indeed, our be
loved Bluff City received very fiat
tering and complimentary mention
But the edition would have been en-
tirely inadequate and would have
fallen far short of its purposes with
out special mention of the Queer
City of the Arkansas valley. Blu
It is a matter of regret, however
that our en- terprising Memphis con
temporary failed to represent SOM
of our magnificent public and private
buildings, since likenesses of promf
neat structures III several othe
cities of Arkansas were prominently
displayed in its columns. We trust
therefore, that this omission o.
oversight will be corrected at SOM
time in the future by the publiea
ton of a special and Illustrated ar
f;oto an Dim p1nH
The GRAPHIC eommends the {
is enterprise and we gladly wei
come it as a morning visitor. [
now reaches here at 1910 in tn
morning instead of 2;40 in the after
noon, as formerly. In addition t
the service of the Associated Press
the Commercial appeal also has
special Geographic service from
Arkansas, which commends it to tn
especial consideration aud favor O
all Arkansans.
BY its special train the c. A. ha
made an immense scoop on its com
petitors, and the indications ar
that it will play havoc with th
Arkansas circulation of the Lit!l
Rock and ST. Louis papers,
Semi=weekly graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-04
a Society Mystery.

Mrs. de Fashion--so Clara Pretty
has married Mr. Noble. Why, he's poor
as church mouse.
Mrs. de style-No prospects either.
Mrs. Highup-No, and no family
Mrs Wayup-What on earth could shs
have married him for?
Mrs. Tiptop-It's the greatest mys.
terry.
Mrs, Topnotch--Yes, everybody il
society is puzzled over it, but it seems
impossible TO solve the problem.
Mr.. Noble Gin parlor car of fast ex.
press train )-My darling, why did you
marry me?
The Bride-Beeause I love YOU
New York Weekly.
Semi=weekly graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-04

THE american Monthly Rsrieao Of
Rep'eaos has good deal to say about
the Andrews incident and Brown
Universlty--not so much, as the edi-
tor remarks, on account of the per-
sonal interests involved in the case
as because of the far-reaching prin-
ciples affecting academic life and lib
erty which have become matters at
issue. A fair-minded and jusicious
estimate Of President Andrews serv-
ices to Brown is given by writer
fully conversant with the facts, and
the protest 81 the faculty is printed
In full. The editorial comments on
the awkwardness and needlessness
ol the situation are piquant and
% tho point.
Semi=weekly graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-04

TIE Arkansas Democrat makes
the following comments, which are
very true and correct, upon the in
creased assessment of railroad
property in this state:
1.-The increased assessment of rail
road property in this State as com
pared with the assessment of last
year is an evidence of 4 better out
look. We have no doubt that the
rail road property of the State has
increasedin value since last year,
and the statement prepared by the
State Assessment Board shows an
increase of mileage The railroads
pay large per cent of tho taxes
necessary to run the State Govern
ment and every new mile of road
lessons the taxation borne by the
people. II is, therefore, a matter of
revenue to the State as we'll as a
convenience to its citizens to have
more railroads. 1t is short-sight,
ed policy that fails to encourage
railroad building, and the Legisla-
ture that offers inducements accer-
table to railroad builders is the best
friend to the people and to the
State
Semi=weekly graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-04

The Dingley bill is not yet two
months old, but since it became a
law the receipts of the National
treasury have been $25, 900, 600 less
than the expenditures, and If the
decrease ofcustom receipts continue
at this rate there will be treasury
deficit at the end of the present
fiscal year amounting to over 1852,
900, 900. A short time ago the hard
times were attributed to the fact
that the expenditures of the govern
ment exceeded its receipts. New
Orleans States.
Semi=weekly graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-04
Notlce For pnblIcatlon-.saao.

Land Office at Little Rock, Ark, Aug. TO- ~
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has flied notice of his intea
claim ana that said proof will be made be-
fore the county clerk of jefferson county
Mt Pine Bluff, Ark, on Sept. o. 1897, viz.
william II. Hawkins, Il. +. No, 1902, for the
the following witnesses to prove his continu-
Gus residence upon and cultivation of said
land, viz: ]. r. Blailark, Frank Monk
Thomas Cambell, John Hendricks, all OF
Pine Bluff, Ark.
IA CIV J. J. BEAVERS Register.
Semi=weekly graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-04
NoTTCEt
Estate of Samuel A. Vaughan deceased.
nnfa = An1lnhnr A q min I'm tl.lN

Estate of Samuel a. Vaughan deceased
Annie p. Vaughan Administrative
Notice is hereby given that the above
named administrators of said estate has fail
ed To apply 10 the Probate Court for on or
der to sell real estate belonging 10 said de-
ceased to pay the debts probated against
said estate after a leg Il demand made upon
her 50 to do. and that the undersigned. a
credItorof said estate. WILL on the first day
of the October term of the Probate Court of
Jefferson County, Arkansas, apply to said
Court by petition for an order to sell the
lands of said deceased, or sufficient
amount thereof To pay the debts probated
against said estate.
S-9S-wdw Il. H. MCFApDEN.
Semi=weekly graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-04
ANTHONY HOPE has just finished

ANTHONY HOPE has just finished
his sequel to the Prisoner of
Zenda, says an exchange, and
several London critics who have
read it, hold that the author has
achieved the difficult feat of surpass-
ing himself, and that it is by far the
finest thing he yet has done. The
new story is to be entitled Rupert
of Hentzau,p and will begin to APP
gear shortly as a serial in McClure's
Magazine.
Semi=weekly graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-04
Notlee for Professionalism.

Land Office at Little Rock, Ark, July Fl, o.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his inten-
tion to make final proof in support of his
County Clerk OF Jefferson county at Pine
Blutl. Ark, on September I, 1897; viz: Queen
Patterson, widow of Jefferson Patterson,
decd. H. e. No 1860, for the Z OF MEL
NwA OF NEi4 and NEl4 Of NWA, Sec. "a T Z,
SIR II W.
He names The following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultiva
tion of said land. viz: H. Halliburton, Bot
Williams, John T. Ilodo, Calburt Shelly, all
OF Double Wells, Ark.
J. ]. BEAVERS, Register
Semi=weekly graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-04

IT may be astonishing to state it,
but, nevertheless it is a fact, that the
wealthiest class in the United States
is vastly richer than the wealthiest
class in Great Britain. According
to statistics the average annual in
come of the wealtsiest hundred
Englishmen is given at $500, 600,
while that of the richest one-hundred
Americans is given at not less than
81, 200, 900, and probably exceeds 81,
500, 600 In an article in the Forum
Mr.. Sherman gives the amount of
wealth in the hands of persons with
over $500, 900 each in the United
States, as follows; 200 persons at
$40, 600, 900 each, 81, 900, 900, 600;
400 persons at $40, 600, 600 each, ST.
600, 900, 900; 1000 persons at So, 900,
600 each, So, 900, 600, 600; 1000 per-
sons at s., 500, 900 each, $4,000, 900,
900; 5000 persons at 81, 900, 600 each,
$1,000, 900; $4,000 persons at $500,
900 each, 81, 500, 000,0 900. Upon this
basis, which is admitted to be far
below the actual truth, says the
New Orleans States, we are confront.
ed with the startling result that "a,
600 persons now possess $31, 800,
600, 000-more than half the national
wealth, real and personal, according
to the highest estimate any one has
yet ventured to make of the agere-
gate amount.
Semi=weekly graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-04

SEVERAL of the Northern and
Eastern newspapers which pretend
to see no good come out Of Arkan-
sas, are disposed to ridieule the
finds Of lakes OF pearls in this State.
This is an instance of casting pearls
before swine.