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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-03

In one Of the Southern States is an
old disused mine in which, it is said,
may be seen the specter of a pretty
little child. The father OF the IIttIs
fellow was angry at the mother and TO
be revenged he took away the child
and hid 1t in the old shaft. He wnt
regularly to feed the little one, but one
day while riding he fell from his horse
and broke his neck. So the poor boy
was left to di and his little ghost sp-
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-03-08
JAPANESE LABORERS.

The action of the Government with
regard to the unauthorized Japanese
laborers has been prompt and to .he
point. 1t will settle once for all what
Minister Cooper calls the underground
route The plan is for the men to raise
enough for the passage money and
then the steamship company or some
immigration company advances the
necessary $50 for landing, at the rate
of from to 10 per cent. These sums
are collected and returned at the six
japanese boarding houses, who are IN
with the companies. There is no doubt
of the immense Importance of the case
and it will be watched with intense in
terest by Hawaiians and Europeans
alike. Should the law not be upheld
we shall simply be swamped with
Japanese.
This is one of the dangers which
would be abrogated by annexation.
The Mckinley Government should not
hesitate to take up that all important
question. In a peaceful way, unicss
we have annexation, Japan will edge
out all other nationalities.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-03-08
WV. DIMOND,S

Lamp novelties are new to
Honolulu-new to the United
States-until q smart French
man employed at the factory
conceived the idea of building
for oil what others had done
for candles.
Look at the illustrations in
the accounts of swell dinners
and you will find beautifully
designed candelabras. A year
ago they were for candles.
Now they are for lamps.
You will find the same thing
in our EVA window, and no
other shop has them. No
other dealer handles them as
we do, because our buying
methods are modern. Sos
our selling methods. You can
get a banquet candelabra lamp
at our store for about what
you pay for single burner in
some places. That's the differ
ence in the methods.
You are interested in those
lamps even if you burn cleo
tricity. The table can be dec
grated with flowers and lamps.
Dishes come under the head
of necessities"
Half the pleasure of night
wheeling is in having a good
lamp. Policemen are alert to
find a man taking a dark ride.
Sometimes the light jolts out
and the rider finds himself
without a match. No such
trouble with the Banner
bicycle lamp. 1t is made to
burn and stand hard knocks.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-03-08
CROCKERY BREAKAGE.
Ordinarily Five Per Cent-LilIeIy to BE
More Than That When Dropped.

Importers of crookery usually figure on
breakage at 8 per cent Not very much
stuff is broken after it has been actually
received. Men become expert in handling
samples and stock, and they don't very
often drop things. The bulk of the break
age is in transportation. CrOckery is ship
ped chiefly in crates, casks and cases. The
familiar crockery crate Is package pecul-
lar to England and the United States.
Crockery from continental Europe comes
mostly in casks and cases, though n little
of il comes in Slated boxes something like
crates
The crockery crates used in England
and this country mako very heavy pack
age, running from 700 to 1900 pounds,
according to the goods packed in them,
hollow ware that cannot be- nested, such
as toilet sets, weighing the least, and such
things as plates, that can lie packed close
ly together with only the straw interven-
ing between tho pieces, weighing the most
Whoever has seen IA crockery crate handled
must have observed that it is yielding. 1t
sways and gives more or less in the han
ding. 1t might be supposed that crockery
shipped in a package like this, that does
not always preserve its form, would be
moro likely to he broken, but it is said
that thisylelding IS to some extent pro-
lection to the goods. 1t taxes up shock
that might break things in unyieldiHg
packages. In any event, the breakago in
crates and in rigid packages, such as
casks, is about tha same
Obviously n crockery package cannot
DO dropped Tor any considerable distance
without danger of at least cracking some
Of tie things contained therein. Ihure
was once bong hoisted up to an upper loft
in tho establishment Of New Yorl; crock
cry importer crate containing 100 dozen
inch plates. IN some way this crate
got lousa ana fell from the height of the
third story to the subbasement. When
this crate was opened, it was found that
every one of the 1900 plates had been
broken New York Sun.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-03-08
@ImeRy @Jo7oicS.
MARCH 2, 1897.


Since we last spoke of agri-
cultural implements in this
column, events have taken
place that are of q cat import
ance to us and to the users of
agricultural implements. 1t is
nothing more nor less than
the collecting under one roof
of all our stock that has been
heretofore placed in various
warehouses throughout the
city.
We are not Boosting when
we say that we have the largest
and best show room of any
house, in our line of goods, in
the Hawaiian Islands.
We have not only the largest
show room, but the best light
ed and best arranged. All the
implements are arranged so
that it is possible to see the
assortment, which is always
kept complete, to the best ad-
vantage.
The central location of the
show room is another point in
favor. The entire building on
Fort Street, next to our retail
store, formerly occupied by H.
w. Schmidt and Sons is taken
up with Rice plows, 7 sizes,
Breaker plows in II, Ia, 16
inch, Sulky Disc Plows, Stub
BILE Diggers, Stubble Shavers,
Sugar Land Cultivators, Wheel
barrows, Aspinwall Potatoe
Planters, Extra parts for the
various lines, Aermotors and
Sewing Machines; in fact every
thing needed by our patrons.
Speaking of our plows we
are in receipt almost daily Of
unsolicited testimonials of their
sterling merit. We don't care
to elbow our own horn," as we
would prefer you would find
out these things of your own
accord, yet it is nothing more
than justice to ourselves that
we speak of them. Next time
you are in the city don't fail to
see our new showroom.
TIA \NATTAN HApDXITA pE Cn
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-03-08
COMPULSORY THRIFT.

Schemes for insurance against want
of employment have occupied the
Swiss for long time. If memory
serves, the Danes also instituted
scheme i'm the same direction. What
has come of the Danish experiment is
not in evidence. but the Swiss schemes
have come to an unhappy end. In the
Canton of st. Gall the laborer was by
law obliged to insure. The result was
that men whose work was steady, so
reports the American Consul, and
likely to continue so, complained bit
terly that they were compelled to sup
port in idleness others whose labor
was uncertain and for that reason got
better wages when at work. The lab
orers themselves have petitioned to
have the law abrogated and it goes out
on or about June 80.
The above is little text showing
how foolish it is for people to try to
make any race of people thrifty by
law. 1t is only by precept and eX-
ample that people become thrifty.
Schemes for making the Hawaiian
thrifty by law have been proposed, but
minious end than the scheme tried at
st. Gall.
One of the best things ever done to-
wards making the Hawaiian and other
races in our community thrifty was
the establishment of the Postal Saw
! ings Bank. Thousands upon thou
sands of dollars have been saved up
through its means, which, had there
not been this opportunity for thrift,
would have been wasted The num-
Der of Hawaiian depositors in the Post
al Savings Bank in 1895 was or, with
total of $93,OO9.O4. 1t is true that
go of these depositors had balances
under 500, but still they had some
thing towards supporting themselves
in trade distress.
The other good plan which has been
instituted here is the Homestead Act
Under that act the poor man can ac-
quire a home and many are taught
habits of thrift by the opportunity Of
fered them. Once started on acquiring
the little piece of land and the habit
of laying by something weekly, or
even daily is acquired. Such plans
are invaluable to the well being of the
population of a state and they are
practical. The experiments in Switz-
of the ideas of Utopian dreamers, and
the present condition of affairs in the
world precludes the idea that the Uto-
plan age will be found in the waning
years of this century or in any neriod
of the twentieth.
Thrift must be personal. The mo-
ment it ceases to be personal, the idle,
the worthless and even the scheming
commence to prey upon the earnings
of the industrious. This is what
wrecks such Utopian schemes as those
above noticed.
Insurance against old age is, on the
other hand, perfectly practicable
scheme and much more should be done
in that direction that is done now. Of
course there are plenty of men who N
sure their lives for large sums, but
those are they who are fairly well to
do in this worlds goods. The work
ing man frequently does not insure at
/ all, and inducements should be held
out to the younger working men for
provision in this direction. In Honolulu
there is very little of it. In other cour-
tries there are many inducements and
opportunities and many there be who
reap the advantage of their opportua-
| tiles.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-03-08
COFFEE AND MINOR INDUSTRIES

The progress of the coffee industry
is very satisfactory. In 1895 there were
1875 pounds exported, at a valuation
of $22, S23.6S. The year 1896 showed
coffee exports valued at $53,650.39, an
increase of $20,S26.71, or 81 per cent.
The rate of increase this coming year
will, presumably, be larger, for many
of the plantations will come in with
considerable crop, but it is not till
1898 that the great advance will be eX-
perienced. Everything, however, points
to great prosperity in the branch of
industry. Unlike the planter of many
other crops the coffee planter does not
reap a return from year to eighteen
months after he first puts in his coffee
plants. He must have two years dur
ing which it is all outlay and a third
year where the returns are very small,
but after the third year the turning
point is reached and everything goes
smoothly with the coffee planter. By
the end of the fifth year all expenses
are paid up, the plantation is paid for
and there will be money in hand.
A calculation made by Mr.. Marsden,
Commissioner of Agriculture, shows
that coffee plantation of 100 acres
will in seven years pay for itself, have
balance of over $4,000 in hand and
go on yielding a steady income of
OH i1,1U har
is bright prospect ahead for our cot
fee planters.
But the exports above mentioned do
not show the whole coffee crop of the
Islands for the year 1896. Mr.. James
Castle, the Collector General of Gus
toms, has made a calculation as to the
total crop and finds that it was about
"751,55 pounds, or 375 tons, which, at
a valuation of 16 cents would make the
total value of the crop 100000 1t
looks as if in year or two the coffee
industry would be the second of eX-
ports. Sugar, of course, will always
remain the great staple.
Another of our industries that has
gone ahead is the cultivation of pine
apples. In 1895 we exported pine
apples to the amount of $S,7S3.S4; in
the year just closed the estimated
value of the same export was SIT, 1886
gain of just about 100 per cent But
this does not show the whole value of
the product, for there is "A large local
consumption, probably quite as large
as the amount exported, so that would
mean "A return to the pineapple plant
ers of $4,000 to $4,000 with an ever
increasing market before them.
In bananas there has been some eX-
pansion, the value of this export hav-
ing gone up from S1O2, 590.25 to SIPS
0S9.30, But there is little chance for
a great expansion in this product un-
less a new market could be found. The
market is limited. As far as bananas
are concerned the Islands could RAISE
five times the amount they now do and
not encroach on land suitable for other
products.
1t is the minor industries that help
the small investor, and that give him
the opportunity of making himself
home in the land of his adoption. That
these are all showing up well is a mat
ter of general congratulation.
Coffee, however, must no longer be
ranked as a minor industry; it is rap
idly coming forward to be one of the
principal staples of the Islands. Ag-
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-03-08

ricutural prosperity is liable to set
backs in bad years, but the agrcul-
tural industries are the mainstay of
every state.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-03-08

Keep your goods on the move by adj
vertising in the columns of the Eve.
ming Star.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-03-08
MH@<~~Q,>.
Won HOLT BLOCK.

No other dealer
About TT -,
Crockery III Aoiioi'iu eiio"s
and a larger or better
Glass. soloo+od s+ooL ~
Crockery and Glass than we
do. Our establishment is full
and the prices have been cut
to fit the times. Mc.-ey is not
more plentiful with the middle
class than it was before the
big crop. Our prices are made
to fit this class. Our
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-11

~ tn returns Of last Tuesdays
sleot)oa came laundering in, the pop
0enbess Of the lamented Legislature
anet have wondered "where they
wesS -" They gerrymandored the
judieial districts no - to make It NOR
Ally certain, they thought, that the
Slrcnlt ~judgeships would tumble into
~ Up Of tho populist party, and 50
apparsnt did II appear that this would
- tAe result, that several sore-headed
espablican lawyers pulled up stakes
aod moved down into the populist
Oap whore they were joyfully vel
QD0od % the ''signs'' Of a political
revolution. Now they are wondering
Wy 4 happened that no populist can.
4l1a3s east Of the Missouri river was
sllsosed. The Msss gently suggests,
- u dcos not desire to Interrupt the
Amhag q the sore heads, that the
seneoa ior these election results is that
- po0pls rspudiate the action Of the
n1 1egisla&are and the populist candi.
l14oD0 wsss. therefore, spewed out
Ol11ss NSss.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-11

1yoFy judicial circuit east OF the
a4loouri river IN this state, with one
o1oaptioa, having been turned into the
reDsbaicaa column, It looks rs IL it we're
a1out time for the croakers to stop de-
1AadiAg . change In the republican
e~eUA1i1t3on. Il can be considered q
vSstory Tor the republican management
- Ne stats 10 every sense. There has
- . demand from some sources that
anoh old and tried leaders Is Kittredge,
0nmbls, Elliot, Crawford and Ringsrud
- turnsd down, for no good reason.
- tAat others supplant them. Those
WAo have been most insistent in this
Aaso themselvss generally been dis
legai = the party, a1d sought TO dis
plaos 10 present. equalization for no
ga purpose. Tho victory at the polls
Tanaay, especially the one in the
1aenx yAlls district, should put a
4nietas upon any more talk that the
1nfty = not being led BY men who are
,oo4Abls and not able 70 bring about
vtg1ory.-RtsvTs Free Press.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-11
WATER WORKS AND .LscrRIc LIonrs.

WATER WORKS AND ELECTRIC LIGHTS.
The need Of . system Of water works
for fire protection, street sprinkling
and general purposes 70 one 70 which
the citizens OF Elk Point have been
alive for some time. A system which
would furnish both . water supply and
an electric light plant has not been
adopted IN the past, neither because its
desirability wa u~nrecognized nor
through lack Of enterprise on the part
Of our citizens. It has not been done
simply because In the existing stu
alton no feasible plan could be devised.
Elk Point being q Of the irst cities
In the state to organize, Wal incor-
porated under . special charter, and
this charter provides that no bonds for
public improvements shall be issued
above 5000. Q This amount 10 totally
inadequate for such q system as we
need. But something must be done.
II We wait for the legislature to amend
VIZ NA0A S0A WV y~0Ao WVuAA sAA0Ay w
consumed before these improvements
could be made. Accordingly there is q
strong feeling that q beginning should
be made at once, On q plan large
enough to give us the facilities 70 sore
~ needed and which may be secured
after suitable legislative action. This
beginning must be within the limits
provided by the charter, but would be
suficient to afford some protection.
Reference to VI report Of the
last meeting Of the city council found
below will show that action has a.
ready been taken in this matter. We
believe the council at the adjourned
meeting next Monday evening will
pass IN ordinance calling for q special
election to vote ON this question,
when every citizen may record his
will in respect to this very necessary
and greatly to be desired public i'm.
provement.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-11

DIR. REA is president of the South
ern Medical and Surgical Institute,
Louisville, KY, and Is the possessOr OF
the largest and most successful practice
OF any physician in the southern states.
He has treated, within the last year,
over four thousand patients, and, with
but few exceptions, heard nothing but
praise. His patients say they never
before had medicines to produce such
marvellous results in such short time.
He will give $50 for any cas- that he
cannot tell the disease and where To-
Gated In five minutes.
All durable medical and surgical dis
eases, acute and chronic catarrh, dis.
eases of the eye, ear, noee, throat,
lungs, liver and stomach treated and
cured by modern methods. Dyspepsia,
constipation, rheumatism, chronic fe-
male diseases, neuralgia, sciatica, dig.
illness, nervousness, slow growth In
children, and all wasting diseases in
adults cured. Deformities, club feet,
curvature of the spine, diseases Of the
brain, diabetes, paralysis, Bright's dis.
ease, heart diseases, eczema, v~aric0cele
and %hydrocele properly treated: Can.
GERS, tumors, wens,. birthmarks, red
uOS0 duO SuN0TuuOO0 u0AI VI Su0 A0NO
or neck removed. Epilepsy or dts
cured. Young, middle aged and old,
single Or married men,. audssall who
suffer from Lost manhood nervous de-
bility, spermatorrhoea, seminal losses,
sexual decay, failing memory, weak
eyes, stunted development, lack Of en-.
ergy, impoverished blood, pimples, Inn.
pediments to marriage; also blood
and skin diseases, syphilis,
er~uptions, hair falling, bone
pains, swellings, ore throat, ulcers,
effects Of mercury, kidney and bladder
troubles, weak back, burning urine,
incontinence, gonorrhoea, gleet, strict
ure, receive searching treatment,
prompt relief and cure for life. Both
sexes treated confidentially and pri-
vately. Piles, fistula, assure and rupt-
ure cured by our new methods.
Consultation In German and English,
free. DIR. REA & 60.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-11

Thsrs may be no politics in the
pseaDpution q the state auditors now
= peogress at Pierre, but 1t will be
hAed . make the public believe It.
tirst, Gov. Les, with characteristic
6o0bast declared that "he would clean
~ ~ stats house II he had TO call out
- militia" Then he engaged a
p5ofvo 6rm, the only popocrat lawyers
. ~ capital, on his own account, to
aopear for the state against Hippie,
4a5Aew and Anderson, utterly ignor-
NJ Attorney General Grigsby. When
1seed later 70 come into the case
0gigsby Of course declined. Lees
trsatnsnt Of Grigsby is supposed to
hAvo been advised BY the Sioux Falls
611oea. Who are especially anxious to
- Crissby out Of the pop party
Ms15sos. 6sMstasl.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-11
City coaacil.

Council met in the council chamber,
Monday evening, Nov. 6, according TO
adjournment. Mayor, council, and
clerk all present.
The special committee provided for
at the last meeting presented petition
from citizens, praying that q special
election be called for the purpose Of
voting OF the proposition Of bonding
the city TO the amount Of 5000 for
constructing waterworks and an cleo
trio light plant. On motion the special
committee was directed to have the
city attorney prepare the necessary
preliminary papers for the mayors
proclamation, calling = special election
for the issuing of bonds for the pur.
pose Of erecting water works and
electric lights, and that they report 10
the mayor and city council on Tuesday
evening, Nov. 8.
Be il resolved by the mayor and city
council of the city Of Elk Point tha'
the city treasurer be authorized I,
accept the original tax Of 1880 on lois
ten (l0) eleven ny and twelve (1:l
block twenty-three (23) Weston + HoE
mans addition, amounting to i've and
6-1OO dollars rs. O6). Carried unani
mously.
Be 1t resolved that the followin:
bills be allowed and that warrants b
issued therefor:
VIM. Kropp special police........s 2.0
Fred Strobel tr. 2.M
S. G. Thornton merchandise. 49,. lac
Standard Oil Co. oil............. 1000
Carried unanimously.
The report Of the City Treasurer vas
accepted and placed on Ole.
Voted that We adjourn to Tuesda,
evening, Nov. 9, 1897.
At the adjourned meeting Tuesda,
evening II was voted that the matter o
selling the building occupied by Mrs
Waite and belonging to the city G
Elk Point in part be left wholly to tn
mayor.
The special committee on waite,
works and electric light plant YER.
not prepared to report in full, but ex
pect to do 50 at the next meeting
Adjourned to Monday evening, Nov
Is.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-11
The Cominx Moman.

Who goes to the club while her
husband tends the baby, al we'll as the
good old fashioned woman who looks
after her home, will both at times get
run down in health. They will both
be troubled with loss of appetite, head.
aches, sleeplessness, fainting or dizzy
spells. The most wonderful remedy
for these women is Electric Bitters,
Thousands Of sufferers from lame back
and weak kidneys rise up and call il
blessed. It is the medicine for women.
Female complaints and nervous troubles
Of all kinds are o relieved by the
use of Electric Bitters. Delicate women
should keep this remedy on hand tx
build up the system. Only SOC per
bottle. For sale by J. s. Talcott.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-11

Some people are easily satisfied.
The Aberdeen Star claims u republican
1oqeo u tw0 judges q the result Of last
Weekss election, and has for the head
6no q IT. election news "REPUBLICAN
GLU1GP." The Star is one of the worst
calamity howlers in the state, conse-
Quoatly W r glad to know when
tAog consider themselves we'll OF.
Our oongrstulations on the return Of
psesperityi
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-11
rrse Of charre 70 ssfseren.

troo 0I S0of9o % So1Yog0f8.
Cut this out and take It to you,
druggist and get . sample bottle fres
Of DR.. Kings New Discovery for con
sumption, coughs and colds. They d.
not ask you to buy before trying. Thi
will show you the great merits Of thi
truly wonderful remedy, and show 70,
what can be accomplished by the re9u
lar size bottle. This is no experimen
and would be disastrous TO the pro
p~rietors, did they not know it wou,s
invariably cure. Many Of the bes'
physicians are now using it In thei,
practice with great results, and are re
lying on It In most severe cases. It 1.
guaranteed. Trial bottles free ct ]. s
Ta!cott's drug store. Regular size 50
and 3l.0O.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-11
J1UasoAy, NOVEMBER I, 1897.
0nsaaellsa priss, Per pear.


Up hi llinnshaha county, the home
1f Ju6Gs Jonss, Boss Kittredge and
~ 0ioax Falls Press, Judge Jones re-
eelved as majority. II, - the Press
asser4s, - vote for Jones me; Ms q vote
tor Kittrsdge," then the people seem
- y with Kittredge by . large ma
iofity.