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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-01
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.


Dedepreads from 81 each at Kerr's.
Deaky OF Cyclomere aud George
Fairchild are in town.
White and Brown Cotton, twenty
yards for 81 at Kerr's.
The dog poisoning case will be-
tried in the District Court tomor-
row.
Bleached cotton sheeting, 81
inches wide at 20 cents per yard at
Kerr's.
Oyster Cocktails, at the Criterion
Saloon after the arrival Of the Aust
ralia tomorrow.
w. Porter Boyd of the U. S. Lega-
ton and w. I'll. Cornwell arrived by
the Claudine yesterday.
Waikiki had more of President
Dole's whales yesterday. The ka
hunas are mysticizing the portents
Victoria Lawn only GO cents a
piece, Fine White Goods, in plaids,
8 yards for ST. at N. S. Sachs.
George Fairchild is in town. Is
he looking for german laborers and
renewal of the Reciprocity treaty.
The Cuelho embezzlement case
will be heard on Thursday by the
acting magistrate, Mr.. Luther Will
COX.
Ii. Hackfeld e. Co, have present
cd D. G.. Sylvester with handsome
gold medal as the winner Of the so
mile race.
The marriage Of Christian Con-
radt and Alvina Widemann will be
somnized at the Roman Catholic
Cathedral tomorrow morning.
The dredger is rapidly approach
ing the spot where Balls boat house
formerly stood, and the new China
Steamer dock is progressing favor
ably.
The Helene ought to show up
to morrow morning and the com
munity be dazed by the new flag aud
the new uniform of the great Com
modore.
Who wears the leek to day in
honor OF st. David, and the pretty
welsh girls, and the old fashioned
"bundling," now passed away into
by gone memories.
Tomorrow is Mardi Gras day, the
eve OF Ash Wednesday the first day
of Lieut.. 1t is also the anniversary
of the birth of Pope Leo XIII, who
was born in 1910.
The Australia will arrive to-.
morrow with fresh oysters for the
famous Oyster Cocktails to be
had at the Criterion Saloon. Whet
your appetite boys.
The inquest on the death of Teru
the Japanese woman, who was found
hanged recently did not take place
today, owing to other important
business of the officials.
A religious memorial service WAS
held on Saturday night at Independ-
ence Park on behalf of the demise
OF the Dowager Empress OF Japan
The government band was in at
tendance.
ST. Louis College Literary Society
will probably produce "The Irish
Duke"-during the present month
Punahou is also contemplating a
musical and literary entertainment
at Pauahi Hall
Friend Berger has arranged a ca
pital concert for the peoples park
Emma Square this evening, and il
the hot weather does not bring
down a rainstorm the attendance
will be large once.
For the special benefit of the Star
the Ka Makaainana has published
another editorial in re annexation tt
Japan. The star interpreter viii
please notice the fact and furnish
space for the article.
Captain Bowers will soon capture
enough midnight belless bikes tt
start Cycle emporium. Does tn,
Marshal impound them and charg'
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-01

Company BIS shoot against the
Woodlawn, N. G. @. team on Satur-
day was creditable one with the
score of 4OS, and will come very
close to a win. The individual
scores are as follows: Capt. White,
43; Lieutenant Giles, A; Sergeant
Hagerup, 40; Corporal Frasher, 80;
Private Ewing, 40; Private Olesen,
AZ; Private Riley, Al; Private Gum
minis, AZ; Private Scoield, 40; Private
Hapai, 81,
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-01

l.. M. Vetlesen, of the Hawaiian
Hardware Co. returned from an
inspection of the Kauai plantations
yesterday. He is so full of commend
alton at the outlook for the beauti-
full plantations that we fear to repeat
his enconiums, lest we turn the head
of the managers with sterling and
we'll deserved compliments.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
WaI No Seaman.

"There is great difference between
the seafaring man of today and of 90
years ago." said the man of many voy-
ages. Formerly the seafaring man was
a sailor, full of energy and the spirit of
adventure that was the particular charm
of Marryat's heroes, but now the man
who follows the sea for living, espe-
cially on one Of the big ships, is moth
ing more than paint swab.
''This is not any fault of the men,
but because of the changed conditions
which have left no sailors work to do.
Cleaning ship is the principal employ
ment of the modern SO called seaman.
Zone day a young woman novelist,
in crossing the ocean on a big liner,
asked all ancient mariner who was en-
gagged painting ventilator how long
he had been seaman.
"''Sailor, mum? Bless yer heart, I'm
no sailor, and then, glancing again at
his work, I'm no sailor; I'm a bloomin
artist, am New York Journal.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
Music That Reaches Out.

There is some recompense even in
pain that attends the living of colorless
lives. There is story Of how a visitor
to Amsterdam, wishing to hear the
wonderful music of the chimes of st.
Nicholas, went up in the tower Of the
church to hear it, and there he found q
man with wooden gloves ON his hands
pounding the keyboard. It was all harsh
and discordant when heard SO close by,
yet all the while floating over the city
were strains of enchanting music. Peo-
pie in their homes were thrilled by
wonderful bell notes that fell from the
tower. So it is in life. There are many
sweet souls shut in to pain and sorrow
and others whose days are filled with
dull, monotonous labor, who little
dream of the music that reaches out
and touches with it's sweetness other
lives; music that comes from their pa
tient hammering away with wooden
gloves on noisy keys that seem all out
of tune. Surely sometime and some
where will come to all such SO much of
sunshine, SO smooth path, that they
will forget all the past in present
bliss. s.-Philadelphia Times.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
Grant a Natural Bushwhacker.

After looking critically at map of a
locality it seemed to become photograph
ed indelibly upon his brain and he could
follow it's features without referring to
it again. Besides, he possessed an al
most intuitiye knowledge of topography
and never became confused as to the
points of the compass. He was natural
"bushwhacker, and was never so much
at home as when finding his way by
the course of streams, the contour of
the hills, and the general features of the
country. l asked him one day whether
he had ever been deceived as to the
points of the compass. He said: "Only
once-when 1 arrived at Cairo, Ills.
The effect of that curious bend in the
river turned me completely around, and
when the sun came up the first morn
ing after l got there it seemed to me
that it rose directly in the west. -
General Horace Porter in Century.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
She Wanted It Removed.

She was rather fussy and evidently
given to magnfying mole hills into
mountains. and when man entered
Car in which she sat and leaned gun
he was carrying against the door she
called out:
ooh, sir, won't you please point that
gun the other way?'
''There isn't the slightest danger,
madam" he said. II am used to guns. "
"Well, I'm not. 1t would go off in a
minute and kill everybody in the car,
if anything struck the nozzle
"You mean the muzzle," said the
man, laughing. #..
''It's all the same by any name. Con-
ductor, l wish you would ask men with
firearms to stand outside the Cal"
"He says it isn't loaded" answered
the conductor.
"What! Not loadedi Then stop the
Car quick and let me outl Good gra-
cious, to think I've been riding all this
time in the same car with a gun that
wasn't loaded. Why. might have been
killed 30 timesW And she nearly fell off
in her haste to leave the car.-Detroit
Free Press.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
Grants Mother.

Hannah Simpson, the gentle wife,
had no discoverable enemies. She was
almost universally beloved as Chris
tian woman and faithful wife and moth
er. 1t took longer to know her, for she
was the most reticent Of persons
ULYSSES got his reticence, his patience,
his equable temper from his mother, T"
is the verdict Of those who knew both
father and mother. Others go farther
and say, "He got his sense from his
mother.
Hannah Simpson seems to have gath
cred up and carried forward to her son
Ulysses the best qualities Of her people.
That she was a remarkable woman all
her neighbors bear testimony. She never
complained Ct any hardship or toll or
disappointment She seldom laughed,
and her son Ulysses once said, II never
saw her shed tear in my life. " She
was as proud Of her family history as
her husband was of his, but she said
nothing about it, She never argued,
never boasted and never gossiped of her
neighbors. Her husband bore testimony
to her high character in words we'll
chosen, "Her stsadiness and strength
Of character have been the stay of the
family through life" Her old neigh
bors call her "a noble woman. "-Ham-
lin Garland in McClure's.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
Couldn't Hear the Music.

Colonel Burr of Virginia was
mighty fox hunter and loved the sport
beyond words. He owned q fine pack of
hounds, and, during the season, thought
Of nothing but his hunters, his dogs,
and the weather. He was once enter
tanning an army friend from Texas,
whose ideas of hunting any animal in
volved the use Of firearms, and who had
never seen foxhound. He had been
with difficulty persuaded to go forth
one morning with the colonel and some
friends to meet, and they were wait
ing impatiently for the hounds to take
the scent. Presently there burst upon
their listening ears the din of 80 canine
voices in full cry. The colonel's eyes
CLEANED, and, as he settled his feet in
the stirrups and stretched his arm to-
ward the yelping pack, he cried, "Ma-
jor, listen to that heavenly music"
The major pricked up his ears for Sec
ond or two and then replied, 81 can't
hear thing; those id dogs are max
ing such noise. |" The colonel put his
spur savagely into his horse's side and
dashed away, leaving his guest to his
own deyices.-San Francisco Argonaut
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
A Question OF Streets.

u stranger to the city boarded Co.
lnmbus avenue cable car as it was pass
ing the postoffice and asked of the con-
ductor:
~"Do you go anywhere near 80 Seventh
street,"
81 pass right by it." replied'the con-
,ductor.
"Please let me know when we get
there" said the stranger as'he settled
himself behind his paper.
When the car reached Twenty-third
street, the stranger looked up uneasily
and glanced appealingly to the con-
ductor. He said nothing, however, and
, the car sped Oh up town as he turned
again to his reading. At Forty-second
street he laid aside his paper and stared
steadily at the conductor from that
time until the car began to turn the
corner at Fifty-third street. Then he
got up, approached the conductor, and
asked in confidential tone, "Aren' t
we almost at Seventh street,"
"Seventh street! We passed that 20
minutes ago. You want Eighty-seventh
street."
"Oh, no!' mildly responded the
stranger, 81 asked yora for No. so Sew
enth street."
The conductor pulled the bell rope.
'"Take the next Car down." he said
simply.-New York Mail and Express.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
A Real Widow.

She was dear old lady, always sweet
and bright, and now she has the reputa-
tion of being wit. She has been living
for year or SO in the thick of the
American colony in Paris, where, as
every one knows, there's as fine col
lection of women whose husbands live
in America as there is on the continent
OF Europe, which is saying a great deal.
She was speaking one day at an after
noon tea of very lovely woman, over
whom she became quite enthusiastic.
''She's very young" she said, as a
sort of climax, "but widow" Then
added quickly, with real dead hus-
band too!''-New York Herald.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
A New Orleans Delilah.

A Coliseum square belle is the pos
SCISSOR of distinctly remarkable sofa
pillow. 1t is stuffed with the whiskers,
boards and mustaches of admirers whom
the fair one, under the pretense Of test
ing their affection, enticed into shaving
clean. The collection Of hirsutes in.
cludes all colors, shades, lengths and
degrees, from grave to gay, from gay to
debonair-the scraggly snow covered
whiskers of ancient beaus, the lion
tawny vandykes of middle aged men,
the curling mustaches of early manhood
and the. downy fuzz of devoted but cal
low youth-all jumbled together heart
lessly and remorselessly into strange,
soft, multiohromatic medley upon which
madamoiselle reclines her pretty head
with languorous faith in the effective
ness of her patent method for dreaming
dreams of her faithful and hairless band
of gallants. New Orleans Times Dem
Ocrat.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
Queen yictoria,s Sunday.

Queen Victoria's Sunday is described
In recent number Of The Culver:
"After breakfast her majesty takes
turn round the grounds in her famous
donkey chaise, and then goes to morn
ing service. There it is customary for
the preacher to wear black gown and
to read from manuscript-that is, in
England, for in Scotland the rule is not
so strict. No personal reference to her
majesty in the preachers discourse is
admitted, a pure gospel discourse, de.
livered as if the queen were not present,
being de rigueur. Many have tried to
evade these rules, but commands to
preach have not in these cases been re-
peated. The queen likes and enjoys a
plain, practical discourse, selected from
the lessons or gospel of the day, to occu-
py about 20 minutes in delivery. Cues
tions of tho day, and, above all poll
tics, must Sbe entirely excluded. The
queen, when in residence at Windsor,
was wont sto attend service at the beau
tiful St Georges chapel. but for some
years past divine service has been held
in the private chapel which communi-
Gates with her apartments The suit
and servants sit in the body of the
chapel in order Of precedence. The Sun
day service is at IL o'clock, and consists
Of morning prayer, antecommunion and
sermon. The queens seat is slightly in
advance of the others and is still more
marked by the presence of small table
to carry her books. On this is carved a
radiant sun, with the words, Heavens
light our guide'-the motto Of the or
der of the Star Of India At Balmoral
hePrincess Beatrice or q lady in wait
ingplays the organ, the singing being
led lby some Of the servants of the cas-.
tlo',,
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
A Fight In the Transyaal.

The stories of fighting BET csan Beers
and English in South africa have
strong resemblance tc. those op indian
fighting in the o'.a days in New Eng
land. Bniiets are exchanged between
excelleht nhrSsmen concealed behind
stches and hoahes, and each bullet has,
under such circumstances. OH immense
value.
The Cape Mercury says that Mr..
SafApson, one Of the Johannesburg ere
formers" is the hero of famous com
bat with old Botha, Bocr fighter of re-
rown. In tho Boer war of 1881 Samp-
son and Botha found themselves behind
stones on level plain, shooting at each
other. Sampson presently made sure
that he had hit Botha and raised his
head little, when bullet plowed his
neck.
My man is Dead" exclaimed Botha,
and exposed himself At the same in
stant bullet from Simpsons rifle
struck him.
''This time I've got him' shouted
Sampson. and raised himself up, but a
bullet grazed his side and he dropped.
Botha now had no doubt that he had
ended his antagonist, and jumped up on
his feet, only to be again laid low.
Though the men were now past fight
ing, with two bad wounds apiece, both
recovered, and when Sampson settled
in the Transvaal they became great
friends and often chaffed each other
about this encounter.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
Ocean Wave Power.

J. M. Dwyer, San Francisco man,
has invented and put in practical opera
tion new method of utilizing the power
of ocean waves His scheme is to anchor
at some distance from the shore big
buoy supporting strong mast. From
the top Of the mast wire rope runs to
the motor proper, erected on land and
consisting of simple arrangement
whereby the intermittent pull of the
swaying mast raises weight which
gives continuous motion to heavy fly
wheel
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
English Settles.

The genuine English settles" often
offered in shops are viewed with discre-
tion by travellers who have seen such
belongings in old English farmhouses.
On their native heath they are of solid
oak. fully five feet high and running
quite across the great kitchens. They
are black with time and are apt to be
we'll seasoned with ham fat The duty
of the settle is fourfold. 1t is the fami-
ly seat, and, as the bench part can be
raised, in the drawers beneath are kept
the family rags for weaving. Above the
seat is the family hatrack. The upright
is double, and in the recess thus formed
the family bacon is hung, doors opening
from behind into this cupboard. The
dainty affairs we know as English set
ties are toys compared to the actual
thing. New York Post.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
Trapping Turkeys.

One Of the methods by which wild
turkeys are taken by native hunters, as
described in Hunting and Fishing In
Florida" by Mr.. @. B. Cory, curator Of
the department Of ornithology in the
Field Columbian museum, Chicago,
certainly does little credit to the intelli-
gence of the turkeys.
A place is found where turkeys are
numerous. Corn is scattered about, and
there the next day. The birds are fed in
this manner for week or two, until
they become accustomed to going there
for food. Then small logs are laid,
forming square box about or inches
in height; possibly two logs on each
side, one above the other. Inside is
placed the corn, and the turkeys enter
it readily, as the obstruction is not
sufficient to excite their fears.
The next night another log is added,
raising the box little. perhaps foot
or so, and this process goes on until the
small logs form cone shaped box, mar
rowing at the top, leaving an opening
perhaps foot or 10 inches wide, by
which they can enter Mt the top.
Corn is placed in the box. and few
kernels leading to it. as usual, and the
turkeys, mounting the last log, drop in
and eat up the corn. And now they are
caught. The opening is SO narrow that,
although turkey can easily jump down
through it with closed wings, it cannot
jump out again with its wings spread.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
A Manuscript Hunt. !

The editor Of popular weekly was
placed in a great dilemma the other
day, says The Westminster Gazette.
Having with much care selected six
complete stories for publication, he
placed them for safety on the floor, un-
derneath the waste paper basket. On
leaving late at nis4 he forgot to change
their position, and when the charwom-
an came tho next morning she swept
them up with other litter and put them
in the dust bin. The same morning the
dustman came around, and the paper,
including the editors priceless stories,
was placed in large sacks and sent off to
the Salvation Army depot.
The editors despair at discovering
the fate of his manuscripts may be i'm
agined, but he is man Of much deci-
sion, and, having learned the process Of
collection, he chartered hanson, and,
taking two assistants with him, set off
for the Salvation Army quarters. It
was, Of course, impossible for the au-
thorities there to tell him which bag
contained the litter. The huge sacks, 40
in number, which had been collected
during the morning were without any
mark of identity, and it was at once ap-
parent that if the manuscripts-were to
be recovered it would be necessary to
search the entire litter.
Undismayed at the prospect, the edi-
tor and his assistants took off their coats
and went to work. After many hours Of
weary search five out of the six were
ultimately recovered. The last and, ac-
cording to the editor, the most price
less, evaded all search; but, triumphant
at the result of the days labors. the ed
itor and his assistants returned to the
Office and the manuscripts were forth
with handed to the waiting printers.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
Moonlight and Sunlight Compared.

The brightness of the moon is not SO
much greater than the same area of the
sky, as is shown by Flammarion' sta
bles of relative amount of light" The
total light Of the full moon is compared
with the total light of the sun by M.
Flammarion, but in a way that it would
be very hard task to reproduce it in
readable shape in an article adapted
to this department. However. we will
say that the great astronomers deduc-
tions prove that we received as much
light from the sun as could be emitted
by $50, 900 full moons!
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
Insersoll,s First Recitation.

Robert G. Ingersoll is acknowledged
TO be one Of Americas greatest orators.
His words flow with the spontaneity
and sparkle Of an ever living fountain.
He never hesitates for words and he is
seldom at loss for thoughts. AS an or
ator who always rises to the occasion,
whose quick wits are never at loss for
repartee and who is never by Gny cir
cumstances confused or at loss for tho
proper word, Bob Ingersoll is pre-emi-
nent. All this perfection In the art of
oratory has not como to him as direct
gift from the gods, but much Of it is
owing to hard study and long practice.
As a youth Ingersoll was not e phenom-
enon Of eloquence. He had poetic ma
ture, however, and when his teacher
told him one day that he must have q
defamation prepared for the usual fort
nightly exercises in elooution Robert Sc
lected beautiful poem of nature, de-
scribing q lovely little incident III bird
life. The poem began:
A little bird sits on the telegraph wire
And filters and chitters and folds it wings.
Robert committed the verses to mem
ory with great care and appeared before
his audience with no end of confidence.
He was favorite, and his appearance
was greeted with applause. He was
slightly confused at this, but began
boldly:
A little bird sits on the telegraph wire
Then he forgot the rest. He tried it
again in louder and more confident
tone:
A little bird sits on the telegraph wire
That was all he could remember.
Once more he thundered:
A little bird sits on the telegraph wire
and fed from the stage. He laughs
about it now and says:
THAT was 40 or 80 years ago. /
guess the little bird is sitting on the
wire yet. Chicago Times Herald.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
Outwitting q judge.

A strange story is related Of jury
man who outwitted judge, and that
without lying. He ran into court in a
desperate hurry and quite out of breath,
and exclaimed:
"Oh, judge, if you can, pray excuse
me! don't know which will die first,
my wife or my daughter
dear me, that's sad." said the in
nocent judge. Certainly, you are ex-
cused."
The next day the juryman was met
by friend, who, in a sympathetic
voice, asked:
''How is your wife?"
"She's al! right, thank you
"And your daughter?'
"She's all right too. Why do you
ask?''
"Why, yesterday you said You did not
know which would die first
"Nor do l. That is the problem
which time alone can solve. New
York Tribune.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
German Rulers.

The present ruler of Germany is EN-
peror William ii, who acceded to the
throne June 10, 1888, on the death Of
his father, Emperor Frederick. The
German empire was the creation Of
Charlemagne in 800. Since that time to
the present emperor there have been 60
rulers of various royal houses, the dis
turbed condition of Germany for several
hundred years and the political changes
made by the wars Of the middle ages
bringing first one and then another royal
family into prominence.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
Did You Ever

Try Electric Bitters as remedy fl
your troubles? Ifnot, get Il bottle mol
and get relief. This medicine has bef
fOund 10 be peculiarly adapted to
relief and cure of all Female G
paints, exerting wonderful direct
hnence in giving strength and tone
the organs. Ii you have loss of an
tite, constipation, headache, fain1
spells, or are nervous, sleepless.
able, meiancholy or troublel
zy spells, Electric Bitters
cine you need. Health
are guaranteed by its use
ties only fifty cents at A
drug store.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
A Hunting Dog.

81 wanted to speak to you about that
dog you sold me, =" said the small man.
"Well, he's all there, amt he?"
''Yes. But you told me he was a
hunting dog?"
''Do you mean to contradict what I
said?''
"Not for the world, sir-not for the
world! But will go so far as to say
didn't understand that his speciality was
hunting a place to lie down and sleep
in. Washington Star.