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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13
Trappist Monks AS Farmers,

Among the most successful and
thrifty farmers in Canada are the
Trappist monks, who have changed
desolate tracts of land into fertile
farms. A writer who recently visit
ed their settlement at st. Norbett
thus describes their way Of life:
Six hours, from $3.50 p, m. to 2:30 a.
M, for sleep; 6 hours for devotion,
6 hours for manual labour, and 6
hours for the reading room and for
private work, No Trappist, clerical
or lay, is permitted to eat fish or
flesh food, All are strict vegetarians.
Yet they all appeared to be physic-
ally strong, clear. eyed and clean
limbed,
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13

The only Publication Of Its kind in the Islands, Every
Abstract Printed that it easily understood without wadng
through Dictionary to find out what it is aiming at by
Authorizations 1t is neatly gotten up and printed handy
Reference for the Time to Come
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13

Bay KING STREET.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13

Record of Real and Personal Estate Transactions of
Record in the Office of the Registrar of Conveyances
The evening times., 1897-03-03

the car; one woman actually left her
baby at the corner of Ninth and r streets
and did not realize her loss until she
reached the curbstone. She ran scream
ing after the moving car, and. as the
conductor started to turn his head in
the direction of her voice, he saw a tot
of one summer sitting contentedly on
the car seat, playing with her foot. He
knew instantly what was the matter and
stopped the car
Whenever one misses parcel or pocket
book, the first inquiry is generally made
at the car company's office, where the con-
ductors leave articles found in the cars.
The day visited one of the offices there
was lively conversation going on over
the telephone about a yellow wrapper
with black dots, which the owner hadleftin
the car. Only few minutes previous to
that a furore had been caused by the
loss of lady's pocketbook she came to
the office In deep distress, but the pocket
book had not been found
Are you sure" asked the conductor,
that you looked in all your pockets?''
"Ye-s-no," she answered Il forgot my
left-side pocket" and diving down into
the folds Of a voiuminous skirt, She drew
forth the missing treasure.
SUE FITE RAMSEY
The evening times., 1897-03-03
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A Day in the Life
of a Car Conductor

If the life of q car conductor were as full
itself would lag in the wake OF his fast
moving coach, for no one is, perhaps, so
continually on the go. The first morning
car, which leaves the power-house during
ing bells to awaken the slumbering city;
its conductor peers outin the darkness as he
whirls past the fashionable quarter and
secs the last faint glimmer of ballroom
lights in the home Of wealth and power, or
views with pityJng eye the remnants OF
some belated stfoller doing homage to
lamp-post and trilling the soft measures
OF I'VE won't 20 home until morning
II is then, if at any time, that the con-
1uctor is u man OF leisure; during two or
three hours his card remains unmarried by
a punch, save for a sleepy mechanic ON his
way to work in p distant section of town,
or some one in haste to catch an early
train.
But a rapid tchaIige comes with the
exodus Of Departmental clerks from their
lomes then. indeed. the conductor finds
himself stepped in business; he needs several
arms TO hang out on the SIDES of the open
car to prevent passengers from falling IN
getting Oh or off, voice to issue warn
ings from font and rear platforms, scve-
raj hands to collect fares. pull the bell
rope and register, and eyes enough to see
in ten directions al once, lest scme would
be passenger fails to get aboard
II is well worth ones time TO make
The evening times., 1897-03-03

visit to the power houses Of the city
where at all LOuTs OF the day ,.czen or
more OF the foIec may be fcIiEd regaling
themselves with lunche on and conversation
Willie waiting for time to 20 on duty
They are exceedingly socidble In these
moments OF recreation, though their chats
are interrupted every minute by the dc
paTture or return of a new recruit As
they 10 10 and ont If the superintendent $
office. to get tickets or pass IN faIes col
lectcd, the clerks are kept in o Ioar OF
laughter by the tales of their queer ex.
pericnces and the sokes they tell on one
another.
There are conductors here in Washington
who have been on one or another OF the
city lines during the past twenty or thirty
years.theSe having speaking acquaintance
with the most prominent statesmen of two
generations; they chat with Cabinet Off
GERS, diplomats and judges, and regard Sen.
ators and Representatives as everyday oc-
currences. They will tell you how great
soldiers in postbeIluisi ia Us abandoned their
fiery war steedS, and Were cont tent to he
logged along in the now antiqUated horse
car: how the Late Mr.. Blaine lecame ac.
quainted with many OF tn men and always
g. changed pheasant greetings with them.
and how ex-Secretary Smiths portIy form
occupied two seats. though he paid but one
fare. They will tell you, too. of the whole.
sOuled courtesy Of the present Secretary
OF the Treasury, who has been known To
rise and give his seat TO the poorest old
colOred woman: OF white-haired members
or the Senate, full OF wisdom and the love
OF closed cars, and OF Bailey and Bryan,
Uncle Sans younger children, who were
wont to sit on the front seat OF the grip.
andlet the soft hreezeS flop TIE broad bring
OF their big Stetson hats.
The evening times., 1897-03-03

g. The night men are on duty from IL
| and until after midnight leach man
! works eleven hours. The swing man
takes the latest night mans car next
morning and works about six hours; he
| sleeps Curing the afternoon and comes back
| at to relieve the man who goes off duty
at that time. The next promotion makes
him night regular" but the best place
OF all is that which permits him 10 work
during the day and s'eep at night, as
nature intended; but some must work
| hard and long before they earn the
privilege OF obeying natures decrees, for
promotions only come as vacancies occur
Promptness is an absolute necessity in
the work OF conductor; if he is not on
hand to take charge OF his car ten minutes
before t starts, another man steps up to
take his place. and he loses the day;
each man is paid for the time he works,
and every eighth day is holiday. The
men have regular hours for luncheon,
though each mans hoIr is "a different one.
The management tries to schedule the
runs so that about meal time a car may
wait fifteen minutes at the end of the
line, and thus give the conductor an OPP
portunlty to fortify the inner man. How
be done, and one who rides out To the
quleter parts OF the city, often sees the
conductor take sly bites at a sandwich
while the car is speeding on It's way
During his eleven hours on duty, the
conductor comes ia contact with
from 300 to 600 distinct indivi,l-
ualties This gives him chance
to broaden his mind by the study or
human nature If he be stolld, unob
servant creature, he cares not for what
happens-a yellow primrose is that To MIN,
and nothing moTe-bUt he is oftener an
alert, sympathetic man, reading the pass
ing panorama as one peruses an interest
ing book, and finding sermons IN the
stOniest faces Some OF the Kaleidoscope
pictures spread out before him are vivid In
colOTing; others are gloomy lie can de-
tect those on pleasure bent from those
whose life means struggle He knows
that the little woman IN black, whose
hands clasp nervoUsly. and whose eyes
gaze Iesilessly out OF the window. as II
she were impatient 10 reach her destina-
tion. is on her way to the house of some
prominent Statesman To See II he has sue
ceeded IN securing her mCcb-needed stu
alton He can also know the man who Is !
looking FOR work. because there is an
eagerness IN his uneasy movements not
born of "ther kinds OF sorrow He gncsses
the occupations Of people with a Species Of
Sherlock Holmes rapldity
The conductor must be familiar with |
the plan OF the city and every one OF It's |
streets, 80 that he may readily direct I
strangers to their destination He must he 1
able To point out public and private iDsti- |
UntiOns. govern ment buildings aud The |
homes nf prominent people He Is ex-
pected TO know how high the Washington
Monumen Mt Is-how many stones there /
are IA it-how long IL took To- build lie /
Capitol, what tile President of the United /
States eats for breakfast, where John
Smith hyes-how many miles II Is 10 |
SniCkersyille, ana other facts as varied 1
as interesting Besides this he is ex pecte1
The evening times., 1897-03-03

Besides all these celebrities, our Wash
inSton conductor comes in contact with
the most cosmopolitan crowd of people; his
range of vision includes types all the
way from New York swelldom to the
prairies of New Mexico. Although his
duties precludes much talking, he makes
friends with most of his regular patrons,
and the hearty voices that erect him each
morning help to make the sunshine of
hi s day
There are many very intelligent men on
the city lines; men who have held good
positions under the government, but who,
like most government clerks, failed to
prepare for a rainy day. Another class
which helps to make up the bulk of the
roads employees, come from far-away
States with the intention OF accepting a
diplomatic agency, chiefship of division,
or any other vacancies Uncle Sam NAV
be yearning t. have them fill; but as time
rolls on and none of these things material
ize, the goal of ambition is rudely shifted
in the direction of the car service by
their congressman, who make the lives
of the managers miserable until their con-
stituents are put on the force Such men
make good conductors; they come usually
from the country, and have the qualifica-
tions of health, strength and courage, SO
essential to the performance of the duties
of the position.
The first appointment that man re-
ceives is that of an extra or substitute;
he catches what work he can when the
regular men are off duty; ne must be at
the power-house at in the morning, 1 2
noon, and 4 afternoon, and may not get
single run during three or four days; he
is next promoted TO the swing
The regular day employees go to work
from to a. m. and stop between 4 and
The evening times., 1897-03-03

istered by Chief Justice Waite, President
Grant and three. others being present. The
oath was repeated in the usual way on
Monday. There was a great deal Of dis
play, but good many people felt as if nil
the rejoicing had a bubble-like quality,
and the whole gay scene might Somehow
be quenchcd by Sudden flood of trouble.
There was no inaugural bah. A recepti IN
at Willard Hall took its place.
GarfIeld's Inauguration day was enc OF
the few fair days which have been vouch-
safed for such an event. The par lde was
brilliant and imposing, the crowd large,
and when the President, after taking the
oath of office, turned and kissed his mother
Grandma Garfield, at this proud and
happy moment, the crowd went wild. Bat
the JOY of the nation was shortlived.
The Inauguration OF Cleveland in 1886
was IN some respects one Of the most no
table events of the century. There were
more office seekers III town than the town
ever saw before, for the Democratic party
had been out OF office for quarter OF a
century, and the axe was expected to cut
off heads right. LEFT. trout and back. Their
there were civic organizations. which cailio
for pure love OF the purity. not for office.
and there were military and civil displays
The laws OF nature, usually nnrelenting la
the case of inaugurations, yielded to the
prayers Of The visiting thousands, and gave
them clear day-briliiant, warm and wei
coming-knowh thereafter as Cleveland
weather" The inaugural ban. held in the
court OF the Pension building. was fitting
close to great day The President and
his Cabinet were there till a late hour
Clevelands second Inauguration. occur
ring after what might be called an inter
regnum OF four years, was not so fortu
The evening times., 1897-03-03
Guthrie Didn,t DO a Thing

franklin Pierce had perhaps the most
harmonious and Homogeneous Cabinet,
says Western writer. james Guthrie.
Secretary OF the Treasury. despised the
spoils system. so called. and made changes
on account of politics with great reluc-
tance- Some New England congressman
once went to Pierce demanding an office
for n constituent. Pierce sent him to
Guthrie. BY and by the Congressman re-
turned TO the President in great dudgeOn
The evening times., 1897-03-03
Harrison and Morton Both.

ident and but one living ex-ViCe Presi-
dent OF the United States. and both were
recently at the Capitol on the same day.
IL is the first instance OF the kind in his
tory, except where a new President aud
Vice President were inaugurated. Har-
Tison did not go into the Senate chaniser;
his mission was To argue case before the
Supreme Court. Morton was In the cham
Der, and held a regular leyee there.
The evening times., 1897-03-03
He Is Never Notified.

There is 10 provision for the conveyance
to Presidential candidate of official inror-
nation of the fact that he has been elected
President. He only learns Of his elect ion
Though reading the newspapers. Members
OF Congress and all other officials receive
either certificate OF election or ,om
mission; the President is the only one
TO whom neither S given.
The evening times., 1897-03-03

What Gid Guthrie say to you about
appointing your frieud?" inquired the
President
He said he would d he Id if he would ~
Did Guthrie talk that way TO your
''Be did,
We'll, that's the way he talks to me,
too was Pierce's consoling reply.
The evening times., 1897-03-03
Talked to Gen. Washington.

When Gen. Washington was about to
leave Roger sherman's house on one occa.
sion, the latter's young daughter, Meheta-
bel, opened the door for him. The general
put his hand on her head and said: "You
deserve a better office, my little lady"
"Yes, sir;;'' she replied with courtesy, Ito
let Won In -
The evening times., 1897-03-03
onlr Mr. Honr Mn. Therc.

or the fifteen men who sat on the famous
Tilden- Hayes electoral commission twenfy 8
one years ago. only Senator HOar was pres
ent at the electoral count the other day.
All the others. excepting Justice Field,
have long since retired from public life or
have passed away.
The evening times., 1897-03-03
A somewhat Discouragtng Rat o.

tFrom the Springfield, Mass, Republican,
When we say that Major Mckinley 8 pat
ronage will include 1,176 places in the
consular service, we mean that he has ,176
headaches in store for himself and about
10000 heartaches for other men.
The evening times., 1897-03-03

nate in The way OF weather One Of the
worst sleet storus OF the year arrived
about the same time as the Tammany men
and other visiting rganIzaIi1nS and made
things decidedly un plea SAINT for them
President Cleveland OF this OCCASION made
an Innovation in the exercises Instead
or coming back from the Capitol by the
same road which he had taken IN approach
Ing u, he went around in front OF the grand
stand, causing the people who had as
sembicd there To have fine view
The Harrison Inauguration was another
Illustration orthe way la which Washington
climate can behave All day long the rain
poured down in sheets, pattering with a
steady drum beat on umbrellas rubber
coats muffleddrum- -hcaGls, roofs, sidewalks
and defenseiess heads. The steps OF the
Capitol Were covered with overlapping tiers
of umbrellas, and the President, as he stood
on the east front or the Capitol building,
gave his inaugural address to a throng of
very wet, but. still enthusiastic, fellow
citizens. In the afternoon came the grand
review or the parade from the front OF
the White House, and in the evening The
Inaugural ball was very successfully given
In the Pension building
The evening times., 1897-03-03

About the White House.

The White House was begun In 1892: it
was first occupied by John Adams, In
1900; it was destroyed by the British in
1914, and it was reoccupied by the Pres
tdent in 1918.
The evening times., 1897-03-03

A peculiar feature OF the inauguration
OF Pierce was the absence Of Vice PIcsi
dent King, who had gone To Cuba on a mis-
son. Ile took the oath al tie proper time,
hut he took it on a Cuban plantation IL
was administered hy the american consul.
Pierce was escorted from Wizards TO
the Capitol 10y United states troops and
marines. The President gave his address
fIom a platform made OF New Hampshire
pine. Owing TO the loss of his only son
two months before his accession TO office,
and the i'll health of Mrs. Pierce, there was
no inaugural han.
The evening times., 1897-03-03

Monroe wentto the Capitol on horseback.
accompanied by q deputation OF citizens.
The oath was administered in the Senate
chamber to the Vice President first. as is
still the custom. and the Vice President de-
hvered an address, as is not the custom
now The President then went. with Con-
gress. the Supreme Court, and other people
OF note, TO the east porticO of the Capitol,
where he read his inaugural. After that
he took the oath ofoff.oe. A curious history
attachesto the ho3sein which Monroe lived
during his term OF office. Il was the "Octa-
gon House. at the corner OF New York ave
nBe and Eighteenth street. and it was
made the Executive Mansion on account Of
thscondltiohIn which the White House was
left by the British. since Nonroe's time
a murder and a suicide have taken place
in this old mansion, aud It has been Stunned
by prospective tenants as the abode of un-
pleasant ghosts. The inaugural ball was
The evening times., 1897-03-03

Mr.. Buchanan was the guest Of Mr. W. w.
Corcoran. personal friend OF his. The
ball wasin a temporary building erected for
the purpose. and the bachelor President
attended with Miss Harriet Lane, his niece,
now Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnston.
The evening times., 1897-03-03

There was no particular parade attending
the Adams Inauguration, which took place
at the old State House in Philadelphia. a
curious circumstance OF the occasion was
that Washington sat in the gallery JEFF
fersons appearance was also q notable
feature, provoking a tumult OF applause.
Adams was the last federalist TO occupy
this Presidential chair, and this was The
last meeting between Washington and
Adams.
The evening times., 1897-03-03

The multiplication Of inaugural balls
continued in the Inauguration OF Gen. Tay-
loT, who was hailed with shouts all the
way Gown the Avenue as old Rough aud
Ready" Three balls weIe held 10 the
evening, all OF which were attended by the
President and the Vice President
The evening times., 1897-03-03

At Folks inaueuratio the faculty and
students OF GeOTeetown n College took part
IN the parade. There we've two inaugural
balls on this occasion. one at CaTusi's sa
loon, the present Kernan's Theatcr. the
o.heT at the old National Theater, on
LOUISIANA avenue The tickets cost SO
at Cauusi's. and only So at tie National,
which was a truly original bargain counter
arrangement for those days.
The evening times., 1897-03-03

Grants Inauguration was elaborate end
Imposing one OF the features of it was
the refusal OF the Presidentelect 10 ride
to the Capitol with johnson. whom he dis
liked int nsely Instead, he left the
Army headquarters, opposite the War
Department. and joined the procession at
Seventeenth street.
The second Inauguration OF Grant fur
nished the strongest possible argument for
a change OF date from March 4 to April so.
IL was the coldest day on which pa
triotic crowd was ever compelled to stand
and wait for an inaugural address. There
was driving gale OF icy wind, the I'M
posing military display needed all the
fortitude they could muster. several people
died of pneumonia. and nearly every body
in town had some sort OF cold. AT the
inaugural hall, which was given in q tenn
porary structure, the company was lit
orally frozen out Men danced in their
overcoats and ladies 10 their wraps, and
the gathering finally broke up from sheer
necessity.
Only three times has the fourth OF March
fallen upon Sunday. The ceremony in
two of these cases was postponed 0ntii
Monday, but in the case of Mr.. Hayes the
oath was privately administered in the
Red Parlor of the White House on the even
ing Of Saturday, March 8. 1t was admin
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-09-01
Cheap Railroad Rates.

The low rate of one fare for round
trip will be given by the Southern
Pacific from any point on their lines
in oregon, to enable all to attend.
The peoples stae institution for the
improvement of agriculture and the
mechanical and household arts. Rep.
resented in district departments, and
divisions for the intelligent exhibition
of the various types of horses, cattle,
classes of machinery and implements,
manufactures, and merchandise, mu-
sical instruments, domestic manu-
facture, women's work, science and
art. The people of the state are
especially invited to participate: Let
us demonstrate the capabilities of
Oregon and Oregon people. One fare
for the round trip. Popular admission
of 25 cents. III
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-09-01
WEATHER FoRECAST-For Wednes-
day night and Thursday, fair.
OREGON PERSONALS.

Mr.. ana Mrs. Thos. Jory are home
from Newport
Attorney General Idleman has re-
turned from Toledo.
Mrs. L. r. Stinson and children,
are home from Oregon City.
Mrs. Afford lectures on the Viavi
work at Turner this afternoon.
w. G. Hawley, of Willamette Uni
versity, returned today from Albany.
Supt. D. A. Paine, of the insane asy-
lum, returned last night from Port
land.
Mrs. Sam Adolph and Misses
Adolph returned today from New
port.
DR.. and Mrs. f. B. Philbrook. have
returned from an outing at Long
Beach.
Representative II. G. Guild, of
Sheridan, Yamhlll county, Is in the
city.
Representative III L. Benson. of
Josephine county, returned to Grants
Pass last night.
Miss frankie Jones returned to
Portland after months visit with
her father in this city.
j. ID. Brewer has returned to Salem
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-09-01
STATE HOUSE NEWS.

E. B. Williams, Portland, was com
missioned a notary,
The Rossland and Deer Park Min
ing company have filed supplementary
articles, authorizing them to do bust
ness in Alask.
The Victor Gold Mining company
of Portland, have filed articles of in
porcoTation.
The Oregon Sugar Refining Co., OF
Portland, capital stock S750,0O0, tC
make beet sugar in Oregon has filed
articles. Incorporators: Henry Vein
nard, e. C. Hochapfel and w. w
Boag.