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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-07-05

Re lost. In opposing
dcCandless accused Sem
Dcking Of trying to kill the bill
yplained, somewhat warmly, that
the Senate adjourned there
be but two days and two hours
pr securing the action Of Con-
Committee and OF the House
signature of the President on
the most important measures
before the Legislature the
session. He asked the Maui
to refrain from Offering triv-
endments which would in the
feat the wishes Of the majority
residents of Honolulu.
ktor Hooking replied that he was
rying to kill the bill. but was
avoring to make such changes as
9uld prevent the proposed new COM
pahy from securing too great conces-
sidus. He said he was working en-
tir}ly for the interest Of Honolulu.
IN amendment offered by Senator
Brown was adopted, providing that II
permission were granted for crossing
Thomas square the rate OF speed
should not exceed two miles an hour.
On motion Of Minister Damon the max
imum rate Of speed on any portion Of
the line was reduced from fifteen miles
to twelve miles an hour.
An amendment was adopted provid-
ing that on each car there should be a
receptacle for letters and papers to be
delivered at some place designated by
the Postal Department for delivery at
the post office. Minister Damon and
Senator Brown favored this. The ar
gument used by the Minister OF FL
nance was that such convenience
would have a tendency to build up the
outer districts. II the people could be
assured that their letters would be
sent to the post Office II would be an
additional inducement for them to take
up their residence out Of the city.
Senator McCandless objected to COM
polling the company to carry the let
tiers free. He said the present Legis-
lature had Rade,,a provision for pay
ing subsi fo4Stsamers for carry
ing the mai Ind there should be con-
sistency in its action.
An amendment was also adopted to
prevent an increase In the capital
stock greater than the amount expend-
ed for improvements and extensions
and rs per cent additional. Senator
Brown explained that this was done to
prevent a watering Of the stock, to
which there was objection. as the pub
lie did not get the benefit OF 1t.
The vote was then taken and the bill
sent to the House.
The report Of Senator Lyman was
adopted recommending an amendment
to the law of eminent domain, as sent
from tho H0use IN include water
water rights and easements.
At 1910 o'clock the Senate ad'
journed to Tuesday.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-07-05
MORTUARY REPORT.

The total number Of deaths reported for
the month OF June. 1893, was 60, dis.
tributed as follows:
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-07-05
A CHINESE DAY NOW.
Progressive Association Dedicated
on July 18th.

Progressive Association Dedicated
on July 4th.
Yesterday marked the formal dedi-
cation of the new quarters, on River
street, of the Chinese ProgrehSjv,, As
sociatit n. After full conside the
members voted that the dat one
most appropriate for the aYonies
establishing permanently tn organ
ization. The hall was tastefuR decor
ated with ferns. evergreens, palms and
the choicest Chinese plants and flow
ers. Over the mauka door was a large
Ching . flag and over the maEai en-
tranGs large Hawaiian flag. This
Ell rbition of colors VS. an earnest ex-
n ssion OF the friendly. regard Of the
4 hnese community for the Republic
y Hawaii. The date taken for the nj
r!al reception given by the 81 ty
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-10-27

the fearful protests Of a loving VIII,
and five sweet little chflden-God
bless them, 1t was a trial indeed
one which Wrung my very heart
strings and put 10 a severe test the
patriotic impulse, but 1 believed it
TO be my duty to go. The honor Of
the flag was imperiled-the prestige
of my country was inyolYed-the
president had called for volunteers
and there was nothing left for me or
any patriotic citizen to do but to re-
spond. I know that you were actuat-
cd by the same motive, inspired by
the same lofty spirit, You may or
you may not be called upon to do SER
vice upon the field Of battle. We
cannot tell. But you have duties to
perform equally essential and you
have perils to encounter ten fold
more to be dreaded than Mauser bull
lets. Let me assure you, my COM
rades, That the crucial test Of true
heroism is not wanting in this situa-
tion. The condition which sur
rounds us win surely determine the
manner of men who compose this
regiment. That you will meet every
requirement Of your respective posi-
lions and do your duty well, l am
Just as confident as l am that Anglo
Saxon blood courses through your
veins and that the truly American
dominates your lives.
And now, Sir, in the name Of Mrs.
and her charming daughter,
Miss Bate, 1 present to you and
through you to the 5th Reg, U. s..
v, this beautiful flag, feeling quite
that it win always be hon
bred, cherished and defended by you,
| am also convinced that no colors
ever aoated over a Drawer body Of
men than the 5th regiment.
Accept it, Sir, with the assurance
Of the deepest interest in, and warm
wishes Of the donors for your
prosperity and good fortune,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-10-27
ONLY 81 PEI Year
WOMAN AND HER WONDEROU8 8PHERE

Life is largely routine The sane
things have to he done over and over.
day after day, year in and year ont.
Our women, particularly have a tread
mill life, They are on the wheel, and
go tramp, tramp, tramping around day
after day in the same place, Most of
them do o large lot of taxing work that
leaves nothing to show for itself. Tt is
cook, wash the dishes, make mp the
beds, sweep the house and put thingsto
rights for three hundred and siXty-6ve
days in the year, and for O longer or
shorter term Of years just think Of it:
cooking one thousand and ninety FIVE
meals aud washing dishes one thousand
aud ninety-hYe times a year. If this is
kept up for twenty-iv years, the fig
ures are appalling. Let us see, twenty
seven thousand three hundred and sew
enty-hye meals cooked and dishes
washed The same number of times.
/ would not be a woman for anything
in the world And, yet, there are some
men, fathers, husbands aud brothers.
that make light Of womau's work.
They pillow an acre of land and it is
there TO show for itself but the mother,
or goodwife or sister, has taken just as
many steps, hut everything IN the house
is igst as IL has been for years. 1t is
work That Ma, es no show, As n rule
our housewives have no idle time
They are always at work they work
while the liege lord ia resting or read
ing All this IS to say, that woman 3
.lgHaIa. nod aaru~rs "a TIat nH.Fw.-aAh.a 40
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-10-27

oaks Of the forest have stood the storms
Of a century.
The great men Of the world have been
the sons Of great mothers, Most Of the
worlds great men have been blessed
with great wives These wives and
mothers have been the queens Of the
countries and ages IN which they lived
They have made or supported the men
that have turned the world upside
down, rather downside up.
The growing tendency In some places
to boarding house life bodies no good to
church or state. When women or men
want to escape the humdrum, routine
work Of home life, and live a lite Of
ease IN some public place, with no regu
lar habits and training for their
children, and where no home attach
ments are formed, then blight
and blast viii fall upon their
0 The home training, In a home,
is an important, IL not Indispensable,
faction in the build Of a storing charac,
ter. A home, however humble. il
neat, clean. comfortable and happy. is
the best place to grow and mature
strong, pure, true, good men and
women. This is in accord with Gods
plan for rearing men and ONE for
the conquest Of the world.
In some sections there is an increas
ing tendency to bachelor life am0ng
both men and women. This Is not n
healthy Indication. 1t is contrary to the
dictates Of sound reason and to the in
stnets and affections of human nature.
It's IN opposition 10 the express com
tnaad Of God and 10 the wise provisions
Of The Divine mind in the creation OF
different sexes. There may be isolated
eases whore neither the man nor the
woman ought TO marry but these
casea are Che exceptions and not the
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-10-27
BIZ GILDEROY

women, and give them grace, and
health and strength to do their own
way, They are welcome to their own
end Of the home wh1fie-tree. I don't
want to swap places with a single one
of them. / have not enumerated anv
one of the one thousand and one other
things the women have to do. Life TO
most women is one long, dun round Of
routine work-a tread-mill life.
These things have to be done. They
belong to life and are essential to living
We cannot get along without them.
They require skill, patience, courage
and grace for their performance.
These things are not without their re-
ward The wife or mother who makes
a comfortable, neat and pleasant home
for her husband and sons. who keeps a
good table tastefally spread, has done a
great work for God for The race and
for the nation. 1t is in Just such homes
that our best citizens are reared. The
homes Of the people determine the char
acter Of citizens. The women Of the
land are forming the characters of the
men who are to control the destiny Of
the land.
This is slow aud tedious work. Char
acter is of slow growth anyway. It
does not spring up and come to matur-
ity IN q night, q day, a week, a month
ora year AZ best, and under the most
favorable conditions. it takes twenty or
twenty-five years TO grow and mature 4
character that will stand in any storm.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-10-27

rule. Men have no right to escape the
burden and care of q family. They W
q debt to tho race, 10 society and TO the
state. Men and women were made TO
multiply and to replenish the earth.
Each best fulhlls the end OF his being
10 the marital relation, in building q
home, and increasing a family. God
said, 1T is not good for man TO DO
alone. The term man here Ia gener.
ic, and includes both men and women.
"Godtmade IAN help meet for man
The word meet means suitable for man.
This was Gods wise arrangement for
the race and it cannot be improved or
amended, and II dare not be ignored or
c~ontravened, 1t ia a difficult thing for
men and women 70 circnmVont their
Maker and their hope 10 escape eondign
punishment It cannot be done.
We need to increase our homes =
thausand fold, and to make them a
thousand fold bappierand brighter than
they are This will tend to increase
the purity, yirtue and strength OF the
manhood and womanhOod Of our com.
mon country.
May God greatly bless and prosper
the homes Of orr land.
Yours,
GILDEROY,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-10-27
Benefits Of Waterworks to Oar
City

Benefits Of Waterworks to Oar
City
Below we publish a letter received
from Mr. J. C. Pepper. ofNew Orleans,
Asst sec'y and one OF the business
managers of the London Liverpool and
Globe Insurance Company az its New
Orleans Branch to Messrs George
Bros, the representative Of that com.
pany here,
Necessarily a man at the head Of so
great an insurance company as the Lon
don, Liverpool and Globe, must be fam
liar with this subject and we com
mend hisletter to the serious considera-
ton Of our readers The requirements
for a third class town are as follows as
copied from the General Tariff Of the
South Eastern Tariff Association
Fire department to be furnished
with steamers or good hand engines.
hose wagons or reels, an adequate sup
ply Of approved hose including shutoff
MOBILES and hook and ladder apparatus
water supply to consist of sufficient
number VI oiS'eils 70 De kept milea
AZ an siul.s VI aaequale water supply
lLoll a'"'la0le stfeains'
Au
VI course an adequate water supply
rom any source VIII answer as that
o clsteThs OF tfeams
New Orleans, Oct, q, 1898
Messrs. George Bros,
Greenwood. Miss.
GentIemen
Your esteemed favor of the 18th.
inst. has been received. We are pleased
indeed to learn of the agitation in favor
of a system of waterworks and the es.
Enlistment of a fire department sufi.
Gent to enable vonr town to Obtain
third-class rating
While the introduction Of waterworks
and fire department would mean a re.
duced income by reason Of the vast re-.
duction in rates. vet we find it more
profitable to conduct business in pro
tected towns at cheap rates than we do
in unprotected towns at a higher rate.
we have no doubt but that the redue-
ton in rates that will be made viii rem
resent a good dividend on the invest
ment to yonr citizens For instance.
for isolated brick risks the present rote
is .. g5 on building and . per cent on
stock A third class rata vopld ba Ia
per cent. Mercantile risks located in a
block. being an independent store with
fire walls on each side. the present rate
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-10-27

cent will buy a postal, a postal will
bring You the Commonwealth, the
Commonwealth will give you all the
news and tell you where to buy your
goods. These advertisements will
save you cents by saving these dol
lars are made, and from dollars arise
fortunes.
So drop a postal for the paper, and If
you live in Greenwood or LeHore
county and will say on the postal that
you will pay us for the paper by No
yember, we win send it to you; ask
for it the following week and it will
be there. We want every registered
voter Of the county to take our paper,
so we make this liberal offer.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-10-27

we can only assure you that as soon as
the protection is given your business
just 80 soon will the revision OF rates
take place.
Yours very truly.
g. PEPPER, Mgr
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-10-27
Buy 4 SINGER.

The lightest easiest, best running ma.
chine today 10 the market IS the Singer.
! have q full line on hand together with
attachments and needles IL you want
a Singer, or any part Of it don't fail to
see me. LEE ABTERBBRRY,
Agent
Office at Cooks Gun shop.
The times., 1898-07-10

Despite the cool weather and other in
ducements TO public enjoyment none Of
the three attractions running here last
week did an astonishing business. Fair
houses were the order OF the day and
large ones were seen occasionally. but
the average was not exceptionally high.
Innocent as a Lamb a farce by Walter
Craven and Glen McDonough, was donc
al the Columbia before audiences that
increased in size as the days passed by,
and the Parry Opera Company's presen-
tation Of ''Erminie" at Glen Echo brought
crowds that We're neither above nor be-
low the standard. The Union Roof Gar
den did not open until Tuesday night,
owing 10 bad weather, and, while its busi-
ness is most promising, returns are not
large there as yet.
Reylyals of former successes VIII De
partially the order of things during this
week Charity Begins at Home is an
nouneed as the bill at Glen Echo and a
new vaudeville performance is to be CIV
en- on the roof garden BY special re-
quest the Columbia Sock Company VIII
be seen in a repertoire. consisting OF TINS
seasons offerings. Won at Last VIII
be given Monday; THE Almi5 hty Dollar.
Tuesday and Friday; Esmeralda,
Wednesday night and Saturday matinee
Brother John" Thursday and innocent
as a Lamb" Saturday evening. The bii-
is most pleasing one ana business
should be excellent
The times., 1898-07-10
CoIumbia-Repertoire.

In all kinds Of business II is advisable
u take an inventory occasionally, to de-
terrn:ne what has been done and what
stock remains for succeeding campaigns.
This time has arrived for the Columbia
Stock Company which will devote this
week 10 a rapid review of the seasons
repertoire. with nightly changes Of bill.
The work Of the company under the di-
re-tion Of Mr.. Barrows has impressed the
patrons Of the popular little street
playhouse as being about the best stock
season Washington has yet enjoyed, but
probably even regular theater-goers do
not realize the great range OF plays pre-
scented and the versatile talent which has
interpreted them.
From melodrama and society comedy
70 downright farce is such a long step
that il is usually considered necessary 10
organize separate companies for the pres
entation Of each style Of work But the
Columbia company mas proved itself pos
sessed OF powerful emotional as well as
high and low comedy talent, while Il Is
particularly strong in character labor
e=z.
Beginning with Steele Mackaye's pow
erful play. won at Last" on Monday
night. the week will witness the presen-
tation in swift succession of that clever
satific comedy made famous by the
FiorenCes. The Mighty Dollar" which
will be the bill on Tuesday and Friday
Frances Hodgson Burnetts idyllic dra-
ma Of -'Esmeralda, on Wednesday even
ing and Saturday afternoon; Martha Nor
tons domestic comedy, Brother John,
on Thursday, and finally that lively farce
Innocent as a Lamb on Saturday
night These five offerings bring out the
fun strength Of the organization, giving
all the members prominent parts in turn
and faVoring no one player AT the eX'
pense Of others equally worthy.
James o. Barrows, William Ingersoll
Edwin Mackaye, John Lancaster, Alex
ander Kearney, Mrs. Findlay, Maud
Hasiam and Eleanor Browning win have
their turns, while the secondary part:
wifi be well filled by Messrs. Furlong
Bass and Ball.
The only change from the original casts
presenting these comedies viii be in tn,
substitution Of Florence Wilberham fol
Margaret Mayo in the soubrette roles.
There have been so many requests FOL
repetitions of various plays of the sea
son that the management have decided
10 bunch them all in a week OF reyiyals
no that no one need miss an opportunity
of seeing all the excellent productions OF
The times., 1898-07-10
Glen EchO-Dramatic and Eaude'
willie.

Keeping pace with the season and
following in the popular lines Of the New
York roof gardens and music halls, Glen
Echo Will tnaugerate tnis week ne"
plan Of amusement For nearly two
months the Parry Company has been
making q record for presentations OF the
standard light operas. reaching climax
IN the excellent rendition Of -'Errlin!e'
last week But having about exhausted
the available list of live works, and dis
covering that the pubic demands var
iety even moro than elaboration al this
time Of the year. the management have
decided TO condense the oPeratie produc-
tions and place them between se-ect
specially bills.
Some experiments have already been
made in this direction with most salts
factory results. In every one Of the old
compositions there Is more or less dead
wood" musical numbers which go for
naught. and long-drawn dialogue studded
with antique jokes that simply serve TO
make modern Up-t0-date audiences ya~n-
Therefore with great skill and good
Judgment Musical Director Towle has
been carefully pruning the scores down
70 the most popular numbers while lhe
stage manager has eliminated all matter
unessential TO the development OF the
plot and has further encouraged the
comedians TO bring their funny business
,lp TO date How wen Frank Deshon and
his able supporters has done this viii
readily t,4 recalled. and the result has
been quick snappy performances, when
brought the meat Of the pieces into TWO
hours Following out this line ana tax
ing a tip from the popularity OF the spe-
cialtieS formerly introduced Del"eeh
acts me management will this week pre-
sent to the Washington public what they
term .'Oneratic sandwiches that Is, a
brief and condensed operetta, in which
ali the favorftes Of the season snail have
ple-.tv Of opportunities for the display OF
their peculiar abilities. placed between
two select vaudeville bills. The opera Will
begin promptly at o'clock, thus enab-
ling late Corners to see il all, while the
bill preceding viii open at s, and the
snecialties following. viii prolong the
evenings entertainment until II O'Clock.
The piece de resistance this week Is TO
be Charity Begins at Home. in wnlch
Misses Crater and D 'ArmOn. with Messrs.
Frank Deshon, Charles Hawiey. Jay =.
- Tavlor. Tom DAILY and others viii have
parts. The vaudeville program viii be
supplied by Hurtig d Seaman. with spe-
ciaIists direct from the roof gardens and
music halls Of New York.
Al the usual Sunday afternoon and
everinE concerts today the famous little
French tenor. A Guile, remembered fol
his appearance with the Heinrichs com
many. will render operate selections
while Prof Leo Stevens viii give on'
OF his daring balloon ascensions and para
chute drops promptly at G:39 O'Clock
The merry-go-round. amusement village
cafe and Cuban panorama continue a:
day and night attractions during tbs
week
The times., 1898-07-10
STAGE STORIES.
After the Play.

She was slight and pale. He wore long
hair and his clothes were of a pattern
that was either ten years behind or five
before the period. Both used glasses and
both sauntered slowly out of the thea
ter-after the play was over.
Wasn't il all natural" she remarked,
keeping time TO the music Of the orches-
ira with her fan.
Yes" quoth he. ''unnaturally so.
"Are you trying to make paradoxes. y
she asked. though she did not wait for his
answer 'why. don't you think it real
istic?''
"Realistic?''
Realistic
"Ah! Do you know, / thought realism
meant murder and tears and curse scenes
and marital infideIity and Emile Zola and
and all that"
1T doesn't Anything that is real is
realistic. I though the play that in a de-
; lightful degree In fact ! was sorry
when they rang down the curtain
He paused an instant before replying.
! 81 was not. he said.
Didn't YOU like it?"
'Oh. yes-as far as ii went But every
! thing ended happily. and I preferred tC
! believe it would remain So As a matter
of fact after the hero and heroine had
! been married three weeks they probably
! fought Ike cats and dogs-they coridn't
have helped il with her disposition
! What Of his?"
And I'll wager thar maid was put ii
! long skirts. too. Maids have no right tc
go around like ballet dancers, yol
! know"
/ You're cynic." she remarked. Al
that was what he wanted 10 be he mad'
/ no answer. But after all they were
/ only players
True. Within ten minutes the villair
and the hero and the light comedian viii
be enjoying their beer togeths1. Shal
we go 10 the Imperial?'
u don't care she remarked. But sh'
did
The times., 1898-07-10
Roof Garden-yaudeviIIe.

Crowds that promise much for the sue
cess of the project attended the Union
Roof Garden all last week and the excel
lent bill presented. together with the uni
form satisfaction it oecasioned should IN
crease the houses during the next few
DAYS In addition TO the other comforts
OF the place a large floor mas been built
where a second orchestra will play after
each performance. Among the people To
be seen This week are Mr.. and Mrs Ma
son, sketch artists; Lucilla Miller, Vo-
calist; Nelson Sisters. singing and dane
ing soubrettes; Alf Holt. whistler. Mae
Raymond, soprano. and Agnes Miles.
serio-comic. sacred concert VIII be
given tonight.
The times., 1898-07-10

this Summers Columbia Stock Company
and of fully appreciating the versatile
talent of the notable organization.