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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-05-11

This scheme was Matched in the
Office of Mr.. Thurston in Washing
ton and is considered an excellent
method OF getting the islands an
nexed, The eventual results, in
case of American reverses in the
war are Of no consequences to Mr..
Thurston and the other agents Of
Mr.. Dole's government, but we hope
that there are sufficient cool headed
men in the Legislature to defeat q
measure, which will mean a viola
tion of the Constitution OF the Re-
public.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-05-11
Transport Ships Sail.

NEW ORLEANS, May 3.-The South
ern Pacific transport ships left here
to-day for Tampa, carrying horses
and mules for the army Of invasion.
They have imperative orders to
reach Tampa by Friday morning.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-05-11

An opium bill is now before the
Senate, recommended by commit
tee of the men of '92. A liquor bill
has passed the Senate composed Of
the men OF '93. A member of the
House has charged his colleagues
with being under the control of the
monsyed men; and the whole coun-
try, friends and foes alike, are cry
ing "corruption," when reading tho
reports Of the experts employed by
the committees having charge of
the accounts of certain departments
of the Government.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-05-11
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

The "fence" on Palace Square has
gone down and The INDEPENDENT
has ecored another victory. The
good sense OF the average citizens
can not tolerate memorials on pub
lie squares in honor of "heroes" Of
the Carter style.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-05-11

Uncle Sam will not be caught in
the trap, however, or take any risk
Of blackmailing, and Hawaii-poor
girl-will remain the humiliated,
ridiculed and despised "spinster"
OF the Pacific Ocean.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-05-11
WEDNESDAY, MAY II, 1898.
A DESPERATE MEASURE.

1t is generally understood, that
Mr.. Dole proposes to spring meas
ure in the Legislature, the effect of
which means that Hawaii enters
into an offensive and defensive
alliance with the United States.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-05-11

The men who have control of this
Government cannot afford to stul-
tify themselves. They overturned
the monarchy because, as they
claimed, the Queen wanted to violate
the Constitution. They held up
their hands in holy horror, because
the Queen signed bill licensing
opium. They appealed to the civil
lied world, because liquor was
tolerated in Hawaii, legislators got
drunk and took bribss, and general
corruption reigned.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-05-11

Charles Wilder has written long
personal letter to President Dole,
says San Francisco paper, in which
the young Consul gives suggestions
as to the most political course for
the island republic to pursue in re-
lation to the United States" No
wonder Mr.. Dole looks happy this
morning. With the suggestions"
of Mr.. Wilder in his pocket, he needs
not feel shaky in his foreign policy
and be can now safely back the
"sure thing" team at the next base
ball game.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-05-11
NOTICE.

r WILL NOT HOLD MYSELF RE.
Il sponsible for any debt contracted in
my name without my consent or written
order O. Fl. FOOK.
Lahaina, April II 1898. S69-1m
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-05-11

1t is amusing to listen to the "war
talk" in town at present, especially
from men who have no idea of the
geographical position OF Manila,
Havana, or Madrid. This morning
General Jingobus and Judge Go
slow entered place where refresh
ments are served by polite bar
keeper The General called for
drinks, and while the mixologist
was attending to his duty, the Gen
eral explained the situation. "Give
me none OF your neutrality business,
Judge" said the valiant officer,
seven il the Spanish cruisers come
here we can easily stand them Off"
"You may do that" whispered the
polite bartender, as the General,
who had swallowed his poison,
walked towards the door, "but you
can't stand me off," and Mr.. Jingo-
bus blushed like Spanish damsel
at bull fight, and after planking
down ten pickels left the room, feel
ing like the treasury of Spain.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-06-28
Rabbits Put to Good Use.

At last the much-abused rabbit has
found friend in the person of we'll
known Irish agriculturist, who de-
clares that the little animal has at
least one good trait. The gentleman
in question owns a large tract Of pas
ture land on the banks Of the river,
which of late years has been so over
run with buttercups as to very con-
siderably interfere with the value Of
the ground as pasturage.
4 few seasons ago O few rabbits
were introduced on the farm near the
river, and these soon multiplied so fast
as to threaten to oyerrun the whole
estate, but it was soon noticed that
the buttercups, formerly a scourge to
the pasturage, had died down to iso-
lated clumps. On examining into the
cause the farmer discovered that the
rabbits had, during the winter,
scooped out the center of the butter
cup roots, with the result that these
had disappeared beyond all possibility
of further growth, and grass has
sprung up in the place Of the flowers
so distasteful to the cattle.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-06-28
a Cumparison Of Sea AMI Land.

The triyiality of the sea compared
with the land is the theme OF a recent
article by John Holt Schooling. y
bucket 743 miles deep and I43 miles
from sides to side would hold every
drop Of the ocean. This bucket could
rest quite firmly on the British Isles
To fill the bucket one would need I"
work 10000 steam pumps, each suck,
ing up 1900 tons of sea per second. io'
422 years. So if any enc wants 70 M
rid of the sea- the way is plain. buG II
get rid Of the earth would be 4.o13 tine:
more difficult. requiring 2.OGO &TcA
guns, each firing 1000 projectiles a see
ond. each projectile consisting OF lno
0G0 tons of earth. At the end OF l'"'
wears this mundane slnere would Dc Il
shot away.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-06-28
National Museum in Nicaragua.

This Central American State has
stamped itself as progressive and up
to-date in recently establishing an
industrial, Commercial and Scien-
tiic Museum. for the purpose OF col
lscting objects and articles Of Natural,
industrial and commercial and sclen-
tifc interest aud of establishirSa CEN
ter of study aud culture and a bureau
of information for the people OF the
country and foreigners. The museum
will be under the direction of the Min
ister of Public Works, and will be Or
sanized and systematized SO that prices
Of any of the sample articles exhibited
will 5a ble.--Cleyeland Plala
D3aier,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-06-28
Care Of t..

This is a day wh deluslons &c
which one has helGears are grad
ually being swept ;by those who
know" One sucbsion in whlcH
we all once, belieySs that TO reac
while in recumhSsiticn was in
furious to the eye4!lists now tel
US that il the lig5good and tins
type OF the printea clear we may
safely indulge in axury OF lying
down and readinghe same tlme
But while our ocuAell us this, he
also warns US thatAy not use ou;
eyes before breakfAthe strain o.
the optic nerve wilEusly affect th'
sight. So she whqtd read before
she rises in the nfg must nave
her cup OF coffee aIcoll or slice o.
tcast brought to heiiside.
Unless one has uns!y strong eye
one must rot readan one is ex
tremely weary. EXhaan anu tatlSu'
affect all the nervc4he body. ani
:he optic ner<e is snsitive that !
shor'ss lcce:ve partic&onsiLeratioE
Nor should one eveGguilty of th'
caral4ssness Of writbr reading fac
ing a window. Tlroe, is a crue
strain or the sight. S1s
Washing the eyes hing and nigh
in water as hot as in be borne i
a wonderful tonic fobse useful ser
wants which are soEsily injured
When we consider we neg!ec
their welfare by usin&em by fadln
daylight and insuffic!I Iartiicial ligh
by forcing them to d9rk when the
are weary, and by ding them tn
rest for which they lcKye have caus
to wonder not that tRometimes be
come mutinous ard rec to fulfil Oh
demands, but that there ever faltt
full in our service. py will, as
rule, be as good to Is we are
them.-Harper's PaZap
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-06-28
A Problem in I.Saad improvements.

The entrance to, the beautiful val
ley OF the Ramapo RS at Sutfern, n.
7. The county in which the town
lies has many natural advantages, but
is unable to obtain bene fit from them
because Of the roads through which
the people ''still founder in the
mire.' How easy it would be for
them, aud many other counties SIM
iliary situated, to improve their high
ways is plainly shown by the Suffern
Independent.
There are sixty miles of road, and
an expenditure Of s25oO per mile on
them would create an indebtedness
of S150,O90. Suppose this amount
was borrowed on bonds payable in
from one to fifteen years at four per
cent. By paying the annual interest
and six per cent. on the principal. the
whole amount could be paid in twelve
years and the roads kept in order,
without greater annual expenditure
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-06-28
II Was 01Iy Ice.

"Iran mills are hot places to woik
in. but the men have lots OF fun with
all their hard work." said a retired iron
man to a Washington Star reporter.
THE other day I took walk through
several mills over in Pennsylvania that
T am interested in. As i was going
through one the superintendent asked
ME 10 wait and see little fun. I did
Sc. and I will tell you about it. =
- new man had come to work that
morning and the men. were about to in
itiate him into the mysteries Of the
business. You know it is so warm that
the men strip their bodies to an TN
dershirt. When the trip hammers
come down they produce myriads OF
SPARKS, which the men try to avoid.
1.-The newcomer had been told that
he was in danger of being seriously
burned and that if he felt a spark any
where about him the only sure way OF
helping himself was to jump into a
Biz vat of water, which stood few feet
away.
"Finaly one of the big trip hammers
came down with great force, and as
it did so one of the men sneaked up be-
hind the newcomer, and dropped a
small piece of ice down his back. You
never saw such souirming and agony
in your life.
Thinking of what had been told
him, he took run and Jumped head
long into the vat of water. The mel
gathered around him and talked Of an
ambulance, but he soon found he was
only the victim Of a joke" ..-
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-06-28
AN FRESHMAN IN SPAIN
The Very Strange Story OF an oDonhsH
Among the Dons.

In the early part Of the century
three brothers named O'Donnell lei!
treir native couatry-1reland, OF
course-and went to live IN opalh'
where they all had extraordinary car.
GERS. one died in 1861 after he hau
became the Duke Of Ietuan, though
he was better known as General oDon'
nell: he was one IF the most brilliant
military men Of his time. The young
est brother was cut off in his you~n'
but nothing in the lives OF the otn@Fs
is so strange and touching as the sto:y
Of his death.
Tr 1892 there was war in Spain re-
garGing the secession to the tHone,
and Young O'Donnell declared hlmsen
for Isabella, who was indeed soon pro-
claimed queen, but before that time
ODonnell fell u prisoner to General
Zumalacarrequy, leader of the Car
list forces. The young Irishman lookeo
upon this as almost a piece OF good
luck. for the Carlist leader was an olo
schoolmate of his. The two frlenos
celebrated this meeting after separa-
| ton CT wears as festive occasion; ano
| as they ate supper together and drank
toasts to old times, Zumalacarreqny
| said:
."Your captivity will be brief, my
{ fFIedu. am -Jdst apout to
Of truce to your general to negotiate
an exchange Of prisoners, so that you
may expect to be free tomorrow.
The flag of truce was indeed sent, but
the result was terribly unexpected.
The general Of the Christanos (that
was the name given to Isabella's party)
| answered the Carlist envoy by saying:
81 will show you how treat rebels,
and forthwith he had all his Carlis'
prisoners brought out and shot doW:!
| before the eyes of the Christians, ant
the officer had no better news than tnt
story of their death to take back to his
chief.
The next morning Zumalacarrequ1
came into his tent where his prlsonel
was breakfasting, wearing a very un
happy expression; he sat down ID 81
lence.
What is the matter?" asked O'Doa
nell. Have you slept badly, or va
your chocolate burnt?'
Il am immensely disturbed, was tn
answer. and he told how the Carlls
prisoners nad been shot, and added
Il must make reprisals. My friend
in ne hours time you must be shot, nj
m. tier how I feel about it."
O'Donneil set down his cup, afte
finishing lis chocolate, and said: Yes
that is a matter of course; YOU mus
not distress yourself about it; woul
act in the same way myself. Now Civ
me a couple of cigarettes and writin
material, for I must write letter
which I will trouble you to take car
of after my execution"
As he was finishing the letter tn
guard came to take out the prisoners
O'Donnell got up at once, shook hand
with the man who was both his frlen
and his enemy, lit another clgarett
and walked out to be shot
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-06-28

distance from the center of the city, it
could be seen that the cloud cylinder
was revolving at q terrible clip in space.
For while it hung gracefully pen
dant, then by force the centrifugal ac-
ton began to lift at the bottom until it
had assumed the shape Of an enormous
sickle, thrust down angrily from
heaven. ready to NOW away all be-
fore it. -
The next change was one of gradual
dissolution, the tail curling up and then
flying off at right angles to the east
ward in thin black vermiculate strea M
erS like snakes. At one time in the
process Of dissolution it looked as il it
were going to reform. bat of sudden
gave over the idea and melted away iii
space, much SIS cloudlet does In the
blue Of a summer day.
S. AS soon as the cloud had dissolved,
or drawn back into the big nimbus
from which it was born, heavy showers
Of rain fell from opposite ends cf the
mother cloud and soon cleared the at
mosphere.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-06-28
The Crusade Against Euts.

Never allow pools of water to stand
on road. If a road is not properly
drained it cannot long remain good.
It requires longer time and more
power to haul light loads over bad
surfaces than to more, twice as much
on good roads.
Anything that facilitates intercourse
between people tends to civilize them.
Nothing helps so much toward this
end as perfect highways.
Two buildings were lately Destroyed,
by fire in an outlying ward of Cleye-
land, Ohio, on account of the depth
of the mud, which prevented the en-.
gines from reaching them in time.
Common roads may be vastly i'm
proved by being properly crowned
and thoroughly drained, and the work
of making and keeping them good will
be simplifed if the traffic on them is
on wide tires.
The Governor of Massachusetts has
recommended widetire law and the
subject is. being taken up seriously.
Such a simple and effective means of
improving poor roads and maintaining
good ones ought not to be neglected.
Nature is not = road-builder-she
never prepares artificial means Of liv-
ing. But she furnishes ample ma
terial fer every need, and science long
since learned to utilize what she offers
to meet the necessities Of our COM
plex civilization.
The farmers along road in Central
New York have donated twelve hum
dred tons of stone, picked from around
their farms, for road improvement
purposes, aud neighborins stone
crusher has been rented to properly
prepare the material for use.
The ever-increasing tendency to
concentrate in big cities can be coun-
teracted by making country life at
tractive., But country life cannot be
permanently attractive to cityresidents
unless good highways afford inter-
communication and easy transit.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-06-28
An Incomplete Estimate.

In the following estimate of the
cost Of laying stone roads some i'm
portant items have been omitted.
The Indiana Farmer says that ''the
cost of broken stone for building
roads is not SO great as many suppose.
1t can be bought at the crushers for
forty cents per solid yard, and the
railroad will freight it forty miles Or
less, at about fifty cents per cubic
yard, making a total Of ninety cents;
but suppose we call it 81. Then if the
road-bed is nine feet wide and the
stone is piled on foot deep; a cubic
yard will cover three feet linear at a
cost of 81, making one mile (1760
yards) cost as many dollars. But as
only about niue inches are necessary,
one-fourth of this amount, or $40,
should be deducted, making the ex-
act amount only 1920, which is cheap
enough for frst-class road, the ma
terial for which must be brought forty
miles by rail-
Substantial roads can be built ut
thickness of nine inches, but tho
stone used is by no means the only
item of expense. The labor Of hand
ling, placing and rolling it must be
considered and, more important still,
careful grading and thorough drain
age must be secured: Hard roads can
be built much more cheaply than
formerly, but a ''irst-class'' one can
not yet be laid at such low figures:
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-06-28
inexpensive Road Repair,

A correspondent suggests that the
system of continual supervision and
repair of road-bels used by the rail
ways would no. be practicable on the
highways, because the railway section
foremen depend for their positions on
the thoroughness of their work, have
only short distances to care for, and
can make themselves thoroughly fami-
liar with them, while highway COM
missioners frequently know and care
nothing about roads, and have long
stretches with which they have little
time or opportunity to become ac-
luainted.
AS long as present conditions OBJ
tain, and highway commissioners are
chosen for political reasons, and de-
vote little time and attention TO the
roads, not much in the way Of i'm
provement is to be expected. Tits the
system which must he changed, and
it will be when the people realize the
Importance to the community of hay
ing hard and smooth roads on which
to travel. It is not necessary to al
ways build expensive roads costing,
perhaps, from one to ten thousand
dollars mile, bnt present roads can
be vastly bettered by giving them con-
slant care, together with proper grad
ing and drainage. This work has
been successfully undertaken in some
quarters and good results obtained,
as in the case referred to last week, in
(which the expense was so small that
the road tax had been reduced, while
the roads had been improved.
Aslong as present methods prevail,
ED" thinks that the farmers, and those
living off the main roads should be
interested in some way in looking af-
ter the roads that pass their own
doors, so that they would remove
stones, fill up holes anil see that all
water ran off quickly, and suggested
that they could pay small part of
their road tax in labor in this way,
under the control of the road commits
sioner. The old plan Of ''Sorking;'
out road taxes has been complete
failure, but it does not necessarily fol-
low that something of this kind would
not work in some districts, especially
if the people first become in some
measure convinced of the Importance
of thS-SiaD
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-06-28
DIPLOMATIC BOUNCER
|rnioue Position Held by Eddie Savoy ID the
State Deoartment at Washington.

"0no IF the most interesting charac-
ters in the Government service saiu
an official of the State Department. al
washington. "is Eddie Savoy, the COL
pred messenger of the assistant secie
tarv of state. He has been employed
in that department for the past
r,>ars and is thoroughly imbued VIII
all it's custoras and traditions. A per-
feet diplomat in his way, ne HeFei
sees ANYTHING he should not see nor
knows snything it is not lntenoeo ne
should know. At least that is now ne
impresses the people who DO business
with him-;his superiors as wei as tnos7
desiring to communicate with them.
His position is a strictly connoen1ia'
one, and frequently puts him IN posses
sion of highly important state secre.s'
the premature disclosure OF WHICH, IL
several recent instances would ha'
seriously embarrassed the Government.
But never since he first entered 'ne
foreign Office, back in the admlnlserd-
tion of Secretary Fish, when the stare
Department was located in the pullo-
ing at the corner of 14th and 5 streeIs'
now used by the orphan ASYLUM, mas
he been known to betray trust OF W
fell ANYTHING whatever about the al
fairs, of the State Department that ne
was not personally authorized to tell
7fe reminded Of tbs -'saRss= :=
| tant bart he played in the events at
tending the recall Of Sackville West,
the British minister. during Clevelands s
first administration, as well as those
in the more recent case of Senor Polo,
the Spanish minister. He acted as the
trusted messenger between the Secre-
tary of State and the foreign minister
in both cases. Secretary Bayard Sc
lected him to personally hand MT.
sackville West his passports and Sec
retary Day confded to him the import
ant duty of handing to Senor Polo, hrst
President McKinley's ultimatum 10
the Spanish Government for the eVacu-
alton of Cuba, and next the official pa
pers insuring him safe conduct out a1
the territory or the ODlLeu oldles. i1'-
die as he is familiarly called, was 1ul'
" impressed with the importance O,
these missions and adopted a simple
; but shrewd method to satisfy the heae
of the department of their success1u
, execution. When he handed Minister
/ West the package containing his pass
ports, he asked him as favor to show
that they had been properly delivered
, that he write his autograph On the Of
fetal envelope and give it to him. MIR
West did as requested, and Eddie tool
the envelope with its autographlc IN
+ dorsement and broken seal back tt
!, the department and showed it to MI
. Bayard. He followed exactly the sam
, course with equal success in deliverln:
;, the ultimatum to Minister Polo. TIL
two envelopes are now 'Eddie's' pri
vate property, having been presente'
. to him by Secretaries Bayard and Day
and are treasured by him as relics o
9 important events in the diplomatic his
; tory of TIE United States.''