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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-06
The August Grocery Company

this table prepared by tho Department
OF Foreign Affairs.
Contract laborers on sugar
plantations. per month. $3.50
Laborers not under con
tract, on sugar planta-
tons, per m0a,6........ BOD 70 5000
Ordinary day laDorers. per
day.. ...... ..'.'.'....- lo
Domestic servants per
month";. .....- .........-. lo.D 10 19W
Mechanics. per day.......... go TO 40
Clerks i'm stores per month 300 to 300
B0Okkeepers. per month";. 100 TO loo.OJ
Railway employee
Engineers. per month";. 10000
Conductors. per MONTH. 600 TO 800
Freight hands. per month 500 to 900
Section hands. per month 800 TO 800
Section foremen, per
month ............- ........ io.o
In reference to tho figures showing the
pey earned by railroad employees it IS
necessary 10 remember that the com
bined lengths of all the railroads IN the
Hawaiian group of islands are only about
100 miles. and. therefore, there Is not
much demand for the services of railroad
men.
As a matter o. fact the railroad COM
pany is more interested I'm plantations
than in railroad business pure and sim
pie. II controls over 10000 acres OF val
liable land I'm the island Of Oahu, in
which Honolulu IS. and has started sugar
planting in a large way there. The COM
pany owns also ranch property on which
there are more than 1000 head Of cattle
Land IS the one thing which Hawaii
wants 20 utilize above everything else.
The market for ordinary labor IS over
stocked and It IS unwise for persons
without at least some capital TO go TO
Hawaii Men with experience in plan
tations get good salaries as managers.
running from s. 900 a year UP. and over
seers get from so TO So a month. But
the demand for this class Of labor nat
urally IS limited, and the business OF the
islands IS not 50 large that many clerks
are needed The coolies and Chinese Ia
borers fill the market for unsldlled labor.
so that It IS not n god prospect that
faces the white laborer. The Hawaiian
Government has been frank enough 10
say this IN answer TO inquiries. But.
on the other hand. II holds out agreeable
promises to the man who can enter Ha-
wall with enough money 10 keep himself
above water till he can get plantation
started.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-06

Great inventors frequently suffer from
q lapse OF the reasoning powers Ike that
under influence of which Sir Isaac New
ton cut one hole in a wall 10 let cat
pass through. and then n small hole for
the kitten. When Morses great inven-
ton Of distance writing was about
completed he wanted a railway company
10 try IT, To get rid Of him the president
Of the road turned him over to a sub
ordinate. This official was struck with
the beauty of the invention and became
SO Interested IN "a that De sat up half
tho night discussing II with the inventor.
At length Morse confessed there was only
one thing which bafiled him.
"As long as the railroad runs where
poles may be erected he said. IT VIII
bo easy sailing. but when we come 10 tho
big bridges. what is 20 be done theny
We can't erect poles across tho stream,
and without them the wire would sag
and perhans break from its own weight
confess / don't know what 10 do.
can't YOU suggest n way out Of the dif-
hculty?"
"NNhv don't you faston the wires to the
bri1ge?" asked bis companion, without
moments hesitation. For moment
Morse gazed AZ him with open mouth,
and then exclaimed;
"Why not. ludool2 Why 7 never
Thought Of that IT'S the very way"
THE lavman's tiD nut tho finishing touch
IN the work Of the great inventor, and
thus wires came o. be strung on bridges
when crossing large streams.-Waverly
Magazine.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-06

vid@d graus. The best hotels and yes
taurants charge nifty cents Mexican
Owcnty-hve cents gold for an eNcellent
table d'hotc dinner with vino tno. Ihe
vino Is genuine. TOO. brought IN casks
from Spain. and an excellent aid 10 al
costing the quantity of food twenty-five
cents will buy.
Hawaii has been for so long now an
object of interest 90 the United states
and has been on one of our main tray
elled roads that the features 1t presents
10 q prospective settler rcad more IKE
the prospectus of a new railway through
an old country than does similar matter
concerning either Porto Rico or the Phil
ippines group. For many years now
regular steamship lines have been run
ming TO Hawaii or making the group a
regular port Of call. and even regular
lines OF sailing vessels have long been IN
existence. From San Francisco ii costs
SO 10 reach Hawaii by steamer, the trip
requiring seven days Sailing ships av-
erage a week longer 10 make the voyage
but the cost is only about forty dollars
Coy this route.
on reaching the islands the traveller,
or intending settler. finds himself con-
fronted by comparatively few OF the
difficulties attendant on taking UP resi-
dence among a foreign people. Amer
lean customs have invaded the Islands
TO a great extent. so great In fact that
almost all branches Of labor are well
filed with skilled workmen and the only
crying need OF the new province Is for
the small farmer and for men who are
DESTROYS OF going into coffee planting
which Is now regarded as the best field
for small capitalists that the Islands AT
ford.
An excellent idea Of the rate OF wages
In the Islands may be obtained from
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-06
BigChanCe for the
Se1f~Made Man.

cd. Il IS more comfortable, physically
than I'm America. The heat in summer
is not as intense as in New YORK city,
and 1t IS never cold. Thin flannels are
worn the year round. but 1t Is seldom
cool enough for a fire in ones house.
There is a great deal OF sport, both on
land and water. though the grand delight
OF yachting has not been popular be-
cause OF the uncertainty OF the winds
there is either too little or too much.
and one never knows just what IS COM
ing. Canoes and launches are the means
Of aquatic recreation.
Actual living expenses are not heavy,
though the tendency 50 far from home.
especially with young men, is to spend
more for Injuries than is the custom
here. Food and lodgings are cheaper
and medical attendance usually IS pro-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-06

To the soldier Of commercial fortune
who IS ever on the watch for new FIELDS
20 conquer. the three new island posses
sions OF the United states present an az
tractive prospect. As a general thing one
does not find a Klondikc on one 0oo.-
stem: but OF these three places-Porto
Rico the philippines and Hawaii-it Is an
uncommon. but true. condition 70 md ina !
the one that promises best In the way or
commercial returns Is the one ylng near
est TO our doors. namely, Porto kAco.
In the business opportunities our new
possessions present 10 man with little
or no financial resources then the three
places may be ranked in this order-Porto
Rico. the Philippines and Hawaii, though
fhrough the influence Of British life and
fts cusfoms-which have fun sway in the
philirpines-it is much more difficult 10
&c, n foothold in our far eastern islands
than i'm either Of the other places. Then
TOO. II IS only 20 be reached by long and
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-06

ter OF very short time before a position
Is open TO the average man. An ac-
simultaneously with the consular agent,
customs officers or postmaster is great
advantage 10 the newcomer In busi-
ness way; and as familiarity with the
language is OF the utmost importance 1t
Is advisable that the traveller should seek
a boarding place with some family ra-
Their than IN a hotol for the former
course is not only helpful in the way OF
acquiring Spanish. but is also much more
economical. Board averages about s. (of
our money! n month and meals about
l. 1-2 cents In our money.
or the prospects IN store Tor young
man safely launched on the sea OF Porto
Rican commerce 70 may be said That while
tho opportunities may be limited In the
shOpkocper's Geld success Is practically
a certainty. Beyond that lie such posi-
tons as the manager Of a plantation, or
OF a tobacco house or cOfee plantation.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-06
The August Grocery
COMPANY,
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New phone ISL. Old phone 1892.
Special This Week and Next.

call the attention OF all the public In
general TO watch close our lad" in the
every Friday Leader and Sunday Times,
and by so doing you viii be posted when
ever we give an interesting special sale.
our goods are guaranteed 10 give per-
after giving a fair trial do not show as
they are represented, they shall be ex-
changed or money refunded with pleas
are oar motto-}Fm tfy' to please every
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-06

az sna w ask IS sIiS, ailu no erro ne
most satisfaction In the world, and we
will show our great appreciation.
Orders through mali must be accom-
panied by money order; no extra charge
for packing and delivering shipped goods.
Very respectfully,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-06

London has taken m the experiment
NJ rnunlcinal street railroads. The South
London tramwavs have been bought by
The County Council for Sl2jefoo.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-06

Bert Coote made an elaborate produc-
ton OF Buckstone's old comedy. The
Dead Shot" In a Brooklyn vaudeville the
atre last week. assisted by Julie Kings
ley. George Trader. Harry eastman. AL
bert Roberts, Leslie Haskell and others
Mr. Coote intends 10 present this play
IN vaudeville In the spring after hts
special twenty weeks starring tour In
The New Boy"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-08-31

LIFE ON THE OCEAN WAvE.-A real
Jolly, good old fellow was DR.. S. l
was introduced to him just as the
steamer was leaving her dock at New
York for Europe. For the first "a
hours "Richard was himself again )"
but that fell destroyer, who neither
spares age, sex, nor condition-sea'
sickness-seized him, and nothing more
was seen Of the jolly old doctor for
several days. We had left the Banks,
and were steaming along beautifully,
when, one morning, saw the doctors
head emerging from the lower regions
But what a face LONG, lugubrious,
distressed-his hair not cared for, dress
untidy, eyes bloodshot. could scarce,
ly believe this apparition was the jolly
old doctor who had kept US all in a
roar the first day out.
"Well, my dear doctor, how do you
feel by this time?"
"Feel ?" said he, and there was an
unmistakable earnestness in his eye,
"feel why, I feel as though I had but
two objects in life, now. One is to
put my foot once more on terra frma
and the other, to find out and whip
the fellow who wrote, Life on the
Ocean Waver"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-08-31

Redeemed and congested condition as
his nose, and he is always complaining
that his head aches, or feels hot, fool
ish, and confused that he does not
sleep, and has startings and jerkings
of his limbs in his sleep; his appetite
is capricious, his kidneys do not act
well, and he has pains in his limbs and
back, or his heart feels uneasy and has
spells of palpitation, and his lungs do
not perform their duty in manner to
make him feel at ease. He is nervous,
tremulous, and easily startled; his
liver is disordered, he has bad taste
in his mouth, and his tongue is coated
with a thick white fur, accompanied
by feverish and thirsty sensations
about his throat.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-08-31
HE WAS TOO SMART.

"My wife has disagreeable habit
of leaving her pocketbook in exposed
places" said the man who was telling
the story. ~ have cautioned her more
than once that she would lose it if she
wasn't more careful.
"I came down with her the other
morning, and the first thing she did
after boarding the car was to deposit
her purse upon the car seat, while she
relieved herself of the terrible suspi-
cion that her hat wasn't on straight.
A movement of her arms knocked the
purse on the floor, where it remained
until I picked it up.
"I rescued that purse no less than
dozen times before we reached the
bargain counter that was the goal OF
my wife's ambition.
"Everything around bargain coun-
ter occurs with kaleidoscope swiftness,
and soon found myself the sole guar
dian of my wife's purse, which lay
before me on the counter where it had
been deserted by her in a mad rush
for the other end of the counter.
"To teach her a lesson I emptied the
contents of the purse in my pocket
and retreated to the edge of the crowd
to await developments.
"It wasn't long before my wife
crowded her way out, triumphantly
holding aloft 25 cents cream jar that
she had succeeded in buying for 49
cents.
"sI didn't know that they charged
things here,' I began, feebly.
"'They DON'T she answered. L
have money left for three ice cream
sodas and strip of car tickets And
she exhibited the contents Of her purse
to prove her assertion.
II nearly tainted when it dawned
upon me that I had taken the contents
from purse belonging to some other
woman.
81 have no desire to retain posses
sion, and if the woman who lost 79
cents, postage stamp, three hair pins
and a receipt for making angel food
will call at my Office she may have her
Free Press.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-08-31
THE DRAM-DRINKER'S NOSE.

1t may be reasonably supposed that
when a dram. .drinker looks upon his
face in mirror, and sees that his nose
is yed, he is anxious to know the ex-
act cause of such a condition, and
why, the more alcohol he drinks, the
greater becomes the redness; and also
why angry looking bumps after awhile
make their appearance on the end and
sides of the nose. 1t may not be out
of place, says The English Mechanic,
to tell him, in a commonplace way,
the cause.
He is but little aware, as he looks at
his nose, that, as il is Redeemed and
congested by an unnatural supply of
blood, so all the respective organs of
his body are kept in state of unnat-
ural redness and congestion by the
habitual use Of alcohol. If he could
see his brain, stomach, liver, lungs,
heart and Kidneys in his mirror, us he
sees his nose, he would find each OF
those organs in precisely the same
condition as that presented by his
nose and this congestion of the vital
organs explains to him the uncomtort-
able manner in which their functions
are performed. When in perfect
health, the functions Of the organs OF
the body are so quietly performed that
Il man forgets that he has lungs and
heart. In fact, his general condition
is so good that he never thinks about
his internal organs {; but this is not SO
with the habitual drinker Of alcoholic
compounds. The alcohol which he
drinks keeps his organs in the same
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-08-31
Aumurors department.
WHAT HE WAS CHARGED WITH.

The fame of former Governor Peck
as a humorist is so far abroad that
people no longer expect him to have
the temerity to appear at dinner to
make an address without series OF
incidents and pithy personal experien-
ces at his command, says the MllWau-
kee Evening Wisconsin. The funny
part of it is that he does not in the
least consider himself story teller,
and really very seldom repeats funny
story. What he tells are things that
really happen to him, and which his
inimitable fashion of seeing and telling
make irresistibly funny. There is one
story, however, which he has liked to
repeat outside of his own experience.
"And have told it," he says, frankly,
"until the family says, For heaven
sake don't ever tell that story again );
but it has struck me as one of the fun
niest that 1 ever heard. know every
body has heard it by this time, so l
don't tell it any more, much as would
like to-" The story is this:
"There was a man on trial once
whose name was Smith, and who
stammered most terribly. The first
thing the judge did was to ask his
name. The man did his best.
'S-sss-s-ssss-ss,' he began, obedl-
emily. -,
"'Why, stop making a noise like
that said the judge. I'VE can't allow
that. Give me your name
sS-sss-sssssss-ss, sputtered the man,
earnestly. ~. :,
"'Heavers said the judge. Sir
he continued, turning appealingly to
an Irish policeman who had brought
the man in, what is the man charged
with p
"I should think, yer honor re-
turned the officer, soberly, that he is
charged with sodawater.'
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-08-31

HIGHER CRITICISM In THE NUR-
sERY.-It happened in the Sunday
school. The subject under discussion
was Solomon and his wisdom. A
little girl was asked to tell the story
of Solomon and the women who dis
puted the possession of child. She
timidly rose up, and answered "Solo-
mon was very wise man. One day
Two women went to him quarreling
about baby. One woman said, This
is my child and the other said, NO ;
this is my child But Solomon spoke
up and said, No, no, ladies; do not
quarrel. Give me my sword; and l
will make twins of him, so each can
have one"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-08-31
sANSON DRY GOODS co.
IT CAN'T Be DISPUTED

THAT health is one of the most desira-
i. BILE conditions that the human family
can obtain, and yet we find hundreds of
ladies whose constitutions are going to
wreck for the want of tonic to supply
the waste so peculiar to their delicate
nervous systems. DR.. GREENE HERB
AL COMPOUND is just what they want
to build them up again. 1t is the most
perfect and most natural restorative and
health builder ever devised for the special
organism of women. 1t purifies and heals
all diseased conditions stops nerve-sap-
ping drains; correct arrangements by
imparting elastic power to the internal
ligaments and creates thorough, whole
some, forceful vitality to the nerve-cen-
tres and the entire feminine structure.
A woman who is weighted and dragged
down with unnatural weakness cannot
possibly carry her share of the household
cares. She cannot be capable wife and
mother. Women who are broken down
in their nervous systems by the debilita-
ting ailments peculiar to their sex should
GREEN'S HERBAL COMPOUND. It
is sold regularly at dollar bottle we
sell it at rs cents.
Koch's Syrup Of Hypophosphites
Is Exactly the same formula as Fellows.
We sell Fellows at $l.2O and Koch's at rs
cents bottle.
Liebig's Sarsaparilla
Is the SAME formula as all the leading
sarsaparillas sold on this market. We
sell one at 80 cents bottle-the dollar
size-and Liebig's at 65 cents.
Liebig's Celery Compound
Is the same as Paine's. We sell the form
er at 65 cents and the latter at IS.
Rochell Salts.
We have Rochell Salt and when you
want mild, pleasant and satisfactory
purgative call and get nickle's worth.
We carry complete stock of all the
most popular patent and proprietary
medicines. including the world renowned
Compound Cathartic pills, which we sell
at half cent each. Remember that we
save you money on medicines of all kinds
and will appreciate your patronage:
GRIST COUSINS.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-08-31

Trains Nos. and 10 are first class, and
run daily except Sunday. Trains Nos.
60 and 81 carry passengers and also run
daily except Sunday. There is good con-
nection at Chester with the G. c. d n.
and the C. c. & A., also L & c. r. 4. at
Gastonia with the A. & c. A. L.; at Lin.
colnton with c. c.; and at Hickory and
Newton with W. n. G.
G. F. HARPER, G. P. A.. Lenoir. n. c.
J. NJ. MOORE, G. F. A., Lenoir, n. c.
Z. F. REID, Auditor, Lenoir, N. c.,
L. It. NICHOLS, Supt., Chester, S. c.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-08-31

HER CHoICE.-Coachman driving
stout lady on a lonely road in very
high wind)-Please, mum, will you
'old the 'orscs while | run after my
'at, or will you run after my 'at while
| 'old the 'orses ?"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-08-31
CHE aJorkrille Gnqairer.
Published Wednesday and Saturday.
TERMS OFSUBSCRIPTION:

ADVERTISEMENTS
Inserted at One Dollar per square for the
first insertion, and Fifty Cents per square
for each subsequent insertion. A square
consists of the space occupied by ten lines
of this size type.
Es- Contracts for advertising space for
three, six, or twelve months will be made
on reasonable terms. The contracts must
in all cases be confined to the regular
business of the firm or individual con-
tracing
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-03-16
MARK EFT REPORTS.
NEW YORK MARKET.
Inc Features OF the Days Dealings in All
the Leading Stocks.

New ok. March l5.-Thr movement of
STOCK prices. today. was confused ANA M.
Hldfk"t very puzzling. Decidedly lower
quotations for Americans in London
caused an unsettled tone at the opcnins.
ifIcrS partly responded To the London in
ltiatiNr but did not fan fully to tho on
doit parity. \ furiOuS huYinc movement
quickly developed which lifted the l.tcl
"i IN" whole market strong above inst
hlSht close. The buying was most con
SplCuouS In the local an | Industrial ~I4ri-
.utleS, nut there was no lack 0f strength
IN tht railway list either the demand for
"" 'irangorS being especially heavy
Heavy realizing met the advance ana
wiped out large part of ii before the
inst honr hgd expired. This was the
most HCtiN" period of the DAYS trading
London sold freely here on the morning
adN1nr" ana there was heavy realizing
besides attributed to very powerful local
market interests. The early advance was
materially helped by the aggressive
strength Of the local traction stocks on
account OF the belief of antacuuism to
rapid transit plans in Influential quarters.
Metropolitan Street Railway was at one
number Of the Industrial securities also
roS" oN"r two points and number of the
railroad stocks at one time showed net
advances of over point
Besides the engagements of gold for
import from Europe to New York ship
ment Of s3.p1n,m0 was announced from
Australia TO san Francisco There was
easing at the local money rate I'm re-
sp"nsr % til, So movements.
The bond market was strong up 10 thr
closing whom prices eased off in sympathy
with stocks rotAi sales s.. 100 o00. nited
States new IS advanced Ia and the - I.
and thv old Is rogiSturel a hid,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-03-16

tiers In this city for a portion of the cam
palSn. In the latter part for two months
nei ore the election he was dispatched out
liz ."H suites rs stump speaker at
winch he is very efficient All present
Nj DeHne is business manager Of the
Silver Knight Populst or free silver
newspaper published in this city by Sen
ator Stewart of Nevada. The nansr Ia
a very large circulation and Mr. De,ine
IS IT'S circulation and business manager
II Is run chiefly for political purposes and
D. 81. LEVINE large acquaintance with
Populists the country over and his ,cuta
khowledge of political methods partIcu
iaflN lit him for the position. Hn ;e :,
very enthusiastic Maine man and eniovs
people. - 4'"''ic
w .. Fuller, Jr.. of Rockland. Me. was
m the city last week. The appointment
ol postmaster at Rockland will soon
come up and Mr.. Fuller is q candidate for
me position. Rockland is IA second class
"fllcc and pays a salary Of $500 a wear.