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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-04-26
NOTICE

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Booming Booming! is our Sui
Club, 81 per week. Medeiros u
d .cker, No IL Hotel street Tel.
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Anniversary meeting aud sale If
pictures at the Y. M. @. A. this
evening.
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Your eyes tested and sight restor-
ed by 5. E. Lucas. the Parlsian
O,ulist, at the Love Building, Fort
Street..
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The Unions are working hard. to
make up good team for baseball
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See the Bath Towels for 81 80 a
dozen at n. S. Sachs Dry Goods Go.
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IRON THE PREMISES OF THE
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The 5. s. MJgul brought CAB
japanese immigrants for the plaza.
ers.
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Towels 65c a dozen, this week at
N, $. Sachs Dry Goods 90.
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LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

Deputy Sheriff Omstead will leave
for Kauai this afternoon.
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Central Union Calendar.

Tuesday 2:30 p. H. Meeting of
Woman's Board. Addresses by mis-
sionaries from Micronesia.
Wednesday 1880 p. m.-Ssrvice pre-
parstory to the Communion. The
church will vote on the names pro-
pounded for membership.
Thursday-The Pastor aud Mrs.
Brine will be at home in the after
noon and evening.
Friday 7:30 p. m.-Business meet
ing OF Y p. S. @. E.; 1880 p. NJ
prayer meeting at Palama chapel;
$3.50 p. m,-prayer meeting OF Chris
tan Workers at Y. NJ. G. A. hall.
Reception of members and Com
munion Of the Lords Supper on
Sunday May l.
Children's day May 8. Children
may then be presented for baptism.
81 hyahs tell dat football is a
pow'ful rough game" said Miss
Miami Brown.
"Deed It's" replied Erastus Pink
ly.
"Dey's gittin' 80 dey amt satisf-
ed wifi buttin' haids like gemman
de las game l was in dey got to
kickin' shinsw
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TO LET OR LEASE.

A COTTAGE WITH re,
~ rooms recently occu- 60, -.
pied by Capt. freeman, adj "a aSa SI%A
joining the Honolulu = nj N1sEssastsAsH3N
tarium PREMISES. King Street Kulaoka-
hrta, with st b @ ard servants 70 m in the
rear OF he premis's Arlesian water laid
on. Rent reasonable. Po ession gwen
May Is 1873. App V 70
ABRAHAM FERNANDEZ,
rele hone $50, or to
n FERNANDEZ at h IS office,
2OS Merchant street, Campbell Block.
S7l-tf
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-04-26
NEW ZEALAND BUTTEE

Don't wait until this butter has
all been sold to buy. We have hard
work to keep it on hand.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-15

Once it is established that the nature
OF the species is gentle and that every
log is law abiding and peaceable Bruno
then it becomes necessary, before liabil-
ity for the vulgar transgressions of n
fierce Towser can be fastened on the
owner, that he should have previous
knowledge of the usual and not to be
expected feature.
This is called seienter, and until an
owner has this knowledge of his dog 5
viciousness he is not responsible, though
in the error of its ways not acting as
becomes gentleman of the dog species
CT "A lady. MS the case may he. To be
more accurate and exact, once dog
has departed from the narrow path Of
rectitude and demeaned itself III ways
other than should obtain with a strictly
proper and gentle animal, and the own
tr knows it, then it loses status and
taste and must be put down as vicious
animal, and the owner keeps it at his
peril Lord Coleridge, it seems, was
anxious to reduce the law ON the sub
ject to a nicely III the way of succinct-
ness and brevity. and he succeeded by
saying that every dog is entitled to
one bite, and the case has special refer
ence to spring lamb or veal The ex-
preston is varied by making it every
dog is entitled to one worry. Green
Bag
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-15

England's national flag has been
called "a triplet of crosses, " for it is
composed of the cross of st. George, the
cross of st. Andrew and the cross of
st. Patrick. Thus: The flag of "St
George for merrie England. a red cross
ON white ground, the red lines drawn
straight from top to bottom and from
side to side; the flag Of st. Andrew for
Scotland, white cross on a blue
ground; the flag of St. Patrick for Ire
land, red cross ON white ground, the
narrow red lines drawn from corner to
corner. By placing the cross of St.
George on that of st. Andrew we have
1.-THE Jack" as ordered in 1900 by
James l, whose signature was always
Jacques hence the expression, "the
Jack. By laying the cross of st. Pat
rick over that of St. Andrew and then
placing that of ST. George over both,
we have 1.-THE union jack" as borne
since the union with Ireland in 1900
Boston Transcript.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-15

crowned with lotus flowers. while chap
let's OF the same fragrant blossoms
were hung about their neeks. and q
single bud given them to hold In the
hand. They were then ready to pay
their respects TO their host and hostess,
whom they found seated side by side
on a large fauteuil In the reception
room, exchanging ceremonlous greet
ings with their visitors.
Sometimes men and women sat to-
gether In festive gatherings: sometimes
tho sexes We're separated. but each re-
eeiyed equal attention. A slave station
ed behind each guest was ready TO obey
the least command, and time passed
quickly IN feasting and merry-making.
As the wine circulated women as well
as men were drawn into the whlrl OF
dissipation. and furnished subjects for
the merciless pencil of the caricaturist.
The proof still exists plctorlally that
the fair sex of that time and country
drank more Than was good for them,
while the lords and masters had fire.
buthhs ~ pV 'oiiiVu hohie iioii iVS
tive gathering limp as the faded lotus
blossoms resting on their feyered
brows.
A strange custom was In vogue; In
the midst of the feasting; when the
senses seemed almost satated, slave
appeared bearing a small figure of a
mummy. which he exhibited portentous-
ly to the jewellers, saying: Gaze here;
drink and be merry, for when you die
such you will be. "-Llppineott's.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-15

A Swede and an Irishman, both of
them tolerably well known about town,
got into an argument in front of the
courthouse, and they began telling each
other how it was too bad that their an
eestors bad ever happened to shed the
wolf robes and take to living under COW
er When things got bit warm, the
Swede remarked that there was no
doubt in his mind that the Irishman
would be entitled, by reason of his an
cestry, to join some of the pedigree as
sociations but for the unfortunate,fact
that most of those ancestors were hang
ell for stealing sheep.
~ suppose they did their sheep steal
ing with the understanding among
themselves that they were all kings,
and that it was all right to go over into
the next county and steal whatever they
could lay their hands on" said the
Swede i'll conclusion.
"Yes, an be all accounts, said the
freshman, your ancestors lived in
kingdoms so very small that every time
they smellea Il stoektish in the yard of
a neighbor they jumped over the fence
an got it, an if they got back they made
a national affair of it If there was any
pursuit. st. Paul Globe.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-15
EARLY PORTO RlcANs.
How the Indians Proved that the
Spaniards Were Mortal.

How the Indians Proved that the
spaniards Were Mortal.
Frederick A. Ober, late Commission
er In Porto Rico of the Columbian Ex-
position, contributes to the Century an
article ON THE Island of Porto Rico"
Mr.. ober says:
The great navigator who discov-
cred the New World was very felicltous
In his names for the lands he found,
and II WAS with good reason that he
called Borinquen, the Indian island,
Puerto Rico. after the noble harbor in
which he watered his ships in Noyem-
Der, 1493. As Aguadilla IL is known
today, and the same palm shaded
spring gushes forth now as then, In vol
ume sufficient to supply fleet.
Fifteen years later another OF flames
fayorites, Ponce de Leon. landed In the
bay, where he was wei received by the
Indian caelque Agueynaba, who gave
him specimens of gold. In The year
1910 lie founded the town of Caparra.
now known as Pueblo NleJo. aban-
doned the year following for the more
advantageous situation OF San Juan.
The Indians becoming, as the Span
iards say, disgustadOs. because they
We're reduced TO slavery and compelled
TO labor in the mines, rebelled. and
murdered all the white men they could
catch outside the settlement The
Spanards had told the guileless red
men that they We're immortal, aud for
while they believed Them but Cacique
Agueynaba finally conceived theory
of his own, and proceeded to put 1t 10
the test. In accordance with his or
ders, two of his followers caught an I'M
protected white man while fording Il
stream (which is known and shown TO-
day, threw him down, and held his
head under water three long hours
Then they took him out, but still with
fear and trembling, and, dragging the
body to the bank, sat by 1t during two
whole days. until unmistakable signs
OF decomposition convinced them of
the mans mortality. In the end-and
IL came quiclily-the Indians, 10 the
number of half million or 50, We're
exterminated but that was n mere in
cident In Spanish colonization, and the
places they left vacant We're filled with
blacks from Africa.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-15
LONG DISTANCE MAILS.
fine Of Letters From New York to Far
away Destinations.

A letter sent from New York to Bang
kok, Siam. travels overland to San
Francisco and thence by water, reach
ing Its destination in about 43 days,
having been carried nearly Is, 900 miles.
A letter mailed here for Adelaide, Aus
tralia, also goes via San Francisco,
travels H. $40 miles and is delivered
usually within 35 days. New York mail
destined for Calcutta goes by way of
London, travelling 4, l20 miles in 80
days, while mail sent from this city to
Cape Town, goes 125 miles farther in
two days less time.
Mail communication between New
York and Hongkong ordinarily CON
Fumes one month of time. The letters
40 by way Of san Francisco and cover
10, 500 miles of distance. Toreach Mel
bourne, Australia, from this city let
ter will travel ~, 265 miles in about 32
days, and to reach Sydney letter will
travel l,570 miles in 81 days. The
mail route from New York to Yoko-
hama, via San Francisco, is :, 34s miles
long, and about % days are consumed
in transit. TO go to Honolulu from this
city letter travels 5,645 miles in ID
days.
Leaving New York on steamer days
mail matter is scheduled to reach Rome
in about ten days. Madrid in ten days,
London and Liverpool in eight days,
Rotterdam in nine days, st. Petersburg
in l. days, Vienna in nine days, Paris
in eight days, Berlin in nine days and
Athens aud Alexandria in IA days.
Communication with South American
ports is much slower. 1t takes "a days
for letter to go from New York to Rio
Janeiro, which is only about 90 miles
farther from this city than is Alexan-
dria. Mail matter going from New
York to Buenos Ayres, which is S,045
miles distant, consumes 80 or 80 days.
New York Times.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-15
RECENT INVENTIONS.

The resllleney OF a newly patented
billiard cushion Is increased by insert
ing in the rubber a coiled wire spring.
covered with canvas. located close to
the apex OF the cushion.
An improved plaster for walls Is
formed of the composition of plaster of
paris, cement. sand, cream of tartar.
borax. lime. hair and water in certain
quantities. the preparation being pat
ented.
Scows for carrying earth dredged
from the bottom of rivers are made
with large dumping trough plvoied at
each end OF the scow and locked In an
upright position until the dumping
ground is reached. when hook re-
leases the trough and II discharges Its
load through the bottom OF the seow.
Lighted cigars or cigarettes are deliy-
cred from new French machine upon
placing coin IN slot, the cigars being
placed In a hopper and fed singly into
revolving drum. which presents the
tip to the flame of lamp and then dis
charges 1t through slot.
An Iowa inventor has designed n tree
protector formed of woven wire at
tached TO metal strips giving Ii
strength, with hooks TO fasten II
around the tree. the top Of the protect
or being formed of a flexible piece OF
fabric TO bind the tree closely and pre-
vent insects from crawling up into the
branches.
To prevent railroad rails from
spreading apart and wreckng train
a rail brace has been invented consist
ing of pair of rods with base plates
formed at the outer ends with slots for
the rails. the inner ends being screw
threaded and Joined with n turn-buckle.
by which the rails can be adjusted 10
the proper width.
In a newly designed how tie the bow
is not used TO hold the tie in place, this
being accomplished by means of two
pieces OF rubber ribbon, sewed ON the
necktle at the proper place to stretch
the ribbon when the rings at the free
ends are slipped over the collar button.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-15
B9BSd,TEss;asZ,


Ellen Marriage has made transla-
ton OF Balzac's novel, The Jealousies
of Country Town" The book depicts
French "kleinstaderei' admirably
A copy of the first edition of Haw-
thorne's "Fanshawe' brought what IS
said to be the record price" at re
cent sale In Boston. This was Sl65.
Gilbert Parker has been up the Nile
to Wady Halfa aud across Palestine to
Damascus, Beyroot, Ephesus and
Smyrna from Constantinople. He IS
coming to New York.
Roberts Bros. make an announce
ment that will delight all lovers OF live
ly stories well told complete edition
of Charles Levers novels, edited by his
daughter. Mrs. Neville. in thirty-seyen
octave volumes. limited TO sixty num-
bered sets.
Rudyard Kipling's Captains Conr-
ageous," after being on the market only
a few months. has reached Its 10000,
and II Is thought that its sale will
rival that of the Jungle Book which
lad an extensive popularity among
American readers.
f. +. Benson's new novel is a hstor-
ical romance. which is new style for
his pen. 1t Is entitled The Vintage"
and is concerned with the outbreak Of
the Greek war of Independence, includ-
ing In Its pages sketches of the peasant
life of the time, secret societies and
battle scenes.
Drawing bow at venture one may
hazard the conclusion that the scene
of Hall Gaines new novel will be laid
in the city of the eatacombs, for he
confesses that the Vatican provides "A
mine of wealth 10 the deliver in the
ways of life and that the authorities
have been "boundlessly gracious in
their help.
The family of the late Henry George
Is preparing In connection with the
Doubleday a Mcclure Company u
memorial edition of his works. limited
TO 1000 copies. which Mr.. Georges
friends believe will form the most suit
able monument TO his memory that
could be devised. There will be new
photograyure portraits and full biog-
raphy written by Henry George Jr.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-15

General Robert +. Lee was in the cars
going TO Richmond ono day and was
seated at the end farthest from the door
The other seats were filled with officers
and soldiers An old woman, poorly
dressed. entered ut one Of the stations
aud finding no seat, and having none Of.
iered to her. approached the end where
Ihe general was seated He Immediately
rDse and gave her his seat
Instantly there was general rising,
each one offering his seat to tho general.
But he calmly said:
"No, gentlemen, if there was NO seat
for the infirm old woman, there can be
none for me "
The effect was remarked. One after
another got ont of the car The seats
seemed 10 be too hot for them, and the
general aud the old lady soon had tie
car 10 themselves.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-15

He tried the best physicians but
without being benefited and has used
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was not helped. About one year and
six months ago he read in this paper OF
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After taking the first box he felt
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of DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People and will gladly corroborate the
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All the elements necessary to give
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in condensed form, in DIR. Williams
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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-15
A MATTER OF PRONUNCIATION.
A Father Who Seeks to Enlighten His
Son on a Small Point.

There Is n certain man who by the
sweat of his brown summer time
earns his bread as Government Off
cial with an office In the big State, War
and Navy building. He also earns
bread for wife aud three likely chill
dren and a servant. who manages TO
carry slice OF pie along home with
her bread about three evenings In the
week. But that is the cooks privilege
always.
This official has son aged IL. who Is
very nearly as sharp as the father
thinks himself TO be. especially In those
things that everybody ought to know
and not one person In dozen does
know About three times week the
father comes TO the office loaded with
some new information which he seeks
to lmpart TO his fellow clerks by the
inductive method THAT is, he induces
them to show how little they know,
then he springs 1t on them. His strong
point Is words and their pronunciation,
and he thinks he Is an authority.
The other evening while he was en-
tertalning three or four of his office
friends at small supper the eldest boy
spoke up from the far end of the table:
Say, pop he inquired, how do you
pronounce Newcomer and the youth
spelled II slowly.
II presume" replied the father, with
the courage of his convictions, that II
is an Indian name, and by the rule
would pronounce ii Ne-wo-ny."
But that isn't the way" dlssented
the boy.
The father was never more surprised
in his life.
Il don't quite see how 1t would be
euphonious any other way he said
wirh mild air of offended intelligence
What's the matter with-pronouncing
II new Onef' Inquired the boy. with a
loud irreverent la Ia. and the blow
almost killed his her,-Washingtol
Star.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-15
BANQUETS OF OLD.
Ancient Social Dinners Were Most
Magnificent Affairs.

Eanquets Of the present day, even the
most sumptouous, are but mean affairs
compared with those of antiquity The
diner-out used 10 the opulence OF the
latter Egyptian Empire, the bon Vivant
accustomed 10 the splendor of Greece or
the luxury of Rome. expected much OF
their entertainers, and usually were not
disappointed.
Vast was the magniflcenee of feast
given by some great nobleman during
the reign of the Pharaohs. The guests,
both men and women, came at midday
some In chariots, some In palanquins
and a few doubtless those who lived
near by-on foot. They were met at
the doorway by slaves. and conducted
TO an ante-room, where their hands and
feet were washed with perfumed water
held in golden vessels: and their heads
anolnted with scented pomatum In sign
of welcome.
Additions ended, the guests were
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-15
VEGETABLE GEMS.
Bamboo Opals and Cocoarut Pearls Found
In the Philippines, Though Rarely.


In the Philippines, Though Rarely.
Among other queer things found in
the Philippines are vegetable gems.
There are not many of them, though.
The bamboo is empty normally. One
might cut open a jungle of the giant
grass and find unaltered hollowness.
But once in million times or more &C
cident brings to light in the bamboo
stem gem. Nature has nodded into a
lump a little of the fiinty material
which makes the outer stem so hard.
The nodule usually presents the appear
ance of an opal, and several specimens
are in the museums which reproduce
the characteristic lines Of that gem.
These nodules are known as tabaceer
1t is interesting to note that the first
chemical and meteorological examina-
ton of them was made by the James
Smithson whose munificence establish
ed the first of the scientific bureaus of
the American government.
In the condition in which the fruit is
known in the United States the milk
in the cocoanut is considered its only
content. The really ripe nut, however,
is filed with white spongy mass, rich
in the finest oil which the nut produces.
This sponge is exposed to the hot sun
for two or three days in wooden
trough until thoroughly pulped. The
last of the oil is then extracted by
squeezing the soft sponge in the hands.
Very rarely this careful handling has
developed the presence of small spheres
which have much of the luster of she
pearl. Eight or ten Of these cocoanut
pearls, all discovered in the Philip
pines. are treasured in European muse
ums. They range from the size of pin
head to that of very small pea.
York Sum
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-15

Nowhere IN the world have so many
quaint and queer old ceremonies and
customs dating back TO medieval
times been retained as IN the city of
London. Many OF the features OF its
municipal life have been In existence
since the crusades, and among the
strangest Is the so-called annual Lion
sermon, preached in 81. katherlne's
Church, Leadenhall street, by Dean
Clarke. chaplain to the Queen, who at
its conclusion receives the sum of 800,
In accordance with time-honored usage.
II seems that In the thirteenth cen
fury a former Lord Mayor of London
named Sir John Gayer was wrecked
ON desert part OF the coast of Arabia
There he was confronted by n huge
lion. He thereupon sank upon his
knees and prayed to heaven 10 help
him. When he arose he found to his
joy that the lion had turned tail and
fled. Upon arriving home he determined
To commemorate his miraculous escape.
and accordingly left large sum Of
money, the income of which was to be
devoted to paying for a yearly sermon
on the anniversary OF his encounter with
the king of beasts.-Chleago Record.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-15
Why Porto Rico Has Few Rebelions.

A compact little island, an irregular
parallelogram in shape. II can be easily
governed, and readily made defensiblei
while Its sister Isle OF Cuba, with Its
seven hundred miles Of length and Its
two thousand miles OF coast-llne, can
not. While the mountains. swamps
dense forests and bayous of Cuba af'
ford secure hiding places for the In
surgents, with consequent prolongation
of n rebellion. in Porto Rico, on the con.
trary, the physical features all lend
themselves to the continuation of what
ever system happens TO be In power.
In word, there are no points of van
tage whence rebel against authority
may emerge to annoy his enemy. no re-
treats that are not also accessible &c
the Sanlsh soldier This Is the simple
reason why uprlsings have never made
head IN Porto Rico why they never
WILL Many time the banner has been
raised with "Patrla, Justicla, Libertad
Viva Puerto Rico libre." inscribed
thereon. but only TO be trailed in the
dust at the point of Spanish bayonets
and those who bore II sent, some to
Africa, some to be shot.-Century.