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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-28

barbed Wire Fences Around SAN
ttngo u serious Obstacle.
Especial Dispatch to the New York Herald.
London Times and The Houston Post.
copyrighted. 1898. by James Gordon hen
nett)
Washington, June 27.--"There Ia one
feature of Santiagos defenses which does
not seem to have been considered said
an army official to me today, and that "a
the twelve lines of barbed wire ontansle-
mept which surround the city"
This officer has explored the whole OF
Cuba and speaks from personal experience
ITO attempt TO clear these barriers with
guns" he continued results only In
throwing them down in way to harass
the men going over them. The Cuban
junta furnished their troops with nippers
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-28
Probabilities.

sson' June 21.-Eastern Texas-Fair,
~ers IN eastern portions; warmer in
'n8' southerly winds.
-aA--faruy cloudy; south winds.
" Texas New Mexico, Oklahoma. In
ery and Arkansas-Fair; warmer;
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-28
coLoRED TROOPS.
A Regsment 10 Ne Mustered Int from
UlHessnt states

Mcdonald OF Maryland today Introduced .
FONT resolution authorixing the president
10 muster into the United States service q
volunteers one regiment Of colored troops
composed Of the following indopsndenl
companies:
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-28
A CRUSHING BLOW.
A Powerful American Squadron to
Attack the Coast of Spain.
CAMARA'S FOLLY is RESPONSIBLE

The War Department Is Doing Check the Spanish
Eastward Movement Towards r1anla o a De-
cisive Blow Spain Made Possible by Camara
Leaving His Home Ports Unprotected.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-28
ctaeral Ohserxntion.

0as taken by the United States
sssau At 8 p. m. 18th meridian
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-28
NIPpERs ARE NEEDED.

barbed Wire Fences Around san
ttago "a serious Obstacle.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-01-20

We will furnish you with light
on the subject of
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-01-20
NO FROST.

The recent frost in Fliroda and Lou
isiana has not inflicted material dam
age on the cane, says the Louisiana
Planter, though the pine apple crop
was reduced fifty per cent and the ba-
mana crop was practically ruined. We
should be very thankful here that no
such trouble ever comes upon us. The
Islands are peculiarly fortunate. We
have both the advantages of the tenn
perate and the tropical zones and have
none of their disadvantages.
We have no frosts, as occur at times
in sub-tropical countries, to destroy
our fruit crops, and then again we
have no fevers to contend against and
the many ills which come of living on
the coasts of Central America, of trop-
ical Africa, or of the West India Is
lands.S The Islands are healthy in the
extreme and instances of longevity are
numerous. Man can work here in the
fields even though he be sprung from
the Caucasian race. No better in
stance of this could be seen than at
Olaa. There are many white men
there who do a hard days labor on
their plantations week in and week
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-01-20
The Hawaiian Safe Deposit and
Investment Company.

r EAI ESTATE
We are prepared to handle Realty
in any part of the Islands and
make speciality of City Property.
STOCKS AND BONDS
We buy or sell for our customers
strictly on Commission all first
class stocks or bonds.
FIRE INSURANCE
We solicit risks of all kinds at
lowest rates for the English and
American Underwriters, one of
the strongest and best of compa-
MES.
AGENCIES
We will undertake to secure sub
scriptions for stock in legitimate
enterprises for developing the ag-
ricultural and commercial indus
tries of Hawaii.
TRUSTEES
We offer to act for holders OF
stocks, bonds or securities of any
kind, collecting rents, dividends,
coupons or interest, and rendering
accounts with care.
GEORGE r. CARTER,
49,. Manager.
In rear of Bank of Hawaii (Ltd.)
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-01-20
CRIMINAL CODE OF ALASKA.

The commission appointed to revise
the criminal code of the United States
in the partial report which it Will
make to the President and Congress,
will present a proposed code for crimi-
nal justice in Alaska. The commits
sion is authorized to do this in the act
which creates it, as territorial laws
are also United States laws. At pres
ent the laws of Oregon are made APP
plicable to Alaska, and these will be
revised, codified and amended by the
commission to suit present conditions,
and will be submitted as partial re-
port for the basis of legislation by
Congress.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-01-20

out and who do not suffer from their
work in the least
The writer has known an English
man on the Island of Maui who for
several years carried on farm and
dairy. lie used to help in the milking,
worked his own pillow, getting up Mt 4
o'clock to harness his own team, and
coming home again after hard days
work, u tired, but n thoroughly heal
thy man. And he was no common la
borer, but a well educated, polished
man of the world. 1t might have
seemed as if everything was against
him, but he pulled through well, and
it may be said was healthier when he
walked between the stills of his pillow,
then he is now with many thousands
year to spend, and no hard work TO
do.
This country in point of fact, need
not depend on Asiatic labor for its
progress and success. The work is
hard and trying, but it is no harder
or more trying than work at midsum-
mer in the temperate zone.
The full possibilities of Hawaii are
only just beginning to be understood.
The more they are understood the bet
ter they will be appreciated and the
finer will be the population that will
eventually make its home in our midst.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-01-20
CONTRACT LABOR.

The question of contract labor is
one which our planters and those
whose interests lie in sugar planta-
tons must face. An article published
in these columns a couple of days ago
outlined the possible legislation upon
this point. Contract labor with a pc
nal penalty has to cease on the Is
lands, and the sooner the matter is
realized the better. Like any other
great change brought about in an in
dustry there are those who will object
simply from conservative dislike to
change. Then of course there are those
who foresee that under a change of
labor their gains will not be so large.
When slavery was abolished in the
Southern States it was claimed that
the States would be ruined Yet moth
ing of the kind occurred. There is an
ample supply of labor, and labor will
even at times livestock the market,
and have to seek work elsewhere, the
area of cultivation has increased and
manufacturing industries have been
added. Within the last seven years
the increase of cotton mills in the
South has been enormous. In 1890
there were 254 mills, in 1897 there
were 4S3; in increase of 229. The to-
tai spindles increased from 1,712,930
to 4,105,667, and looms from 1921 to
1O3, 29S, a gain of 1,392,737 and of 64,
067 respectively, and the Southern
States today are more prosperous than
they ever were, and have brighter
prospects before them.
In Russia radical change was made
by the abolition of serfdom, and all
agricultural industry, it was predicted,
would be ruined. The contrary has
proved to be the fact, and Russia has
not only increased her agricultural re-
sources, but she has spread out into
manufacturing industries which were
undreamed of.
Thus radical changes in labor do
not bring about the disastrous results
that many would have people think.
With us in Hawaii the transition has,
in n great measure, set in. Many Ia
!; borers on the plantations are working
without contracts, and quit work or
change their locations as it suits
them. But laborers as rule stay
where they are well off and well treat
ed. Constantly changing is expensive,
and the object of the laborer is to
save money, and he does that by stick
ing to his work. The advantage of
plantation work over work on fruit
farms is that the plantation work is
steady throughout the year. 1t is not
a rush for a thousand laborers today,
and then cutting down to three or
four hundred in three months time.
Many of our planters are not favor
able to contract labor, which is Meth
er slave labor nor serfdom, as often
stigmatized, and it is well known that
the cooperative system IS strongly
desired by some who are willing to
sacrifice some money in order to carry
it through. With the many objections
urged against the system, in view of
the fact that it is used against us
abroad. to our own detriment, and re-
Numbering that the system of con-
tract labor is not looked upon with ia
vor by all planters, it does seem that
Legislature abolishing the objection
able system upon lines somewhat sim
liar to those suggested in these col
umns couple of days ago.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-01-20
BY AUTHORITY
PUBLIC LANDS NOTICE.

On February IA, 1898, at ~ o'clock
noon, will be sold at public auction,
at the Office of w. o. Aiken, Paia,
Maui.
Lot in Nahiku, Maui, containing 7
acres; upset price, $4,000.
For further particulars apply at Of
flee of w. o. Aiken, Paia, Maui, or at
Public Lands Office, Honolulu.
j. f. BROWN,
Agent Public Lands
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-01-20
WAMPOLE'S
PREPARATION,

n AIDE Of that it should do what others
c;mnot? The answer is simple and
straight. 1t contains the nutrit.ve
properties of Pure Cod Liver Oil, ex-
t;acted by us from fresh cod livers,
toe Compound Syrup of Hypophos-
Ihites and the Extracts Of Malt and
Wild Cherry Bark, combined in a new
snd scientific way 1t isn't lot Of
homogeneous ingredients shaken to-
iyether, but chemically united, so as
TO make one thing of unprecedented
potency. 1t is pleasant to the palate
as honey and cures Fevers, Scro-
fula, Rheumatism, Stomach troubles,
Bowel Compl ints and Deb lily, by
expelling the deadly disease germs
and filling the blood with rich and
healthy elements such as nature re-
quires. Try it and see what remedy
that is abreast Of the age. can do for
you. 1t is substitute for solid
food. There is nourishment in a
single sup, for every dose is effective.
You cannot be disappointed in it.
Sold by chemists everywhere.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-01-20
CARRIAGES AND HARNESS.

Don't throw away good money to re-
pair your old harness and carriages,
but go to G. Schuman's repository, on
Fort street, next to the Club stables,
where you can find a large assortment
of wagons, buggies and harness of
standard make, and at bed rock pri-
ces.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-01-20
A SPASM OF SENSE.

Now, let's have short spasm Of
common sense. If people who have
been chronically sick are SO soon a.d
81 easily cured by our preparation.
why were they not cured by some
o. the medicines they took before?
Because medicines are like novels AMI
sc ngs, once in while good c ne in
tens on tons Of poor ones But what's
NDAMDNI E,c
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-01-20

A. w. KBECH.
superintendent Engineer 1. I. S. N. Co.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-04-22
MOTHERHOOD.
Mrs. Pinkham Declares No Woman
Noed Despair.

There are many durable causes for
sterility in women. One of the most
common is general debility, accom-
panied by peculiar condition of the
blood.
Write freely and fully to Mrs. Pink
ham. Her address is Lynn, Mass. She
will tell you, free OF charge, the cause
of your trouble and what course to
take. Believe me, under right condi-
tions, you have fair chance to become
the joyful mother of children. MEs.
Lucy LYTLE, 255 Henderson St., Jersey
City, N. j., certainly thinksso. Shcsays:
81 am more than proud of Lydia E.
Pinlsham's Vegetable Compound, and
cannot find words to express the good
it has doAe me. was troubled very
badly with the 1cucorrhoea and severe
womb pains. From the time I was
married, in 1882, until last year, I was
under the doctors care. We had no
children. I have had nearly every
doctor In Jersey City, and have been
to Belvin Hospital, but all to no avail
I saw Mrs. Pinkham's advertisement
in the paper, and have used five bot
ties of her medicine. 1t has done more
for me than all the doctors I ever had
1t has stopped my pains, and has
brought me fine little girl. have
been we'll ever since my baby was born.
/ heartily recommend Mrs. PinkhaIn's
medicine to all women suffering from
sterility."
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-04-22
Little Africa q Man.

Little Africa, 1.-the, petite dancer,
sprang into popularity at Detroit few
weeks ago, and through shrewd man.
ager, became drawing card at private
dinners given by the mice" young
men. Two weeks ago the Detroit light
guard gave smoker" and one of the
attractions was the mysterious Little
Africa.
The Seeley dinner dance was repro
duced In all its interesting details.
The little "wiggler" was recalled
again and again, and each time re-
sponded with new movement.
Glasses clinked to her honor, she was
showered with bouquets AMI coins, and
every effort was made to discover her
identity. Since that two 'tquiet" stag
parties have been given by Detroit
select young men, and Little Africa,
the clever little dancer, as nearly Co.'S
tuned la Eve as was consistent with
proper entertainments, has been idol
lied.
Society was scandalized, and Little
! Africa supplanted many sweetheart
in the affections Of some fast young
men. Her admirers have been search
ing the city to do her homage, and the
scandalized members have been
searching for her to make her trouble.
1t has now been discovered that the
dancer was Frank Bruesser, we'll
known costumer. who has been having
fun at the expense of his friends.
Bruesser's form has remarkable re-
semblance to that of woman.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-04-22
Every Day a Month,

The gradual change in the day and
the month now taking place proceeds
continuously until the duration Of a ro-
tation Of the earth is prolonged to So
of our present days. At the same
time the month, or the time of revo-
luton of the moon round the earth,
will also occupy So of our days. Since
the month here means the period of the
return Of the moon to the same place
amongst the stars, and since the day is
to be estimated the same way, the moon
must then always face the same part of
the earth's surface, and the two bodies
must move as though they were fast
ened together by bar. The outcome
of the lunar tidal friction will accord
ingly be that the moon and the earth
will go round as though locked together
in period of 55 of our present days.
with day and month identical in length.
Prof. George H. Darwin, in Atlantic.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-04-22
Use only one heap
ing teaspoonful Of
Scbllllngg' S Best Bak-
ing Powder to q
quart Of flour.
You must teaspoonfus of other baking powder.
Church Built of Coral.

A church built of coral is one of the
curiosities of the Isle of Maize, one of
the Seychelles islands in the Indian
ocean. The Seychelles islands, which
are supposed by many to be the site of
the Eden of Old Testament history,
form an archipelago of one hundred
and fourteen islands, and are situated
about 1 400 miles east of Alden and
1000 miles from Zanzibar. They rise
steeply out of the sea, eliminating in
the Isle of Maize, which is about 5000
feet above the level of the ocean, and is
nearly the center of the group. All
these islands are of coral growth. The
houses are built of species of massive
coral hewn into square blocks, which
glisten like white marble, and show
themselves to the utmost advantage in
the various tinted green of the thick
tropical palms, whose immense fern
like leaves give pleansant and much
needed shade. These palms grow as
high as 100 feet and more, overtopping
both the houses and the coral-built
church. They line the seashore and
cover the mountains, forming in many
places extensive forests.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-04-22

When once the fact gets firmly estab-
lished in the minds of the farmers OF
the United States that it is more ex-
pensive to maintain bad roads than to
make and keep in condition good roads
they villa take active interest In the
question and an era of road building
will begin which will add to their
wealth, prosperity and comfort, and
benefit the country at large as much
as has the laying of railroad tracks and
the advance of the steam locomotive.
Let those engaged in agriculture study
such figures as those recently issued by
the supervisor of New York, wherein he
shows that 1t costs half as much to
haul produce three miles by wagon as
1t costs to haul it 500 miles on the rail-
road The supervisor figures out that
with system of good macadam roads
the farmers would save an amount
each year equal to the interest on from
SO to $50 an acre, according to the
crop raised, and would increase the
value of their land either to sell or
hold by like amount.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-04-22
WILL MEASURE DEW.
Little Attachment for the Wind Gauge
at Weather Bureaus.

Little ALG0CnmenL 1OT Lne OauSG
at Weather Bureaus.
Hereafter the gentle dew cannot de-
scend at night nor a flake of snow fall
without being registered on the Mime
| apolis weather station rain gauge. Will
lam Carlisle, member of Weather OBJ
server Outram's staff, has just perfect
ed little adjunct to the rain gauge
registration machinery, which will
hereafter make it possible to register
absolutely so small precipitation as a
thousandth of an inch. In fact the
minuteness of its registration is only
| limited by the delicacy of the scale
makers art.
Mr.. Carlisle has frequently noticed
that short and gentle, but perfectly ap-
preciable rainfalls have occurred with
out showing any registration. On the
other hand he has noted that slight reg
istrations are sometimes made when
there is no moisture falling. The regis
| tration is effected by means of an cleo
trical connection between the scales Of
the exposed rain gauge and graphic
representation device in the office be-
low. The rain gauge jar rests on one
arm Of a pair of delicately balanced
scales. Rain falling in the jar diSturbs
the balance, the jar side settles and
which causes the registering device to
record a certain amount of rain. At
the same time the balance is automatic
ally restored. Mr.. Carlisle ascertain
ed that at times the pressure eXerted
on the bottom of the jar by wind eddies
had exactly the same effect as the
weight Of the rain. 1t was obvious that
what was needed was a device that
would distinguish between wind and
rain.
After much experimentation Mr.. Car
Isle hit upon the scheme of introduc-
ing in the electrical circuit some addi-
tional clock work, the effect of which
Is to delay the graphic register five sec
ondS. That is to say that If a certain
amount of rain is caught by the gauge
receptacle it will be five seconds be-
fore 1t is recorded. If the pressure ex-
erted on the scales was really that
made by collected water it would still
remain at the end of that period. If
on the other hand the disturbance of
the scales was momentary and due to
wind pressure, they would regain their
equilibrium during the five seconds and
no record would be made. The ma
chine can be adjusted to any length of
time
Mr.. Carlisle's attention is now attach.
ed to the official rain gauge and works
admirably. 1t Is probable that the in
vention will be applied to all govern
ment rain gauges.-Minneapolis Jour
nal
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-04-22
Hoods sassaI psf;;,a
Is Americas Greatest Medicine. Sold by all
druggists. 81; six for s.. Get only Hoods.
L TUT = lllo with Hoods SarSapariu u
ANIMALS AS MODELS.
Some of the Experiences Of an Artist
Sketching From Life.

Some of the Experiences of an Artist in
Sketching From Life.
"Leaves from the Sketch Book of an
Animal Artist" is an article by Mere.
dith Nugent in the St. Nicholas. Mr..
Nugent says: There was an elephant
in the Jardin-des- Planets that would
not pose unless he were paid for it, and
paid in advance. Then he took pay
ment in buns and pie, but if these were
not forthcoming, he would deliberately
walk to the farther end of the enclosure
and turn his back. The only way to
get drawing of this big fellow was to
engage some one to feed him mean
while. In the same gardens saw an
unusually interesting sight one morn
ing. A little sunbear with a large
marrow bone in his shaggy paws was
resorting to all sorts Of bear devices to
get the sweet marrow. Suddenly he
lay down on his back, placed one end
of the bone in his jaws, and with his
hind paws tipped the other end Of the
bone SO high up that the choice morsel
slipped into his mouth. If the animal
could only have understood the shouts
of approval that greeted this perform
ance, think it would have turned his
head. In one of the sketches you will
see how this feat was accomplished. AS
a rule find the models very good ma
tured. True, they keep sharp eye on
me for the first few days, but after
that are generally quite friendly. OF
course, there are some parts of the
business they do not like. The oriole
never was happy when 1 held him in
my hand for close inspection, but a
beautiful cat which rebelled when
first placed her in bird cage-to keep
her in front of me-grew SO fond OF
being there, and after I finished my
drawings she cried and cried to be put
back into the cage. Intense curiosity
is the great chan acteristic of animals
when in the studio. They are as much
interested in you and the surroundings
as you are in them. This is especially
the case with birds Leave the studio
but a few minutes, and these two
legged fellows are hopping into every
thing. Of course they inspect the
paper on which you have been draw
ing, and the paints, and the brushes,
and occasionally vary these proceedings
by taking a bath in the water bowl.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-04-22
Babies Named After Letter.

So much has been written about
JOSEPH Letter and his wheat operations
that his name has become familiar to
everyone who reads the papers. Farm
ers talk about him at their gatherings,
and think that he has done more for
them than any speculator that ever
lived. He made wheat sell at 81 and
over. They a,e naming their baby
boys after him, and Mr.. Letter FIRE.
quently receives notice that 12.
pound boy has been christened "Joseph
Letter Smith, or 'Joseph Letter
JONES'" A member of leading ship.
ping house, who returned from Eng
land last week, said the people there
speak of Mr.. Letter as "Leeter," and
say that he is a great man.
The people have every confidence II
him outside of the speculative classes.
There is hardly a day that his mail
does not contain letters with money,
asking him to make trades for them.
Their money is invariably returned
with a polite note that they had better
keep it, and that he is not in the
commission business.