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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-02-21

Charley Molteno has purchased
g. Sommas interest in the famous
European haircutting establishment
on Merchant street, where he will
he glad to meet his friends.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-02-21

The increase in the number of
criminal cases before the Supreme
aud Circuit Courts during the five
years OF republican Cd government,
as compared with the number of
cases during the five years prior to
the Infamous incident Of 1898, is sim
ply appalling and not aattering to the
self-styled "best government" Of Ha-
wall. The report shows that during
the past five years 2l50 cases were
before the higher courts, against ZIG
cases during the period from 1888 to
1898. Under such circumstances we
are not anxious to witness the
greater progress which the Attorney
General predicts will occur during
the coming biennial period.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-02-21

The inherent sovereign right"
continue the report, "of State to
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-02-21

prevent the landing OF aliens who
may become charge upon the
community; or to prevent them from
coming in such numbers or under
such conditions is we'll recognized"
The "iuherent sovereign right OF q
State" however, should take due
notice OF existing treaties and 70
spect the rights granted to the sub
jeots Of foreign governments pro.
vided by such treaties. The Japa-
nese Government holds that the re-
fusal to land the Japanese emigrants
was contrary to the treaty as does
II. b. Ms Government in regard to
the forcible deportation Of British
subjects as in the Cranstoun case
for which laundering episode the
Hawaiian taxpayers will have to pay.
The recommendations to the Leg
islature in regard to number of
amendments to existing, rather than
to defective laws, are wise and will
undoubtedly have the support of
the Legislature. The Attorney
General admits the advisablity Of
amending the existing liquor laws,
but to our surprise has left such a
suggested change in the laws to the
initiative OF private members of the
Legislature. In regard to the opium
laws the Attorney General does not
agree with the Marshal and other
subordinates. The latter advocate
the licensing of opium, while the
head of the department says that he
is strongly of the opinion that the
sale of opium should not be Ii
censed."
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-02-21
Timely Topics.
Honolulu. Feb. rs, 1898
PURITY Is TIE SOUL

of life, and impurity the
shroud of death Unseen by
and unknown to most of us,
we are surrounded by deadly
health poisoning germs of
disease, but which, thanks to
sanitary science, are being
more formidably encountered
and conquered day by day by
the irresistible forces of puri-
ty. Soon we are to adopt
Herring's system of sewerage
for our fair city, but this will
take time to complete, so we
must each act his little part
to preserve health. Purity of
water is one of the greatest
essentials. and no purer water
can be obtained than by the
use of the
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-02-21

"The act relating to the Ian ding
OF aliens has been enforced during
the last period with beneficial effect"
says the report. We presume the
Attorney General refers to the re-
fusal to allow a number of Japanese
to land, sted which has brought the
country into trouble with Japan and
probably will cost the Hawaiian tax
payers large sum OF money which
could be spent elsewhere far greater
advantage.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-02-21
Natural Stone Filter.

Look in our window and
see how it changes muddy
and impure water into a linn
pid, translucent fluid, We
have them in four sizes q, Z,
8 and 9 quarts. Then too we
have those irresistible
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-02-21
Water Coolers

so useful for the private home,
office, restaurant or steamer
cabin use. They are in con-
venient sizes.
Another very efficient de-
stroyer of unwholesome and
disease breeding germs is
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-30
No Co1ored Racers Need Apply.

A manager of one of the eastern
tracks is quoted as saying that he will
not accept the entry during the coming
season of any colored rider. "When l
made arrangements to assume the man
agement of this track, said the man
ager in question, sit was distinctly un-
derstood that the entry of no negro was
to be received, and while hate to de-
bar MAZE Taylor, who is a good rider,
I am forced to do So" If the manager
in question runs any races in this coun-
try this year, they will be run under
the rules of the League of American
Wheelmen, and if they are run under
the rules of the League of American
Wheelmen he will be forced to accept
every entry that is sent to him, pro-
viding it is legal entry in the terms
of the League of American Wheelmen.
A legal entry, according to the official
rules, is any entry that is sent in by
any rider in good standing with the
! racing board. accompanied by the proper
fee and for races in which he is eligible.
All legal entries must be accepted, says
| the racing rules, and the first attempt
that is made to shirk this rule will re-
suit disastrously for the promoter. 1t
will be seen, therefore, that there is
little likelihood of any colored rider
not receiving his registration number
| if he forwards the necessary 81, and
| once in possession of this number no
| track dare refuse to permit him to ride.
| Brooklyn Eagle.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-30
THE QUAKERS.
They Live Longer Than the General
Population.

reputation.
By the religious census of the
United States made in 1880 it was
found that there were at that time
62O meeting houses of the Society of
Friends in the United States and
that of the total membership was in
excess of 27O, 900 Since then many
OF the younger generations of Friends
have been attracted from It's MEM
bership and it has gained nothing
from immigration and little, If any,
from prosely ting. Notwit hstanding
this there were at last accounts more
than 5000 Friends in the city of
Philadelphia alone and probably not
fewer than $4,000 in the State of
Pennsylvania.
Although the Society of Friends
was established by ali Englishman,
George Fox, and the Englishmen
generally were the chosen leaders of
the movement, the number of Quak-
ers in the United States is greatly in
excess of those in Great Britain at
the time of the last census. 1t is
| observed concerning them that they
have an average longevity greater
than the general population, their
death rate during 20 years averag
ing IS per 1000. as compared with
% per 1000 This is possibly the
result of temperate habits. They
have, however, one fifth more insane
than the rest of the population
namely, 33 per 10000, against %,
which is ascribed to intermarriage.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-30
LORDS or THE HIGHWAY.
Pedestrians Entitled to More Than Legal
Precautions From Wheelmen.

Pedestrians Entitled to More Than Legal
Precautions From wheelmen.
We recently read an account of an
accident in western city. A wheel
man knocked over an old lady who was
somewhat injured. He was arrested.
convicted of reckless riding and fined
accordingly, but he could not under
stand 1t at all. The testimony developed
that he was on the right side of the
road, and that he rang his bell loudly
within 100 feet of the woman. She
heard the bell but became confused,
tried to escape in several directions at
once and was run down. The rider had
not considered it necessary to change
his course or slacken his speed, which
seems to have been within the pre-
scribed limit. The American Cyclist
wishes that the history of this case
could be laid before every wheelman
In the land. From one point of view 1t
was not an important case. as the wom-
an was not badly injured nor the rider
heavily fined, but the principle which
was brought out was Of great moment.
The law names several specific and ac-
curately defined requirements for the
government of users Of vehicles on the
highway, but there are other require
ments which are scarcely namable or
deflnable. The driver or rider must at
all times use reasonable consideration
for the welfare of others even If he
himself is acting within every specified
rule on the statute or ordinance books.
This is the point, and the frequency
with which it is overlooked through
ignorance or carelessness is regrettable.
American Cyclist.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-30
Grains Of Rice.
.rland Presby terrain.

Cumberland Presby terrain.
No mere creed can save. 1t takes
the living power of a living Christ.
Beware of the man who believes in
the double standard of virtue.
One can size up most Christians by
the way they use their pocketbooks
All tina good Intentions of the
universe wouldn't clothe shivering
body.
The straight road to most real
conversions leads through the
pocketbook.
Heaven Is vast, assuredly, but not
even a square inch will be reserved
for the hypocrite.
Is the man who laughs at smutty
joke one whit cleaner than the man
who tells it?
Why is it I'll al smutty words
always stick In the mind while good
words often leave no impression?
What sort of religion has that mar
| who prays like saint at church anG
| is cross as bear at home?
Clean hands, clean minds, clear
hearts-give the church these, ant
she will ask nothing more
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-30
BICYCLE TAXES.

License Fee Imposed by n Pennsylvania
Town Declared Unconstitutional.
The Pennsylvania division of the
League of American Wheelmen has just
been successful in winning in the Erie
courts case which will doubtless be
of value as a precedent in similar suits
in other states The case in question
was connected with an ordinance passed
by the councils of the city of Erie in
July, 1896, requiring all owners of BIZ
cycles to pay an annual tax of 81, the
sum being nominally paid for regis
try plate to be attached to the frame
of the machine, the claim being made
that the tax sc imposed was simply a
police regulation. During the first few
months following the passage of the
ordinance many wheelmen registered
and paid the tax imposed, but the di.
vision executive committee decided to
contest the right of the city to impose
the tax. After two or three arrests had
been made Of those whom 1t was de-
sired to have figure in the case, tenn
porary injunction was asked for and
granted, and the case came up for ar
gument before Judge Morrison. After
hearing the argument, decision against
the wheelmen was given. but an appeal
was made and the case transferred to
the superior court in Philadelphia. Be-
fore the case came up, however, Judge
Morrison indicated willingness to
have another case argued before him.
This was done, and the judge in d
lengthy opinion reverses his former de-
cision and gives decision favorable to
the leaRue--Nev York rosJ.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-30
MUCH IN LITTLE.

In all the schools of Spain there
are only 719 900 girls.
The smallest quadruped in the
world is the pigmy mouse of Siberia.
One twelfth of the people of Eng
land suffer more or less from govt.
About one-half of the population
of Greece are agriculturists and shep-
herds.
Electric dark lanterns have been
supplied to the Paris police, ena bling
them to see so feet away.
France has kept 100000 tons OF
coal stored at Toulon since 1898, to
be ready in case war should break
out.
A Persian carpet has been in use
for two hundred years in the main
hall of the Shah's palace in Teheran
According to computations the
black race embraces about one tenth
of the living members of the human
species.
Japan was originally civilized by
way of China, today Japan sends
scholars and men of science to in
struct the Chinese.
From a legitimist point of view
King George of Greece is really {
usurper without real right to tn,
title. He is a Dane, who was award
ed the throne by the powers. TIL,
rightful Queen of Greece is Princess
Eugenia Christoforus. In her ar
united the claims OF all the dynastie
since Constantine the Great. Blu
the powers disapproved of her, an,
preferred a man who would be NOR
plastic in their hands. The Princes
is forty-five years old, and is mothe
of two SONS and a daughter.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-30
Speed in Collisions.
Kansas City Journal.

hanSdS lily JOuTndi.
Cows used to throw trains of the
track, because the engineers, in a
panic, blew down brakes and equal
lied chances. In these latter days,
asserts an eastern writer, a whole
herd of cows could not harm a train.
If a thousand were to get in the way
of a locomotive the engineer would
''pull her wide open" and go scooting
through. When the captain of the
Paris sought to reassure his passen-
gers on the last trip from England
he said, with much nonchalance !:
"Under full Roadway the Paris can
cut through fifteen Spanish war
ships" That was a slight exaggera-
ton, OF course, but experience has
proved more than once that safety in
a collision at sea depends on the
speed of the moving body. A steam
er of 10000 tons displacement
travelling twenty knots an hour goes
through an ordinary vessel like a
hot knife through butter, escaping
without a scratch.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-30
Admiral Bunce Praises Women.

The Brooklyn navy yard was busy
place when reporter called there to
ask Admiral Bunce the commandant,
what part be thought women would
play in war.
"You want to know how women can
make themselves usefuI,'' he said.
well, how can they not be useful? II
seems to me that they are always doing
things that make them an extremely
important factor i'll the worlds affairs.
know what the horrors as we'll as the
sinews of war are, and I say that we
cannot overestimate the service of wo.
men in times of war.
"A few bright, CHEEKY, good women
will do more to keep civilization and
chivalry alive in a camp than any mum
Der of rules or regulations. Their min
isterings will make victory brighter,
defeat easier and death less horrible. .
New York Tribune.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-30
THE BEEHIVE.

The honey gathered from the blossoms
of white clover is unequaled for color and
flavor.
The market demands choice comb honey
in pound sections, clean and white, with
no sickness about them.
Comb honey requires the most careful
handling to preserve it intact. A jar will
often break it from the sections.
No drones are reared in a colony until
the colony becomes very strong and the
combs we'll filed with worker brood.
Generally those who run their apiaries
for comb honey prefer small hives, while
those that extract honey prefer larger ones.
In selling extracted honey in local mar
kets small packages are preferable to lar
ger ones, as it graduates in cold weather.
To produce large crop of honey, bees
should not be allowed to swarm, but
should be kept together and given all of
the room.
One remedy for a sting is to rub it off
as quickly as possible. Another is to
plunge the part into cold water or apply
ammonia or soda.
If the queen cells are cut out and the
bees are given plenty of room to store
honey, they are not SO liable to swarm
ST. Louis Republic.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-30
CYCLE TALK.

Whenever a wheelman dies 1t Is easy
enough to say that the wheel was at the
bottom Of it.
Denmark has wide tire law requir-
ing all vehicles to be equipped with
four inch tires.
Very little is said of weight this sea-
son. The average machine is consider
ably heavier than was the favorite style
of mount of 1895.
In Australia the bicycle ia rapidly
taking the place of the horse. Even sheep
drovers are using machines while pur-
suing their business.
AS an instance of the popularity Of
cycling in the navy it is stated that it
would be difficult to find a man Of war
that has not at least one bicycle on it.
Never allow the handle bar adjust
ment to work loose. Looseness at this
point will spoil the bar and is also liza
BILE to become the cause of serious fall.
Many people forget to think of the
home journey when starting out SO en-
ergetically, and miles seem intermina-
BILE when returning with feelings Of
WEAKNESS.
/ "Riding bicycle is a most effective
cure for melancholia. The change of
scene diverts the attention and the
brain receives a splendid tonic by the
temporary change" says a physician.
| Tandems are sold about as fast as
they can be made, and earlier predic-
| tions that the two seated machine would
[ be extremely popular this season have
| thus far been abundantly corroborated.
| Where lurid effects in costumes, both
! for men and women, will end it is i'm
possible to predict. Tailors have certain
standard patterns which are within the
| limits of good taste, and only freaks
ill seek to go beyond the really hand
some costumes being worn by those
who aim to at once secure comfort and
look we'll.
The high gear man is happy until he
sees higher gear than his in use. Their
he spends his savings for still larger
sprocket and few more links of chain
Just at this time gear of 100 seems tt
be- the highest on the Boulevard, but Nc
doubt an even larger and more ridicu
lous gear will be propelled along the
smooth pavement for the admiration o.
the assembled multitude.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-30
movement Against Foo. binding.

A strong sentiment against foot bind
ing is beginning to make itself felt in
China even in the most exclusive cir
cles A short time ago ten Chinese wo-
men of the highest social position in
Shanghai invited the officers of the
Natural Foot society, an organization of
foreign women, to a public dinner, and
a return Invitation soon followed. At
both these functions there was much
discussion of the best way of abolishing
the custom of foot binding. Since then
the Natural Foot society has had pub
lie meeting, at which the Chinese Anti
foot Binding society was represented.
The latter organization is composed of
men of high standing and great infiu-
ence, and they intend to petition the
emperor for the enforcement of an an
cient law against foot binding.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-30
The Southern Spinners

CnarlOtte observer.
The growth of manufactures in the
piedmont region has been very graft
tying. Yet the entrance of young
men into manufacturing pursuits is
attended with more or less difficulty
and awkwardness. Factory owners
and managers have provided no
term of apprenticeship for intelli-
gent young men who wish to qualify
themselves to take part ia factory
work and management. There are
numbers of bright, young who would
he willing to go through a course of
work and training to get profitable
employment If there was an oppor-
tunity to do SO The intelligence and
eDegeries of the better class of Young
men is needed In the factories. Yet
the mills have made no provision Tor
the a mission of young men to au
| apprenticeship course and the young
men naturally do not know how to
proceed to acquire the knowledge
and experience necessary to become
useful members of mill organiza.
| ton.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-30
THE TATTLER.

Ella wbeeler Wilcox says, "A woman
with too much coquetry is like food SO
highly spiced that it Injuries the digestion.
Mrs. Terisah Gould Mitchell, who died
and was buried in North Arlington recent
", was the last Indian princess in or near
Massachusetts,.
Rebecca Stillings Lash of Chelsea,
Mass, who is now 95 years old, says that
she remembers seeing Paul Revere in his
Hne old mansion.
Margaret Mather died in debt, leaving
little or no personal property other than
her costumes. What she had saved was all
lost in her tour on the road with Gym
beline."
Mrs. Barney, the round the world mis-
sionary of the Woman's Christian Temper
ance union, has returned after TRIP
around the globe and is now at her nome
in Providence.
Mrs. Roger Wolcott, wife Of Governor
Wolcott of Massachusetts,, is erecting q
monument to the memory of her ancestor,
Colonel William Prescott, one OF the heroes
of Bunker Hill.
Mrs. Evelyn S. Tome, the widow OF the
late Jacob Tome, the philanthropist, has
been elected president of the Cecil Ma
tional bank of Port Deposit, Md, to sue
coed her husband.
1t Is T6pOrU6U ShloS al
i Zandt, the American soprano who has
won success in opera in Paris and othel
continental opera houses, Is to marry &
Russian nobloman.
On her way home from the play moi
long ago Miss Ellen Terry was rehearsine
the Ophelia "mad scenes out loud wher
the cabman looked down and wanted tt
know if she were ill.
Miss Anna Kitchener of New Philadel
phia, O., is the only woman railroad su
perintendent In the world. Her fathe
owns the Tuscarawas Electric road, lin
13 miles long, and his daughter manages it
Nine. de Thomelier, grandmother o
Admiral de Courtille, died recently at tn
age of 100 years. She had danced as a CIR
with Napoleon and was conspicuous a
the courts of Louis XVIII and Louis Phi
iippe.
Mrs White, wife of William Alle1
White, poet, author and editor of the En-
poria Gazette, fully understands her hus
bands newspaper business and takes car
of it in his absence Some of The Gazette
readers think there is even more ginger II
the paper when Mr.. White is away.
Mrs. Louisa Lawson, editor of the Aus
tralian equal rights journal, the Sydne.
Dawn, has become unexpectedly possesses
| of wealth. A rich quartz leader has beel
discovered at Sapling gully on Ian
| owned by her, and the worry over her pa
| per and the question of making ends NEE
| have disappeared.