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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-05-09

The match racs between Directress
and Magaret IL. will take place on
next Saturday.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-05-09

A lot of bicycle tools found this
morning. See notice elsewhere in
this issue.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-05-09

The band plays at Emma Square
this evening.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-05-09

The officers OF the First Regi.
ment meet at the Bungalow this
evening.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-05-09

All draperies at out prices this
week at N. S. Sachs Dry Goods Co.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-05-09

Draperies at cost this week at
Sachs store.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-05-09
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

The Circuit Court is in session.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-05-09

The Sons Of st. George meet this
evening.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-05-09

Best quality silkolines, elegant
patterns, 10 yards for 81 this week
at N. S. Sachs Dry Goods Co.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-05-09

Ring up 841, if you have anything
to say to The INDEPENDENT.
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Constancy.
Notice to British Subjects
THE ATTENTION OFBRITIsI

THE ATTENTION OFBRITISH
= Subjects is called to a notice,
now on exhibit at the British Vice
Consulate at this Port, OF Procla-
nation of Neutrality in the war be-
tween the United States and Spain,
which has been signed by Her
Majesty the Queen, and will be e1-
hibited as soon as received.
W. j. KENNY,
Her Britannia Majesty's Acting Con
sul-General.
III. B. Ms Consulate. General,
Honolulu, May 7, 1898. 1877 tt
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-07-15
The ageablo Age.

The "marriageable age" varies great
ly. In Austria man" and woman"
Of fourteen are supposed to be capable
Of conducting home Of their own. In
Germany the man must be at least
eighteen years of age. In France and
Belgium the man must be eighteen and
the woman fifteen. In Spain the in
tended husband must have passed his
fourteenth year and the woman her
twelfth. The law in Hungary for Ro-
man Catholics is that the man must be
fourteen years old and the woman
twelve; for Professionals the man must
be eighteen and the woman fifteen. In
Greece the man must have seen at least
fourteen summers and the woman
twelve. In Russia and Saxony they are
more sensible, and q youth must re-
frain from matrimony till he can count
eighteen years, and the woman till she
can count sixteen. In Switzerland men
from the age of fourteen and women
from the age of twelve are allowed to
marry. The Turkish law provides that
any youth and maid who can walk
properly and can understand the nee
essary religious service are allowed to
be united for life.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-07-15
He? The boaster was quite taken
aback by this simple question and sub
sided.


From the Kansas City Star: With the
arrival Of 5000 volunteers the Jeffer-
son barracks canteen swirled with bust
ness. 1t was downright luxury for
the volunteers who were unused to eat
ing government rations, as well as
windfall for the Third Cavalry, which
operated 1t. The Third had been sta
TONED at the barracks, but is now 1t
the front. There was this difference,
however-that the hungry customer
who pushed into the restaurant crying
Get me q steak quick!" would ind
the waiter oblivious to his presence for
q space OF several minutes. Cant I
have steak?" The waiter would not
turn from his conversation with . SOL
der about how tho Third Jared at
Chioksmauga. Say, won't you take
my ordsr?" Then, wiping his hands on
his apron. disclosing cavalry trousers,
the waiter would reply: "Ysu can
have ham and eEss If you are good"
In the barroom It was the Same thing.
The customers who shouted loudly for
beer would have to wait. If they beat
on the counter the bartender would
say: Here, mister, II you do that
again you won't get any beer" Wise
were those who came to the canteen
with fitting humility, for they were
served promptly.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-07-15
SAYINGS OF THE DARKIEs.

Secret Nature Of tho Fiies-A substitu1e
for Marriage-A Negroes Illustration
From New York Sun: Tho southern
darkies are constant source Of amuse-
ment, when they are not the cause OF
unmitigated wrath, to the northern peo-
pie who 60 down there among them.
The other day young northern WON
an. living in Washington and possessed
Of q deep and abiding antipathy for
flies, complained to Lucinda, the col
ored servant, that there were . good
many Of the pests in the house. I
don't SOC, Lucinda" she remarked &C.
verely, chow all these dies could get IN
If you kept the screen doors closed.
"Well, I dunno, eitheh, Miss." cheer-
fully remarked Lucinda. But you
know they is Of . secret nachuh, Miss.
Down in Mississippi. In one OF the ium-
Der towns, which Is owned BY north
erners, the house servants and some OF
the laborers are darkies. They are not
very strict in their notions Of law and
order. and they have their own and
very lax ideas along the line OF matri-
mony. Wives and husbands are swap
ped of with such freedom and IRE
ouency that 1t Is rather hard to keep
track Of the exact centemporaneous
combination among the negroes 81
given time. The colored people nave
solved the delicate point Of expressing
exact relationship by avoiding the sud-
teot of matrimony altogether. "Llze
she's cookin' fur Duke johnson now"
That's the way they put 1t. The wom-
an doesn't marry" anybody. She
cooks fur" him. One Of these darkies
was telling about woman on steam
boat. The levee had caved 80 that the
boat had to land further up than usual
It was at night and the searchlight'
turned on the bank, did not reveal any
thing familiar to the woman. She
hung back, therefore, and the darby
who had been detailed to put her ashore
didn't know what to do. "She STOOD
tirah like q horse lookin' at strange
gate" he said. It was this same negro
who was one day listening to one OF his
acouaintances dilate on experiences
with the Lord. From the darky's &C.
counts these experiences seemed to
have been extremely intimate, and
without a word Of comment the negro
spoke up and said: wen you all seen
de Lord, wah Hot" That is to say:
When you saw the Lord, where was
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-07-15
BY CHARLOTTE N. BRAEME.
INTERNATIONAL Press ASSOCIATION.

aven went to the library alone. Hildred
followed him.
"Are you going to write a letter."
she asked.
Eyes, unless you will be kind enough
to write 1t for me-" he replied. 1T
seems to me a sin to exert ones self
on such day as this" and the hand
some earl proceeded leisarely to seat
himself in an easy chair and watch
his wife while she wrote for him.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-07-15
Brigadier-Genera !.
Frederick Dent Grant.
THE SON OF HIS FATHER AT THE FRONT.

with him to remain abroad as our
representative at the imperial court
of Austria. He insisted, however,
upon resigning, and returned to
America in 1893, since which time he
has made his home in New York, and
under the reform administration Of
Mayor Strong was one Of the police
commissioners of the city.
Our picture represents Colonel
Grant seated in front Of his tent at
Camp Black. Both in face and figure
he bears striking resemblance to his
illustrious father. He is soldier by
birth and education, and he has al
ready demonstrated, in the care and
disposition of his men, in camp and
on the march, the advantages of the
knowledge and training which our
great military academy confers Upon
men whose duty It is to command
Already he has won the confidence Of
his regiment. The Fourteenth reach
ed Chickamauga at 3 o'clock in the
afternoon, and Immediately btvou-
acked on the western slope Of Lytle
Hill, headquarters Of Major General
Brooke. Colonel Grant bivouacked
with his regiment. A few used KNAPP
sack tents to shelter themselves, but
he, rolled up in his blanket, lay down
beneath the stars. He took his break
fast In the morning on the trunk Of
fallen tree. his meal consisting Of
the fried bacon, bareback" and black
coffee supplied to his men. It is this
willingness to share the hardships Of
war which distinguished our great
leaders, both in the revolution and the
later war Of sec "ssion, that has estab-
lished the relations Of confidence and
sympathy of rank and file which have
made our armies invincible.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-07-15

No more gratifying appointment
has been made by President Mckinley
than that of the eldest son Of General
Ulysses s. Grant, colonel Of the Four
teenth regiment, New York State Ma
tfonal guard, to be brigadier- general.
He was chosen colonel unanimously
by the officers of the Fourteenth reg
iment Of Brooklyn and was mustered
into tho United States army with his
regiment at Camp Black, Hampstead,
Long Island. He took his regiment
to Chickamauga Park, and was there
placed in command Of q brigade, COM
posed Of three regiments, and was
acting as brigadier-general when he
received his commission from the war
department.
Frederick Dent Grant is the eldest
son Of ex-President Ulysses s. Grant
He was born in st. Louis, Mo-, on the
Both Of May, 1850. AS a boy he was
with his father at various times and
places when 1t was convenient for the
general to have his family with him
at Fort Henry, Corinth, Vicksburg,
Nashville and City Point, in front Of
Petersburg. He accompanied his
father to Washington and was with
him when he received his commission
as lieutenant-general from President
Lincoln. After the war he entered
West Point as a cadet, and graduated
in 1871. On leaving the Military
Academy he obtained q leave OF abb
sence and accepted a position as an
engineer for the Union Pacific rail-
road, and assisted in the various sur
veys across the continent. In 1879 he
made trip to Europe with General
Sherman. On hts return, in 1873, he
Joined his regiment in Texas, and as
sisted in making the preliminary sur
veys for the Texas Pacific railway.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-07-15
COST OF FRENCH MINISTRIES.
Government Needs an Electoral Army
to Sustain 1t.

Government Needs an Electoral Army
to Sustain It.
The ministry of education and the
fine arts has no fewer than 119,709 paid
officials, says the Nineteenth Century.
AS to the ministry Of war, 1t Is DIM
cult to determine the exact number OF
civilian employees connected with II.
They are lost in the crowd OF military
officials. Besides, ministers nave
trick, in preparing the estimates, OF
hiding as much as possible the fulr
number of their subordinate junction
aries. Their salaries are so small and
their duties of such slight Importance,
when they are not altogether useless,
that to furnish full details might lead
to their being got rid of. Parliament
and the press are clamoring for re-
trenchment and reform. The budget,
which at the time Of writing Is not yet
voted. amounts to the enormous figure
of $500 900, 900 francs (f140,000,0O0),
and every day few millions are added
for the purpose of satisfying electoral
interests, while there Is an annual de-
ficit. which can only be made good by
the aid of disguised loans. Is 1t on
the lower officials that this golden
shower falls? They are ten or twelve
in a room, occupied in classifying pa
pers or copying documents which have
already been written once in an ad-
Joining office. They receive from 1000
francs to 5000 francs year. accord
ing to position and seniority; alto
gether 10000 francs or $4,000 francs.
1t would be easy to do away with half
of them without detriment to the serv-
ice; indeed, it would be an advantage
to suppress useless circumfocution and
exact assiduity from the clerks. But
the government, as organized at pres
ent has such great need Of an electoral
army to sustain 1t that it is obliged to
go on increasing the number of its in
terested supporters in order not to sue
cumb to party attacks.
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Subsequently he was assigned to the
staff Of General Sheridan as aide-de-
camp, and was with him In the cam
paigns on the frontier against the In
dams. Colonel Grant married IN oc-
tober, 1874, Miss Ida Honore, dauSh-
ter Of Mr.. H. H. Honore, OF Chlcago'
nv whom he has two children-Miss
Julia Grant. born June 7, 1876, In the
white house, and Ulysses s. Grant,
born July 4, 1881, in Chicago.
Colonel Grant resigned his COM
omission in the army in 1881, and en-
rased in business in New York. lie
assisted his father in the preparation
of his memoirs-that great work OF
4bs lamented general, written during
n period of great trouble and distress
Of mind and body, the last contribu-
ton which he made to the history OF
his country. Colonel Grant had filled
these various positions, both in mill
Etary and civil life, in a highly cred
table manner, and had won public
esteem and confidence, which, with
.the fact of his distinguished lineage,
recommended him to one Of the great
political parties Of New York, and in
1887 he was nominated for the office
Of secretary of state. Owing to the
political complications Of that year,
Colonel Grant failed Of an election.
However, in 1883, the following year,
he was appointed by President Har-
rison minister of the United States
10 Austria, where his success In Sc
curing the admission Of American
products and in protecting American
citizens from military duty won for
him the highest commentator, and,
ON Mr.. Cleveland's election, Colonel
Grant was informed that unless he
insisted, his resignation would not be
accepted, and that It was optional
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-07-15

CHAPTER XXXI.-(Continued.)
1--WE went to Blantyre, my son John
and l. He told us that he would rot
renew the lease. At first we thought
that he was mad; 1t seemed to us that
the very stones by the wayside must
rise up and cry out against 1t. lie
said that we must leave Bromhill. MY
son John looked at him and answered,
The Moores have always lived at
Bromhill, and always will. We shall
see about that said Blantyre. 1 have
q more eligible tenant In view, anu
you will be compelled to leave whether
you like 1t or not This to moore
Of Bromhill, my lady! Think We were
too stunned to speak. We went out
of his office, and it seemed to me that
the earth and sky were meeting. Ihen
we heard afterward that Peter Harro-
gate had bribed the agent with a hfty-
pound note to persuade Lord Caraven
to refuse us the lease. My lady, 1t Is
a crying injustice. We are sons OF the
soil, we have made the farm what IL
is. If the earl sends us from it, he
will send me to my grave. l should
die on the threshold, could not live
one day away from my house. he
must not do it, Lady Caraven. inc
bonds Of long generations must not
be so easily broken. He cannot SEND
his old retainers away in that fashion
men whose fathers died in the ser
vice Of his ancestors, men whose pod
les have been interposed to meet the
blows intended for the lords OF Cara
ven. What is fifty pounds compared
to that?"
mo-" replied Lady Caraven, grave
ly; ut must not be-"
"They told me-" the old man contin-
ued, that the young earl is careless,
and that he leaves everything to Blan-
tyre. You will plead for me, my lady;
you will remember that an old, WHITE
haired mai has left his life In your
hands-for I should die If I left my
home for one day. Ask for Justice for
me. and, If the agent must be bribed,
I will give him twice fifty pounds; ask
for Justice for me as you hope for
mercy"
All pale and trembling, she rose
from her seat, frightened at the re-
sponsibility that he had placed upon
her, remembering how her last petit
ton for merciful consideration had
been received.
"You may leave your cause in my
hands," she said. 81 think l may
promise that you shall have justice"
He raised his trembling hands and
blessed her, and Lady Caraven went
indoors with a weight at her heart.
Not least did she feel her great an
ger against Blantyre, this man who
Influenced her husband for evil, who
advised him and counseled him in
wrong-doing, this man who committed
all unkind and unjust acts in the
name of the earl. Then, with her
vivid imagination, she was not slow to
picture the painful scenes in the farm
at Bromhill. It seemed to her al
most cruel that one man should have
go much power over another. She re-
membered her last defeat and shud-
dered when she thought what another
would cost her.
She must set about her present I'M
dertaking differently; she must be
more gracious, more winning; she
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Of It. knew that you might seem in.
dolent, that you might be unfairly in.
fuenced, that you might perhaps at
times be misled, but I feel quite sure
that 1t was against your code Of hon.
or, against your wish and will, against
your ideas of right"
what is against them, Hildred?" he
asked.
She was silent for few minutes,
derby upon his.
"Thank you," she said, "for letting
me speak to you. was half afraid
at FIRST but now you give me cour-
age"
Her sweet humility disarmed him.
II she had been proud, naughty or pet
ulant, there would have been little
chance to plead her case. Her gentle
ness touched him. For the first time
in his life he took her hands and
clasped them in his own.
"Do not be afraid Of speaking to me,
Hildred," he said.
She had so much at stake that she
trembled. He saw her beautiful face
grow pale, and her lips tremble.
Mildred" he said, gently, you pain
me. What is 1t you would say?
Speak to me without fear"
Then she took courage. She raised
her eyes to his.
II know of a great act of injustice
that is being done in your name, Lord
Caraven;" and in her own forcible Ian
guage she told him the whole story. He
listened in silence.
do you assure me, Hildred," he said
at last, that this is true?"
at is perfectly true" she replied.
"That Blantyre has taken that bride.
and has refused in my name to renew
Moore's lease?"
Eyes, he has done that"
"Then," said the earl, with unusual
decision, "his reign will be short one.
He told me that Moore was letting the
land go to ruin-that the farm was not
bringing in half what it could be made
to bring-that-. Well, I have not pa
thence to repeat all he said. If this be
true, he has deceived me-and, by my
earldom, vow he shall not deceive me
twice!"
She had hardly dared to hope for
such ready answer-such hopeful re-
Spouse.
"Will you listen to me-" she said,
while tell you more?"
EYES, will listen," replied the earl,
with gloomy face.
She did not spare him. She told him
how his estate was worse cared for and
more mismanaged than any other in
England-how the poor cried out for
help and did not receive 1t, the sick and
the sorrowful for relief and did not get
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Mamma Ito little daughter)-"Never
forget to thank God for everything, nay
child" Child-"If I didn't like it,
tco?" Mamma-"Yes, always; every
thing is for the best" Child drumming
IN an hour later)-"Mamma, thank
God, I've broke the new pitcher"
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CHAPTER XXI.

EN- promptitude
pleased him; her
desire to meet his
wishes gratifed
him. The letter
she had written
was just what he
wanted. p h g
young wife smiled
to. herself at the
thought Of how
well she was pro-
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DREW BACk THE SPHA1o.
it-how the wretched homes caused fe'
yer and rheumatism and host Of mis-
eries-how the laborers on his estate
were worse paid, worse lodged and
worse fed than on any other-how the
tenants were more heavily burdened-
how his name was spoken with curses,
not blessings.
Ito be Continued.)
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she-Your jokes remind me of q
Spanish gunner. Hem what way,
pray? She-They rarely succeed In
their aiu.--Post Courier.
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must condescend to plead. She had the
life of q white-haired old man, the
happiness of whole family, in her
hands-there would be no room for
self-she must be more patient. She
remembered Longfellows's beautiful
words:
"Bear a lily in thy hand
Gates of brass cannot withstand
One touch of that magic wand"
She would lose no time in puzzlinG
reflections, but do that which had been
asked of her. She would go, ''lily in
hand" and refuse to leave her hus-
band until her prayer was granted.
She smiled to herself as she thought
how diplomatic she was growing. On
the last occasion that she had IA
vor to beg from him she had not
thought of fitting time. She was
growing wiser.
after luncheon to-day" she decid-
ed.
And that resolve to control her own
impatience and study her husbands
humors was one Of the wisest resolves
she had ever made in her life.
After luncheon there was generally
an interval of quiet in the castle. Most
of the ladies went to their own rooms;
some of the gentlemen went to the bill
Hard room, some sought the library. As
GOOD fortune would have It, Lord Car
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-07-15

Cost of warship's Ropes.
The ropes on . first-class man-of-
war cost about $4,000.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-07-15

The convict has bill Of fare Of
bread and water and CELERY.
The record-union., 1898-07-31

HISTORY OF THE WAR.


made week just ended there
Fonowing along
cans IN which the set a1e ] @ p zen en-
most significant however
Though there had been that
] the ns;b snsr Gsss had & n & %
public The chief 1eat%rss Of the weo ] may 9 M % as
will live history from the fact that gives uGene net account the hard
their @ saan conduit a during the s ad @ pn @ % that hat led shs %
unknown facing dangers
obstacles that seemed On m h same Day report from Gen
era R sntsr stated sha tec % that h W @ % @ of ye9~ R b, fTs General
fifteen miles from Ponce
was laid down their or arms sn
Lieutenant Mney at Guantanamo
lowing se account ~
st. p M
advisable take habor Of Gun first fifteen miles Ponce which
surprised The entered the
Tuesday samrsns
report on the destruction Ito % Of IS % i was published on nv Wed
These reports interest because they showed that
there well aimed Spanish shots which lacked force Il
seemed seemed % h & ina, th h yh % h S t @ a a hd 70 wheh sh was
pea the T 5uiss rh appeal sought
The Cabinet took the matter up at once
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