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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-22
RUBBER WARSHIPS.
They Have Great Advantages Over
Vessels of Iron
(From the Cleveland Plain Dealer

(From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
An Ohio man has come to the front
with singular request He wants Uncle
Sam to build his warships of rubber. The
Ohio man thinks 1t would be a good
thing, and there are reasons for beIiev-
ing that his sanguine views have some
substantial backing. Suppose the new
battIeship Caoutehouc, for instance.
stumbles on the enemy in midOcean-or
in midsummer. The dastardly foe at
once opens fire on her at short range.
The first shot misses her. The second
strikes her squarely amidships, and,
bounding back, carries away the bastard
ly enemy's high smokestack, his COOKS
galley and all the captains official
bric-a-brac. If there is a third shot it
may not strike the Caoutchouc so square,
ly. If ii takes a glancing blow it IS
likely TO fly into the air TO such a ire
mendous height that when Ii returns its
momentum will be sufficient 10 carry il
down the enemy's open hatchway and
straight through his copper-sheathed
bilge cellar If he survives these SET
backs-or boundbacks-he may fooHshIy
attempt 10 ram our rubber pride of the
seas. What Will be the consequence? The
more +forcible the blow the more shock
ing the rebound.
A sixteen-knot collision OF this charac-
ter would undoubtedly fling the enemy
back with such force that il would be
quite characteristic OF him 20 land-.f
there can be any landing in mid0cean-
wrong side up, a position which may be
classed among the most embarrassing OF
marine situations And all this without
shot being fired by the defenders Of cur
flag.
Then lake the case of the eIastic-plated
ram Rubberneck. An ingenious contriv-
ance could enable her to suddenly stretch
out her ramming department and strike
the enemy solar plexus when he least
expected it. And the very impact of her
blow would at once cause her TO rebound
to a point of perfect safety.
Then think of the extra number Of
troops the rubber warship would carry
by a little jddicious stretching. If she
struck rock she would simply bound
away. If she grounded herself all that
would be necessary would be to loosen
few of the internal joints and girders that
hold her elastic sides apart, when she
would at once partially collapse herself
free.
Oh. that Ohio man isn't such Wild
eyed dreamer as certain envious Eastern
| editors profess 10 believe him. rubber
| warship is something more tangible than
! mere stretch of imagination
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-22

of steamers, and innumerable sailing
vessels, the crews of which are almost
exclusively made up of Kanakas.
THE nature of the coast of all these
islands IL such that no piers or wharves
can be built. except in the herbor OF
Honolulu; The shores is precipitous and
compiled entirely of lava, which at
some In the misty past has flowed down
from the volcanoes in the centers of the
islands. until the chilling waters of the
Pacific arrested its onward march. The
water. even up to within hundred feet
OF the shore, Is often hundreds of feet
in depth, and the surf, on the windward
coast especially, runs mountains high.
The methods of handling freight under
these circumstances are at all times
dangerous, and ye. few accidents COM
paratively. occur.
Peeniinr Means of Unloading Ships.
Everything is landed in small boats,
manned by these d-working Kanakas.
The ship is anchored at a safe distance
from shore, the small boats are lowered
and loaded with freight and are started
for the shore The steersman, chosen for
his strength and GOODNESS, stands high
in the stern, guiding the boats course
with long sweep, while four Kanakas
bend to the oars, never sitting down, but
rowing standing up, and hard work it is,
too. When the boat nears the shore, just
where the waves seem 10 break and churn
themselves into 4 perfect cauldron of
foam, the crew, by the mere use of the
oars alone, hold the boat, while those on
shore swing out the arm of a ponderous
derrick and lower fail and tackle, at
the end of which is an immense hook
An unusually hayy swell lifts the boat
up to where the hook bangles in the air,
the rope-sling, which encircles the freight,
is deftly caught on the hook, the boat
drops on the receding wave and the half
ton of freight is suspended in the air,
only to be hoisttd still higher and swung
ashore, while the little boat pulls out for
another and another load. This work is
frequently begun at daybreak and kept
up until sunset. with only short time in
the middle of the day for dinner and yet
these sailors do this back-breaking work.
risking their lives continually, without
complaint and always ready to laugh and
sing, and all on poi-nothing but poland
perhaps a little raw fish This sort of
landing is the prevailing thing, and pas
sengers are hooked up the same way.
The sensation of being hung on a hook
and feeling the boat go down under your
feet, leaving you forty feet in the air is,
TO say the least, novel.
Another kind of landing Is made by
bringing a cable on board. The end of
the cable on board ship is attached to the
rigging over the main hatch, while the
othe- end is made fast up in a little
engine-house perched high on the neigh
boring cliff, some thousand feet away,
and four hundred feet above the water.
or course. no boats are used in this case,
as the freight IS hoisted onto little over
head carriage, which runs back and forth
on the cable propelled by donkey en-
CINE on the bluff
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-22
THEY LIKE CANNED MEAT.
A Demand for Such Products in Eff
fefe Mala2nScnr.


In reply to inquiry from Chicago
firm, Consul Gibbs writes to the State
Department from Tamataye, Madagascar,
as follows:
ait is only recently that canned meats
have been on sale here. The French man
ner of canning a variety of edibles IS
somewhat different from ours. meat being
the chief component part. There is an
active demand for this article in the local
market English canned meats are also
to be had consisting of Oxford sausages,
retailing at LIS francs GA cents each;
lunch sleeps tongues, at francs (57
cents; preserved OK tongues, at francs
CT cents each; curried Drawn, at 12o
francs GA cents, etc.
The freight charges on such articles
coming from English and American ports
are IS per ton.
'~rhe customs duties on such goods
coming into the port of Tamatave are:
Canned meats, 81 per 200 Kilograms (440.92
pounds; casks of corned beef, Sc per 200
Kilograms; picked pork, So per 200 kilo-
grams In addition, there is a municipal
tax of l per cent on net cost. French
goods are free.
Inc annual importation ol THESE SoouS
into this port Is approximately as follows:
English, about 400 dozen tins; French.
about 500 or 1000 dozen tins; American,
about 400 dozen tins; and corned beef and
picked pork, about $50 casks.
1.-The consumption of such products is
dependent largely on the foreign popula-
ton. There is some doubt in my mind as
to whether canned meats can be success
fully placed on this market unless they
are sausage meat, ham, bacon, and
Drawn, and such fancy varieties as those
packed and exported by Felix Potin, of
Paris. 1t is obvious that it is no easy
matter to successfully compete with
French canned meats in this market,
since the latter are exempt from Gus
toms dutieSn
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-22
MACIAS LOST THAT MONEY.
He Tries to Gather in Some Tax
Cash. Hut Is Disappointed.

A story comes from Porto Rico. that
the day after Gen. Miles's forces landed
at Ponce, Capt. Gen. Macias paid visit
to the town of Guayama- Spanish gener-
ais have a worldwide reputation as tax
gatherers, and Gen. Macias tried to
eclipse all the efforts of his predecessors.
Guayamas city treasury held 81, 800 of
tax money, and this the general attempt
ed to loot before leaving.
The city officials objected, and the news
soon spread and great crowd of towns
people gathered. The general argued and
reasoned with the crowd that it was for
their benefit, saying that the money
would fall into the Americans hands but
to no effect. He then called out his guard
of twenty-five mounted soldiers, but by
this time the people had armed them
selves with sticks and clubs and old pis-
tolls and weapons of various description
and presented so threatening an aspect
that the general and his force withdrew
from the city.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-22
PINE TREE FLAGSTAFF.
A Unique FIag-Raising on n Penn
syIvanin Mountain Top.

Pigeon, Pa, Aug 2l.--This town boasts
of novelty in the way of flag
pole which cannot be duplicated by any
other town in the United States, and all
because of the enthusiasm of a Swede
only long enough to take out his first
naturalization papers.
The people of the town wanted to raise
a fiagpole, and it was suggested by this
young man that tal pine tree standing
on the hilltop eight hundred feet above
the Level of the town be made into a flag
pole just where ii stood, and that he
would volunteer 10 nail the flag to its top
and strip the tree -.af its branches. The
suggestion was accepted. and on a given
day the people hocked TO the town, one
thousand in number. to witness the novel
hag-raising. According to the previously
arranged program the Swede was In his
position at the side of the lone pine tree,
standing at the top of the steep blum
hundreds of feet above the town and
beyond the sound of human voice.
At o'clock the signal TO begin was
"wigwagged" to him and he "wigwagg-
ed back "all right" and began climb
ing the tree, which rose with a beautiful
straight trunk for $50 feet. With the aid
of climbers it was easy work TO reach
the lower branches, when he became hid
den from the view of the crowd no far be-
low him. In about ten minutes the peo-
pie saw the topmost branches of the tree
begin to fall and the bare trunk to ap-
pear. With the aid of a fieldglass the work
of the man in the treetop was closely
watched as he stripped the branches
away. sawed off the top, Gaping II
with a gilt ball, then quickly nailed the
large flag underneath. It hoated on the
breeze. and the band below started 10
play '.The Star Spangied Banner which
was followed by the singing OF 'Ameri-
ca" by that large gathering of people SO
that both music and song reached the
ears of the Swede far up the mountain
side. And that is the way Pigeon came
TO have flag waving $50 feet above the
level of her streets.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-22
Bad for Cars and Passengers.

(from the Railway and Engineering Review
1t is somewhat interesting to note the manner
in which the fine railway trains which have OF
late been receiving so much attention are treated
at terminal points. As a rule, the cars, after a
run, are switched to an open yard and allowed
to stand out in the weather for period OF
from ten to twelve hours, or even longer. In
Summer they are subjected to the blazing heat
of the sun. and in Winter half buried in the
the cars are liable to be either too cold or
too hot for comfort, and complaints nu-
merous. This is particularly noticeable in sleep
ing cars, after they have stood for a full day
under July sun, when the thermometer is rang,
ing in the nineties. Many Of these cars are
almost uninhabitable when opened for passengers,
and do not get cooled off until the night is
half gone, and one in the gets much
of nights rest. Travelling in hot weather is
not pleasant and its disenmforts are aggravated
under these circumstances. Another evil of this
exterior Of the car are rapidly ruined by the
constant exposure.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-22
THE TRAMP PHILANTHRop1sr
He Had a SON of the Fraternity
Who Died.

Z ST. Joseph, Mo-, Aug 2I--Aaron Kidd.
sixty-five years old, is friend to all
tramps-such good friend to them that
he has become widely known as 1.-The
tramp philantiropist" Dozens of young
men. who came to this city in box
cars. are now occupying responsible
positions. secured for them by Kidd.
The old man came to ST. Joseph a few
years ago, and has never told anyone
where he lived before he came here
He said he once had a son who became
a tramp, and that his son died in prison
when his life might have been saved by
little kindness.
That is all that is known of the old
mans past, and probably nothing more
will ever be learned. kidd is believed to
possess large sums of money, and he
gives freely to tramps when they apply
to him and he believes, that they are
deserving.
He haunts the police courts and the
justices courts, but takes no interest
in any other cases except those Charged
with wandering from place to place
with no visible means of support. :"
Those are the magic words that arouse
his sympathies. 1t is believed that the
old man sometimes resorts to false
toouS 10 save the from a 1lll
sentence. He claims to know them
when the facts are that he has never
seen them before. f!sF
Your honor / know the man, and
know him to be honest, he always tells
the judge. II know he will work If he
is given the opportunity"
Sometimes the tramps are released
on the old mans plea, and he always
finds work for them. He has reformed
many young men for whom the world
looked dark. Others have abused his
kindness, but he does not give up the
work he has undertaken. If it is i'm
possible to save the tramps from jail
in any other way he pays their fines
and sends them forth with money in
their pockets. There is some method
in his work, and he rarely gives aid 10
those plainly beyond REDEMPTION
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-22
TO SIMPLIFY SPELLING.
Committee Recommends a Phon-
etc Systen

St Louis, Aug PA committee, con-
sisting of William It. Harris, United
States commissioner of education; F.
Louis Sedan, superintendent of schools
of st. Louis, and NJ. Ballet, of Spring
field, Mass, appointed by the National
Educational Association for an amend
ment OF spelling certain words in COM
mon use, has completed its labors.
Words sinlplified are as follows: Pro-
gram (programme), altho although,
thorofare (thoroughfare). tho (though).
thoro 0horouSh), thru (through), thru
out CthroughouD, prolog tprologue), dema-
cog (demagogue}, catalog (catalogue),
decaIog 6decalogue), pedagog (pedagogue).
Changes will be submitted to the exec
utive committee of the National Associa-
ton. The words given are samples of
changes. The idea of the committee was
20 spell the words exactly as they
sounded.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-22
The Best remedy for FIux.

Mr.. John Matthias. well-known stock
dealer of Pulaski, KY, says: After suf-
fering for over a week with flux. and my
musician having failed to relieve me, I
was advised to try Chamberlain's Collie.
cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, and have
the pleasure of stating that the half of
one bottle cured me-" For sale by Henry
Evans. wholesale and retail druggist, s3S
Street northwest. and Connecticut Ave-
nue. and Street northwest, and 142S
Maryland Avenue northeast.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-22
MR.. PECK'S ASSISTANT.
Prof. Woodward, of Columbia. VIII
Be Appointed.

Chicago, ILL.,, Aug. H.-Prof. B. ID.
Woodward, of Columbia University, is
to be assistant commissioner general for
the United States at the Paris EXPOSE
ton. He will have charge of affairs
in New York city and will maintain
his office there until it is time to go TO
Paris.
Reports regarding the appointment of
Prof. Woodward come from a reliable
source. 1t has bisen understood all
along that an Eastern man would be
chosen for the place, and Commissioner
General Peck is pleased that so able
a man as Prof. Woodward is to be Sc
lected by the President
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-22
BOYS STEAL FROM THE TRACK.
They Take Money From n Pool box
ut Fort Erie.

Buffalo, n. Y, Aug. A.-Boy thieves
stole $1,000 from the pool box at the race
track at Fort Erie, Ont, yesterday The
cashier had his attention attracted for a
moment, but turned in time to see a boys
hand grasp a bundle of bills. The boy
ran and was seen to hand something TO
another boy, who disappeared in the
crowd.
The police of Buffalo and Fort Erie have
arrested three newsboys named OBrien.
Slayton and Mullin. No money was found
upon them and they deny the theft.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-22
Cincinnati G.. A. n. Encampment via
II. 4 O.

Choice of three different routes. Tickets
sold Sept 3, T. 5, good to return until 18th
and may be extended until Oct.2, sl4 for
the round trip. For tickets and further
information call on B. & o. ticket agents
su20, q, "a, &c. 2s, s1-se2.3,4 -em
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-22

sale OF them-mostiy at % cents.
AT his medical institute skilled physicians are
at your service, FREE.
Office open all day and evening; closed Sum-
day during July and August. 62s 18th st. nv.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-22
MUNYON'S TIMELY ADVICE,

A simple remedy at the
beginning of a disease is
better than a council OF
doctors at the critical
stage. The cost of doctor
ing in the old style holds
many people back, until
in desperation they are
glad to give anything for
health.
Prof. Munyon's way is
TO make it so easy and so
cheap to keep well that
no one need think Of econ
omy when needing his
remedies. He has 81 cures
for 81 ills. Every drug
store is a center for the
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-22
Bay Ridge and Return via d, & O.
90 Cents.

Salt water bathing. fishing, grabbing
and boating. Trains leave $3.50 a. M and
4:So p m. week days, s:S5 a. m, 1870 and
S;I5 p. N. Sundays. au7-15t
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-22

MONEY TO LOAN az the lowest rates OF interest
improved and unimproved property in tia
District Of Columbian no delay beyond exam
st. NV feS-tf
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-22
NJ oney to Loan on

Household Furnifar-. Places. &c. win.
out removal from owners possession; parmsut.
received on principal which reduces the cos a
carrying; all business strictly CONFIDENTIAL: "a
expense to applicant if loan is not made: en-
cicnt service enables Us TO act promptly on an
applications See Us before going elsewhere.
Capital Loan Guarantee Co.,
Coz F Street ". w.
fsII-tf
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-22

HONEY TO LOAN on APPROVED CoLLAr-
ERAL-No delay. YERKES & BARER
Rooms 40 TO il. Metzsrott Bldg. ITO st.
iel2-n
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-22

MONEY TO lean on real estate; $50 anc sna1
sums. per cent: $500 and larger sums. peg
rent; $500 and larger SUES. 4 and a IL pee
cent; ali transactions conducted with eco1omicai
consideration for bcrTowe-2 Nm. T. SAUS0E9A
CO., l407 st. NV a517-d
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-22
Poi a Staple Diet.

such is the nutritive power of poi
that the native sailors-and there are no
better in the world-eat little else, and
work as no white man could or would,
especially for the small pay they get,
about SIS a month. With the great
s5lgar-raising industries carried on in
these islands not TO mention coffee and
rice. the shipping business is extensive.
This is carried on by means Of two lines
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-09-28

once, and the net of the police
closes in on the offenders, who
danced the hula in locality where
nobody were disturbed except the
"peace of the night" But nothing
is done, if some high toned" gentle
mau-of missionary descent OF
course-has a gathering in private
house, ply number of hula girls
with gin until they become beastly,
and hold an orgie that must disgust
any decent man, even if the racket
is within the most aristocratic por-
ton OF Honolulu. When the Duke
OF Edinburgh visited Honolulu
many years ago, an orgie at the
Palace, which disguised even the
royal duke, was criticized severely
by bright young citizen, who did
not believe in having Hawaii ad-
vertised as barbarian and degrad-
ed country. By order of the King
the young man was expelled from
the country. Under the American
flag we will presumably not risk a
similar fate, even if we some day
should feel like criticizing the en-
tertainment in Honolulu OF the
Count of Turin.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-09-28
Wants a Register.

Lincoln d. Spencer has applied
for writ OF mandamus against the
Collector-G General of Customs to
compel him to issue a Hawaiian
register to the bark Star of Italy.
Mr.. e. p. Dole on behalf OF defend
ant has made an answer in which he
claims that the Court has no juris-
diction as the Republic of Hawaii
has ceased to exist.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-09-28
Administrative Sale.

At noon tomorrow Mrs. Emma
A. Nawahi, as Administrative, will
sell at public auction at j, Il. Nor
gan's sales rooms, some fine lands in
Puma, Hawaii, including 1885 acres
in Kalapana, suitable for house lots
or fruit and vegetable cultivation
and 296 acres in Kaunaloa and XII
a portion of which is excellent coffee
land.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-09-28
Administrative Sale Of Real
Property.

FINDER AND BY VIRTUE OF AN
u order of the Hon A. Perry, made on
the 18th day OF June, 1898, the undersigned
will sell at public auction, in the auction
room of ]. r. Morgan, Queen street, Ho-
nolulu, on the 10Th day of September, 1898
at IL noon. some fine lands in Puma, Ha-
wall, as follows:
1-15S 95 acres in Kalapana, suitable for
house lots or fruit and vegetable cultiva-
ton,
2-296 acres in Kaunaloa and XII, a por-
ton OF which is excellent for coffee. The
undersigned reserves, from the above, the
right of acres for harbor purposes.
Further information may be had OF
w. r.. Castle in Honolulu. or of
MRS. EMMA A. NAWAHl,
Administrators.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-09-28

We hear 80 much about the i'm
portation OF American laborers to
work here on the cooperative plan,
under which the planters are to re-
ceive one-sixth of the output OF the
sugar from their lands. This propo-
sition sounds very fine, but we have
not yet heard of any responses to
the invitations of Mr.. Lowrie and
the agents of Eva plantation. On
the contrary we are informed from
the best authority that Portuguese
who applied for land, under the
conditions mentioned, were refused,
and were told that the best the
plantation could do was to give, say,
to ten families, eight acres each for
cultivation, and pay $1.10 for each
ton Of cane. Under the very best
circumstances this proposition would
mean an earning OF $26 to 1923 per
month, and double the work which
is performed by man working as
day laborer. No "house with
grounds sufficient to pasture COW
and raise vegetables and pigs" were
offered, although that has heretofore
been the special inducement held
out to the "small farmer" 1t does
not seem that the people bowling
for white settlers and small planters
are very anxious to get them. They
certainly do not desire the local
supply at least.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-09-28
NOTICE.

A DIVIDEND WILL BE DUE, AND
the oLOWALU COMPANY, at the office
of w g.. Irwin & Co., Ltd, on FRIDAY,
the 30th instant. The stock books OF the
Company will be closed to transfers from
TUESDAY, September 9th to SATUR-
DAY, October LIST, 1898.
w. NJ. GIFFARD,
1005-lw Secretary.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-09-28

II our virtuous society" people
descendants of our "best" missionary
families, desire to entertain visitors
to the islands with the forbidden
hula dance, they should select some
resort suitable for such purposes
and not use residences, situate in a
respectable neighborhood. II a
swipe racket occurs at Kakaako
among few drunken sailors and
some loose ignorant women, the
stern hand of the law is called in at