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managed to- conceal the larger part OF
his assets from the tax collector has
distributed by will his whole fortune
OF unknown millions among the most
deserving charities in New York.
When he can no longer enjoy the
realization that he Is one of the rich.
est men in the world, for that Is the
only thing In connection with his
riches, Mr.. Sage has ever enjoyed, Mr..
Sage is going To give IL all away. He
has never enjoyed either spending
money himself or letting his wife
spend it. Possession has been, in
and of itself, satisfaction enough
TO spend his money for any purpose
whatever was to reduce the size of
the pile, however imperceptiDly,
which made him happy and as all
men seek to be happy in their own
way, lavish expenditure on the part
of Mr.. Sage would he most irrational.
In contrast with Mr. Sage's con.
templated pOsthumOus settlement of
his obligations to the community is
that of Mrs. Emmons Blaine. of chi.
cagO. Mrs Blaine Is the daughter of
the reaper inventor Mccormick and
her conduct is as novel. unique and
original as the machine invented
by her father If the philanthropsts
who are seeking to make spectacular
gifts to universities and to benefit
their kind will but investigate Mrs
Emmons Blaine tax returns and her
reasons for not making the cunven.
tiOnal false returns, they would have
less money to distribute at their death
Mrs. Blaine went before the board
OF assessors of Chicago and filed a
complete schedule of all her posses.
sions, of which the personality alone
called for taxation on 81 ,563 600. Al
though Mrs. Blaine is by no means
the richest person in ChicagO-there
are doubtless some thousands richer
than she--her schedule Of personal
property is the largest ever filed in
that city. Mrs. Blaine's procedure
has given cold shiverS to many of her
relatives and friends, but she says
that she has come to the conclusion
that the rich must fulfil their obliga
tions to the state, that property own.
erS should tell the whole truth about
their possessions and pay the full tax
thereon. Hers is notable act of real
patriotism. There is no other act
like it on record and yet it is the do.
ing of her simple duty as a citizen
Good rich men and women have lived
and died in Chicag" by the thousand.
yet not one Of them in their lifetime
ever went before the assessor and told
the truth about his possessions. In,
stead, on receiving the yearly sheet
from the city or county treasurer the
rich man has instructed his private
secretary to fill it out, after finding
out what other rich buffers who
deserve the appellaton because they
did likewise-acknowledged.
There have been heroic deeds done
in Chicago but nobody seems to have
thought Of doing this duty nearest
home and most obvious. Moreover
50 perverted are our notions of Oul
obligations to the community, obliga
tonS which rest upon the poor as well
as the rich, that it seems quiXotic in
Mrs. Blaine to have told the truth &c
the assessor about her property. II
she had done anything else so remark
able and unique, her devotion nigh,
have received the recognition Of q
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-07-01
TRUE TO LIFE,

Editor-Your story lacks action.
Author-.Well, that's all right; it's a
story OF the Spanish Navy.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-07-01

ourselves.
The Fighting First.
The First Nebraska is now on the
Pacific. Stretched on the deck on
the shady side OF the ship. they are
looking out over the waters towards
America where their mothers and
fathers. their swcethearts and sisters
are waiting with faces turned towards
the west for the boys who have sent
the name CT Nebraska all over the
world, who more than any politician
or statesman whom Nebraska has
sent out, have gloritied the state.
Officers in the regular army, COM
handing regiments of regulars, ad.
NIT without reservation that the
honOrs of the Filipino campaign be-
long to the First Nebraska. Raw
troops as they were on landing. they
responded quicker to the discipline
which spared neither officers nor men
and when the fighting began, the
regulars were no better drilled, had
not stouter hearts, and lacked the
youth that made the boys such dash.
ing fighters. A civic demonstration in
the Capital city may lamely express
the gratitude and pride in the fight.
ing First, all Nebraska cherishes:
bnd after they have seen their folks
l hope the boys may march through
the streets of the city that would
thank them.
Christian Science.
When Calico said the world was
round, when Columbus said he could
reach India by sailing west, when the
first umbrella was carried through the
streets Of London most everybody eX.
cept the discoveries and inventor
laughed and doubtless made humour.
Gus remarks. If, in those days, they
had had newspapers with funny col.
umnS in them doubtless Columbus
(until he discovered America) would
have been as fertile a subject for the
hired humOurists as the mother.
in.law, the old maid and the
Irishman motifs that he has re.
treated to today. The fools laughed
He. He! and they laughed Ho. Ho.
and held their rh0mboid sides in the
world old attitude of the witless
vulgar. when amused. at Columbus
when he told them if he had the
ships and the men and the money he
could discover a new route to India
by sailing west. Some of the fools
were curious and jingled a nations
money in their pockets. But even
acquired knowledge and inherited
wealth can not cure a fool of his folly
He will laugh when he sees or hears
something he can not understand and
reprOacheS and historical references
to the discontinue which always
overtakes fools have no effect. Other
wise, it would seem that when some
Of these fools, who can read and alas,
can write too, studied the history Of
their direct ancestors and read how
they stood around and made sport OF
Noah when he was building his boat,
Of Stevenson when he was building
his,they would learn to wait until the
man who says he has discovered some.
thing, or been inspired with a new
idea. fails or succeeds. But all these
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-07-01

wv NlEV
any one however long dead who could
be SO silly as to laugh at steamboat
or at a scientific fact so self evident
as that one concerning the rOtundity
of a sphere.
There have been many who have
announced discovery, who unlike
Calico and Columbus have been un.
able to prove it. Yet it is wise to
let them demonstrate without jeer.
ing. The false prophets die and their
prophesy with them. While the state
ments of the Christian scientists seem
to me DreposterOus, yet the fruits of
the faith they teach are peace,
charity, love and faith. Many Of that
belief have almost eliminated evil
from their minds. They order their
lives with simplicity and cultivate n
spiritual life which is certainly in har.
mony with the most emphatic teach
ings Of all religion. Therefore, until
we are sure they are wrong, and we
can not be sure of that for some time,
is it not according to the lessons of
history that the wise respect
the seekers after knowledge and god
illness? AS only the wise read The
Courier, the reference to the born
fools in the foregoing will offend no
one.
A Sensitive School Board.
The school board of Lyons, Ne
braska, has resigned in body be.
cause it's feelings were hurt. Like an
English cabinet when parliament
votes against its policy, it resigned
feeling that the people were Of two
minds concerning its usefulness
The members Of the senior class of
the Lyons high school say that the
board subjected them to humlations
and because their class motto was
work, and in retaliation, they decided
to appear on commencement night in
Overal!s. Then the board notified the
class that it would not pay for the
opera house, the programs nor any
commencement expenses. Then the
class notified the public that an adj
mission fee would be charged and the
public ever ready ror a fray, crowded
the opera house, at twenty-five cents
head, on commencement night.
Finally the board resigned, seeing
that the opera house was full and
Understanding, perhaps. the love of
scrapping which fills an amphitheatre
with a thousand people at from
twenty-five dollars to ten dollars
head to see FitZsimmOns and Jetfries
settle the championship dispute. In
addition the people of Lyons may have
disapprOved Of the conduct Of the
school board and have takenithc part
Of their sons whose highstrung, noble
natures the school board had mis-.
understood. Yet such sensitive and
wholesale resigning from an Office to
which an American citizen has been
elected is ineXplicable. Fancy Mr..
Stein or Mr.. Ludden resigning from
the school board before their time
expires. 1t is indeed easier to fancy
a rich man passing through the eye Of
a machine needle.
Chancellor MacLean.
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to the executive. A distinguished
alumni, an erudite, and famous fac.
ulty and the loyal support of rich
state whose average of illiteracy is
lowest or second lowest of any state
in the country are factors which will
soon make the university of Nebraska
a more formidable rival of Michigan
than it is even now. But Chancellor
MacLean has harmonized and com.
bined these elements of youth while
patiently waiting for, and expecting
larger results. He leaves state
which wishes him and Mrs.
MacLean good fortune and good
health. and congratulates the people
Of Iowa. Though Mr. Mason of Bea.
trice and several residents of Lincoln
do not believe that the sacred in
terests of education are any sacreder
or have any larger possibilities in
Iowa than in Nebraska. With new
families pouring into our state from
the effete east, and with the wide.
spread and mistaken belief in the
blessings of higher education, not
even Iowa (Which is not known
educationally or to literature except
only in The school biographies as be-
ing bounded on the east by the largest
river in the world) can show wider
prospects.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-07-01

prospects.
The Seh-ol Warrants.
1t is the opinion of number Of PEG.
pie that the school board has exceeded
it's authority in ordering the teachers to
cash their warrants as soon as received.
The teachers rather than the brokers
should receive the premium when there
is one on school warrants. just why
the board should favor the brokers in
preference to the teachers is not ap.
parent. When school warrants we're at
a discount. the teachers had to suffer
the loss and it is simple justice, when
the warrants are at premium that the
teachers should be allowed to receive it.
Besides the board has acted in a matter
over which it has doubtful jurisdiction.
Though the power the school board has
OF dismissing faithful and efficient
teachers, discourages even the least
timid from asserting their rights or
from Directing to tyranny which in
some cities is distinctly oppressive.
he Linen Duster.
Mrs. Carol OF New York and Newport
has, with the assistance of Worth res
directed garment that was never in
very good standing and was finally
given up by the backwoodsiest Of travel.
ers as OF impossible ugliness, though it's
utility and convenience can not be Cis-
puted. mean the linen buster. Yet
Mrs. Carols linen buster is the success
OF Newport season. She and Mr.. Car
rol were automobile enthusiasts at Nice
last spring, and size at once saw the
need of long, light weight garment to
protect her dresses both from dust and
sun. When she got to Paris she went
to Worth with her idea and the marvel
lous linen duster which has conquered
Newport is the result. All the New
porl dressmakers are making dozens OF
linen busters to supply the sudden and
Imperative demand. The new duster
is OF light weight, Of gray linen, cut
close, with stitched on pieces OF the linen
for decoration. 1t 10 unlined and has
very smart high collar which give it chic.
1t fastens with linen covered buttors
and has deep revers in front. A fluffy
lace tie is worn with it. Occasionally a
fashionable women invents something
worth while, as in this instance. A cool,
washable, enveloping garment is a neces.
sity in travelling and Mrs. Carol has
made it possible by making it beautiful
and stylish.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-13
MILDEWEY WAS MORE APPRO-
PIRATE

Father Mackin, who married Mrs.
Hazen to Admiral Dewey at his rec
tory in Washington, tells good story
on himself, says the Buffalo CONNER
cial. Some time ago, and it was not
weeks, either, he wrote a little note to
Mrs. HaZen when her quarterly pew
rent was due. Father Mackin is good
deal Of wag, and his bon-mots are
wellknown contributions to the eccle
siastical pleasantries. In his note he
said that pew No. 81 in his church was
getting moldy, and he feared that she
might be going to some other church
than his. On the wedding morning
she reminded him of it and said: Nov,
Father Mackin, could you not say my
pew is 'Mildewey,' in stead Of that very
ugly word?" The father owned up that
she had the best of him in the play of
words, and there was great laugh ali
around at the incident.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-13
AN EDITOR ON HIS Mind.

posthumous paper by the late
James .'ayn is published in the Corn
hill for November. 1t will be renem-
bered chat Mr.. Payn occupied an edi-
torial chair for a good part of his life,
and in this article he writes entertain
ingly of ''An Editor and Some Contrib
utors.' Incidentally, he makes the
following general reflections ON edi-
tors and contributors: "The best edi-
tor is he who makes fewest mistakes.
After ar. though naturally the success
full contributors excite greater inter
est, the less successful ones arouse
sympathy-if, at least, they have any
merit in them. A dullard is out of
place in literature, and should be
courteously but firmly discouraged
here and there they make a hit-an
outer never bulls eye'-and they
think fame and fortune are within
measurable distance, but they never
see either Their pleadings would
move a heart of adamant, but not an
editors. The reason is-and let all
would-be contributors lay it to heart
that his magazine is not his own, but
his proprietor's: he must be just be-
fore he is generous, because if other
wise he will be giving away other peo-
pies money, IA very expensive sort of
charity
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COMING NEWS.

The next news from the Mainland IS
not unlikely to come today via the
transport Sherman or Centennial.
Those steamers left the Coast on the
9Th. Congress convened on the 4th but
probably adjourned out of respect To
the memory of the late Vice President
Hobart. But little news of direct con-
Germ to Hawaii may be looked for by
the transports except the Presidents
message which was supposedly receiv-
ed by the Senate and House on con-
vening.
Forecasts of this document concur
in the view that the President will
recommend a full Territorial system
of government for Hawaii, rs outlined
in the Cullom bill, with possibly some
improvements of an administrative
sort. No one suggests that he has any
idea of colonial rule.
As for Island legislation We judge it
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-13
THE LOCAL EMERGENCY.


I While the bubonic plague is a
serious matter the probability is that
no white person who takes proper pre-
cautions will catch it. In ports where
the disease is common the white in
habitants do not show much concern.
The other day the Advertiser received
a paper from Kobe, Japan, announcing
the presence of the plague in that city.
The news was not given first place in
the paper and there were no signs of
public apprehension in the manner in
which the facts were set forth The
story was as free from alarm as if il
had concerned an increase in pulmon-
AIRY troubles. If. in place where ,he
bubonic plague is more or less famil-
lar the white population takes it calm
ly. there is no reason why the same
classes in Hawaii should become panic
stricken. We are frightened, if al all,
because we do not know; our neigh
bors OF the Orient are not frightened.
because they do know 1t is point u
be kept in mind
Encourage may be drawn from
our experience in the cholera epidemic.
Cholera is a thing which attacks a
score of whites where bubonic plague
reaches one. Yet only two white peo-
pie fell victims to cholera in these
Islands. If people are reasonable now;
IL they avoid evil resorts and alco-
holic drinks; If they keep their Chin
csc and Japanese servants away from
the Oriental quarter and avoid the
place themselves: if they insist on alb
soiute cleanliness of person and prem
ises: if they do not over-eat, over-ex-
ercise over-stimulate and if they keep
from unnecessary worrying they
ought to get from under the present,
troubles speedily and with the mini
mum of damage We believe it not on
ly possible but easy to pass this cpl
demic without loss of life among white
people and with but slight loss among
natives and Asiatics. 1t is all matter
Of common-sense precautions and regu
lations.
In the meantime the city must be
and quaraAtined. There is a
present and urgent need OF volunteers |
20 make a thorough canvass of the |.
town, TO help the physicians and to as |
sist the authorities in every way pos
sible in stamping out the disease. The |
service is more or less self-sacrificing |
but when did Hawaii lack for people |
to whom that would be deterrent !
fact?
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will be a matter of weeks before any
can be reported. Big as the matter
seems to us, each Congressman pet
project looks bigger TO him. There
will be a rush of bills to get good
places on the calendar ard the Cullom
bill must take it's chances with the
rest. What is to be hoped foE is a de-
termination on the part of the Com
mittee on Rules to clear the docket of
Hawaiian business so that it may not
be mixed up with the broader and more
difficult issues of expansion
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-13

The public may rest assured that
there will be nothing sensational in the
daily accounts of the plague appearing
in this journal save what may be i'm
parted by the news. Inc Advertiser
is anxious TO allay unnecessary alarm
and is doing it's best to get at the exact
facts and relate them soberly. It's
-gatherers are not at work on the
outside, where rumors are many and
mostly false, but in the midst of the
events which they describe. One report
er was present yesterday at two autop-
sizes. Whatever risk was involved he
cheerfully took 50 that the Advertisers
history of current events might be
authentic as well as complete
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-13

The sooner Aguinaldo is captured
the better consuming Hawaii will be
pleased. 1t is Aguinaldo who has
raised the cost of living here from
thirty TO fifty per cent. If it had not
been for him and his revolution there
would be no continuous procession OF
transports stopping here and stripping
the food market. Doubtless the scheme
works finely for the Chinese and Por-
tuguese small farmer and fisherman
but the remainder of the population
Will join heartily in the hope that Ag-
uinaldO may throw up his hands. or. if
not, that more people will engage in
raising food in Oahu so as to return
prices to their normal level
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-13

Tourists who are here will have an
interesting experience but it need not
be a disquieting one II they keep out VI
infected districts and can stand an en-
forced stay. Undoubtedly they will not
be allowed, while the plague lasts, 10
boardiany outgoing steamer. This pre-
caution will naturally be taken by the
steamship people themselves 10 escape
detention at the ports TO which they
are bound. However the tourists may
console themselves with the fact that
there us no better place to undergo a
plague excitement than Honolulu
xheresthe climate is always saiubrious
and the health safeguards are the best
which medical and sanitary skill can
provide.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-13

An employer is reported to have CIV
en- his clerk. who is a member of the
National Guard, the choice between re-
fusing service in his regiment during
this emergency or losing his job. We
trust there will be no more employers
of that kind The National Guards
man is needed now as rarely before
and his work is as much in the inter
ests OF business men as OF household
ers- \ general visitation OF the plague
might close every store in town. It is
the plain duty of the citizen to go to
whatever inconvenience may be neces-
sary TO give the quarantine force tins
benefit of full numbers.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-13

The Associated Press and special
correspondents in this city will deserve
well OF Hawaii if they restrain the sem
sational impulse and report the plague
"a IL is To write it up after the fash
ion OF the cholera scare; would be to
do the maximum of harm and the min
imuna of good. So far the plague has
caused very little damage. If it does
not greatly expand. common sense will
dictate that no alarm bell be sounded
in the American press With all which
that might imply OF prolonged quar-
antine and diminished travel.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-13

or the Southern Senators Morgan and
Pettus OF Alabama, Mallory of Florida,
Clay OF Georgia. Lindsay of Kentucky,
Gallery and McEnery OF Louisiana,
Sullivan OF Mississippi. McLauren and
Tillman OF South Carolina. Culberson
and Chiffon OF Texas and Daniel of
Virginia are out for expansion. The
prospects of an Atkinsonian campaign
in the South next summer begin to
look dubious
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-13

The Government has taken hold OF
sanitary work with its accustomed
energy. Attorney General Cooper, who
is ex-officio President of the Board of
Health, has full charge of the measures
used TO safeguard the city and the ISL
ands. For the time being he is as
much the Government as w. o. Smith
was in cholera times. Fortunately he
is alert, experienced and indefatigable,
qualities that are bound to make a
speedy impression on the epidemic.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-13

The steamer Kinau slipped out of the
port yesterday but it is doubtful if she
wiz succeed in tying up at Hilo. If
the news of the bubonic visitation
reaches Hilo in advance of the Kinau,
as Ii may do by telephone from MANU-
kona, the steamer will have as lively
an experience as it got in cholera
times. That was when the Hiloites
pulled out their fire engines as well as
their guns to prevent the late Judge
Hitchcock and other passengers from
coming ashore.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-13

Householders should promptly make
the rule that no Japanese or Chinese
servant in their employ shall visit the
Asiatic quarter during the prevalence
OF the plague The order should apply
TO yard boys as well as cooks. upstairs
servants and laundrymen. 1t might
be fairly supplemented by refusal,
on the part OF the authorities. TO let
any one enter Chinatown without a
pass.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-13

The gospel OF cleanliness almost saw
ed Havana and Santiago last summer
from the yellow fever. There were not
enough cases of the disease to leave a
scare. Make way. then for the man
with the hose and the whitewash pail
and show what he can do in Honolulu.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-13

Filth and crowded tenements nourlsA
the bubonic scourge. Let in the soap
suds. turn on the sunshine, clear out
the human hives in Chinatown. That
will do what medicine cannot in check
ing the Asiatic scourge