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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-19

man who mas evidently suffered as
some OF the rest of us have, writes a let
ter to a New York paper in which he tells
some mighty truths about women and
their manner of buying tickets which is
worthy of being quoted here Ii The hone
that 1t may catch some stray femlrtna
eye and much needed reform ersun Ha
says:
Women, lovely. inexplicab.e women
and their ways are troubling me and
can myself find no solution of the follow
ing problem Did you ever watch a
woman--any one will do-when sire 1es
to the elevated station during the rush
hours? Now the lovely one is In her Gle.
ment. Watch her as she PUSHES up to the
window to buy her ticket. Her face be-
trays the hurried excitement Of her eff
forts. The crowd of impatient would be
travellers is stretched in long line be-
hind. The next train is in sight and fast
approaching the station. When comfort
ably placed before the ticket window. Il
suddenly occurs to her that she must buy
a ticket. With n grattf1ed look of SELF
conSrat'Ilation on her qIIickness of per
ceptlon. she commences a series of con-
tortiOns to find her poclketbook When at
last this bewildering feat is accomplished
she continues he labors to complete the
transaction necessary to relieve the long
suffering line CT waiting passenge 8. She
opens her pocketbcok and after sorting
over a choice collection of samples OF
dress pattarns, she extracts s. bill with
which to pay q five cent fare. You hope
row that troubles are over and that the
blockade will soon be raised Alas! for
the vanity of human hopes, the end Is
not in sight, although another train has
come ard gone She must now make
mistake in counting her change and then
ensues a wrangie with the unfortunate
hireling behind the window But there is
one more obstacle In her path. The
chances are that she will pass the chop
per without depositing her ticket and
must be called back, or she will uncon-
scieusly but always placidly drop her
pocketbook or something else in the mill
instead of her ticket. VIII these things
never change? Is there no such thing
development of the female intellect? NO.
my brothers, there is not. and we ere
surprised that you should ask tie ques-
ton. Reggie.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-08-25
SPRING POETRY.

The lack OF singing birds, and the
lack of Spring poetry" on these ISL
ands has already attracted the atten-
ton OF, at least, one intelligent tour
list. ..
The important question, whether the
absence of Spring poetry is due to any
defects in our local civilization has
not been discussed by the Social
Science Association, as 1t relates to
modern rather than ancient matters,
and the scholars OF the rising genera
ton are not sufficiently mature to
grapple with 1t.
1t was unfortunate that the early
missionaries refused to substitute New
England Spring poetry for the crude
meles of the natives. 1t IL true that
1t is not overburdened with theologi-
cal doctrine, and is, from the Puritan
ical standpoint. utterly frivolous. But
1t was, and is, superior to the sensu-
GUS literature OF the mele.
The missionaries having cruelty ex-
cluded this kind Of poetry from the
educational system. our literature re-
mains rather barren.
Neither the messages Of President
Dole. nor the reports of the Ministers,
or Of the heads of Bureaus contain or
indicate any OF these sweet aspirations
in verse. The valuable judicial opin-
ions of the Chief Justice and his asso-
ciates are destitute of them. The gen.
eral lack of this attractive form of
verse prevents the reading Of these
opinions from becoming popular mat
ter.
The report OF the Commissioner and
Agent of the Land Office is one of the
best local breeding grounds for Spring
poetry, and the Agent no doubt would
convey to the public, information on
land matters, in barrack room ballads
adorned with Spring illusions, II he
was not restrained and oppressed with
official etiquette, which has for its chief
aim the creation of dry reading mate
rial which is generally refused by the
public.
Not so was Mr.. Canning, the great
Brush Prime Minister, who occasion
ally conveyed his instructions to his
ambassadors at Foreign Courts, in
vigorous verse.
The lack of Spring poetry in our
literature may be due to the lack OF
singing birds. The absence Of Spring
itself in the Islands Is an inadequate
cause, and does not appeal to the
stronger reasoning faculties.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-08-25
CABLE SHIP LOST.

MANILA, Aug. Is, p. M.-The Unit
ed States cruisers Baltimore and
Concord have made an unsuccessful at
tempt to tow off the United States ship
Hooker. formerly the Panama, which
grounded In the north channel, of Cor
regidor island, a week ago. II Is now
believed to be impossible to float the
Hooker.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 1.-THE sig
nal Office OF the War Department has
no information about the grounding of
the cable-ship Hooker. She still has
aboard about $50 tons OF cable (about
2l2 miles) and the cable machinery. II
there Is danger OF her going TO pieces
on Corregidor island, as the reports in
dictate, the cable and machinery doubt
less will be taken on and saved,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-08-25
klPLlNG'S SHARKS.

Rudyard Kipling in his story Of the
Burning Of the Sarah Sands" says
that after being launched from the
ship in the gale of wind, the
boats surged and rocked at safe dis
lance, ana the sharks tried to upset
them with their tails"
This event occurred In the Indian
Ocean. DO the sharks of that ocean
differ from those in the Pacific and
Atlantic in their ways Of attack? II
Is said that in some parts OF Africa,
there are tribes that DO more effective
fighting with tneIr feet than with their
hands. IL was also said that In the
Lyil War, a soldier who was suddenly
caught In the act Of killing u stolen
sheep, Justified his act, because ",-e
sheep whackod him with his tail"
VIVA, Is the testimony ot our own en-
perls In shark fishing? Is there any
authentic instance ~ shark yoluntarl-
ly approaching a boat, and after back
ing up 10 Il, hitting Il with us tall
hlpllns Is . close observer ID hli
statement oorrectY
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-08-25

Royal Institution most valuable books
and papers, he did 1t in the name OF
Michael and Sarah Faraday. She had
made II possible for him to secure
grand achievements, and he desired to
share with her the glory OF them.
Faraday. after he became famous, de-
clined social relations which the rich.
the fashionable world, and the learned
men rendered to him, and confined
himself to work, and gratefully accept
ed a pension from the government OF
$500 year in order that he might
continue his valuable labor without
distraction. The British Queen gave
him residence in Hampden Court,
and when she discovered that he was
not able to furnish 1t, she furnished it
at her own expense.
Was he cleverer or smarter than
other men? Some wise men will say
no, but that he had an inquiring mind,
and was always asking why? what
cause. WHdJ Is lHe uHutTlSlUS law
and behind it, was genius for work.
One of the surprising phases OF his
mind was that he knew little about
mathematics. He had no gifts for
reasoning. He unravell-
ed the mysteries OF. electricity by sim
pie experiments, although the science
of electricity demands the most alb
struse mathematical formula.
Immeasurably valuable as education
is, in the life OF Faaraday Is found the
case of a man who had none OF 1t, ex-
cepting as he drew 1t out Of the air"
beyond the walls OF Universities.
There are thousands Of young men
who moan over their lack OF oLportu-
nifty to obtain an education. Faraday.
and Lincoln, and Franklin give the lie
to these beliefs, and tell them that in
tellgent work is the maker Of individ-
nal destiny.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-08-25
THE YAQUIS ROUTED.

GuAYMAS, Mexico, Aug. 15.-Mili-
tary operations in the Yaqui valley
eliminated on Friday in a series of en-
gagements and the final rout and dis
persal OF, the Indians. The Yaquis in
rebellion had concentrated their forces
at Vicam. on the south bank. General
Torres began offensive operations on
Thursday. After a sharp engagement
the Indians fled, leaving thirty dead on
the field. The Mexican loss was ten
killed and twenty-five wounded. Cen
eral Torres returned to Orrin for the
night, and at 430 O'Clock the next
morning he began the march to Vicam,
The troops disloGged the Yaquis and
killed four. Five of the Twelfth Bat
talon and one man of the National
Guard were wounded. Following the
enemy closely, General Torres found
another force Of Indians intrenched be-
hind the bank Of the irrigation canal
where the road crosses. After half an
hour of fighting the Yaquis were driven
from this position with a loss of six
killed. One Mexican sergeant and
three soldiers were wounded. The
faquis are now scattered in small par.
ties. and 1t is not likely that they will
concentrate again. The rest of the
campaign will probably consist oil
hunting out the renegades from their
hiding places.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-08-25

TEN Of substantially purchasing the
cane from the laborers, or the contract
purchase plan, II may avoid any fric-
ton.
But the shifting of the labor supply
from Asia to Europe will be, In any
event, a difficult task. AS the labor
supply is now the chief problem before
the planters, 1t calls for unusual
energy and intelligence in order TO
make 1t successful. The mere
touching of a button" will not do It..
The best brain, with money behind It,
may and should succeed. The planters
have had six years of due notice, from
the date of the revolution, that the
labor conditions would be changed.
As the matter has been neglected
until Congress has lifted the axe, and
holds 1t in the air for a strike at as
sisted immigration laws and practices,
1t is evident enough that there is need
of the best brain, with abundance Of
capital behind it, to meet the crisis.
The local government will be un-
able, after the Hawaiian Act is passed
to aid in promoting any scheme of for
eign immigration. The planters will
be left to their own resources, but sub
ject to provisions Of law.
The outlook for labor is promising
in this respect, that as the rates OF
wages paid on the plantations rise to
an equality with the best rate Of wages
paid for agricultural laborers on the
Mainland, there will be a movement Of
agricultural laborers to these Islands.
With a steerage rate of passage from
the Coast fixed at $25 there would soon
be large immigration from the Main
land, without any responsibility for the
cost of it being placed on the planters.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-08-25
A MAN WHO WORKED.

The Life and Letters Of Faraday,
by 8. Thompson, furnish another piece
Of evidence of the little value of
theories in the education of youth.
This celebrated scientist, who discov-
cred in 1923 several of the most i'm
portant laws of electric phenomena,
and was the immediate cause of the
vast evolution in the uses of electric
ity in, the latter part of this century,
was the son of a blacksmith. Instead
Of being protected in his youth, as the
sons Of prosperous people are protect
ed, and kept out OF temptation" he
was left from his fifth to his thirteenth
year, TO play In the streets, and he OBJ
tanned but little schooling. Only when
he was apprenticed to book-binder,
did he begin to read some OF the books
he assisted in binding, especially those
which treated of the sciences, Instead
Of obtaining an education in one of the
English or German Universities, under
the celebrated teachers, he dug out OF
several books, one of them being the
Encyclopedia Britannica, a summary oil
the learning of the times on physics
and electricity. He busted the rooms
and BACKED the boots OF a French
artist named Masquerian, who taught
him how to draw. Sir Humphrey
Davy employed him as an amanuens!s,
and he travelled with him over
Europe. But Dayy used him as a valet,
and was jealous of the intelligence of
his servant. He refused to dine AT the
same table with him. In his twenty
ninth year, he married the daughter
Of a working silyersmith, and of this
union Prof. Tyndall said after Fara'
days death, Never, l believe, existed
manlier, purer, steadier love, Like
burning diamond. IL continued e
shed for six and forty years It's whit,
and smokeloss glow" when he refus
cd large fees for chemical work from
manufacturers, because he desired q
devote his life TO scientific work, whicl
gave no profit, this woman, his wife
stood by him brayely and with on
thusiasm, and made his lifa happy on
pitlanoe OF $500 per year, And whe
Ne became one Of the most distinguish
ed men Of the world ana gave 60 IN
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-08-25
LABOR.

The urgent demands Of the planters
tor laborers have been somewhat re-
ateved by the permission of the gov
eminent to import ten thousand more
Japanese. This policy was advocated
by the Advertiser, some time ago, on
the ground that 1t was more consistent
to follow our old practices than to
strike out in new directions. This
community is substantially, so far as
the dominant class Is concerned, under
self government, and the Executive In
throwing open the doors to Asiatic i'm
mi9ration, really executes the will Of
che people.
This territory is American so far as
possession goes, and 1t is for Congress
20 say VINO shall be permitted to immi-
crate 20 these Islands. Congress,
throaeA the Newlands' Resolution, has
provided for the continuation Of our
immigration laws, which are entirely
Il variance with the American laws or
the subject. and the President has
directed the local government to fol-
low our municipal laws, and use its
own discretion about the importation
Of labor until Congress interferes.
Senator Fairbanks in the report OF
the Committee on immigration, made
to the Senate on February 18th OF this
year. says that this immigration Is
entirely repugnant to the policy Of the
United States" but the government Of
the United States has not asked or in
timated that it should be modified and
stopped. There has been, and there Is
no violation of the letter of the law
a. 1t Is contained in the Newlands'
Resolution. No charge of the violation
Of any compact can be made against
us. Whether or not, Congress will hold
IB responsible for any moral delin-
Quency in promoting this immigration
or In our enthusiastically accepting the
lot of being Americans. and at the
came time refusing to follow what
Senator Fairbanks calls the American
policy.
Il may not follow that our importa-
ton of Asiatics will work harm to
this community. There are intelligent
men here. with missionary tenden-
oies who believe that these Islands
are destined to be the Asiatic corner
Il tho United States, and one OF them
recently insisted that the Lord would
b just as well pleased to see one hun
dred thousand Of his Asiatic children
here. as he would to see the same num-
ber of his American children.
Apparently We are all in one accord
Just now in this matter, and yield as
all communities yield, to the business
necessities OF the sugar interest. As a
community we have SO ordered it, and
Ut course must abide oheerfully with
the results.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-08-25
iiOraec Graft Shot.

NILES, August l2.-Horace J, Graft
was accidentally shot in the breast
while hunting In the Black Hills yes
terday, He was severely injured, and
the medical skin and presence OF mind
of his wife, who accompanied him,
alone saved him from death. Before
medical aid could be secured no was
Obliged to travel for seven hours over
rough roads 10 Sunol, Dr, u, w. H.
Emerson was summoned at centeryillo
and met the party az Sunol, rraft Ii
now al the Diokey cottage here, and
although not entirely out of danger
Dr. Emerson thinks he viii recover
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-08-25
MILLIONS IN THE TRUST.

The promoters of the bicycle trust,
capitalized the affair in the first in
stance at $S0,000,00O. The men who
did it were smart" business men.
But on further consideration. they
knocked off $4,000, 900, and put the
capitalization at only $40,00O,OOO. This
amount represents about 500, 200, 900 of
water" but it is claimed that more
than six per cent dividends can be paid
upon the par value of the stock.
While Mr.. Mckinley is President of
the United States, Col Sellers" seems
to have been elected president of the
promoters of all sorts of enterprises,
especially such as are catchy
in attracting investors.
The knocking OF the sum of forty
millions from the proposed capitaliza-
ton of the bicycle trust shows how
trifiing the millions count in these
transactions. They are dealt in, as II
they were merely pebbles. One Of
Wall streets old stagers, who had re-
tired from business, used to take his
| acquaintance into a ten cent lunch
resort, or milk joint" as 1t was called,
near the Stock Exchange, which was
crowded at noon, and say: There.
Sir, in that crowd you won't find man
there with five dollars in his pocket,
but every one of them will be insulted
II you propose a scheme which has
only $1,000 capital in it. Some OF them
haven't the money to pay even for
the ten cent lunch, but they will tell
you how to rig the market for a mil
lion or two"
is another proof of the speculative
craze which has taken possession of
the people. The economic conditions
of the country are the same now as
they were in 1897, excepting the rise
in the value of grain, and an increased
export trade. Upon these facts, there is
founded a speculation in trust stocks,
which exceeds any speculative craze
ever known in America. The owners
of these trust stocks do not keep them,
valuable as they claim them to be,
but they take the. most extraordinary
pains to unload" them upon the pub
lie, or get rid OF them.
1t seems strange that an intelligent
people, as the Americans are, will
tolerate for a moment the schemes of
capitaliZing old junk, odds and ends,
and useless machinery into the mil
lions. 1t turns the money exchanges
into monte carlos, and simply raises
the business OF the country out of one
sore financial depression into the air
and then drops it with a thud into
another financial depression.
These extraordinary outbreaks of
commercial activity will decrease in
number, as the people are slowly edu-
Gated to knowledge Of economic
laws.
At the same time, there never was
in the financial history OF the country
such large opportunities to promote
substantial business enterprises.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-08-25
ITALIAN LABORERS.

Italian emigration to the United
States has been actively carried onfior
twenty-five years. The Advertiser has
during the last five years taken notice
of II, especially the successful settle
ments of Italians in New Jersey. Q. X.
Lands who began in 1855 to establish
A model town in Vineland, on the light
soil of New Jersey, also began nearly
twenty years ago to encourage the
Italian immigrants TO take up the
sandy lands of the State lying south
easterly from Philadelphia. These
lands were sold at the rate of So per
acre, and the settlers showed great
skill in preparing and cultivating the
soil. Many of these Italian peasants
now own residences that have cast
from $500 to $1,000. Their farms are
small, many OF them do not exceed five
acres. and are thoroughly cultivated.
But, Mr.. Lands spent much time and
money in making preliminary inves1i-
cations, so as TO secure the best class
of farmers.
There appears in another column an
account of the Italian laborers who
have settled in Queensland. They are
said to he excellent farmers.
There is not the least doubt that II
our planters had undertaken several
years ago TO establish few settle
ments here OF Italians, and their rela-
tons with the planters had been salts
factory, there would now be con-
siderable number of immigrants ready
to respond TO any call from the planta'
tons. This was not done. The pro-
ject OF securing them now is liable "a
be arrested by the American immigra'
ton laws which will soon prevail here
The distance from Italy to these Isl
ands is long, Only assisted" immi'
grafton will be possible, and that ID
contrary 10 American policy II, how
ever, before the preventative laws ar,
passed, few small colonies can b,
established here. this immigration may
be- uursed quietly and some lahorer'
obtained,
The chief drawbacks to this lmmi
grafton viii be- the racial conflicts be
tween the Japanese ana the Italians
The mercurIal temperaments of boil
races viii be- APT Ia provoke dispute
and guarrsls
n tho planters hnally adopt the sys
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-08-25
A Bti

We have not learned what the proper
diet Is for the white man In the tro-
pics. Although the Englishmen have
occupied India for several centuries
they have so far failed, as a rule. to
study the matter of diet, and as re-
suit. break down physically at an early
period OF life. English physicians
have from the beginning Of the set
Element in India advised their country
men to- abandon their traditional ideas
about diet, which they have acquired
at home, and carefully study the kinds,
and preparation of food which the in
telligent East Indians have adopted.
after some centuries of experience.
Underlying all questions Of educa-
ton, of civilization and even Of morals.
in these Islands, is the important one
of securing and keeping healthy
bodies. We need to stop this increase
of nervous men and women, who after
middle life. cannot enjoy this superb
climate and make the getting of
money a mockery.
We cannot import instructors from
abroad who are competent to teach us
in this matter The problem must be
studied by the women of this place, and
some general conclusions reached,
which will determine what should be
the best diet for the white man in
the tropics.
1t Is useless to expect that the
mature generation of men and women
here, will change their habits Of liv-
ing. They must be left to suffer, and
complain, and die prematurely. But
the diet of the children may be defined
and, If they are fed in harmony with
the conditions of the climate, there Will
be some hope that the next generation
will not be one of sufferers.
The Chinese, the Portuguese, the
japanese, the Hawaiians, seem to ar
range a diet which Is more wholesome
than that of the AngloSaxon. In the
survival of the fttest in these parts.
they may hold the advantage over the
Anglo Saxon, because their notions
about food are better
There is need of a Hygienic Society
here. which will boldly meet this press
ing question. Goethe said, Take
Thought of thy body with steadfast
fidelity. The soul must see through
these eyes alone; and If they are dim,
the whole world is beclouded." This
great truth the preachers never enforce
In the pulpit, because it is held, IN the
Creeds. that the physical part OF man
In a mere worm of the dust" and the
aspiring soul should not bother itself
with the wormy part of man. oliver
Wendell Holmes. an unregenerate,
thought differently Of what he called
1.-THE Living Temple" s..,
mot in the world Of light alone. I
Where God has built his blazing throne,
Nor vet alone in earth below
With belted seas that come and go,
And endless isles of sun-lit green,
Is all thy Makers glory seen;
Look in upon thy wOndrOus frame
Eternal wisdom still the same,
The keeping Of this Living Temple
in order is one of the duties Of the
hour.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-08-25
ROOSEVELT IN OHIO.

WASHINGTON, Aug. Ii.-Goyernor
Roosevelt OF New York Will open the
ohio campaign for the Republican par
~ Jointly with Judge Nash, the can
didato for Governor Congressman
Dick Of Ohio received a telegram 10
thai effect from Roosevelt tonight.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-08-25
TREASURER OF PHILIPPINES

WASHINGTON, August l1.-Major
Charles +. Kilbourne. paymaster of the
army, has been appointed treasurer of
the Philippine Islands and the Island
OF Guam. All moneys OF the civil gov
ernments will be placed In his hands.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-08-25
SPAIN 10 MY A NEW NAVY.

loNpoN, Aug, l2-The lenoess
papers announce that spain has sign
cd contrasts with several Italian ship
builders "a construct powerful nael
Tor her
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-08-25

Session Sales-Morning Session
Ten McBryde, 1886; "a Pioneer Mill,
$3.50; 10 Waialua, $1O6; 5 Oahu, $17O.
Afternoon Session-Ten McBryde,
paid up. $40; 500 Olaa, 80.
Outside Sales Reported-One hun
dred Honomu. $3.50; 20 Hawaiian SUI
gar, $215.
Quotation Changes-Forty.