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The evening times., 1899-12-08
No Such Luck.

(From the Cincinnati Commerical-Tribune)
Cubans are hankering after independence, but
really the best fortune that could befall them
would be the appointment of Leonard Wood for
Governor Of the island. II he were given a free
hand and full control without interference from
any quarter he would make that land to blossom
like rose and grow like the green bay tree.
But, unfortunately, no such good luck awaits the
Cubans.
The evening times., 1899-12-08
Corn Bread.

From the Montgomery Advertiser.)
All kinds and varieties Of corn, good. bad, and
Indifferent, rotten sound dirty or clean, thrown
into a hopper and ground at a pressure and speed
which takes all the life OF it, and then mixed
up as il to feed fowls, apd half baked to finisl,
with, will make kind of bread, but not a kind
that people will like or eat if they can avoid
Dalatahle
The evening times., 1899-12-08
There Arc Other. Me.n..

The frst thought of some good people, when
they become excited any such subject as the
trusts, the liquor traffic, or polygamy out in
Utah, seems to be "Amend the Constitution
Fortunately for the country, it's long distance
from talk about amending the Constitution to
doing it. The process Of making changes in that
great instrument is, very fortunately, work of
time and difficulty. Diligent study Of the Con-
stitution obedience to the letter and spirit Of its
requirements, would be vastly more to the pur-
pose than this restless itching to tinker it.
The evening times., 1899-12-08

The st. Petersburg Novoe Vremya'
sneers at England's friendship for us as
the holIowest of pretences. 1t will be put
to test and critics to shame, when LORD
Salisbury steps to the front and offers
appropriate apology for the impertinent
Canadian attempt to steal part Of our ter
ritory of Alaska. Actions speak louder
than words,
The evening times., 1899-12-08
MAY BE JoBE's FIFTH WIFE.
This One Is at Nashville. Tenn, and
Writes q Letter.

THIS Ohe II NJ NuhhNIIIe. Tcnn., and
Writes q Letter.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. S.-A woman
who says she is the fifth wife OF Captain
Jobe has been heard from. She is at Nash
Vile, Tenn. She has written to Mayor
Swsrtz, notifying him that she has read
the newspaper accounts concerning Capt.
/. n. Jobe, who escaped from the county
Jail last week. She suspects Jobe OF being
the man she married five years ago.
She declares that he deserted her six
months after the wedding. She is employed
in a manufacturing establishment at Nash.
vile. She describes her husband as being
thirty-nine years old, with black hair and
blue eyes. The mayor is convinced that
Captain Jobe is her husband.
The evening times., 1899-12-08
A Good Reason.

From the New York Commercial Advertiser)
condition, not a theory, confronts this coun-
try in the matter Of trade relations with Porto
Rico. Industry in that island is almost at a
standstill and the chief hope of change for
the better is in free entry Of Porto Rican pro-
ducts to the United States. This would do
away with the danger Of discontent under Ameri-
can rule in that dependency. and no American in
d,stry would materially suffer thereby. Further
more, there is no question about permanent re-
tention Of Porto Rico as there Is in the case Of
Cuha
The evening times., 1899-12-08
CHARGED WITH HIDING BOOKS.
Complaint of Publishers Against An
other FIrm's Agent.

DETROIT, Mich, Dec. S.-Mary Gordon.
OF New York, is in jail, having failed TO
secure a bondsman for $500 TO secure her
presence at a future hearing to answer to
the charge Of concealing forty-six books
worth $110. on contract from Appleton &
Co. She was arrested at the instance Of
Appleton's agent, James W. Bogart. She
says that she paid certain man $50 on
account, but the agent of the company de-
mics that the man had right to collect.
Miss Gordon is an agent for the Squires
Publishing Company Of Cleveland. and has
wired the firm to secure bail for her. She
will sue for damages on her release, claim
ing that the Appleton company had only a
civil claim against her.
The evening times., 1899-12-08
CURRENT HUMOR-
Exnerience Wnnted.

H'rom the Cleveland Plain Dealer)
British Recruiting Officer-Well, my man, do
you want to enlist?
Applicant-Yes. sergeant.
Recruiting Offcer-Any experience?
Applicant-Yes, sergeant. Three years active
service in India. Two in Egypt -Four medals
for bravery.
Recruiting Oficer-Oh, jam your medals! Have
you any practical experience?
Applicant-Sir?
Recruiting Oficer-Can you drive an army mule.
The evening times., 1899-12-08

The justices of the Court of Claims are
now arrayed in judicial robes of customary
black Other courts not yet so appareled
should lose no time in following suit.
Gowns give dignity to judges. and those
of the Claims bench will soon need all they
can muster to keep from laughing when
Captain Sampson comes along to claim
the prize money won by Commodore Schley
at Santiago.
The evening times., 1899-12-08
How 1t Was Done.

(From the Chicago Tribune.)
The inquisitive Long Islander who had been
permitted to gaze upon the distinguished pugi-
list in the training quarters Of the latter looked
a, the cropped head OF the great man and ven
tured to ask him question.
.'when you want to part your hair" he said
chow do you do it?'
"H you won't say anything about it," replied
the pugilist, III tell you. do it with chalk
line"
The evening times., 1899-12-08
Private John Allen.

NFToH H1eHPHfs
A good joke which Congressman John .Allen
T. supposed H;se 20 nave spi%s on nmsf during
now going the rounds He is reported to have
been telling about visit to his old home.
where he met one Of the old family servants.
"Lawsy, Mars. John, i'se glad to SEE ye,"
aid the old negress, ''an' so glad to know dat
you'se still got yer same old posishun.'
'fWhat's thati' asked Mr. Allen.
"why, runnin' fun once, o. coA"
The evening times., 1899-12-08
Where Are Theyt

(From the Brooklyn Esgle)
That there are more Indians in the United
States now than there the day the Pilgrims
landed cannot be proved, but is generally believed
and stoutly affirmed by statisticians.
The evening times., 1899-12-08

Our Philippine dispatches announce that
Aguinaldo is heading south. Let us ad-
wise him as a friend to avoid the route
which passes through Maysville, KY.
The evening times., 1899-12-08
A shock to Faith.

From the Indianapolis Journal,
"Jimmy's rabbit got drowned in our bath
tub"
Goodness! Didn't he have his left hind leg
with him?"
The evening times., 1899-12-08
From the Outside.

From the Chicago Record)
''what did the football game look like, lauu,
Like a lot Of crazy men trying to catch a
chicken"
The evening times., 1899-12-08

The Advertiser Guarantee Company. Of Chi
oago. hs-eby certifes that it has, by its expert
eIamtaers, proven and attested the circulation OF
TIE TINES, of Washington. ID. C. The daily
average PAID circulation for the month OF Oc-
tober. 1899. wss 40. .ol0 copies
This is GUARANTEED TO the advertisers Of the
country by a bond OF $50 900 in the Fidelity and
Deposit Company of Maryland, deposited with the
Northwestern National Bank OF Chicago.
ADVERTISERS GUARANTEE COMPANY,
By ]. r. MASON. President
The evening times., 1899-12-08


furniture. that secret drawers and hidden
ceptacles in furniture only exist in novels and
plays, but this is by no means so. l very fire.
guently take orders for such items. and /
ploy a clever woman designer, who shows positive
genius in planning Dplaees of concealment, which
amount of tapping measuring could reveal
In most cases even were the hollow receptacle die
covered. the woodwork around would have to be
cut away so complex are the fsstenings Most
of the orders come from women-and rich people.
of course-and have doubt that a desire to
hide articles from too curious servants dictates the
orders"
An interesting paper by Prof. Dewar on the
solidifcation OF hydrogen, read at recent meet
ing OF the British Association, shows that hy-
drogen is not metal. as it formerly sup
posed TO be, but presents in the solid state the
appearance Of frozen water. 1t does not, as was
expected, resemble frozen mercury. The tempera-
ture of the solid is sixteen degrees absolute at a
certain pressure, and it melts at sixteen or sew
enteen degrees, the lower limit OF temperature
obtainablc by its evaporation being fourteen
degrees absoluteoshat hs-o,1: is fourteen degrees
the last Of the old gases to be soiidifed.
and Prof. Dewar's achievement has brought him
many compliments. He has also succeeded in
lquefyfng helium. As a mixture Of hydrogen
with air is dangerous explosive, the professor
has been congratulated on being alive to tell the
tale Of the solidifcation Of hydrogen.
Perhaps the most effectual system with the
mutineer in church," writes Ian Maclaren in the
November Ladies' Home Journal" lis not
scolding and storming. but policy of isolation.
As nature makes a cyst and enclcseS any strange
body, let this man be imprisoned in place by
himself II he should offer any remark upon
church Affairs, let the other person answer on the
ate Of the weather; and II he crticise ser-aon,
say that you are sorry to hear of his dyspepsia
II he rises to speak at a church meeting. let the
silence be such MAY be felt, and after he has
spoken let the chairman call for the next husi.
ness ~ 10 he had never existed. II he has ever to
be spoken to, the best plan is to treat him -
an ahNirdity. and play around him with ridicule,
for this will give much innocent amusement to
ther people, and 1t is the particular attack
which he cannot stand Between 'lonelinas and
laughter he will depart to another chu~A"
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-12-02

jurors, aud by the Judge to supper.
(In the jury room where eight
National Reform men went to one
corner aud four Reform men stood
in snother.)
"Gentlemen, shall we take bal
lot9 Don't know what the case is,
but may as see who has the biggest
pull here" (Hear! Hear from N.
r. mep) A ballot resulting 10 8
to 4.
At midnight the jury is sent for,
and the Judge having returned from
supper asks whats the matter"
The foreman says jury can't agree,
and wants supper Jury sent back
aud Tommy Evans, the Sheriff, in
structed not to give jury supper
until they agree.
At 2 a. M ballot still s 4. Judge
sleepy; jurors mostly all sleep, and
d's"harsed as hung jury. But the
N II men won, aud said d---n the
m..is Of the ease,
Leu the curtain roll up for scene
in Ali leni Hale many years ago.
Beach Of promi.e ease with
closed doors Twelve good and true
men listening to tf.al lasting two
days.
In the jury rsom. "Iisve cigar,
say. boys what are We gnua to do
with the nasty mess2'
Prominent Merchant, 81 bavA got
three Sons, ana | am not going to
stick TIE defendant, any of my boys
may sumyday & into a similar fix,
yon s,ay hy me n"
Christian Foremau with Chorus Of
reformei rakes, "but il ia a clear
case against the.maul"
Prominent Merchant, II don't give
snap for thst have got three
sons, etc"
Ballots and ballots aud hung
jury.
Jurors are good aud true men,
but sometimes they are too good.
We had occasian to be present in
the Court room when a libel suit
was on trial. We have forgotten
the names of the parties involved.
Well, we were there on Thursday,
Friday and at noon on Saturday
the case closed. There were a race
meeting at the Park that afternoon,
and when the attorney for the de-
fendant got on his feet the jury was
pleasantly surprised by hearing the
following brief address: "Gentle-
men Of the jury, the races start at
2 p. M. sharp, and l an sure that
you as we'll as myself and my client
are anxious to be there. With these
remarks submit our case"
In 81 minutes verdict for the de-
fendant was returned by IL true and
good men.
There is something peculiar in
the American jury system.
SPECIAL SALE OF Ladies Mus
lin Underwear at Sachs
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-12-02
TO-NIGEIrI!
THE 0RPHl, UM
Family Theatre.

Opening with Fletcher's Laughable
Comedy,
" CHINESE SERTANTS."
First Appearance in Honolulu of
MISS MARION and
CLARA LEV ELYN,
The Australian Operatic and
Ballad VocaIists,
The World Famous Ventriloquist
j. W. WINTON.
A Dash of Sunshine,
EDITH FLETCHER,
In --latest Coon Songs.
The Greatest Act of It's Kind Ever
Seen Here,
FLYING BUSCH,
In Marvellous Feats OF Daring ia
Mid Air.
HEARDE and DREYFUSS,
la an Original Sketch,
"Off to the War Captain Dreyfuss
and Black Taffie."
The Clever Eccentric Comedian,
MUSICAL FLETCHER,
In His Original Sketch, THE Dutch
Policeman" Assisted by His
Daughter,
MISS EDITH FLETCHER.
Box oIiice opAna at loan. Phone b4G
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-12-02
DIMoN'D & co.'s
House
Furnishing
Goods
Department.
Some Of Our Regular Prices:

Kitchen Knives. ....... 30
Egg Beaters. ................. loo
Wooden Spoons. ............... 90
Tea Strainers ............... 5c
Kitchen Strsiners. ......... loo
Sink Scrubs. .............. DC
Bottle Brushes. ............... loo
Wire Tossters. ................ loo
Potato Washers. ............... loo
Chimney Cleaners. s............. 10c
Vegetable Graters. ............ 10c
WhiSk Brooms. 80. los
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-12-02

SPECIAL SALE OF Lad los Mus
lin Underwear at Sachs.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-02-04

formerly tho capital Its elevation being more than double that of Phoenix, it is somewhat cooler, and as there IS next to no irrigation near it, the air is little drier. Phoenix is the centre of the greatest irriga- tion in the Territory. The country for miles around smiles with green fields, cover ed with almost countless herds of cattle, and it is everywhere shut in by low mount aims. It is the Territorial capital, has the Government Indian School, the Territorial Lunatic Asylum, and other institutions, and is the general focus for the Territory. Like Tucson, it has its occasional wind and sand storms-perhaps not quite so often. At either place visitors who know how to adapt themselves to circumstances con be entirely comfortable, and in each they will find an intelligent, orderly, contemplating and most hospitable community. They will find a country full of mines, full of rich agricultural lands, abounding in cattle and horses, in vineyards and orchards and the beginnings of very successful orange groves "a country, in fact, as full of promise for hardy and adventurous men now as Calfor. nia was in the:6fties. Above all, it has been their lot to search for health in faI countries, they will revel in the luxury oi being in their own land, among their own countrymen, within easy reGch of their friends by telegraph or rail, and in climate as good of it's kind as any in the world.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-02-04
ARIZONA.
It's Attractions and Advantages as 2
 Place of Residence in Winter.

Whitelaw Reid. owner shd editor of the New York Tribune, who has spent the last two winters in Arizona for the benefit of his health, writes entertainingly and in structively concerning that part of the country. Mir. Reid says:
 So many questions are asked about Ari- zona as a place for winter residence, and there appears to be such a dearth of pre- else information among many who are vitaIly interested, that it seems almost public duty, to set down, in the simplest form, few facts of personal observation.
 WEATHER,
 During five months residence in Southern Arizona in winter there was but one day when the weather made it actually unpleasant for me to take exercise in the open air at some time or other during the day. Of course there were a good many days which weather observer would de scribe as "cloudy," and some that were "showery; but during these five months (from No' ember, 1895, to May, l896,) there were only four days when we did not have brilliant sunshine at some time dur ing the day. Even more than Egypt, any where north of Luxor, Arizona is the laud of sunshine. As to details:
 TEMPERATURE.
 have seen the thermometer mark 92 denraes in the shode oD my north niaZza in March. On the other hand, we had frosts which killed young orange trees, and there were several nights when thin ice formed. The government reports show a mean temperature for fourt cen years at the pres ent territorial capital of 57a degrees in November, s degrees in December, 49 de- grecs in January, 54 degrees in February, 8l degrees ID March aad 6 degrees ia
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-02-04
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION of The Mexican Coast Steamship
 ComBanY.

We, Alphonso B. Smith and Charles v. stans- bury, desiring to incorporate ourselves under the provisions of the laws ef the Territory of Arizona and especially an act of the legislative assembly thereof, entitled: "An Aot Concerning Corpora- tions," approv ed March B. 1884, for the purpose of engaging in the lawful enterprises, business pur- suits and occupations hereinafter specified, do make, subscribe and acknowledge according to law these Articles of Incorporation, and declare:
 ARTICLE l.
 The name assumed by this corporation, and by which it shall be known is:
 THE MEXICAN COAST STEAMSHIP COMPANY, And the time of commencement of said company shall be the day of the filing of these Articles in the office of the County Recorder of the County of Yuma, Territory of Arizona, and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five (s5) years thereafter.
 ARTICLE II.
 The enterprise, business pursuits aRd occupation in which this company proposes to engage, are as follows:
 a. To acquire by purchase through the issuance of the capital stock thereof, fully paid up and non assessable, to an amount to be fixed and de- tormined by its Board of Directors, from the own CTS of the same, certain Concession and Contract made between the Citizen General John Francisco g. Mems, Secretary of State and of tho Department of Communications and Public Works represent ing the Federal Executive of the Republic of Mexi CO., to Alphonso B. Smith. for the establishment of a navigation service and steamship line on the Pacific Ocean, and especially between Port Isabel on the Gulf of California and San Benito on that O. In the Republic of Mexico, and else where on the Pacific coast, and which said Con- cessicni Is in writing and duly executed, and dated the Fist day of November, A. D., 1898, and a copy whereof duly certified. was filed in the public archives of the City of Mexico on the 22nd day of November, A. D., 1898, and to acquire all rights and privileges under such Concession and contract, and to assume and agree to perform, and there upon and thereafter to do, carrv out execute and perform all the terms conditions, obligations and duties by such Concession aud Contract imposed upon the said grantee thoreundcr, the said Al phonso B. smith.
 b. To acQuireby purchase, or h any other law ful mauner and to possess, enjey operate and use' grants, franchises and concessions from any terri tory stste of the United States, or from any cthcf s,ate or coYntfy of the wcrId, lands stesm-
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-02-04

beverage. Experiments with the raisn-grape have shown that this climate and soil possess every advantage for the production and curing of this staple article of commerce.
 "Besides the fruits already mentioned, the or snge, lemon, liurs, olive, fig, pomegranate, and others of the citrus family, can be grown success fully in the valleys of Soutborn Arizona Orange trees are now in bearing in the Salt River valley and at Yuma; while the bananas is also being cul- tivated ct the latter place. The Arizona orange in quality and flavor will compare favorably with the | best California.
 "In the valleys of the Colorado, the Salt and the Gis rivers, there is room for thousands. It is not
 teo much to say that nowhere within the limits of | this broad Union can be found more desirable | region for the making of home No laborious | clearing of the land Is required 1t lies almost l ready for the blow. Trees and shrubbery have so rapid Q growth that within eighteen months the
 immigrant can surround his abode with attractions
 which would require years to mature in less favored climates. Fruits fipen and are ready for market | full month before the California product The bright sunshine makes life luxury and the pure. dry atmosphere brings health to all who inhale It.
 For the establishment of colonies such as we have
 made of Southern California arden, Arizona presents unnvaled opportunities Thousands of acres, now prohtless, be made productive
 by construction of irrigating ditchss and there is no investment which assures larger or more permanent returns."
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-02-04
Remarkable Rescue.

Mrs. Michael Curtain, PlaiufieId, H., makes the statement, that she caught cold, which settled on her lungs; she was treated for month by her family physician, but grew worse. He told her she was a hopeless victim Of consumption and that TO medicine could cure her. Her druggist suggest ed Dr. Kings New Discovery for Con- sumption; she bought bottle and to her delight found herself benefited from first lose. She continued It's use and after taking six bottles, found her self sound and we'll now does her own housework, and is as we'll as she ever was.-Free trial bottles of this Great Discovery at Gonder & Go. Drug Store. Large bottles soc. and $1OO.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-02-04
IS IT A LAwL Ess COUNTRY?

The man who goes to any considerable Arizona town with the idea of the South west derived from novels, or from ssThe Arizona Kicker" will be greatly mystifed. He will find as many churches as in towns of corresponding size in Pennsylvania or Ohio; and probably more schoolhouses. He will find plenty of liquor-shops. too, and gambling houses, and dancehouses, and yet he will sec little disorder unless he hunts late at night for it, and he will be apt to 6nd-as at Phoenix-a community of ten thousand people requiring in the daytime only one policeman, and hardly requiring him. During my winter there I did not see single disturbance in the streets, or half dozen drunken men, all told. Min ing men and an occasional cowboy certainly had quarrels, sometimes, in the disorderly quarters at night; and there were stories of the use of the knife among Mexicans; but the visitor who went about his own business had as little trouble as on Board. way or Chestnut street. The Pima and Marioopa Indians, who are encountered everywhere. have been friendly with the whites for generations, and there isn't an Apache within some hundreds of miles.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-02-04

A white man first set foot on what IS HOW Yuma County in l77l. It IS the southwest division of the Territory, and sae of the four original counties of the Ter ritory. Many great reclamation projects are however on foot, and in a few years ex- nect to see Yuma County rated as the richest in the Territory.
 The first glimpse the traveller from Cali fornia catches of Arizona is that Of the Sicturegque town of Yuma, which is snugly situated in the embrace of gentle rolling hills, upon whose crests and sides the modern homes of our superior civilization gre crowding the adobe dwellings into >ternal oblivion. Yuma is the gateway to .risona, the new empire of the West, upon whose undeveloped riches the eyes of the country are at present turned, and as such' is bound to grow and prosper with a -apidity that at present can hardly be re- slised. But coupled with her geographi- cal position we find that she is the center of a country whose agricultural possibili- ties are practically unlimited, being sur rounded by soil the fertility of which exceeds that of the delta of the Nile, and wanting oaly water to become paradise Of Bloom. Billions of gallons of that precious Suid have annually gone to waste at Yuma's very doors, but already reaction Is taking place and many enterprises are on foot to supply the life-giying waters Of xhe yellow Colorado to the thirsty earth.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-02-04
MINES.

There is no section of the United States, or probably of the earth, more rich in min eral wealth than the County of Yuma. all the country north, east and south of Yuma lies directly within the main gold belt that commences in Alaska and ends in Mexico. From tine San Bnrnardino mountains in California t2 the Sonora boundary line the and hills are exceptionally rich in the precious metal, as though demonstrating thc ,le'cy often advanced that the richest gcl3 Inl1:S ars tound bordering the beds q