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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-04-19
The Lafayette Statue.

The project for statue Of Lafs-
yette, to be unveiled in Paris on the
9TH Of next July, and for the cost OF
which more than 100000 has been
raised in America, seems not to be
in satisfactory stage OF progress.
It was for this statue that the Lafa-
yette dollars were coined, and sue
cessful appeal for contributions was
made to the school children OF the
country. The general commission
that became theoretically RESPONSE
BILE for the conduct Of the scheme
included the Governors and superin-
tendents of education of the States
aud Territories, and many other
highly respectable representative
mon. To see that the right man did
the work in the right way was the
duty of committee made up Of the
presidents of the National Sculpture
Society, the Society of American
Artists, and the Institute of Ameri-
can Artists. This should have been
a good committee, though it may
not have had due chance to act. At
any rate, the management OF the
statue enterprise is being warmly
criticised. Paul Bartlett, an Ameri.
can in Paris, to whom the work Of
designing the statue appears to have
been intrusted, does not impress all
the American sculptors as being
equal to so important commission.
He hos designed an equestrian
statue Of moderate size. 1t is ayerred
that the top price of equestrian
statues heretofore has been $4,000,
and that $4,000 would be a very
high price for Mr.. Bsrtlett's. Won
der is therefore expressed as to how
100000 can be spent on it. One
explanation is that gold and silver
are to be added to the bronze OF
which the statue is to be made, and
that the whole statute is 10 be cast
in single piece, which will be par
ticularly expensive. Neither of these
explanations inspires confidence.
On the contrary, there is o prevalent
uneasiness among persons interested
in art for fear that the matter is not
being managed as it should be, but
that the money raised is in danger
of being wasted, and that the French
are in danger of being provided with
a representative American gold
brick. 1t is believed that things
have not yet gone 30 far but that
any mistakes that may have been
made can be remedied, but it is time
that whoever has that 100000
should explain where it is, and what
use has been, or is to be, made OF it.
What is wanted is the best hundred
thousand dollars worth OF efiigy OF
Lafayette that the United States
can produce. Nothing less should
be accepted. Whatever is accepted
should be vouched for by competent
authorities. The work should be
done under such conditions that no
one can successfully disparage either
it's artistic merits or the economy or
probity of the persons by whom the
fiscal end of it was managed
Ha,per's Weekly.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-04-19
BY AUTHORITY.
NOTICE TO HAoKMEN.

Notice is hereby given that from
and after September 30, 1900, Rule
No. z of Regulations for Carriages
and Rates of Fare" designating the
stands set apart for Licensed Car
riages in Honolulu, will be abolished,
and thereafter no stands for hacks
will be allowed upon any OF the
streets of this city.
ALEX. YOUNG,
Minister of the Interior.
Interior Office, March %, 1900,
1469--6m oaw
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-04-19
The Goat Came Back.

The book beer is once more float
ing at the Merchants Exchange aud
the men who know what they imbibe
in are happy, and petition is being
signed to Seeley Shaw and Samuel
Nowlein asking them not to kill the
goat that gives the golden beverage.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-04-19
IRRIGATION NOTICE.

HOLDERS OF WATER PRIVILEGES
or those paying water rates, are hereby
notified that the hours for irrigation
imposes are from 6 to o'lcock a. m. and
from to o'clock p. m.
ANDRE N BROWN,
Superintendent of Water Works
Approved ALBx. YOUNG,
Minister of Interior.
Honolulu, June Ia, 1890.
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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-04-19
TIMELY TOPICS.
Honolulu, april II, 1900.
NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS!
JUST ARRIVED:

Per Elk Diamond Head, schr. Tran
sit and E. B. Sutton. A large assort-
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perfect Rice Plowe, side Hill, and
Subsail Flows, Cultivators.
Harrows, Steel Road Scrapers,
Steel Tray Iron Tubulor Wheel
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Wheelbarrows.
Hanging Lamps, Glass Lamps.
Lamp Chimneys and Lantern
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Horse and Mule Shoes, assorted
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Black Smith Coal in Bags.
Hawaiian Salt.
Butter Churns and Butter Work.
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Milk Pans and Dish Pans.
Enameled and Tinted Iron Sauce
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Wrought Iron Tea Kettles Jap'd.
Picks, Mattocks, Axes, Ratchet,
Hammers, Black Smith Tools, Ma
chinist Tools, Plumbers Tools, etc.
Please call and examine for your
self.
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FOR SALE.
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OFFICE, NO. 15 KAAHUMANT
Street, Honolulu, formerly A. Rosa'h
Office United States Custom House
Brokers, Accountants, Searchers OF
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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-02-25

home and shrine of the early zoroas-
trians, the fire-worshipping ancestry of
the modern parsees.
1t is well TO explain here That 20
rooster is supposed to have lived about
600 OF 700 years before Christ, his teach
ihgs furnishing several interesting par
aiieiisms with those of the Christian
Scriptures. According to Zoroaster,
there is in the universe a principle OF
good, represented by Ormuzd, and a
principle of evil, represented by Ahri-
man, principles and beings that have
existed from eternity, and been ever
In active opposition TO each other Men
having been made by Ormuzd belonged
TO him. but having been left free they
nave yielded to the evil and fallen into
sinful condition, so that since that
sad occurrence the soul of man Is the
prize for which these antagcnistic pow
ers have mainly commended. AS man is
responsible for his actions, his future
state will be fixed irrevocably by his
life on earth; but as he is now feeble
and ignorant, OrmuZd. in his desire to
save him from being lost, sent Forecast
CT, not as o law -giver, but simply as a
prophet, teacher of men, that these
might come to know and be encoura ged
to do the will of Ormuz1 more perfect
ly. couple of miles from Urumi. in
Western Persia, there are immense
masses of ashes. said locality to be the
remains of the birthplace of Zoroaster.
About forty years ago the first oil re-
fnery in the district was established
here, and surrounded with very high
walls to keep out the marauding Tar
| tars. These works are now going to
| wreck, but just outside their gate is the
| sacred enclosure of the fire worship
| pers, situated on a slightly rising
| ground and about half mile away
from the blue Caspian. The existing
buildings are, of course recent. but the
site is historical. The incloslng wall
| is some twenty feet in height, having
battlements along its edge. Inside this
wall, and attached to it are twenty
three cells, that vary in size, but that
| run between twelve and twenty feet
| square. Each cell has n number Of re-
cesses in its walls. that served for
| tables and shelves, while built ele-
walton at one end served as divan OF
| resting place at night. Over the door
| of each cell is a stone tablet taken
| from some older structure, and bearing
| an inscription in Persian, Armenian oil
| Syriac.
In the centre of the enclosure is the
shrine. n domed building, resting on
TOUR piers. out of the summit of each
Oh which the sacred fire still flames I'M
ceasingly. year in and year out. I'm
der the dome is small omen space
covered With grating, up which alsc
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-02-25
THE MAN WITH THE HOE.

l. II,
Bowed by the weight of centuries, he
-----4eaffss
Upon his hoe and gazes OH the ground,
The emptiness of ages in his face
And on his back the burden of the
world.
Who made him dead to rapture and
despair
A thing that grieves not and that
never hopes
Stolid and stunned, brother to the
Who loosened and let down this brutal
jaw?
Whose was the hand that slanted back
this brow?
Whose breath blew out the light with.
in this brain?
Is this the thing the Lord God made
and gave
To trace the stars and search the
heavens for power
To feel the passion of Eternity?
Is this the Dream He Dreamed who
shaped the suns
And pillared the blue armament with
light?
Down all the stretch of hell, to its last
gulf,
There is no shape more terrible than
thiss
More tongued with censure of the
worlds blind greed
More filled with signs and portents for
the soul
More fraught with menace to the uni
verse.
What CULTS between him and the sera-
phim!
Slave OF the wheel of labor, what tc
Are Plato and the swing of Pleiares?
What the long reaches of the peaks OF
song.
The rift of dawn. the reddening of the
rose?
Through this dread shape the suffering
ages look,
Times tragedy is an that aching stoop
Through this dread shape humanity
betrayed.
Plundercd, profaned and dislnherited
Cries protest to the Judges OF the
A protest that is also prophecy.
Q masters. lords and rulers in all lands
Is this the handiwork you give to God
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-02-25
CURES SYPHILIS!
A Trial Treatment Sent Free TO All
Who Suffer From any Stage
ofthe Disease.
Cures Cases that Hot SPRINGS and
all Other Treatments Fail
ed to Even Help.

There has been discovered by the State
Medical institute. 222 Eiektron Big. lit.
wayne. Ind. the most remarkable Sy-
ali such indications as mucous patches
In the mouth. sore throat. copper colored
spots chaneres. alterations on the body
and eyebrows had fallen out and the whole
skin was a mass Of boils.. pimples and
ulcers this wonderful specific has com
clean, perfect condition OF physioii
health Every railroad running to FIT
wayne brings scores of sufferers seek
enable those who cannot travel TO reajo
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stitute IS accomplishing they wilt send
inent so mat everyone can cure them
s selves n the privacy of their own home
Inns Is tho only known cure for syphilis
free trial will DO sent sealed in plain
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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-02-25
man. Written after seeing NIlllets
world-famous painting.
THE MAN WITH THE HOE.
CA reply to Edwin Markhnm.l

Let us littl. permit Nature to take
her own way: she better understands
her own affairs than e."-Montatgne
Nature reads not our labels. great
and Small"
Accepts she one and ull
Who. striving, win and hold the vacant
place.
All are of royal race.
Him, there. rough-cast, with rigid arm
and limb,
The Mother moulded him.
or his rude realm ruler and demigod.
Lord OF the rock and clod.
With Nature Is no better" and no
worse"
On this barred head no curse
HGmbled 1t Is and bowed; so is he
crowned
Whose kingdom Is the ground.
Diverse the burdens on the stern road
Where bears each back its load;
Varied the toll. but neither high nor
low.
With pen or sword or hoe,
He that has put out strength. 10. he is
strong;
or him with spade or song
Nature but questions.-''This one shall
he stay?"
She answers Yes" or Nay"
bides on.
Or shudders, and is gone.
Strength shall he have, the toiler.
strength and grace,
So fitted to his place
AS he leaned there, nm oak where sea
winds blow,
Our brother with the hoe.
No blot, no monster. no unsightly thing
The SOILS long-lineaged king;
His changeless realm, he knows II and
commands;
Erect enough he stands.
Tall as his toll. Nor does he bow UNI
best:
Labor he has, and rest.
Need was, need Is. and need will ever
For him and such as he:
Cast for the gap, with gnaried arm and
limb,
The Mother moulded him.
Long wrought, and nodded him with
mothers care,
Before she set him there.
And aye she gives him. mindful of her
own.
Peace of the plant. the stone;
Yea. since above his work he may not
rise,
She makes the field his skies:
See! she that bore him. and metes out
the lot,
He serves her. VeX him not
To scorn the rock whence he was hewn,
the pit
And what was digged from IT.
Lest he no more In native virtue stand.
The earth-sword In his hand.
But follow sorry phantoms to and fro
And let a kingdom go.
John Vance Cheney, Chicago.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-02-25


This monstrous thing. distorted and
soul-quenched?
How will -xan-eYer straighten up This
shape
Give back the upward looking and the
light
Rebuild in it the music and the dream,
Touch it again with immortality,
Mark right the immemoriaI infamies.
Periidious wrongs, immedicablc woes?
0 masters. lords and rulers in all lands.
How will the Future reckon with this
Man?
How answer his brute question in that
hour
When whirlwlnds of rebellion shake the
the world?
How will it be with Kingdoms and with
kings
With those who shaped him to the
thing he is
When this dumb Terror shall reply to
God.
After the silence of the centuries?
Oakland. California. BY Edwin Mark
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-02-25

the fire frequently comes, and on
which some years ago, the body OF
resident was cremated. On the north
ef-f1 side Of the eT1ctosura Is tfIe niatM
entrance, large gateway of hand
some PERSIAN work in marble, above
which is watch tower overlooking the
whole district. AT each corner of this
watch tower the everlasting fire still
purns, night and day, the mystery of
It's nature and source being speedily
solved by me, through the discovery Of
series of iron pipes, that were built in
the walls. and what cunningiy conceal
ed from view, so that we call natural
gas, resulting from the presence Of the
napntna, was ever ascending. and form
ed the sacred fire OF the frey Worship
pers: So abundant. indeed, is this ma
tural gas, that it is dangerous to strike
match or to attempt to smoke.
watched some burners breaking
OF pieces OF the shelly rock, when they
threw down on the mass, lighted
explosion, and the gas blazed up-a
blaze that took many shovelfuls of
earth thrown on it before it was ex-
tinguished
This Enclosure, now unoccupied, but
protected by the government, was once
the home of a considerable number Of
priests and monks. About twenty or
etiit - JCSiiS dSO, IOWeFCT, one OIL the
monks was killed by q Tartar. The
monastery sought the punishment of
the murderer, when its inmates were
told by the Russian Government that.
as they were hated by the Tartars. thew
had all better leave as soon as possible,
or they also might be killed The poor
monks. therefore. the last European
survivors of a e-Christian religious
community. went to Bombay.
The entire country c,rnr,,,, -. l.
naphtha wells.
No one knows where the naphtha
comes from. or where it goes to-, but in
Balachany 1t rises to the surface like
the water of a spring. 1t is not SO
much an underground river as a foun-
tain or geysey, whose stream spreads
itself through the soil--here in a heavy
rush there in petty streamlet. Here
the flow Is steady, there 1t is intermit-
tent, at times even ceasing for hours.
a number of these geysers are very
irregular in their periods OF DISCHARGE
sometimes the pumps must be worked
SLOW. and at others as quickly as nos
sible: sometimes the stream gives on
altogether for several days. and then
resumes without any premonitions.
The presence of all this oil made the
mystery of the -worshippers' sacred
never-dying blaze very easy one tc
solve, as soon as the pipes were dis
covered.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-02-25
FIRE WORsHIPpERs
The Strange, Never-Dying Fires Of
the Zoroastrans.
simply Supplied From NaturnI on
Dr. Geo. II. MatthewS Dcscribesthe
Iscs"I, OF tho Examination ofthc
sncrcd Aitara Pipes Cunningly
Concenied Erom View.

One by one the superstitious beliefs
of the ancients have been exposed. but
one. at least, has baHled the efforts of
scientists to expose. although it was
palpably fraud. This was the mys-
terry of the perpetual fires of the an
cient -worshippers of Surachany,
near Baku. on the curving shores of
the Caspian. The chief cause for no
explanation being Forthcoming of the
mystery of these perpetual fires was
the barring of scientists TO the sacred
enclosure. The writer of this article, Dr.
George D. Matthews, succeeded in
overcoming this opposition, and pene-
trated to the sacred enclosure, speedily
divesting the eyer-burning fires of all
mystery. lie was invited to write the
result, especially for these columns, and
responded with the following:
(By George d. Matthews. NJ. D., for the
Dispatch.l
Cairo, Feb. 1G.-Foreigners are scarce
in the country of the fire-worshinnars
Until lately they were not allowed To
travel on the railroad at all. but this
prohibition has been modified a LITTLE
anu l took advantage of the favor ~
make my way to Baku, the historical
town on the Caspian, which Is now
used as magazine for military stores
and to which the caravans of camels
donkeys and oxen bring rice, raisins
hides, cotton. ETC., from Persia, which
are purchased here either for the Mos
COW districts. or for those of Batoum
and odessa. About seven or eight
miles from Bal1u is the little collection
OF huts and offices. called Balachany.
the country between the two places
being sandy. uncultivated plain.
From Balachany drove over a sun
burnt. plain of rocks, and comminuted
shells to Surachany a word meaning
"hres." from time immemorlaI the
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-02-25

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lowing extracts taken from his daily mail
show whit men think of his generosity:
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the benefit has been extraordinary. 1t
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-02-25

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All correspondence Is strictly confiden-
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served him as he slept, whispered
warnings to their nearest comrades
not to disturb him. The whisper was
then passed from man to man along
the line of march)
Had YOU heard the distant tramping
On that glowing summer day
Had you seen our comrades running
To meet us on the way
Oh the wondrous, sudden silence,
TIL unmilitary creep,
As down the line that caution ran,
Marse Robert Is asleep-!"
Give me your hand old Bluecoat,
Let's talk of this awhile,
For prettiest march of all the war
was this of rank and file -
Was the passing of that army,
when twas hard, l ween TO keep
Those men from crying out "Hurrah
Aiarse Robert Is asleep-!'
There lay that knightly figure,
One hand upon his sword,
The other pressed above his heart,
a VOW without wordl
Two laurel leaves had fiuttered down.
For flowers their vigils keep,
And crownd him. though think they
knew III
"Nlarse Robert was asleepl"
In glorious old Westminster
No monument of war,
No marble story. half so grand
As this our army saw!
Our leafy old Westminster
Firglnia,s woods-now keep
immortal that low whisper,
"Marse Robert is asleep!"
AS we clasp hands, old Bluecoat,
List, brother of the North.
Had foreign foe assail'd your homes
You then had known hts WORT $1,000
Unbroken vigil DER those homes
1t had been his to keep:
Step lightly DER the border, then.
"Marse Robert Is asleep!''
He's yours and mine, is Robert Lee: Z
Hes yours and mine. Hurrah!
These tears you shed have sealed the
raSt
And closed the wounds Of war!
Thus claspins hands, old Bluecoat.
Well swear by the tears YOU ween
The sounds of war shall be mufled-
Marse Robert is asleep!'
Richmond. Va, May, 1883.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-02-25
RHEUMATISM
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George w. Leonard of Atlanta writes
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most eXcruciating Pains in bones n nd
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he could hardly bend them and he could
hardly walk without the aid OF n crutch55
lie tried doctors and medicines hut INNS
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he had found cure. but alas, his syrir-
toms would come back again until he
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Commerce -"d
trRtto Matt. XIV

10 And unto one
he gave five tai
entS, to another
two. and to anes'
other one: TO every
man according to
his several all lily;
and Straightwsly
took his journey.
l6 Then no that
had received the
five talents went
and traded with
the a1ine. and
made them other
five talents.
II And likewise
he that had re-
ceivod two, he also
gained other two.
Is But he that
Ind received one
went and dlgged in
The earth. and hid
his lords money.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-02-25
Feeding ~ Nluiii-
iude- MRtt, Nv.

! SO And lie took
the seven loaves
and the fishes and
\ gave thanks and
. brake them, and
\ gave to his d'sci-
| pies, and the disci-
\ pies to the multi
tude.
! 81 And they did
all eat. and were
filed; and Ihsy
took up the broken
/ meht that was left
seven baskets full.
SIS And they tina I
did eat. We're four
thousand men, be-
side women and
children.
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HOW THE
NEW TESTAMENT
REPORTED
CURRENT EVENTS.
society n, We
Nat. " "

! NAT. " "
! shalt have treasure
In heaven: an.
come and follow
! % But when IN,
! young man heard
! mat saying, he
I went away sor-
I q Jesus said unto
! him. II thou wilt
be perfect. 20 and
! sell that thou hast.
and give to the
poor, and thou
: rowful: for he had
| great possessions,
] % Then Je su s
! said unto his dis
I ciples. Verify | say
unto YOU. That a
rich man shall
| hardly enter into
f. the kingdom Of
heaven.
! "a And again 1
say unto YOU, 1t is
. easier for Il camel
to go through the
! eye OF n needir.
! than for n rich
| man to enter into
! the kingdom OF
! God.
\ % When his dis
! caples heard IL,
\ they were exceed.
; ingly amazed say-
! ing. Who, then,
! can be saved?
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-02-25
tho y. + a. a.
Mint. XVIII.

s And whose shall
receive orc such
little child in my
name receiveth me.
= But whose shall
offend one of these
little ones which
beiievcth tn me, It
We're better for him
that q milestone
were hanged about
his neck. and that
he were drowned
in the depth OF the
sea.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-02-25

HvTYYY y,
e. Pro

mn OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES nIr1rrrrr,r1Il
Probably Illustrated Pro-
fusely, Says This Cler-
gynan; Issue a Sunday
Edition, Treat Poor Sin
ners Kindly, Denounce
the Rich and the Hypo-
critical, Be Somewhat
Sensational, and Give
Society and Police
News Now What Will
Mr.. Sheldon Do z