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The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1900-11-10
HUGH DARNABY.

This is the title of a small book
written by Mr.. g. M. Davis. of
Washington City. 1t is pleasant
and realistic little. work, with no
preliminary plot, the scene of
which is laid in the blue grass
region of old Kentucky, and is a
truthful story of events happening
at the outbreak, during the continu-
ance and after the close of the war.
Barring few little inaccuracies,
it is very reliable volume and
will well repay the time taken up
in perusal of it's pages.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-01-01
SEASONAL THOUGHTS.

Today we enter the New Year and the
last year of the Nineteenth Century.
How far off it seemed thirty-five or
forty years ago. Many Of those VINO
looked forward to being able to write
the figures 1900 have dropped out of the
advancing ranks and have gone to join
the great majority, Many, who never
counted on the possibility of reaching
it. are still among the living, while the
bright and young have passed away.
A new year raises double feelings.
There is the hope of the future with
its wished for joys and successes. There
is the regret for the past with its past
filed with sweet memories its broken
hopes, it's joys realized and it's lost OPP
portunities. The more life stretches
out behind one the sadder the picture
becomes. The less life stretches before
one the less rosy, but the more peace
full it appears. And it is to the future
that we all must look. To the young it
is garlanded with the budding flowers
of Spring, to the middle aged it is
1Vreathed with the full blown blossoms
of the glowing Summer to the aged
the Autumn tints fade into the cold
realm of silence and of Winter But to
them there is even brighter hope. AS
Shelley says
THE trumpet of prophecy! wind
II Winter comes, can Spring be far be-
hindu"
There is Spring for them, an eternal
spring, which is not far behind" and
the hope, present in every heart of that
eternal spring in eternal life. Call it
what you please, The Elysian Fields,
Nirvana, Walhalla, Heaven or any other
name, materialize it as many a nation
has done, the idea remains implanted
in the minds of every civilized and
semi civilized nation, the hope of eter-
nal life and eternal love.
1t is the custom, and a worthy one,
tc give kindly wishes at the opening of
the New Year. 1t is right to give
thanks for the blessings of the past
twelve months. We have many things
TO be thankful for in this community.
We must heartily join together in good
wishes for the coming yearly span. In
spite of clouds which darkly lower
over us, let us hope that they have, as
the darkest have a silver lining, and
that closing year of the last decade of
the century may prove
A HAPPY NEW YEAR.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-01-01
TO BE COMMENDED.

The Board of Health has finally
started upon a vigorous policy. Some
days ago The Star urged that the pro-
per thing to do when a case of plague
broke out was to remove the plague
stricken to the pest house, to isolate
the other inmates in some other place,
and then to burn down the building, or
If that were impossible to very thor
oughlY disinfect it and interdict it's oc-
cupation for a certain definite time. Il
was shown that to keep people shut up
in a house where plague had occurred
was only TO invite further increase of
disease. BY Sunday the Board realized
following out just this policy.
At time like this it matters not from
whom the advice may come. What is
wanted is to have good executive men
and in this direction the Board could
not have called in better man to it's
assistance than Lorrin A. Thurston.
He has proved himself essentially a
man of energy and of forceful charac-
ter. He has great executive ability
and he has had great experience as an
organizer. With such a man added to
its councils the policy of the Board of
Health may safely be considered as
trending into the right track, for Mr..
Thurston is a man who always makes
himself felt when in a responsible posi-
ton.
The Board is to be commended for it's
present method of action. If there has
been weakness and hesitation in the
past, they can be forgiven so long as
the policy now instituted is followed
out, When there is a wolf at the throat
of the city it is no use attempting to
tie him up with silk ribbons, a good
broad knife sent straight through his
heart will do the business. If we want
to eradicate the plague it must be done
thoroughly and fire is the only safe
method by which it can be swept away.
In condemning the noisome and filthy
blocks of Chinatown to destruction the
Board of Health will have the full sup
port of the community. Every day
that has been lost before taking such
action has cost the city and the coun-
try at large thousands Of dollars. When
the news goes abroad that we have
commenced drastic measures people on
the mainland win believe that we mean
business and we shall be commended.
AS to compensation for the destroyed
property that should be left to a jury
to assess the damages. The Board Of
Health is strictly within its right to
Sause the destruction, and as a fact the
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-01-01
THE SAILORS HOME.

From the report of the executive COM
mittee of the Sailors Home it is very
evident that institution has not been
going satisfactorily. Indeed it never
has been successful since it left it's old
quarters opposite to the police station.
The effort to put it upon proper work.
ing basis is manifestly a duty upon the
committee and it is evidently a duty
they are now prepared to undertake.
If one looks through old copies of the
Friend there is continual reference to
the Sailors Home and the amount of
good it was doing. 1t must be said to
the honor Of the late Rev. S. c. Damon
that he took an earnest interest in the
sea-faring population, and always kept
careful eye upon the Sailors Home
besides officiating in the Seaman's
Chapel.
With the decay of the whaling fleet
there came lull in the shipping indus
try. The Seaman's Chapel became
amalgamated with the Central Union
Church. The Sailors Home was moved
from the central part of the town and
the duty of looking after the sailors,
after Father Damon's death, did not
seem to fall actively upon any one.
Now that our shipping industry has
increased so enormously, and will con-
tinue to increase as the years go by,
not only do we need an efficiently con-
Quoted Sailors Home, but we ought to
have a Seaman's Chapel as we'll.
We have seen the value of Seaman's
Chapel here, in the past. Any study
of the subject elsewhere will show the
value of similar organizations Most
seaports in the United States and Great
Britain have them, and the amount of
good they have done is very great, The
Salvation Army and the PenieI Mission
work in this direction, but the regular
Seaman's Chapel has far more direct
influence upon the sea-faring popula-
| ton. To gain the confidence of Jack
of the merchant marine is a special
gift, but whenever such a person is
wanted the man appears in time. 1t is
about time he appeared in the port of
Honolulu. There is a fine field for him.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-01-01

One complains of the row that the
Chinese make at the Chinese New Year.
but it is now fully equalled by the din
caused by certain classes of christians
at the beginning of the Christian New
Year With the Chinaman the matter
is a religious ceremony, for he believes
that the noise drives the devils away.
With the Christians it is simply de-
sire to make a diabolical noise for no
reason at ALL There ought to be city
regulations prohibiting people from
turning the town into very pandemo-
mimi
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-01-01

property will be increased in value by
the destruction, fact which every
juror will give due thought to. There is
no need of talking of compensation at
present.
While the Board of Health is upon its
condemning campaign, it should look
at the property on the corner of King
and Fort behind the Chinese fruit store,
Larsens express Office and some others.
No plague has broken out there, so that
it cannot be burned down, but the
shacks can certainly be declared UNI
sanitary and unfit for human habita-
ton. The tenants would then be COM
PEELED to leave and the property would
be an elephant upon the hands of the
absentee owners who then would be
obliged to tear down the shacks and
put up proper buildings.
Another place that needs looking into
is the building at the corner of Kukui
and Nuuanu. 1t is new now, but it has
been built on thoroughly unsanitary
principles and in a couple or three years
will be in a very foul condition.
The work has been commenced on
good lines now, let it be carried out
thoroughly and well. The policy in
augurated commends itself to every one
who has the good of the city and of the
country at heart, 1t is no milk and
water policy but strong meat that Is
required. 1t is time for no hesitation.
We are at a serious crisis and happily,
at last, that crisis is being fully met in
the only practical way.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-01-01

The japanese keep up their unenvi-
able notoriety for crimes of violence
which frequently end in the taking Of
life. From Maui comes the account of
yet another murder. In this case the
deceased was living alone and was
found with his throat cut There have
been three cutting cases in the vicinity
in less than a month, but only one has
proved fatal, In dealing with Japanese
crime there are great difficulties. The
japanese band together to prevent the
criminal being brought to justice. The
perpetrators are spirited away from
one district to another, and the police
are baffed frequently. There is the
murder Of a women at Waialua which
it has been found impossible to bring
home to any one, while the Eva muir
derer was at large for months.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-01-01

The Maui people have taken a SEN
sible view Of the situation and are con-
tent to believe. that the Board of Health
will take sufficient care to prevent the
plague from spreading to the other ISL
ands. This the Board of Health has
given especial attention to, and the
other Islands may rest easy.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-01-01

Santa Claus seems to have visited the
Islands pretty thoroughly. An account
is published in another column which
embraces Christmas trees, festivals,
dances and so forth from Northern
Kauai to Southern Hawaii.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-01-01

The side of the Claudine's officers
about the collision is told today. The
only excuse is that the mate mistook
the barkentine for steamer After all
there seems a probability of coal YES
sci yet being saved.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-01-01
Are You
Having Your
Washing
Done at Nome?

Then it will pay you to pur-
chase one of the famous "St.
Louis" Washing Machines
from Dimond & Co.
You can find at our store
all the necessary articles
that go with it, such as
Wringers, Tubs, Flat-irons,
Clothes Lines, Clothes Pins;
Ironing Boards, Self Wash
ing Soap, etc.
Our Washing Machines is
so simple that a child can
work it.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-01-01
Porcelain Ware
For Toilet Requisites.

Step in and compare prices before
purchasing. Glad to show you every
thing. And don't forget that we are
agents for the celebrated Eastman's
Kodaks and Cameras, which make very
useful presents.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-11-16
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND
THE DELEGATE.
he Declines to Make the Territory
Party TO Frustrating the Votes
of the E1ecto g.

Messrs. Davis and Gear, as Coun-
sel for A. B. Loebenstein, having
fled a request, and brief endorsing
the application, TO Attorney Gener-
al Dole for writ of quo warranto
to test the right OF Robert W. Will
cox to obtain certificate of cleo
ton as delegate to Congress
claiming that the election was con-
trary to law, and hence null and
void, has filed reply declining the
application.
The Attorney General addresses
himself at length to the proposition
and cites authorities, and concludes
with the following opinion:
81 think it is not proper for me
to make the territorial government
a party to proceedings in the nature
of quo warranto to test the validity
of the election of Mr.. Robert w.
Wilcox. / do not express any
opinion in regard to it's validity.
That, ] think, is matter for the
Congress of the United States alone
to determine"
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-11-16
Continual from 1st pdge.)

quested to confer with the Bishop
Estate land agent, Mr.. Dodge, and
the matter was laid over for further
consideration. Another letter was
read from Olaa Plantation, which
Oilers to provide school building
at sixteen and three quarter miles.
Mrs. Estep OF Hawaii has put in
her certificate proving five years
service 10 the public schools, and
her salary will in accordance be
recommended for increase.
Miss Tenira Henry and Mrs. Alice
Brown received life certificates.
Then came a most encouraging
report from the night schools.
The attendance for the week end
ing November 3, was 81 pupils,
and for the week following, termin-
ating November 10th, 304. Cousi-
deriug the bad weather the showing
was regarded as favorable indeed.
Decentralization had brought good
results
A letter from the examining COM
mittee at Hilo and Mana was read.
AT Hilo ten candidates went up for
examination for primary grade, and
six received certificates. Of the
four who presented themselves at
Hama, all received certificates. The
following is The report:
1--WE therefore recon meud that
iirstclass cert fcates be- granted to
Mrs. Lora Shoemaker and Mrs.
Mara g. Barbour; second class GER
tifcates to Daniel Kuhns, Lilinoe
Hupai, and Jennie Kewaieea, and
third class certificates to Emily
Ewaliko, Rebecca Macy, Annie L.
Reuter-, Rachel Kaiwiaea and An.
drew Hina."
The most important discussion
was the last, when Mr.. A f. Gum,
representing the American book
concern, asked for renewal of his
contract to supply all text books
used by the board. The house rep
resented by Mr.. Gum proposed to
take all old books off the hands of
the board at $4,000, and let the
Board OF Education go out OF exist
ence as book publishing concern.
The American book concern pro.
poses to furnish text books at the
list price.
Mr.. Atkinson said that the at
torney general should first be ap.
preached on the question before
any decisive steps were taken, in
order that there might be no legal
complications. Mr.. Won Holt
thought such step would be I'M
necessary. A proposition was then
offered that committee OF three be
appointed to report Monday or
Tuesday at 10 q. m.
The subject was then laid over
for further deliberation.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-11-16
Great Shoe sale.

L. B. Kerr & Co., Ltd, having
bought the stocks of the Fairchild
Shoe House and A. Il. Murphy &
90. at prices that enable them TO
cell at one half the original cost
prices, the public will be offered
bargains, call carly and secure first
choice,
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-11-16
NOTICE

The Stock Ledger OF the Inter.
Island Steam Navigation Company,
Ltd, will be closed to transfers from
November 10Th to Dece mber 18th
inclusive. @. II. CLAPP,
Secretary,
Honolulu, Nov. 9, 1900. 4S-1w.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-11-16
NOTICE

The Annual Meeting Of the Ha.
waiian Relief Society ia called by
the President for Thursday next the
18th November, at 10 a.m. to be held
at the residence Of Mrs. S. 9. Allen.
B. M. ALLEN,
50-3t. President.
The Forrest City times., 1900-03-02
This is not leap year because 2

This is not leap year because 2 year is not exactly 365 days and six hours long, but only 365 days, five hours, forty-eight minutes and forty-six seconds long. If the av- craze year were exactly 365 days and six hours long the extra six hours would make up an extra day of twenty -four hours exactly once in four years, and there would al. ways be leap year at this interval. This shortage of 674 seconds, how ever, amounts to 269 500 seconds in 400 years that is, to about 4473 minutes, or about seventy four hours, or about three days. So we have to lose three leap year days every 400 years. These are omitted from the years ending in co at the end of each century. There was leap year in l600, and there will be another in 2900, says an exchange. But this will not satisfy thoso who say the nineteenth century ended last year.
The Forrest City times., 1900-03-02

Cotton has gone up rapidly m New York. But the news of Scent cotton says the Arkansas Democrat should not be so demoralizing as to cause the farmer to neglect his corr patch. Once for all he should un- derstand that his financial indepen- dence is based on plentiful supply of food for man and beast raised al home. With this aud all the cotton he can raise as surplus crop he will be prepared to weather any storm.
The Forrest City times., 1900-03-02
TRUSTEES sa1.p
NOTICE Is HERrpv o,a1lA

Noi1NE lo HEREBY Grvpx, l
 ger ana oy virtue Of the au,ho...h .hAr e,| upon me m a certain Trust pass U! ecr'., casey Young to me as Trustee fo. - 'es.egas Freehold Land Mortgage cor,s c. me An.r, limited, dated the 2Sd day o, soy cf la,sS reeoroeu the ssh day Of Sovemh.'' al orlice Of the Clerk of the CirenIs T. i's h, Francis County, Stzle of Arkanss. ooa's Fl Ing been made in payment Of m. -siaat AaI inoeotedness secured by sad T,s', an. having been duly requested to n,.s ' Deet real esiate conveyed 10 me In s.t, sac Tn order to pay the said indehte1n.i ifas! Ds Tuesday, the 18th day of Ma.
 at the principal door of the cou-,A. 'sss Town Of Forrest City. in the Con0,s'usss Cs'Ouss i q els, State of Arf ansas, betwaa, ,s. " st Fn,I a.m. and pm, offer for sale to ,s. ,1oafss ger TOT casn' the following describes ,s.' sa''' North half of Section 2s; north hs,, "a s'as west quarter efSectiou 2s, Towpss,,aa hsa| Ean:e 7, east, containing in all aaa a'rl or less, situated in the County Of &, state Of Arkansas. All rights to v.,n' f'sa| praisement ot said real estate an .'~s' oa er| emp;lon, homestead and dover ( s| Of redemption have been waived .rs I'd in said Trust Deed, ana the pos... sOa'ga Trustee. will sell said real estate trs. rights or Interests. Said sale vm S, |, aA without warranty of title. Any p,,,v
 said property, or any portion ,hsr.a, struck oil. must al once deposit lns.aa l'l tenth Of the sum bid. otherwise Ina hsa s.aa disregarded and the property at oys. " "
 BENJAMIN GRAHAw
 Tfur.
The Forrest City times., 1900-03-02

THE TIAEs acknowledges re- ceipt of copies of two speeches de- livered in,.the United States sen- ate by Senator James Ii. Berry during January, one in opposition to establishing a gold standard and retiring greenbacks, and the other in opposition to the republican policy known as expansion, and embodied in the following joint resolution " Resolved by the Senate and House of Representa- tives, etc, That the Philippine Islands are territory belonging to the United States; that it is the intention of the United States to retain them as such and to estab- hsh and maintain, such govern mental control throughout the archipelago as the situation may demand. Both speeches have the true ring of justice and Ameri- can patriotism, and TIE TIMES is heartily in accord with the princi- pies and noble sentiments thereby promulgated. Speaking of the Philippines, "** if the Ameri- can flag cannot float at any partic- ular point in honor it had best not float at all, says the senator Thls IS true, and the Deuiocratie party should take up the slogan, and the platform to be made at Kansas City in July should con. tam most prominently q thorough ly democratic eanti-expansion plank. Let us rerne mher. as has been aptly declared by a promi- nent lawyer of Arkansas, that "those who seek to raise the American flag aboye the crushed liberties ofanother people, have already begun to haul it down from the capital of their own country. "
The Forrest City times., 1900-03-02
Build Cotton Hills

IL is estimated that the high price of cotton this year has increased the wealth of the South S50.000. .000 to S100, 900 900. Much oi this money is divided between the cotton pro- ducers, the merchants and other classes. The South is in a more prosperous condition today than It has been any time since the war. And now that the South Is in this satisfactory condition more atten- ton should be paid to encouraging the investment of surplus capital Tn this section in cotton mills. It has already been fully demonstrate ed that If plenty of cotton mills are built Tn the South there will al- ways be money in cotton produc- ton. Good progsess has already been made Tn this direction. In North Carolina tke building of tex tile mill has gone so far that the mills men not only consumed all the cotton raised in that state, but were compelled 10 buy raw mater ial Tn other states to keep their mills going. Mr. c B White, q special agent of tbe division of statistics, department of agricult- ure, who has been looking into these matters, says the same con- dition nov exists in northern Geor- gla, and as Mississippi is enact. ing laws for the encouragement of manufactures 1t may soon be look ed for there. Mr. White was great ly pleased by the change cotton manufacturing had wrought in North Carolina. He found large sections of the state in thriving condition which had once been in- habited by the poorest sort of peo- pie. Villages had been turned ln- 10 growing and prosperous cities and tens of thousands of people have been given payiRg employ ment. Speaking of his visit to North Carolina Hr. White said: "l visited fifty-one mills, and all but two of them were running on extra time and employing a double force of mill hands and operators. The little town of Gibsonville now has two mills and the place is grow ing rapidly. At Kings Mountain there are three mills and another one is being built. This town has population of 1,2C0 and the peo- pie are all prosperous. Kings Mountain Is situated about forty or fifty miles from Charlotte, and is only a short distance from an abundant water. supply, which
 affords the mills all the power they require. The Kings Mountain section is now built up with cotton
 mills and is thriving and prosper ous. While the other Southern cotton states are behind North Carolina in the establishment of cotton mills, still efforts are being made in all directions to secure them, forsthe people seem to have
 become thoroughly awakened to the importance of the great move ment to keep at home all the pro- fits possible to be derived from
 the cotton of this country.
The Forrest City times., 1900-03-02
The town Of Forrest City V

The town Of Forrest City was amply protected by insurance in the loss of the city hall. And the question of new building will soon, if it has not already, engage the minds of those in authorit., With the material that can be saved from the ruins, the money from the insurance and a few hun dred dollars, the town may build . handsome modern building. This should be done by all means. For rest City had already outgrowr the old building. No person ever pointed to it with pride. The prospects of the town point to a population of 5000 people within the next five years. This should be considered in the plans for a new public edifce, and It should be one in keeping with the pro- gress of the town. Let us have 8 modern city hall, prison and en. zine or hose house.
The Forrest City times., 1900-03-02

Constable Thad Sellers is an nounced in this issue of THE TIMES as candidate for reelection to the office of constable of Madison township subject to the action of the democratic party. He asks us to state that he will be unable to make a canvass Of the township and may not be able to see each voter personally, and hopes that fact will not effect the support which he solicits. He has filled the office acceptably for two years and we hespeak for him your fav orable consideration. He wishe, ns to thank the voters for the con. sideratioe shown him two year ago, which he appreciates.