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Ripid Test Tor Matrimony.

Both in the northern and western isl
ands Of Scotland the natives have some
peculiar customs unfamiliar to the
dwellers OF the mainland. One OF
these, known as the marriage test" is
practiced in the island Of st. Kilda.
where the population barely exceeds a
hundred. The desire among the island.
ers to increase this number does not
seem to be exceptionally strong, and
every man before he Is deemed suitable
for husband has to perform an evolu-
ton with no little bodily risk. The st.
Kildans are, Of course, adept rock
climbers, and the aspirant for matri
mony is therefore subjected to the test
Of balancing himself on one leg on a
narrow ledge overhanging a precipIce,
bending his body at the same time in
order to hold the foot of his other leg In
the hands. II found lacking In courage
the maiden withdraws her betrothal,
and should the man fall over the ledge.
1t is presumed that, in his case. he viii
be DISQUALIFIED.
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Excessive Eronomx.

Because the King was poor and need
ed to retrench,, he consolidated the
posts of poet laureate and commander
OF the troops, thus saving one fancy
salary. ~
But the very next day war broke
out and the Kiags arms everywhere
met defeat. s
why" demanded the yellow news
paper, don't you pitch your battles in
places which are strategically strong?"
"For the reason" replied the soldier
and poet, that nothing rhymes with
the names of the places which are
strategically strong!'
Now at last the King perceived the
unwisdom of trying to be too econom-
observation-disclosures
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DISMALSWAhkcANAL
= ~ y ~ WI ~ ans \
'REoPeNeD AFTeH eeikd xBAN.
,qohE0 FOR YEARS.
Ori&inai Plane Of the F.nots Dll<A
Were Drawn by George washinGton,
Then . virginia Surveyor Hsd Its
Real Beginnins In 1857.

After being abandoned for thirty-hve
years. the Dismal Swamp canal has
been reopened. 1t connects the Chesa-
peake bay with Albemarle sound, and
had its real beginning in 1857, when
Virginia chartered company with .
capital of $4,000 to construct It.. The
original plans and specifications were
drawn by George Washington, then =
Virginia surveyor, more than q quarter
Of century before the ehartering of
the company. - ,n,-.,a.. Z. :.
Lack OF funds, the inferiority Of cngi-
neering devices and later the war OF
1872. all worked against its completions
When the funds were exhausted the
company was authorized by Virginia to
raise $4,000 by lottery. when finished.
In 1921. the canal had cost 81. 800 900.
and extended from the village Of Deep
Greek, Va, to South Mills, N. c., twen-
ty-two miles Deep creek is an arm Of
Elizabeth river, and the village Is about
300 miles from that river, making the
northern terminus OF the canal practi-
cally at Norfolk. South Mills is at the
headwaters Of the Pasquotank river, a
tributary Of Albemarle sound,
Now came an era OF prosperity, and
until 1860 the canal was one of the most
prosperous business properties Ia the
South. 1t provided an inland water
way that permitted the sending of car
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In the light of the newly. announced
sand cure it seems probable that II the
Digger Indians of the far West could
be persuaded to abandon their clay diet
and eat sand instead they would find
it much more wholesome. Clay is
merely filling. 1t cannot assist in the
process of digestion and assimilation.
Sand, ON the contrary, would be of the
greatest service in assisting these mis-
guided Indians In digesting the owls.
rattlesnakes, and dry roots with which
they are compelled sometimes to vary
their bills or fare. and life In their
humble caves would become worth
living. 1t is even possible that ju-
dicious mixture of sand would make
the clay itself digestible, but Of this
there is no certainty, and it is best not
10 claim too much.
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just cut high and stiff to the ears, and
sloped out front and back. This Is stiff
necked, but swaggcr. A soft bit of turn
over linen setting high at the back and
sloping under the chin creates the same
effect more softly. Sometimes the points
are turned up in. the old stock fashion.
The latest are wired to curve against the
cheek at each side Of the chin. Not in
frequently there Is reinforcement for
these oval outlines in the shape taken
by the front of the hat. but this is not
deemed an essential.
The trained skirt. which we force our
selves to forgive for elaborate street
gowns, with the proviso that getting
about should be done on wheels, is ac-
ceptcd with entire willingness for house
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wear. The new models without excvp-
tion discard The sheath hip and hack ef-
fects. Skirts &C about the hips. but al
ways show some modification at the hack.
A graceful model, which the artist puts
in the next illustration, had the effect
OF long beltcd polonalse. A facing
of embroidered cleth followed the edge
Of the fastening, which was at the side.
A dainty folding of lawn above the yoke
line suggested an under bodice, and there
was a yoke Of embroidered cloth. The
color was pastel blue. All the pastel
shades are used In such gowns, and In
many the embroidered bands give way TO
stitching, though the latter hasn't the
suitability of the other for house wear.
Not the least difficult scheming that
fashionable dress designers have had TO
do during the past year has had in view
keeping the blouse In fashion. Again
and again women have been told that the
blouse was done for. Still oftener have
stylish women and careful dressers con-
fcssed their f0ndness for 1t. That meant
that some scheme of It with a look Of
newness must be devised, and the gen.
eral fashion had held so long that the
Job wasn't easy. There is shown here
the latest design to this end, one that
ceverly combines the blouse with the
new fancy Of verticle pleating for skirts.
1t was castor cloth stitched in red. Its
jacket fastened at the bust line, spread
to show an under bodice and folded
sharply over the high bodice belt, giving
almost an eton line In profile. Stitching
in all fancy effects Is employed to hold
fat and close the box pleats about the
hips. The under sides of these pleats are
often cleverly cut away so that there is
really all the closeness of the actual
sheath skirt with the appearance of the
required pleats. In other cases the un-
Crawford avalanche., 1900-01-04

Secretary Coburn, of the Kansas
Board of Agriculture, recently made a
most sensible and practical suggestion
TO the farmers of the West. The 1890
corn crop. MS is well known. is one OF
the largest ever harvested in America:
hut the incxorable law of supply and
demand mas forced the price down. as is
always the case in n year OF phenomen-
ally abundant crops. Secretary Coburn
rcminds>tlie farmers that there has new
or been a season of unusual production
and low prices for corn which Las not
been followed i'm the near future by a
year OF comparative scarcity and cor
respondlngly higher prices; and there
Il no reason TO believe that the present
one viii prove an exception to this hith-
erto unbroken rule. His advice to the
farmers is. therefore, that they should
market no more of their corn than is
necessary to meet their expenses. He
trnthfully says that they would rightly
have considered themselves favored
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A QUARTET MARKED RECENT DEVELOPMENTS STYLE.

the facts In the matter. A scientist
who has taken observations as to the
color Of the Danube during every day
of the past year has found that on
eleven days the water was brown, on
forty-six 1t was yellow, on fifty-nlne 1t
was muddy green, on forty-five clear
green, on sixty-ninc steely green, on
sixty-four yellowish grcen--but blue,
never. The history, poetry and prose
of the day do not always jibe with the
truth.
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Protection and Currency.

T
The great blunder made by Cleveland
and the Democratic party in 1893 was
in trying to maintain the gold standard
while throwing wide open the trade
doors of the American Union to for
eigners. The consequences asserted
themselves almost instantaneously. AS
the foreign goods poured into the coun-
try gold flowed out, and In short time
we were suffering all the ills which
manifest themselves whenever appre-
hension concerning the sufIiciency Of
the supply Of basic money exists.
This state of affairs continued until
after the election Of Mckinley gave
the country assurance that the tariff
would be so adjusted that the wants
the products of American workshops.
The easing up was at once noticeable,
but the full effect Of the benefit was
not experienced until exports largely
exceeded imports. Then a sense of Sc
curity took the place Of distrust, and
the people ceased to concern them
selves about the gold question. This
state of mind will continue so long as
the Republican party is true to Its ira
ditions and adheres steadfastly to pro
lection, the great trade regulator. AS
long as we impose our tariffs judicious-
ly we need not fear an adverse trade
balance, and while it is In our favor
there will always be plenty of gold in
the country to meet all currency re-
quirements. The lesson of the situa-
ton ought to impress itself on our leg
islators. 1t Is a very simple one. 1t
is: Stick to protection and favorable
trade balances and the money question
will take care Of itself.-San Francisco
Chronicle.
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GEN. DEL Pillar were killed or wound
ed. Gen. Del Pillar was one of the
leaders of the revolution against Spain
and was one of Aguinaldo's ablest sup
porters in the present resistance to
American authority. Prof. Schurman
met him as member of the peace com
mission and rated him as remarka-
bly, clever young man.
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Palsity Of the claim that Protection
Promotes Hiuhsr Prices. fN
1t may be worth while 10 notice two
points made BY Mr.. Bryan in bis
speech In Chicago denoupcing home
trusts. Mr.. Rryan said:
III an article can be produced in
this country as cheaply as It can be
produced abroad. then the trust could
exist without the benefit Of any tariff
at all, although 1t could not extort so
much. No ope can dispute that tar
III law. an impost duty, enables trust
to charge for Its product the price Of
a similar foreign product, plus the tar
M." M ii''a~ iei
The price Of foreign cotton ties be-
fore the Mckinley bill became law
was SLIP bundle. The duty imposed
by this law was $1.03 bundle and the
price Of the American cotton ties, while
the tariff was In force, was 30 cents
and then So cents bundle. There was
no extortion whatever, because the
price was 20 per cent lower under the
law than 1t was before the tariff Of
$1.03 a bundle was imposed on foreign
cotton ties. II Mr.. Bryan's assertion
that no one can deny that a tariff
law, an impost duty, enables trust to
charge for its product the price Of a
similar foreign product. plus the tar
iff," was true, the price Of the Ameri-
can cotton ties would have advanced
to $215 bundle. The Mckinley law
was repealed by the Democratic VIII
on-Gorman law, the tariff OF $1.O3 a
bundle taken Off and cotton ties left
free Of duty. What was the result?
A trust was organized and the price Of
cotton ties was advanced to $1.25 and
then $1,40 bundle, proving In the
most conclusive manner that under
free trade "a trust could and did extort
outrageously without the benefit Of any
tariff at ALL" The price OF soda ash
under free trade was $4S ton. The
Solway Process Company, the only one
in this country making soda ash, and
therefore a monopoly, or American
trust, while the, protective duty was
$5 ton, sold Soda ash at $2S and $40
a ton. This proves there was no ex-
tortion under the American trust, but
that extortion was, shameful under the
foreign trust.-Loulsyille Commercial.
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commander Of Aguin.
a ] d o. S bodyguard.
Gen. Del Pillar fell in
battle with the Amer
lean forces-Thirty-
t h ird Infantry-at
Cervantes. The en-.
gagement lasted four
hours. during which
G a u a N " EtlintnA.
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The Thri ty Y,nkee

The Kennebec Journal tells OF a man
who catches seals, cuts off the noses
and gets the 81 bounty offered BY the
State of Maine, after which he col
lects the tails and hies himself to Mas
sachusetts, where he collects the boun-
ty offered for the tail Of every seal
caught in Massachusetts waters. Then
he returns to the pine tree State to
work the skin into gloves. hats. pocket
books, etc.
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IL is sufficiently plain that tipping Is
nuisance which causes much discom-
fort, but he who undertakes to rid the
world of IT will assume Sisyphean
task. To stop tipping we must te-
form human nature. The only sensi-
BILE, remedy for an acknowledged evil
would be for every person to regulate
his own tipping according TO his own
purse and sense OF justice.
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and high shoulders is hardly remembered.
Women are graceful now and feminine.
They wear. overdresses and do all they
can to ,counteract square shoulders. The
devices to this end are many, but none
is newer than the treatment now given
to the Marie Antoinctte hood. 1t not
only affords n very stylish shoulder drap-
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No one can doubt that the recent eX-
posures of the fleeing methods of the
10 per cent. week syndlcates Will
have an effect upon persons who are
disposed to become separated from
their money on slight provocation. 1t
is altogether likely that in the future a
promise of ~ per cent. Il week will be
demanded before parting with the
coin
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CHANGE OF OUTLINE.
LENGTH, OVAL LINES AND
oRooP'Nc EFFEcrs-
These Are the Thinxs Now Sought
After BY the Fair Ones Who Devote
Themselves to Close Following Of the
Fashions.

uST as the new year
Is commencing, the
fashions have become
settled as to the char
acteristics Of outline
that are TO be culti-
waited. They consti-
tutc a radical change,
and include length in
the line of shoulder,
bust. skirt and sleeve,
oval lines in the face,
and dropping effects
In hair, scarfs and
draperies. Il h n K
what all this means.
Il h grenadier-like
woman of a few sea-
sons ago is gone like
a mist. The perky
person of small waist
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A man advertised for a wife because
he wanted somebody to talk to. He has
found more than Il thousand women
who are willing to take the contract,
but has not yet made up, his mind, pre-
sumably because Of the fear that the
one selected would insist upon talking
TO him.
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A certain magazine publishes two
love poems alleged to have been writ
ten by George Washington. A great
man isn't safe after he is dead, unless
he has destroyed all his papers. III
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1t is reported that cradles are again
coming into fashion. In the upper cir
cles they will probably be used in place
OF the old spinning wheels that have
heretofore been kept on exhibition.
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Whenever there is profit 10 be made
out of public work the temptation to
lie, bribe and steal is often too strong
for the average man to resist, and 1t
has come to pass that many men plead
necessity as excuse or Justification.
They must do wrong or go out of
business. which, Of course, is no excuse
at ALL In this respect business is Cor
ruDt ,ets
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Lsoosed Her Tongue.

"Margery didn't used to be much
of a talker."
"No. but she attended the opera a
great deal last season, and that brought
her out."-Phlladelphi Bulletin.
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A Condition and q rheory.

''The job hunts the mar now, not
the man the job; and where this condi-
ton exists labor is always better re
warded," said President Mckinley.
This is the condition. The Democratic
theory is that labor is being ground
down by the octopus, and needs relief
by the free coinage of silver.-Tacoma
(Wash.) Ledger. f-eA ~ 1~ ,ft
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An Oregon girl set trap for n bear
a few nights ago and caught man in
1t. Now look out for steady advance
in the price of bear traps. FFs
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Unlimited telephone service in Paris
costs only 500 year-but one has to
be able to speak French to get, full ad-
vantage from it.r y ~ IN -,afs.s III
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Chicago may not care for grand op-
era, but as It has municipal pawn
shop in successful operation 1t can't
be denied it's making advancescothe
WAYS
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Choice of Victims.

New drummer can sell big bill Of
goods to any man on earth.
Proprietor-Thats all right, but
don't exert yourself to sell goods to any
man who hasn't got money.
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Free Trade IN the soYtb.

A 500-pound bale of cotton is worth
ago. If the South sticks to free trade
much longer we miss our guess.-Des
Moines Iowa State Register.
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,ss4' s.'' : man d'''f'i9 sN' 'N's ''''s

In England any boy may start cut in
HE with the hope of some day being
made poet laureate.
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West Virginia is twice as large as
Massachusetts, twice as large as Mary
land, and as large as Connecticut,
Rhode Island, Delaware. New Jersey
and Vermont combined.
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-
A sm,ll Marriage Fee.

Squire Durham. of Anderson, Ind
lays claim TO receiving the smallest
marriage fee on record in Indiana. A
couple in poor financial condition called
on him TO be married. The groom said
he was in bad straits. but he wanted to
pay something. so he gave the justice a
cent, all the money he had. '
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Wireless Teiegraphy for Lighthouses
The French navy is said to be in
ssalling a new system of wireless tcleg-
raphy between the lighthouses along
the French coast ftt
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The woman sufrragists contend that
the hand that rocks the cradle would
never stun the ballot box.
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Not Now an Issue.

The tariff Is not now an issue, but
nobody can tell what the Democrats
will do before next election. There are
at present strong indications Of an at
tempt to force the tariff to the front by
taking down the trust issue on the
lines laid down by Bryan, and II that
Is done the testimony of Mr.. Grace as
to the beneficial effects Of protection
will be i4terestlng.-,Findlay (Ohio)
Jeffersonian. ~
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The STORY that Minnesota woman
Dxwned her winters coal/to buy dia-
monds is probably not true.
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A Pennsylvania man is carrying a
silver quarter In his mouth on wager.
With him II is a case of money talks.
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Wanted to Grnmh1e.

"Guess we will have to elect Bryan
next year." said an old Republican the
other day in the Mail Office. "When
we had Democratic President there
were lots Of idle men looking for job.
Why. can't get half help enough to do
my farm work. There's too much pros
perity. Every farmer Is busy day and
night. l have a neighbor. 80 years
old, and he was digging potatoes the
other day, and his wife, aged 75 years,
was helping him. They can't get any
body to help them. l never knew the
time when we couldn't get help. And
everything we have to sell goes like
hot cakes on cold morning." And he
went out grumbling at these good Re-
publican times after paying for three
subscriptions to the Mail. And he had
lots of money left. Mckinley times
suit him all right, but ne wanted to
grumble. that's all.--warren tOhio)'
Mail.
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Al eouuunfnun1ms ~ ~ Unow ehsuid y $780,
pasfn1 y ~ 49, q - suhsrs - nsossaszny Ia
ucatn. bus ss11snns6 = sod faith oa TIE pazt
q ths vzseg Wr>s eny - ens ~ - ths papss, n
oaFteulag sasoful. y svlns uass ~ 1atss 70 hsss
- lst.ss - 1g..es vlsln sad dlqna I4f
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A wise man Is better to his enemies
han a fool IL to bis friends. go 4
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Australian Opal Mining.
Opal mining Is one of the latest Aus.
tralian mineral industries.
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Height of Gibraltar.
The height of the Rock of Gibraltar
is about 1.437 feet.
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The Baroness Burdette- Coutts Is said
to be worth about $4,O0O.O00. and her
income Is set down as being close upon
$500 day. ~
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The Danube Is Not Blu.
The assertion contained in the title of
the famous Strauss waltz. "The Beauti-
full Blue Danube" is not borne out by
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What Senator Daniel Docs Not See.

What Senator Daniel Docs Not See.
II see no encouragement to Demo
Gratis In the recent elections," Is the
concluding sentence of a letter written
to the New York World by John w.
Daniel. United States Senator from
Virginia and leader In the Demo-
cratic party. Right you are, Senator.
There Is no encouragement visible to
Democrats. always excepting the hall
cyon and vocifervus optimist out In Ne
beaska, who sees encouragement for
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GEN. DEL Pillar.
Young Filipino Was One of A gtiinaIdo's
AhIesf Aids

one OF his supporters Of whose SER
vices the Filipino leader has been de-
prlved was Gen. Gregorio Del Pillar
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The Youngstown. Ohio, vindicator
quotes approyingly from the Kansas
City Star, which 1t deslgnates as "a
leading Republican organ Of the West" /"
an article which begins by saying that
1.-THE most demoralizing factor In the
life OF this nation has been the protec-
tive tariff" One of the first things Tor
the Youngstown yindicator to do ts'to
vindicate itself from the aspersion Of
being either foolish or untruthful. An
editor who does not know that the
Kansas City Star. Is and always has
been one Of the most rabid and uncom-
promising Democratic free trade news
papers in the country ought. to abdicate
the shears and paste pot and turn them
over to the office cat.-American Econ
omist. frs ~ r
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Coffee was not known to the Greeks
OF Romans. ag's atV flf-ar' sfjt
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-04-28

Church OF st. John the Baptist
(Kalihi. waepa) - Religious services
,s follows: g am. High Mass, with
sermon aud collection Tor the uS,a'
expenses OF the church; D pm he'
hearsal; 4 pm. Roeary' 90 ;,
Kawaiahao Church. -- III a m1
Sabbath School; II a. M, preaching
by Rev. II. II. Parker; $3.50 p; m,'
Christian Endeavor Society; 1'5o p
M, English service, Rev. Wm' D.
Westeryelt. 81,
Seventh Day Adventist Chapel :.
Located at the end OF Hotel street,
ons block from Punchbowl street.
Services: Saturday Sabbath school,
10 am, preaching, IL am. Tuesday
prayer aud missionary meeting, f'5o
pm. All are welcome. B. L Howe,
pastor.