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Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-20
STANDING OF CITIES.
Change of Positions Effected by In-
 crease of Population.
Evenness of Growth During the Lnst Ten Years Shown by the Re- cent Census-No Change in
 Six Principal Cities.

Whatever the expectations there may have been of radical changes, the fact is now evident that this years federal census, unlike any of the preceding ones, shows an almost uniform increase in the population of American cities and very little change in the relative position of one city to another, compared with the enumer- ation of ten years ago, says the New York Sun.
 Between 1880 and 1890 there were many striking changes in the posi- tion of American cities as to popula- tion. Chicago rose from fourth to second place. Philadelphia fell from second to third. St. Louis and Bos- ton changed places, Boston be- ing the more populous city of the two in 1880 and St. Louis the more Populous in 1890. During the decade, Cleveland rose from eleventh to tenth place, Buffalo from thirteenth to eleventh. Detroit from eighteenth to fifteenth, Minneapolis, thu most surprising change of all, from thirty eighth to eighteenth. St. Paul rose from the forty-ifth place among American cities to the twenty third. On the other hand, Charleston, S. C., fell from thirty-sixth to fifty-third place and Hartford from forty-third to ffty-fourth. Omaha increased from 30,O00 to 139 ,O0O population, and Los Angeles, Cal, from 11,OOO to 5O,- 900.
 So far as the cities are concerned the census of the United States for 1900 is practically complete and shows few of the changes that marked the census of ten years ago. The six chief cities of the country, New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Bos- ton and baltimore, remain in exact ly the same position as ten years ago something unprecedented in the his tory of the country. Two cities, Cleveland and Buffalo, have, by the operation of like causes-the devel- opment of railroad business in con- nection with the lake trade-gained some in position; instead of being ninth and tenth among American cit ies respectively, they are now sev. enth and eighth, and the two cities which exchanged places with them. San Francisco and Cincinnati, occupy ninth and tenth places respectively. Among the ten cities of the United States which were at the head ot the list ten years ago, there is not one which has fallen out of that place.
 Ear eleventh and twelfth place. Pittsburgh and New Orleans have roved. Pittsburgh one point up and New Orleans one point down. The fourteenth place, occupied by Wash inEton ten years aRo. is now taken
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-20

situation. From his youth Ito has hao the reputation of being clever and bright.
 After Gen. T. Saigo disappeared from the arena of politics at the close of the rebellion of 1877, and after the sudden death of Okubo in the follow ing year, Count Ito and other young CT men came to the front. Ito's most important work before this was the building of the first railroad in Japan, In 1874, when he was under secretary of the department of public works.
 In 1881 an imperial edict promised the people a constitution and repre- sentative system of government, to be inaugurated in 1890. Thereupon Count Ito's entire energy was devoted to pre- pairing the constitution and the laws accessory to it. The committee which worked under his direction labored ten years, and at last the constitution, concise and admirable in many re- spects and much praised by western po- itical thinkers, was promulgated amid national rejoicing.
 Prior to this, in 1886, the government was reorganized to prepare itself for the coming change, and Count Ito be- came the premier, assisted by Count fnouye, who occupied the portfolio of foreign affairs. This cabinet did not succeed in it's efforts to execute the treaty revision which had already proved to be the stun bling block to preceding ministries. z.
 A few years following there were sev- eral cabinet changes, caused principally by collisions with the lower house of diet. Then Counts Ito and Inouye came back again to power in 1892.
 This cabinet, with Count Ito as it's premier, and Count Inouye as his chief lieutenant, precipitated Japan into the war with China and they came out of that struggle with many additional laurels.
 The relations of Marquis Ito with his emperor are the very closest. Ito and his followers, representing the young and progressive element of Japan, overthrow the shogun, dragged the emperor out of his puppet-like ex- lstence in the palace of Kioto and made him the real ruler of the country. The Japanese people have the utmost con fdence in Ito and will accord any course he may elect to pursue the most hearty support.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-20

Affairs.)
 The extreme significance of his ap. pointment to the head of affairs at this critical stage.in China becomes more apparent when it is understood that he is an implaeabIe foe of Russia and bitterly opposed to any acquisition of territory by the czar.
 Marquis Ito came prominently to the front during the ChinorJapanese war. He was the high admiral of the Japan ese navy and fought the memorable battle of September 2, 1894, defeating the entire Chinese fleet of 12 vessels and saving his own boats, with one ex- ception, from injury.
 After the war was ove4 he was chosen to make terms with n Hung Chang, admittedly the most adroit statesman of the orient. It was at this stage of the game that Russia began to inter- fere, robbing Japan of the fruits of her victory. Ito has not forgotten the part Russia took at that time, and this thought will likely be uppermost in his attitude in China.
 People of the United States have . kindly remembrance of Count Ito, and those who met him during his visit to this country in 1868 have confidence in his ability to cope with the present
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-20
POPULAR IN JAPAN.
Likado's New Premier Has the
 Common People with Him.
Marquis Ito and the Part He Has Taken In the Rehabtl litation and Advancement of His Ma
 tive Country.

Marquis Ito, head of the new minis try of Japan, is soldier of exceptional courage and resourcefulness and a statesman of the first class. He has been styled the "Bismarck of Japan" and the title is very apt.
 Count Hirobumi Ito represents the the progressive element of Japan. He has traveIed all over the world, study ing constitutions and parliaments, and incidentally picking. uptwhat he could regarding the arts of successful war fare. He is an enthusiastic admirer of the United States and its political and
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-20
CITY MAY BUY COAL MINES.
English MunicipaIitY May in thu Near
 Foture Solve, Sle Cheap
 Fuel Problem.

In 1903 Manchester citizens may work . colliery, says the London Mail. Why not? If the victim of inexorable de- mand notes may be a washhouse pro- prietor, own a park, run his own tram cars, supply himself with water and draw ibkumin ation from his own mains and all at proft-surely he may go deeper afe1d and annex the bowels of the earth.
 Thus argued a member of the Man. chester corporation gas committee. Taking his cue from a wise GIaswegian he has bidden his colleagues to con- slider the question for a month. He has drawn a veil of anouimity around his plan, and until the officials have had time to prepare 1t means to keep 1t as dark as a coal mine.
 This year the Manchester city gas works will use 6oo, eco tons of coal and camel. Already the increasing cost of it has sent gas up three pence per 1000 cubic feet. Of the extra 500 ,ooo times five shillings, say 60 per cent. is clear profit to the mine owner. But coal is dearer as gas Is costlier, and the contri- button of 2 1000 Q year to the city rates out of gas gain is in jeopardy, all of which need not have been if the Manchester rate payer could have been digging his own coal as well as making his own light.
 Those who are of the corporation predict that the project will come tc fruntion and special bargains in coal mines are being looked for. The chie1 rock of offense will be that colliery ex. ploitation is too hazardous and specu. lative . businsss for the public tc touch. To which the anawer is> tE s.1 when you buy coal you pay for all min ing risks, and that citizens pits pro ducing 10000 tons . week woSid pro vide their OVID ipsuran2e
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-20
DEFENSES OF PARIS.
The French Capital Is We'll Guard
 ed by Notifications.
They Are Scarcely Visible to the Cas-
 uaI Observer, So We'll Masked , Are They-The City's Bound. S less Military Stores.

Another German army might get into Paris as did old King Williams men in 1871, but the feat would prob ably be much more difficult of accom- plishment. The traveller who has just returned from visit to the Paris eX- position missed good many things probably. Here are some of them: Seven great forts about the city. eight miles away from it's walls. Nineteen smaller forts four miles out, each con- taining three acres and mounting two 95-ton guns. Great stacks of 100-pound melinite shells ready for these guns to hurl. Twenty-one miles of continu- ous Notifications about the town earthwork walls 150 feet. thick at the base and fronted by 45foot meats. Three hundred supplements along this giant wall for as many 95-ton cannon, kept free from rust in the Cha mps de Mars arsenal and ready to be swung in place at any time. Thir-
 teen barracks, Il great mobilizing de-
 pots-no, you may have seen these or
 some of them, says the Chicago Chronr
 Icle.
 So cleverly are the forts masked by long slopes of green turf and the walls by trees and bushes that one can pass in and out of Paris dozen times and see scarcely trace of its famous forta- fications. The range of the 95-ton guns is over ten miles-some say IA. To work these guns, were every man of the garrisons drafted away, Paris has oDOO trained artillerymen among her reservists. She could man every | gun twice over, garrison all her forts with infantry and reservists and put a l dozen cavalry regiments into the field | for scouting purposes. Such per
 formance no other city on earth could | rival.
 | The Paris railway stations have im- 1 mense acreages of platform space, ex- 1 elusive of arrival and departure quays, which are made long enough to re- l ceive three trains at time Paris has | three circular railways-the inner,
 the outer and the Grand Ceintures- which form a network connecting the
 city and its suburbs. At every 1000
 yards along the inner slope of the l Notifications is a three-story guard
 house. Some 10000 troops could thus | be sheltered within call of all attack
 able points. These guardhouses are | connected by the broad Boulevard Ex-
 terieur. which is, of course, provided
 with tramways.
 Every reservist, whether Parisian
 born or provincial immigrant, has Q
 book containing his number, partic-
 ulars of his service and memoran,
 dunn of the barracks to which he must xepair upon the caling of the reserves
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-20
OF BARBERS

There is quite as much good as bae /nck to be encountered. It is considered very bad luck to set T hunchback in the mirror standing ol nssing back of one. This omen is safe Ib foretell death in the family. # You cannot be too careful about hay. H3 your chin shaved before the mus Mche. If you persist in having the pper lip shaved first you will never, it said, be able to raise good beard. < 4 very bod omen is to have the towe. 1out the, neck drop out before one ii eved. This catastrophe indicates nt one will be cut soon by barberI felessnees.
 Very good luck is invited by the man ko has his shoes polished at the same ne he is being shaved. It may be due EfIy to this superstition that this s~saving device is becoming pop ia . very common belief that for Srber to father the face with sin np stroke of the brush inevita bly TIT bad luck. Many people will sn1v abuse . barber who makes this eke.
 be shaved by red-headed barber. esfeved by many to be sure cure Rheumatism. There are several red Ieti barbers in New York who have E customers for long time on the aRth of this superstition.
 5scomforting to remember tht to be 5entaIly cut twice on the same side Se face in one shaving will insure a1uck for some time. Should this 1Ione Intentionally, however, the N 1s completely lost.
 we'll to remember that if one con TX sits with legs crossed in the @f shop the hair is likely to come rly in life, making man prema
 bald. The habit, which is com one. should therefore be re <a before it is too late.
 @ery dangerous practice is the not on one of using several razors fol fIe. shave. Two razors are allow
 n6 to use more than two ever
 oment fs said to bring very bae
 z{ barber WI sometimes try 1
 <1I if he does not find it shar1
 IT no smother and change to
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-20
A Forest Ramb1e.

< :. stru,s thro' the leafy forest, 5EA rest in the cooling shade
 an oak whose spreading branches < The birdies their home have made: Ho drink of the spicy fragrance <s Which fills all the balmy air, = And list to the tuneful music The wild birds are singing there. What brush can portray the picturet E What artist can paint the scene? Whe trees in their lofty grandeur . * Like giants in robes of green,
 sHn .ss p1.I archwsy of leaves o:erhead, fmd now'rs in their beauty border
 1he way which our footsteps tread. k1u haunts where the wild birds whistle F To rambIe in summertime,
 knd list to the cheery carols, AS clear as the bells sweet chime; EsVVe look at the skies above us,
 The spirit grows strangely calm, E<AH grief for the time forgotten,
 zssTbere comes to the heart balm
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-20
Rickled ArfichnEaa

Rub of the outer skin with . coarse towel, and lay the artichokes in salt water for a day, drain and pour over them cold spiced vinegar, adding teaspoonful of horseradish to each jar. Home Magazine.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-20
Spider Web Furnfshes silk.

A ferocious female spider of Mada- gascar-the halabe-is noted for the silk filamsnt that exudes from it's body. The thread is extremely thin, yet very strong. One of the most wonderful ex- hibits at the Paris exposition is com; plete set of bed curtains made from the silk of the halabe.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-20
The snee.e-wood Tree,

A curiosity in South Africa is the "sneezewood" tree. When a person is sawing it the fine dust causes sneezing, and blaming it has the same effect, but to lesser degree. No insect or worm will touch it.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-20
Keeping Ant. at . D1. .t.nce

Ants will leave closets where sea sand is sprinkled or where oyster shells are laid. They dislike iron. If you raise your sugar barrel upon piece of iron no ants will enter the barrel. Place your cracker box upon a piece of iron; no ants will enter there.- Chicago Chronicle.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-20
Rare Honor for . Soldier.

A Parisian street is to be named after Maj. Narchand, the hero of Fash oda. This is an honor rarely accorded in Paris to a hvirD man.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-10-16
A GOOD THING.

There's one good thing when they feel
dry.
That business men cannot pass by,
For far and wide it's fame you hear
They stop to drink of Rainier" beer
On draught or in bottle at Criterion
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-10-16
lives OF THE CANDIDATES
CAREER OF JAMES d. LEWIS OF
HILO.
F. W. Beckley the Independent Home
Rule Candidate from Molokai-Bio-
graphies of Prospective Legislators.

James d. Lewis, one Of the Republi-
can candidates for the House of Repre-
sentatives from the first, or Hilo Dis
trict, was born in Honolulu, May 20,
1862. His father was James l.. Lewis,
and his mother, the late Mrs Aud who
died but short time ago.
He was educated at Punahou college,
and after leaving school began the
work of life with William Austin, on
the government wharf, remaining with
Mr.. Austin for five years. He then
started in for himself as a plantation
carpenter, and held that position for
several years on different plantations.
He has been in Hilo for the past ten
years as a contractor and builder, his
speciality being bridge building He has
built number of important bridges on
Hawaii.
In 1889 he married Miss Annie KAPPA
of Hilo.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-10-16
FOR SALE!

One ~ GOLDEN GATE Rock Crush
er No. complete, with IL H. P. Port
able Boiler and Engine, Elevator and
Buckets.
One "a Burnley Drill complete with
40 H. P. Boiler, Air Compressor. Etc.
One ~ Set FOWLER Steam Plows "a
gang) and full assortment of spare
parts.
Three (S) ESQ H. P. STIRLING Boil
ers.
Two (2) Sets GREENS Fuel Econo-
misers.
Two (2) wORTHINGTON High Duty
Steam Pumping Engines. Capacity, 5
million gallons per "a hours, against a
total head of APO feet.
One ~ 14x15x10 Duplex Pump. Cap
acity, 2h million gallons per "a hours.
One ~ 41zx2 %x4 Pump.
Two (2) 6 inch Centrifugal Pumps.
One ~ 8 inch Centrifugal Pump.
One ~ 7x9 Horizontal Slide Valve
Engine, Complete.
One ~ rs H. P. Upright Tubular
Boiler.
One ~ 71kx5xs Duplex Pump.
One ~ Donkey Engine.
One "a so H. P. Horizontal Boiler &
Feed Water Pump.
One ~ Donkey Engine. Double Cylin-
ders. A fine one.
One a. 10x12 Horizontal High Speed
Engine. Automatic Cutoff.
One ~ "a in. Hollow Spindle DODGE
& SIMPLIFY Lathe.
Also California Mules in fine order.
PORTLAND Cement.
Steel 7 Rails rs lbs. and 20 lbs.
Large lot Of second hand Picks.
Shovels, Hoes. and Tools.
r. r. Tamping Bars.
One "a BALDWIN Locomotives pr
Drivers, foot Guage.
Five co. Is Ton Flat Cars. 3 foot
Twelve u2) 8 Ton Flat Cars. 3 foot
Forty-six N0 Cane Cars. ) foot
One ID HOWE r. r. Track Scale.
One ID Platform Scale 36x41.
Two (2) Platform Scale 23x32.
One "a Stump Fuller.
Dump Wagons. s
Dump Carts.
Spring Wagons.
Balm Wagons.
Lumber Wagons.
Road Scrapers.
Lot Pillow Harness.
G. Brewer & Co., Ltd
] QUEEN STREE
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-10-16
WANTED.

Thirty men. Hackmen for Hawaiian
Automobile Co. Intelligent men, Of
steady habits, with good references, on
ly required. knowledge of streets a
necessity; young men preferable. Pre-
liminary instruction in training school
given while under salary. Uniforms
furnished at cost--good wages-Apply
in person to Manager H. A. Co., at Ra-
pid Transit Co., office All Fort ST., be-
tween and 1920 or by mail Box 536.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-10-16
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
waIaIua Agricultural Co., Limited.

Assessments have been called on the
assessable stock of this company as to
become due and payable at the office
OF Castle & Cooke, Ltd, on
July i6. 1900, 10 per cent $50 per
share); delinquent August 16, 1900.
September Is. 1900. 10 per cent (s1O per
share); delinquent October 15, 1900.
October 80, 1900. 10 per cent $50 per
share); delinquent November 80. 1900.
w. A. BOWEN.
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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-10-16
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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-10-16
LOST.

Draft No. GAS, drawn on Alexander &
Baldwin by Hawaiian Sugar Company,
in favor of 1. d. Creamy for $3.50 has
been lost and all persons are cautioned
against negotiating same.
ALEXANDER & BALDWIN.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-10-16
TIME TABLE
1900
Hawaiian NAVIGATION COMPANY.

Gasoline Steamer Surprise will leave
Honolulu, alternate Tuesdays and FRI
days. calling at Lahaina, Kihei. Ma
kena, and all Kona ports.
PASSENGERS AND FREIGHT.
Returning, will call at all Kona portE,
Maizena, and Lahaina, alternating with
Inter-Island Steamer Mauna Loa, thus
giving merchants the advantage Of i've
day trips to Kona.
Leaving Honolulu az follows;
Tuesday ...Aug. z Tuesday ...Oct. -
Friday ....Aug. II Friday ....Nov. 9
Tuesday Aug. % Tuesday NOV. e
Friday ....Sept. Friday ....Nov. 80
Tuesday Sept. IS Tuesday ...Dec. II
Friday ....Sept. 2S Friday ....Dec. u
Tuesday ...Oct. Q Tuesday ...Jan. ]
Friday ....oct. 10 80. s...s ss'oSMHs
Eclipse sails from Honolulu as soon
as possible after arrival, for Kauai
ports, Nawiliwili. Koloa. Eleele, Hama
pepe, Makaweli, Waimea and Kekaha.
The vessels carry freight and passen-
gers, and insure quick dispatch.
For further information apply to the
agents.
NJ. W. MCHESNEY & SONS,
Queen Street. Honol''-.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-10-16

F. w. Beckley, the Independent Home
Rule candidate for the House of Re-
personalities, popularity known among
the native Hawaiians as Kahapula, was
born in Honolulu, May Z, 1874. Being
of mixed Hawaiian blood his lineage on
one side was an Ali and on the other
direct descendant of the blue blood
of old England. He received his early
education at st. Louis College, later
taking a manual course at Kameha-
meha, finishing which, he entered Oahu
College completing his education later
abroad. At the age of seventeen he en-
tered the government service as Ha-
waian interpreter to the higher courts
leaving it on the downfall of the mon
archy on account of the oath of the
newly created Provisional Government
and being a young man of independent
views and means he felt 1t then to be
against the dictates of his own con-
science to affiliate with what he then
considered usurpers. Later under the
late Republic he was employed in the
Registry office for nearly two years re-
vising indexes to property conveyances
without being requested to take the re-
quired oath and still later in other bu-
reaus of the government even so far as
occasionally Interpreting before the
courts when they requested his ser
vices. He was an ardent student of
militia, joining the National Guard up
on a soldiers oath for one year and was
elected as a commissioned officer
but failing in health he resigned after
five months service without taking the
oath of allegiance. Entering mercan-
tile business his health again failed
him after two years. He then removed
to his country ranch of several thou
sand acres on Molokai where he has
since been living with his family and
where a few months ago he was COM
missioned as Federal Census Agent for
his island. His nomination as an indie
pendent candidate for the House of
Representatives was, it is said, the out
come of the popular outburst of en-
thusiasm and wish of the people of his
own island and the general request OF
the eligible voters of Maui and Lanai.
He is out for good legislation with the
interests of the country and people at
heart, irrespective of political differ
ences, and the unanimous support OF
the Independent Home Rule Party.
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