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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-19
LEGISLATURE AND STATEHOOD.

Representative Emmeluth spoke sens
IDLY when he pointed out to the Home
Rule party that Hawaii's claim upon
the dignity of Statehood will not rest
upon a party name, which may be put
on and off as easily as coat, but upon
the capacity for self-government shown
by the people who control our legisla-
ton.
We do not agree, of course, that there
Is a prospect of Statehood until the
population has quadrupled and changed
in its racial character; but if there were
such a prospect it is true, as Mr. En-
meluth says, that the present Legisla-
ture would wreck it. 1t will yet ap-
pear that the record of the Legisla-
ture, particularly as regards the ques-
ton of passing laws for public rev.
enue, has been a harder blow to the
citizenship of Hawaiians than any in
f1uence that has been directly brought
against it. livery civilized State looks
after the question of revenue first.
That is the subject which engages the
most thoughtful minds and tests the
intellectual capacity of lawmakers.
But in Hawaii the process is reversed.
The only things that have interested
the Legislature in a session now nearly
at an end are vaccination and taxes on
female dogs, cinch bills, corrupt fran
chises and private jobs. Revenue, be-
yond propositions to waste it, has not
been touched, principally, it is said. so
that the noble band of legislators may
compel an extra session for the sake of
the salaries and the little steals. Then
the Revenue bills will be reached as an
after-consideration.
Is any Hawaiian credulous enough to
think that people that will submit to
be represented in a Legislature by such
band of chattering incapables as is
the one which is masquerading in the
Government buildings, can make a
persuasive appeal for Statehood? If
the revelations of the census were not
enough to kill the project the history of
the first Hawaiian Legislature would
do so. 1t would only be necessary to
lay before Congress an exact trans
cript of Legislative proceedings-th
senseless speeches, the childish bills.
the immaterial debates, the dawdling
methods, the puerile politics. the half
d1gested measures, the evidence of
utter failure to comprehend the duties
of law-making for the common good
only necessary, we say. to acauaint
Congress with these things to turn Ha-
wallis claim of Statehood into a farce
or football
Yes, Emmeluth is right It must be
deeds not words, achievements not pre-
tence, honesty not humbug. that will
induce Congress, in case Statehood is
possible at all, to bestow the great
prize.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-19
THE FREE LUNCH SCANDAL.

II the Legislature is still in the moot
to investigate itself why not take VI
1.-The free lunch scandal and get to tn
bottom of it?
The suspicious circumstances have
ibeen published in the Advertiser. u :
.ha d,+v of the Legislature to ferre
out the discriminating facts II any ca
,a+ n,,nisb those who are guilty ane
free those who are innocent from sus
,;o, The dutv also resides with the
Grand Jury. but that does not Tree the
u;s,.+,,ra from responsibility.
THE Advertiser can prove that MI
.,a y;ctuaIler. has said in the
uasa,ca of witnesses that certain mem
,ars of the Legislature regularly get
+beir lunches at his place, leaving
tickets in exchange that are casheo DIT
Intervals by Representatives Premier
cast and Mossman; that these two men
90 for govern the expenditure of the
Legislative feeders as to limit IL 10 d
certain sum. showing, thereby, that
they do not act as disbursing officers
for the men who incur the bills, but for
somebody else who has agreed to pay
them up to a certain limit.
Who is the somebody else? VINO Is
the hidden philanthropist? This Is a
question for the Legislature to ask
and Mossman and the free
lunch crowd generally; for it goes with
ont the saying that if an outsider IS
feeding legislators he expects to get his
money hack in some form of legislation
and has probably go, pledge to that
effect.
We suggest a method of procedure
Call Note TO the WIlISsS oeeAAiN NhANA o.
the names of the free lunchers. Com
pare those names with the roster OF
the men who voted for the first Tram
way franchise, who voted against tab
ling it, who voted to take it off the
table, who voted for the substitute
Tramway bill and who voted against
tabling that measure in turn. If the
names are the same, put Prendergast,
Mossman and Pain on the stand and
squeeze them until the truth comes out
of their pores The squeeze will have
to be pretty tight.
Now what does this virtuous Legisia-
ture propose to do about it?
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-19

The Board of Health cannot be too
stringent in its measures to safeguard
Honolulu from the deadly disease which
now fingers at its doors. Time was
when an epidemic of smallpox killed
5000 persons in Hawaii and two more
fatal incursions of the malady follow
ed. The population of Hawaii is three
times what it was then, and includes
over $4,000 Asiatics who are as much
opposed to vaccination as are the
more ignorant Hawaiians in and out
of the Legislature. Should smallpox
start in here now, and find its way to
the plantations, the death rate might
be appalling.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-19

1t is pleasing to note as a matter of
variety that the bill comforting fran
chise rights upon the Hawaiian Fuel
Gas Company, contains this clause:
Sec 10. And It is further provided:
That the said W. W. Dimond shall pay
into the office of the Treasurer of the
Territory C Hawaii, on the first day of
July of each year, five per cent of the net
receipts from all gas furnished to con-
sumers. &.
That means a fair rental for the use
of the streets and any franchise bill
that does not contain such a clause
should neither be passed by the Legis-
lature nor signed by the Executive.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-19

If Mr.. Akiyama had had his way in
1897 there would have been war be-
tween the United States and Japan
over Hawaii. He did his best to make
trouble Fortunately his Government
was more discreet than he, and now
for the second time, he shows his dis
pleasure over the fact by trying to
commit suicide. His mental character
istics show that Japan took an ex
IRENE risk when it entrusted Akiyama
with diplomatic powers.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-19

Each issue of the Paradise of the Pa
cific exceeds the beauty of the previous
one. The current number, published
yesterday, has for a frontispiece in
blue half-tone a perfect picture of a
Towering tree in a Honolulu dooryard.
Other fine examples of the engraving
and Photographic art are pictures of
the lei women and of growing coffee.
AS usual the articles are interesting and
chosen with excellent judgment.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-19

Fears of an outbreak of war in the
Orient viii be quieted by Minister
Congers statement made last night to
the Advertiser, that Russia and ia
pan have reached a better understand
ing. Few people know the politics of
the Far East better than Minister Con-
ger, and his assurance of probable
peace carries conviction.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-19

Wah-tah- Waso, alias Bright Eyes
the Penobscot Indian girl who is soon
to enter Harvard University is 20 years
old. beauty and the protege of a man
who knows that one of her ancestors
saved the life OF one of his forefathers
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-19

If the planters will bring some ne
groes to Hawaii, all right. But hereto
fore they have been importing niggers.
The daily sentinel., 1901-01-10
PUT II IN
YOUR DIARY

PUT II IN
YOUR DIARY
That "The Boston Shoe Store" has
given you the best values in foot
wear for your money during the
past year, and think Of it every
time you need now footwear in
1901.
THE BOSTON SHOE STORE.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-06-28
LIFE.

The poets exclamation 80 Life ! /
feel thee bounding in my veins," is a
joyous one. Persons that can rarely
or never make it, in honesty to them
selves, are among the most unfortu-
nate. They do not Hve, but e.xist; for
to Hue implies more than to be. To
live is to be we'll and strong-to arise
feeling equal to the ordinary duties OF
the day, and to retire not overcome by
them-to feel life bounding in the veins.
A medicine that has made thousands
of people, men and women, well and
strong, has accomplished great work,
bestowing the richest blessings, and
that medicine is Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The weak, rundown, or debilitated,
from any cause, should not fail to take
it. 1t builds up the whole system,
changes existence into life, and makes
life more abounding. We are glad to
say these words in its favor to the
readers Of our columns.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-06-28

in digging through the pockets of that
suit found two twenties and ten
that you'd overlooked. The bills were
in an inside pocket of the vest.
missed that money when We were at
the beach, bot thought I'd lost it,
and so didn't say any thing about it to
you. Well seeing that you'd overlooked
all that real sure enough money" con-
cluded Mr. Jobson, with crafty smile,
II thought you were entitled to a good
time out of it, anyhow, and"
Mrs. Jobson's face during the recital
was study.
"Well", she said calmly, when Mr..
Jobson hesitated in his enjoyment of
the situation, II have had a perfectly
lovely time and have no complaint
to make. But those two twenties and
the ten were the money you gave me
to put in bank the day before yester-
nay. didn'ttgo to the bank, because
it was raining too hard, and I put 'em
in that vest for safe keeping."-Wash-
ington Star.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-06-28
5elrft MisfrlIuuq.
Mr.. Jobson's Generosity.

At noon the other day Mrs. Jobson
received, per messenger boy. large,
fragrant bunch of double violets, with
Mr.. Jobson's calling card attached
thereto, and his affectionate felicita-
tions scrawled on the back of the
card.
Mrs. Jobson couldn't understand it,
She turned the violets upside down
and side ways, and studied them from
all points of view. Then she scrutin-
lied the card as if were written in
Arabic and the job of translating it
was difficult and slow.
"Violets!" said she to herself, won
deringlv. "And from Mr. Jobson!
Let me recall how many years it has
been"
But she couldn't recall.
81 wonder if there's anything the
mattel?' she mused "Violets! And
from Mr.. Jobsonl
Another messenger boy rang ihe
bell about three o'clock and handed
Mrs. Jobson a two-pound box of
chocolate creams, nicely done up.
Resting on top Of the candies was Mr..
Jobson's calling card, his afiectionate
fluctuations scrawlcd on the back of
the card.
Mrs. Jobson, fiustered 10y the receipt
Of the violets, was now completely
flabbergasted.
"There's something wrong; I'm sure
there ISL she said to herself, excitedly.
1T can't be that he's DR.? No, this
is out of the question! Perhaps though
bis mind is wandering little-he was
tlighty when he had that return OF the
grip in December. What can the mat
ter be? If he has become little
tiighty again as the result of the grip,
maybe his tlightiness has taken the
form of the 'delrium of grandeur that
| was reading about somewhere not
long ago. do wish that he'd come
home, so that could put him to bed
add put a mustard plaster on him and
send for the doctor. Goodness gra.
c;"us me, there surely is something
wrong!'
Thus Mrs. Jobson worked herself
up to high pitch of nervousness.
Eiolets and candies from her husband,
all in one day! 1t was all very de-
lightful-but it was too delightful.
Mrs. .Jobson had forcboding of trouble.
However, she put on her prettiest tea
grown, pinned the violets thereto, and
waited anxiously for Mr. Jobson's ia
miliar step.
Mr.. Jobson not home at the usual
hour. He wore an expression Of be-
nightly as he entered the vestibule,
where Mrs. Jobson, in saluting him
found out that he had not drank a
drop.
why, you dear old extravagant
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-06-28
TWO HEAVYWEIGHT
CHILDREN.
.NeW York Sun.

Two of the most remarkable child
rem in the matter of size, so far as
known, reside at Elk Garden, W. Va.
They are Lillian c. and Herbert S.
Coleman, children of Benjamin and
Zilpah Coleman, and although neither
is 10 years old, their combined weight
is 2671 pounds. Lillian, aged years,
weighs 1881 pounds, while the S-year-
old boys weighs l2s pounds, The
girl is feet 9 inches tall and her bust
measures IS inches, while her brother
is feet 4 inches high, with bust
measure of 35a inches. The parents
are of medium size and have daugh-
ter, aged II years, who weighs the
same number of pounds as her S-year-
old brother. Both children are we'll
advanced in their school studies and
are of cheerful disposition.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-06-28
VOL. 10
The PEOPLE knew HIM.
(Beass.s Plaster is PAINS Master.)

George Washington made and sold flour,
and every barrel of -four in the market
branded &c. Washington, Mount Vernon"
sold without delay. No question was ever
raised as to quality or weight.
Benson's Porous Plaster sells on its repu-
tation everywhere. AL the buyer wants to
be certain of is that the plaster offered him
really is Benson's, and not worthless imi-
tation of it or substitute for it.
A plaster is the best form of external REM
edy, and Benson's is the best plaster; 5000
physicians and druggists, and multitude
Of people no man can number. have settled
that. ''You can trust it," they say.
Coughs, colds, lame back, lumbago, mus
cular stiffness and rheumatism. troubles of
the liver and kidneys, influenza or grip,
pneumonia, and all other diseases open tc
external treatment, are at once relieved and
cured by Benson's Plaster.
Do not assume that Belladonna. Capsi-
cum or s -rengthening plasters are ''just as
good as" Benson's. They are vastly in
ferior.-No other plaster is as good as
Benso son's.
In competition with the best-known
plasters of Europe and America, BensoD's
have received .tJty.fue highest aoavds.
For sale by all druggists or we viii pre-
paw postage on any number ordered in the
United States, on receipt of 25c. each.
Seabury & johnson, Mfg. Chemists, NY
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-06-28
THE LEATHER BELT, AND
NOT TIE DIET.

Men are going about miserable
scores of them-and are tracing the
trouble to something they have eaten.
They are telling sad stories to doctors
and the nearest druggist, and these
are busy handing out summer CON-
plant specifics. Meantime, cucum-
bers, tomatoes, ice-cream, lemonade
and score of other edibles and drink
ables are having their virtues impugn-
ed wherever these sufferers meet to
tell their mutual woes.
Now comes a new theory advanced
by physician that the cause of much
of this suffering can be traced, not to
what has been indulged in as food or
drink, but to the leather belt which
mankind substitutes for suspenders
when still the warm period is in its
infancy. Belts are comfortable, but
the doctor reformer has it that they
are indigestible-at least, in effect.
The idea is that a narrow belt tightly
drawn about the waist interferes with
the functions of the digestive appara-
tus, and that i'll effects from wearing
them have been becoming more ap-
parent as the fashions in belts have
prescribed that they be narrow.
Mr.. Man enjoys hearty luncheon,
and half hour later feels a pain in
the region Of the hypogastrium. He at
once runs through the list of what he
has eaten and sezes on some one thing
to blame for his discontinue, never
thinking that his belt is the cause of
the trouble. As matter of fact, says
the doctor, the pain is nothing more
than a protest from the abdominal
muscles at the unusual restraint which
is interfering with their post-prandial
occupation. The doctor asserts that
should the sufferer have loosened his
belt after his meal, his stomach would
have taken no more offense than it
did in the winter season, when he
mingled mock turtle soup, mince pie
and rarebit. The doctor advises man.
kind to unbelt and be happy.
Mamma-Never put off until to-
morrow what you can do to-day.
Johnnie-Well, then, Ill eat the
rest OF the pie now.-Baltimore
World.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-06-28

Reports have just reached here OF
the extraordinary successful results of
the German exploration party on the
site Of ancient Babylon.
DR.. Koldewey, the leader of the ex-
pedition, declares that the description
of the city by Herodotus is right in
the main facts, but quite wrong as to
its extent.
According to Herodotus, Babylon
was as large as Paris, London and
Berlin combined. As matter of fact
its real dimensions were equal to
about one-fifth of the superficial area
of London.
The walls of Babylon, Herodotus
says, were Of enormous size and thick
ness. This is not 80, as the German
archaeologist have proved.
The principal town was on the left
bank of the Euphrates. 1t was built
in the form of a triangle, the sides of
which measured Al, 81 and ST kilo-
meters. 1t was surrounded by still
traceable wall. The diameter of the
city was about Is kilometers.
Much excavation has been accom-.
plished, with the happiest result.
Several buildings have been unearthed
which are easily located in the Bible.
One of these is the Kasr, or palace OF
Nebuchadnezzar. This is identical
with the Schuana of ancient script
ures. The New Years day process
sion for the temple of Markad formed
from this point, and the king was
obliged to accompany it on pain Of the
forfeiture of his throne.
The principal Babylonian temple,
Amran, identical with the Egasila of
the scriptures, has also been discovered
on the road between Egasila and the
citadel or palace Of Schuana, called
Ai-Bur-Shabon.
Imgur.Bel and Nlmiti Bel, the great
Durani of Babylon, are not walls, as
has been thought, but bastions.
The Babylon of the Bible is dis
tinctly not the city, but the fortified
palace or citadel of Nebuchad-
nezzar.
The hill Babil is probably the ruins
of the celebrated hanging gardens Of
Semiramis. The tower of Babylon
probably stood near the temple OF
Marduk, on the spot now known as
the hill Sikkurat.
Many extremely interesting finds
have been made proving the extraor.
dinary richness, elaboration and
plentitude of detail of the decoration
of the palace.
Certain reconstruction and restora.
tion will be reverently carried out
under the direction of DR.. Koldewey
who expects to be many years at
work.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-06-28
1luetry,
WHATEVER ISIS BEST.

knw as my life grows older.
And my eyes have clearer sight.
That under each rank wrong, somewhere
There lies the root of Right;
That each sorrow has its purpose.
By the sorrowing oft unguessed.
But as sure as the sun brings morning,
Whatever isis best.
know that each sinful action,
As sure as the night brings shade.
Is somewhere, sometimes punished,
Tho the hour be long delayed.
l know that the soul is aided
Sometimes by the hearts unrest,
And to grow means often to suffer
But whatever isis best.
l know there are ne errors
In the great eternal plan,
And all things work together
For the final good of man.
And l know when my soul speeds onward
In its grand eternal quest,
shall say, as look back earthward.
Whatever isis best.
Ella Wheeler Wilcor.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-06-28
CHAPTER 332.

AN ACT to amend section four, of Ar
ticle ,, Of the Constitution Of this
State.
SErcloN l. B: it enactud by the Cen
eral 44ssemLy Of Ma y'and. (three:lifths
of all the members of the two Houses
concurring,) That the following sec
ton be and the same is hereby pro-
posed as an amendment to the Consti-
tuition of this State, and if not adopted
by the legal and qualified voters there
of as herein provided, said section
shall supersede and stand in the place
and instead of section four of Article
3, of said Constitution
SECTION 4. AS soon as may be after
the taking and publishing of the Ma
tional Census of 1900, or after the
enumeration Of the population of this
State, under the authority thereof,
there shall be made an apportionment
of representation in the House of Del
egates, to be made on the following
basis, to wit: Each of the several
counties of the State, having a popu-
lation OF eighteen thousand souls or
less, shall be ent tied to two delegates;
and every county having population
of over eighteen Thousand and less
than twcnty-cight thousand souls, shall
be entitled to three delegates; and
every county having a population of
twenty eight thousand and less than
forty thousand souls; shall be entitled
to four delegates; and every county
having a population Of forty thousand
and less than tiity-fivc thousand souls,
shall be entitled to five delegates and
every county having a population Of
fifty five thousand souls and upwards,
shall be entitled TO six delegate and
no more and each of the four le9isla-
tive districts of the City Of Baltimore
shall be entitled to the number of del
egates to which the largest county
shall or may be entitled under the
aforegoing apportionment, and the
General Assembly shall have the pow
er to provide 10y law, from time to
time, for altering and changing the
boundaries of the existing legislative
districts of the City of Baltimore, so
as to make them as near as may be of
equal population; but said district
sh Ill consist of CONT guous territory.
SEC 2. And be II. f"'th"r enacted hy tie
authority aJoresaM. That the said
foregoing section hereby proposed as
an amendment to the Constitution,
shall, at the next election for members
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-06-28
RELICS.

A little bcx with tear-stained lid
Beneath which sacred things lie hid
And often when the twilights gloom
Paints memory faces Ger the room,
l leave the world of toll and care,
And seated in the old arm chair,
l ope the lid and fondly gaze
Upon the things of other DAYS
little box with tear-stained lid
Be meath " hch sacred things are hid.
little shoe out at the toe
All little boy, loved you 50!
A tiny cap with upturned brim
That eloQuently speaks of bim-
These. these are treasures laid away
70 gaze upon at close of day.
A little box with tear-stained lid
Beneath which sacred thins Are hid,
A broken toy. top. q whip.
crippled OK from Noah's ship
A tiny stocking-all the wealth
That men secure by work or stealth
Would not suffice to buy from me
One thing cpe the lid to gee.
A little box with tear-stained lid
Beneath which sacred things are hid,
As long as Deaths dark angel roams
Ts lay blight on happy homes.
Full many a box will hide away
The relics Of happier day;
And when the evening echoes call
Upon their lid hot tears will fall.
Omaha Wo,ld-Herdld