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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-04-18
gal luminarles from the capital of the
Territory of Hawaii.

gal luminarles from the capital of the
Territory of Hawaii.
Your committee finds, on page - Hf
the Chief Justices report above
ferred to- the following Statement
But has not the time come VII
terms should be held in those cilcu IS
only at Wailuku and Hilo respectivel
as a saving of time and expense t.
parties. jurors, witnesses, ETC., etc?'
The committee submits the follow
ing consideration to your honorable
body in favor of Lahaina keeping the
first seat of justice on the Island of
Maui:
1t must be remembered that the
town of Lahaina was the first in timc
to hold the seat of the Second Judicial
Circuit ever since the year 1859 (wbcn
the first Civil Code was codiiied) and
Lahaina had the honor of holding it
for period of forty-two years.
Wailuku, the next seat of justice, as
far as the Circuit Court is concerned,
has been created only twenty
years.
1t seems to your committee that the
right to hold the first seat Of justice
on the Island of Maui is vested in the
town of Lahaina.
There in the district of Lahaina is
the high school of Lahainaluna. Let
the first seats of justice and wisdom
on the Island of Maui go hand in hand,
| keeping faces together, now and on
ward. 1t was at the town of LahatIia,
| in the year 1910, that the first trumpet
! of liberty was sounded and heTalded
throughout the Islands of Hawaii-nei
| When the first written constitution, or
declaration of rights, was framed,
marking a new era in the progress of
| the Hawaiian nation. 1t was also there
the highest branches of education in
the Hawaiian language had been
taught by the good old missionary
| fathers, whose memories are ever
| fresh in the minds of some of the
honorable members now in the Senate
and the House of Representatives
Lahaina can be justly called the birth
place of American liberty and freedom,
and the home of the best and we'll ed.
ucated Hawaiians throughout the
whole group from Hawaii to Kauai
| 1t seems to your committee that On
account of good roads from Wailul1u
| to Lahaina, and also from the east
ern portion of Maui render the travel
from Wailuku to West Maui or La
haina less expensive now to parties
| interested in court matters than they
were ten years ago.
Your committee does not remember
at all of seeing a petition from the
people of East Maui to the Senate,
asking for the change as proposed in
the bill. Your committee thinks that
it is far better not to disturb the pres
ent seats of justice on the Island of
Maui, and consequently does not rec
ommend the passage of this amend
ment.
The third, fourth and fifth amend
ments of Section 1 of the bill, and also
Section amending Section 33 of Chap
ter LVII of the Session Laws of 1892,
your committee recommends its pas
sage. with the following amendment to
paragraph of Section ! to read a.
follows:
"In the Second Circuit at Wailu'
on the Island of Maui, on the n
Wednesday of April, and at Lab TO
on the Island of Maui, on the 80 %;
November"
| WILLIAM WHITE
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-04-18

Mr.. Atkinson as chief of the Board
of Education has not his equal here
His intense knowledge of the Hawaii
ans, teachers and pupils alike, and his
superior intelligence in regard to
school matters make him .eminently
fitted for the position. He also IA
vors the employment of Hawaiians, as
can be seen from the pay roll of his
department.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-04-18

High Sheriff Brown is to all inten-
tional purposes Hawaiian, and from
Puma to NIihau he always endeavors
to place Hawaiians in Office. Here in
Honolulu we laugh at him occasionally
but all parties. irrespective of poll
tics, admire him for his energy and
for the excellent manner in which he
conducts his department.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-04-18

And so we could go on, but we have
no favors to ask except that the Sen
ators will act in accord with the will
Of the people and not run away with
the idea that the appointing power is
in the hands of the legislative body.
OF course we want Kaulia as Attorney
General!
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-04-18

doubt that a wise Legislature will
adopt that limit. There is no reason
to stop at RicharLs street Between
Richards and Punchbowl streets there
are very few residences, and the quick
er the building of shacls is done away
with the better it will be for the prop
erty holders.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-04-18

The Attorney General has shown
great ability and has always been cor
sderate and courteous in the PEI
formance of his difficult task. and he
is entitled to the consent" of the
Senate.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-04-18

Mr.. Lansing, the Treasurer, has had
a very hard row to hoe. An empty
treasury is not plaything. and the
unsotisfied creditors are apt to blame
the Treasurer instead of cursing those
who emptied the treasury.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-04-18

We were pleased to see that Mr.
w. M. Giffard supports the extension
of the fire limits to Punchbowl street,
and that he was supported in his pol
icy by Mr.. w. G. Irwin. The Indepen-
dent has advocated the making of
Alapai street as the boundary toward
the Waikiki side. Punchbowl street
is perhaps sufficient, and we have no
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-04-18
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

A correspondent calls our attention
to the fact that when the minor bill"
goes into effect the bell boys and sew
eral bellies" now working at hotels
will have to clear out. Representative
Hoogs didn't know how much trouble
his little bill would cost to many a
hard working young boy or girl.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-04-25
Marvellous Chicken Legs

The mechanism Of the leg and foot Of
a chicken or other bird that roosts on a
limb is q marvel of design. 1t often
seems strange that bird will sit on a
roost and sleep all night without fall
ing off, but the explanation is perfectly
simple. The tendon of the leg of bird
that roosts is so arranged that when
the leg is bent at the knee the claws
are bound to contract and thus hold
with a sort of death grip the limb
around which they are placed. Put a
chickens feet on your wrist and then
make the bird sit down, and you will
have a practical illustration on your
skin that you will remember for some
time. BY this singular arrangement,
seen only in such birds as roost, they
will rest comfortably and never think
of holding on, for it is impossible for
them to let go till they stand up.-Pres-
byterian-
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-04-25
Tit For Tat.

The diners at a popular New York
restaurant are said to have had the
privilege of witnessing an amusing lit
tie incident one evening not long ago.
An Anglicized young man seated
himself at a table at which there was
only one other person. Il writer well
known throughout the country, but
evidently Il stranger to the newcomer.
The writer IS a man whose dress is
always fastidiously neat, but by no
means fashionable in cut or expensive
in material. When the young man took
his seat, the writer glanced up at him
and seeing that it was no one whom
he knew, returned to his study of the
bill Of fare.
The YOUNG -I-...s.uitffy placed his
monocle in his eye, and. screwing up
his face to keep the glass in position,
treated the other guest at the table to
q prolonged stare.
The stare ended abruptly, however,
for suddenly the writer looked up
Quick as thought he seized an empty
tumbler and. applying it to his right
eye. stared gravely through its bottom
at his yis-a-vis.
The monccle was dropped in a very
few seconds. and then the tumbler was
replaced on the table. But the young
Anglomaniac's face was crimson,
while that of the writer remained
grave and unmoved, and through the
dining room rustled the sound of some
thing that suggested repressed merri-
ment
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-04-25
Preventing the Melon Louise.

Melon growers should consider at
this time of year any steps that they
propose taking for preventing the raw
ages of the melon louise during the
coming season, says American Garden
Ing. 1t is too late to do anything after
the lice appear. Their habits are such
that no effective spraying or other gen.
eral treatment is possible.
Two methods have been suggested
looking toward the prevention Of loss.
One consists in thoroughly cleaning up
and plowing the old melon fields be-
tween the seasons If melons are to be
planted on the same land next year.
This serves to destroy many of the in
sects which pass the winter in the
trash and litter of the old melon field.
Perhaps better method is to change
the crop on the old field and grow mel
ons in a new place. II this plan of ro-
tation is followed, it discourages the
insects and gives them nothing to work
on at the old location, and it takes con-
siderable time for them to find the new
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-04-25
waiting For His Turn.

speaking of drinking as cause for
headaches" said an old practitioner,
reminds me of a trip took several
years ago with a special train full of
western physicians going to the annual
meeting of the American Medical as
sociation in Philadelphia.
"On such occasions as this, with
perhaps $50 physicians congregated in
a special train, a good many manufac-
turers of wines, liquors and carbonated
waters are anxious for the opportunity
of putting bottled goods on ice, with a
representative in charge to see that
samples are dispensed at just the right
temperature.
"On this particular occasion remem-
Der that one firm dealing In mineral
waters had an especially competent
agent on board the train. Dinner was
Just over in the dining car, tables had
been put up in nearly every section of
the sleepers and champagne corks were
popping. Redder liquors were on all
sides, and the rattle of cracked ice
was nearly as loud as the clicking Of
the trucks.
"It was just at this juncture that
this especial agent for the mineral wa
ters made his hit. He recognized that
1t was not his deal, and he started
through the train, beginning MT the
rear end Of the baggage car. With
profound bow to all present he said:
"'Good night, gentlemen, good night,
but I'll see you in the morningy
"He went through the train with
that, making the hit of the whole trip.
My greatest wonder at 1t, too, has
been that it has not been seized upon
as an illustrated advertisement for his
house. e."-Chicago Tribune.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-04-25
SDecuIation ard Theft,

Some statistician, in emulation of
Lombroso perhaps, has been figuring
out the habitual employment of con-
victs. He concludes that more men
and women whose employers are the
national, state or municipal govern
ments fall into evil ways and come to
untoward ends than those who work
for private individuals or corporations.
A very large proportion of the men and
women who have been handlers of pub
lie moneys seem to yield to the con-
slant temptation and begin to peculate,
and some cynic AYERS that peculation
is the corollary of speculation. AS a
matter of fact, most of the big and lit
tie thieves who confess how they were
led to take money that did not belong
to them declare that speculations of
one sort or another brought then
eventually behind the bars.-New York
Herald.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-04-25
SuuR Sn0Ons-

All the world is familiar with snuff
boxes, but snuff spoons are pretty little
refinements of which this generation
has hardly heard. Very probably they
came into use about two years after
Sir George Rockies expedition to Vigo
bay in 1902, when he captured half a
ton of tobacco and snuff from the
Spanish galleons. and snuff thus be-
came q common article in England.
One of the characters in a comedy
published at Oxford in 1904, entitled
"An Act at Oxford" by Thomas Baker,
says, But I carry sweet snuff for the
ladies'" to which Arabella replies: "a
spoon too. That's very gallant, for to
see some people run their fat fingers
into a box is as nauseous as eating
without a fork"
In the forties and fifties snuff spoons
were still in use on the Scottish border.
They were of bone and of n size to go
into the snuffboX. People fed their
noses, it was said, as naturally as they
carried soup to their mouths. AS late
as 1877 a farmer at Norham-on-Tweed
was seen using gone.-Gentleman's Mag
aZine
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-04-25
The asiIent suhsoiIer.n %

1t is claimed very generally by clo-
yer growers that field upon which q
good crop of clover is grown for two
successive years will when replowed
and planted to corn yield from 10 to 25
bushels more corn per acre than it did
before sown to clover or than similar
land by its side will which has not been
thus treated. The percentage of in
crease is quite as large in raising
wheat, oats, potatoes and other crops.
The plant draws nitrogen from the air
and stores it in the soil for the use of
succeeding crops. The roots of the clo-
yer penetrate to a great depth in the
unplowed subsoil, drawing nutriment
therefrom, assisting in holding mois-
ture, which when the roots die and de-
cay increase the fertility of the soil as
well as the storing capacity for mois-
ture and with its sister, alfalfa, has
justly earned the name of the "silent
subsoiler," whose success and efficien-
cy are generally admitted and admired.
Bradford Miller, Kansas.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-04-25

of its nitrogen from the free nitrogen
of the air. There are two varieties Of
vetch In common use, Vicia sativa, or
spring vetch, and Vicia villosa, or the
sand vetch. The variety most COM
monty grown is the yicia sativa. 1t
grows best in a cool, moist climate, yet
it may be grown successfully In almost
every section of the United States
This plant like rape, is used for two
purposes, as food for animals and as a
crop for green soiling. As food for
protein. furnishing an ideal ration for
milk cows. The vetch plant is weak
and if grown alone will fall to the
ground, where it is likely to undergo
decomposition before 1t natures. 1t Is
better sown with oats or barley, prefer
ably oats. In the southern states the
climate of summer would be too hot
for the successful growth of the plants,
but it could be sown in the fall with
winter oats and would be in condition
for feeding in early spring.
Vetches will grow well where peas
will grow. A clay loan is preferable
TO n sandy soil. In fitting the land for
vetches it should be given as thorough
preparation as when fitted for oats or
corn. Where vetch is sown alone about
one bushel of seed per acre should be
used. When vetch is sown with oats
or rye, from one bushel to one and a
half bushels of oats or rye should be
mixed with three pecks of vetch seed
for one acre. If rye be sown with
vetch, one bushel of rye and three
pecks of vetch seed will be sufficient
for one acre. The seed may be put in
with a drill or be sown broadcast and
narrowed in. Drilling is preferable, as
it will then be more evenly covered
with soil.
If the vetch is to be fed to live stock
green, cutting should begin when the
plants are in blossom and may con-
tinue until the plants are in the early
stages of maturity. When cut for hay,
allow the plants to develop until ap-
preaching maturity, when cut and cure
same as clover hay.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-04-25
RAPE AND VETCH.
Green SofIinE and Cover Crops,
Vetch u Nitrogen Gatherer.

Green SofIing and Cover Crops.
Vetch n Nitrogen Gatherer.
As a crop for green soiling and as a
cover crop rape is rapidly growing in
favor. 1t has been found that the
crucifers, as rape and turnips and mus
tards, will grow fairly well where
many other less hardy plants will fail
entirely. During the past summer
rape sown about Aug. 1 made a good
growth, and the ground is now COW
cred thickly with the plants. They
will not grow In this latitude (New
York; through the winter, yet the tops
form n valuable covering for the soil,
says Country Gentleman, which gives
the following information about rape
and vetch: Where rape is sown for q
cover crop it would be well to sow not
more than three pounds of rape seed
per acre and to SOW with 1t four quarts
of red clover or the mammoth clover
seed. If in a locality where clover
does not produce well, then one bushel
Of rye may be sown per acre with the
rape. The long COW horn turnip is
also valuable soiling crop.
Vetch belongs TO the leguminous or
der of plants and Is supposed to be like
the cloyers, capable of securing a part
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-04-25

door and called out, but l got no an
sver Next morning, still failing TO
arouse him, l began to cut at the door
with my pocketknife. 1t was of oak
and my task was a hars pne. 1t was
almost night when / reached up and
slid back the bolt. and as soon as out
| found the house deserted and lost no
time in getting away myself.
l went straight to the police with
my story, AID who do you think the
man proved to be? No more or less
than a iunatic who had escaped from
an asylum three months before. lie
was under another name, lived far
from the address he had given me- ana
his mania was the fear of starvation.
Before going to the asylum he had
locked UP two different people in ten
antIess houses to see how ing they
could live without food Or drink. aud
my capture was third experiment in
that line. bore h.m no i'll will. Of
course but iusi tci that Ee Ee returned
to the asylum. AMI I,.-,ve he is living
today. Ia that old house. far r,om
help and n place ucyer visited he
would have wrought my death iy
inches but for my packetkuifc. and
months or years m,-at Eave passed
before my coiqsg was ever found
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-04-25
She Did "Hent, It.

A Milford (Mass.) man engaged as a
helper a girl just from England. The
letter II was capital letter in her vo-
cabulary \ very rich pudding was
served for dinner, but as two members
of the family were delayed the mis-
tress put on plate two large portions,
rang for the girl and said "Heat it,
for the absent members. Later, when
tie girl was found struggling and
Etuffing with the pudding, she besought
my friend to let her off, as she couldn't
cheat" another bite.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-04-25
She knew.

Marjorie is the small and only daugh-
ter in n family which boasts of several
sons Aged 4 is Marjorie, petite and
imperious and enjoying excellent op-
portunities for becoming spoiled. She
has lately attained to the dignity of the
kindergarten and comes home daily
with some fresh acquisition of wisdom.
a few days ago it was addition, and
she proclaimed proudly at the dinner
table:
81 know how much two and two
make and free and two and four and
two
"And what" said her father, do you
and make, Marjie?"
Without a moments hesitation over
these new factors in her problem, the
little maid answered. with a dimple
and a smile:
"Sweethearts."
And all the family were satisfied
with Marjie's arithmetic.-London An
sWerS.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-04-25

hand organs. mouth organs, brass
bands Eugies. fifes and drums. From
{ O'Clock in the morning TO 10 o'clock at
night there Is music. No one has time
to quarrel or get drunk. No one stops
to eat or wonder whether it's cold or
hot. Music eyokes sentiment. love,
pity. charity. Human nature is ele-
waited and purified, and the rent for the
various instruments comes rolling in as
fast as two men can count the dollars.
My dear woman, you see
But this check"
You will take it to ]. Jordan and de-
posit it as security for your stock, and
you will order two pianos, three fid-
dies, four harps, two drums and a set
of bagpipes for this house. The effect
on your boarders will be-
But l thought you We're going to
square up" exclaimed the landlady.
what do | know about your company
or stocks? Whenever l present my
bill, you always dodge and twist"
I'm case you do not wish to use the
check to secure stock you can ask Mr..
Jordan to indorse it over to me.
will then indorse il to the vice presi-
dent. he will indorse it to the secre-
tary. and the secretary will indorse it
to you You viii then have to be iden-
titled at the bank. 1t will take some
few days or weeks to obtain the mon
ey. but ii is Il mere question of time.
Meanwhile things 90 over. Ask your
self if it is not your duty to help us ele-
vate the neral tone of society? Ask
yourself if it is not better to have So
600 Il year dividends than to be shaving
your life away in a boarding house.
Ask yourself
Cant you give me $40 on accountT
asked the landladys in desperation as
she put the check on the table.
What, Discount my own paper aft
er your Sublime confidence in me?" he
never You must be paid in full. In
deed. you have been paid in full any
how, and now it only remains for you
to leave me to balance up my cash
book and write 10 or 20 business let
tiers of a pressing nature. You trusted
me, and you have your reward. Don't
fail to be Identified at the bank. If
there should be any trouble, just call
on me. And now good night and pleas
ant dreams to YOU"
major. | want this room tomorrow"
called the landlady when she found
herself outside the door.
No answer.
sfAn1 VDu'll have to rOr'
But she talked to the silence of the
grave Nj. QUAD.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-04-25
UnfPnlfnfna

Fogg-It isn't such n difficult thing
to read character by the handwriting.
l believe / can do it myself.
Bass-Well, try your skill on that let
ter 1 received a short time ago. What
do you say TO that?
Fogg-In the first place, the writer is
n very unwomanly woman.
Bass-How do you come to that con-
clusion?
Fcgg-Ncne Of the words are under
seored.-Boston Transcript.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-04-25
Cereal Rust In the United states.

According to the Investigations Of Nj.
A. Carleton, it appears that at least
six and possibly seven distinct rusts
affect the cereals of the United States,
as follows: Orange leaf rust Of wheat,
orange leaf rust of rye, crown rust OF
oats, black stem rust of wheat and
barley, black stem rust of rye, black
stem rust of oats and maize rust. OF
these the black stem rusts Of wheat
and oats are by far the most destruc-
tive, that occurring on maize being Of
slight Importance.
The leaf rusts are evenly distributed
over the United States wherever their
hosts are grown. The stem rusts are
most prevalent between the Allegheny
mountains and the ninety-fifth degree
of west longitude north Of the thirty
seventh degree of north latitude and
in portions of Texas and California.
The leaf rusts and crown rusts are
proportionately more important in the
Atlantic and southern coast states.
The author believes that the damage
to wheat and oats from rusts probably
exceeds that caused by any other fun
gus or insect pest and in some localities
is greater than that due to all other
enemies combined.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-04-25
The Buff Legh0rns.

The Buff Leghorn, a variant of the
already existing chamois Leghorn of
Denmark and Italy, was the creation
of Mrs. Lister-Kay, a fair farmeress in
England. Her old birds are fed twice
a day. They have soft food in the
mornings and wheat at nights, the
young ones getting three meals day.
The originator Of the Buff Leghorn has
much that is useful to say upon the
egg producing qualities of the breed
and its unsuitability for table use, and
she finds with her Leghorns, as with
all other varieties, that it is very diff
cult to obtain the good meat maker
and the good layer in one and the same
bird
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-04-25

"See here, SIR" exclaimed the sue
cessful manufacturer to Mr.. Adam
Upp, his dilatory bookkeeper, you are
not so attentive to business as you
might be. It has been my rule through
life to be at my desk early and late,
and"-
me, too" replied Mr.. Upp. "Some-
times l get there early and sometimes
late."-Catholic Standard and Times.