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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-17
THE VISIT OF CONGRESSMAN
STARKE TO RAINY CAPITAL

A guest at the Hilo enjoying the
balmy climate is gentleman who
bears a strong resemblance to the late
General Hancock, both in form and
features; the gentleman is Hon. w. L.
Starke, member of Congress from Ne
braska. Mr.. Starke is accompanied by
his wife and son, and their visit to the
islands is solely in the interest of Mrs.
Starkes health.
II settled in Nebraska in 1871 he
remarked to a Herald representative
yesterday, "and am pretty nearly d
pioneer in what we call South Platte. l
left my home in Connecticut when L
was a youngster, and instead of follow
ing my original bent and going to sea,
I went West and studied law. AS a
school boy l made annual voyages on
fishing schooners and liked the life;
chance to go. but 1 guess 1 will have to
stick to law and politics, though, really,
never see kit of mackerel but what
I think of the old days and claim re-
lationship.
y J =
and went to Congress from the bench;
am now serving my third term in
the lower House. l have not been in
Hawaii long enough to form an opinion
on the general conditions, though I
am free to confess that I consider the
climate a little too warm for the COM
fort of a white man whose vocation is
that Of a farmer. I question If the
climate is suitable for a white farmer,
and the mixture of races would be
against his coming here to take up
land as they do in all the States. A
view of this island from the ships
deck makes a deep impression upon
the visitor, and to me the shortcomings
of the harbor are plainly visible. IN
derstand that the Federal authorities
have not yet taken over the light
houses; they should do so and quickly,
for my knowledge of seafaring life i'm
pels me to the belief that light houses
and day marks are badly needed. And
you need a breakwater quite as much
as you do light houses.
at am not a member of the territorial
committee, so that do not come in di-
rect contact with requests for improve
ments needed, but / am the minority
leader in the committee on military,
and I wish to say that about the worst
thing your Legislature can do is to
throw over the appropriation for the
militia. There is congressional ap-
preparation of 81 900, 900 for that branch,
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ment. There was, however, a feeling
abroad that the commissioners would
follow the example of other depart
ments of the local service by promot-
ing those in the department who We're
worthy.
Mr.. Thurston has been one of the
most efficient members of the fire de-
partment, always displaying cool judg
ment in tight places, and whenever
the command of the department de-
Volved upon him he fulfilled the duties
in a manner which called forth the
admiration Of the commissioners, as
well as those whose property was in
jeopardy. Last year Mr.. Thurston was
often in command, during the several
illnesses Of Mr.. Hunt, and during
plague times, and proved himself a
good fire-fighter
The new chief is a native OF Var
mouth, Nova Scotia, and has been in
Honolulu for about eleven years. He
is yet a young man, just a little over
thirty years of age. For the past
year and a half he has been acting
chief and senior foreman of the de-
partment, and for three years prior
was foreman Of Engine Company
/ No. 1.
The position of assistant chief will
| be filed during the week
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and if the Territory does not lend its
aid the Government at Washington will
not give one dollar of assistance. AS
to your Legislature, I infer from the
newspapers that the workings of that
body have not been satisfactory. In
this you need not be surprised; you
are having the same experience of ev-
cry newly formed Legislature, and it
will continue until you settle down to
your new conditions It seems to me
that the Democrats and Republicans
should unite upon political candidates,
and not stick too close to party lines.
l am in favor of primaries and opposed
to conventions in the sense that that
term was used few years ago. 1t
means a caucus, and oftentimes a trade
that eliminates in machine politics and
ring rule, and that is one thing you
should steer clear of right at the be-
ginning and stay clear Of Another
suggestion 1 would make is this: When
you get delegate that suits you in
Congress keep him there. 1t is bad
policy to change often because each
new man in Congress has to begin at
the bottom, and it takes some time be-
fore he amounts to anything or is ap-
pointed on committees of Importance.
II am incliped to believe that Ha-
waiian affairs will be dwelt upon dur
! ing the next session of Congress, and
bills should be drawn up and forward
ed TO your delegate. For instance: You
want a breakwater. Well. before you
get that there must be a preliminary
survey, apart from the one made by
| the geodetic survey. In order to get
| this a bill should be framed asking
for a sum large enough to carry on the
work. I believe Congress will consider
the request, and while, as I said before,
am not on that committee, I may be
able to help it through.
'T intend visiting the plantations so
I may see how sugar cane is grown.
, and as this island grows a majority of
the sugar produced in the islands,
guess I viii have ample opportunity.
| In speaking of the Organic Act, Mr.
Starke said it was rather broader than
any thus far given a Territory on the
mainland, and it was made broad to
| fit the peculiar conditions existing here.
| The franchise is almost exactly the
same as that introduced in the constf-
| tuition Of South Carolina by the late
Senator George of that State, the only
distinction being that in South Caro-
| lima the voter must pay his one dollar
poll tax before he can register.
Mr.. Starke and family will return to
| the coast on the Santiago.-Hawaii
Herald.
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eight years, was appointed chief engi-
neer of the fire corps last Saturday by
Commissioners J. H. Fisher, Andrew
Brown and Charles Crozier. There was
little hesitation in appointing Mr..
Thurston to fill the vacancy, as he has
given every evidence since his connec-
ton with the department that he was
qualified to assume the duties.
It was the intention Of the board OF
fire commissioners to leave the depart
ment in Mr.. Thurston's control for the
period of a month following Chief
Hunts death, by the end or which
time the commissioners felt that they
would have had ample opportunity to
thoroughly acquaint themselves with
the qualifications of all the applicants
who had filed requests for appoint
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:. H. THURSTON
SUCCEEDS HUNT
The Assistant Fire Chief Goes
to the Top of the
Ladder.

4 Charles H. Thurston, acting chief Of
the Honolulu Fire Department since
the death of the late James Hunt,
head of the department for the past
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Tourists and visitors should not fail
to take a ride on the Pacific Heights
Elect ic Railway. Unsurpassed view
Of ocean, mountain and valley, and the
stretched out city. Round trip. 1oc.
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CHoRUs-Hurrnh, hurrah. etc.
Why Women Don't Get Rich.

Nearly every woman wants to be rich,
but she has vague ideas of how she should
go about making money. She reads in
some newspaper about some woman who
has been successful in stock operations,
and the first spare cash she gets she in.
vests in stock with some curbstone broker
Ninety-nine times out of every hundred
she loses her savings. Then she's dis.
couraged, and believes that it's not posi-
bic for women to make money She re-
signs herself to keeping house for the rest
of her life, and her career as capitalist
is ended.
This woman went about her task in the
wrong way, and SO does nearly every
other woman who starts out to become
rich Those men who say that not one
woman in ten has the money-making in
stinct are very neSriy right Women like
to spend money, but they don't know how
to make it. If they could become rich
in a day, or a month, all would try, but
they can never make up their minds to
men do. Women would much rather
spend than earn.
And, because women spend so much,
they are hardly ever, in the field for in.
vesting when the chance comes along. Nc
person can invest unless he has the where.
withal. Most great fortunes have been
started by men who saved and saved and
saved, and finally had a few hundred or
a few thousand dollars to invest when
ever the opportunity should come. There
are many women who earn good salaries
and who might lay by few hundred dol,
lars year, If they were so minded. But
that is not the way Of women. They
spend every cent they make, and in most
cases have their monthly salary spent
before it's in their hands. AS long as
women won't save, we're not likely TO
have many women millionaires in this
country.
Sometimes there's woman who really
wants to increase her fortune, but she
soon realizes that conditions are against
her. A woman hasn't as many chances
for making money as men have. She isn't
around among men, as a rule, and she
doesn't hear of the opportunities for in
vestment which are talked of, day by day.
in Wall Street and other financial cen
ters. She wants to buy stocks; she has
saved up a few hundreds to invest, but
she doesn't know how to go about it.
Most women are afraid to venture into
the regions where man reigns supreme.
This is foolish timidity, for n woman can
get along as well as n man in any Office.
il she only conducts herself properly and
looks out for herself. l am able to manage
my affairs better than any man could
manage them; and, what man has done,
woman can do. If had let other people
do my business for me, ! most likely
wouldn't have had any business to do
now, and it is the duty of every woman,
| believe, to learn to take care of her own
business affairs.-Mrs. Hetty Green, in
May Success.
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One Of the Youngest.

]. ]. Hall, Drummer, Co. 3, 9th KY
and Principal Musician, SD KY. M'td
Inf, Moundsville, Mo-, writes: 81 was
born July 27, 1S47. l enlisted Oct. 20,
1861, as a drummer boy. After some
light fighting in Kentucky we were sent
to Shiloh. We were with the army in
Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee, and
with Buell. on his famous march to Louis
vile, KY. We were at Perryville, and
followed Bragg through the Cumberland
Mountains. Later the command was
mounted and sent to East Tennessee to
join Burnside, aEis took part in all the
fighting around Knoxville My brother,
w. ii. Hall, was killed at Leeper's Ferry,
below Knoxville. We pursued Longstreet
into Virginia, and in battle at Bean Sta
ton / was surrounded in the old brick
house, but skipped out after dark. My
regiment was dismounted and sent to Join
Sherman's army in Georgia, being placed
in the Third Brigade, Second Division,
Twenty-third Corps. We were in all the
fighting Of that campaign. After the fall
of Atlanta we returned TO Kentucky and
were mustered out at Louisville re-
enlisted and was sent to the SD KY.
Mtd Inf, and was with that regiment
until the close of the war"
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ance of the day to hunt, except enough
t. keep camp.
| have seen the valley of the Arkansas
River black with buffalo as far as the eye
could see for four or five days march.
BY the way, | might relate my first buf-
faIo hunt on foot chad already had Il chase
on horseback, which occurred some time
before reaching the Arkansas River. we
had camped and eaten our dinners, when
three of us took our carbines and struck
out for an afternoons hunt. We had not
gone far until we became separated. L
had wandered around until had got hve
or six miles from camp, and on reaching
high hill l looked in the direction OF
camp and saw q herd of about 100 buff
falos coming directly toward me. They
were about half mile away. | was only
1S years cid, and had never been away
from home until l enlisted, consequently
| was genuine tenderfoot, ana as
stood there on that high hill, all alone,
watching that herd of shaggy-looklne
monsters approaching, | thought of every
buffalo stampede | had ever heard OF,
such as was described by Mr.. Peck; no
place to hide, not even ravlne OF any
kind in which to elude their onward
march. l concluded that there was no
fun connected with buffalo hunting on
foot | dropped back over the hill out
of sight, made a circuit, keeping the high
ground between myself and the buffalo,
and struck out for camp, and never let up
till | reached it.
After l had been in the buffalo range
long enough to learn more about them, L
got bravely over that kind of manuyering
on a buffalo hunt, and found that there
was plenty of fun connected with it and
also some danger.
The mule train overlook us at Fort
Lyon, and Cos. A and III went on with
the mule train, and Co. l, of the 4th Mo.
S. NJ, which had come that far with the
mule train, escorted the OK train from
there on We arrived at Fort Union Nov.
8, and Co. 4 started back the 11th. Co.
II went on to Arizona and did not get
back for over year.
Col. Kit Carson, the famous Indian
fighter, was in command at Fort Union,
and | was very much disappointed in not
getting to see him, as he had gone to
Santa Fe on some business.
We had cold weather, snow-storms and
blizzards on our return trip enough to pay
for all the fun we had going out. We
Travelled from Fort Lyon to Kansas City,
about 600 miles, over snow all the time,
arriving at the latter place Jan. >, 1854
w. W. STOCKTON, Co. A, 11th Mo. Cav,
BalstOn, Ore.
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Confederate Cemetery Near Camp Chase, o.

Confederate Cemetery Near Camp Chase, o.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: While in
Columbus, o., last Spring 1 visited the
Confederate Cemetery. 1t is situated one
mile south of old Camp Chase, which is
four miles west of Columbus. A street
car line extends to the eastern limits of
the old camp, and as I had gone out in
the street-car | walked from the terminus
of the line to the cemetery.
l had long wished to see the place
where so many Southern soldiers lie
buried. While there many sad thoughts
filed my mind. l could not help but re,
member when / was a mere boy of 16
years encamped for a short time at Camp
Chase. | well remember the large stock
ade that inclosed so many Southern sol
diers, who amused us with their South
ern songs, and the many rejoinders made
by some of the inmates, who seemed to
enjoy themselves SO well .EaC- those try
ing circumstances.
All these thoughts were brought back
vividly to my mind as l stood within that
silent inclosure. l think the inclosure
contains about three-quarters of an acre
1t is inclosed by a compact limestone wall
about six feet high, and well supplied
with tile drainage. The ground is kept
clean and in good order, and is as Level
as a floor. covered over with a green
sward. What surprised me most was the
absence OF tombstoneS, there being but
two. 10
At the entrance OF the grounds stands
a great bOwlder six feet high, with the
following inscription thereon: ''2, 26O
Confederate soldiers of the War, 1861
1865, buried in this inclosure."
Inscription ON first tombstone, near she
entrance: 81. L. Gansey, Ordnance Ser.
geant, 3D. Miss. Battery. Died January
18th, 1865, aged 81 years"
The second tombstone stands in the
northwest corher, and contains the fol-
lowing inscription: -. d. Nervsom, 10Th
Alabama Regiment, Co. D."
Knowing that many Confederate sol
diers read The National Tribune, and per
haps were confined as prisoners at Camp
Chase, and would be interested in know
ing that the last resting places Of their
comrades-in-arms are well cared for,
prompted me to give a little detail Of my
visit to the cemetery.-JAMEs NJ. MORRIS,
Co. Il, 46th Ohio Carroll, o.
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OVER THE PLAINS IN '63.
Experfence of a 1lth Mo. Cavalryman-
RufFalO StamDede.


EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: l have
been very luuch interested in Rough
Riding on the Palms." by Robert Nor
ris Peck, partly because my first expert
ence in soldering was in that part of the
country where he started in.
/ enlisted in Co. A, 11th Mo. Cav,
Aug. 20, 1868, at Bolivar, Mo-, and Joined
the regiment a few days later at Sedalia.
as it was leaving st. Louis for active
service in the field. We spent about two
weeks scouting after bushwhackers in the
counties of Pettis, johnson, Lafayette
and Jackson. Cos. A and III were Or
dered to Fort Leavenworth to escort some
wagon trains loaded with arms and am
munition, to Fort Union, N. NJ.
Co. A started from Fort Leavenworth
Sept 81, with an OK train, Co. IL follow
ing 10 days or two weeks later with a
mule train. We went by Indianola,
SPOKEN of by Peck, and on by Fort Riley
and Salina, the latter being the farthest
settlement west in Kansas at that time.
Salina consisted of one store and probably
one or two dwellings. We saw our first
buffalo a few miles west of that town.
/ remember Pawnee Rock, spoken of
by Peck. We crossed the old Santa Fe
trail there. Then came Walnut Creek,
spoken of by the Rough Rider, and Fort
Larned and Coon Creek, 10 miles far
ther, where the guard shot the Indian.
remember that creek very distinctly, as
it was there that 1 killed my first buffalo
q had helped to kill one or two before
that. l killed him at one shot with my
Sharps carbine, fully 400 yards distant
and heard the ball strike him just as dis
tinctly as if had thrown stone and hit
him. The ball went through his body
and lodged against the skin on the other
side.
We kept up the north side of the Ar
kansas River to Bent's Fort, 40 miles
above Fort Lyon, and then crossed over,
turning pretty well south by way of Trim
idad, Colo. We had a pleasant trip out,
as the OK train would travel only 10 or
10 miles day. There was a guard of
with the train, and the command would
go ahead and camp about noon or 1
o'clock, and then ell could have the bal
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A MIGHTY POWER
THAT CURES DISEASE.

FRTF It has been proved by actual tests
FRE r that my vtaopathic treatment
y 81 hEa ~ will positively cure diseases when all
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home treatment, which will guarantee to cure
YOU l Will also send you free copy of my new
book entitled How to get well and keep we'll" This
hook ought TO be in every home. II teaches you
new science of healing based the very vital prln
cIple of life itself, Address, Prof Tnos- f. Adkin,
office l76C, Rochester, n. Y.
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THE KAySAs BOYS.

THE KANSAS BOYS.
Oh. yes. we are Eunsas boys, and glory In
And boast it with an honest pride, worth
more than wealth or fame:
We envy not the Southern braves since
tried on many a field,
Experience proves TO Kansas men that rebels
always yield. d
10 Ia
CHoEUs-ITRrrnb! hurrah, for our
Kansas homes so fair;
Three cheers for our little State, to
each of us so dear.
Our Kansas girls, though pioneers. are won
drous true and fair;
And when our noble boys left home, they
gave them words of cheer;
Said they, I'VE send our dear ones to battle
with the foe.
And we will lend a helping hnnd-we love
the cause, you know"
CHoRUs-Hurrah! burrah. etc.
The Kansas men. glorious band, and theirs
glorious cause,
Then here's three cheers for the dear old
flag, and for our Kansas boys;
Let the East and West take up the strain
prOlong 1t DER hill and dale;
For while we have such men as these, our
cause can never fail;
CHoRUs-Hurrah! iurrah. etc.
The noble First and Second at Wilson's
Creek were tried.
These We're our earliest offerings, to stem re.
bellion's tide,
There they met the boasting rebels, though
outnumbered five to one
They gave them we understand what
Paddy gave the drum"
CHoRUs-Hurrah. hurrah. etc
The Kansas boys are ever found where fight
ing's to he done,
Their watchwOrd is Remember we are
fighting for our homes;
Perryville and Corinth, Prairie Grove, re-
member. too,
And don't forget Iuka, where Kansas men
were true"
CHORUs-Hurrnh, hurrah. etc.
And now, young men. word to you: If you
would win the fair,
60 to the field where honor calls and win
your lady there;
Remember that their brightest smiles are for
the true and brave.
And that their tears are for the one who fills
the soldiers grave.
CHoRUs-Hurrahi hurrah, for our
Kansas girls so fair:
Three cheers for the dear old flag
our Kansas soldiers bear.
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Against the little paotograpning contrao.

Thomas Cox, Willoughby. Ohio, writes
a communication suggesting plan Of
opening the Kiowa, Comanche and
Apache reservation by the intervention Of
the lower courts, and he also would do
away with the little scheme by which it
is proposed to give someone contract to
photograph all applicants for the pro-
posed drawing in Oklahoma.
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Regrets.
,Tud1c.

doctor, you told me three months ago
that if you didn't perform an operation
on me 1 would be a dead man in "a
hours"
well, sir, was wrong, and can only
express my great sorrow for it."
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Condemned. Anyhow.
Chicago Ne,cs.

Indignant Ike-Dat cur o. yourn bit me,
lady. Wot ye goin' to do bout it?
Housewife-O, | shan't do anything for
him, bu. just let him die. We were 60
ing to poison him, anyway.
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The Reason.

Visitor-And why do not the police
compel the saloon-keepers to comply with
the requirements of the law?
New. Yorker-Because they comply
with the requirements of the police.
The National tribune., 1901-05-02

EDITORIAL NoTE.--An adventure with a
party of Ute hocse-thieves adds variety tc
their experience.
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THE KANSAS BOYS.

,. e. Lupton, GO. c, 10th Kan. Upton.
Iowa, wants to hear fFpm some OF the Kan
sas boys, and asksr US TO publish the follow
ing verses ,.s..H
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Piano playing is not music; it is a bad
Globe.
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WANTED-The widow of James S. Sawyer wants
W the addresses Of his comrades Of Co. G, LIST N. J.,
TO help her get pension. Address c. 8 Sawyer Gaz-
zam, Pa 2s3t
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WANTED-John Williams, Eureka, Humboldt Co,
w Ca Corporal OF Co X, sth Mo. Cav, desires infor
nation OF the whereabouts ifyng of his brother Geo.
Jesse Williams Co. A, 4th Mich. Inf He in Texas
when Last heard from in 1865. 27-3t
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WANTED Personal survivors OF U. s Gun
w boat Potomska who served at Fernandina, Fla,
during 1868 kindly address Michael II. Day % Orange
ST., Albany n. y. 296t
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WANTED--ADDRESSES.

WANTED-survivorso of 5Oth Pa " V. will hear
w something TO their advantage by addressing J. n.
Mtshler, 50S n. 4ed ST., w. Philadelphia, Pa cost
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IITANTED-The address OF any officer or nnn-com-
w mssioned officer private of SD n. Y who may
have been in that regiment from May to Oct H. 1861
George schultz Piedmont, Mo.