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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-05-18
FAMOUS NOBEL PRIZES.
Interest in Scientific and Literary Circles
Over Their Award-Aggregate $4O2 900.

@7>H HEN the will of the late Dr.
t. INV Nobel was opened it was
II ~ II found athat he had set aside
WV large sum of money, which
is to be distributed from
Tune to time as prizes among these who
distinguish themselves in the domain
OF science and literature, as well as
among those who do good work as
human1tarians and philanthropists. The
formal rules relating to the prizes have
just been published, and show that the
first award will be made on, Dec. 10,
1901, and that at that time five prizes
will be given-one to the person who
mas made the most important discovery
or invention in the department of phys
lcal science, another to the person who
has made the most important discov-
cry and the greatest improvement in
chemistry, a third to the author of the
most important discovery in the de-
partment of physiology or medicine, a
fourth to the person who has produced
the most notable literary work of an
imaginative or ideal kind and fifth
: to the person who, with the object of
establishing the brotherhood of nations,
has done the best work toward the
suppression or reduction of standing
armies, as well as toward the forrna-.
ton and propagation of peace confer
ences #
The Swedish Academy of Sciences at
Stockholm will award the prizes for
physical science and chemistry; the
Caroiin institute of the same city will
award the prize for physiology orsmedi-
cine s. the Academy. of Stockholm will
decide as to the merits of the literary
works offered lin competition. and a
!. committee of five members, elected by
the Norwegian stortung. will select the
person who is to be rewarded for his
endeavors to put an end to war among
civilized nations. s
Or. ,Nobels will expressly stipuIates
that the competition shall be open to
the entire world, and that each prize
must pe awarded at least once in the
course OF every five years. The will
also provides that prizes must only be
awarded Tor works executed during the
previous year, and this is interpreted
to mean that only the most recent in
ventions or improvements or other no.
table works in the various depart merits
will be considered and that no atten-
ton Will be paid to- older works unless
their Importance has been fully DEM
onstrated in recent times s
Furthermore. every written work
must have been published by means OF
the printing press. and if none Of the
works offeredN in comp etition possesses
the neeessarv high standard the sum
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-05-18

his rifle at the group. But his nature
reVolted against killing men who were so.
IN need Of time to repent their sins. So
ne changed his aim to the ponies. ~
! One pony fell squealing as he fired.
The missionary has since said that his
shooting that day was q mark of divine
providence. The surprised rustlers let
drive vollsy from their revoivers, but
the range. was long fer them, and the
missionary coolly dropped another horse.
At that Red Holmes gave a cry of rage
and ordered his men to run down the lit
tie runt and skin him alive.
The men ran toward the missionary,
firing as they came. But the little par
con only shrank more behind the shelter
Of the ridge and blazed away at the two
remaining ponies He knew he must kill
those two horses and get to his own
horse before the rustlers got over the
ridge. He tried to shoot very straight
but his glance would wander to the men
who We're charging him and his band
would tremble. So it took four more
hurried shots before he bowled over the
last pony. &c..
AS the rustlers came painting up the
hill the parson fled down the other side
to his own horse. Once in the Saddle he
was a fair mark. His horse was hardly
running-the parson wore no spurs-when
he felt a bullet burn through his arm
He dropped his rifle, but made no sound,
and his pony soon carried him out Of
range. ~
He rode toward the Rio Grande and so
up the bank till he found the J. x outfit
camped in a grove of cottonweeds. Nerv-
Gus excitement and the pain of his wound
had made him very white and faint
II met Red Holmes and three of his
gang just across the divide, he cried as
he rode into camp. They were killing
steer.'' r. r ...-.N-
The cowboys swore in an angry chorus,
led by the foreman, a stalwart, hand
some young man named Jim Bronson
Bronson came up to the missionary's
bride. ~. ...-- ~
"Wal, parson,". he said, with con-
temptuous kindness, don't you be a.
scared no more. Red Holmes is miles
from here by now, so it's safe for you
to light and have some grub" .-..-
"No, he's not miles from here,'' insisted
the missionary. II shot their horses and
they are out on the desert afoot"
WHAT yelled Bronson. and he swore
| kincredslously. "By Gawd, boys, I believe
he's giving it to us straight. Damned if
they amt busted his arm lott
The cowboys helped him gently from
his saddle and crowded around to listen
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-05-18

rs t.ien too brittle for use, so the tenn
per of the steel must be drawn. The
elasticity varies with the color and each
color is obtained by suddenly plunging
the pen into cold water. Then follow the
Sitting, polishing, pointing and finishing,
all Of which is done by expert workmen
But the price of pens has fallen great
" Of late, and, as I said before, with the
advent of the new century there will
probably be fewer pens manufactured and
more typeWriters put to work. New
York Sun 49,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-05-18

fN/A/~ ana three OF nus gang are. IN
SBk9E the annealed steel cells. of the
.Ml, ~, Sierra county Jail at this
sTT-@-(S camp. 1T IS rernarkabIe that
these outlaws should have been
captured ~ as, easily as they were
and it is still more remarkable
that they were not at once lynched Both
Of these remarkable facts may be laid
to the door of the new .dobe, where lives
the little home missionary who recently
came to the village of Las Polomas to
labor among the Mexicans who make up
the whole population Of that place. r..
The setting of red sun and the rising
breezes of evening were waking Las Po-
Tomas from it's siesta one day last week
when the Home Missionary, sitting i'll the
doorway of his 'dobe was looking out
over the country with moody eyes. From
the threshing floor across the plaza he
heard the cooling Of wild doves. From
under n grape arbor near by cane the
Wheezy music of an accordion, as Fran
cisco, the blacksmith, was practicing the
dances he was to play at the halle that
night. From further up the plaza came
the screams, shrilI, but not particularly
suggestive of anger, which arose from the
pretty young wife of old Senior C!.aves,
as her husband beat her properly.
cloud Of dust arose on the alkali plain
beyond the village, and the COWBOYS of
the j. x. outfit burst into the plaza their
broncos sire itching their necls far out
and flying close to the ground as they
swept through with 'derisive yels at the
greasers. None of the cowboys glanced
toward the Home Missionary, who sat
broodlng in his doorway, for he was only
a contemplate little tenderfoot parson
who could neither ride nor shoot
He lifted up his bowed head and looked
forth to see a long, low 'dobe building.
Its benches might have held a, hundred
men, but they seldom held a Dozen He
seemed to hear again the hating Spanish,
which had supplanted his eloquent Eng
llsh, and he felt again the polite indif-
- ference Of the MeXicans and the good
natured contempt of the cowboys, whose
rugged friendship he .longed to win.
In the midst of his bitter reflections
he remembered that two children on a
hacienda about ten miles up the river
had fallen i'll of smallpox. There was
. now mo one to go to them since Red
Holmes and his gang of rustlers had re-
Gently killed Father Pedro So he sad
died his gentle pony and rode. up the
river In the hope of killing an ante
lope he took with him a handsome re-
peating rifle, gift of a former parish
Toner back in his Eastern church.
About three miles from the village he
came over ridge and saw four men
grouped about a steer they had just
killed. Thinking the men were cowboys
he rode toward them, until one Of them
swore a string of oaths and motioned
him back. Four ponies were tied to mes
quite bushes a short distance away. Then
the missionary saw that he was riding
up to Red Holmes, whom he knew well
by reputation. In his surprise he hest
tated to turn, and two revolver bullets
sang by him. He wheeled and rode in
silence back over the ridge. Without
any clear plan, he dismounted when he
was over the ridge and crept back. For
some minutes, all unobserved, he sighted
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-05-18
BAT CAvESOF Texas.

- = IS i + & q - & q % ~
The New York man knocked the ashes
from his cigar, rolled it in his fingers and
examined the fire end with that bored
going to stop?"
The man from Texas had the floor
Out in my state he said, where
limestone is the formation, or country
rock as the miners say, there are hun
ereds of caves, little caves and big caves
Some only about as big as meeting
house and others so big they never have
found the end of 'em. I know one cave
SO big that gang of explorers spent
three days In there and came out as wise
as they went in, SO far as its boundaries
were concerned
Any stalactites and that sort Of thing
in thereg asked the New Yorker.
No, sir; nothing but bats, guano and
daddy long legs. Bats by the millions and
tens OF ndHions It looks like, all Of 'em
hanging to the roof and walls waiting for
night to come 30 as they can fly out and
get square meal Of mosquitoes. And
] lever could 80 how they can tell when
.4eht comes oulsfde-for IT'S always pitch
dark insfde-unless, maybe, 1t is a change
In the air that notifies 'em. The gavin.
grace of that country In summer is that
the air gets cool when the sun quits
shinin Maybe the bats feel the chance
and know st is shutdown.
anyhow, long about sundown. if Won
happen to be in the neighborhood az one
OF these big caves, you'll see all these
bats coming out t feed. For maybe an
hour or more they'll pour out OF the
mouth Of that cave In solid black
cloud It gives you queer sort OF feel
IN to watch EN- suggestin' internal re-
gions and that sor. er thing. You,d
think that many bats ID overstock the
aerial range. SO to speak, ; but there
seems to be plenty OF insects for EN-
and reckon the Lord prov des for the
bats same as he does for the sparrows
BY daybreak they seem to have had all
the food and exercise they want and
back they go into their cave and hang
emselyes up on the wall again. It's a
great sight to watch these flights,
You spoke of guano,' said the New
= York man, as quoted by the Sun. ..Isn,t
that good for something?v
The fnast fertilizer in the land -.
pied the Texas man. It runs wen in
ammonia. and. Of course that makes .
Con -nued on 2nd Page
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-05-18

be very long time before the attempt to
bring about that result will accomplish
anything more than the substitution of
Roman characters for the native symbols
in printed japanese. But the fact that
such an attempts being made is interest
ing and signifca colchester Democrat
ana Chronicles ls s@#
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-05-18

printed japanese. A Japanese society,
the Roniaji Kwai, organized TO further
this reform has long been in existence.
The proposed change is nos quite as sim
pie a matter as would be the substitution
OF Roman for Gothic characters in print
ed German, but it is entirely practicable
Actual experiment has already proven
that Japanese can easily be printed in
Roman letters with a great gain in SIM
plicity, clearness and utility. Ten years
and more ago at least one native news
! paper in Japan was printed in Rona..i
New York's new Japanese newspaper will
be printed in Ronaji as soon as its sue
! cess seems fairly certain. Nearly all the
| ia panesse in this country and Canada
can easily, read Romaji-Japaness, and
| there are at least 100000 persons in Japan
who understand. it perfectly besides a
! million who understand it in part
OF course the complete accomplishment
of this reform viii Debut a very short
! step toward the substitution of English
! for japanese. The hope that this may be
| finally brought about sis on the pref
/ erence the Japanese give to English, the
ease with which they acquire it and the
/ facs that host Of English words are al
ready so Incorporated in the japanese
| language that they have driven their
| japanese equivalents out of use. At
!; Temps to orthographically Indicate the
. japanese RECOMMENDATION of these wor is
produce combinations IF letters that GER
tainly look very un-Engl:sh. Thus the
japanese says ''reiru for railroad, -
l.sutishon'' fer station ..tonnern'f for
..tunneL ..teberu'' for table, = .r,rneru'
for linen "furaneru'' for flannel"
/ ..doru' for dollar" and so on The
Japanese are equally OBSTINATE of the let
| ter 4" and the sound it represents, their
rulessof prone nciation are more like the.
French than the English, and they seem
| to have special fondness for tackins
final .u for the sake of euphony to as
many words as possible Due allowance
being made for these pechiar:ties, it will
be seen that the queer-looking words
| printed above are genuine English words
pronounced as nearly correctly as is pos
She to u.Btaught Japanese vocal organs
OF course this borrowing of English
| words by the japanese isn't really of
much significance. Every nation is great
| " given to adopting the words of other
nations with which it comes in contact.
Our own language is mosaic ef bor-s
] rowings. Even the Aztecs have left their
mark on ons, common speech. There are
3 OG0 words used alike ii French ana Eng
i ..:sh without the slightest variation Of
-.eiing, and tnec mum per ny ci,l.ss
/ Increasing. but french remains F-encn:
I and English remains English
| We find It difhealt to usI erstarad " 1,-g
any Japanese should desire that hisi f,liS---4
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-05-18

I've stood enough of your cant!' cried
Bronson, roughly. Nov you vamoose or
take the consequences!''
Then you must shoot these men
through me!'' the missionary said. He
stepped forward and stood before the
outlaws with outstretched arms.
There was a momentary silence. The
glare Of torches held by the Mexicans
flashed on scowling faces and cleaning
eyes, gl1ttering sombreros and matted
hair. The lights shone from knives and
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-05-18
ENGLISH ron THE JAPANESE.

Is English to supersesle Japanese assthe
national language of Japan2 There ere
some especially progressive Japanese who
think that it can and should, and are
making an effort to bring about this re
suit with hopes Of ultimate success.
The first step In this direction is the
substitution of the Roman characters in
use Ivy most civilized nations for. the ma
tive characters aud Chinese ideographs in
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-05-18

Hes shore clean strain all through, and
what he says goes. I reckon you'd beA
tote these held-ups to Hillsboro. I'm GO
ing to pack the parson home and look
after HON lott
To-day is Sunday. A bunch of bronchoa
are standing before the door of the dob
church, clanking their bits and kicking
at each other. The boys are inside, hear
ing the little parson speak.
= "A. J. NIX.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-05-18

guns till it lit up the PALE calm face Of
the little missionary. A splash of blood
across his high forehead cleaned darby
red, and the white bandage around one
loutstretched arm stood sharply distinct
The four outlaws, their arms tightly
bound, looked on in sulen amazement.
The missionary made the first move He
reeled and would have fallen had not
Bronson jumped forward and caught him.
Ehe parson is too strongly organized
for me, boys" Bronson said hoarsely.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-05-18

hlSh, dry tablelands of the continent IN
the interest of Their failing heath; they
must stay there for a etrm OF years at
least and learn to call the place where
they can live "hor1e." Fitting hither
and tfither but adds to the discomforts
of semi-inyaldism of the consumptive,
without in the least abating the cause
that induces it -.-.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-05-18

-1lo1~9 1LLsBORO, N. M, May. Il
WI Red Holmes, famous rustler,
syIA1& and three OF his gang are in
MEIOM the annealed steel cells of the
Al ~ Sierra county Jail at this
~ camp. TT IS remarkabIe that
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-11-30

two Cahall vertical water.tube boilers and
one horizontal combination hue and tubular
boiler. which furnish the necessary steam
for the whole plant.
Store 6uiiding-The store building ia 3S
feet wide and 1929 feet long, and contains a
large stock of all kinds of iron pipes plates,
boiler tubes, copper material, etc. used IN
manufacture. and large stock of heavy
shafting is always kept on hand. up to 12'
and ID" in diameter.
Drawing office.-The drawing Office 's
large and roomy, and this department gives
employment at present to about seven me.
chanical draughtsmen
The general Office for the works is sit.
uated in the front building, It is large and
well equipped, giving ample accommodation
and facilities to the clerical stan employed
in connection with the works.
The second main division of the Honolulu
Iron Works is the Store and Merchandise
Department This is located on the north.
ern side Of the harbor, at the place where
the old works were formerly in operation.
These warehouses cover about two acres
and contain large assortment of iron pipes,
tubes, packing, oil, fittings, brass and iron
valves. etc, Of all descriptions, and q full
equipment Of plumbing goods. also q full
stock of engineers general supplies. There
is also large variety Of small engines,
from two to twenty horsepower, small boil
ers, hoisting engines, gasoline engines, ma
chine tools, such as lathes, drill presses.
shapers, planning machines, etc This part
OF the company's business is very impor-
tant one. as II makes II possible for the
plantations and for vessels calling at Homo
lulu to get supplies OF almost everything
they might require, including blacksmith's
coal and coke.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-11-30
Honolulu Iron Works.

The Honolulu Iron Works was establish
ed in 1853, and since then has been In un-
interrupted operation with gradually ~
creasing capacity. 1t Is now stock COM
pany, having been Incorporated about thirty
years ago, under the Hawaiian laws. The
stock of the Honolulu Iron Works Company
IL owned by number Of prominent business
men. sugar planters and steamship owners
in the Hawaiian Islands.
In 1900 the old works were discontinued,
and new and extensive shops were built
on the south side of the harbor (see Plate
No. u. The new site covers six and one
half acres and Is located with the United
States Government reservation on two sides,
facing the harbor front. All OF the build
ings are made entirely fire-proof, Of steel
structural work and bricks, and are airy
and modern In every respect. In these build
ings are installed the most modern and ell.
cient machinery and machine tools that can
be obtained in the United States, as will be
specified later.
The scope of the work executed by tho
Honolulu Iron Works Company extends
from the repairing of all kinds of machinery
and iron ship-work to the building Of com
plete sugar houses OF the largest descrlp-
ton. They are now finishing the last two
of five such factories The Honolulu Iron
Works Company has also executed repairs
to nearly all the United States war vessels
and transports which have come to Homo
lulu. and is almost always engaged in such
work, for which special facilities are on
hand. They are also at present engaged In
building a small iron steamer, for which the
material has been imported. It will be
In time to be able to take up this branch OF
manufacture to a greater extent. There have
also been lately completed in their works
two 5000, 000-gallon pumping engines and
more of this class Of work is expected.
The skilled mechanics employed are pro-
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-11-30

1000 acres, which is about equally divided
between plant and ration canes Of Rose
Bamboo and Lahaina varieties.
As to the time Of canes maturing 1t Is
from fifteen to eighteen months. while the
character and depth of soil are from good
to fair. In the blowing Of the soil one set
of Fowlers English plows is made use OF,
while the elevation that cane Is planted ID
from practically sea level up to loo rect.
Water for irrigation purposes and mill use
ia obtained from springs In the adJacent
mountains and also from lagoon, which Is
pumped up the daily supply in twenty.four
hours. averaging about 100000 gallons.
The labor necessary on the plantation Is
about $50 hands, one-third OF the work being
performed by day labor and the remaining
twothirds by contracting gangs or COM
pany men.
To transport the cane to the mill and to
expedite the moving of men and material
there is about ten miles OF main ana port
able tracks, the rolling stock OF which con-
sists of seventy cane cars with average ca
pacity of four tons, ten closed cars for con.
yeying sacked sugar to the shipping point
and one engine.
In the cultivation of the soil the company
expends from $4,000 to $4,000 every year
for fertilizers. The average y.eld OF all
plant canes in a favorable season is nve
tons of sugar to the acre, or one ton to eight
tons of cane, while the rattoon canes not
receiving any irrigation average t"o eon'
of sugar to the acre.
The machinery adopted for the manuiac-
ture of sugar consists of two three-roller
and one two.roller mills. 26 "a. made IN
Glasgow; an open Qualification system, two
vacuum pans, triple effect, open settlers,
three filter presses, six 36-lnch centrifugals
driven by separate power, etc. All three
mills are driven by separate engines. having
combined $50 horsepower. The mill ID OPP
Grated ten hours a day and turns out an
average of twenty tons Of raw sugar In that
period, there being three grades manufactur-
ed and known as A, b and c. The gross
weight of the sacks is 1875 pounds each
The annual output of the mill is from
5000 to $500 tons. which Is conveyed to Ho-
nolulu for shipment by the steamer j. A.
Cummins. owned by the plantation company.
George E. Chalmers is the manager OF the
waimanalo Sugar Company. and has been
connected with the sugar industry OF the
islands for eighteen years, while A. Irvine
is the accountant at plantation.
Following IS the list Of officers OF the COM
pany:
w. G. Irwin. President.
w. l.. Hopper Vice President.
w. NJ. Giffard. Treasurer.
H. Whitney Secretary.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-11-30

by 10 feet long, and is equipped as fol.
lows, viz:
Arranged for IL hres.
l bolt machine.
steam hammers, s, 8 and II tons.
3 hand cranes.
Coppersmith Shop.-Ths building is 25
feet by so feet, and is fully supplied with
the usual tools for making copper pipes and
doing copper work In general.
Engine and Dynamo Room.-This building
Is 80 feet by 100 feet, and In II is installed
one 350.horsepower Compound Corliss Con-
dcnsing Engine and one generator.
The power for the entire works emanates
from this building. there being no steam
engine located anywhere else.
Boiler House.-In the boiler house are