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The Delta independent., 1902-11-07
New Military Raft.

An interesting experiment with a
new form of military raft has recent
ly been made on the River Vesle. near
Rheims. by battalion of French in
fantry. To keep the raft afioat wheat
sacks filled with hay were enveioped
with waterproof material. The whole
battalion was transported across the
river in ninety minutes.
The Delta independent., 1902-11-07
Idle Redre1R.

The Duchess OF Marlborough be-
walls the stiff dignity and the conse-
quent loss Of really good times in the
position Of an English duchess COM
pared with that of an American girl.
But there need be no sympathy wasted
on such cases as hers. American girls
are under no compulsion to give up
their good times and their liberty for
diadems, dignity and dullness.
The Delta independent., 1902-11-07
Work for Women,

In the packing and canning factories
women have largely taken the places
ef men, and if trade increases as 1t
has done in the last two or three years
thousands more will find employment
there. Their labor is light, being
what is termed Kitchen work." which
consists of cutting dried beef. stufing
sausages, packing tins. etc.
The Delta independent., 1902-11-07
Spanish Galway Schedules.

Spanish trains SO seldom leave sta.
tons on time that the timetables in
many cases merely indicate the hour
of departure-say, eight and "minu.
tos''--that is, an indefinite number of
minutes after eight.
The Delta independent., 1902-11-07
Bio Yield Of Potatoes.

Last week we mentioned the far
that our potatoes from near Romeo. in
the Sunny San Luis Valley. were net
ting us $1,000 per acre. The more We
dig the better they yield. and we now
find that they will net us over $780, 90
per acre. And this, too, on land that
never was cultivated before this year.
Let us write you all about our land.
Zeph. Chas. Felt, 102 Boston building.
Denver. Colo.
The Delta independent., 1902-11-07
Find Immense Vein of Coal.

The Railway Age says: Surveyors
who are fixing the route for the pro-
posed Alaska Central railway claim
to have discovered on the proposed
line the greatest field OF hard coal In
the world"
The Delta independent., 1902-11-07
Expected Discovery.

All sorts of wonderfully well pre-
served things are being unearthed In
the palace OF Nebuchadnezzar in Bah
ylpn. II may be possible that they
viii yet bring to light some of the
baled hay he kept at hand to eat when
the grass crop was short
The Delta independent., 1902-11-07
What They Were.

Little Frances had been put into
combination garments some time ago.
but she could not remember the name
Of them. One day she discovered that
some one had arrayed her doll in sim
liar apparel. and running to her
mother she exclaimed: "Oh, mamma!
Dolly's got CONSERVATION garments
Just like mine!"
The Delta independent., 1902-11-07
Beyond Figures.

Somebody has figured out that the
average man utters 1l.soo.o0O words
In the course OF a year. or course II
would be utter nonsense to figure out
the number the wife Of the average
man would use.-Baltimore Sun.
The Delta independent., 1902-11-07
Jeyvs Of PaIestine-

The Jews Of Palestine are entirely
descended from Jews who returned
to that land from Europe. Most of
them speak a corrupt form Of the Ger
man language.
The Delta independent., 1902-11-07
Record oner,orv.

Australias biggest offertory was
taken up at the consecration of the
Bishop Of Carpentaria in Sydney ca
thedral. II amounted to Es,5o0. and
is perhaps the largest on record.
The Delta independent., 1902-11-07
Marble Of the Parthenon.

Some sculptured white marble was
recently found in Colne Park, Essex.
The authorities of the British Museum
pronounce II to be a portion Of the
celebrated frieze Of the Parthenon
temple, Athens. erected in the year 44A
b. c.
The Delta independent., 1902-11-07
Gen. s,ewar, a Young Man.

The new commander.in.chies Of the
Grand Army of the Republic. Gen.
Stewart. is but 81 years old. He en-
listed while a boy and served owe:
four years during the war Of the re-
bellion.
The Delta independent., 1902-11-07
Expensive Wine.

The most expensive wine in the
world is some IT'S Madeira recovered
from wreck in the ,Scheldt in 1914.
1t was sold at Ella per bottle.
The Delta independent., 1902-11-07
Watch Made Of ivory,

Henri Houriet. a Swiss watchmak-
or. has recently completed watch
made entirely out OF the ivory taken
from billiard ball-works and case
complete. II keeps good time.
The Delta independent., 1902-11-07
Tho Best Bujidjno Stone,

Fossil coral, found in FIJI, Is the
nest building stone in the world. 1t
Is soft when first cut. but hardens to
the consistency of fire-brick after a
few months weathering,
The Delta independent., 1902-11-07
The World. oide.. CITY,

Damas Gus is undoubtedly the Oldest
existing city in the world: Benares
and Constantinople. exclusive of Chi
nese towns, come next in point Of age
The Delta independent., 1902-11-07
Perhap. II Va. Worth IL

For sna.ching kiss in the street
from q nursemaid. young man of
Cork has been sent to prison for three
months.
The Delta independent., 1902-11-07

Few American Women Criminals.
In American prisons the proportion
Of men to women II AZ 12 to /; In
French prisons ~ to !.
The Delta independent., 1902-11-07
The Bottle and the Dime,

AZ Is well known, many bottles, par
ticularly liquor and proprietary medi-
cine bottles, when emptied of their
original contents are refilled vita
spurious liquids and to overcome this
fraud large number of devices add
greatly to the cost of the bottle, with
NO means of repayment except in the
The Delta independent., 1902-11-07

Catfish are so hungry in the Arkan-
sas river that they squirm out onto the
bank and hunt for field-mice.
The Delta independent., 1902-11-07
A Rad alundsr.

One o, the greatest mistakes In life
Is that those who can afford hand.
some modern nursery have no chill
dren to put In it.-Atchison Globe.
The Delta independent., 1902-11-07

"PspsIn" . Missouri Town.
Pepsin 10 the name OF Jasper coun-
u (Mo.) town near Carthage.
The Delta independent., 1902-11-07
cerm.n PIow, In Rv,.I..

Germany sold Russia nearly 100000
worth OF plows last year. The plow in
use in that country has wheels at the
beam tip SO 1t doesn't have to be he'd.
The Delta independent., 1902-11-07

De Wet Gets shiilalah.
De Wet has been presented with an
Irish blackthorn shillalah. which he
admired in the hands Of an Irish bank
or In London.
The Delta independent., 1902-11-07

powder in the puff. IN operation the
perforated surface is pressed against
the skin, when the compression of the
air inside and consequent discharge
through the perforations drive the
powder out also, causing it to adhere
to the surface against which the pun
is placed.
The Delta independent., 1902-11-07
Product Of : Japan e.e Inventor.

Product Of Japanese Inventor.
and the automatic nre-protecting shut.
ter shown in the picture has consid-
cradle interest for that reason. IS well
as for Its merit as an invention. The
double shutter Is intended to be
mounted on spring hinges. which
adapt 1t to self-closure the instant
the restraining device is withdrawn
under the heat Of fire. and At the same
tirae the shutters can be easily opened
The Delta independent., 1902-11-07
Railway Scare. Lions.

Lions have been scared away from
the shores of Lake Victoria Nyanza
by the rewly-built railway.
The Delta independent., 1902-11-07
Fire Protecting Shutters.

II is not often that Japanese in
ventor enters an application for q pat
ent in the United States patent office,
The Delta independent., 1902-11-07

g Peculiar Color Of ostriehes
Black ostriches With white wings
are to be seen in Uganda.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-13

to come into any American territory
or state, as he once used to be. There
are many powerful deterreuts that keep
him away. The petty annoyances of
the L. S. Customs regulations infiict
daily wounds on his pride, while the
Exclusion signboard" warning him off
from the inhospitable shore rankles in
his mind with deep modification by
the thought of the iniquity of human
laws. Meanwhile his country is open
ing up. There is work for him in the
railroads, which will soon knit his
countrymen with bands stronger than
steel; in the rich mineral fields, by the
products of which his country will be
elevated to the front rank of power;
in the shipping yards where the nucleus
of his country's navy will be formed,
which may, in time, dominate the China
seas in the strife of Eastern maritime
POWER in addition to his many oppor-
tunities, there is the kindly treatment
of paternal government which to him
! is more precious than gold or silver
John is 10 more cheap article, and is
Lot coming to Hawaii unless he car
enjoy the freedom and independence
for which he is told the Yankees of the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-13

Of covered injury threatening his free
dom Of action. Hawaii needs John for
her sugar industry, the mainstay of her
prosperity, but John knows that this
time he has the best end of the bar
gain, and IS, therefore, not going to
stoop down to any ignoble contract
which will yoke him to the cane field
fora term of years. He will come here
only on the condition that he will be
treated on the footing accorded to his
neighbors of the Chrysanthemum.
Not being a great thinker he fails to
understand why this Partially is pur-
can friends. Meanwhile John beholds
the opeu-door policy in operation in
China-a policy strenuously advocated
by the revered President Mckinley
and watches with stole interest the
many American capitalists rushing
rost-haste, unfettered by exclusion
rubbish and degrading contracts, to his
own country in time to secure the dain-
ty morsel of railroad and mining con-
, cessions from his own lavish but i'm
partial sovereign.
It is strange American people do not
realize that John is not over-anxious
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-13
HOW JOHN CH!NAMAN VIEWS
THE LABOR QUESTION

leaval of sentiment in his favor arises
from the spring of sweet friendship.
Hardly The time for universal broth
erhood is still far off, though the Car
has tried to palm off on his warlike
neighbors his deep-rooted scheme,
Ncommonly known to the world
as the universal disarmament" being
the nearest kin to universal freemason-
ry. 1t may be due, he thinks again, to
the enervating effects of the tropics,
where the best of resolutions often
evaporates in the heat of a shimmering
DAY, that the local labor unions find
the rigid adherence to party principles
somewhat injurious to the preserva-
ton of a healthy constitution and
weighty purse.
Nevertheless John feels himself for
once a parsonage of no. small dignity.
He is found at last truly useful to Ha-
wall nei which, for forty years, through
his untiring diligence, he has helped
to build and place on the proud emf
hence it now enjoys with singular pride.
This change of public opinion is, there
fore, specially gratifying to John. But
hardly is he placed on the pedestal of
honor, then 10! comes the hideous form
OF a ten-year contract on the cane
fields, the emanation of certain fair
graduate of Economist" renown, and
with laundering regret John descends
from the giddy heights to the level
plains, plodding once more on the beat
en- track Of his forefathers with i'm
perturbable serenity. For with the
sweetness of modifying opinion, there
is much that is bitter and unpalatable
to John. John is patient chap, and
seldom kicks. He is easily satisfied
fair treatment and common courtesy is
all he needs to round off the rough
edges of life. But a ten-year contract,
Of arduous labor in the cane fields, the
condition by which he is permitted to
land, is really too much for John to
digest with seeming propriety to his
manhood. No wonder John feels his
circulation quickening under the smart
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-13
WILL MAKE REPORT
ON IRRIGATION
M. M. O'shaughnessy Will Do the
Work for the Geological
Survey.

M. NJ. Shaughnessy, the irrigation ex-
pert who has had charge of some of
the most important plans for bringing
water to cane fields in the Islands, has
been commissioned by the United States
Geological Survey to write a report
upon the water supply of the Hawaiian
Islands. The report will be a notable
one, embodying as it will the results
of the Investigations of Mr.. Onslaught
messy, which have covered several years
of active work in the various Islands
of the group.
The report will not only cover the
natural water supply, but will deal with
taking up the pumping and ditching
enterprises and will be a compendium
of the various forms of the watering OF
the fields. This will give it a material
value. The work, while it will be done
under the Geological Survey direction,
will have bearing upon the Agricul-
-
the irrigation bureau, has been trying
for more than a year to secure such
a report, and at one time assigned an
agent to come here for the purpose OF
making the Investigations, but the work
was laid aside owing to the lack of ap-
preparations.
The latest work of which Mr.. o.
Shaughnessy has been in charge, that
for the Hawaiian Sugar Company, is
now nearing completion. This is the
taking of water from the Makaweli
river, and carrying it to the plantation
at an elevation of 100 feet. The first
five miles Of the waterway consists OF
tunnels, and this work is being pressed
ahead of all the estimates. Whereas it
was thought the work would consume
until January 1st, 1904, the work is
being SO rushed that the water will
be on the lands by August list, of next
year. This is the most ambitious irri-
CATION project ever yet attempted in
the Islands, and reflects the greatest
credit upon the engineer.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-13

explained that probably the jury oioh
believe mis- story, and imposed SEN
tence of seven years.
COURT NOTES.
John d. Holt, Jr., has asked leave 10
file an amended answer to the SUIT
brought against him by John r. COL
burn.
An appraisement has been made OF
the estate of Mary E. Green showing II
to be worth $3.50.
In the suit by the Gear-Lansing Irus-
lees VS.. Emmett May the defendant mas
answered ard puts in plea OF seton
for moneys due him for work and LOT
commissions. 100.
Thos. Fitch has asked for fee of $500
in the case of ]. o. Carter VS.. Sypl "A.
Carter, ct al.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-13
HAMA TRUST
DEED FILED
Mortgage Given
to the Union
Trust Co.
SECURES A BOND
ISSUE OF 100000
Protecting Clause for Minority
Stockholders Pay for
improvements.

There has just been filed in the
under which the Hama Plantation Com
pany conveys to the Union Trust Com
pany of San Francisco its property on
Maui to secure the bond issue of $500,
600 recently authorized.
The deed of trust says that the
money is. borrowed for the purpose of
making extensive improvements upon
the plantation, and also for the purpose
of floating the Indebtedness of said
Hama Plantation Company. The bond
issue was authorized at a meeting of
the board of directors held in San
Francisco on October %, where it was
decided to make an issue of bonds il
addition to that outstanding, to the
amount of 100000. These bonds are
of the denomination of $1,000 each,
bearing 6 per cent interest, and payable
in series to the amount of $4,000 each
year, beginning July 1, 1908.
The bonds are secured by deed to
the Union Trust Company of San Fran
cisco of all the lands of the Hama
plantation on Maui and all the rights,
interests and franchises held by the
Hama plantation Company in the Ter
ritory of Hawaii.
There is also a provision in the deed
that if default is made in the payment
of the bonds or interest coupons, and
this shall remain unpaid for six
months, the Union Trust Company
shall, upon the request of the holder or
holders of not less than five of said
bonds, on which the principal or inter-
est shall so be, and have so remained
in default, enter into and upon and
take possession Of all said premises
and property and manage and operate
the same and receive the income, re-
ceipts rents, issues, and profits there
Of 1t is provided further that from
these receipts shall be paid, first, the
operating expenses; second, any money
due upon the bonds, failing in which
the mortgage shall be foreclosed and
the property sold under the decree of
the proper court All such expenses
are to be paid and also compensation
to the trustee, and the residue is to be
distributed to the bondholders.
There is a provision also for the re-
newal of the trustee, with the consent
of rs per cent of the bondholders, but
the new trustee shall always be trust
company. The trust deed is subject to
a mortgage given by the Hama Plan
tation Company to Sigmund Greene
baum and Charles Altschurl. dated
December IL, 1894.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-13

North ana South once joined in bloody
slaughter of one another to the tune Of
million souls. He is changing-this
eccentric John. The martial spirit
slumbering in him, which under Geng-
his and Kublai led him a conquering
hero from the shores of Corea to the
Mediterranean Sea, has risen up in
open revolt against slavery and it's kin
dred institutions. Surely the American
people while extending their courteous
hospitality to the Japanese and Porto
Ricans will not have the grace to re-
fuse it to John who in his own country
receives the people of all nationalities
with friendly grasp, and has shown
his Partially in more than one instance
to the American people, inviting them
generously to partake of the manifold
advantages of his trade and giving.
them the preference of his invaluable!
RAILROAD and mining concessions.
A. L. AHLo.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-13
So Different
OTIS of Claims Like This, But
so Dlfferent-local Proof
is What Honolulu
People Want.

There are a great many of them.
Every paper has its share.
Statements hard to believe, harder to
prove.
Statements from far-away places.
What people say in Florida.
Public expressions from California.
Outlines good endorsement there.
But of little service here at home.
Honolulu people want local proof.
The savings of neighbors, friends and
citizens.
Home Endorsement counts.
1t disarms the skeptic; is beyond dis
Pute.
This is the backing that stands be-
hind every box of Doan's Kidney Pills.
Here is a case of it:
Mr.. Cyrus S. Edison of Kapiolani
Park, this city, says: ct am at present
q teamster and came to the Islands
ffteen years ago. Previous to that ]
drove a stage coach in the United
States. These occupations necessitat-
ing my being out at all seasons were nc
doubt the cause of my kidney disorder
l had the ordinary symptoms of this
complaint, and resorted to a host OF
things to cure it. All of them failed
to do so. however, and when 1 had al
most given up hope I heard about
Doan's Backache Kidney Pills and go
some at the HOLSTER Drug Co.'S store
They did indeed relieve me and l an
quite satihed with the benefit the,
have been to me-"
loans Backache Kidney Pills are 70,
sale by all dealers; price so cents ne
pox (six boxes $3.50. Mailed bv tn,
hoillster Drug Co, Honolulu, wholesal,
agents for the Hawaiian Islands
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-13

It is really amusing to account for
the recent change of sentiment in ia
vor of Chinese immigration, when one
remembers a short time ago the hue
and cry raised against the coming Of
John Chinaman to fair Hawaii; the
mass meeting held at the drill shed and
other places of local fame; the noisy
but incoherent illusions of stump ora
tors, heavily impregnated with dire
maledictions against John and his race;
and the monstrous petition terminated
from the hot air. replete with woeful
tales of the white-man's burden, and
borne under the arms of the redoubt-
able delegate of Garibaldian fame to
the great Hall of Legislature. To John
himself the interest of watching the
gradual development of these strange
phenomena is greatly augmented, when
the local labor union and its affiliated
societies speak of him in terms not en-
tirely endearing, however, but certainly
savored less of the acrimony and preju-
dice which once characterized the pre-
cocious outburst of American patriot
ism in the budding Territory against
the lowering yellow peril" Naturally.
John wonders hugely what strange mo-
meutous turn Of affairs has taken place,
causing the supporters of Geary and
Co. to bolt the party platform, and for
many days sit in their Star Chamber
soherly discussing over the supposed
manifold advantages of John and his
Industrious habits. His prying curios-
lty attains the climax On learning it was
| whispered in the circle Of that mighty
Chamber that under certain conditions
| ne tJohn) was a desirable factor fol
the cane fields in Hawaii; his peculiar
knack of clinging to the fields beins
circumstances considered favorably fol-
his adnittance, and specially conducive
IN lifting the sugar stocks from the
'dumps" and incidentally enlarging tn,
enolCments of the rank and file of tn,
/ Union Standard.
Can it be, he meditates, that this up
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-13
VERDICT
FOR AHIN
Sumner Must Pay
For Borrowed
Money.
SEVEN YEARS FOR
NUMEROUS COOK
Chinese Officers Who Damaged
Gambling Outfit Are Ac-
quilted by Jury.

Y. Ahin was last evening awarded
judgment in the amount of s1,45S.2t
against John K. Sumner for money
loaned and goods furnished him. The
verdict of the jury was returned shortly
after six o'clock after considering the
evidence for nearly two hours. The
Judgment also carries with it legal in
terest in accordance to dates as given
in the plaintiffs complaint.
The amount of the verdict is some
what more than half of the sum claim
ed by Amin to have been advanced by
him to Sumner. On the other hand
Sumner put in as an offset about $5,5OV
paid in attorneys fees for securing the
cancellation of the $4,000 mortgage
given by him. Amin on the stand in re-
buttal testified that he was not respon-
sible for these attorneys fees and had
before suit was brought. Exceptions
to the verdict were taken by Sumner's
attorneys and the case will be carried
to the Supreme Court.
OFFICERS ACQUITTED.
All On and PAX Chez, police officers
sent to break up a Chinese gambling
game, who smashed the furniture in
doing SO were acquitted of malicious
mischief by jury in Judge De Bolts
court yesterday. High Sheriff Brown
testified that he had ordered the raid,
and that the men were simply carrying
cut his orders. The jury had hard
tiHe in reaching an agreement, Juror
Peterson holding out for conviction.
The jurors came into court after send
ing in word that there was 'one crank"
en- the jury, and reported their inability
10 agree. Questions were asked as to
the definition of malice, and with new
instructions the jury again retired, to
return in a short time with a verdict of
sequittal.
II. Mort, the Japanese who murder
susly assaulted both Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Hartman a few months ago was
found guilty by the jury yesterday
morning and Judge De Bolt sentenced
him to imprisonment for term OF
seven years.
The defendant took the stand in his
avn behalf and told an improbable
story of the events leading up to his
crime. He said that Mrs. Hartman had
complained because he failed to put
butter on the breakfast table, and then
had threatened to shoot him. He stated
also that Mrs. Hartman had started fol
Aim with a piece of fire wood and at
tempted to pour boiling water on him
In preventing this the water had beer
spilled over his mistress. He said that
the cuts inflicted upon Hartman ha6
been accidental, and that he had beer
shot by the latter while running away
The jury was out but a few minutes
before agreeing upon a verdict Of
guilty. Upon being asked if he hat
anything to say why sentence should
not be passed the defendant stated thai
he could pot understand why he hat
been convicted and yet Mrs. Hartman
had thrown hot water upon him, while
Mr.. Hartman had shot him. The cour
-