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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-05-17

According to latest dispatches the
Minister'S Union of Topeka, Kansae,
has started campaign against the
confirmation by the Senate OF the
appointment OF their townsman
Eugene Ware, as Pension Commits
siouer on the grounds that he is an
agnostic. The brethren evidently
overlook thu constitutional pro-
hibiton of religious test in Amo
rican political matters.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-05-17
FOR CHRISTI AND PLANTERS.
Hawaiian Evangelical Association
Issues Peculiar Plea tor Financial


Honolulu over the names OF men
identified prominently with sugar
plantation interests, have reached
this city. They make, apparently,
a novel use OF the work of evaDgeli-
cation among the plantation work
ers-in fact, they appear to turn to
financial and personal account the
benefits OF the incubation OF
Christian doctrines in the direc
ton of making the plantation la
borers more content with thei- lot
and less liable to complain Of being
underpaid aud more likely to do a
hard days work as matter of con.
science.
The circulars are issued at inter.
walls Of week and record OF their
issuance is said to be kept in Homo
lulu They must be read ia proper
sequence to afford adequate idea of
their purport. They are skillfully
written aud yet make admissions OF
daring character The style Of
make up is attractive aud of
character favored by advertising
specialists.
The FIRST OF these circulars makes
"a frank statement to start with"
1t appeals to the business men Of
Hawaii for aid for the Hawaiian
Evangelical Association, and imme.
diately announces that appeal is
made without Especial regard to
the spiritual motives but rather be-
cause we believe we are conducting
a work from which you are deriving
a financial benefit every day"
The circular describes contribu-
ton to the Hawaiian Evangelical
Association as an insurance policy
because it "sends paci6ers in the
persons OF our missionaries to keep
men peaceful, sober and willing TO
work"
In perfectly naive manuer the
authors of the circular refer to
these missionaries as "our agents"
and declares that they "have done
much to decrease the risk Of fires
in the cane during the past year"
The signatures to the first circular
are those of Theodore Richards, j
B. Atherton and P. G, Jones, fnan-
cial committee. All three meu are
connected with extensive sugar in
terests in the islands.
The second circular bears the
same names as the first and is sent
out q week after that first is pre-
sumed to havs done it's work This
second document says that the
work OF evangelization stops strikes
better than a Supr ,me Court in
junction. Our agents with the
gospel work better than the law
cam" it continues. "The law costs
you money whsD you invoked it.
Why shouldn't you contribute
literally toward this work OF the
Hawaiian Evangelical Association
by which you so manifestly prof!3"
In spirit OF mock reverence a
dialogue between doctor and pa.
tient, the latter q stakeholder in a
plantation, is presentsd and the
doctors prescription is sect the
bsst aid you can, do what is right
yourself aud lot God run His uni
verse"
To the third circular are append
, ed the following names; Hawaiian
Evangelical Association: Hon, }. B
Atherton, president; Hon. Henry
WalsFhouse, vice president; tne
Rev. o. P, Emerson, corresponding
secretary; the Rev j. Lesdingham,
recording secretaryj Theodore
, Richards, treasurer; f. j. Lowrey
auditor,
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-05-17

Now that the American press has
taken up the only too we'll authen-
ticated horror of American army
brutality in the Philippines the sus-
picion of un- patriotic iault-fnding
is lifted from the few courageous
journals which from the first inSist-
ed on stating the truth despite the
"unpopularity" OF that course.
Which goes to prove that the high
est patriotism is that which boldly
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-05-17

Civilization by means OF the
"water cure" and similar barbarous
tortures can hardly be expected to
inspire the feeling that it fills long
felt want among those on whom
such inhuman inventions are pr4-
ticed. Yet there are American
editors who still ring the changes
on "Spanisn cruelty" whenever
they haYe occasion to refer to the
former government OF Americas
new possessions,
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-05-17

THE INDEPENDENT 80 cents per
month,
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-05-17

f. :. TESLA, Proprietor and Pub
Nsher.
TDMUND NcREIE, Editor.
Residing in Honolulu.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-05-17
denounces in the face OF public
clsmor, injustice done in the couu-
try's name The public mind is ap-
parently awakening to the fact.

The statement that the President
declined to let General Miles re-
iceive French decoration is denied.
It begins to look as il these stories
Of snubs were a part OF the game to
increase General Miles chances for
a Presidential he mination.-P. G.. A.
Stories, indeed. The President
could not very we'll decline TO let
General Miles receive a decoration
from the French Government, for
the simple reason that General Miles
was made chevalisr Of the Legion
OF Honor by the late President
Faure during the Lieutenant Gen
erals famous trip to Europe. 1
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-05-17

General Tomas Estrada Palm I
who, for the past eighteen years, ha
been modest school teacher in
Central Valley, New York, departed
for Cuba few days ago to be inau-
gurated President of the new Re-
public on Tuesday next. He will
preside over the land where he was
born, where his father aud mother
were killed and their estate con-
fscated by the nation which today
is ctowning boy sixteen years old
to be its King General Palma was
exiled from the land Of his birth by
the new Kings father. 1t is a
strange contrast, this prank which
history has played.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02

the naked eye, encounter the earth
daily, according to the estimate of
Prof. Newton
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02
LADIES GO FROG HUNTING.
1t Is n FhvOrite Amusement of French
Women at Constant
tinOple.

One of the faYorite amusements of
French ladies at Constantinople is
frog hunting, says the London Tele-
graph. A large party is organized, the
ladies all appear in dainty Partisan tot
lettes, with very high heels to their
boots, and each carries a long bamboo
rod. The gentlemen are got up in prop
er costume for "la chasse" and bear
sticks. Then they all adjourn to some
marshy spot where frogs abound and
begin fishing. The bait is piece of
raw meat tied to a string at the end
of the bamboo.
The ladies do the fishing, and as soon
as one sees that frog has swallowed
the bait she gives violent jerk to the
rod, which brings the frog out onto
the land. The attendant sportsmen
then fall upon the ferocious animal
and STAY it with their sticks. The la
dies sometimes also join in the Last IA
tai act, but the men always try to dis
suade them, as in their excitement
they frequently mistake a mans head
or foot for the frog and the sport be-
comes too dangerous.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02

time | served man with a drink. |
never had any love for the business,
and more than once had walked out
of saloon belonging to me, telling the
bartender he could have everything
in the place, and have left the town for
good.
81 remember once owning a saloon
that | felt ashamed to go to, and |
never did visit it, except when | went
every Monday to get the $3.50 prom
ised by the pugiist whom l had put in
to run it. How much more he made, or
what he did in the place, never cared
to ask.
every once in awhile | would have
spasm of goodness, and resolve to
quit the liquor business and all its at
tachments. This would have been all
the easier for me to do because | had
a good trade. l was a first-class dia-
mond setter, and readily found EN-.
ployment whenever | wanted it.
Il went frequently to the Cooper
Union after my first visit. l liked
what was said and sung, and believed
in the people who held the meetings.
This was the beginning; the rest fol
lowed naturally"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02

Aztecs to the effect that the people
of Tlaxcala did not tra=t Ocelotl, the
tiger prince, well and that he soon
left their city and wandered south
until he came to Amatlan, where he
was warmly welcomed by the people.
He remained with them many years
and became their chief, not their
king, for Amatlan had always been,
in its form of government, republic
an, and is still so to-day.
The people of Amatlan practically
govern themselves to-day without
any interference on the part of the
Mexican government. They pay their
federal taxes promptly, as they have
done for the past 300 years, under
one name or another, but there their
duties stop. They may be said to
constitute little Aztec nation in the
heart of the Mexican republic. They
have their own hereditary chiefs,
their own aristocracy in direct line,
reaching back beyond the Spanish
conquest. They retain their own GUS
toms, habits, manners of dress, and
houCS VI uHouSHt' IHey are nom-
inally Catholics, but the ancient AZ
tee mythology is largely mixed with
their religious beliefs. They have
hundreds of charms which are sup
posed to be effective against certain
diseases, dangers, or accidents. And
there is a spirit of some kind con-
nected with almost every charm.
This spirit was, not so many years
ago, an Aztec god or demi-god. The
Amateca is therefore a most curious
combination of Christian and pagan,
civilized citizen and savage. lie has
his own schools, but his teachers are
churches, but his priests are also
AmatecaS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02

The subject of emigration for gentle
women is attracting an increasing
amount of attention throughout the
British empire, both in the mother
land, where the surplus and unem-
ployed woman is a serious problem,
and in the colonies, where these same
women are sorely needed, says the
New York Tribune. 1t is said this is
partly the result of the Boer war. The
intense patriotism of the Beers and
their faith in their cause is generally
attributed to the lessons learned at
home from the women. y life in the
wilderness might not be regarded as
alluring, but there are compensations.
for while the average woman in the
older countries is an una pprecia bic
unit, even if not actually Surplus"
the woman in pioneer society is an ac-
knowledged power.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02
STORY OF A RESCUE.
Gen. darlington Booth Tells of the
Time He Was a Saloon
keeper.

In his article entitled "The Personal
Appeal of the Volunteers in Frank
Leslie Popular Monthly, Gen. BallingA
ton Booth cites this story of a rescue.
"One Sunday evening, about three
years ago, l was sitting in down
town saloon with a friend. We had
been there for some time when | said:
Lets get out of here. I'm tired of
this pace. So, as my friend acquiesced,
we left the barroOm, and found our
selves walking aimlessly along the side
walk. Finally, my companion sug-
gested that we go to Cooper Union and
hear Col. Pattie Watkins sing and talk.
He explained who she was and what
the Volunteers were, and | thought
1 might enjoy the music anyway-so |
went.
81 hadn't been to church for years,
but l had, nevertheless, always fek
a good deal of respect for religion,
my mother having given me good in
struction and advice in my early days;
although | was raised among saloon
men and gamblers, and one of the very
first things that l remembered being
taught was now TO nix drink.
81 have lived for 4Q years saloon
keeper and gambler, but during all
that time my conscience was awake,
and l had qualms of conscience every
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02
His EumbIe Beginning.

There is a certain great man here
il town who hates nothing quite so
much as answering personal ques-
tons. He dined out on one recent oc-
casion, and the guest of honor was
an Englishwoman who is filed with
the keenest and most ENORMOUSLY eX-
pressed interest in America and
Americans.
Il find you perfectly wonderful
over here, said she between the salad
and the dessert. "The lives of your
prominent men read like romances.
Your poor boys grow up to be mil
lionaries and your great men have had
the most extraordinary beginnings.
One of your president, am told, was
actually butcher, and the father of
a newl y-made French princess was a
tailor. Now you, Mr.. Blank" turning
smilingly to the great man at her ell
bow, I'm sure your history must be
most interesting. Do please tell me,
at what did you begin life?"
The great man stared at her in dis
approval.
Madam" he said, 81 began life as
a by.'-Washingt Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02
4 Willing NIartYr

School-teachers sometimes ask
their pupils queer questions, if one
may believe story told by the young
est member of the Wilmington family.
His mother one morning discovered
shortage in her supply of pies
baked the day before, and her suspi-
cions fell upon Johnny.
johnny" she said, do you know
what became of that cherry pie that
was on the second shelf in the pam
try?"
Yes, ma'am," he replied, 81 ate it.
But | had to-"
You had to-" exclaimed his aston
ished mother. "What do you mean,
child?"
The teacher asked yesterday if
any of us could tell her how many
stones there are in a cherry pie, and |
couldn't find out without eating the
whole pie, could 1? There's Just IL
hundred and forty-two." - Youths
Companion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02

for the preceding month it caused
genuine sensation, says the Army and
Navy Journal. The city employees and
their immediate army of creditors
commenced to parade in front of the
mayor, who stood up holding the check
so that all might see. Two thousand
and forty-nine dollarsl The mayor
told the people that the check could
not be cashed, as there was not money
enough in the whole town, not even
if all the business houses combined for
the purpose of cashing it. He then told
them that they had to wait for their
money until some one could go to San
Juan to cash the check.
The mayor, enVied by all, became
tired from holding the check in the
air, folded it, placed it in a cigarette
box, wound it with red tape and locked
it up in the safe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02
Cupid's Effective Darts.

Once upon time Cupid called on
Vulcan.
''Friend Vulcan he said, things
have been little slow with me of late
and have been missing lots of marks.
| want you to make me a new lot of
darts and tips each one of them with
gold"
Several days afterward Mercury APP
peared in a great hurry before Vul-
can with this note from Cupid:
Dear Vulcan-Those last darts
didn't miss once. Make me 10000 gross
more gold-tipped ones at once. / am
doing the greatest work of my life"
Moral.-Aim is made more effective
by the judicious use of gold.-N. Y.
Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02
Use of Cotton Goods.

The world uses $50O,O0O,O0O worth of
cotton goods in a year. OF this Great
Britain manufactures &C per cent.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02

Percy proposed to Isabel on q
lovely moonlight night.
Guy-Well-
Percy-She said to bring the matter
up again some cloudy night; that she
didn't want matters to stand so ]
could blame the moon if we made a
bad match.-Detroit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02
MEASURED PLANET MERCURY.
Or. See of the Naval Observatory Mt
Washington Finds Its Diameter
to BE 2,05S Miles.

DR.. See, of the United States naval
observatory in Washington, has just
concluded a measurement of the
planet Mercury with the large tel
escope of that institution. Its diam
eter is found to be 2,65S miles. Dr.
See calls attention to the fact that
he has never observed any marked
spots on the planets disk, not even
VIXEN the sky was absolutely pure
and the image of the planet perfect
ly defined on the lens of the tel
escope. His observation also is that
there is no diminution of brightness
at the edges of the disk, such as
would be produced by an absorbing
atmosphere. Although these results
agree in general with those obtained
at the Lick observatory, they dis
agree with those Of Schiajarelli and
Mr.. Percival Lowell.
DR.. See mas made another inter-
esting estimate regarding meteors.
Every observer notes a considerable
number of small meteors while he is
engaged in telescope observations.
The field of view OF telescope is a
very small fraction of the surface of
the heavens, and simple proportion
based on the number of meteors en-
ables an estimate to be made of the
number of meteors in the whole
sky. In this manner, says the Wash
ington Star, DIR. See estimates there
are about 1,2OO,OOO,OOO telescope me-
teors appearing in the sky daily.
Between 100000 end 15,OO0,OoO me-
teors, bright enough to be visible to
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02
The Reign of the cigar.

To-day smokers are numbered by
millions, fact to which the treasures
of most nations have to be devoutly
thankful. 1t is estimated that 1,OOO,-
100000 acres of land are devoted to the
cultivation of tobacco. The world con-
sumes each year 100000, 900 pounds,
or 2,S12, 800 tons, worth 6 81, 100000.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02
COULD NOT CASH CHECK.
The Combined Wealth of the Porto
Ricnn Town Was Unable
to Meet 1t.

As illustrating the scarcity of money
in Porto Rico it is related that when
in Manati few days ago in pay
ment of the towns excise collections
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1902-04-24
AN ARTIFICIAL PEARL.
Produced by Placing n Hall Of Was
In the she'll of "a Fresh Watss
Mussel.

A ball of beeswax introduced intd
the shell of living fresh-water mus~
sci has resulted in producing the
most remarkable artificial pearl Id
existence. IL is about an inch and q
half in length. oval in form and pin1
In color, and is now the property of
the Smithsonian Institution, reportd
a Washington exchange. ,
The ball of wax was placed nean
the hinge of the bivalve, which being
in a tank of fresh water. was care~
fully watched. The irritation of tho
wax caused the mollusk to protece
itself by coating the foreign object
with smooth coating of pearl stun
the same material as that which ID
used in lining the inner surface Of it'd
shell. In the case in question tho
result was an enormous pearl. Owing
to pressure, however, the wax ball
lost It's spherical shape and become
oval in form.
At the end Of two years the mussel
was taken out of the tank and opened
and the pearl removed. The waA
afterward contracted owing to drys
ness. which caused the pearl shell I'd
crack. This accident, while destroys
ing the commercial value Of tho
penrl, made IL possible to observe tho
thickness Of the nacreous coverings
which is somewhat greater than thae
OF an ordinary sheet Of letter paper.
II the pearl were not fawed II would
be worth an enormous sum OF moneys
but even as II is 1t is priceless as q
curiosity.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1902-04-24
Nora Fuller Mystery Solved.

Chief Of Police Whitman officially
announced Saturday morn that the
murderer Of Nora Fuller was e. B.
Hadley, for fourteen years accountant in
the business office Of the Examiner.
On January l6, the day Of the disappear
ance Of Nora Fuller, c.. b. HAdley dis.
appeared, and has not been seen since.
Theodore Kyika, the hand writing eI.
pert, declared that the man who wrote
the name Of G. B, Hawkins to the adyer.
tisement Turing Nora Fuller to her
death VAS c, B. Iladley. lie has com.
pared the hsndWri!ings and declare,
they are identical. So hurriedly had
Hsdley left his lodgings and fied that be
did not even 20 TO the bank 10 draw the
balance which be had on deposit.
Nora Fuller, a l0.year old girl, left
her home Jsnury 10. 10 answer an adj
yertisement fora nurse girl. No trace
Of her could be found until a month
later, when her nude body was found
in vacant house on Suffer street. The
girl had been murdered.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1902-04-24
MISTAKES ON RAILROADS.


ut Is pretty easy thing to make
a mistake in railroading," said an old
engineer MS he thought OF the recent
wrecks on the Wabash and the Iron
Mountain roads In which so many
lives were lost, says the Mexican Her
aid. AS | understand IL, those
wrecks were caused by defective or
ders. The train dispatcher sent out
his orders directing one train to pass
the other at a certain station The
operator did not copy the order on
his manifold book, ns he should have
done. Instead, he wrote IL ON n slip
Of paper aud handed IL to the engi-
neer. But In making the copy the
operator made mistake and
changed the name OF the station.
The collision was the only natural
result
"An accident just like that hap
pened To me once when | was work
ing In the states. ! received orders
to pass a train ht the next station.
| was just pulling out when | saw
the headlight OF locomotive loom
ing up close behind me. Did jumpl
guess | did. The engines were bad
ly smashed, but fortunately none of
the passengers were badly hurt, as
! had reversed my engine before !
| jumped aud the other engine was
slowing down FOR the station when
the collision cams. An examination
showed that the original order had
been. f1r our trains to pass at the
station which | had just started to
leave"
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1902-04-24
WHY WE RESEMBLE ROCKS.
some points OF similarity DetweeQ
Human Beings and Feathsred
Bipeds.

He was standing in the rear end Of
a car, where all are friends in tho
common misery of having their toes
trod on or hats crushed in, says tho
New York Press.
"rm from England" he said, ads
dressing nobody in particular and
apropos OF nothihg, ana , wan. W
teii you Pe"pic Vn"V VIC ui "rc oniyl
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1902-04-24
Homeseekers to coionize,

Scandinavians to the number Of abont
loo, organized in colony on the coop
eratiye plan, are said to be due to arrive
in Portland from Minneapolis for Oregon
the latter part Of next week for the pur.
pose Of settling in the state.
They are IN possession Of considerable
means and it is said, have bargained for
a large tract of cultivated land in the
Umatilla wheat belt. q. Debriiz. a
land agent is looking after the colonists'
interests at this end OF the line, and il
was through Minneapolis agents that
the emigrants headed for the land oil
bountliul resources.
Mr.. Debritz says that he has secured
option on about 5000 acres Of the very
best OF wheat lard in Umatilla county,
for the colony, and that there is little
doubt that it will be bought outright,
as the homeseekers are well fixed tinan-
cially, they having disposed OF their
well established farms in Minnesota.
The colony is said to be neither the
result OF religious or political principles,
but simply system Of farming on the
cooperative plan in which all share
alike in profit or loss Among the set
tiers will be craftsmen, such as carpen.
ters, backsmiths, harness makers and
tailors and each one will be assigned
his particular line of work, the whole
governed by ruler or president and an
executive committee, or body similar
to board Of trustees, This body also
acts in the capacity Of board OF arbitra-
ton, before which all grievances must
be laid, and its decision is final.
To start with, only the heads OF the
families will come out West, but so soon
as they have properly located, the rest
Of the colony will be sent Tor, aud so the
population Of the country will receive
an addition OF at least over 500 persons.
1t Is estimated that the colony will
bring into tbs state about 5000 the
larger portion Of which will go to pay
for the land, and immediate alterations
and improvements to buildings.
Mr.. Debritz also expects to locate
some homeseekers in the Willamette
Valley this summer.