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Died on DEVILS Island.

Only the other day there died on
DEVILS Island, the French convict set.
Element off Cayenne, the man who in.
vented and patented the telegraphic
system now universally adopted in
France, and known as the multiple
transmission system. Victor Nimault,
twenty years ago, was an electrical
employe of the French telegraphic
service. In 1871 he discovered and le-
gally protected a system of multiple
transmission, on which he had been
busted for years. Almost coincident-
ally M. Baudot (not an OFFICIALLY in
vented somewhat similar apparatus
This M. Baudot, being a personal
friend of M. Raynaud, the director of
the telegraphic department, found
favor with that gentleman, and the
Baudot system was finally accepted
and universally adopted as the better
of the two. Victor Nimault brought
action against M. Baudot and M. Ray
maud, and, after losing lawsuit after
lawsuit, fired at and MORALLY wounded
M. Raynaud. The unhappy inventor
was tried, sentenced to Imprisonment
for life, and in due course was sent out
to Cayenne. Twenty years having
elapsed, he was recently pardoned by
President Loubet. A subscription made
by his friends in France left by the
same boat which took out his pardon.
But it arrived too late, for Victor Nj
mault, who had been i'll fop some time,
died the day before port was made.
The irony of it all is that poor Nj
mault's system has been in use in
France for many years now; for, after
he was sentenced, it was found to be
preferable to the one adopted and ap-
proved by Raynaud, the then director
of the telegraphic department.
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was DayIia Herne. therefore told
her l should have a coat ready for
her the next day If she would come
after 1t.
But the next day she did not ap-
pear. The young woman / had seen
in the camp came, however. and ask
ed IL l were the lady who had prom
Used the old woman coat.
Because she won't die easy till she
gets it, lady" said she.
| offered to accompany her back to
the camp and take the coat. We has
tened by way of the cornfeld, and
when we reached the woods, an old
man came out Of the tent, smoking.
"She's gone." he said. with back
ward jerk of the thumb. The young
woman took her baby from the wagon
where it lay whimpering, and follow
ed me into the tent. A figure lay
upon a straw pallet. under ragged
cover, and the face, now stripped of
years by deaths serenity, awakened
my memory Enthusiastically.
where is Daylia's SOM" l asked.
suddenly. The young woman started
and stared at me.
La, lady, how'd you ever know
herr" she said. explained to her,
and while walking the baby back and
forth, she said: "It can't do her no
harm now. nor him neither. She was
so fierce about being known lest the
lawd get him. The law don't want
to be bothered with Jack Herne no
moren we do, guess. He was around
here yesterday getting all he could
out of her: twas him made
her heart get so bad. She
wanted that coat for him.
You see, Daylia was sort OF
cousin to pap, and she come and nurs.
ed us all through fever last year. Oh,
she was the good sort! But fool
about that there son of hers. My man
drove him off last night and told him
IL he ever shows his face here again
we'll give him up for the robbing at
Tivoli Fair that time. Did you mind
LnaC tlLue, lduy Wdo tuo llIuc uo
loosed the lions and got up robbery,
all himself. Oh, he was a whelp! And
Daylia Herne, she got him away and
let herself be caught, vowing she'd
done it, and got herself locked up for
five years for 1t. Daylia Herne lock-
ed up five mortal years for stealing.
and pap, he's known her to keep a
whole camp straight in her time by
being SO straight herself. Why. she
hated stealing like sin, and wouldn't
eat stole food, Daylia wouldn't. Since
she come out Of jail she's hid away,
feared lest she'd disgrace him-Day-
liza Herne disgrace the likes Of him."
Afterwards I went my way marvel
ing over the mysteries that are held
from our solving-especially the di.
vine and tragic mystery Of mother.
hood.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-07-11
What Made Shnkespeara.

Carnegie's view that hard work
made Shakespeare the greatest dra-
matte genius" is absurd. The finest
poetic imagination of modern litera-
ture, which is the foundation of the
supreme and universal excellence of
Shakespeare, was not obtained by
hard work." it was a beautiful gift
from God. 1t would be quite as rea-
sonable to say that hard work" made
Homer, the greatest poet of antiquity.
The truth is that Shakespeare prob
ably gave more hard work" to his du-
ties as an actor and theatrical mana
ger than he ever did to his plays. He
wrote with extraordinary rapidity and
often at kind of fever heat, as did
Byron and Shelley and Keats. Shake
speare was sometimes called upon by
his manager or his company on brief
notice to excise passages, rewrite pas
sages and supply entirely new matter.
Such facility of mind is the gift of
great natural powers, and can not be
created by hard work"
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where's Daylia's SOM" asked sud

where's Daylia's son?' l asked sud
denly.
Daylia, and l feared that he would
break her heart some day. She was
so good to him"
My companion glanced nervously
over her shoulder, and replaced the
pipe, with an assumption of bravado.
mo, no, lady, she died easy, Daylia
did. He was well rid Of her, too. He
was fine lad, tell you!"
arose and said that ] was sorry
not to learn more about Daylia.
There was trouble at the Fair that
day." added. land I feared her son
might have been in it." She was on
her feet with a spring.
"Who dared tell the lady that lie?
It's lie, black lie! The boy warn't
there! You tell em who says it they
lies, LADY, Daylia's boy warn't there!"
Her voice raised. and suddenly the
tent flap lifted and young man came
out. He showed the remains Of
beauty, but his face was now sodden
with drunken sleep.
"Shut up,there!" he called, "tell the
lady's fortune, can't you? Don't mind
her, lady, she's a fool"
GAY, I'm just fool, don't mind me,
lady! Let the gypsy tell the lady's
fortune" she repeated, her gaze fol-
lowing him. Maybe you haven't a
coat now, lady? There's them that'll
want coats over bad this year"
mo, the coat was for Daylia's boy"
I said, as l left her.
took the road skirted by woods,
and presently there came cracking
of underbrush. the red shawl OF the
gypsy broke through the leaves, and
she stood painting beside me.
Hold on, lady, stop a bit!" she
said, with hand on her heart. Lady,
If tell you true where Daylia went
afore she-she died, mebby you can
get me a mans coat, too. It'll be cold
after awhile, and there's them that'll
need it bad!"
''Tell me all about Daylia Herne,"
said. She lowered her voice and
came nearer.
"Twas this way, lady, and you tell
it straight to them as said Daylia's
boy was there when the robbing was
done at Tivoli. He hadn't mortal
thing to do with it, Daylia done it
herself! But Daylia, she got caught
and locked up for five years for it, and
no 1nore'n she ought to've got. That's
why she didn't come for the coat, she
was locked up in Jail, lady, sect"
Perhaps there is a mystery In the
air of autumn. At any rate felt it.
I could not then aver that this woman
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-07-11
HER IDEA OF CHAMOIS.
Servant Used Dinner Material with
Which to Wash Windows.


There is a prominent doctor in
Germantown who is busy telling lit
tie joke on himself, says the Phila-
delphia Telegraph. 1t appears that
he employed an Irish servant, who
had just arrived from the "ould sod"
Starting out one morning, he noticed
his office windows were rather dirty,
and calling Bridget he instructed her
to clean them before he returned. At
the same time he told her that he
would stop and purchase a new
channels skin and send 1t home, and
with this she was to clean c1e win
dows. After he had gone his rounds
he returned to his Office. CHANGING at
the windows he found them thickly
streaked with grease. He called
Bridget, and the following coloquy
took place:
Bridget, didn't tell you to clean
the windows?"
Eyes, sor."
"And didn't tell you to use the
new chamois?"
Yes, sor."
well, did you use it,"
Sure, l did, sor"
LET me see the chamois," said
the doctor, and Bridget promptly
brought it. Then for the first time he
learned that his wife had left the
house half hour before he did in
the morning and had sent home some
tripe. The doctor declines to say
what happened to the chamois skin.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-07-11
The Lady Of the Valley.
BY JAMES w. KILBURN.

D1 JAMEo w. Mild OItNs
copyright, 1902, by Daily Story Pub. Coz
1t was yellowing fall weather when
came upon the camp, fianked by
corRfeld. A woman, whom | had seen
upon the road, sat on stump smok-
ing. A red shawl was knotted under
her arms and earrings protruded from
her head handkerchief. She knocked
the ashes from her pipe, but her eyes
set deep in a worn face-looked
only at the blue line of mountains be-
hind me- l sat upon another stump,
and presently she said:
Twill the lady have her fortune
told?"
'Phe last one you told me did not
come true" l replied, and was re-
warded by seeing that pipe removed
with as much surprise as Is compat-
ible with one of her stamp. Her eyes
were now dark wells, to be fathomed
by no light plummet.
'"Tis not always poor gypsy's
fault" she said.
"You told me I should cross the
water and marry dark man, and I've
done neither"
"There is water still there, lady,
and the dark men are not all dead!"
"Twas at Tivoli Fair" l proceeded,
"the day the lion got loose and the
keeper was hurt" | paused, remem-
bering all that the day had involved.
There had been robbery and arrest,
and it was said that the gypsies were
implicated. The incident had been
forgotten, but not the personality Of
the woman who had interested me.
|. Suddenly the name came to me, CIV
Zen by the woman at Tivoli.
"Daylia Herne! Don't you remem-
Der me, Daylia? And the talk we
had?" There was tense contraction
of the whole figure, as though some
wild, secret thing were roughly awak-
ened from under the frozen coverlid
of winter.
"Twas not l." she said impurturb.
ably. Il never saw Tivoli Fair in all
my mortal life. Some other gypsy,
lady! But can tell the lady better
fortune nor that" Knowing that
directness is not the route by which
such creatures arrive l said: per
haps so, but l should like to find Day
liza Herne again. Have you ever
heard of herr"
She knocked the ashes from her
pipe and through the veil of defen-
siveness there seemed to leap CLEAN
of longing, the longing of an alien to
touch once more the beloved soil.
'Tve seen her, lady, Oh, yes! A
bad lot, she was!"
81 should like to know what became
of her." l persisted.
Hard to tell what becomes of the
likes of herr"
'Do you know where Daylia went
after Tivoli Fair?" l asked.
Eyes, yes, lady! I'm thinking 1t
was the time Daylia died. She took
a hard cold and died, Daylia did, and
a good radiance she was! Many's
the time I've said to her, 'Daylia,
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Then you never saw him after.
ward?" l persisted. Sh" foundered
slightly.
ooh, yes, lady, he come to be a
fine man, he did. The finest you ever
seen! And to think you mind the
boy!"
1t was needless to look at her to
know the intense, pent eagerness Of
every line, as she leaned forward,
with a hand upon the stump and her
eyes devouring my face.
"He had curly hair and beautiful
eyes," / said.
GAY, twas surely him." she breath
ed.
But I thought him disrespectful to
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-07-11
Slow PHILADELPHIA

Poor Philadelphia continues to re-
ceive hard thumps from rude outsid-
ers. The latest was dealt by Brook
Ign widow, who had received an ad-
vertising circular from an enterpris-
ing firm of local undertakes and ac-
knowledged it in the following terms:
Gentlemen: Your kind offer re-
ceived. Thank you. so much! But
I'm afraid you are behind the times.
l had brother who died in Philadel-
phia last year. You might write to
his family. "-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-07-11

'Twere better to see clearly with one
eye than mistily with two.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-07-11

Plain duties become beautiful
through their performance.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-07-11

twill the lady have her fortune told?"
mend your ways!' But, tchk! There's
no use talking to such cattle! Tchk,
lady, you can't tell 'em! She was a
bad lott"
"Yet she was good mother" l
said.
"Ay, lady, she had boy. maybe
you mind him, Daylia's boy?"
Eyes, he was beautiful youth.
What became of him when she died?"
HE went far away, and was well
rid of her, I'm thinhng!"
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-06
BOW WONG AND CONSUL.

Editor Sunday NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
there is a controversy between Consul
Yam Wei Pins party and the United
Chinese Society, the name Of the presi-
dent of the U. c. S. &C. X AID is used,
as the Bow Wong's president. This is
a mistake. The United Chinese So
ciety is not Bow Wong and Bow Wong
is not U. C. S. 1t is true that some OF
the officers Of the U. C. S. are members
of Bow Wong's.
II Yam Wei Pins party wish to call
all the Chinese societies, clubs and
tongs, presidents, and even ministers OF
the Chinese churches Bow Wongs,'
they may do SO for the good OF them
selves. The reason that they are SO
doing is that they will have a good
cause to show what they are fighting
for and at the end of their masters
term the supporters and master will
get higher reward for their work in
the Territory.
Only three OF the officers of the
present U. c. S. are Bow Wongs. But
nearly all Of the officers of the Con.
sul's element society's side are Bow
Wongs and many took active part In
that society.
MEMBER OF THE U. C. S.
Honolulu, April 8, 1902.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-06
PROGRESS IN SIGHT.
[Hilo Tribune.l

A preacher Of unusually devout turn
of mind was blest with an heir. In
the pulpit next Sunday ne SAID among
other things in his prayer, I'VE thank
thee Lord for the 'succor' thou hast
sent After being buffetted with food
and storm, with bridges falling and
roads crumbling, the advent of a pro.
gram of activity in making public i'm.
provements awakes a similar degree
of thankfulness with all Hilo people.
Superintendent Boyd has more
friends to the acre in the Hilo district
than any other incumbent in the Cap.
itol building offices. When every
thing in the district goes wrong and a
howl Of curses arise against Fate, the
man in the Public Works Office who Is
trying to make cents do the work of
dollars is Likely to believe himself the
target of maledictions. The truth is
far different. When Hilo kicks, the
kick is against fate; her attitude to.
ward Mr.. Boyd is one OF thankfulness
for the "succor" sent and the succors
to come.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-06
some ENGLISH LAW.

Under English law when man has
once been convicted on criminal
charge, no means exist Of retrying his
case. Fresh evidence may come to
light to prove his innocence, but he
can only appeal to the Crown and all
that the Crown can do is to grant a
free pardon, which In no way wipes
out the conviction or officially records
the mans innocence. He Is simply
pardoned for something he never did.
An interesting case in point has just
been settled in the Court of Appeals.
In January 1892, an English physician
named Bynoe was charged with forg.
cry. During the trial ii was held by
the presiding Judge to be of the ut
most necessity in determining the val
tie of an alibi set up by Bynoe that tho
prosecutor, the Bank OF England,
should prove on what day and at what
time Of the day certain notes were re.
turned to the bank from circulation
and by whom. From the records of
the bank 1t was testified that the notes
were all returned by the same person
on the same day, and "after lunch."~
This information, since the trial and
conviction of the doctor has been since
admitted by the Bank of England and
its officers to have been erroneous and
from negligently prepared records
But this erroneous testimony upset the
alibi and DIR. Byone was sentenced to
nine years penal servitude. Having
served his full sentence he finds him,
self in the position of convicted Grim
inal who has been struck off the rolls
of his profession and thus prevented
from practising. At the same time he
has evidence that concluslvely proves
that he was innocent of the crime foI
which he was sentenced.
Being refused leave to appeal by a
Judge in chambers, Byone applied tc
the Court OF Appeals for leave to bring
an action against the Bank of England
based on the fact that he was sentenc
ed on false evidence given by the de
PENDANTS, and that the bank had refus
ed to correct the evidence after 4
found out that 1t was false. The cour
refused him permission to bring thii
action on the ground that there wal
mo possible cause" for II. In othe,
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-06
BOYD IS APPRECIATED.

Editor Sunday Bulletin:-I was glad
to notice that Mr., Boyd of the Depart
ment of Public Works, was prompt to
respond to the complaints of the Por-
tuguese on Punchbowl regarding the
intolerable condition of their roads.
1t is very gratifying indeed for any one
to be needed when he has spoken, and
we thank him for that. And now that
he has promised we shall rest till he
sees fit to fulfill his promise. We do not
expect too great a thing from you, Mr..
Boyd, but really you can not deny that
some repairs are necessary.
THE SAME PORTUGUESE.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-06

Should Candidate Dreier poll the full
Home Rule and Democratic vote he
will carry the District by 157 votes.
It is practically assured that Mr..
Drier will not get the full strength of
either party. Active workers in both
the Home Rule and Democratic par
ties have come out for Candidate Har-
ris and will undoubtedly bring good
following with them. Furthermore
party fealty among the Democrats is
SO weak, that Mr.. Harris will prob
ably have a good share Of the so-called
foreign vote Of that party.
In the vote for Representative, Gil
fillan, Hogs and Robertson each poll
ed over 1900 votes, leading the head Of
the ticket. The figures show that the
Republicans can win this contest by
carrying the full party vote of the gen.
eral election. Disaffection in Republi-
can ranks through a Judas vote for the
opposition or remaining away from
the polls can alone defeat Candidate
Harris
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-06
INTERSTATE COMMERCE.

The Attorney General of the United
States will soon file a bill in some
Court OF Equity to determine whether
certain railways which persistently
violate the Interstate Commerce law
cannot be restrained by process of in.
junction. This ACTON has been partly
decided upon at the instigation of the
Interstate Commerce Commissioners
who are cognizant of the fact that the
law is frequently violated, especially
in rate cutting and rebates. An at.
tempt will also be made to break up
freight and passenger rate pools
1t is believed that the law can be
enforced by injunction proceedings
against the offending roads and to
make II possible, If the offence is con.
tinued to indict the corporations for
contempt Of court. This proposed
proceeding has been under considera
ton for some time, and is part of the
general policy of the Administration "a
enforce the laws as they stand on the
statute books. 1t is not intended that
whatever action is taken shall be con
sidered as an attempt to satisfy any
popular clamor against trusts. but tc
aid the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion in enforcing its regulations re
garding transportation, a policy In
which II has the hearty cooperation oil
the Department OF Justice.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-06
THE SUGAR PROBLEM.

Secretary Shaw has had under con.
sideration the situation in regard to
sugar bounties. United States Treas.
ury experts have reached the conclu.
sion that this country is powerless to
impose countervailing duty, the OBJ.
ject of which is to compensate Ameri.
can producers for the competition af-
forded by foreign bounties, provided
the bounties are offered by foreign
sugar trusts and not by the foreign
governments themselves. AS to ex.
porters, the United States does i'm.
pose a countervailing duty of quar-.
ter of cent per pound, but this has
no relation to the kartel bounty which
amounts to half cent a pound.
Speaking in the reichstag recently
upon sc subject of German efforts,
the Imperial Secretary of the Treas.
ury, DR.. Won Thielmann, said he did
not feel that Germany had much to
fear from British colonial sugar. Great
Britain had every reason to remain on
good terms with Germany. The gov.
eminent would not sign any treaty
with Great Britain which would here
after allow the latter to impose duties
on German sugar while retaining a
free hand to import her colonial su.
gars free. DR.. Won Thielmann believ-
ed that a surtaX Of six francs would
have the same effect as an indirect
bounty and would protect German SUI
gar from neighboring states. Russia
and other countries that might not ad.
here to the convention would have to
submit to countervailing duties.
Official figures of the European out.
put Of beet sugar for the 19O1.l9O2
season just ended, show that Germany
produced 2.22O,S50 tons of that commo.
dity; Austria produced 1906, 900 tons;
France 1,OS0.5~J tons; Russia 1915:
$50; Belgium $4,000; Holland 100000;
Sweden 121, 1892: Denmark $500; and
other European countries 221.00O tons.
This makes total of 6,6l2,492 tons of
beet sugar produced in Europe last
year. Each one of these countries
showed an increase of production, as
compared with 10000 excepting
France where the output shrank by
about 10000 tons. Comparing the ag-
gregates for the two seasons, the over.
production of beet sugar in Europe
last year was million tons. Adding
this to the carry over stock of the pre-.
vious year and the surplus may now
be placed at 1900 900 tons, an amount
unprecedented in the history of the
trade.
Cuba's high point of sugar produc
ton reached 1,1G0.172 in 1898, or about
one-half of the amount of the commo
dity which is now consumed In the
United States. Owing to the insurrec
ton in the island and the subsequent
war, the crop fell to 2S1, 420 tons In
1899. But within the last two years
1t has almost trebled in quantity and
1t will not be long before the output
from the island will again reach a mil
lion tons without any artificial aid
from Congress. When this figure Is
again reached, the United States will
require precious little sugar from
sources outside of its own borders on
the mainland. from Hawaii, Porto Rico
the Philippines and Cuba.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-06

right. but to all those entitled to II the
right or the privilege is a duty.
The full Home Rule and Democratic
vote will be polled. Fifty stay.at-home
Republicans may send the party to de.
feat, and cause such disaffection in the
ranks as to injure the party in its
stronghold for campaigns to come.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-06
WHAT FIGURES PROMISE.

Reference to the returns for the
Fourth District at the general cleo
ton shows very clearly the absolute
necessity for a solid Republican vote
at the election to be held Wednesday.
The vote for Delegate furnishes the
best medium for casting up the pos
sible alignment in the present contest.
The total vote of the District is 25l7
Prince David Kawananakoa the Demo
cratic candidate polled 45S, Parker, Re-
publican. 1850 wilcox, Home Ruler
s79. The vote by precincts was as fol,
lows.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-06

advance in the fight against tubercu-
losis. His method is based largely on
nutrition and in it figures an emulsion
of mixed fats" fresh air and a diet
of raw eggs. Out of twenty-four pa.
tents, ten were dlscharged-as cured
after four months treatment, these
cases being uncomplicated pulmonary
tuberculosis