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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-09-08

Mr.. and Mrs. Jno. F. Coiburn
with two children re urned from
Kauai yestt rday morning. Mr..
Colburn finished the business he
went down 10 attend with Prince
Cupid and E a. Hart only on Sat-
urday morning.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-09-08

Two baseball games were played
Saturday afternoon. In the first
the Punahous bested the Males,
score being 20 to IL runs; and 10 the
second the 81. A. C's won from the
Kameh amehas. 6 to 4 runs.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-09-08

ON the premises, or at the office Of
j. A Magoon. 88-tf
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-08-14
JAPANESE CONFERENCES.

After a week of daily sessions, the
conference OF the Japanese preachers
and converts In Christian evangelical
work in the IslaDds ended yesterday at
the Japanese Methodist Church on
Nuuanu street. The daily sessions
We're very well attended and great it,
terest was manifested by the Japanese
as well as the foreigners who assisted,
The sessions were practically those Of
summer school Of instruction for
Japanese Christian workers. Among
those who made addresses were the
following: Rev. Kosald, pastor OF the
First Methodist Church of Toxic; DR.,
Alexander. former missionary in ia
pan. who spoke on doCtrinal themes;
Rev. George l.. Pearson, on The
Preacher and His Message; w. \,
Bowen. on Sunday school work; RoN,
Mr.. Kosaki, religious and modern
Thought as viewed from the japanese
standpoint; o. p. Emerson, on prayer
Rev Mr.. Rice and Rev. o. II. Gulick
also delivered addresses.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-08-14

o a
Richards To
sanitary plumbing materials the shop opened
the worldamed Douglas Closets
near
their operation closets made They
the bowl
leakage charge being
today
plumbing the requisites modern residence The BATH
capable woBmen enables
other shop in the Islands.
oledlm enameed Tubs hand we'll
highly
lei, making them artistic in
improved Wash exhibition
spection these goods.
Mr. Bath will figures time He also sves
lal him his supervision
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-08-14
Warning TO DOCTORS
REGARDING REPORTING
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES
REGULATIONS FOR HILo FISH.
MARKET ADOPTED BY THE
BOARD OF HEALTH AS Al.
READY PUBLISHED.

At the meeting of the Board OF
Health yesterday were present DR.. II.
{. Sloggett. president: Fred c. Smith.
DR.. w. l.. Moore. d. p. K. Isenberg
and Attorney General Dole. with the
executive officer Or. J. 5. b. Pratt.
and Drs. Camp and Mori in attend
ance.
The two latter physicians had been
called to answer information charging
them with failing to report contagious
disease encountered In their practice.
President Sloggett dismissed them with
strong cautionary remarks after hear
ing their statements.
After they mad retired. the president
suggested that the press should en-
phasi2e the necessity of having all sus-
picious cases of any contagious dis
ease reported before the patients were
in articui morris or subjects of post
mortem examination. II physicians
neglected their prescribed duty in this
matter tho vigilance OF the Board to
prevent the introduction of pestilence
would be constantly liable to defeat.
Mr.. lsenberg, after some discussion.
recommended the sending OF letter
on the subject TO every physician in
town warning him Of his serious obi
cation in the premises. This recon-
mcndation was adopted.
A report was received from the COM
mttee on the Hilo fish market, con
sisting of President Sloggett, DR..
Moore, Mr., Mott-Smith and Or. Reid.
1t recommended regulations OF similar
purport to those submitted by Sheriff
Andrews and fully reported in last
Thursdays Bulletin. The report was
adopted.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-08-14

An electric signaling system has been
devised to protect picture galleries
from theft and vandals. So many
thefts have been committed at tho
Louvre in Paris that the authorities
were compelled to adopt heroic means
OF protecting their priceless treasures.
The electric bell system eventually
adopted and installed, according to th'
Western Electrician, is so designed
that the moment picture is moved,
on matter how little, a bell is rung and
an annunciutor announces the exact
location of the point OF alarm.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-08-14
HOTEL ANNEX CONCERT.

The band will play the following SO.
lcctions on the beach at the Hotel An.
mex, Waikiki, this evening, beginning
at 1870 O'Clock:
PART |.
Overture, The Kings Lieutenant.
''''''''''' ''s ~
lntermezzo, My Secret. Costa
Selection Bohemian Girl (by re.
quesD E. Observation-Disclosures. Bale
Songs
laJ MilikOi ....,....... ..,....,..
90 Ia Hii No me A'u ..........
Miss J. keliiaa.
Co Like no Like ...........,,..
Cd Malu lie 40 ...,......,..,...
Mrs. \. Alapai.
PART II.
Second Selection, Messenger Boy.
',,',.'.,.',, ..''' NbHtkltn
\ New Ragtimc March. ....... Cuuna
Miserere, Il Troyatore Verdi
Waltz, FL PasO ........ Andrews
The Star Spangled Banner.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-08-07

keep the saddle, there was no more
struggling. Assisted by some vigorous
language from the captain, we formed
new sets of tours and went along in
really handsome style.
When our rush had lasted about a
quarter of an hour, I began to wonder
when we would strike the enemy. If
we had already suffered so severely.
what would be left Of us after we had
met the foe and been thrown into the
confusion which always befalls cav
airy party at the instant of absolute
clash? Well. IL it must come, 1t were
better that 1t should come while we
and our horses were nerved up to fight.
ing pitch.
There came a time in our mad rush
when the road led through a bit of
low, damp ground on which there was
10 dust, so we could look along the col
umn. Dusty though we were, the spec
tacle was really inspriting, with its
hundreds of flashing sword blades and
its successive gudons-small flags, one
at the head of each troop. We ascend.
ed gentle slope near the top of which
and perhaps a quarter of a mile in al.
vance rode O man with a broad felt
hat and very small horse. | asked
the lieutenant who he was and was
told:
Hes the reb we're chasing, s'pose."
What! All that effort to catch one
mana man who was apparently get
ting away? All the scare, the terror,
the wild thoughts, the helplessness,
the disorder. the suffering, merely to
overtake one man! felt angry enough
to desert ! lost my temper and eX-
pressed my thoughts so loudly that the
angrily at me, said:
''Be quiet, you little fool. There's
no better way of finding their main
body than by chasing a man who is
trying to get back to it, is there?"
mo, sir" replied meekly Us food
Of light descended upon my wits, and
] longed TO shrivel within my uniform
so that could not be seen. did not
long have to chew the bitter cud OF
reflection, however, for soon we heard
some shots in the advance. Our pace
was slackened; we became tightly
packed in the road, breaking our for.
nation and causing much tramplng on
horses hoofs, with the consequent
kicking and swearing. Then down tn,
column was passed in rapid succession
the orders:
Halt! Dismount"
Were we to fight on foot? Well
whatever might befall the enemy,
was sure It would be far safer for US
Then came the orders:
Loosen your saddle girths. Tie your
horses to the fence. Stand by and pre-
vent them from rolling, or your sad
dies will be broken"
What an inrlorious conclusion!
did not dare ask the lieutenant what II
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meant. but he evidently saw I was
curious, for lie approached me and
said:
81 guess the advance has gobbled
them. There's never more than com
pany of these fellows on the road at
time around here"
That was better than 1 had expect
ed, and was wild to 20 forward and
see the prisoners. Soon there was
something else to look at however, and
don't believe the prisoners could have
presented as sorry spectacle-lt was
the mass of stragglers being urged for
ward by the rear guard. There SEEM
ed no end to the dismal line of men
without horses, horses without men.
Some of the stragglers We're asking
where their companies were, and once
In awhile a member Of our company
would recognize his place by the letter
which each OF us wore on his cap. What
astonished me most. however. was
Mick McTwyny plodd!ng along on foot
and carrying little Bralnard on his
back. / was so astonished that ii was
some time before | could ask Charley
what had happened, and he told me
that something was biting his side aw-
fully. When the surgeon, of whom
we had three, reached our company,
Brainard learned that in falling from
his horse he had broken two ribs
Soon the colonel came riding down
the column. looking keenly TO the right
and left. asked him about the engage
ment but he stared coldly at me and
| did not answer. When, however, the
captain saluted, the colonel told him
that the enemy's entire party had been
captured, being unsaddled and there
| fore unable 10 get away. He also vol
unteered the information that our dash
had been worth more to the regiment
than a month of battalion drill in camp
and that II bali OF the new men had
kept up with the procession they had
done better than he expected.
Thus ended the first charge OF the
Thirty-eighth, and N had been quite as
successful in results as early cavalry
dashes In general But what would
have happened bad we, with GOO or 100
raw men and only third as many
experienced members, encountered a
well armed, well trained regiment as
large as our owp2 Well, either we
would have run away or been badly
whipped.
II is unlikely. however. that the colo
mel, who knew bis business, would have
led us against such body. and 1t is
less likely that he could have done 1t II
be would. for there was not at thai
time a well armed, we'll trained cavalry
regiment anywhere In the southerl
army. Greenhcrn against greenhou
was the rule IN those days, and no
only In the cavalry service either.
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DoUn beside me came Mick McTlClinu
large to tit the cylinders, and we tried
to make them smaller by scraping the
sides with our pocketknves. Day.
light began to dawn, and still 20 or
more revolvers remained unloaded
Reveille blew, the captain came to
look on, spoke impatiently and then
said we were doing very we'll Break.
fast call sounded, and the men got not
only their breakfast, but three days
rations to pack in their hayersacks.
Still we had some unlOaded pistols.
Then one man after another came up
md told about the horses and made
me almost wild with anticipation and
fear, the latter because they said each
man was allowed to select his horse,
so what would be left for us but the
poorest nags of the hundred?
Finally the last revolver was charged
] went AT double quick pace to the
cookhouSe for my breakfast and RI
tons. The latter consisted of hard tack
and great piece of pork. How was |
TO put that lump of fat into my haVer
sack? ! had not even bit Of paper,
much less a saucer or box. | settled
the matter by throwing it away. Fat
pork was disgusting stun anyhow
Then. eating as ran. | hurried to the
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-08-07

Don yo' come no tttrder, Mas Sojer."
held the coin up between my thumb
and finger, and as the old woman's
countenance changed pleasingly | said,
Il don't want to steal anything
aunty. I'm almost starved, and I'd
like to buy a mouthful to eat, l don't
care what"
"Yo' dom mean 1t, honey7 Yo' amt
foolln'?"
mo; here's the money. Take it-give
me something-quickw
Dress yo' SOUL" said she, dragging
me into the house. "Jess yo' set down
in dat cheer, an I'll make yo' a colin
pone in minute"
She raised board from the floor,
scooped some cornmeal from n hiding
place, mixed it in II pan with water and
poured the mass, which was exactly
like the food We made on our farm for
young chickens, into heavy iron pan
which was In the fireplace On top of
the pan she put an iron lid, on which
she piled hot Goals. 1t seemed to me
the cooking consumed at least two
hours, but twas only ten minutes by
my watch when the woman took off
the lid and lifted out an immense loaf
or what in SummertOn would have
been called baked chicken feed, but
which in the south Is called corn pone,
sometimes hoecake.
And how good 1t was! How, as /
ate one fragment after another, fe-
dictated the ghosts of past generations
of my fathers chickens on the enjoy
ment they must have had in eating
just such breakfasts 1t was solid n
little Of it occupied great lot Of
room inside my belt. but that was just
what ] wanted. There was neither
salt, eggs nor baking powder in it. as
there always was In corn bread at our
house in Summerton, but the taste of
the raw meal was delightful for its
own sake. And the loaf was so easily
made too! | then and there resolv ed
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ing according to the sentiment, Eat,
drink and be merry, for tomorrow we
may die" even though the death was
to be by starvation, | followed their
example with such industry that by
the time | was ready to sleep my hav.
ersack was as empty as when it frs,
came from the quartermaster's Never
before had | enjoyed any meal so
thoroughly, yet twas nothing but hard
bread seasoned with Virginia air.
1t seemed only minute to breakfast
time, so sOundly did sleep during ma.
lures effort to make amends for the
wakeful night before. No sooner was
I awake, however, than l began &c
think Of breakfast and Of not having
cry loves company. our troop ought &c
have been most sociable lot. for near
ly all had been as improvdent as l..
Soon began to stroll desperately about
the forest in which we were camped.
1 hoped to find at least a slippery elm
tree from which to tear some bark to
eat, but the trees were mostly pines,
dlutIS W ultH TIE ELL SeluOlu SIOMS.
At the edge of the wood was corn.
field, into which sprang and tore open
some husks, hoping to find n belated
ear which might be soft enough to
chew, but all the corn was hard. |
plodded so long between the rows that
suddenly saw before me the roof of a
cabin. There might be rebels in it,
thought I, but If they took me prisoner
they couldn't refuse me something TO
eat. No matter how rebellious, the
southerner never lost his reputation for
hOspitalit%
l was greeted at the cabin door by an
old colored woman who looked at me
savage.y and said:
Don yo come no furdcr, Mas So
jcr. Dcy amt muffin lef' to steal. Yo'
men dun TUX ev'ryt'ing in de house las
night"
l took a silver quarter from my pock-
ct. Twas a birth year pocket piece
which | had carried for years; but, as
Satan remarked the only time on rec
ord when he told the truth, "All that
n man hath will he give for his life" |
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CHAPTER TX.
BACK TO CAMP.

TER a long rest, fol.
lowed by water for
our horses, the regi.
ment started again,
though as to where
we were going we
knew no more than
when we left camp.
I snid to Cloyne that
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-08-07

for the reputation of their drillmas'
tiers that Cardigan's troopers flashed
their swords more In unison. Had
they not, some of them would not have
been in condition to annoy the Russian
gunners much. Ours was sort Of Gu
mulative fash; 1t was literally long
drawn out effort. The boys had learn
ed to draw their sabcrs quickly on foot
drill or parade, where the scabbnrd
was partly raised by the left hand as
The right hand sought the grip. but the
Saber OF the mounted trooper hangs as
low as the straps will allow, and as
we never had been drilled while
mounted many OF the men nearly fell
from their saddles while leaning to
the left In frantic reach for their
sword hIlts.
Captain Bright" roared our battal
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self would eat light breakfast.
Then I reminded myself that at home
l often had gone without breakfast for
the sake of starting early for morn
H.; Of fishing. Why could not do like
wise in Virginia? l regarded the prop
osition with enough favor to borrow
another biscuit. But those bits OF
hard bread did not seem to fill the ach-
ing void that longcd for them, and
when learned that most of the COM
pany were as hungry as | and were act.
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see the cavalry Outposts picket W
rode past the picket also He was T.
the same place, as il he had been thel
ever since the Ninety eighth wen
away, After that we began to eye ea'
tree and fence for rebels. for were "
not in the enemy's country?
Except for this feature Of the grour
we might as well have been anywher,
else in Virginia for anything that wn'
of interest The fields Of yellow corn
stalks looked SO much alike that on,
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ny" shouted our
captain. Draw sa-
bers!"
FLASHED all their
sabers bare" as Ten
nyson says in THE
Charge of the Light
Briga de-" but ] hope
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CHAPTER VII.
IN THE ENEMY's COUNTRY.

rode into and through
the town, out by III,
road on which we use,
to do picket duty n
infantry. across thu
bridge which we haC
laid and relaid St
many times, far on
to where we used I,
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CHAPTER VIII.

TIE CHARGE OF THE THIRTY-EIGHTH
- n p .,vs.sz,1s1a ENTION comma
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-16
Ancient and Modern.

An old man and a young one, while
travelling from London to Brighton in
a train, got into conversation. The
old man asked:
Which would you sooner travel in
the up-to-date railway train or the
old-fashioned stage coach?"
why, the up-to-date railway train.
of course" the young man answered
"Ah, i would sooner travel in the
old-fashioned stage coach"
"Why?"
well, II you are in the old-fashion-
ed stage coach aud the wheel comes
cff, and you are thrown into a ditch,
it's 'Hullo, old party, there you arer
But If you are in the up-to-date rail-
way train. and the boiler bursts, it's
not 'Hullo. old party, there you arei'
but 'Hullo, old party, where the dick
ems are your London Answers.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-16
AN ESKIMO VILLAGE


difference in dialect renders com
munication very dificult. The "ka.
matok." or custom of killing the sick
and aged, commonly practiced on the
Siberian coast, and St Lawrence Is.
land, is almost unknown. but the in
eXorable rigor of nature on this bar
ran rock efficiently provides for the
survival OF the fttest only.
Sometimes the island has beer
swept by epidemics which have
threatened determination OF tlss
tribe; as in the summer OF 1900 when
disease carried OF at least third of
the entire population. The previous
winter had been a hard one, and tho
passing of the ice had found the peo'
pie weakened by hunger and unable
to take advantage of the spring hunt
ing season; few seal or walrus were
taken, and whaler visiting the
island to trade had left the disease
which spread rapidly and disastrous
ly, as 1t always does in the fertile soil
of primitive race. When the United
States revenue cNtter Bear visited
the island on the I'd of July, 1900,
many had died and nearly all were
sick, but little could be done except
to give them the food so much needed.
On the second visit of the Bear in
August the island was found entirely
deserted by the natives. Lean dogs
walled dismally from the rocks as our
boat approached. Not a live human
being was to be found, but the trail of
the pestilence was everywhere visible.
Later 1t was learned that the sur
viving King Islanders had crossed
over to the mainland and established
themselves near Cape Nome aud Port
Clarence. Some have returned again
TO the island, but the time teems not
far distant when the remnant of the
tribe will be absorbed by the natives
OF the mainland, and OF e of the last
and most interesting relics of tha
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-16
King Island Boyp.

the spray to meet the low-hanging
clouds that hover about this lonely
rock.
The only place on the island where
a landing is possible is ON the south
side. Here the face of the cliff is cut
by a steep ravine extending upward
to the level plateau which forms the
summit of the island There is no
beach, and at all times landing is diff
lficult and dangerous, and only pos
sible during the most favorable
weather.
The houses, some forty in number,
are scattered without regard to or
der, wherever they can be made to
hang on the almost vertical face Of
the cliff. They are so constructed and
set on top of one another as almost
to suggest one large communal dwell
ing, having perhaps, far-fetched re
semblance to the cliff dwellers OF Ari-
zona and New Mexico, differing vast
ly, however, in material and mode of
construction. The summer houses
are square boxes of walrus skin
stretched on frames of drift-wood,
lashed together and guyed to the
rocks with thohgs, no nails, screws or
other civilized methods of joining be-
ing used.
AS in most Eskimo villages there is
one house larger than the rest, known
as the "Kazhime," which answers the
purpose of public house or club, and
its hospitality is impartially shared
by the entire community. 1t is often
the home of the young unmarried
men, and the place of entertainment
for strangers. 1t is also the place of
general gatherings, whore the long
Arctic night is enlivened by the
shouts and laughter of the half-ralled
dancers, and the ride, monotonous
music of the tom-tom. Here the gos-
sips meet, here the Shaman performs
his tricks of magic, and the hunters
of bear and walrus relate their deeds
of daring on sea and ice foe.
Inside the ordinary dwelling a low
bench extends around two or three
sides of the single room, which serves
by day as scat, and by night as a
bed. The room is usually about
ten or fifteen feet square, and in this
single apartment a whole family, and
sometimes two or three families
spend their entire indoor life. The
household equipment is of the sim
plcst and rudest descriptions few
wooden vessels and curiously fash
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-16

.ioned stone lamp comprise the entire
culinary outfit. This lamp, fed with
seal oil. emits more illsmelling smoke
than light or heat, and serves all the
purposes of stove, but most Of the
food is eaten raw, or nearly so. Seal
oil and walrus meat, and at certain
seasons sea fowl, with an occasional
dinner of tom cod or other fish, boiled
or dried and eaten raw, form the
almost unvarying diet of the King
Islander. OF vegetables they know
nothing from one end OF their lives to
the other. Tea and tobacco, their only
luxuries are shared impartially by
all ages and both sexes.
In appearance the King Islanders
most resemble the Eskimo OF the ad-
Iacent Alaska coast, who are the only
people with whom they have any in
tercourse. and with whom they are
closely allied in their customs and su-
perstitions, and even with these the
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-16

The act of Gov. Jefferson Davis OF
Arkansas in pardoning a negro con
vict on condition that he should be,
come a citizen of Massachusetts is con-
strued by Col. Thomas Wentworth as
a marked compliment to the Bay
State Gov. Davis object was to give
the people of Massachusetts an oppor.
tunity to reform what they are
pleased to call the poor, oppressed
negro Of the SOUTH" and Col. Higgin-
son says that the southern executive
evidently realizes that we know how
10 take care of conyicts, white OF
black, which Arkansas does not"