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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-05-06
History In Six Words.


81 think gossip is never entirely use
less"
"You really think soi"
ayes; 1t can always be used to satisfy
other peoples curiosity" - Brooklyn
life
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-05-06

Throughout every part of my career
I have felt pinched and hampered by
my own ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Scott.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-08-31

Prentiss at Cleveland, Ohio. Mrs.
Prentiss was a visitor at Huo and Ho-
nolulu a little more than a year ago
and the many friends of herself and
husband at this place are deeply
grieved.
Kinau Wednesday having been absent
from Hilo six months on an extended
trip through the United States.
A private letter received here yester-
day intimates the early closing of HUI
elo Plantation.
The next meeting of the Agricultural
Society will be attended by Jared G..
Smith of the Hawaiian Experiment
Station.
Oswald Steven of Olaa had a leg
broken in two places one day recently
by tie fall of a horse. He was riding
fast and in turning the horse slipped
and fell.
A contract has been signed with
Nunez Fernandez for the construction
! of the abutments for the Waikiki
bridge The work is to be completed
by December 81.
Rev. S. L Desha addressed a large
audience last Sunday evening at Wal
akea Mission on the subject Love of
Country Mr.. Desha will speak
again next Sunday evening.
r. r. Berg will succeed Mr.. Little
John as manager at the local office of
| the Wilder S. S. Co. this week, to have
charge until the return Of Mr.. Nc
, Kay. Mr.. Littlejohp goes to Honolulu
| today.
The Puma Guava Preserving co. has
nassed from the management OF MI
Cha oman and Geo. Duncker now mas
charge. Mr.. Duncker contempiateS
making extensive Improvements in the
plant.
Messrs. F. witham and A eros lei
Hno Tuesday morning for tri'
through Mahukona on their way t'
Maui. Mr. eros is manager of the M
pahulu plantation on Maui ana ha'
been on this island to secure SEED cane
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-08-31
SHALL We DISPUTE
The Opinions of Scores OF
Our Fellow CitiZe' S.

Residents of Honolulu. like other
american citizens. in making an IN
vastment want to be sure OF getting the
worth of their money. They want "
know ALL the why's and wherefores' ann
In a direct ratio to the value OF the IN
vastuent they burrow and ferret untH
satisfied with the collateral. rake an
instance in the realm of proprietary
articles. If We know or friend VIM
has been cured we have some falln Al
the preparation; IL we know OF Two Vi
+bree orr faith increases. III the cures
reach scores all we'll known cltizehS'
anyone who still maintains that tnere
is nothing beyond ordinary merit l"
the said preparation. can safely De ieI'
=, the care of his fellow taxpayers. IL
ba wishes 70 pick a quarrel with them
on the question of their Judgment anu
veracity, he has ample opportunity III
Honolulu to do so. Begin with thiz
case. leland
Mr.. H. II. Smythe, of Inter-Islano
6. s. Co., this city, writes 10 ten u
that he was afflicted with lame pa
for a number of years. ASCENDING Tue
cause of this to the kidneys and near
ing about Doan's Backache Kidney
pills. 1 got some of them at the Hollis
ter Drug Co.'S store. They relieved nis
so much that 1 am perfectly satlsIeo
with the result of having taken tneIll'
and can recommend the pills to others
suffering from backache.
Doan's Backache kidney PMS arr
becoming popular IN Honolulu because
thev are always endorsed py Honolulu
people. MIL
Doan's Backache Kidney PMS are
sold by all druggists and storeAee = zaI
at so cents ner box [six boxes Io'
or will be mailed N receipt OF priCe ~
the HOLSTER Drug Co.. t1oIIoi :
.--Lo1esara agents for the Hawehan
Islands.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-08-31
New Scheme Now
Under Way on
| Hawaii.
Home Rule Politics Are
Active on the Big
Island.
Fernandez Wants to Be Sheriff as
Well as Lesislator-The
Candidates.

HILO, Aug. 2s.-Considerable inter-
est has been manifested during the
past week in the scheme to erect a
sugar mill to grind Kaumana and Ka-
wiki cane. 1t is understood that a
number of people have signified a will
fngness to subscribe for stock
HOME RULE POLITICS.
"A Members OF the Home Rule party at
Iaupahoehoe held a sort OF convention
on Monday and nominated candidates.
Anywhere else than Laupahoehoe 1t
would be called club meeting for the
consideration OF men who they believe
will make good officials Neither race
nor party lines were drawn to any APP
probable extent; the names Of genuine.
dyed in the wool Republicans received
the same cordial reception as staunch
Home Rulers and the meeting was
harmonious in consequence. In the
matter OF supervisors the party was
fair as to distribution but in the five
men named there is not one who is not
affiliated with the Home Rulers.
BY some oversight they named N
b. wiIlfong for tax assessor instead of
auditor. He has expressed a desire
for the latter and it is generally un1
derstood that he Will receive the nontt
ination for that office from the Tfe-
publican and Home Rule party in Hflo.
George Kaihenui is named by the
Home Rulers for auditor. George is
a Republican and his name has been
mentioned by that party for one of the
county supervisors. E. w. Barnard,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-08-31
CYRIL SMITH RETURNS.

Cyril Smith, one of the teachers OF
the Hilo schools. returned to Hiio nv
the Martha Davis this week after an
absence of several months on the
Coast for the benefit of his health
Mr.. Smith will resume his school work
next week. He returns TO his work
with characteristic enthusiasm, and
among other things is very much in
terested in the mosquito campaign
which has been inaugurated since he
went away. He believes Hilo should
have a tin can and coal oil day once
a month. He believes the school chill
dren can be organized into a most
effective regiment in this mosquito war
and suggests that one day each month
be set aside for a general onslaught
upon pools, puddles, tin cans and box
lids. with the school children on the
fighting line. The elder folk are not
to be debarred from the fray, but their
enlistment will be solicited.-Tribune.
Meat InS2ector Jones found beef af-
fected with tuberculosis in a meat shop
belonging to a Chinese on Front street,
last Saturday. The carcass was con-
demned. covered with kerosene and de-
stroyed.
News was received last week in Hilo
of the sad death of Mrs. Francis F.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-08-31

also a staunch Republican, was nam
ed for treasurer. Mr.. Barnard has al
ready declined the nomination as he
will not be a candidate at this cleo
ton. In Hflo the Home Rulers de-
cided to endorse r. A. Lyman. Anton
Fernandez of Hamakua is slated for
the office OF sheriff He is at present
a member of the legislature from Ha-
makua. elected last year On the Home
Rule ticket Following is the complete
list of nominations:
Sheriff, Anton Fernandez.
Auditor. George Kaihenui
Treasurer. z. w. Barnard.
Assessor -. c. Willfong.
County Clerk. W. II. Beers.
District Attorney. c. H. Williams.
Surveyor, A B. Loebenstein.
Supervisors. William Purdy, w. G.
Walker, r. Palau, T. J. Ryan and Eu-
gene Lyman.
Tt will be noticed that among these
names are several who were candi-
dates on the Republican side during
the past two years.
Here in HiIo, Ben Brown, at pres
ent senior captain Of police under
Sheriff Andrews. is the choice or the
party and William Todd expects to get
the endorsement of that party in the
event of his failure to secure the NOM
nation in the Republican convention.
1t seems that IL is a matter of office
rather than party with several of the
northumberland.
Members OF the Home Rule party in
HiIo met in Puueo on Tuesday 20 con-
slider delegates to meet in the coslven-
ton to be he'd here on September 10.
Following the action relative TO the
delegates came a general discussion
as to available good oak timber" FOR
the various offices and II was practi-
caDy decided that the following should
receive the nominations:
iSherIff. Ben Brown.
Auditor. ~. c. willfong.
Treasurer. r. A. Lyman.
IN County Clerk. n. X. Lyman
Max Assessor. Geo. II. Williams.
fCO1nly AlloEhcys OhaS- - O. 11--' -
@. H. Williams.
Supervisors, Eugene Lyman, s. l.
Desha, It. ]. Ryan. Lalakea, Jos. vi
ezra
It VIII be noticed that South Eiio
and Puma claims all of the suoer-
visors. 1t is not probable that North
Hilo and Harnakua will stand this
Herald.
THE MOSQUITO WAR
Hiio is going to have a war with the
mosquitoes and the town will come out
victorious IL the regulations of the
Board of Health are properly carried
out Don s. Bowman, sanitary Inspec-
tor, made tour Of Front street early
in the week and found numerous
breeding spots. In the rear of one
store he found two barrels filed with
water that were turning out day mos
quitoes at the rate of 1000 every TWEEN
! ty-four hours. other places were
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-08-31

found where the pests were doing bet
ter than the people who have to fight
them of.
Along the edge of the canal that
runs back of Front street and empties
into the Waiolama ponds he found
millions. They gather and breed lust
at the edge of the stream where 1t Is
too shallow for the fish to feed. The
weeds have all been cut away and the
bank cut perpendicular so that the
fish can reach all parts of the water.
Mr.. Bowman will make an effort to in
spect the grounds of every householder
i'm Hilo and explain the method Oh
keeping the place free from the pests
everything depends upon the efforts OF
the people 1t is said that two tea
SPOONS of water is sufficient to breed
a. hundred mosquitoes. That pelns
true it is necessary to keen grounds
free from tins or jars that will hold
water. Keep the yard free from weeos
that will conceal a baking powder TIN
or even a lid When this is done Tie
result will show that the people have
gotten the better of the biggest draw
hack in a visit to Hilo.-Herald.
THE CHARITY BALL.
AT a meeting of a number of ladies
at the residence of Philip Peck last
Saturday afternoon the subject dis
cussed was an entertainment for the
benefit of the HiIo Hospital and it was
decided that a grand ball would be the
| hest means of raising funds for the
| institution.
Mr.. Peck rendered his beautiful resi-
dence and grounds for a ball and lawn
fete but some of the ladies felt that
the affair given at a private house
might not be as we'll patronized as If it
was in a public hall so it was decided
to hold it at SOreckels Hall on Friday
night, September r.-Herald.
PUMA AND ANDREWS.
| A second non-partisan mass meeting
was held at Kapoho yesterday. At this
meeting Campbell was unanimously
the choice for Supervisor and the
Sheriff Andrews matter was reconsid-
cred with the result that he was turn
ed down and Police Captain Ben
Brown named in his place. Puma
without regard to party, at this meet
ing, named the following as its pref
erence for county officers: Supervisor
w. II. c. Campbell: sheriff, Ben
Brown; clerk, Norman LYMAN; tax
collector, Geo. Williams; auditor, n. g
wilIfong: county attorney, Chas. VIII
Iiams; surveyor. Tom Cook; treasurer
Judge F. S. Lyman.
A committee of FIVE to work at Hilo
for the nomination of these men was
| appointed.-Tribun
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-08-31
stroyed.

News was received last week in Hilo
of the sad death of Mrs. Francis F.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-27
APRIL A LUCKY MONTH.
Important Events in American History
Occurred During Its 80 Days.

did you know that the month of
April has played a more conspicuous
part in American history than any
other month of the year," asked a
man who is fond of things historical.
From the way / look at the events
involved April is the most important of
all the months, and l have often Won
dered why the American people show
so much indifference to the fact. Why,
when you come to think of it. the
Fourth of July. while, of course, inn
portant enough, is yet not quite so
momentous in the annals of American
history as some other days one might
mention. April has been the one
month of the year which has really
settled the great problems with which
the American people have had to deal.
Suppose we glance at the record for a
moment.
1.-The war of the revolution began
April 10. 1775, and ended April IL.
1888. Coming on down we find the
Sabine disturbance, involving the
southwestern frontier, Louisiana, Ar
kansas and Texas. and which began in
April, 1886, running through to
June of the next year. The Mexican
war began April "a, 1916. The Yuma
expedition into California ended in
April. 1852, having begun in Decem-
Der the year previous. The ella ex-
petition into New Mexico was launched
April is. 1857 The Colorado River ex-
petition in California ended April g,
1859. The Pecos expedition into Texas
was launched April 16, 1859. There was
the War of the Rebellion, which
started April 10, 1861. Hostilities
actually began when Fort Sumter was
fired upon, April II, 1861.
The Ute expedition in Colorado began
April 8, 1878. 1t is a rather curious
coincidence that the late war with
Spain began April q, in the Same
month and but two DAYS later. with
respect to the day of the month, than
the War of the Rebellion, which began
April 10. The Spanish-American war
began April q, 1898, and ended April
II. 1899. These are some of the more
important things which have taken
place in the month of April, and many
of the events have been of deep inn
port from the viewpoint of Americans.
What reason can you assign for the
conspicuous part April has played in
the history of America? Do men feel
more like fighting in April than in the
other months of the year? Is the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-27
HERE is A LONELY VIGIL.
Kept BY Woman Near the Top OF
Pixies Peak.

In small but compactly built stone
house buried in the changing snow
drifts that abound on the top of Pike
Peak, Mrs. +. Howe. known to tour
lists and She people of Colorado as the
Daughter of the Peak" is keeping her
winter vigil of the property belonging
to the cog road that runs to the top OF
that famous mountain. She will not
be seen or heard from again until
workmen begin to clear the tracks for
the summer traffic Ordinarily that
takes place during the middle of April,
but IL the weather prophets are up TO
the standard it will not be until some
time in May this season. the maj
storm that cut her from the world took
place about six weeks ago.
The Howe home is at the station
known as Saddle Rock. 1t is about
two miles from the summit as the rail-
road runs and about quarter of that
distance straight uD in the air. From
that point the running of the trains IS
regulated and it is the last watering
and supply point on the ascent. Just
where the vegetation ceases. it is al
ways memorable point for tourists
and for the sightseers vantage
ground that is sought after. Now it
presents. TO the eye nothing but an UNI
ending 'siiowd1.ift that varies in depth
with the winds of the storms that are
almost constant at that altitude. The
Howe family will spepd as they have
for years winter that is more mo-
notonous than any that hardy eX-
plorers experience in the far away
lands of the Arctic zone. Nothing hui
man ever meets the gaze of the hardy
sentinels and it is seldom that they
ever see even the indications of anoth-
err place on earth aside from their own
narrowed quarters.
Mrs. Howe and her parents before
her have thus spent the winters of the
past. Her fondest dream is that others
of her family will continue to do the
same. There was time when they
had at times a telephone connection
with the world. 1t never lasted over
day at a time and has been abandoned.
The cost of maintaining such SER
vice was too much for the government
and was one of the main reasons for
the abandonment of signal station
that was kept for some years on the
summit of the peak. The railroad now
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-27
HALE A CENTURY.
A Prominent Politician is Convinced.

At recent club dinner given by
newspaper men at Washington, the
conversation turned upon the subject
of testimonials and their value in
newspaper advertising. II do not be-
lieve." said prominent politician who
was present, that one newspaper
testimonial in hundred, is genuine"
The owner of one of the largest
newspapers in the country was pres
ent and took up the subject vigorously,
finally agreeing to let his opponent Sc
iect- any testimonial in his paper and
wagering to'establish it's genuineness
to the politicians satisfaction.
Quite by accident the case of Mr..
Newton K. Young of Pennington, N.
j., was selected. He had been COM
pletely cured Of case of hemorrhoids,
or piles, by the use of Pyramid Pile
Cure. The politician was especially
skeptical regarding this case, as it was
alleged that Mr.. Young was a man
over eighty years of age and had been
cured of piles after fifty years of awful
suffering and when all other remedies
had failed. 1t was agreed that the
politician should write to Mr.. Geo. w.
scarborough, Phi. g., prominent resi-
dent of Pennington and that the re-
suit of the controversy should rest
upon his reply. The following was Mr..
Scarborough's answer:
Dear Sir:-Mr. Newton K. Young of
thistown. man nearly eighty years OF
age. and who has been sufferer with
piles for, perhaps half century has
been completely cured by the use OF
Pyramid Pile Cure. 1 felt especially
interested in the case as it was upon
my recommendation that Mr.. Young
. began the use of the remedy after
having used so many others. Yours
respectfully, Geo. w. Scarborough,
Phi. G."
The Pyramid Drug Company of Mar
shall. Mich. nave this letter in their
possession and are willing to guarantee
with backing of one thousand dollars,
the genuineness of Mr.. Scarborough's
testimony. 24-27
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-27
THE MUskRAT CROP.
Thousands Are Annually Trapped in
Maryland.

While the other hay bounding coun-
ties of Maryland and Virginia are Ia
menting a gradual falling off in the
oyster industry. consequently upon the
growing scarcity of the bivalve
Dorchester county wishes to arise tc
announce that in at least a measure she
mas a substitute for the luscious she'll
fish as money maker for her good and
industrious citizens.
This is the muskrat crop. Humble
though it may seem, there is money in
it, and considering the amount of CAPT.
tai involved, it is a sound business pro-
position, holding forth rich rewards
for the ambitious trapper.
Thousands upon thousands of musk
ratsare trapped in the marshes of Dor
chester annually. Their pelts are ship
ped to Baltimore and other large cities,
where the furriers work them into
shape for the decoration and comfort
of milady. The meat is sold to the peo-
pie of this section, who find it rich and
wholesome So between it's value as an
edible and its value as a fur producer,
the muskrat is source. Of considerable
income to the county and the impor-
lance of the industry is far. greater
than = might pe be, supposed at ~ first
thought. Men Men ,Nhlo formerly followed
the oyster industry have now taken to
the capture OF musKrats as more re-
munerative.
The depletion of the oyster lands is
due to the fact that they are public
property, upon which any and all can
prey. The marshes, on the other hand,
where muskrats breed, are held in fee
simple, and the number of hunters is
limited to'land owners or their tenants.
The muskrat hunter is careful each
year to leave enough old rats in his
marsh to stock it the following year.
Youngmuskrats have several enemies
in the animal kingdom besides man.
Formerly foxes destroyed large num-
bers of them. but they themselves have
been killed out to such an extent that
they are no longer dangerous to the
muskrat. crop. Dogs also prowl over
the rat marshes, and will eat the young
rats. Fut the principal enemy that the
young rat now has to fear is the hog.
In the summer time droves of hogs in
fest nearly all the marshes, and soon
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-27

spirit of war and revolution Influenced
by the rising of the sap? ! do rot
know, but there must be some good
reason for the happening of these
great things, wars, explorations, ad-
ventures and events of this sort in the
month of April. At any rate they
have happened in April. and it would
be unreasonable and altogether absurd
to assume that these things are due TO
haphazard; that they are mere coin
cidences. April cannot be explained
out of its rigitful Inheritance among
the more important months in Ameri-
can ghistory.-New Orleans Times
Democrat.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-27
learn that young muskrat is dainty

learn that young muskrat is a dainty
mOrsel. RI.
There are three methods by which the
Dorchester trapper catches the musk
rat--trapping, gigging and shooting.
The trapping is done with spring steel
traps or with chokers. The choker is
made by putting a brass wire with a
slip moose in one end on a long, springy
pole. One end of this pole is stuck into
the ground and the other pulled down
and fastened. When the rat touches
the stick the pole straightens up, and
the slipnoose catches the rat around
the neck and chokes him. The gig is
steel or iron instrument, with a
bunch of forks or prongs about two
and one-half feet long. The hunter
creeps .stealthily up to a house where
he thinks there is game and, holding
his gig in both hands, drives the
prongs into the house. If he has
struck any rats they begin to squeal
and wriggle, and the hunter then. tears
open the house with a fork, which he
carries for the purpose, and kills all
the transfixed rats with blow on the
head.
The life of the muskrat hunter is
anything but an easy one and if he at
tains success he richly deserves it. He
leaves his home in the morning as soon
as he can see to walk the marshes, and
begins. the round of his traps. If he
has good catch he soon finds himself
loaded with Seventy-five or one hun
dred rats, weighing two or three
pounds each, and with these in sacks
swung over his shoulders like saddle
bags he starts for home jumping from
tussock to tussock with an easy step
that would soon leave the uninitiated
for rafting is cut up into a series Of
small islands," varying from the size
of ones hand to ten or fifteen square
feet and in walking one must step on
an island a misstep will land him in
mass of mud and ooze from kneedeep
to ten, fifteen or perhaps in some
places twenty feet deep. 5,A
AT home the hunter skins his game
and stretches the hides on boards to
dry. BY the time this task is finished
he is ready to go around to his traps
again and set them for the night This
is his daily routine during the hunting
sea son. -
In former years only the hide of the
muskrat was valuable and the meat
was thrown away as a waste product,
but now many people consider muskrat
deiicacy, and dealers from the neigh
boring country and towns take all the
muskrat meats the trappers can
spare.
The catch of each hunter varies from
few thousand to several hundred a.
year, according to the industry of the
individual. and the productiveness of
more than 600 rats in one season.
The hides or furs are purchased by
the agents of large city dealers in furs,
among whom there is frequently
great deal Of rivalry to obtain this
valuable product.
On account of the cold weather
which has thus far obtained since the
opening Of the season only few rats
have been caught, but all indications
point to prosperous year, and the fur
will fly as soon as the weather is mild
enough to permit trapping-Baltimor
Herald