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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-08-28
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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-08-28
Honor Ye Aged.

A special service in honor of elder
ly people will be held at the NJ E.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-01

terey was the sale Of their oil and a store
Of tribal. relics, which the squaws make up
as curios.
Some of these are potent totems. others
merely trinkets with no special significance
beyond their barbaric ornamentation.
King John and his Queen readily traf-
fcked with the rest until the photographins
proposition came I'D. When the Gamers
was numbered they beat a hasty retreat
into the rough lodge that served ior
palace during the California ~sojourn. and
fatty and obstinately refused to venturs
out until the evil-looking monstrosity was
taken away.
The Noobkes have as yet only partially
emerged from savagery. as shown by their
scant appetite for fame, whose price IS
known by all enlightened folk to be above
many canoes.
But, after much persuasion. the King ana
Queen concluded that the results Of q sit
ting would not be permanently blightinS.
and the, above very good likeness was Sc
cured.
1t Is the only one in existence, and shows
the aristocratic voyagers surrounded by the
emblems Of their exalted rank. Any one
of the mystic symbols shown in the picture
is believed to be amply sufficient to coma
jure away trouble. heal the sick. reveal
hidden treasure or restore lost affection
without asking a question. Under their
shsltering panoply the Noobkes, time out OF
mind. have discounted their enemies and
taken much blubber. What wonder that
such powerful recommendations. backed by
visible proof. secured instant recognition
from the summer visitors at the old mis-
sion town, and that the King and Queen
sailed away 10 their far Northern home
happy and prosperous? Long live King
Joseph John and Mary. his Queen.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-01

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
For thirty years Jim Cole has assisted
at more weddings. balls and funerals in ct.
Louis than all the men in his line put to-
gether.
Jim is the general factotum OF the smart
set of St. Louis. and when he is not busy
helping society heaux and bellies to marry.
to dance. to dine. to be christened. or to be
carried from shrouded mansions to the
small. last resting place in the cemetery. he
shaves and shampoos the male contingent
of society at his barber shop in the Security
building.
Jim's unique record Of his attendance at
swell weddings IS IN immense pile or
souvenir wedding-cake boxes.
1t was always his fad to keep as a re-
minder of these wedding functions one of
the small white boxes that are given to
wedding guests to carry away a piece OF
the bridal cake. On the bottom OF this
box Jim has always marked the name of
bride and bridegroom, and the day OF the
month and the year.
At the time of the cyclone Cole and his
wife. who is as much interested in the
souvenir-box fad as her husband, lived in
the southern part of the city in the old
Soulard mansion, of which they were the
care-takers for several years Most Of their
property was destroyed and among IL about
LOCO small white boxes, ranging
to the year A. d. when Charles H. Turner
married Miss Margaret Barlow. That was
the very first wedding at which Jim Of
ficiated. From that time on, he has attended
nearly every important wedding of St
Louis's Four Hundred.
OF course, a man with such a long and
record among the best people of
a community must have a principle. Jim's
principle is this:
.'To see nothing; to hear nothing: to know
He is the acme of discretion and has never
betrayed the confidence of his patrons in
the slightest degree.
The little contretemps that happen at
functions where liquid refreshments
upare served in abundance are securely
locked up In Jltn's breast. He not only
them from the outer world. but he
frequently prevents them from happening
altogether by timely interference.
No society beau with a penchant for a few
glasses more than is in keeping with de-
corous manner ever resents Jim's admoni-
ton. that It Is time to stop.
Wines and cigars are safest in Jim's keep
Ing. Silver and cut glass are intrusted to
his care. Whenever he is at the door of a
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-01
jim CROW WOULD MEET
ERNEST THOMPSON SETON.

Samuel Seager Of Bolivar. N. j.. has .
tame crow named Jim. that can talk IS
plainly as scme parrots. Jim is only 16
months old, but few children of that age can
excel him in making remarks. Jim was
caught in a hollow tree on top of a hill near
Bolivar.
with him was his sister. and both of them
were sold into bondage. Mr.. Seager buying
jim. Now ne is so tame that he sits on the
piano and criticises when Mr.. Seagerss
daughter plays coon songs. Every one who
knows him wishes he could meet Ernest
Thompson Seton.
The crow first began to talk last winter.
He started ir by calling dad" and boo
boob Later papa" and ''mamma'' vera
distinctly made out. Now he has advanced
so far that when Mr.. Seager asks him II he
wants his breakfast Jim replies. well. I
should SMILE
He also sayp quite distinctly Good morn
ing and Good night"
He will fly straight to a person who asks
him IL he wants his head scratched. II the
person has been formally introduced to him..
Otherwise Jim will cut him dead.
He Is an impersonator. and can make any
schoolboy answer his whistle.-New York
Tribune
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-01

| Hoogstraat-the Broadway OF Rotterdam
which had photographs of some of tho
| sowing schools of Holland. in which the
little Dutch girls are working away on
American machines. One of these pictures
Is of a school at Alkmaar, one of the Oldest
towns of Holland.
Not far from this shop are hardware
stores. with a great variety OF American
goods, including Philadelphia lawn mowers
and. Michigan pitchforks, and in the
music store. just over the way, 1 saw win
lows filed with the marches of Sousa,
printed With tire American flag on the COW
or. They are made by a Rotterdam firm
and sell IN sets at 10 cents a copy.
The American shoe does not seem 20 be
walking into Holland as rapidly as could
lie desired. The climate Is. go wet that
thicker soles than ours are needed. Never
theless. 1t is no worse than England, and
our shoes will sell If properly pushed.
DELAY COMPROMISED LEASE
AND MERCHANT FAILED.
There Is one store in Rotterdam with a
big sign above it.advertising American foot
wear. Another store. which was intended
for cling American shoes. is vacant.
The DG:ch Enercha't Openrd his place On
contracts which he he'd with Americans,
leasing enc Of the nest places and plan
ming 10 make our shoes a speciality.
HIS goods. OWING 10 the oareiessuess of
the American exporters. failed to come on
time. and the result WAS that he compro-
missed his leaee and gave ~ the business.
Indeed. .he Americans have q bad repu-
tation I'm Europe as exporters and traders.
We make the hest GOODS. hut we don't
know how to sell them.
Such trade as VIC AVE is because our
goods are-so COED. and not because of our
business ability in selling or care in filing
ordecs
FAKE for instance an order Which a sta
ticnerv dealer here sent to New York and
had filed at = loss.
The man has q shop right next to the
Witte Huis. and I dropped into it TO buy
a lead pencil. He offered me one made in
New York. and when | asked him IL he
banded Other American gocGs, took me
through roors Hlled with unit book cases,
I, slls anu Office furniture. and showed me
cases or American ints. pencils and pens.
As | looked at them he said: II can sell
American goods, hut | don't care espe-
cialiy to do so. for your people do not
watch my interests nor try to save money
for me. Only last north / had a customer
who wanted 4 certain brand Of American
pen.
81 wrote a New York exporter TO send
me three boxes by mali. and supposed that
the charges would he about 20 cents. The
exporter sent the pens by express, so that
they cost me, in commissions and freights,
$40, and the result was that l lost on the
transaction.
This Is n little thing, but 1t is only one
Of many in which the carelessness of you
Americans causes US TO lose money.
FRANK G. CARPENTER. |
Copyright, is09. by Frank @. Carpenter.
l
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-01

Church or house no intruders dare venture
near the place.
Even the bellies have come to look upon
him as an institution created for their
particular service. He is asked to pass
Judgment upon the hang of a skirt. If q
collar is unlocked, or a button on glove or
bodice has slipped its trolley, Jim Cole is
called to their assistance.
Many of the brides Of to-day were
chfistened with Cole in attendance, and
quite a majority OF them whirled themselves
into social prestige at the balls OF the Home
Circle. the Imperial ard other snar society
organizations.
Jim Cole came here from Memphis. Tenn,
in 1865. He made his debut as attendant
and factotum at smart functions at q stag
party given by the late Judge Krurn, the
father of the present Chester n. Krum to
twelve gentlemen.
The Krums lived Their at Eleventh and
Washington avenue, a fashionable part OF
the city in those days.
At that time Judge Chester H. Krum was
a boy OF IL, In knee pants and rufned
blouses. OF all those present at that din
ner none are alive to-day save the son OF
tha host and Jim.
With the Clemens family. Of the South
Side, he went to the Centennial Exposition
in the capacity of valet, and he accompanied
one of the Soulards to California to die. and
TO bring home the remains OF the Scion OF
that old and wealthy family.
Among the pile Of wedding boxes here
photographed one of the c~ostliest Is that OF
Mrs. Eben Richards, daughter Of H. Clay
Pierce. 1t is heart-shaped, of heavy satin
inside and out. and tied with a delicate
sprig Of myrtle. Another handsome satin
box was that of George Myers. who mar
ried Christy Church.
The Scudder-Bond wedding, Jane For
dyce's wedding-bell canopy. and innumer-
able marriage functions that happened in
the last decade are represented in this
motley array of souvenir boxes. Tiny glass
slippers from the Barnett crystal wedding
celebration, a handsome gold cake box from
Doctor ]. B. Johnson's golden wedding
are all reminders Of events ~chronicled in
st. Loui society.
Nearly all the boxes still contain the
precious bit Of cake that cuts such a figure
in the minds of the superstitious The Coles
don't care for cake. and as for dreaming on
the brida dough. they wouldn't think Of It,
for fear they might have to go to bed day
night to sleep on every piece Of cake
the father brings home.
Jim averages from fifty to sixty weddings
every season. OF dinner engagements he has
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-01

from four to five a week. to say nothing Of
palis, receptions. teas and. lastly. funerals,
at which he serves as pallbearer.
Now and then the routine of his busy life
Is broken with a fishing party. or a tally
no excursion and at rare intervals he ac-
companies n patron to a hospital for recup~
GRAFTON and rest from a too strenuous So
ciety life.
AM interesting part Of his career as society
factotuf1 was his attendance on the late
Archbishop Kenrick during his jubilee cele-
bfation.
The Archbishop. as is well remembered.
was In prevarious health, while all the
feasts and functions Of the jubilee were
given in his honor. Dinners. receptions,
teas and breakfasts were rendered to the
beloved ecelesiastic by the smart Catholic
folks Of the city. To every one Of these
Jim Cole accompanied the Archbishop and
became his body-servant at the table.
He measured out the viands which tho
prelate could. eat with a teaspoon: he al
lowed no dish to be handed to him which
his physician had forbidden. and in this
way he saw him safely through a very
dangerous period of his life.
A number of years ago Jim Cole and his
wife were the care-takers of the old Frost
mansion. when the late General Frost went
to England with his single daughters to
visit the married one, Of his family.
When the Garneaus lived on Washington
avenue and Sixteenth street and the Tread
ways back Of them Oh Lucas place the Coles
were their immediate %neighbors and always
kept in touch with the smart set from Four
tenth street out to Grand avenue
Cole Is the president of the Caterer
Walters Club. a society 30 strict in its
rules that it Almost equals the black-ball-
ing system Of a fashionable gentlemen'D
club.
An application for membership Is gener-
ally held thirty days before admission il
granted. During that time the record Of
the applicant Is thoroughly investigated.
Honesty and sobriety are the first require
ments for admission. Good looks and good
manners the next. Cole Is himself q fine.
looking specimen of mis- race. and q good
presence and sartorial excellencies. he be.
lieves, should belong to every man who aimS
to offfciate in good society.
An offense Of overindulgence BY one Of the
members Of this club entails a heavy fins
and a man so fined must pay It first. before
he can be engaged by any one to serve at
any function. Coils says that the club II IN
a f1ourishing condition. not because Of an
Of fines. but because many men
are always seeking admission to II.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-01
Observation-Disclosures
THEIR MAJEsr1Es IN THEIR ROYAL ROBES.

Special Correspondents OF The Sunday Republic.
San Francizco, Jan. 29-Iast summer a
ship sailed into Monterey Bay commanded
by a King and manned by his loyal bench
men.
Their Queen was with them. too, and
while the royal pair were ashore one day
they faced the ordeal of the camera with
far more trepidation than is usually evil
denced by reigning soyereigns.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-01

They are their Majesties King Joseph
John and Queen Mary of the Noobke tribe
of Alaskan Indians.
Their lineage runs back into the dim
mists of aboriginal tradition. and the White
Car himself is not SO absolute in his power
over his subjects.
The blue-blooded subjects of Uncle Sam
came to California In the course Of a wha1-
Ing cruise. and their special quest at Mon
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-10-22

city in order to swell the crowd. For
instance, at Kalihi the other night, a
wagonload OF people, members of the
scavenging department, were taken up
and when passing the Palama junction
they sent up cheer and we're hooted
in return. And, later on, the marshal
and field officers of the Fourth march
ed sheepishly into the precincts of the
fifth, accompanied by no noise what.
ever.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-10-22

A correspondent Of the Advertiser,
claiming to be friend of Prof. Brig
ham, this morning published what pur-
ports to be defense of the eccentric
curator. We did not think that there
was man in the Hawaiian Islands
with sufficient nerve and gall to at
tempt a defense of this moral mon
strosity, but it seems that there is one.
So positive and unanimous is the pub
lie condemnation of Brigham, however,
that no defense can modify its force
The case is too plain; the offense is too
fragrant and grave for excuse or sym
pathy.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-10-22
BY AUTHORITY.
NOTICE TO CANDIDATES FOR
ELECTION TO COUNTY
OFFICES.
Territory OF Hawaii,
Secretary's Office,

Secretary's Office.
Notice is hereby given that where
90 it is required by law that candi-
dates for election to county Offices on
the Island OF Oahu shall file their
nominations with the Secretary Of
the Territory not less than Ten Days
before the Special Election for
County OGcers, it will be necessary
that said nominations be filed in this
Office not later than Five O'Clock on
the afternoon of Friday, October
23rd, A. d. 1908.
No person shall be eligible to
County or District Office unless OF
the age oftwenty-one years,a citizen
OF the Territory, and an elector of
the County or District 10 which the
duties OF the Office are to be exercis-
ed, and resident therein for three
years Immediately preceding such
election and no person shall here
after be eligible to the Office of Dis
trict Attorney who shall not haye
been admitted to practice 10 the Su-
preme Court OF the Territory OF
Hawaii.
Each nomination must be accom-.
panied by deposit Of Twenty FIVE
Dollars. and be signed by not less
than Twenty-Five duly qualified
Electors OF tho County for which
such election is to be- held.
G. r. CARTER,
Secretary Of the Territory.
c. AUCKLAND,
Electoral Registrar.
Capitol, Honolulu, October Isl, 1903,
2623-Oct 1, 5, 8, IL, Is, 10, 81
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-10-22

Boycott and coercion are being
again resorted to by those in Govern
ment employ in order to whip those
employed under them, principally ma
tives, into line. These Republican
tools are apt to do anything at any
time, but it is only question of time
when their fendish influence will van.
ish into thin air.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-10-22

Republican Isaac Sherwood, the
candidate for Auditor, went stumping
in his behalf last Saturday on the 9TH
er side OF this island Is he being paid
for such work by the people. Mr.. Au-
ditor Fisher? If he is, we'll and good;
and If not, give him the boot; of
course. only unless furlough was
granted.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-10-22

Most Home Rule meetings are well
attended, and that without beer and
feasting, and even without the blast
ing Of trumpets with all the attendant
din and noise. But not so with Repub-
lican meetings, 1t Is purely campaign
of beer, of feasting and of noise. In
the last is included the usual hot-air
cauldrons, which are the regular known
quantities of strenuous political eff
forts by both parties.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-10-22

The Republicans just now are los
ing good deal of sleep on account of
adverse reports received from Maui
and Hawaii as to their campaign
chances. Those two islands have for
some time been regarded, outside of
the Republican Central Committee, as
in the pockets of the Home Rulers. Bit
the thing does not stop there. In time
the Republicans will discover Oahu to
be in much the same boat.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-10-22

In his speech before the Young Men S
Republican Club last evening Commits
s!oner Douthitt referred somewhat sad
ly to the i'll regard felt for malihinis
in this country. We do not see where
in lawyers have been left in the cold.
The Attorney General and both of his
assistants are newcomers; all three
judges of the local circuit court have
been here just long enough to vote
easy, and the District Attorney and
United States Commissioner are new
arrivals. 1t seems to us that the mali
hini lawyers have rather been in clov-
er in these parts of late.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-10-22

the influence of Roosevelt with the
money power. Taking it all in all, 1t
would please us better to see some man
not quite so popular with Republican
politicians and newspapers ON the DEM
ocratic ticket.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-10-22

Jack Lucas has found out at last
that his silly jokelet in regard to prick
ly pears is not vote-maker but may be
a head-breaker. Only his rapidity in
the Kalihi meeting Tuesday evening
saved him from the wrath of the Ha-
waiians assembled there. 1t is safe to
say that il any native went there with
any Repubicanism in his makeup it
was thoroughly squeezed out before he
left. Lucas is the Snowy slope" of the
Republican party
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-10-22
THURSDAY, OCT. %, 1903.
TOPICS OR THE DAY.

The situation in the Philippines is so
quiet and peaceful that the recruiting
stations throughout the United States
have been instructed to enlist men as
rapidly as possible for service in the
Orient
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-10-22

We do not think that the spirit of
the public is in favor of shutting out
persons eligible to become American
citizens from public contracts. Two OF
the gentlemen rendering for the new
jail contract, Fred Harrison and F. H.
Redward, are eligible to American cit
izenship but have very good reasons
for not becoming such at this time.
They have now pending between the
British and Washington governments
claims for damages growing out OF the
revolution of 1895. The moment they
forswear allegiance to King Edward
the British government would discon-
tinue all effort in their behalf. The
people the policy is intended to reach
are such persons as are not and cannot
become citizens.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-10-22

Prof. w. T. Brigham is credited,with
saying that the painting of Father
Damien in the Bishop Museum was
placed there by Father Valentin, but
the latter promptly and emphatically
denies the statement. He says that the
picture belongs to Brigham and seems
to be kept there for the purpose to
which it is being used by the curator.
1t seems that Prof. Brigham cannot tell
the truth even when he tries real hard.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-10-22

A mere hint of such thing would be q
ticket to the waste basket or the fire,
and would arouse anger in place of in
terest. In ,the words of the gamins
all such things should be religiously
"cut out"
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-10-22

One of the Republican lantern slides
now being exhibited publicly at meet
ings of the Young Mems Club is a
scene of the recent and uncalled-for
royal funereal pageantry of the late
prince" Kunuiakea, being the main
part of it depicting the catafalque and
the kahilis with their supporters in the
late royal regalia. Home Rulers have
taken this up to apply to the funeral
awaiting the Republicans on November
Bird next, the only difference being that
theirs will not be as royal nor as gor-
geous and imposing, but rather fiat
and cold, uninviting and unimposing;
and that further, it would be like the
dead march of the dead.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-10-22

We see now that our advice is not
needed and is utterly futile with such
persons as Hack Inspector Macy as
well as several furloughed police Off
GERS. With Sam, he does not know
enough to keep his face closed. His
tongue is still wagging loosely at Re-
publican political meetings and at
street corners. He ought Ito know
what is good for him, as he is old
enough.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-10-22
ocratic ticket.

One of the Advertisers enterprising
establishing himself on the ship"
rock at the French Frigate Shoals. The
which would be a good starter. Fer
tilizer abounds, and the enterprising
vegetables, etc., to wrecked crews.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-10-22

We announced yesterday that camp
fire would be given on the evening of
October 81 for the benefit of the Ma
tional Guard, and notice that the Re-
publican papers have kept singularly
quiet on the subject. Why? Well tell
you why. This camp fire is to be pure
~ political affair, duplicate of the
one of last year when Prince Cupid was
forced down the throats of the mill
tary.- After the lunch and amid the
popping of corks and sizzling of beer
the Republican candidates and Repub-
lican politics are to be sprung.