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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-02-23

1t is now early in the session, but
the Board of Health is already receiv-
ing attention and notoriety by the Leg
islatme from the members of the
House in particular. Representative
kumalae gave the Board a scoring last
Saturday and exposed some of the
methods of enforcing it's rules and reg
ulations. He gave an instance where
the enforcement of these regulations
worked hardship to the poor, who are
ordered to make new cesspools and
connect with the sewer system. To do
this at once would be to entail heavy
expenditure, and not being provided
with sufficient funds, they are natural
y forced 10 mortgage or dispose of
the.r holdings. Not only that, the hon
erable member made assertion tha.
the poor are being continually poster
ed by the Board of Health agents, in
the interest of certain land sharks;
said agents also acting as agents to
buy UP lands, thus hampered cheaper
than the market value. 1t is now up to
The Board to deny the charge. We are
somewhat inclined to the assertion, al
-ough we also believe that there is an
other side TO the story,
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-02-23

Out Of all the standing committee
Of The House, the boiling minority Re
Dubllcans have gained the three most
important committees with two Of les,
sor Importance; the sturdy and earn
est patriots" Republicans have two ira'
portant and one lesser, and the same
with the Home Rulers. We think the
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-02-23

The true key to the situation is that
the 1s, headed by Henry c, Vida and
Jonah Kumalae, want a County Gov
eminent Bill passed during the session
of the Legislature and the faithless
are using every endcayor to oppose it,
backed up by clique that has formol
for that purpose in the Republican Cen
tral committee But, never fear, the
10 are game and solid and viii not lie
the out-general it, nor the Central
Committee control it.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-02-23

Governor Dole has dropped from his
estimates for the next biennial period,
submitted in his first message to both
Houses Of The Legislature, the pension
&c Her Majesty Queen Liliuokalani.
We ask-why? Is there any reason
for it? AS that is one Of the planks
Of The Republican party's platform, we
shall have an opportunity to watch ana
see whether they will remember their
campaign speeches. and then think OF
her, who was once our sovereign and
the ruler of This country.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-02-23


The Maui News says 'William I.
brigham, director OF the Bornlce P.
Bishop Museum may be skilled sci
enlist and an accomplished curator,
but if William T. Brigham, director OF
The Bernice P. Bishop Museum offered
tne insult which it is claimed that he
did to a party OF visitors to the Mus
cum, he should be incontinently fired
ort, or what is better ho should be en-
closed in a glass case and preserved in
the Museum as an unique specimen of
happily fast disappearing class OF
5lgots.'
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-02-23

Kertgrey's famous Jeasae Apors
Whisbsy, uneGualled for it's purity
and excellence. On sale at any OF
the ssloons and at Loyejoy s. Co
distributing agents Tor the Hawsiia
sslsaia
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-02-23
TOPICS Or TER pAy

Those Republican boilers of the
House should be very pleased now, be-
cause majority OF them, five, have
gained the chairmanship of commit
tees. This may be construed as tic
price of their perhdy to party princi'
pies.
Republicans on the outside, not
those in the Legislature, took their
defeat in the election of the Speaker
OF the House very hard, many among
them rather seriously and to heart.
Well may they suffer, for it showed
how they were composed. And yet,
such showing is what it is called Re
publicanism, good and true. But it
clearly displayed the utter lack of
unanimity among the ruling majority
of Republicans.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-02-23

E .t.red at the Pos omes at H9nolniu
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-24
WHY SHE LIKED VENUS.
Housemaid's Preference Had Ve,v
Practical Basis,

Housemaid's Preference Had Very
Practical Basis.
"A practical point of view will in
ffuence even an artistic Judgment, :"
said the lady with the Burne-Jones
chignon, @'as 1 discovered the other
day when my new servant seemed to
take such interest in the objects OF
art in my parlor as no maid of the
many who have preceded her: in the
house ever showed. Pleased with her
really intelligent interest in my pic
lures and bric-a-brac, took pains to
show her the best points Of each OBJ
ject, and really found the task a
pleasant and unique experience. But
l wish now that I had not asked her,
rs did at the end OF the impromptu
exhibition, which of the objects she
liked best i s=z&.,T. ~
sc This is the one ]. q like best,
ma'am,' said Mary, pointing with her
feather duster to the armless Venus
of Milo. -. + -. ~ p" $.s,.
"'Well,' thought l, this lis getting
more and more interesting. Here sis
Mary showing high artistic Judgment
:" g, And why do you like the Venus
best, Mary% / asked, anxious to hear
her estimate of the famous statue. ).
"a Why, sure, ma'am, it's the aisiest
to doost! replied Mary, and Hastily
closed the private view 1 42,ss ez.s*ss
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-24
THE STUDENTS STORY.
3Y VIM. w. REEVES.

1T makes me nervous to think Of
it, said the old druggist, as we gath
cred around the cheerful fire one win
ter evening. Yes, it was close call.
Il was ambitious those days, and |
determined before leaving the univer-
sity to make a mark for myself in the
field of chemistry, and you may be
sure l was working hard.
In those early days, liQuiied car
bonic acid agas was merely labora-
tory experiment, and high explosives.
outside of gun cotton, were compare
lively unknown.
1T was in this field that was work
ing, and it was due to the premature
explosion of q mixture akin to nitro
glycerine that think I owe my life.
Attending the university at the
time was a student by the name OF
Agathos. Greek he certainly was,
and his stupendous intellect made him
always welcome companion, in fact,
he and | were quite chummy, and
when l was not busy with chemistry,
we were solving lnotty problems con-
cerning the construction OF the uni
verse.
On the night that my hair turned
gray continued the Notwithstanding
at the still raven locks of his wife
who sat opposite, Il had kept the ma
ture of my secret we'll, and not even
my student friends knew the danger
Gus composition in the huge beakerc
which l was manipulating.
Il think the hour was II p. M, or
Whereabouts, and I was alone in the
recesses of the main laboratory, busy
with combination of nitrates and car
bon, when hearing a step, l turned
and saw the face of my friend Aga
thOs.
For some moments he watched me
as l observed the thermometer in the
nitric bath, and then we engaged in
conversation.
Brown he murmured, I have to-
day separated a new al5aloid, from
the plant, coca-erythroxylon, and it's
effects on the human system are truly
remarkable-here, try dose; taste
less as water, assure you;' and, fool
that l was, I took the proffered glass
of water, into which he dissolved a
fine white powder, and l have always
regretted that l did So
The subtle drug paralyzed every
muscle 'of my body and bereft me of
the power of speech; I was like one
in trance; my intellect, howveer,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-24

with other substances, even with vat
er, and knew the mixture of nitro
carbon Il was using the light hydro.
carbon, turpentine, instead of glycer-
ine) with powerful nitric acid, had
gone too long. without attention. An
explosion was likely to occur at any
moment.
Anyhow, I reflected, had much
rather be blown to atoms than to be
cut up piece-meal while yet alive.
While the sputtering continued Aga:
thos regarded it with an air of uncer-
tainty, as if undecided what to do
with the mess.
The insidious drug with which l
was charged-it must have been CO.
caine-was beginning to leave me, so
that was able to partly turn, and
am since thankful turned my back in
the right direction, else l would have
been blinded.
:"Agathos was bending over my ap-
paratus, which contained full quart
of substance more powerful and even
more unstable than nitro-glycerine,
when, the cooling bath not being re-
neWed, it exploded by reason of the
excess of heat.
There was a binding flash, jar
that must have shaken the building to
! it's foundations, and amid the sound
of crashing glass l lost consciousness
| Weeks and weeks, | am told,
lowered at deaths door with brain
| \
alive, due to the skill of my nurse,
the lady you see sitting across the ta-
BILE there-my wife.
There was scarcely bottle or pane
of glass in the laboratory that was not
broken to fragments, and thousands
were rendered useless.
! "Agathos was blown completely to
atoms, and 1 am told it was with diff
Guilty that enough OF his remains could
| be found to give decent burial.
when recovered completely l was
placed in the sweat box by the facul-
| ty to ascertain the cause of the explo-
sion; but as you may surmise, they
never learned the exact formula Of
that dangerous composition.
my once black hair turned to
| snowy white, and for a long time at
terward I would wake with a sort of
| nightmare to experience the sensa-
ton Of cold steel penetrating my vi
tails
''The Immortality Of the SOUL or it's
very existence may remain in doubt,
but l still have the fifth century parch.
ment that came near sacrificing me to
the cause of science, and I never re-
gard its uncial text without shud-
DER
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-24
Thieves Have Their Omens,

The pickpocket is superstitious He
will rarely rob person who squints,
this being accounted certain sign
of disaster and if it happens that the
purse he steals contains foreign as
we'll as British money, it is believed
to augur that he will travel a good
deal in the immediate future; but
whether in the company of couple
OF police officers or not there is moth
ing to show.
Weddings and funerals are signifi-
cant events for the professional thief.
TO pick pocket at a funeral would
be to court immediate disaster; but
many of them think if a purse stolen
at a wedding contains gold it por-
tends the best of luck for the thief
during the ensuing months.
Some pickpockets have a favorite
pair of boots that they wear as long
as they can keep them on their feet,
and if they are not arrested while
they. are wearing them they cut the
Loots up into little square pieces and
give them away as ''lucky tokens" to
their friends.-London Answers.
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tlOf7.
the soul could under proper condi-
tions, be isolated and observed pre-
vious to its flight, at the exact instant
OF dissolution. 1t was clear, then,
that | was the subject chosen for this
terrible experiment!
"Vainly tried to cry aloud, but my
jaws were as firmly locked as if rigor-
mortis had actually set in l tried to
move, but l experienced only the hor-
rible emotions OF one about to be
buried alive!
1T was clear enough to me that he
had obtained this fiendish idea from
an OLD 1onian manuscript, written in
the fifth century before the advent of
Christ clearly the work of monk, by
name Koryphanos, for l had read the
theorem time and again, and was sur
prised at it's absurdity.
Thus it was that l was somewhat
prepared for the terrible operation to
follow, which consisted of removing
the epidermis from the entire Wis
cera, or in other words, in stripping
the entire chest of everything but the
intervening thin membrane, SO the ac.
tion of the various organs could be OBJ
served while the patient was yet alive.
1t was thus that Agathos expected to
pry into the secrets of the Almighty
and observe the transit of the human
soul.
1t was clear the Greek was crazy.
and it is fact that insane persons
always select their dearest friends for
victims.
AT last / heard his footballs swift
ly coming along the empty aisles.
flanked on either hand with racks of
phials, retorts and glassware of all
kinds, and could we'll see my finish.
II could discern the subtle odor of
eyes burned almost with the fury of
a lion!
His next act was to deftly remove
all covering from my chest and for an
instant he listened attentively to the
beating of my heart. Next he began
to sharpen those murd derous looking
surgical knives, of which he had a
goodly supply, and having completed
this task to his satisfaction, he un-
corked a large bottle of ether, the
only known anesthetic of that time,
and began saturating sponge with
! it, when strange sputtering sound
from the direction of the rack where
had been conducting my experiment
caused him to desist. u.s. Z
ALREADY saw salvation in sight,
for, as the student of even elementary
chemistry knows. concentrated acids
heat violently .when they combine
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-24

he Interrupted, harshly.
equal attentions. Whether from per-
versity or from preference, Edith had
seemed to favor Dick, but Mr.. Strong
had never given up hope that he
should win in the end
Just as they finished tea, a merry
whistle sounded along the street and
up the walk, announcing that Dick
himself had arrived. Edith turned
toward Elijah Strong with an eager
smile. She wished to hum again for
his discontinue: Where, oh! where
is the good Elijah,' and only her
mothers presence hindered her. Mr..
Strong, however, had a faithfully ally
in Mrs. Wentworth, who, although
fond of Dick, did not trust him. In her
friend and pastor she had implicit
faith. Noting his look of grim despair
and Edith's glance of triumph, she
turned to Dick with ready wit: "Oh,
Dick, it is early to go for your boat
ride; won't you come: into the garden
and help me few moments?"
Dick looked toward Edith and his
! rival hesitatingly, but he could not re-
fuse. AS they passed out into the gar
den, Edith rose, saying: Pray, ex-
cuse me, Mr.. Strong; but l think my
mother needs me, too." she stepped
lightly around the table. AS she
passed his chair, he fixed his eyes on
her face and held out his hand i'm
pulsively.
Edith he said hoarsely, why do
you torture me so?" Then, drawing
himself erect, he added: But to
night you shall hear, me. If you. pre-
fer to listen in company with Dick
Haskins and your mother, you may go
to the garden" -
Edith saw that he was in earnest
and angry; yet, fascinated by the
strange attraction which this man pos
sessed for her, she seated herself and
turned toward him, thrilling under his
passionate gaze: ~. -.
Cant you see how I love you,
Edith? Have you no heart that you
can play with me as you have, and
still smile st my agony" and, in his
passionate anger, he seized her wrist
roughly. Ss4ss.S :.. =s i, !:
y The girls smile was gone imme.
diately and q look Of mingled fear
and remorse took its place. AS she
gave little gasp Of pain, he released
her wrist hastily. ....s. q. i. q. ..5z= ss 5ss5
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-24
HOW THEY READ THE PAPER.
Varying Departments Which Interest
Different People.

Varying Departments Which Interest
Different People.
Every old persons" said an observ-
er, NEARLY always, on unfolding their
newspapers, turn to the personal COL
umns- This is because, in the first
place, they are more likely to find
news OF their friends there than in the
news columns or in any other part of
the paper; and, because, in the second
place, they are interested in personal
matters-they have the subject so
much in their minds.
Young girls turn first to the soci-
ETY. news and weddings, and after that
to the fashions Young men of the
healthy, open-air sort, turn first to the
sporting news; while boys univer-
sally turn to this page, too~ The actor,
OF course, reads the dramatic col
umns, and the writer the book re-
views; but neither of these depart
ments, I fancy, does any part of the
disinterested public consult first of
all.
"The elderly gentleman of pompous
appearance reads the leaders first;
while his corpulent, cheerful wife
reads the recipes on the household
page. Some clergymen read the wills
OF the dead, to see what charities have
been remembered with beQuests.
There are many people y~ho read the
crimes, the scandals and the shocking
accidents first, Poets. as a rule will
not read the newspapers at ALL
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-24
.ELIJAH'S CONQUEST.
BY NELLIE NJ. GILLESPIE,
Copyrighted 1s03 by The AUTHORS Publishing Conanqn
Where, oh! where is the good Eli

Where, oh! where is the good Eli
jah?"
Where, oh! where--' Edith's gay
young voice broke off in the midst OF
it's lifting song at the warning finger
from the doorway. Before the girl
could ask the meaning Of the warning,
the Rev. Elijah Strong appeared in
the doorway behind Mrs Wentworth,
gravely polite, a little mocking smile
about his lips, merry twinkle in his
dark gray eyes.
Here I am, Miss Edith. l am glad
you find me good
Edith had been in the habit of hum
ming this song Of her childhood ever
since She had known the Rev. Elijah
Strong, partly in ridicule. Of the old
fas hiQned, nam partly to tease her
mother. Now, caught at her nonsense,
she blushed scarlet.
"Oh, then, he hasn't gone up in a
chariot Of fire." she flashed back
saucily, though her cheeks were still
aflame
"But he'll need the ravens to feed
him, if you're not ready for tea soon" ,"
interposed Mrs. Wentworth, seating
herself and glancing uneasily from the
flushed face Of her daughter to the
firm, clearcut features of the young
clergyman. Hurry, dearie, and brush
your hair" whispered Mrs. Went
worth, while she, excusing herself to
her guest, went out to attend to their
tea.
When Edith came into the room
again in a dainty white muslin, her
cheeks flushed, her eyes bright, she
found Mr.. Strong alone in the room.
"You are not sorry that I begged
youz mother to invite me to stay to
tea, are you, Miss Edith?" he asked
gaily, and yet little wistfully.
"Oh! that's why 'momsie' has COM
pany. I wish now that I had asked
Dick in; for three make such an awk-
ward number. Four is BETTER
Il beg your pardon, Miss Went
worth. I think Dick Haskins would
be decidedly in the way tonight.
stayed that might talk with you fer
few minutes after tea," and the set
jaw BODIED no good to Edith's coquet-
ries or to Dick Haskin's suit.
Indeed! Mr.. Strong. have an en-
gagement after tea. I beg to be ex.
cused.''
Pardon me, again, Miss Went
worth, if I seem to be obtrusive. But
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-24
The Differences in Races.

The late r. H. Stoddard was fond
of contrasting. the English and the
French workingman, to the great ad-
vantage of the former. One of his
comparisons deal with the death of
Dickens.
"A, short time after Dickens died."
he would say, "a friend of mine visited
the scene of his last hours, and, in
search Of Dickensiana, stopped in a
neighboring inn. He spoke of the
novelist's demise to the waiter. "A
great loss.' he said. 49,.
CA great loss indeed to US, sir,
the waiter agreed. He had all his
ale sent from this house, -. :,E
Contrast with that" Mr.. Stoddard
would exclaim, the answer of a
waiter. to whom, on the afternoon of
Mirabeau's death, guest said, "a fine
day s.,,z%s /, .sE5 .s ~. Ill., s.$ #
Yes the waiter answered. 1t is
fine day, but Mirabeau is dead !.
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Forgive he, Edith. have hurt
you. l would die to save you pain,",
and the young man stood humbled and
'penitent before the girl, whose eyes
were filled with tears, yet who gazed
det1antly at him.
"You have no right to speak so
have not played with you. I never
meant to pain you. You know that
Dick--''
Are you engaged to Dick Has
kins?" he interrupted harshly.
What right have you to ask?" she
answered hotly
1.-The right of man who loves you
and who will be answered."
mo, I am not engaged, but
| ''Then / have the right that any
good man has to offer you my love.
Edith, can make you happy. l know
can. You love me, Edith, I feel it,
though you will not acknowledge it.
What right has Dick Haskins to play
fast and loose with you and never
ask your hand in marriage?" The
question had so much truth in it's
taunt that Edith tlinched, cut to the
quick. But she lifted her head proud
ly.
.."Eow dare you insult me 500" she
cried angrily. How dare you?"
1T is he who is insulting you. Oh!
Edith" his voice taking tone of in
finite tenderness, listen to my plead
ing. Listen to your own heart, dear.
Does it not tell you that you may
trust me? You have scorned me, but
in your heart of hearts you love me-
The girl stood up with a quick little
gasp, which he took for dissent, and
he added hastily, seizing her hands
Look me in the eyes and tell me
that you have no love for me in your
heart, and you will never see NE
again. I am leaving in the morning
II you desire it, will never return"
Edith loked at him moment with
a startled gaze, then, dropping into a
chair, she laid her head on the table
The man looked down at the bowed
head. Then, moved by sudden i'm
pulse, he pressed his lips on her wav.
ing hair and her white neck. The
touch of his lips accomplished what
his words could not; for, as she lift
ed her head, her eyes shone with a
look which seemed 10 open the gates
of Paradise for him. With an inarticu-
late CRY he clasped her in his arms
Just as foorsteps sounded on the walk
outside.
Dick Haskins looked ruefully at
Edith's flushed face, but he said
~ ~gai}y, Nov, Edith wen so, II air.
j Strong will excuse us"
Strong started forward, but before
he could speak, Edith laid her hand
on his arm, as she said, will you ex-
cuse me tonight, Dick? Mr.. Strong
is leaving in the morning, and-'
And as I am to be her husband
Dick, I naturally want her to myself
this evening"" Mr.. Strong interposed.
Dick though surprised and chag-
rinei, was no coward. Hiding his own
emotion as best he could, he con-
graduated Mr. Strong and Edith heart
lily, and speedily left the room.
Mrs Wentworth was very happy as
she kissed her daughter and gave her
hand to Mr.. Strong.
"'Where, oh! where is the good
Eijah,' now?" she said playfully.
"'Safe in the promised land,'" an
swered Elijah quickly, as he turned
, laughingly toward Edith.
>,-!'
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those dissecting Instruments; and
while he was gone I was engaged in
the most agonizing reflections.
Il remembered that in all our pre-
vious discourse on life and immortal
ity he had argued that the human
soul, if there was one. was as materi-
al as the heart or lungs, or other or
gans of the body, and, being close
student of vivisection, he maintained
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easy feeling came over her as she
mentally contrasted Dicks easy good
nature and weak will with Mr.
Strong's tirmness of character
Dick Haskins, Edith had known
from childhood, though only recently
had she considered him in the light
of a lover. Since Mr.. Strong's ap-
pearance, the two men had shown her
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was nnimpaired-nay, even stimulat-
ed, and my eyesight was good, for all
l could not turn my eyes in their sock
cts.
1T was at this iuncture learned
that was alone with madman!
"Deftly he removed the parapher-
MALTA from an operating table, and lift
ing me bodily, was soon lying on the
marble slab, as if a subject for the
clinic.
Now I could hear him mutter, I
shall soon test the material qualities
OF the human sonl-but l must have