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for labor especially such uskled labor fur
nished by children
In the six industrial states New York. Pennsylvania
Illinois, Massachusetts, Ohio and New Jersey advance sheets of the
figures for show relative falling off in intelligence
indicated by the of children read and write That New
York has fallen from the eighth the fourteenth place in the scale
states regards the eracy OF children of school and that
Illinois has fallen from the sixth the fifteenth place be regard
ed as results of the recent increase in child labor.
The statement has been made that New York state certain
trades three five children employed under the legal Of
work-foueen years. Whether this exaggeraon,
often happens that oregnbom parents needy ignorant mis-
the of their children order obtain for them
working papers" and admission to the factories.
Always growing the army of cash girls Ten cash
girl could be had for week. More recently increased demand
has raised wages per week. the minimum requirement of the
Consumers League and of late dar of labor has forced employ
advertise wage of the increase
OF child labor.
When industrial does not force children OF school
into shops the rush of works often of them long
Teachers in New York schools cite Of children
fall asleep their books investigation showing that these
little people been kept awake until the small hours of the
g pulling basng threads for workers the
.mens
Prosperity ought not to exact penalties from babes.
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The Kaiser Gets an Alp.

The German emperor has come int
possession of another windfall. A
German merchant named Hildebrand
of Dresden, who for many years has
been established at Berne, recently
died, and, having no heirs, bequeathed
considerable fortune and quantity
of land to the emperor. The kaiser be-
comes the proprietor of the Iffigen Alp,
which is situated between the Weiss.
horn and Windhorn; the Niessen Horn
and the beautiful waterfall of Iffigen
situated in the canton of Berne. TIC
give an idea of the extent of the prop
erty which his majesty inherits, it is
said that it takes five hours hard
walking to cross it. Many chalets are
dotted over the land, which is rich in
pasture and in woods. The emperor
of Austria is also Swiss proprietor
having lately come into possession of
the historical castle of the Hapsburgs
in the canton of Thurgovie.-London
Mail.
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SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

The smokestack of the ocean steam
err Cedic is so large that trolley cars
could pass through it.
American companies, firms and in
dividuals to the number of 1,117 have
invested in Mexico capital amounting
in round figures to $500. 100000. About
20 per cent. of it is in railroads.
A lumber firm in Indiana has recent
ly received remarkably large white
oak log. 1t is IS feet long and about
feet in greatest diameter. There are
but few knots in its entire length.
When the Pennsylvania anthracite
fields are exhausted-perhaps IS years
hence-the only large known supply of
hard coal will be in China. That, how
ever, is practically inexhaustible, COW
ering, as it does, 10000 square miles.
The business most in evidence in
Client is that of the breweries. In a
population less than 100000 there are
more than 100 establishments, large
and small Notwithstanding this COM
petition American enterprise has en-
tered the field.
The Dewitt Clinton engine, built in
1881, had a boiler pressure of so pounds
to the square inch, locomotives at the
time of the civil war were given 100
pounds pressure, and now the immense
steamship boilers are made to stand a
pressure of 225 pounds to the square
inch.
China was the first country in which
the labors of the silkworm were
availed of, and Aristotle was the first
Greek author who mentions it. 1t was
not until the fifteenth century that the
manufacture of silk was established
in England. The raising of silkworms
in the United States has been attempt
ed with success in southern states, and
especially in California. AS the silk
worms in Europe are affected by dis
ease, immense quantities of eggs are
sent from this country. Forty thou
sand eggs weigh about one ounce, and,
when hateched will produce about 10f
mounds of fresh cOcOOpS
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WOMAN'S WAY.

ID UT me ashore. / was fool to
come out with you"
In the stern of the little row boat
Nancy Dalton's voice rose loudly-half
angry, half frightened. The frail
craft swung out, pointing toward the
center of the mountain lake, glitter
ing in the hot sun of the August aft
ernoon.
.sOh, Dick. please take me in" Her
tone was pleading now. Its getting
late, Dick"
The tanned face bending above the
oars was curiously pale. mot yet
broke from the set lips. 81 don't have
many chances TO row you, lately"
"But they'll expect me-" She
glanced anxiously at the receding
banks. No answer. The boat shot on.
After moment: ''Dick!"
"Well?"
"There is no use in being so fool
fish. It's silly. A big. strong man like
you shouldn't mind. There are plenty
of other girls"
The man paused in his rowing and
pointed with dripping oar. "Look!"
he said, hoarsely. way over on the
hill-my little house, Nan. L was
building it for you-for us. When /
could make you home you said. 1t
is almost done. Now" A quick
choke strangled his words.
I'm sorry, Dick. OF course, L
couldn't tell about-about-" Her
hand went to her eyes. 'I'm only a
girl, you know"
Dick Caney's words came fiercely:
"You're sorryl You couldn't tell!
Only girl! In the name of the Heav-
en- / hoped for and the hell I'm going
to, how does that help me? It's your
eyes and hair and bands and voice
you'll Mamie, I've worked and planned
and waited, dreaming of the day COM
ing when / should take you home.
To look in your eyes, TO stroke your
hair, feel your hands, hear your voice
and know at last you were mine-all
mine."
''Oh. Dickl"
Sand trusting you, l never dreamed
of anyone else. 1 don't blame Burns.
He's man same as / am. And you
are ten years younger than /. Your
folKs-well, he's got money and style,
and I'm only Dick Caney. I'll take
the blame for my blindness, but he
shall never have you, Nannie-never!"
'Oh. take me home, Dick! Don't
tall l;Ea tbaff non,f look en- Mt me
Please take me home"
I'm going to-" The strained.
weather-beaten face was full of a
fierce pity. The suffering eyes roved
off across the water.
"She said," he spoke as if to him
self, "she said, Dick, I'd as lief marry
you as anyone, and when you've made
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a comfortable home for me, / will.
She promised Yes. she promised. OF
course she belongs TO me. Poor lit
tie Mani So soft and sweet and pref
ty! Oh, she can never know what
just thinking of her has been to me
all these lonely days and nights. To
think of my harming one hair of her
head. 1t will be over quickly"
The girl screamed. Caney looked at
her.
'If / didn't love you so, dear, !
wouldn't do this" said the man, quiet
ly. "Come home with me now"
His barred muscular arm went out
suddenly. One brown hand pressed
firmly on the terrified lips.
"Cr-r-ack!" The rife shot echoed
and reechoed about the peaceful,
wooded shores. Conveys head sank in
the fainting woman's lap. A gasp, a
shuddering, downward slide, and his
body collapsed, huddled at her feet.
The girl slipped forward and the boat
careeped to the gunwale.
Leonard Burns from his canoe hid
den in the rushes had taken a rapid
aim, but he was an expert. There
seemed no other way, and he fired
without second of hesitation. Now
the water boiled behind him as his
paddle flew. Surely he had just time.
Coming down to the pond from the
pasture after an hours hunt of the
elusive woodchuck, it had been cool
and pleasant lying there among the
high weeds with his eye ON that dis
tant fishhawk. his gun upon his arm.
Pleasant, too, his thoughts of Nam
ME Dalton, yet with a shadow. That
delightful Irritation; it had ripened
suddenly and Unexpectedly into an en-
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EASY STREET.

Where. oh, where. is Easy street?
over there and way beyond
Where content and pleasure meet
In an everlasting bond.
Way beyond. an, me. And still
Way beyond. until 1t seems
So far distant that we will
Reach II only in our dreams.
Easy street.-The place. my boy,
Where our cares and worries cease,
Where ou- hearts are full of joy,
And our lives are fun of peace.
In eur history complete,
Since old Father Time began,
Such place as Easy street
Meier was known to mortal man.
Life Is full of ups and downs
Wealth and poverty the same;
Calico and silken gowns
Diner only In the name.
f1svittnce has made i so
49, . puy4ep teax;
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Politician-'.I'll do what can to get
work for you" Citizen-'I don't want
work; what I'm after is city job"
Boston Transcript.
The e.-Clara-"What's the
difference between pessimist and an
optimism" Clarence-"Oh, a pessi-
mist thinks people who owe him won't
pay him-and an optimist believes
they will."-Detroit Free Press.
The Way of the Author Is Hard
Scribbler-"I had hard work finding a
plot for my novel," Friend-"Yes?"
Scribbler-"And now / am having
harder work still, plotting to get it
published. "-Somerville Journal.
Not While She Was Around.-"Well,
have you anything to say?" asked the
judge. The little man on the witness
stand looked around the courtroom
rather fearfully. "That depends" he
answered, at last. rs my wife in the
room?"-N. Y. Herald.
Judge-"If you want to make your
self solid with Ethel's mother, don't
fail to eat some of the biscuits she
makes" Fudge-'Ive eaten some,
and from their weight and hardness
I'm sure I've made myself solid all
right."-Baltimore Herald.
The MEMBERSHIPS young man."
said the lawyer, as he pleaded for
mercy for his client, ''comes from a
good family" "Yes," said the police
judge, that appears to be the chief
trouble. He should not have come
from good family. He should have
stayed with it. Just SILL with costs,
please."-IndianapoM News.
Heroic Treatment. Impatient
Mother-"Now you be still and go
right straight to sleep or I'll shut you
in the room with Uncle Johns crayon
portrait and leave the light burning
all night" CA few moments later,
when the little one was fast asleep,
the mother tiptoed out of the room,
hoping the Humane society might
never learn of her awful threat. BAL
timore American.
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A young girl having been so badly
burned on the back that the skin re-
fused to heal, the surgeon conceived
the idea of using the cuticle of young
pig. A small black pig was obtained,
chloroformed into insensibility, and
brought into the operating room
swathed in sterilized towels. The skin
was laid on in small pieces until it
covered the bare space. 1t was then
secured by bands. This is the first
operation of the kind undertaken. 1t
is not expected, however, that the pig
skin will grow permanently to the
child, but that natural cuticle will
finally push it out of the way and cover
the entire wound.=Iondon Globe
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saved By Prayer.

Two small children of friend OF
ours were chased across field one
day by ferocious cow, and in telling
about the escape, the little girl said:
I'VE were saved, mamma, in answer
to prayer. told Tommy to pray as
we ran, and he said he didn't remember
any prayer, so ] told him to say what
pape says at breakfast So he shouted:
For what we are about to receive,
make US truly thankful Then we
crawled under the fence and W~rs
saved. Little cbrouicle.
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Mrs. Robinson Brown-A little bird
has whispered to me that you are 60
ing to buy me new $35 hat. What do
you think of the bird?
Mr.. Robinson Brown think the
bird is most unmitigated liar
Judge.
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HUGE CROP OF TOMATOES.
Twice NJ Many Millions Of Gases
Canned in This Country This
Year a. Last.

Such a demand for canned tomatoes
aas arisen that more than double the
quantity put up last year has been
packed in the last few months. There
have been canned for consumption be-
tween now and next summer 9.494, S12
cases of tomatoes or more than 200,-
600, 900 tins, a case containing two
dozen tins of tomatoes. Last year the
packers only put up 4,51s,221 cases.
The American Grocer, which has
been collecting figures on this enor-
nous tomato pack, attributes it in
part to the fact that in the three pre-
ceding years the amount of tomatoes
put up was short of the requirements.
The result was that, for the first time
in a quarter OLA century or more,
stocks were completely exhausted,
leaving the market in Canada as well
as in the United States so bare that
it forced an early start this year on
the pack, which went into consump-
ton as fast as it was available.
This put premium on canned to-
matoes. Every factory has been
worked to it's maximum capacity and
in spite of an irregular crop-New
York's, owing to the wet weather, be-
ing almost a total failure-the produc-
ton is beyond the usual requirements,
and there is a hope of saving smar
supply for next year in case the crop
should be poor.
Maryland has canned the most to-
matoes, putting up 4,514,3s2 cases
against million and three-quarters
last year. Nebraska was the least pro-
ductive state. 1t has supplied only
3,352 cases.
Authorities on the tomato market
say that the unusual high purchasing
power of the people, due to the gen.
eral prosperity, has created an enor-
nous demand for prepared foods, and,
in spite of the highe- cost of tomatoes,
the demand is urgent and incessant.
So, in spite of the increased produc-
ton it is not likely that canned to-
matoes will be any cheaper than usual.
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Pleasure. sorrow. Joy and woe
Meet us here and everywhere.

At the close of Nfe's brief day
When we rest our weary feet,
Somehow. somewhere. then we may,
We may find our Easy street.
Harry s. Chester, in Chicago Int
Ocean
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Prosperity and Child Labor
By PAULINE GOIDMARk,
OF the New York Consumers League.

N UNFORTUNATE accompaniment of the prosperous
times the country enjoying is the forcing into the
factories of greatly increased number of children.
OF late have heard much of the evils of child labor in
north spending of the
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-03-14

Interpreters for Chinese Enprsss
The empress dowager Of China in
tends establishing a girls school IN
the palace at Peking. Ten daughters
of princes will be the students. The
reason is that the empress needs in
tcrpreters when entertaining the
wives Of foreign minigters.-Albsnl
Argus,
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Thousands of people have catarrh who
would be surprised to know it, because
it has been called some other name than
catarrh. The fact is catarrh is catarrh
wherever located; and another fact
which is of equally great Importance, is
that Peruna cures catarrh wherever
located.
Ack vOrsr <1rsyr0ricf FIR a
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a UT me ashorel was fool to
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If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DIR. Hartman, giving
full statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad.
vice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President Of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, o.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-01-31
"THE SLEEPING GIRL" AND HER
AilMENT.
New York Herald

The death OF the sleeping girl at st.
Vincents ends the history OF an inter-
esting case of its kind. The apparent
strangeness of the affection was the
main element of public curiosity. For
twenty days the patient slept contin-
uously, during which time there was a
rery marked elevation of bodily tenn
perature, with progressive exhaustion
end final collapse.
Instances of the kind are, however
not very uncommon, except In the
fatal ending. Usually tn evictims re-
cover after varied period Of uncon-
Bciousness, as the disease is for tbs
most part purely hysterical In char
ncter, and occurs most frequently In
Young, nervous females.
The seizures are apt to be quite sud
dem and the recovery equally so. Or
Iinarily there is marked hereditary
pre-disposition present, and severa
members of family have been known
10 be affected in different degrees. In
pronounced cases the patient is apt u
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-01-31
PLANS SUBMITTED
FOR CAPITOL wings

Superintendent of Public Works
Cooper has received, in response to his
advertisement, plans for the proposed
wings to the Capitol respectively from
Dickey & Newcomb and Howard &
Train.
Those of Dickey G. Newcomb make
the wing join the present building at
the rear corners, toward Hotel street
This scheme has the advantage of pre-
serving al the lights in the end of the
old structure. Communications be-
tween new and old are by diagonal
lobby ways.
The Legislative wing is at the south
east and the Judiciary wing at thu
southwest end of the present structure
In the former the Senate and Represen-
tatives chambers occupy the second
door. Art glass lighting is provided
in the ceiling of the House Of Repre-
sentatives and the ceiling of the main
corridor between the two. There are
galleries at either end Of the Senate
chamber. but accommodation for the
public does not appear in the drawing
Of the hall Of Representatives.
There are eleven small and two large
committee Moons in the basement, also
two large rooms for transcribing and
Iranslating.
The Judiciary wing is divided into
court rooms. chambers for judges, etc.
Territorial offices have apartments
| assigned to them on the first floor.
AS to internal subdivisions there is
perhaps not much to choose between
the rival sets of plans. Judgment will
probably hang on the exterior show
ing. Howard & Trains give an eleva-
ton of wings on King street flush In
front with the old building and har-
monizing Herewith in colonnades. YER
Rndas. etc. The plan of Dickey & New
comb. besides setting the wings back az
stated, give an ornate effect from a
convex alignment of facades.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-01-31
MARVELLOUS MARcoNIeRAM.
New York World. !

Between the extreme eastern point
OF Nova Scotia and Cornwall, England,
beat the waves OF more than 20O0 miles
of winter sea. For week there nave
ragged over II big gales, such as on LAM
would tangle the telegraph wires into
mute confusion. Yet across that great
gray waste OF waters the words Of men
Lave passed literally upon the viewiess
air
Upon a world stated with marvels the
success of Marconi in sending a mes
sage by wireless telegraphy across tn.
sea to the King of Great Britain and
the King of Italy may not produce such
g sensation as did the opening of tho
first Atlantic cable. Perhaps II is in
itself no more wonderful, at bottom no
more eXplainable.
To get the measure of the marvel one
might seek mental exercise in imagin
ing what the frame Of mind OF an
earlier Italian discoverer, Columbus,
would have been could he have cabled
tc Isabella upon her throne the news
of his arrival in the New World!
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-01-31
Claus spreokels. WIN. G. Irwin.
Claus Spreckels { Co.
BANK e r s.
HONOLULU, tn.

San Francisco Agents - The Ne
vada National Bank of San Francisco
San Francisco - The Nevada Ma.
tional Bank OF San Francisco.
london-The Union Bank OF Lon.
don, Ltd.
New York-American Exchange Ma.
tional Bank.
chicago-Merchants' National Bank.
Paris-Credit Lyonnais.
Standardization Bank.
Hongkong and Yokohama - Hong.
kong-shanghai Banking Corporation.
New Zealand and Australia - Bank
Of New Zealand.
Victoria and Vancouver - Bank of
British North America.
Deposits received. Loans made on
approved security. Commercial and
Travellers Credits issued. Bills of Elk.
change bought and sold.
Collections Promptly Accounted For.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-01-31
HAWAIIAN STOCKS
ON FRISCO BOARD

AS was surmised in the Bulletin yes
terday, the news received by the morn.
ing paper with reference to the pur.
ported drop in sugar was all mistake.
The Planters Association through
Royal d. Mean. sent cablegram to
San Francisco yesterday morning ask
ing for news regarding the reported
drop but did not receive an answer
until about o'clock in the afternoon.
The cablegram was short and to the
point and it gave the price OF sugar
at 1895.
The stock quotations received from
San Francisco this morning show a
drop in quite number OF the securi'
ties, as will be seen by the following
table:
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~ either into demontia or absolute

drift either into demcntia or absolute
insanity.
Not infrequcntly the attacks Of the
rance.life condition can he voluntar-
tly induced and maintained by species
" mesmoric influence, as has been
proved by the curious performances NJ
the fakirs Of India.
Considering the purely nervous char
deter OF the ailment It is not surpris-
Ing to learn that the autopsy failed 10
show any organic changes either in the
u!ain or other vital organs.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-01-31
WAS EXPENSIVE KISSING

New orlenas, Jan. l4-Suit was
brought today by Clement Musset
against Eugent Decuers for slT,50O
damages for the loss of the sight of one
eve. Musset is an athlete. He was
coming home from the French opera
late at night recently and saw a pass
ing couple. The young man had his
arm around the girls waist and they
were kissing each other frequently and
rapturously. He slipped into the shad-
ow of piazza to watch the couple bet.
ter and not to attract their attention
He was curious to see who the young
woman was.
Musset was so wrapt I'D in the kiss
ing that he did not notice that his
presence in front of the house where he
was hiding had aroused the inmates.
They thought that he was a burglar.
and sent boy, Dominick Decuers out
A.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-01-31

Judging from Chief Justice Frears
remarks our laws are now much on
the order OF a crazy quilt. II Is an
open question whether further patch.
work will not create condition that
would make an old-fashioned quilting
PARTY dizzy.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-01-31

II Hitchcock is waiting to hear from
the Governor on the Fire Claim money
there is just on thing to do. The Pa
cifc Commercial Cable Company's of
fee is located in the Young. building
and II the treasury is low the mer-
chants would readily make up a purse
to pay for gubernatorial cablegrams.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-01-31

Citizens who think 1t is an easy mat
ter to put appropriations and laws for
Hawaii through Congress should take
note of the small opposition that is
able TO block measures of national i'm
nnrtn nna
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-01-31

Deputy Attorney General Cathcart
resigns from his duties today with the
record of having done practically all
the work of the Attorney Generals Of
Ace during his term of Office. to the
complete satisfaction of officials and
the public.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-01-31

When the Cabinet begins to talk of
strengthening the coast defenses, thu
people begin to prick up their ears.
The Venezuela affair has at least
reached the place where something
more vigorous than polite language is
required to stop the bluffing