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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-10-23

There is nothing more likely than
that Russia has made secret treaty
with China acquiring Manchuria in fee
simple and that she paid for it in cash
privately transferred. The easiest way
to get a treaty out of China Is to bride
her statesmen. Nobody doubts that the
late Ii Hung Chang was in the pay of
Russia nor that the present political
administrators are, y country with
out civilized laws and courts, without
public opinion or free press and one
ruled by those who expect subordinates
to squeeze their pay out of the peo-
pie. is one in which corruution nat
urally thrives. 1t is no disgrace in
China to take bride nor is there any
instinct of patriotism to keep one from
accepting it of the common enemy.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-10-23

The first thing Wilcox should do be-
fore starting out to drag the white men
around with ropes is to have nice,
plain-lettered epitaph painted on his
gas tank.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-10-23

II any of Wilcox's former campaign
pledges had come true the Home Rul-
ers would be in better form to take in
the present ones.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-10-23

1t is no more characteristic of Wilcox
to say he would, as sheriff, suspend
all law" than II is of his followers TO
believe that he would have the power
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-10-23

The Federal Grand Jury bids fairly
to make a name for itself and to teach
Territorial Grand Juries what they are
here for.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-10-23

Tourists are beginning TO look in.
Most of them, however, are through
trippers' and do not stop long. Later
1t is hoped that Honolulu bound stay
ers will arrive.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-10-23

Evidently Brigham doesn't want any
thing of Boulton except the kind oiiiees
of his cancellation board.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-10-23

The people whom Curator Brigham
hears behind him when he sweeps the
ground with his ear. are all on the war
path.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-10-23

There Is room to suspect that Prof
Langley's device was a hot air ship.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-10-23

Lanai seems TO be a good place for
lightning rod agent 10 drop in.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-10-23

II those names do not speak for
themselves, nothing in print can. In
comparing them lies the best possible
argument for a Republican victory all
| along the line, and the surest plea for
Home Rule defeat. We risk nothing in
saying that, in the Home Rule list of
Supervisorial candidates, there is not
man, not one, who would be picked
out for n responsible private trust
Is 1t surprising, therefore, that the
banks take the position they do?
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-08-14
The 0eEneaf0r

The September Delineator and Patterns are
n. The new Coats and all other late styles
are shown. Copies Of Fashions are free at
the pattern department,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-08-14
SILK Clearance

Every yard Of short length silks will be
closed out this week at about half price.
This means a sacrifice Of hundreds Of dol
lars worth Of new and stylish goods on hand,
in colors only, at prices seldom found and
worthy Of your immediate purchase. zSsSII
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-08-14
New Fail Shoes

The new button styles and handsome bluch-
er lace styles. Made up in patent, calf and
vici kid, having the swell matted tops. Visit
this department now if you have a need for
good quality and low price.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-08-14

NAN S"AAAS CAoO
some Of the eastern states will have
to look to their laurels In the matter
Of wheat, oats and corn. Mrs. Brad
bury left for home Friday morning
and Mr.. Dyer left Saturday.
The Alexandria club played the
Canton nine on the home grounds
Thursday, and to the surprise of the
Alexandria people its club was de-
feated by \ score Of II to 6, the Can
ton team holding the lead through
the entire game. Will Scallin UNI
pred the game and there was no
kicking until the ninth inning,
when Canton made a howl on a foul
tip decision. Mr.. Scallin displayed
the rule as his authority. The Alex
andria club has arranged a game OF
ball with the Sioux Falls team, which
will be PLAYED in Alexandria Mon
day, August "a. Our--neighboring
town ball enthusiasts have the idea
their club is very strong, and they
will have an opportunity to demon
strate their ability with the Canaries.
Alexandria has not lost very many
games go far this season and they
have some right to feel confident ii
| their ability.
The Washington times., 1903-08-16

never offered TO help me- Tough No
Two came at me. In seIf-detense | had
TO fight. When I got through with him
he was a sorry vision l tore his
clothes. blacked one of his eyes, and
bloodied his nose. He hammered me
pretty hard. too. They had plenty of
money. for they hailed a cab, and drove
off.
When l reached the depot the su-
perintendent was standing there. evil
IDENTIFY waiting for me. BY his side was
the man I had thrown from the car,
He looked at me with a one-eyed
haughtiness. and. turning to the super
intendent. pointed his finger. saying:
That's the man.
The superintendent regarded me
quizzically. saying in angry tones. but
with a half smile. lifting the corners of
his mouth:
You are discharged. Take your
badge into the Office"
But" I cried, cant 1 tell my side
of the story"
There's only one side to this story"
he replied. grimly.
''Why?" 1 asked. with open-mouthed
wonder, because licked that dirty
bIacksuard?"
No he said. lowering his voice:
because the man you licked is the son
of one of the directors"
That night l met man VINO had two
passes east. and we resolved to try our
chances in Philadelphia We got no
sitions at once. only to find out that a
strike was going on. 1 did not like the
idea OF working as a ''scab.'' but | could
not afford to throw up my place. The
strike lasted seven days. For two days
l did not do a thing. and the other five
days l made one trip day. surrounded
by four big policemen and lodging now
and then rotten potato. decayed eggs.
and an occasional brick. heaved into
the back platform by the sympathetic
friends of the strikers / received 90
day, and the assurance of being re-
tained, no matter how the strike ended
The papers said those seven days were a
reign OF terror: l could not see 1t in
that light. 1t took nerve to work-that
was all, No one was killed: possibly
three or four men received scalp
wounds from missiles thrown by bows
The men went back with the assur-
ance that their conditions would lie
bettered. 1t was not bettered lmme-
diately. but IL has been since. The pay
and the hours are now better than
were asked for when the strike was or
dered, six years ago. The pay is TWEEN
ty cents an hour, for a day OF from ten
TO eleven hours. Incidentally, the mu-
The Washington times., 1903-08-16

not so very long ago, our leaders were
denouncing the Spaniards in language
not so very unlike this. When all men
love their enemies, there will be no
war; there will be other things.
A Danish Rosalind.
1t must not be thought that the hero
Inc of the story is Viking woman all
the time. She is a brave girl. but still
a girl, with no liking for mems ways or
life save in certain of their aspects. A
woman may thrill to such words as
those of Canute, leading his men to bat
tie, and be no less womanly; and Randa-
Inns manliness is all of circumstance
and necessity. She is deliciously femin-
inc. winsome, and sweet-a sort of Dan
ish Rosalind.
Mention should be made of the re-
markable work done by the illustrators,
Troy and Margaret Kinney. The color
work in these pictures is even better
than that in The Thrall of Left the
Lucky" 1t is rich, deep. and delicate,
and the designing is as good as the
color. The six illustrations alone are
worth the price of the book. They are
worth framing. Chicago: A. c. Nc
Clurg & Coz
The Washington times., 1903-08-16

ntcipality has exacted good terms from
the corporation The street car COM
panies were given the right TO use the
trolley system on condition that they
would pave. and keep forever in repair
the streets on which the cars are run.
This, l venture to say. has made Phil
adelphia the best paved city in the
Union.
Every conductor there is subject TO
petty annoyances, both from the pas
sengers and the subordinate officers Of
the company. A rule prohibits us from
entering into disputes with passengers
and yet there are times when the OBJ
servance of the rule is out of the quss-
ton. A man comes to you FIVE minutes
after he has paid his fare and says the
change is ten or fifteen cents short.
On two occasions. when / felt morally
certain that 1 was right, / gave up the
additional money rather than provoke n
quarrel and be reported for incivility.
A count of my change on those nights
proved that l was N the right.
Perhaps the hardest feature OF cen
ductor's life is the swing" system BY
only actually works ten or eleven
hours. he really has TO be on duty for
fourteen or fifteen hours. For instance.
l take my car out at 6 o'clock in the
morning I make two trips, which con-
sumo four hours. I am relieved for
four hours. return at o'clock In the
afternoon and work until 10 O'Clock
that night. But receive pay only for
the time / was actually on my car.
consider this hard usage. and yet l do
not suppose ii is possible to avoid it,
AT one time drunkenness was not un-
common among the drivers and con-
ductors on the street cars. but the in
PRODUCTION OF the trolley has changed
their habits for the better A street
railway is run now like any other large
and progressive corporation. AS a re-
higher than IL used to be. Drunken
ness is a fault that is never forgiven
In man. II you lost your place
through drunkenness today, and should
apply for IL ten years hence. you would
find that black mark still against you.
The habits of the average conductor
and motorman are good now, and few
are dismissed for drinking.
What is worse than riding in a Phil
adelphia street car, especially during
holiday times? The people are crowded
in like sardines; they trample on toes,
and the jerking and sudden stopping
and starting ctten throw them into one
another's lap conductor sees IL all
VfVfnlY than the 10
The Washington times., 1903-08-16

4 ROMANCE OF
THE MORMON EYE
IITHE LIONS OF THE LORD"
by Harry Leon Wilson. is a

IITHE LIONS OF THE LORD"
by Harry Leon Wilson, is a
romance founded on Mormon
history. and dated some fifty years ago.
at the time of the removal of Brigham
Young and his followers to Salt Lake.
1t is the best thing OF Its kind yet writ
ten. though that is not saying very
much. 1t is not artistic, but It is strong.
and gives a good many details of early
Mormon history which are interesting
from the historians point of view. One
OF the incidents in the book is the
Mountain Meadow massacre. and it is
made strongly dramatic feature.
One of the odd things about the book
is that while the unpleasant character
istics of Mormonism are clearly brought
out. the persecution to which the Nor
mons are subjected in the beginning of
their departure from orthodox worship.
while as yet taey had not committed
themselves to plural marriage, are also
brought out. We have sometimes over
looked the fact that sixty or seventy.
years ago, religious feeling was so bit
ter that inoffensive people, whose only
popularity was that of a religion diff
Ierent from their neighbors, were
bounded numerically by what we now
know as the mob element. The better
class of the community did not, as
rule. join in this persecution, any more
than they join in mob movements now;
but they did sit passfvely by and look
on, just as they do now, and their ar
gument was. substantially the same.
that if people were like their neighbors
they would not get into trouble. There
was undoubtedly good deal of this law
less violence toward the Mormons as to-
ward the Shakers, the Quakers and other
''come-outers. and in the case of Jo-
seph Smith and his followers the out
break was especially severe in the Mis-
issippi Valley, then a new country and
full of vagrant characters and rough
settlers. The name "Missourian" was
TO them, as later to the Abolitionists
OF Kansas, synonym for murderer and
ruffian.
The Mormons, however, were largely
drawn from this class themselves, and
lawless violence was inevitably the out
come of their peculiar position. Mr..
Wilson describes the outrages of
blood atonement" and the murder of
emigrant trains; but he also shows
how these things came to be regarded
as necessary. Stripped of its fiction
and boiled down. the book would be
good deal more interesting than it is,
as piece of history. Boston: The
Lothrop Publishing Company
The Washington times., 1903-08-16
PORTRAIT OF 4 GENTLEMAN


separate from his fellows" Throughout
he is treated with the broadcast OF char
ity, and one cannot but feel that in diff
ferent conditions he might not have been
so much the villain as he was. Mr..
Brown has the true historians sense OF
the importance OF human lire. OF the
Inevitable effect of warping OF crampin6
conditions. His people are Of their
time because they cannot help it. They
do not make their conditions; the con-
ditions, resultants OF the efforts OF
their forefathers. make them. Selden
is not responsible for the code which
Swallowed his life. nor Is Underwood re-
sponsible for the solitude which embit-
tered his. II Is all a tsngle OF conflict
ing fates- Withal. II Is a historical
study OF remarkable truth and force.
which will be worth the reading of any
one tor that reason alone. New York.
The Macmillan Ccmpany)
The Washington times., 1903-08-16
THE WRONG FORD.

HE READER" prints an amusing
letter from Sewell Ford. author
of Horses Nine" to the Bangor
Daily Commercial" explaining that he
is not the author of "A Few Remarks"
a book also lately published. He says:
Dear Sir With an intent evidently
OF the best you have most amazingly
mixed the deeds and doings of two Fords
in your issue of May 81. l am one of
them. No, am not going to be in
dignant. I expect in my sixteen years
of newspaper work 1 have made many
breaks of the same kind. This is
merely to untangle myself for your ben
eft from the other Ford and perhaps
prevent more confusion among my nu-
merous relatives in Maine. The author
of Horses Nine. who was born in South
Levant. and who remembers coming into
Bangor at daybreak with his Uncle
WILL to sell green corn, is Sewell Ford
That's me.
Mr.. Simeon Ford, whose picture you
printed and to whom you gave credit
(Which he probably doesn't care for in
the least) of writing the horse stories.
is the genial proprietor of the Grand
Union Hotel In New York. Also ne is
New York's wittiest after-dinner speak
er, and is said to have refused an offer
of 1900 from the manager of Keith's
circuit.
IT'S Sewell Ford who had sixteen (not
thirty-hve) years experience in news
paper work; Simeon who is the long.
lean, laugh-maker.' But doutleess this
is enough. For my part, you have full
forgiveness. only don't do it again.
haven't achieved much fame, and what
little l possess 1 cannot afford to have
merged with Simeon's, which is greater
and of a different character Sincerely.
"SEWELL FORD"
The Washington times., 1903-08-16

heartening. He hardly knew his own
children, and certainly did not have a
chance to enjoy the society of his wife
She was a tidy. good natured woman
who knew how to cook and take care Of
house. He husband earned on an
average, S4s a month. and $12 was paid
out in rent for a comfortable two-story
house that had a neat bathroom and
some other modern conveniences He
kept IS month for his tobacco. shaw
ing. and other personal expenses. To
my way of thinking IL was quite moder-
ate. With the remainder. amounting TO
s31. she kept the table. clothed the
children, and provided for her own
wants. The 81 a week board / paid her
should be added TO the total income |
can lot see. for the life of me. how she
ever made any money on me; the table
she set was enough to eat up the whole
81. She was a natural manager, and
with habits of economy was able to do
these wonders. That family lived hap
PLY, and was able to keep out of debt
do not pretend to say that the family
Of every railroad man can live so we'll
on the same amount of money So much
depends on the wife. II a man is for
tunate enough 10 marry an Industrious
and economical woman, she can make
ends meet no matter how much he
makes, providing, OF course, he works
regularly and turns the money over to
her at the end OF the week
Just when l thought Pittsburg wss
going to be my home, l lost my posi-
ton. One day two drunken men board
ed my car. They began to sing and
soon became profane and abusive.
went inside and quietly asked them to
stop. They did stop for a minute, and
then became. worse than before. Sew
eral Of the male passengers began TO
offer hints for my benefit
IF the conductor knew his business.
one remarked. che would throw these
fellows Of the car"
Yes" said another but did you
ever meet a conductor that had the
courage to do his duty?"
That decided me. went up TO the
nearest drunken tough-for that is
and said:
IF you don't quit your abusive talk
you'll have TO get off this car
Il dare you to put me off," he re-
torted. with leer and a fresh flow of
profanity.
l pulled the bell rope. stopped the
car. took my man by the back of his
neck, and threw him into the street.
The women passengers shrieked; the
men, sitting as still as Chinese idols,
The Washington times., 1903-08-16

and / did not use very choice language
When the crowd thinned out and we
were near the depot, man with high
silk hat and a fur lined overcoat came
out and lectured me. He said was rude
told me l should treat a passenger as
IL he were my guest. and as If 1 were
anxious he should go away pleased 1
was angry and retorted:
DO you suppose II I could talk and
act like that 1 would be working for
500 a day during a blizzard?"
That was enough. He did not say any
more: but he reported me. and l did not
have a chance to resign.
I could not secure the transfer to an
other line. Finally left Chicago, with
permission to use the company as ref
erence.
/ went to Pittsburs, where / obtained
work easily. 1t pays twenty-four cents
an hour for day of ten hours, the best
wages paid street car men in the United
States. I remained in Pittsburg- for n
year and liked the place. While I was
there the papers had violent dis
cussions over the question of pub
lie ownership of street railways. II
never amounted to anything. NV own
opinion is that municipal OWNERSHIP,
would not be a good thing. The ser
vice generally becomes run down al the
heel; the class OF men employed is de-
cidedly inferior. and it costs the public
just as much in the Ind. Private own
rich; but the service is put on a busi-
ness basis. the morale OF the road is ele
waited, and the people come pretty near
receiving the worth of their money.
1 do not want you TO suppose that I
had a sinecure merely because I was
satisfied with my position. have a phil
osophical nature. and that has always
helped me on my journey through life.
My little troubles and grievances would
I'LL a good-sized book
A conductor on a trolley car can
scarcely call his soul his own. This may
sound strange TO a casual observer, who
regards the conductor as a petty tyrant.
icrding it over the poor passengers. AS
a matter of fact he is subject to the
whims of the most insignificant person
who enters the car. Anyone can report
him for incivility or-worse-Iie about
him,aad he has black mark put down
against his name at the office. Then
there is that awful book Of rules and
regulations Every man employed by the
company has to have one, and every
man has to learn the regulations by
heart. He soon discovers that there is
a fine and a threat of dismissal for
The Washington times., 1903-08-16

ers are the actors. One thing is Ger
tain. and that is Americans have a
sense of humor-a saving sense Of hu-
NOR. 1t enables them 10 bear with all
kinds of discomfort and imposition and
still feel reasonably happy. They may
make a protest. good. vigorous. YER
bal protest-but IL usually ends there.
An American will laugh at a thing that
would cause and Italian or a Spansrd
to shed blood. This may be platform
philosophy, but it comes from years OF
observation on the back OF a street
car.
After being in Philadelphia for
little over year. 1 was taken with
rheumatism, the Nemesis Of railroaders.
was laid up for two months. When
went back the superintendent said. in
view OF the fact that l had worked dur
ing the strike, he would take me back
on again il 1 would wait for two weeks.
l concluded not to wait and went TO
Brooklyn. the heaven OF the dishonest
railroader, where the conductors steal
everything but the track. had never
been dishonest, so 1 did not begin there.
stayed in Brooklyn long enough TO
see that the companies had network
Of protection throughout the country
against dishonest and careless railroad
men. and Brooklyn seemed to be the
mouth of the scoop.
My last move was TO New York. en-
the Broadway surface line. like New
York It's a pretty good town l think
I'll spend the remainder of my days
here.
A conductor sees the worst side OF
human nature. What is there IL the
atmosphere OF street car that makes
men and women, even on Broadway. act
with such vulgarity? Why will men spit
on the floor? Why do they send their
feet sprawling all over. at the risk Gf
tripping up every newcomers Why DO
they spread their newspapers out so as
to Obstruet the view OF their aeighbors
en- each side? Why do they quarrel with
the conductor? And why do they remain
seated when women are standing? And
the women-why are they so cross ami
irritable? Why do they accept seat
from a gentleman without thanking
him for it? And why do they try TO
palm OF nine and ten year old chill
dren as being under fOGr?''
But. in spite of all these things. and
good many more. like my Job and
am willing to keep IL. To get twenty
cents an hour and have the glorious
privilege OF living in New York is no
small thing 20 me. Ny health is rug
ged. / feel that l could almost digest
cobble stones. II may seem queer TO
some persons. but I am sincere when
say that I would sooner be a street
car conductor in New York than lead
ing citizen of country town--The In
dependent.