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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-02-25

We think the House made mistake
in choking off the County Bill intro
duced by Representative Kupihea.
Some are saying that ii was for the
sake of economy, but we think it is
false economy. Let both measures be
translated and printed. and then submit
to a committee, who will see which one
to suppress as well as sorting the gool
from the bad in either.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-02-25

The Hawaiian majority OF the Repub-
licans in the House are not under any
obligation TO follow the dlctation of the
few, the boitsrs. They are released
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-02-25

We would like to know if this is an
American trait-that the representa-
tives of the people have no right to
say as to how the peoples money is
to be expended, nor direct the channel
through which and in what volume is
shall flow!
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-02-25

Before the passage of the resolution
Representative Aylett asked the in
troducer who was the judge referred
whether he was not Federal ap
pointee and received an affirmative re-
ply. Being so, he said, the House had
no right to question the appointment,
but was plainly told that the House
had the right to question how the tax
payers money is being spent. On thi;
latter point, we say-aye!
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-02-25

The House, certainly, has no right
to question any Presidential appoinr-
ment and ultimate confirmation by the
Federal Senate, but we are of the opin-
ion that the House has the right to
question the attempt of control of any
appointments, if it has a mind tos be-
cause he is working under the laws of
this Territory, which is paying his
own salary as well as of those whom
ne appoints to serve under him. If it
did not, what pitiable state of affairs
there would be of paying for some
thing that you cannot say boo" to.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-02-19
John Bull is Disguised.

II would be difficult to pick out any
act in modern times that has beer more
distasteful to the nation than the Co
operation Of the British with the Ger
man feet In blockadinR the ports, bonn
harding the forts and capturing the
ships of the taposs, bankrupt republic
OF Venezuela. We do not think that the
national dislike OF the Venezuela bust
ness is due 70 dlstrust or Jealousy OF
Germany. II Is agcribable. in our judg
ment, 10 that anxiety not TO DRIFT into
quarrel with the United States which
has become an obsession, an uniortu-
nate obsession OF the British mind.
and also to a afome-faced feeling that
the power and majesty of Great Britain
are being used fer u wholly dispropor-
tionate end. The cracking Of a nut by
n Nasmyth hammer is amusing rather
than impressive, and there Ia a Turk
ing notion that re have been seduced
by the earnestne3s Of the German en-
peror into making ourselves slightly
ridiculous Saturday Review.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-02-19
RAzoRBACKs CAN CRACK NUTS
Get the Meat Out Without Swallowing
Any of the Outside Shell.

People often wonder how 1t is that a
hog can get all the kernel out OF a
hickory nut, or any other kind or a
nut, for that matter, without swallow
Ing any of the shell, said a man from
the country. but as matter OF fact
there is nothing mysterious about the
process. Mind you, hogs don't swal-
low any of these harder substances.
They get rid of them, and then II Is
Just as easy for them to get rid Of the
shell OF nut as it is for a man or a
squirrel You might think that because
all og brushes the nut into small frag-
ments that he would necessarily swal-
low a good portion OF the hull, But he
doesn't do any such thing. 1t Is con-
coded fact among men who know any
thing about the subject that the horse
is the most perfectly constructed aai-
NAL in the world, considering the pur-
poses for which the horse is used and
its methods and habits in life. But |
want to put in a good word for the hog
when it comes to the thing OF cracking
and eating nuts without getting any Of
the harder substances into the stomach.
THE horse has fine teeth. The back
teeth particularly are finely constructed
with a view of enabling the horse TO
crush it's food well before passing II in
to the stomach. These heavy grinders,
heavily set in the horses jaw are look
ed upon as marvels. SO they are. But
what's the matter with the teeth OF z
hog? What's the matter with that mar
velous process by which they separate
the kernel from the nut shell? II has
occurred to me that this Is no small
achievement, and nature IL at least en-
titled TO some sort of tribute for her
skill In making this result possible. In
the irst place. the hogs tongue is more
sensitive than would be supposed, and
Il can easily detect the harder from the
softer substances. BY some sort Of
process the hog is able TO work the
bits OF a hickory nut hull over TO the
sides OF It's mouth, the tongue being
used for the purpose. and here they are
thrown out at the corners
Probably you have noticed that the
corners OF a hogs mouth are different
from the corners of the mouths OF other
animals. The lines of the mouth do
not end so pointedly, and hence IL Is n
much easier thing for the hog TO wor (
the harder substances which he does
not care TO swallow out through these
little openings. Stories are often told
yllsiderd.a a. ghsrdlncmfwyplrdlyll u
OF men who could eat fish In tle same
gay--that ia. by working the bones out
Of the corners Of the mouth and with
out the use OF the hands. Against which
| must enter protest. This is one Of
the habits the hog man mas not yet
been able 10 practice. and the indica-
lions are that the hog viii have a
monopoly on II for some time 20 come. :"
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-02-19

lect your own site. We may as well
have a string of wells; we can pump a
dozen as easily as we can pump two or
three--it will take no more power.
Well--what is it?''-As Rose stirred
uneasily and opened his mouth to
speak.
Il was going to say, doc-if you
won't take it out of place-that the
tanks at the first we'll being full, we'll
have to turn into the pipe line before
we can pump any more. And oil being
a fair price. thought we'd better keep
the grease flowing. What do you say?"
Yes, you're right. Attend to that,
of course. Now, that's all. You can
60"
The three oleaginous individuals
arose and took their departure. Once
to his companions:
The oil cuss's crosser n the braces
on a derrick, an harder to git at n a
string O. lost drillin tools but he's
good pagan he don't make no kick
on wages.
Il like to work for him." replied
Rose, nodding assent 10 the others ex-
pressed opinion. "Everything's al
ways understood beforehand - nc
chance for disputes,
And they sauntered down the street
their destination the hotel bar
When the door had closed behind the
trio, DR.. Barwood careiessly remarked:
You are free to start upon your trip
now, Ralph"
Doctor" returned Marlowe.
Huh without looking up.
Il cannot accept
Hush
You have done too much for me
already"
What have | do2e?"
You have given me an opportunity
to earn two or three times as mucf
money"
Yes And have given you chance
to do two or three times as much work
too"
DIR. Barwood," Ralph said decidedly
Il will rot draw a cent of the profits
of your venture
Good" the older man laughed soft
| ly. '1'll save it for you-place 1t Il
| your credit in the bank"
Realizing that he could not move hin
from his purpose, Marowe took up hi
! traps and hastily left the store.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-02-19
1--WE NE THREE GRAINS OF CORN
MOTHER

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W. ~. ,'., ~ - .ar,,;,s tnnp
For | read the famine In your cheek.
And In your eyes so wild
And | felt il in your bony hand,
As you laid II on your child.
The queen has lands and gold. mother
The queen has lands and gold;
While you are forced to your empty breast
A skeleton babe to hold
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-02-19
Tax Dodgers.

The scheme that has just been un-
covered in New York, by which certain
wealthy men are said to have employ
ed dummies" TO impersonate them at
the city hall and swear Off taxes as
sessed in their name, seems 20 be an
uncommonly ingenious device to escape
the legal guilt of perjury and cheat the
law at the same time. Further revela-
tions as to the exten, to which 1t has
been practiced should be interesting.
The tax -dodger Is not parsonage Pc
culiar to any city or walk in life. Men
OF large fortunes who seek 10 evade the
payment of their Just dues to the pub
lie funds which maintain the admins
tration of the law are sometimes the
most conspicuous offenders; but the
fraud IS one which is attempted--and
often executed successfully-by citi-
zens of every station. 1t Is a species OF
civic crime which deserves much more
severe deaunCiation than 1t ordinarily
receives Philadelphia Bulletin.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-02-19
NEVER TOO LATE FOR CUPID.
His Darts Sometimes Long Delayed,
But Finally Reach Their Mark.

Cupid is not like opportunity. Once
missed he can be caught again. He is
not like Father Time with his forelock.
who cannot be captured If he gets past
you. Cupid travels in circles He may
miss YOU on one trip. but he will be
around again on another. ana probably
on third and fourth call.
Or il Cupid has neglected you he may
repent at the 1lth hour and look you
up He does not look in the family
bible TO discover the maiden's age, not
even il by looking at her he can discov-
er that she Is an extremely old maiden.
There are number of English illus
trations of this fact. ana no doubt an
equally large number of American, but
no one has taken the trouble to collect
the facts regarding the case in this
country.
In one case the bride was Miss Jane
llodgson of Stepney. Once she had
been noted for her beauty. and during
her younger days she had refused low
ers by the score. After she had reached
her 92d year she relented and bestowed
her hand on'a sutton who had asked for
il 70 years before He was Henry Hut
ton, aged "a years.
Then there is the case of John Jack
son and Annie Bates. The wedding
was celebrated on the bridegroom Is
t0lst birthday, the bride being three
years his junior. The happy couple
were escorted to the church by at least
10000 people. Miss Bates was the
y 1rtl WI tha oppl hriAnurnnn1
had led to the altar within the last
- months.
Scarcely any further illustrations OF
the fact that Cupid and Father Time do
not compare notes is needed, but there
are others. A little romance comes
| from one of the Yorkshire villages
| Half century ago one of the most
| courted girls in the town was Miss
| Mary Villars, the daughter OF the vii
| lage vicar. She had as many lovers rs
| the old woman in the nursery rhyme
had children, so many that she didn't
| know what to do" One of them was
so persistent that she finally said to
| him, in mischief:
IF you ask me again in so years
will consent"
Fifty years passed away and the vi
cars daughter was still unmarried. Or
the 50th anniversary of that propose
the loyal lover again asked her to be
come his wife Remembering her ole
promise, she proved true to it and &C
cepted him.
A similar story of love and loyalty
Is told of one of the greatest Twins
French artists. He fell In love with |
young girl who admitted her affection
for him, but told him she could no
marry while her mother lived. He sait
he would wait. and he did. The mother
lived for 40 years and after her dealt
the two were married
Once In while when woman VIII
has defied Cupid for years at last haul
down her colors she ends her nader
life by marrying a youthful clergyman
or soldier. These two professions seen
endowed with the charms which vii
the women of mature years. Only re
Gently an old English maiden surprise,
her parish by marrying the curate, VIII
was 60 years her junior. The bride a
a young girl had been engaged to tn
grandfather Of the groom.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-02-19
The Self Effacing Act.

Myer-ln olden time it Is said that
II WAS possible for a man to render
himself invisible.
Gyer-Pshaw! That's not at all re-
markabler Men in this country are do
ing Il every day.
Myer-You don't tell me- How do
they manage it,
Gyer-By marrying famous women
Chicago News.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-02-19
AS He Thought.

Saphead-We should be good friends.
we IRE go congenial In many respects.
Miss Pert-Inieed!
Ssphead-Yes. we--ah-both think
ali you know.
Mss Pert-Oh, Mr. Saphead, do you
really consider me so slow?-Philadel-
phia ress.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-02-19
The Repeater.

Jim Would you call a man who
steals a7other mans funny stories or
his plots and uses them A literary
thef2
James No: | would call him sec
ond-story man. Baltimore Herald.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-02-19

Alfred Austin, the poet laureate or
England. hls written play concern
Ing the batue Of F'iodden Field for Beer
bohm Tree II Is announced that Mr..
Tree will present the drama at His Ma
jesty's thester after the run OF Tol-
stoi's Resurrection
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-02-19

lie little newspaper wom-
an, who had seen much of
the world, was having n
very joyous bridal tour,
and was seeing more of 1t.
Not satisfied with that.
she insisted on leaving the
Pullman, one certain
morning, and travelling for
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-02-19

Medical Director g. i. winston T..
s X. has made application to be placed
on the retired list. He IL a Masachn-
sets man and has a long and creditable
career 10 the navy.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-02-19
A Proposal.

Dear me, But we're supposed 10
have reached the age Of discretion"
con the contrary we've passed II
thank heaven Life
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-02-19

Cheap lodgings for the poor will be
provided in several buildings to be
erected In Vienna on the model OF the
Rowton houses in London.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-02-19
In a Commonplace Country

BY JULIA TRuITT BISHOP.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-02-19

(copyrI hit, 1870, by Authors syndlca
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-02-19
Disillusion.

1T WAS in the summer of 18- that
boarded south-bound packet
i at st. Louis, for New Orleans.
was Just out of college, a
young, strong, athletic animal; well
supplied with this worlds goods and
confidence for the future.
Having visited my stateroom and
found everything as comfortable as I
could wish, + sauntered forth and
lounged iazisy on the guards. The
majestic vessel cleft the waters like
some huge ssviathan, rolling them
from its bow.ln two great waves that
gradually widened, until, breaking on
the shore, they threatened to engulf the
levees. Floods of foam poured from
the huge wheel houses on either side,
whore the paddle wheels were answer
ing bravely "a the .ppenotonous beat,
beat Of the peweEfRl pistons.
AS stood idly Watching the passing
scenery- now blass Of glory from the
rsys Of the sstting sun my attention
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-02-19
Safety IN Coil.

wished might be safe, quite safe indeed
From the world jungle; free again to find
My sure way way back into gentler kind
Where. in homes clearing, there we're little need
To fear worlds strife and its contentious greed.
longed for quiet places, ways that wind
Afield, at sweetest will of hare and hind,
Lost ways and rare, in wood and glen and mead.
A message came one day: "My son be strong;''
And then within the city's midst hailed
The very calms sought. dared to stand
Untrammeled of my coward fear and wrong;
And. higher as'sily work about me grew.
felt as safe as any in the land.
Frank Walcott Hutt In February Chautauquan,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-02-19

stones on the mats with their hands,
but he relied upon his kicking powers,
and to his credit be it said, he accom-
plished good results in this particular
line of kicking. But he wasn't satis-
fed. He kicked at everything under
the sun, and at some things over, or
beyond, the sun. He grumbled con-
tinually because the Father of Waters
was not the Father Of Firewaters.
"New" he would say, aif this bloomin'
old stream would only take a tumble to
itself and flow with good old-fashioned
bug juice instead Of muddy water, we
might have some pleasure in taking q
bath in it occasionally. And just think
of it, boys, how much good the old fell
low might do. Why if all this water
were changed into tanglefoot it would
reform the world" One Saturday even
ing eleven of his fellow workmen went
to Dubuque, and the next morning,
when they returned, each man carried
in his pistol pocket a pint bottle Of
anti-snake poison. Surrounding the
kicker, each drew his bottle, and in a
deferential manner, presented it to the
mighty kicker, and the leader of them
explained that, tho unable to change
the river water into whiskey, they had
done the next best thing, and hoped he
would abstain from kicking for that
one single day. The kicker counted
the bottles, and then said, depreciative-
ly, "You blame fools might have made
it an even dozen while you were about
it, Will it astonish you to learn that
this kicker finished his earthly career
in shocking mannerP He kicked at
this, he kicked at that; he grumbled at all
the world, and he growled at himself;
and after years ofFgrumbling and kick
ing he finally Kicked the bucket which
is only a cut-across-lotsg way Of saying
he kicked himself into another world,
where, according to wireless message
received from him by celebrated
medium, his shade
Aimlessly now wanders, bowling
On that dark and Ioathsome shore,
Where the growiers:cease from growing
And the kickers kick no more.
Kickers, tho not on par with re-
formers, are nevertheless useful Great
ures, and often deserve encourage
ment. This, of course, must not be
construed as meaning now is the time
to kick. Indeed, it is a foolish kicker
who kicks out of season; wherefore it
seems advisable to postpone all kick
ing until the kicking season opens,
when perhaps we will realize there is
nothing to kick about. II. S., JR.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-02-19

Aimlessly now wanders, bowling
On that dark and Ioathsome shore,
Where the growiers:cease from growing
And the kickers kick no more.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-12
MAKES REPLY
TO RAILROADS
City's Attorneys Discover Mis-
take in Arguments
IN GRAIN RATE CASES
Reply TO Brief Was Completed
and Filed Yesterday.

a. E. Helm and S. S. Ashbaugh, the
citys attorneys in the rate cases before
the Interstate Commerce Commission. are
preparing reply to the briefs submitted
to the Commission by the Atchison, To-
peka and Santa Fe and the Chicago.
Rock Island and Pacific railroads. call
ing attention to a mistake or discrepancy
in the arguments made before the Com
mission by the railroad attorneys on
March and afterward in the briefs sub
mitted
The reply is based on the discrimina-
tons In grain and grain products between
this city and the ports on the Gulf OF
Mexico. Kansas City had a rate at the
time of the hearing here last fall Of 2s12
cents per hundred pounds on wheat, and
Wichita had rate of 2slS cents per hun
bred to Galveston. Both rates were
made on a combination of locals into
Kansas City and proportional through
rate out. This. the citys attorneys
claimed was a discrimination in that
grain from Wichita could be shipped TO
Kansas City and re-shipped back to Gal
weston at the same rate that the grain
could go from Wichita direct to Calves
ton.
Last December there was a change in
the grain rates of all the roads OF which
made the proportional rate out of Kan
sas City IL cents to Galveston During the
oral arguments before the Commission in
March it was repeatedly asserted by the
railroad companies attorneys that they
had partially removed the discrimination
charged in that the Kansas City rate
had been increased cents while the
Wichita rate remained the same, making
the wheat rate from Kansas City TO Gal
weston 311a cents per hundred and leaving
the Wichita rate 2s1z cents This asser-
ton was also made in the briefs which
the city attorneys have just received
and thoroughly examined. They had no
reason to think that a mistake had been
made by the attorneys in their state
ment until a tariff sheet was examined
ana compared, when it was found that
the Wichita rate had been raised ? cents
at the same time the Kansas City rate
was increased, thus making the Wichita
rate 361s cents per hundred and the Kan
sas City rate BIZ cents. leaving a differ
enca of 1 cent as formerly.
When this was discovered by Mr.. Helm
and Mr.. Ashbaugh they set about max
ing reply, setting forth the above facts
as they found them in the briefs and tar
if sheets. This reply was completed last
night and sent to the Commission for
filing among the papers in the case and
for use when the commissioners make
up their decision According TO the ar
gumelts of the railroad attorneys they
claimed to have removed part of the
alleged discriminating rate. while accord
ing to their own tariff sheets they have
not. and the city's attorneys wanted these
facts before the commissioners before
they made up their decision in the case.
1t is expected thatSthe decision in the
cases of the city against the railroads
Will be handed down before the end of
the month.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-12
GAS AT DEXTER.
Big Flow Was Struck at Depth Of 400
Feet

J. S. Parks Of the United Sash and Door
company returned yesterday from a trip
through southeastern Kansas and stated
10 the Eagle that at Dexter, sixty miles
southeast of this city, a gas well was
opened which showed great pressure and
a heavy flow of gas Of the finest quail
ity. When the gas was struck mud and
water were thrown one hundred feet in
the air. The gas comes from gas sand
of unknown thickness, which was found
at a depth of four hundred feet. When
the driI1ers went to work they expected
to find gas at about six hundred feet
and were much surprised when they
struck this flow, which nearly put their
machinery out Of business. Mr.. Parks
stated that the Dexter people were very
anxious to have Wichita make some ar
Management to pipe gas TO this city.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-12
BRING BACK HIS RAIN-wATER.
Thief Can Keep John Diehrs Copper
Boiler

John Delhi was perched on a high chair
in the city building yesterday as dry as
powder and smiling as he watched the
rain fall. Suddenly the smile disappeared
and ne went into a brown study and
when he emerged the following slipped
of the end Of his tongue:
Il had a nice new copper boiler 1t was
a solid copper boiler. none Of those COP
per bottomed things. and when it began
to rain my wife put it under the caves
10 catch some rain water. This morning
when I awoke and walked out. found
that some evil-minded scamp had stolen
my boiler, rain water and al Il was a
mean trick, hut II the fellow VIII bring
back the rain water he can keep The
boiler. Return IT 10 81 North Washing