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Tho Rarest Plant in the World.

In speaking of remarkable shrubs We must not forget gordonia. which at one time was probably the rarest wild plant in the world, there being but one specimen in existence. Last au. tumn. while visiting the Bartram Gar. dens near Philadelphia. inquired about this shrub, which had been planted there after It's discoverey in Georgia in 179O. I learned that this original gordonia had died not long ago, but 1t Is pleasing to know that 1t has hundreds of descendants scat tered over the country. Unless this specimen was hybrid 1t must have been the last of it's race, and in either case 1t was discovered only just in time to prevent its total extinction. The foliage of the plant is bright shin- ing green, turning crimson in the fall, and the large blossoms are pure white and very fragrant. The fact that it blooms during September and October. after most of the other shrubs have lowered, gives 1t special value.- Woman's Home Companion.
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Declares EskimOy Doomed.

The Rev. Mir. Ryberg, pastor of the First Congregational Church at Nome. urges President Roosevelt to do some thing toward saving the Eskimo popu- lation of Alaska.
 Though they have saved the lives of hundreds of gold seekers" says he, "this kind and childlike race is rapid ly passing away. It's members are meeting sad and undeserved fate. Shamefully neglected by our govern ment, the last chapter of their history is being rapidly write in cruel char acters of neglect and want, disease and crime"
 The minister declares that the res. ervations are unsuitable to Eskimos, but that four to six colonies between Point Barrow and the mouth of the Yukon will solve the problem in two years.
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A Domestic Chef

Mrs. De Style (after giving Ter order for dinner)-Can you remember all that:
 New Girl-Sure, it's French chef yez think Oi am.
 "It is our ordinary company dinner. Guests are expected, you know"
 "Wull, mum. Oi'll just make yez an Oirish stew, an thin yez can sort the things out to suit y'rsilves, an call thim as many nose-crackin' French names as yea loike."
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HOW TO KEEP WELL AND. HAPPY.
Some Confessions of a Middle. Al ged
 Man on the Subject.

Man on the Subject.
 Now you want to know how an old fellow like me keeps himself well and happy
 should be inclined therefore to an swer the question that led to the writ ing of this letter by saying that "a man advancing in years" who wishes to exercise without being bored, should by all means provide himself wAh some chlldren-the more the better!
 To teach your son to shoot, to pass baseball with him, to play tennis or golf with him, or spar with him; to ride with the little daughter, and teach the big one to drive her ponies tandem; or to receive the Open-eyed admiration of the small daughter, who still finds skating sedentary occupation, at your mediocre ability to do the dutchroll and the outside edge backward-these are really the most refreshing exercises an old chap of advancing years can take. There is no question of being bored at such times.
 Next to playing with your children, c good form of exercise IS walking. They say Savers, one of the best old time pugilists in England, did all his training for his fights by walking. Take a long breath and walk gently as far as you can before exhaling. Do this again and again, and thus improve your wind, broaden your chest, and, best of all, provide yourself with oxy- gen to keep the vital fires going.
 In summer, by all means swim. It is probably the best all-round exercise there is. It is good for legs, arms, chest, lungs and heart; and the ocean, once you get to it, is free. If you can go where you can plunge in the "buff" just so much-say 5O per cent at the ieast-the better.
 By all means play golf. It is the best game there is. It has but one rival, and that is court tennis; but it beats court tennis in one essential par ticular, you can play, 1t by an easy method of handicapping, with a poor PoySt VI SOou AOuh AS"' antagonist is gutta-percha ball, which at times is possessed of seven devils, and you not only get long walk, and exercise for your arms and shoulders, and capital training for your eyes, but you get schooling in self-control which no other substitute, domestic or otherwise. can provide. I have been a fourth-rate golf player now for ten years, and yet never play round of the game without being stimulated to hope that may play better. It is like the mirage in the desert. No man ever played his best game, just as no man ever lived his best life; and we play on and live on, always in the hope that some day we may play or live our dream. Now that there are so many golf courses, some of them public courses, any man, even of moderate ln- come, may play golf.-Outing.
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ANCIENT HISTORY.
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~~S~.~~~~~.~N~.
 When the bells on a rural telephone circuit began merrlly jlngllng one June morning half dozen young women in as many farmhouses forsook every thing else, and with paper and pencil before them took up the receivers. It was the agreed time for review of ancient history, prior to the final ex. animation in the consolidated" high school on Monday.
 ''I say, girls" said the first voice when all were ready, what does any body know about MoseST'
 "Oh, that's easy, Hnlrietta," was the answer along the line. Born 173S. went into exile 1898, came back to Egypt 1858 and led the Hebrews out of bondage. He died when he was a hundred and twenty years old"
 Please say those dates again. Ethel"
 "Seventeen-thirty- eight. sixteen-nine- ty-eight, sixteen-ffty-eigh
 "Aren't you saying them backward"
 "Why, no, stupid. It's B. O."
 That's Backward Counting you know, Henrietta" interrupted third voice.
 "Oh, yes, of course. ought to have known. But say, girls, that's just what I want to know about. How did you do itT'
 Do what?"
 "Why. keep track of what year 1t was when they had to count back ward. Do you suppose Moses knew how old he was going to be when he died. and kept saying. I was hundred and twenty when I was born, in sev- enteen-elghteen I'll be hundred-' and so on til he died"
 "Of course not. They counted their ages forward"
 What want to know" said voice number four, ''is how they knew what year to begin to count with. Now of course we are adding q figure every year. We started with the year one. This is nlneteen-four, of course, and next will be nineteen-fve. But how did those old-timers know in seventeen thirty-eight B. 0. that 1t was going to be just that many years to the year zero, or to whatever they called 1t be- fore our reckoning began"
 Into the transmitters of half dozen telephones and along dozen miles of wire was launched a confused murmur of exclamation and query. At last 1t quieted down when the calm voice of Henrietta was heard coming down the line.
 "Oh, I can answer that one myself, girls" she said. Tt was started that way, and all they had to do was to keep track. It's marked here in the Bible that Adam was born in four thousand and four, and of course, knowing that, all he had to do was to subtract one every year. It was bound to coma n,,t oyau O
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She Didn'e Mind lt.

T hope" said the very young man. after he had sealed their betrothal with . kiss, "that you don't object to my mus tache."
 "Oh, mo-" replied the dear girl in the case, "I did feel little down in the mouth at first, but I'll soon get accus- toned to it."
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Scotch Blood.

MT. O'Cork-It's happy Oi nm to make y'r acquaintance, Mir. McCallum. Oi hoy Scotch blood in me veins, too.
 MT. McCallum-Have you, really?
 MT. O'Cork- Sure, didn't Oi fall in love wid me wolfe phwin Oi saw her dancin' tn highland fling?
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Books ain't ft'n' for nothing but to give to little children goin' to school, for to keep lem out'n mischief. If mans got mother wit he don't need 'em; eff he ain't got it they'll do him no good, no how.-Simon Suggs' philosophy, quoted in Henry Wntterson's "The Compromises of Life"
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Waiting for Q Call.

"What did you say that girl was playing" said the irritable man.
 "One of Chopin's waltzes.'
 "Well, l wish Chopin would send around and claim his property."- Washington Star.
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A Chicago girl, whose feet are little too large to suit her ideas of beauty, wrote to local paper and buntly asked, What is good for big feet?" The wise editor promptly answered. Big shoes"
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A Wife's "At HOmes."

Binks-Wonder where ] can find Winks?
 Jinks-Let's see. This is Thursday, and Thursday is his wife's day for being 'at home." Guess you'll find him at the club.
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When we read that person who was sick number of years was al- ways patient, we wonder if the same can be said of the attending kin.
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All the blood in a mans body passes through his heart once in every two min utes.
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Twenty-Five per cent of the population of England have their lives insured.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-08-01
risstorn of DeHosrasic Party.
Continued from Ist paDe,)

our citizens at home and abroad
and to use all proper measures to
secure for them, whether native
born or nsturalized, and without
distionction of race or creed, the
equal protection OF laws and the en-
joyment OF all rights and privileges
epen to them under the covenants
of our treaties Of friendship aud
commerce; and If under existing
treaties the right OF travel and so.
journ il denied TO American citizens
or resignation 10 Withheld from AM
srican passports by any countries
on the race or creed, we favor the
beginning OF negotiations with the
governments of such countries to
SECURE by treaties the removal Of
these UNJUST DETERMINATIONS.
We demand that all over the world
duly authenticated passport issued
by the government OF the United
States to an American citizsn an d
shall entitle him to the treatment
due him 40 sucb.
ELECTION OF SENATORS.
We favor the election OF United
States senators by the direct vote of
the people.
STATEHOOD FOR TERRITORIES.
We favor the admission of the
Territories Of Oklahama and Indian
Territory. We also favor the i'm
mediate admission OF Arizona and
New Mexico as separate states and
territorial government for Alaska
and Porto Rico.
We hold that the officials appoint
ed to administer the government of
any territory, as we'll as with the
District of Alaska, should be bona
fde residents at the time OF their
appointment of the territory or dis.
triot 10 which their duties are to be
performed.
CONDENSATION OF PoLYaAMY
We demand the determination of
polygamy within the jurisdiction of
the United States, and the complete
separation of church and state in
political affairs.
CONTINUED tomorrow
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-08-01
Residence In
Manoa Valley
For
Rent or Lease

The residence of Jas. H
Boyd at Manoa Valley is Of
fered for Rent or Lease.
Possession can be given inn
mediately.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-08-01
Fl A w Al ia N
S @ A =
For MverybodyE

The HONOLULU SOAP WORKS
are now. putting up their BEST
Number SOAP in so pound Cases
family size-at $2.25 per box, deliver /,
ed free to every part OF the city.
Full cases-100 pounds-will be del
livered at &.25. n
For all empty boxes returned in
good, clean condition, 10 and 20
cents will be paid.
Every Family in the Islands
should have a case of Soap at this
price. The best Soap made for the
Kitchen and Laundry. Try case.
It is cheaper than buying by the
bar.
Order from the Agents,
N v MeChsney & Sons,
Lt1aaitecl.
Queen Street.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-08-01

For further> particulars APP
ply to JAS I'll Boyd.
1887
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-08-01

Call and inspect the beautiful and
useful display of goods for pres
ents or for personal use and adorn.
mont.
Iowa Building. kB0 Fort Stvsat
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-08-01

BUILDING Lors,
Housus AND LOTS. AID
Hands FOE GALE
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-08-01
VIM. G. Irwin 4 Co.
tLlxIszsl

VIM. g. Irwin. ...... President 4 Manages
0laqs bpreokels. First Vice PYesi dent
". ID. Gihard.. -. Second Vice. President
u. II; Whitney, Jr. Treasurer q Secretary
Geo. ], Ross. ............,..,.,,. Iudjtof
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-10-21
Ex-PRESiDENT CLEVELAND
SPEAKS TONIGHT.

NEW YORK, Oct. 2l.-There was
an unusual hustle about the DEM
ocratfc headquarters today caused by
the activity in completing arrange
ments for the mass meeting in Car
negie hall tonight, under the auspices
OF the Business Mems Parker and
Davis association. The announce
ment that former President Grover
Cleveland is 10 preside has caused
more interest to be taken in the DEM
onstration than has attached to any
of the political rallies held in New
York so far during the present cam
paign. Though the former president
has made IL plain that he does not
intend to deliver a speech 1t is gen.
orally expected that he will have a
few words t0-say In. expression OF his
views on the issues OF the present
campaign sand of endorsement of the
national tfket. The principal ad.
dress of the evening win be delivered
by John Gy Carlisle. ex,Secretary OF
the Treasury.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-10-21

and bonds amounted to over two bill
lion dollars. The dividends today
being paid to the stockholders OF our
railroads amount TO over $200.oOO.000
annually against only about seventy
or eighty millions In 1896. This
shows what the republican party has
done for the hall million OF people
in our country who own our railroads.
and the prosperity of the sharehold.
ers must be reflected In the prosperi-
ty Of the officials and employees. They
are interdependent and each and all
must share in the wish that Theodore
Roosevelt be elected to succeed him
self, and that there be no cessation
IL the great prosperity Of our country
so fully reflected In the t~ransporta-
tion interests.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-10-21

and ~tasteless. Peaches, pears and
plums were insipid. while the april
cots were about the size OF marbles.
Very soon afterwards, however, intel
llgent farmers from the states, VINO
had taken up land along the water
courses, were planting improved var
ieties of fruit and the results soon
became apparent. The editor OF the
Field and Farm established the origi-
nal fruit garden at Las Vegas and
grew the first strawberries and bush
fruits ever seer there. Since 1890,
large and finely Favored apples,
peaches, plums, apricots and pears
have come from New Mexico to adorn
our Denver markets, One of the larg-
est and probably the most profitable
orchards In America Is the Hagerman
plantation in the Pecos valley, and
any lover of trees could afford e
travel a thousand miles to 10 IT,.
Lutte Wilcox, in Field and Farm.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-10-21
WHY MR.. ANDREWS SHOULD BE
ELECTED.

The best thing for the people of
New Mexico to do in the present cam
paign IL 10 work and vote for w. H..
Andrews for delegate to congress.
The reasons are obvious. He Is a
man who does something, His ac-
quaintance with men Of prominence
and influence in the east as well as
the west is quite extensive, He has
a broad insight as to governmental
affairs and could do the territory
much more seed than an experienced
man.
Besides, congress, without the
slightest doubt, will be strongly re-
publican In both its branches and the
advantage Of having a man there who
affiliates with the majority can read
lily be seen.-White Oake Outlook.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-10-21
CLEVELAND VERSUS PARKER.

in many parts Of Il country
where the colored population IL large,
the people of that race are. by va
rious devices. deprived Of any effec-
tive exercise Of their political rights.
and Of many of their civil rights. The
wrong does not expend itself upon
those whose votes are suppressed.
Every constituency In the union Is
wronged.
1T has been the hope OF every pa.
triot that a sense of justice and OF
respect for the law would work a
gradual cure Of these fragrant evils.
Surely. no one supposes that the pres
ent can be accepted as c permanent
condition. II 1t is said that these
communities must work out this
problem for themselves. we have a
right TO ask whether they are at work
| upon IT,. Do they suggest any solu-
ton? When, and under what condi-
tons is the black man TO have a free
ballot? When is he. in fact, TO have
those full civil rights which have so
long beer his in law? When is that
equality of influence which Il form
| Of government was intended 10 secure
to the electors 70 be restored This
generation should co%urageously face
these grave questions, and not leave
them as a heritage of woe Il the
next"
No; this Is not the utterance OF
that reckless aud incendiary presi.
dent 50 loudly condemned by TIL
man. vardaman and company.
II is part OF the first annual mes
sage Of Grover Cleveland.
Judge Parker is only worried about
the right OF suffrage in the Philip
pines. His speech was edited by John
Sharp Williams. What would have
happened If Mr.. Williams had gone
with his blue PENCIL over this mes
sage from Cleveland?
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-10-21
Mr.. Ropev's REpUsLlcANlsM.

Delegate Rodey's announcement
that he Is running as an independent
republican candidate Ii rather "phun-
ny" II he knows anything, he
knows that every vote cast for him
means half a vote for Mr.. Money,
the democratic candidate for dele
gate. This may be republication
and loyalty TO republican principles
according to Mr.. Rodey. hut to sober
minded citizens. It means unequivo.
cal support Of the democratic candi'
date. Mr. .Rodey's republicanism and
loyalty to republican principles seem
to have been only skin deep and
mighty easily eradicated. These arc
facts and hours 81 speeches and col.
umns In newspapers cannot change
them. The political fight in this Ter
ritory is not al all with Mr.. Rodey
as the leading factor; IL Is between
Senator Andrews. republican, and Mr.
Money. democrat. Delegate Rode,
who nov holds a very lucrative of
flee. 30 which be was nominated aus
elected ny republicans. IL aiding Mr.
Money. If~this IL republicanism, il
is OF the very lowest type and of the
most treaeherous and ungratefu'
kind-Sew Mexican.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-10-21
REPUBLICAN, hARvEsIs.

The haryests are now completed
and the crops of 1894 are safe. Last
year the value OF our cotton. wheat.
corn and hay. oats, barley, rye, buck
wheat and potatoes was in excess
Of three billions Of dollars, more than
enough 10 pay our national debt three
times over. This years. harvests In
a way are even more important than
those of last year While the aggre-
gate yield of wheat is somewhat less,
and of corn about the came. yet all
the others show a considerably larger
output. Where, however, any single
crop is less in value than last year,
the enhanced price is greater because
Of the increased demand. so that Il
is true tha. the ten or eleven persons
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-10-21

engaged In agriculture. and represent
Ing over half OF all the population
engaged In gainful occupations, are
certain OF the most prosperous year
which our agricultural interests have
enjoyed. This Is due to the facts
that the other twenty millions OF peo-
pie who are engaged In gainful occu-
pations are so well employed, at such
remunerative wages that their con.
sumption OF not only the n~ecessaries
but the luxuries OF life is so great
as to make the price OF the products
OF the farm 80 equitable as TO give
a fitting reward to our agricultural
laborers for their seasons work.
This IL why We call the harvest OF
1904, like the haryests Of the past
sever years, a republican harvest.
It has not mattercd whether the
yield be greater or less. yet the re-
ward has been about the same, be-
cause OF the demand made for the
farmers products by the consumers
OF the rest of the country, in addi-
ton TO the consumption Of their own
families. Republican legislation does
not bring about 70 many bushels Of
grain, so many bales Of cotton or 80
many tons Of hay. but republican leg
islation does bring about the value
which these bushels and bales and
tons have in the open market, be
cause OF the great purchasing power
OF the American people. due 10 high
wages. which continue year after
year. because of the protection of
home industries and the bulwark we
have established against the compe,
titIon OF foreign laborers In Grea,
Britain and the continental countric:
OF Europe.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-10-21
RAILROAD MEN FOR ROOSEVELT.

II Is said that the railroad en-.
ployes OF the country are supporting
Theodore Roosevelt almost 10 a man.
1t would Indeed be astonishing If
such were not the case. The presi.
dent Is himself a member OF the
Brotherhood OF Locomotive Firemen,
and as such is looked upon as a fel-
low railroad man OF that most inteili-
gent brotherhood. The president has
appointed Frank p. Sargent as com
missioner general Of the bureau OF
immigration. and Edwin c. Madden
al third postmaster general. both be.
Ing members Of the Locomotive
Brotherhood Of Fremen. II will be
remembered that he selected 4. c.
Clark, head OF the Order OF Conduc.
tors, for a place on the great anthra.
cite coal strike commission. and II is
said that Mr.. Clark is slated for still
greater honors In the neal future. BY
these appointments and by his daily
acts when travelling upon any railroad
and by his ~utterances when governor
OF New York state and since and uI
to the present time Mr.. Roosevelt,
has shown himsef to be the friend O
the railroad man as he Is the frient
OF every workingman in the country
But there are other reasons why tn,
railroad men should support Theo
dore Roosevelt and the republican
candidate for congressman In his dis
trict. Under the administration O
Mckinley and Roosevelt and the op
Grafton OF the Dingley tariff tovdr
900. 200 men have found employment
on the railroads Of the United States
who were not so employed In 1896
These men are now receiving owe,
$500 900. 600 more In wages than was
the case In 1896, That Is what repub
licanism and protection has done To-
the railroad employee, What 1t hal
done for the shareholder Is even NOR,
marked, II possible, because the con
trast between 1896 and 1904 Is 5,
much greater. There are few, IL any
railroads today under foreclosure
while in 1896 the amount of such re
c~eivorships and foreclosures in stock