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The Springfield herald., 1904-11-11

A New South Wales woman has
scheme for. curing consumption with
hot air. But hasn't this been tried
inefIectively before?
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-11

About the best thing that can be
said for war, as the discussion now in
progress indicates. is that sometimes
1t is bad way of getting good re-
suits.
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-11

An esteemed contemporary says
there is marked conflict of views
as to the remarriage of innocent par
ties to divorcees." What is an lin
nocent party to divorcee?"
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-11

A fashion paper says that the Fall
gowns will contain thirty yards of ma
terial. We can readily understand
why some men are driven to divorce.
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-11

Jack Root predicts that jim JEFF
fries will be champion until his teeth
fall cut" says the San Francisco Bull
letln. And chap will face him some
day ere long with punch that will
make 'em fall out.
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-11

Mr.. Alfred Austin, EnglanGs poet
laureate. can see little good In the
present generation. He says that
manners ard literature alike have
declined. The poets, too, are deteri
Grating. Perhaps there Is one excep
tion, just one.
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-11

1t is simply wonderful how much
some American railway officials can
forget about their business when they
get on the witness stand.
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-11

A Chicago girl has been awarded
$4,000 damages against a street car
company after nine years of litigation.
The question now is. How long will
1t take her to collect It?
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-11

A Chicago milkhan has sued
stock company for the value of Ger.
tain shares in which he invested 5000.
Presumably there was too much water
in the stock.
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-11

The whole state of Connecticut
should rise as one man and run down
the miscreant who is trying to de-
stroy its armor plate namesake.
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-11

A Chicago woman says her husband
Is right in style. as he has a dark
brown taste in his mouth every morn
Ing.
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-11

It seems that no matter how many
attempts are made to revive hoop
skirts, the ladies sit down en- them.
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-11

Automobiling may cause the legs
Of its devotees to waste away and be-
come useless, but it tends to cultivate
strer 9Th and activity in the legs Of or.
dinary pedestrians.
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-11

Lord Miner may, as soon as he gets
through in South Africa, be sent out
as viceroy of India. Such Enslishmen
as William Waldorf Astor must won
der how a man can stand it to keep
always doing time SO far away from
the tight little Island.
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-11

All the married women are getting
their lives insured. viii the hus-
bands continue to warn them about
drafts and damp feet?
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-11

There is sound sense in that de-
cision to keep on remarrying divorced
people. Business in that line is get
ting bigger every year.
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-11

Cornell students are being expelled
for hazing. Evidently the authorities
at Cornell have decided that 1t is
about time to take haZing seriously.
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-11

DR.. Wiley's poison squad" is to re-
sume its experiments. but it will not
tamper with wood alcohol.
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-11

Somebody must have shot the dove
of peace.
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-11
TEA

a broken feminine heart Is best
nended by young man '
lonely.
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-11

c,t,rrh of the Bladder md Kidney ld, 11, ysraT,.s
llelne,ly. WORM iAho"
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-11

ResoIute Captaln-Don,t Eire eP t"f
.bini Seasick Passenget-'oe W.
1yntIid il I'd swallowed IL.
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-11

,,,nv n man asks questions merely
MANY us. 20 arr his own opinions
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-11
PILLseuRY's BEST
Takes Three Grand Prioes
A. ~. st. Louis Worlds Fair.

The Grand Prize for the highest
grade of -four, Grand Prize & .or az "a.
,Snest eShtbit and "a drdnd' Prize 1@
the best lcaf Of bread.
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-11

No chromos or cheap premiums. nnt
!, hetter quality and one-third more
pf Defiance Starch for the same ifio"
of other starches.
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-11

The letter carriers whistle rs pos
tai note.
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-11
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS!

A station of the United States
Weather Bureau has been established
at the University of Colorado at Boui-
der
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-02-11
A Cripple As a Guard.
"

Is it because of the lack Of good and
able bodied men that the Superintend-
ent of Public Works has appointed a
cripple, furnished with a police com.
mission by the High Sheriff, as one
of the guards at the former Iolani Pal
ace, now Americanized and known as
the Capitol, in place of Brown who
was caught up tree on the premises,
with spy-glass In hand, watching the
girls in the Kaiulani Home undress be.
fore retiring for the night? Previous
to being appointed, he was a candy
peddler, going about with his stock in
trade on wagon drawn by horse,
out Kapiolani Park way. He has been
"a Jack of all trades and a master Of
none," as the saying goes, and 1t is not
his fault that he was born such, but as
far as we know him, he has always
been energetic In spite OF his deform.
ity, and is ever ready to eke out an
honest living. AS family man, a tax
payer and a voter, he is entitled to
some consideration, but is it right to
appoint him to such a position where
strong man is needed? OF course,
he is Republican an1 was no doubt
endorsed from the dlctatorial head
quarters on Fort street. Probably the
next move will be to, appoint all the
blind, the manned and the halt ones
on all Government works, to become
charges upon the over-worked generos.
ity of the taxpayers. What is the
Government coming to, anyway? Is
1t to become an almshouse for the
poor, the needy and all the rest of our
more unfortunate fellows?
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-02-11
No Barrier To Assistance.

We cannot see any impropriety in
local Japanese sending money or any
thing else to aid their country in her
present trouble, provided they can de-
liver the goods safely at Yokohama.
Certainly the neutral status OF the
United States is not involved in any
way in the proposition, for the reason
that the contributors are not Ameri-
can citizens. They are Japanese sub
jects and would be aiding In one man
ner In furthering the cause for which
their country Is fighting. 1t would, of
course, be violation Of the neutrality
understanding should American citizens
contribute to the fund, but, as we
understand 1t, nothing of the kind is
contemplated. Ample precedent for the
proposition is afforded by the Civil
War in the United States when Amer
ican residents of England and France
made liberal contributions to the Gov
ernment.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-02-11
Reduce Taxable Valuations,

The longer the Governor is away,
the longer will the assessor-in-chief
for this Island remain unappointed.
This appointment should be made as
soon as possible, yet the Treasurer, the
appointive power, cannot move alone
without the right Of approval, which
is the Governors. Whoever is to be
appointed has welghty duty to per-
form with regard to the valuation OF
assessable property, q great deal OF
which will have to be reduced from the
boom inflations OF the past Many re-
alties have been recently sold at forced
sale and have not brought half OF
their former values, and this should
be looked into by the new appointee,
whoever he may be. AS our choice is
known, we hope to see him "the COM
ing man" for that now all-important
office.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-02-11

urer referred the matter to the Gov
ernor, who in retaliation passed the
buck up" to the Treasurer. He had
no alternative left but to order the
money delivered here and placed un-
der lock and key in the7vaults, as the
Treasury was not competing with the
banks in the money-lending business.
Had the Governor been more consider
ate with regard to his duty towards
the people of this Territory, there is
no gainsaying that money would have
been saved to us in interest and in the
cost Of exchange for bringing it out
mere. ''. ~ss
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-02-11
THURSDAY, FEB. IL, 1904.
MONEY LOST TO TERRITORY.

In' seconding the Bulletins views
the other day that the Governor should
open the door of his official family to
Treasurer Kepoikai, the most impor-
tant official of his entire administra-
tion, our, attention was called to where
this difference has cost this Territory
some money, say from s25, 900 to $780,
900 at the least. The Treasurer has
the loan fund of $1,000,000 locked up
in the Government vaults under his
charge and very soon the country will
be called upon to pay the first install.
ment of the interest upon the same,
amounting to $22,5OO. All this money
is tied up and unused at the present
time. about 100000 only of it having
been paid out, one larger item of $75.-
900 being for the purchase of the Pa
hoa water works
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-02-11

But the Governor gave no thought to
the interest OF the burden-bearers Of
the country. He allowed his personal
feelings and animosity to run away
with him. Had he reasoned with his
better nature, the country would have
been better off, for, at the rate of in
terest offered, we would have saved
something in the long run, including
the amount paid for exchange, footing
81 500. The Treasurer had no other
recourse to follow than what the law
directs him to do in the premises. But
had the open door policy now sug.
gested been then adopted by him, ev-
erything would have gone on nicely
and smoothly, and in all probability,
"as merrily as a marriage bell" That
has all gone by and the Territory is
the sufferer by the narrow-mindednes
of the great Fam, the football friend
of Theodore Roosevelt, President Of
the United States of America.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-02-11

material to be carried down to the
streets and residence property below.
Not alone do the roads of the higher
levels suffer, but the people below
and the street.car system suffer even
more.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-02-11
EVERY AFTERNOON

Rutsrsd at the Po. omoo at Honolulu
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-02-11

During the storm the sewer at the
corner of Beretania and Punchbowl
streets was clogged with mud and the
storm sewers In other parts OF the
city were little better. The reason
for this is plain. The sewers are en-.
tirely too small. 1t Is very true that
they do an immense amount of good
but they are not large enough to carry
off the water Of heavy rain; and
when the storm keeps going for sever
al days they inevitably become clogged
with mud and are no longer of value.
The Government made great mis-
take in its calculations on the storm
sewer system, a mistake that can only
be rectified by renewal of the system
with larger pipes.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-02-11

The damage to streets in the Maklki
and other higher levels of the city Il.
lustrated the Importance of thoroughly
matchmaking the streets on the
slopes. The patching-up that is con-
stantly being done meNlE supplies
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-02-11

kilograms cen now be sent
from Honolulu to any place
on the Islands Of Hawaii,
Eaui. Lanai and Aolokai, by
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-02-11

Soon after the breach occurred be.
tween the Governor and the Treasurer
the loan was consummated A propo-
sition was made by the U. s. Trust
and Mortgage Co. Of New York, to al
low the money to lay with them, they
Offering to pay interest for its use, the
Treasurer here to draw sight drafts
on them which would be Immediately
honored. The money was not needed
right away and here it's been lying
idle. bearing interest nevertheless,
for about two months. When this
proposition was received, the Treas
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-02-11

Neither Japan nor Russia need suf-
fer for food supplies, provided they
have the price. The United States
wills naturally be the pantry"'ot both.
Even If supplies of that character were
finally determined contraband by the
warning powers, Japan has nothing
with which to guard the highway be-
tween the Atlantic coast of America
and st. Petersburg On the Pacific 1t
would be an extreme case, not suppos.
able at this time, that Russia could
by force prevent the Japanese from
obtaining everything they want The
temporary withdrawal OF certain Jap.
anese and Russian products from the
market will have tendency to ad
vance prices in those lines, but just
how seriously that will affect Hawaii
will depend upon the number OF men
1t may be found necessary to put into
the field and the duration of the war.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-02-11


Another sl;OOO,0OO loan has been
limited, so we are informed, but the
buck will have TO be passed up to the
Treasurer. Why another loan when
the present one is unexpended and to
provide the wherewithal to pay the
interest is a hard proposition, there
being nothing in sight with which to
do it with. Better no loan, but first
retrench by cutting down salaries and
all unnecessary offices,
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-02-11
TOPICS OR TAX DAY,
eminent.

The quarters of the marine guard at
the naval station are not what they
should be. If the Government is rich,
certainly better accommodations
should have been provided. During
the storm of the past two days, all of
the rooms were moresor less drench-
ed. And when the sun begins to
shine again and it gets hot, the situa-
tion will be even worse-for the roof
is Of corrugated iron.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-28

to say that he could see lights a little
off the main road below them.
I'VE will seek the lights; we will
obtain shelter" said the professor,
briskly. IF you, sir" he added, ad-
dressing himself to Enoch Flame-"if
you will support the young lady on
one side. | will endeayor to do so On
the other. Lights, you said. Absalom?
This is indeed an adventure; this is
what | was born for"
SO they went down the hill-Enoch
supporting the girl on n side, and
the professor, with his great head
waggling, supporting her on the other
and, guided by Absalom, plunged
down among some trees and entered
what seemed to be a sort of rough
gypsy encampment. The professor at
the first sight Of it chuckled with de-
light.
MY love-" he exclaimed, turning to
Mrs. Tapney, with a beaming face, Gin
touch with Nature at last!"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-28
Radium to illuminate Gun siahts.

The discovery of the latest use to
which radium can be put-the illumi.
nation of gun sights, and the like at
night time-seems to indicate that it
will play an important part in war
fare.
In gun sights, leveling instruments
and telescopes there is what is called
a "fiducial' mark, which is used to
obtain a faithful result.
These marks of course are useless
in the dark, and, though many ways
of illuminating them have been tried,
nothing has proved satisfactory.
Mr.. Andrew A. Common of Eaton
rise Falling, was the first to attempt
to solve the difficulty by the use of
radium, and his experiments were so
successful that he applied for a pat
ent. Unfortunately, he did not live
to have it granted, but the complete
specifications submitted by Mrs. Com
mon, his widow and ~executrix, have
just been accepted.-London Daily
Mail.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-28

serubbing Brushes Preferred by serv.
ants Nowadays.

A stack Of old-fashioned, l~ong-han.
died mops attrs ~ted attention in front
of q West Broadway store last week.
Reminds me of boyhood days on
the farm" remarked a passerby to the
dealer. II didn't know you made such
things nowadays"
"Oh, yes; mops are still in the trade,
although we don't sell many of them
in New York was the answer. "The
demand comes from New England
principally and from west of the Mis-
si"sippi river. In the South and be-
tween New York and the Mississippi
nobody wants TO buy mops. The
servants seem to like s%crubbing brush
es better. ! never could understand It.
II was a part Of my duty when | was a
lad 70 mop the floor of a country store
In Massachusetts. | know the work
that can be got out of a mop if IL is
properly handled. But the superin-
tendent of a large office building on
Fourth avenue. who buys his brushes
here, told me that when he wanted his
scrubwomen TO use mops they threat
ened to leave in a body. They would
rather get down on all tours and use
the brush."-New York Times.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-28
WHEN LIQUORS WE'RE CHEAP.
Philadelphia Signs at the Thought o.
Good Old Times,

Il seldom drink liquor myself" said
an elderly man, who was in a remin-
iscent mood, "but when | consider the
prices charged for drinks to-day COM
pared with the prices asked in my
youth, | can only wonder at the
change that has taken place. Long
before the Germantown railroad was
built my father used to keep a tavern
at the corner of Ninth and Green
streets. 1t was near the old hay
market, and in those days the locality
was really a suburb. III looking
through some Of his papers the other
day | came across some old docu-
ments, among which were several re-
ceipted bills from John Hoffman in
1926. Rye whisky was billed at 33
cents a gallon, ~applejack at 35, and
Jamaica rum at 37h. Another bill
shows a cherry brandy charged at SO
cents a gallon, and French brandy,
presumably cognac, at 81. If we
could buy the same brandy to-day at
$40 a gallon l guess we'd be lucky.
And imagine buying good rvs whisky
for SO cents a galloni Why, 1t almost
drives me to drink just to think of it.
Philadelphia Record.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-28
a HEART STORY.

Folsom. s. Dak.-In = these days
when SO many sudden deaths are re-
ported from Heart Failure and yari-
Gus forms of Heart Disease, it will be
good news TO many to learn that there
is a failing remedy for every
form of Heart Trouble.
Mrs. II. ID. Hyde of this place. vas
troubled for years with a pain in her
heart which distressed her a great
deal She had tried many remedies
but had not succeeded in finding any
thing that would help her until at last
she began a treatment of Dodd's Kid
ney Pills and this very soon relieved
her and she has not had a single pain
or any distress in the region of the
heart since. She says: 81 cannot say
too much praise of Dodd's Kidney
Pills. They are the greatest heart
medicine l have ever used. | was
troubled for over three years with a
evere pain in my heart, which en-
tirely disappeared after a short treat
ment of Dodd's Kidney Pills"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-28
MansfieId-Is He Il?

A little band of "art enthusiasts"
assembled up in Paul Wilstach's office
in the New Amsterdam theater a few
days ago. The subject under discus.
sion was actor managers. Argument
waxed rife as to whether or not Amer
lea really possessed any men justly
entitled to that designation.
Some one, more in jest than in earn.
est, finally hurled the question:
as Richard Mansfield an acting
manager"
TO which Paul, with becoming dig.
nifty, Immediately responded:
ITO be sure he is, for he manages
to act while he manages, and manages
while he acts"
There was no further discussion and
the meeting promptly adjourned
New York Times.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-28
How II Was Done.

"Yes. she used to keep the audience
waiting in the most provoking way"
said the manager. "but we cured her
of It."
Howl"
Why. she prospered so that she
engaged of those solemn English
buffers that make you feel uncomfort-
able every minute of the time. She
didn't dare keep him waiting, oven to
serve breakfast, so we put him In q
front seat at the show. When she
see that solemn, impassive face, she
knows things have just got to be on
time or there'l be no Joy in life."
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-28
DECREE OF TALMuplc LAW.
Wives of Jewish Soldiers All Given
Conditional Divorce.


According to the Jewish World, a
very touching editorial appeared in a
recent issue of the Hebrew Daily
Hazefirah of Warsaw, Poland, where
the editor. Mr.. Sorolow, calls atten-
ton to the Talmudic law which re-
quires every married man before 60
ing on the battlefield to grant a CON
ditional divorce to his wife, that she
may remaTry il he does not return
within a reasonable time after the
end of the war.
The rabbis of LODI have caused all
the Jewish soldiers that left that city
for the seat of war to grant such di-
vorces, and Editor Sorolow suggests
that the example of LODI should be
copied all over Russia.
Every married soldier, volunteer or
reserve, registers with a rabbi his
name. address, age, height, birth
marks, name Of company and regi-
ment he joins, and the rabbi keeps a
record of same until the soldier re-
turns from the war.
If a reasonable time after the close
OF the war elapses and the soldier
does not return, he is counted among
the lost and unidentified dead, and his
wife obtains the divorce from that
rabbi granting her the right to re-
marry.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-28
When Am Gone.

When I shall fold my hands In lasting
sleep,
All done the tasks to me assigned,
I wonder, will there be someone to weep.
Or will the world seem not to mind,
When I I'm gone?
When I have passed away, will someone
say,
AS near my new-made grave he wan
ders by.
stern Death comes to us all, to ZACH his
day."
And then pass coldly on without a sigh.
When I am gone? Z
When I have ceased my work. will there
be none
To place a rose upon my tomb.
speak a word of praise for some
deed done.
Some kind word said. and mourn my
DON
When I am gone?
Thomas Curtis Clark.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-28
The Fond Parents Pride.

A reporter was endeavoring to find
out the particulars of an accident that
had befallen a boy. and was asking
the question necessary in such cases
of the father of the injured boy.
did the little fellow stand the oper-
alton weil?" asked the reporter.
Like a major-came through it all
right"
did he have to take anything? ?"
continued the reporter.
mot a gol darn thing but chloro-
form" was the proud reply Of the ad-
miring parent.-Utica Observer.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-28
NAL de Mer.

Seth Low. who is in Rome, narrated
recently to an American, a good in
stance of the yicissitudes of sea trav-
ell In rough winter weather.
when you cross the ocean Decem.
Der or January" said Mr.. Low, you
are apt to be awakened in the middle
of the night by the plaintiff voice of
a child in the next stateroom crying:
Mammal! mamma! my dinner
won't stay swallowed"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-28
Bad sign.

Mr.. Citydweller Ito suburban real
estate agent)-"I find only n fault
with your district. Mr.. Boomerup. but
that makes me decline to buy a resi-
dence here"
Mr.. Boomerup-"Why, what is the
natter"
Mr.. Citydweller-"I noticed to-day,
as we have been driving about, that
all your finest houses are owned by
physicians STRAY Stories.