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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-08-27
indian Novels bv Indian Writers

OF late years the number of writer's
among the Cherokees has greatly in
creased. There are historians in the
tribe whose works are used as text
books in the Indian schools, and who
are cited Jas authorities not to be dis.
puted. There are also Indians who
have written codes of law which be-
fore being. put in permanent form had
been handed down from generation to
generation. 3'he Indians to day obey
these laws with a greater reverence
than they do the laws of the Uaited
States There are Indian noveIists-
novelists: who devote their time to
entertaining the Indian mind with 20
nance entangled with plots and blood
curdling climaxes. These books are
popular with the Indians. Edition
after edition of some works is pub.
lfshed, and they are read by buck ano
aquaw alike.-Kansas City Journal.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-08-27
FIRST RHINESTONE MATCHES
Primitive Method Employed in Max
ing the Lucifers When First
Invented.

The FIRST really efficient lucifer match
must be put to the credit of John Walker,
of Stoekton-on-Tees England, who in
1927 placed them on the market Under
the name of congreves,o in compliment
of Sir William Congreve, the inventor
of the war rocket These matches were
sold for shilling box, which contain
ed, besides a few dozens matches, a lit
tie piece of folded sandpaper, through
which each splint of wood had to be
drawn before 1t could be made to inf1ame.
An original tin box, stamped with the
royal arms and bearing the word Con
greve, is preserved as 3 curiosity in
one of the London museums
As in the case OF all other Industries.
this was initiated by hand labor alone.
The splints of wood were no doubt orig
inally dipped in the igniting compost
ton one by one, but subsequently they
were tied up in bundles and dipped en-
block, the workman giving each bundle
twist with his hands, so that the end
Of each spliat would be free to move Q
certain extent and absorb little more
OF the comHound than it would if kept
quite still
The next advance was to fix the
splinss in frame, so that each was sepa-
rated from its neighbor, and this frame
containing about 1900 matches would be
brought down on marble slab upon
which the composition was spread. The
tipped matches. still in their frame,
would then be dried in air for a few hours
and afterWard placed in heated cham
per to complete their desiccation. Mane
ual labor is now almost wholly dispensed
with in the manufacture Of matches.
The employment of yellow phosphor-
Gus for thecharging of matches made the
industry a. very unhealthy one, and the
work people IL not in the best of health
ran the risk of contracting terrible
disease known as necrosis Of the Jaw
bone, the vulgar name for which was
"phossy jaw With improvements in
manufacture this ell has now been
eliminated.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-08-27
Anfiauity OF Rose C,,1tnre.

Rose cultures beginning goes Bacl
beyond records. The flower is men
toned In the earliest Coptic manu-
scripts midas traditions take thu
rose TO the times of the gods on earth
Egypt had roses, wild and tame, be
fore the Roman occupation made it, il
way, Rome's commercial rose gar
den; yet, curiously enough, there is NJ
reference 10 the flower in painting
sculpture or hieroglyphies Japan. IL
our time, parallels Egypt. Rose.
flourish there, but do not serve as i
motif for artists. There is this fur
Their iikeness-neither Egypt nor Jap
an has a rose song, CT a love soss
proper.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-08-27
Human Gina Wera.

The 1umber OF fellow creatures.
young and old, who feel impelled to
gnaw something is much larger than
is generally supposed The chronic
nail-biter Is well known, but there are
others who, either through depraved
taste or phyehic disease. gnaW wood.
fur, cloth. etc. to the great detriment
of their health.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-08-27
Against Evil Spirits.

The peach is commonly supposed to
lave the. mysterious power Of driving
away evil spirits or keeping them at a
distance In Chinese as well as in Japan
ese folklore arrows made of peach tree
wood arefrequently used for the purpose
of piercing the otherwise invulnerable
hearts of devils. Chinese doctors some
times use the extract of the peach leaves
OF kernels for medicinal purposes.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-08-27
Considerably Dilufad

"Sawney boasts that he cas- trace 81,
ancestry back to Edward the Confessor
who reigned in England in 1922
@Oh, well: at this distance from Ed
ward the Confessor one Of his descend.
ants would not be apt to have more tina,
about one-billionth of king in his com
position, so fancy sawney is not roya
enough to hurt. Puck.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-08-27
Not Particular

"sa SIR, = remarked the rich father to the
snitor, after the Investigations / have
made into your character. cannot give
you my daughter Emma
All right, : answered the persistent
suitor;; then how about one Of the 9th
ers?.'-Tit-Bits.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-08-27
His Fatal Hahit

The naughty Yale avenue beauty had
rejected him with scorn-
Since you insist on knowing why,
Mr.. Eggleston," she said. Il will tell you.
/ could never marry man who makes
a practice of doing his manicuring on
suburban trains. Chicago Tribune.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-08-27
Floors of Glass.

K warehouse In Paris has been bul;
with glass floors. The initial cost i
considerably more than that of tn,
ordinary floor, but, in view of the fac
that toughened glass Is SO much longe
lived than wood, the experiment il
likely to prove cheaper in the lon
run.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-08-27
Human Foot Growing Smaller,

ID is asserted by a sculptor that the
human foot is becoming smaller. The
masculine foot of 2oscenturies ago was
about u inches long. The average mans
foot of to-day is easily fitted with No.
S1z shoe, which is not above 10 ZIG
inches in length.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-08-27
Sure SIGN.

When you constantly hear the talent
or the wit OF a woman praised, You
may take it for granted that she is not
beautiful. # she were you would hear
of her beauty first of all.--smith's
Weekly.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-08-27
Her SnaeiaIfu

Green-Peckem tells me that HIS wifi
e an excellent manager.
Brown-Well, she seems to have tn
management of Peekem down pgeta
fine. Chicago Daily News.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-08-27
Had 10 Gene Across.

Guest-Waiter. bring me a tiptoE
dinner. You knoM what that means
don't you?
Waiter-Yes. SAB. It's one that 20,
top of with q ttp-Ths Smart Set.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-08-27
Steadfast and Tr1,a

Father-But SIN afraid he is .
young man Of tickle character.
Daughter-0h, no, he isn't, papa.
Why, he has smoked the same brane
Of cigarettes Tor nearly SIX months!-
Puck.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-08-27
SACRED JAPANESE FISH.
Bears a Royal Name and Is Marvel
in Itss Way-other Curl
Gus Species.

An enterprising Broadway merchant
secured sacred japanese fish, the en-
peror of Japan, through the offices OF
purser on a Pacific steamer, sQd Tor the
past few days has been exhibiting It IN
his emporium to the WonderEent or
thousands, says the New York Times OF
recent date
The fish, !" he said, is marvel in its
way and worth seeing even if it hadn't
such a royal name. 1t Genes from tie
warm seas of southern Japan. and is
gorgeous in coloTing, the body bslng
brilliant blue ornamented with topaz
stripes. It has the richest FISH of any
of the oriental fishes, and is the most
priced. An oblons form ard q freak
spine give it something the shape of the
shooting fish
4 understand many of these Chasto-
donts or scaly filmed fishes swim the Jap
anses water and make fine sport. had
an interesting chat with titled Japa-
nese. who visited New York lately IN
connection with the raising of the war
fund. He said American fishermen
find great pleasure at japanese fishing
resorts.
Many Of the fish that live near the
coral reefs of the smaller island groups,
according to him, have the tubular
mouth and ban6s of almost invisabhs
teeth. Gorgeous stripes and spots are
distinguishing features. The horses
hoof is a queer Jap fish Its exposed
naked jaws lock like the hoof of horse,
hence the name. 1t has five stripes and
in coloring follows the zebra fish
Like the Siamese and Chinese, the
japanese isherme., have trained the
climbing fish or Beta pugnax to be the
pugilist of the sea, and curious matches
are arranged between owners of these
marine fighters. Tie affair usually comes
Off in one of the village bathing pools
or some gorgeous tile vat belonging to
Ahe richest man If the place. The vat
or pool is filed with sea water. The fish
are some months in training, and have
a special diet. In some towns the fight
ing fishes are domesticated and specially
trained.
The fight is started by flashing bright
metal or mirror III front of their eyes.
Ordinarily the fish are a plain, gray
green color, but when they get into the
thick of the fray they look like dartiBg
rainbows out of tier circuit. They are
game, and usually fight to the death. %
FIRST RHINESTONE MATCHES
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-08-27
Our L4ang,1ag e

Knieker-Did his loss Of fortune go
hard with him?
Beeker-Y es;; because It went SO
easy IN. Z. Sun.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-08-27

in those days, but had something Of
the preacher in my nature, and it was
liable to crop out at inopportune mo-
lnents.
What in the devil did Zilk want to
kill Jim Dowly for. asked myself
ELK was a first-rate fellow and an or
nament to the camp, and the girl
wasn't worth it. Here he was getting
ready to throw un his best chance in
life, and his soul along with it. for
scamp Rho wasa't worth the powder
ne woule waste un him. quiekened
my pace q my argument got the bet
ter OF me. and overlook my man be-
fore he had made the first turn toward
the pass.
"Well?" he asked. laeonicafly.
What's up. zi'k2' said, just az IL
I didn't know.
I was slender chap at the time, and
was supposed o have a tendency
toward consumption. Zilk put his
hand on my shonlder, and his grip
made me wines
I'm going to Glo the only decent
en4A6 1@csci uAo ~ Aiy Aie, Aa sald.
land shan't n4ed any company TO
help me out
stepped back, sheerishly. oh, r
thought began. and stopped
abruptly something in his eyes made
me wonder what he meant and just
what wsS his definition Of decency.
What did YOU change the loads for?"
T asked. recklessly. There is the girl
to think of; youth break her heart u
you kill him.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-04-15
WANTED MONTHS PAY

The list of warrants drawn January
IA against the County of Maui aggre.
gates the sum of sS,011.OS. This was
the sum of the bills, the ex-ofiicials of
the County OF Maui wanted the Legis-
lature to reimburse to them. Repre-.
sentative Keliinoi presented the mat.
ter to the Legislature and 1t was re.
ferred to the Finance Committee. Mr..
Harris of the Finance Committee de.
cided that the best way to handle the
list was to pocket 1t and return 1t to
Mr.. Keliinoi, which he did. Mr.. Harris
believes that If anything is done with
the claims the action should be by a
Legislature in regular session. Rep.
.resentative Keliinoi says he expected
nothing to be done with the claims by
the Legislature unless 1t be to reim-
Durse individuals for expenditures for
offices and buildings made pursuant
to the County Law, afterward declared
invalid.
The list Of warrants drawn against
the County of Maui show: one months
salary for five members of the Board,
$3.50; !incidentals for the Board, $42.90;
one months salary for heads of de.
partnents, $3.50; one months salary
for deputy heads of departments,
$l45.05; County buildings, $299.95;
salaries for District Magistrates, STA.
40; salaries in Sheriff's department,
$S07.2O; pay of police, $770.l5; Incl.
dentals in Sheriff's Office, $3.50; sup.
port of prisoners, s97.lS; salary Road
Supervisors, $6S.S0; reimbursements
for Road Tax collected, $500.
The era of county government lasted
only nine days, yet the warrants GOV.
cred salaries for a month.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-04-15
SALARIES BILL
CONTINUED from Page ~

Continued from Page ~
les from current receipts as taxes ara
paid in.
After long recess to give the Fl.
nance Committee time to finish its re
port on unpaid bills Of the 1903 SEES
sions, Mr.. Harris reported as follows:
Your Finance Committee, to whom
was referred the unpaid bills of the
regular and extra sessions OF the Leg
islature OF 1903, begs leave to report
as follows:
Your committee has checked the &C
counts and finds the same correct and
recommends the payment of same on,
OF the balance of the monies provided
for the expense OF this special session
In Act of the Session Laws of 1904
for the following amounts: Enoch
johnson, $240.SO; John Wise, $240.S0;
Chas. Wilcox, $3.50; w. J. Coelho
Sass. 60; d. II. Kahaulelio, $1O5.S4;
Solomon Meheula, $5S5.02; Paradise
OF the Pacific, sGS4.2O; Hawaiian News
Co., $2l.25.
~ 'Np'iN VI INC vas
adopted. A lengthy debate arose ovei
Representative Oils amendment to
add to the list of unpaid bills one OF
S22.5O for }. NJ. Kaai. The amend
ment was finally rejected on the
ground that the bill had not been pro
perly o KID by any official OF the
House.
The garbage and sewer bill, being
House Bill No. 3. came back from the
Senate and was passed finally by the
House, going to the Governor, practi
cally as 1t was originally drawn.
The following concurrent resolution
was introduced in the House by Rep
resentative Keliinoi.
Be 1t Resolved, by the House Of Rep
resentatives OF the Territory of Ha'
wall the Senate concurring, That the
Governor be authorized to appoint a
commission of three men, to serve
without pay, to investigate and report
at the next regular session of the Leg
islature a plan for the reorganization
Of our system of accounts, by estab
fishing funds for each Island or Dis
trict, so that the residents in each
may be able to see what each district
contributes to the support of the
whole, and how much has been ex'
pended for improvements and the
each.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-04-15
SALARIES Bill
Up 70 GOVERNOR
NICHOLAS II.

In the House this morning Senate
Bill No. II was the first thing taken
up. The bill came in from the Senate
and passed first reading in the House,
The bill gives the Treasurer, with the
concurrence of the Governor of the
Territory, the power to determine the
denomination of bonds issued by the
Territory. to fix the rate OF interest and
the manner of payment.
House Bill No. /, known as the Ter
ritorial Salaries Bill, came back from
the Senate with several amendments
which were concurred in by the
House without opposition and the bill
passed third reading and is ready for
the signature of the Governor. AS
amended by the Senate it carries sl5..
900 for the Hawaiian band.
The total appropriations in the sal.
aries bill amount to 1868. iO4. as against
s950,764, as It came from the Governor
originally. The final vote on the sal.
aries bill stood 90 aye and 6 no.
Senate Bill No. IL, repeating the p.
, G. law for providing means of paying
/ bills during the period June 80 to De-
cember 81, passed second reading.
| Senate Bill No. 10, authorizing the
Treasurer to open bank accounts and
overdraw to the amount of 100000,
was referred to the Judiciary Commit.
tee. The committee reported favor
ably and the bill passed second read
ing. This bill, II it becomes a law.
will enable the Treasurer to immedi.
ately raise money, by securing ad
vanees from the banks, with which ia
redeem all outstanding warrants. The
overdrafts will be taken up with mon
and recommending its passage with
the amendment.
Amendment provides that "a COM
mission of five members be appointed
by the Governor (the Senate to nomin-
ate two and the House Of Representa-
tives two) to draft County Act" AS
IL stood before the committees amend
ment the resolution provided that the
president of the Senate" nominate
two members while the blouse of
Representatives nominate two. Re-
port was adopted.
Adjournment was taken until pm.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-04-15
BRECKONS In ARMS
(Continued from Page ~

tCOntlnueu 1TOm fdEe ~
the actual selling and buying, Brec-
kons realized. while it might prove
successful in some cases, was not to
be considered as promising general
success.
The plan of work, already In oper-
alton, is to charge alleged offenders
with conspiring to cause adultery.
This method has long reach and
the reach will be extended as the cam
paign progresses.
Although all japanese women held
in the manner described do not neces-
sarily bewail their conditions. there
are many who are held by fear ana
custom against their wills.
The publication in japanese news
papers In this Territory of the fact
that they are wrongfully held and that
they can remedy their conditions by
appealing to American law will, says
Breokons, bring the slave women for
ward to seek liberty and lives unre-
strained.
Already have accounts of doings In
Federal court printed in japanese pa
pers, given to many the glad tidings
that their servitude is in violation of
American laws.
The women themselves will in this
way be the means of Kidding the COM
munity of the shame of the system.
! Today japanese woman writes
Breckons from Maui, telling her story
of slavery. The letter is in Japanese
and its Interpretation will lead to sew
eral arrests. Men who bought and
Isold her will be apprehended.
! A Japanese man, having read Of
Federal court doings, called on Breck-
ons this morning and told him of his
daughter being slave, having been
sold by her husband to another man
for $500. The case will be at once at
tended to.
The Federal grand jury, just dis
charged, returned indictment in case
of this kind. This Indictment gives
an example Of the cases which will
now occupy the attention Of Federal
authorities for some time, until, 1t Is
hoped, the slavery system is altogether
stamped out.
Following is the indictment:
The grand jurors of the United
States, empaneled, sworn and charged
at the term aforesaid, on their oaths
present that Ougi Shigematsu, Nadi
Tsumekichi and Kunitaro Suga on the
l4th of September, 1908, did wilfully,
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-04-15
NAHA[f CANDIDATE
FROM HAWAII FOR
CHICAGO MISSION

Sheriff ]. X. Nahale of Kona arrived
In the Mauna Loa this morning. Ma
hale is said to be Kona's choice for
delegate to the National Convention
in Chicago.
Nahale will undoubtedly receive a
heavy vote in the convention, drawing
considerable Of his strength from the
Oahu delegates. Senator Achi is in
charge of Nahale's local interests and
presumably has enough delegates
pledged to make his election sure.
$<<< 4 <<<<< =
Nadi Tsunekuchi, the said Nadi being
an unmarried man. in order that he
might have carnal knowledge of the
said Fusuyo Hatakayama without be-
ing married TO her.
And the grand Jurors further pre-
sent that for the purpose of executing
and carrying out said conspiracy the
said Ousi Shegematsu and Kunitaro
Suga delivered to Nadi Tsunekuchi the
said Fusuyo Hatakayama, and Tsu.
nekichi did receive Hatakayama. con-
trary to the form OF the Statute in
such case made and provided and
against the peace and dignity Of the
United States of America.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-04-15

Opponents Of County Government
are mighty hard pressed when they
try to make point through the ex'
pense account turned from Maui Coun.
ty for the brief interval of Its exist
ence. This account, with the excep.
ton of the Supervisors pay, repre-
sents salaries now paid by the Terri
tory. The double. expense, which is
Thurston's one cry. proves q hollow
howl
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-04-15

Russia's Gear is deserving sympathy.
Though pictured as weak man he
has shown that he is guided by higher
motives than the bureaucracy that
surrounds him and which, though he
cannot control entirely, would be
more arbitrary under the leadership
of q more martial spirit
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-04-15

In the Police Court this morning the
cases of Lee 10y and Lu Quon Chew
both charged with ARRAY; and of Ching
Ping and Chin Sam, both charged
with gambling, were all continued un
til tomorrow. Kahala, small Hawaii
an boy, charged with truancy, was rep
rimanded and discharged. Tokioka, a
Japanese charged with vagrancy, had
his case nolle prOs'd.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-04-15

They say that hard times promotes
ENLIGHTENMENT and kindred crimes.
Honolulu is having its share of hard
times but the hayward youth of re-
cent months appear to have disposed
of their funds at gambling or buying
pretty things for their best girl. The
man who minds his business and hus'
ties for his bread and butter is seldom
the one that goes astray.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-04-15

Thurston is raising his old cry
against local self government and
wants a second Alaska in Hawaii.
Thanks to their progressive spirit the
people OF this Territory have no idea
OF adopting American government in
its worst forms as proposed by Thurs
ton and at times exemplifed by his
Birbean allies.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-04-15

The morning paper reports that the
Governor had a stormy time with the
Senators. This may or may not be
true but II is better to have vigorous
argument and get things done than to
sit up late nights and howl at the
Legislature as dog bays at the moon.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-04-15

Jersey but his followers will have a
contesting delegation at st. Louis.
Those who glory over Hearst's defeat
may have another opportunity to con.
slider whether they have not shoued
before they were out of the woods.
Bryan headed contesting delegation
when he went to the convention that
first named him for the Presidency
and politics Is q long game.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-04-15

Republicans who possess proper
regard for the party leaders will not
allow their votes to be marshaled
against the election of Delegate Kuhio
as a member of the Chicago delega-
ton
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-04-15

Inspectors or politicians was the in.
teresting question discussed at yester.
days Board of Health meeting. Bust.
ness men could give only one answer
TO this. Competent men are what Is
wanted
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-04-15

Governing Hawaii after the manner
of Alaska would be about as sensible
as putting the Territorial militia in
command Of Captain Thurston and
Lieutenant Birbe.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-04-15

The death of Artist Verestchagin
comes home to the civilized world as
one Of the horrible sacrifices of war.
Soldiers and sailors make business
of fighting, but it seems terribly I'M
necessary that the life of great ar
tist should be laid on the altar OF wars
ball
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-04-15
SATURDAY,.

Having passed the franchise bills
Congress ought to have little time
left for legislation Of moment to the
Territory of Hawaii as a whole.