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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-02-25
THURSDAY, FEB. 25, 1904.
is NO PLACE FOR A FORT.

The planting of heavy batteries on
the top of Punchbowl for the defense
of Honolulu would be most awful
blunder. 1t is impossible to conceive
of an army officer or army officers
suggesting or even thinking of such a
thing. If q city containing nearly 50,-
900 people and millions of dollars
worth of destructable property did
not lie in front of the hill, the plan
might be good one; but as the mat
ter stands there is no reason for locat-
ing guns on the eminence and every
reason why the place should not be
fortified.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-02-25

Let the batteries be located on Dia.
mond Head, Kalihi Point. the two
sides of the entrances to Pearl Har.
Dor and Barber's Point These fortif.
cations, together with a defensive fleet
at the three-mile line wouldhav to be
depended upon to make the first stand
In case of the repulse of the defending
fleet, the attacking party would have
to move on the forts. In event of their
being reduced the only thing left
would be to surrender the city. 1t
may be suggested that that is just
what we would not, as patriotic citi-
zens, care to do. That may be true,
but in a crisis of that sort, which is
best-trust the city to the mercies of
q humanesfoe who could not gain any.
thing by destroying it, or trust it to
hailstorm of shot and shell fired at
batteries on top of Punchbowl hill?
The former, of course. A city without
islands or promontories in front of it
must resort to some other means of
defense. In modern warfare the SAT.
est and best plan is to give the enemy
something to shoot at at such points
as will leave the city out of the range
of the assault, at the same time offer
ing nothing that would make an attack
upon the city either necessary or of
advantage.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-02-25

done--in an effort to capture the ISL
and of oahu, we want to begin and end
outside of range of Honolulu. This is
best for the United States, best for
the enemy, best for Honolulu and best
for foreign peoples having property
here. To make it possible the de-
lenses should be away from the city,
with not even cap-pistol set up as a
direct defender and as something to
draw the enemy's fire.
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the premises

Earth and heaven are being moved
in certain quarters for the appointment
of an assessor from one In the office
staff, using the argument that it is in
the line of promotion That may be
true in one sense, but in another it is
not the best choice. One strenuous
supporter who believes that his choice
should be promoted told us that if he
does not receive the appointment, he
will start in to make speeches in his
behalf, and for what purpose and
against whom he did not say, only
probably that he is of the opinion that
his speeches will prevail over the APP
pointing power. All that we have to
say is-go it!
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-02-25

The foregoing instances suffice to
call to mind the fact that DR.. Hoff-
mann was made to give up his position
as bacteriologist, because he was not
an American citizen. When he was
compelled to resign, DR.. Cooper at
once found place for his friend and
medical partner DR.. Mcdonald, by hav-
ing him appointed to the vacancy,
worth $3.50 month, and with his sal
airy of $3.50, as President of the Board,
makes quite handsome income to the
pair without doing much hustling in
their combined practice, which is a
very decided advantage over many
other capable practitioners in this
city. AS President and as bacterlolo
gist, both are reaping a lucrative har
vest in this country, and the taxpayers
of this Territory are being treated to
dose of cathartic or, as suckers, mere
ly for the sake of helping others make
good living at the peoples expense.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-02-25

Suppose Punchbowl is fortified, an
attack of the kind indicated is made
and it becomes necessary for the big
batteries on the hill to open fire. what
would be the effect upon the people of
the town, even supposing that not a
shot struck the place from the enemy's
ships? Life would be intolerable for
an hour-yes, for ten minutes. Every
man, woman and child would have to
leave the city to escape the death-deal-
ing concussion-and where would they
go? Where on this island could the
$4,000 people of Honolulu find quar-.
ters? Where could they be housed or
be fed? What would become Of the
sick, the manned, the blind and the
mentally deranged? What OF the
poor Chinese, the Japanese and tho
natives who would be thrown into
predicament worse than at the time of
the plague fires, for the power that
helped them then would no longer be
able to help. The thought is one too
terrible to dwell upon.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-02-25

We merely cite these cases to point
out the insincerity of those who are
running the Government If it is held
to be good in one branch to only en-
ploy citizens, why should it not be so
held in another? We think the results
of this method to be neither FISH,
fowl nor good red herring"
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-02-25
LOTS FOR sALE.

gN LOTS ct Kalihi (5Oxl0O m.
AC bgck OF Kamehameha School
and Kalihi Road. '0o'
For full particulars, inquiro or
ABRAHAM FERNANDEZ.
at Hawaiian Hardware Co.'s Stove
Fort St. 2S7s ;'''e
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-02-25
TOPICS OF TIKI DAY.

April Fools Day is not on yet Il
good fool yarn was perpetrated upon
somebody's paper, probably because the
Bishop Museum was mentioned as
likely to be benefited. Does anyone
catch on who was caught in trap?
See the morning paper about it.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-02-25
FOB RENT Oh LEASE

Six-Roomed Cottage on King 81.
next door to Sanitarium, Kewalo.
ArtesIan water laid Outhouses In
the rear.
For terme. apply to him personal
store.
ABRAHAM FERNANDEZ,
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-02-25

To pass the buck up to the Treas
urer, with regard to the financial sit
uation, is to impose an utter impossl-
bility. In our opinion, this at most is
very unfair, because the Treasurer has
not the control over the heads of 9th.
or departments who are bent on spend.
ing money, unmindful of the fact where
the commodity is to come from. Cur
tail expenses and curb the spending
proclivites of the other departmental
chiefs is the only safe course to do in
the premises.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-02-25
ZOE SALE

g530 House AND LOT ON
Liliaa Street near King, Only anal
o9sh payment received, Apply TO /,
WILLIAM SAVlDGE e 90. !
a0G Merchant stvaeJ
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ed. and may be cemented for the good
of the Territory at large. We feel
that such should be the case at this
time of financial unrest and uncertain
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-02-25

war there is still objection to the plan.
ting of a fort above the city. With
guns there must be gun practice. The
roadstead would have to be plotted
and targets would be set out for prac-
tice. And the first gun-a small one,
at that-fred from the top of Punch.
bowl hill would shake out every pane
Of glass from Thomas Square to Pa.
lama, and the first shot from II or
1S-inch gun would throw down half of
Chinatown il not number of loosely
constructed brick buildings in the
business quarter. Think, too, of the
effect of this target practice upon the
sick, the nervous and particularly the
delicate women of the city. 1t would
mean the death of many-the direct
cause of the death of large number.
Inmates of the Queens Hospital would
have to be removed on all such occa-
sions, or the hospital might have to
seek another location altogether.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-02-25

In event of war the enemy's object
i've points on Oahu would be the de-
lenses and naval works at Pearl Har-
Dor, any forts that might he lying
around loose and the military post.
Honolulu would be valuable only as a
base for operations. Were it not de-
Tended the enemy could gain nothing
by laying it out, and the established
practice of modern warfare is against
any such thing. But with a fortress
Cl the top of Punchbowl it would be
impossible for an attacking fleet to
save the city from destruction. Where
one shell would strike the promontory
a hundred would fall in town, and
when the clouds had cleared there
would not be found one stone upon an
other in this city
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-02-25

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What fighting is done-if any is ever
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-02-25

But gwen if there should never b
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-02-25

BUILDING LOTS,
HOUSES AND LoTs, AwD
GLANDS Foa Sal n
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-02-25
Payable Invariably In Advance.

y. ;. xEsTA, Proprietor and Tub
liSher.
Residing in HonoIulc/
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-02-25
EVERY AFTERNOON
- ISSUED -

Entered at the rop Once at Honolulu
The Springfield herald., 1904-06-17
Old Soldiers Story.

Sonoma. Mich, June 1a-That even
In actual warfare disease is more ter
rible than bullets is the experience of
Delos Hutchins of this place. Mr..
Hutchins as Union soldier saw three
years of service under Butler Barke
in the Louisiana swamps, and as a
result got crippled with rheumatism
so that his hands and feet got all
twisted out of shape, AMI how he suf-
fered only rheumatic will ever know.
For twenty-five years he was in
misery, then one lucky day his drug.
gist advised him to use Dodd's Kid
ney Pills. OF the result Mr.. Hutchins
says:
THE first two boxes did not help
me much. but | got two more, and
before got them used up l was a
great deal better. kept on taking
them and now my pains are all gone
and feel better than lave in years.
l know Dodd's Kidney Pills will cure
rheumatism"
The Springfield herald., 1904-06-17
WHY WE DIE YOUNG.
Mankind Irritable, Incorporate and
Hard Working.

TlATo VoINhS'
1t has been said that few men die
of old age and that almost all persons
die of disappointment, personal, men
tai or bodily toll, or accident
The passions kill men sometimes,
sion "choked with rage" has little ex-
aggeration In it. for even though not
suddenly fatal, strong passions shorten
life. Strong bodied men often die
young, weak men live longer than the
strong, for the strong use their
strength and the weak have none to
use-the latter take care of them
selves. the former do not. AS 1t Is
with the body, so 1t is with the mind
and the temper; the strong are apt to
break, or, like the candle, run; the
the weak burn out. The inferior ami
mails. which live temperate lives, have
generally their prescribed term of
years. Thus the horse lives twenty
five years, the on fifteen or twenty, the
lion about twenty, the hog ten or
twelve, the rabbit eight, the guinea
pig six or seven.
The numbers all bear proportion to
the time the animal takes to grow its
full size But man, of all animals, is
one that seldom comes up to the aver
age. lie ought TO llNe loo years, az
cording to the physiological law. for
five times twenty are 100. but instead
OF that he scarcely reaches an average
of four times the growing period. The
reason is obvious-man is not only the
most irregular and most intemperate.
but the most laborious and hard
working Of all animals.
He is always the most irritable, and
there is reason to believe, though we
cannot tell what an animal secretly
feels, that more than any other ami
nal, man dherishes wrath to keep 1t
warm and consumes himself with the
fire of his own renections.-Health
Culture.
The Springfield herald., 1904-06-17
Dog That Came Home.

An Omaha dispatch says that New
foundland dog, taken from Omaha to
Portland. Oregon. when his owners
moved there a year ago, has returned
to his old home. His blistered feet
and shaggy coat are sufficient evidence
that large part of the 1,sO0 miles was
covered on foot. A letter of inquiry
about the animal was received from
Jerry Sullivan; his owner in Portland.
two months ago.
1t seems the dog never liked his new
home and showed every symptom of
inconsistencies. refusing to eat and los
Ing all his playfulness. The dog was
plainly disappointed at finding strang-
ers at the old homie. He is now cared
for by neighbors. The trip occupied
six months.
The Springfield herald., 1904-06-17
BUILDING RAILWAYS
e1RETcHlne SOUTH AND WEST.
Nearly 100000 Will Be Put Into
Thirty New Roads.-lmportant
Colorado and Oklahoma Line.

Thirty new railroads are now under
construction in the southern and west
ern states. Reports from different To-
calities within the past few days indi-
cate that, with rare exception, all of
them are being pushed to completion
as rapidly as possible. Nearly $1,000
900 is being put into these thirty new
railroads. The greater part of this
sum was obtained prior to the business
depression of the past few months.
1t is estimated that between 5000
and 10000 miles of new railroad will
be completed in the south and the
southwest this year. In Oklahoma
three new lines, aggregating 1850
miles, are now building.
The most important of these is the
Denver, Woodward G. Southwestern.
which will extend from Denver across
the Indian Territory and Oklahoma to
Texarkana. distance of about 1000
miles. This road Is designed to open
up Oklahoma to the surrounding coun-
try.
The Missouri, Kansas & Oklahoma
railroad is also building an extension
of $50 miles from Oklahoma City to
the Texas state line. Not the least in
teresting of the new railway projects
Is that of the Observation-Disclosures Inter
Urban Railroad company. which is
building a fifty-mile electric line from
Houston to Galveston.
In Louisiana railroad fifty miles
long is being constructed from Baton
Rouge bridge and seventy-two.mile
line is rapidly connecting Morreauville
and Crowley.
Thirteen new roads are building in
Arkansas with total of 304 miles. The
Arkansas Western is the longest of
these, extending from Waldron to Hot
Springs. a distance of eighty-two miles.
Eastern capitalists are interested in
this project. which is designed to make
Hot Springs more accessible. The
Hoxie, Strawberry River Valley and
Western is building iifty-siX miles OF
line from HoXie to Franklin. Ark.
Three new railroads of importance
are under construction in Kentucky.
Virginia and Tennessee report two
roads each. Chattanooga is to be
benefited by a new road seventy-five
miles long extending from that place to
Oliver Springs. Tenn. with a branch
to Hartman and the Rock Island peo-
pie are separately interested in the
Texas lines.
The Springfield herald., 1904-06-17

There is Catarrh in this section of the country
than all other diseases put together and until the last
few years supposed to be incurahle. For great
many years doctors pronounced 1t local disease and
prescribed local remedies and by constantly failing
TO with local pronounced II incurable
Science has proven Catsrrh be constitutional dis
and therefore requires constitutional treatment
Halls Catarrh Cure. manufactured by +. J Cheney
Co.. Toledo, Ohio is the only constitutional cure on
the market 1t is taken internally In doses from IL
drops teaspoonfu. II acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system They offer one
hundred dollars for any case It fails TO cure. Send
for circulars and testimonials.
Address; F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists. 15c.
Take Hsirs Family Pills for constipation.
The Springfield herald., 1904-06-17
pe.1u.ua cures Kidney Disease.

Perunn cures Kidney disease. Tho
reason it cures kidney disease is because
it cures catarrh. Catarrh OF the kidneys
is the cause of most kidney disease
Peruna cures catarrh wherever it hap
pens to be located. 1t rarely fails.
If you do not derive prompt and satis-
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DIR. Hartman, giving
full statement of your case, and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad-
vice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President OF
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Q.
The Springfield herald., 1904-06-17
Catarrh Of the Kidneys Common
Disease = Kidney Trouble Often
Fails to Be Regarded as Catarrh BY
physicians,

Catarrh of the kidneys is very com
mon indeed. 1t is a pity this fact is not
better known to the physicians as well
as the people.
People have kidney disease. They
take some diuretic, hoping to get better.
They never once think of catarrh. Kid
ney disease and catarrh are seldom as
sociated in the minds of the people.
and, alas, it is not very often associated
in the minds of the physicians. Too
few physicians recognize catarrh OF the
kidneys. They doctor for something
else. They try this remedy and that
The Springfield herald., 1904-06-17

The Socialists Of Montana in con
yention on the 18th inst. nominated
George oMalley of Butte for COVER
nor The convention adopted plat
form in which all other parties are de-
nounced as the friends of capitalists
and enemies of labor.
The Springfield herald., 1904-06-17
Stick to Colorado.

Don't be deluded. Don't go a thous-
and miles, far from railroads and mar
kets to find location. Go where you
can take your tools and stock to start
with. Colorado is and always Will be
better than Idaho or Wyoming. ~Ne
have good land. absolutely no alknli
right on the railway line. with splen-
did markets. good potato country.
water rights dating back to 1855.
which we sell cheap and on easy terms
to good farmers. Conejos County Land
and Investment Company, Zeph. Chas
Felt. president. GIG Majestic Building,
Denver. Colorado.
The Springfield herald., 1904-06-17
When Your Grocer Says

he does not have Defiance Starch. you
may be sure he is afraid to keep It un-
til his stock of IL OF. packages are
sold. Defiance Starch is not only bet
ter :nan any other Cold Water Starch,
but contains 16 or. to the package and
sells for same money as II OF. brands.
The Springfield herald., 1904-06-17
The Albany. Denver.

Under new management. Newly
furnished. Table maintained on high
est plane of excellence. Popular
prices. Headquarters for mining men.
stockmen and merchants. Have your
mall addressed care of THE Albany"
Take Seventeenth stre,t car at Union
depot.
The Springfield herald., 1904-06-17

Every housekeeper should know
that If they will buy Defiance Cold
Water Starch for laundry use they
will save not only time, because 1t
never sticks to the iron. but because
each package contains 16 Ozone full
pound-while all other Cold Water
Starches are put up in s4-pound pack
ages, and the price is the same, 10
cents. Then again because Defiance
Starch is free from all Injurious chem
icals. If your grocer tries to sell you
1907. package it is because he has
stock on hand which he wishes to
dispose of before he puts in Defiance.
He knows that Defiance Starch has
printed on every package in large let
tiers and figures &c ozs." Demand
Defiance and save much time and
money and the annoyance of the iron
sticking. Defiance never sticks.
Don't you think Mr.. Sirius Barker
is very hard to please?" No" an
swered Miss Cayenne. He seems very
well satisfied with himself"
The Springfield herald., 1904-06-17

The chief of the Bureau of Stats
tics of the Department of Agriculture
estimates the total area planted in cot
ton in the United States this season
at 31,73O.37l acres. an increase OF
2.S23,O16 acres. or 9.S per cent. upon
the acreage planted last year.
The Springfield herald., 1904-06-17
This VIII Interest Mothers.

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Chill
dren, used by Mother Gray, a nurse in
Children's Home, New York, Cure Fever
ishness. Bad Stomach, Teething Disorders
move and regulate the bowels and destroy
Worms. Sold by all Druggists, Csc. Sample
FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, LeRoy, Y.
The Springfield herald., 1904-06-17

To the housewife who has not yet
become acquainted with the new things
of everyday use in the market and
who is reasonably satisfied with the
old. we would suggest that n trial of
Defiance Cold Water Starch be made
at once. Not alone because 1t is guar
anteed by the manufacturers to be su-
perior to any other brand, but because
each 1Oc package contains l6 oZs..
while all the other kinds contain but
12 ozs. 1t is safe to say that the lady
who once uses Defiance Starch will use
no other. Quality and quantity must
win.
Il understand you were carried away
by her singing. We'll, not quite that;
i 1xus driven nMnN by il IhnnEl-. :,
The Springfield herald., 1904-06-17
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn7

Shake into your shoes. Aliens Foot
Ease, n powder for the feet. 1t makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
Swollen, Hot. Sweating Feet, Corns and
Bunions. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, N. y.
The Springfield herald., 1904-06-17
TOLD IN CALIFORNIA.


k / d n eys is
helping the
whole body.
for it is the
kidneys that
remove the
poisons and
waste from
t h e b O d y.
l. e n r n i n 6
this simple
lesson b a 8
made many
sick men and
women we'll.
The Springfield herald., 1904-06-17

When a man gets so old that he does
not turn his head to look after a pret-
ty woman he has outlived his useful
The Springfield herald., 1904-06-17

But why do the Irish come to
America in such numbers" ''Oh, | sup
pose they just naturally can't get
along without the snakes"
The Springfield herald., 1904-06-17

Investigator understand the rela-
tives are disputing over the will. What
is the principal bone of contention?
Friend of the Family-Bone? Great
Scott, mister. He left 100000 of 'em.
The Springfield herald., 1904-06-17

on Saturday. June 25th, n rate of
only SIZE will be made by the Union
Pacific railroad on their fast trains to
st. Louis. tickets good for return for
fifteen days. Same rate is made to Kan
sas City and return. The S2g rate to
st Louis good to return until October
2lst. is on sale eNerN day.
The Springfield herald., 1904-06-17

Judge A. ]. Felter of 3lS So f. St,
San Bernardino, Calf, says:-"For Is
years my kidneys We're not perform
ing their functions properly. There
was some backache, and the kidney
secretions were profuse, containing
also considerable sediment Finally
the doctors said had diabetes. Doan's
Kidney Pills wrought a great change
in my condition and now l sleep and
feel well again"
A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney
medicine which cured Judge Felter
will be mailed to any part OF the
United States. Address Foster-Milburn
Co., Buffalo. N. Y. Sold by all deal
ers; price so cents per box.
The Springfield herald., 1904-06-17

Angel cake is square meal on the
honeymoon: afterward nothing will do
but steak and fried potatoes.
Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever used
for all affections of the throat and lungs.--WM.
O. EsDsLEY, Vanburen, Ind. Feb. 10, 1900
The Springfield herald., 1904-06-17

sician are received by DR.. Hartman
every year, giving Peruna the whole
praise for marvellous cures.
The Springfield herald., 1904-06-17

Say. pa. what's an idiom?" That's
the Latin meanin' for more than one
idiot. don't know what you're go
in to school for if they don't learn
you them kind of things there"
The Springfield herald., 1904-06-17

First Deacon wonder why it is
that we have so many pennies in the
collection? Second Deacon-The only
reason l know of is because we have
no smaller coins
The Springfield herald., 1904-06-17

Look here. what do you mean by
kissing my wife? Have you any eN
cuse to Offer" The best of EXCUSES
The Springfield herald., 1904-06-17

A French physician claims that auto
MODELLING will cure consumption. 1t
will also cure any other disease that a
man who gets in front Of the machine
happens to have.
The Springfield herald., 1904-06-17
Varnish Stains.

Exact limitations of natural wood !:
can be used on old or new work: color
card; ask your dealer or write us. The
Humphrey-Jones Mer. Co, 1921 Arapa-
hoe St, Denver. colo.
The Springfield herald., 1904-06-17

The man who is willing to quit smok-
ing to save money is the one whom to-
bacco doesn't agree with.
The Springfield herald., 1904-06-17

do you believe in the N-rays" Yes
certainly If your hand isn't worth any
more than that.