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of morality and of civic consciousness
is higher here than In the United
.Statas on r vent,red

of morality and of civic consciousness
is higher here than in the United
States?" I ventured.
You may draw your own conclusions,
be said, "a1ost Of your readers will not
believe your statement that there is such
an institution as an honest and patriotic
city council. and never having seen one
they are not to be blamed for such unbe-
lief"
From this gentleman and from others I
learned that with the increase in the re-
sponsibilltles assumed by tho various.
cities there has occurred a corresponding
change In the personnel of the munic-.
ipals councils. The acquiring of street
railways. gas works, electric light and
power plants, and the erection of dwell
flings for the working classes have caused
tho electors to seek as councillors men;
whose life work and business interests
have been along the same lines Nacan-
cies are filled with architects, manufac-
sttlrels, mechanical engineers and others
familiar with the enterprises in which
the city has Invested millions of pounds.
5I TILE MANAGERS WE'LL PAID.
F The statement has repeatedly been made
in the United States by certain writer's
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that those who have the direct manage
mont Of these municipal ehterprlseB serve
without pay. This stnot true. The aid
e-men and councillors, as we'll ns tho
Mayor ana other officials, do not receive
n penny III compensation FOR their SER
vices, and their duties demand n largo
rhnre OF their time, but the general man
Myers aud superlntendents Of tramways.
gas plants and other undertakings re-
ceive the same or more pay as would DO
awarded to them were they employed
for private rather than public corpora
tions. The council committees select
these men, and, as have stated be-
fore. they searcli the world for the most
capable experts and executives at tho
command Of salaries. Not tho slightest
preference ls given to local ability. Sc
lections arc made on tile .samo principle
which guides 81 private board of dIrec-
tors u, search Of a, manager who Is ca
Fable OF increasing the efficiency Of d
plant ana OF adding to the revenues. Tho
active heads of tile great reproductive
municipal departments IN Great Britain
receive from $5.ctO8to $1,000 year. The
cities have outbid the private companies
In The quest for executive and engineering
talent.
Manchester has owned Its gas WORKS
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'llnglish army and then into the Amerl"
can army, All of which he told TO show
that lie was not believer in ghosts
either by nature. or education. But he
lad seen ii here and no could no longer
doubt.
nWell, i wanted to see that ghost,
have never been so sure one way or the
other about their existence and ] wanted
10 see. Sol asked him IT he could show II
to us. He replied that he would under GER
tain conditions. One was that we we're to
sit absolutely still and not speak above a
whisper until he returned from seeing
whether ii could be seen or not. Another
was that if,it could Re seen hat day we
we're TO follow him, not speak above
whisper. ana that we walk ON ZIP toes
while we went to the spot. Robin was
inclined 10 domur. but J put a sl!ttie
starch In him by telling him would
think him a coward unless he went SO
X he agreed AL !, !.
starred out To see II the ghost was m
3Iln vent way around into the very lonlt-
est spot in that cemetery, out Of our
Sight. and was gone for some time We
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.ASSAGE--that much abuse n,,
much misrepresented proiessiio,
and too venerable q servant OF
health to need justification OF

In the Roman Empire many many y y g among ing
fore Christ, It was a,Iaa .n net oniv luxurious
baib we FOR fheir Visitors but also to send
slave to rub their bodies aaseuWafM IS
u india t tG9 ah ha Pstory has "a other
nesses.
For tho past fifteen or twenty years s,l,
the popularity oftmassage as annpih Hiliati it
Tor women has gone iat " Z
altogether In England.
There has been an extrayagant. , den ,,nnt
for il among the very l,lfh, ah ~ fav ur
surely reaction m ~ cr aoiowA AS Well
Known ,'e do ot said the other day; This Is
Is the age Of fads, and II we're Knew 70 Of ia
, wo,n DnohsSs Of Exercised Most wSnder
room with patient ana l lioned and the
,nE Wofd h woia p gazer Would have
more, engagements In her hook sli'a'' st'Nl
could physically compass. !.
ss When one bears Sa too o as ns 300 Ss PRO-
Work' ana s another doator has forty name,s
IN his immediate list 4, one baeed fears t''1' ~
slightest p DOUBT ,tl, 'that SCORES q clever g
women have made little lort are Some ny Of Of
the qualifications a lnasseuse mlst pc pa
sess: First, of course she must nave saf'
an sXhaustlys training IN TIE t sSa
lave unbounded health, even temper.
cheerful spirits: she must, meyer give , WAY a
10 moods. she INST not De too ti,n, q !, > >
10 be a good rubber and not bone q poor
patient. She must be refined, able TO t at
well. and have fund OF chatty lltile
a Thoroughly pleasant exterior and adj
dress. a capacity for silence When, neees-
eary. and tact in dealing With the pa
tlent's relatives.
a, ba ,,ar
that Is an objectionable sin, and she must
always be mistress of the situation, With
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botl, doctors and patients. This is the
ideal masseuse other things being equal
Call to mind even In n wide circle how
many of one's friends can show !, su 81
characteristics.t and then draw statlst!cs
in the mixed crowd that elbows its way to-
work In London. IL.
Avery usual picture Of the. other lSind
ia that Of q widow. not we'll educated.
Who has perhaps spent her slender funds
In fees at q massage training school she
is painfully thin, With hot. nervous HANDS,
loses her head IL the doctor asks her an
abrupt question. $50
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Bv LADY HENRY SOMERSET

sage and electricity this lady was SO 2de-3
lighted at her return to health that she
in turn recommended the masseuse to al
friend, The first day she went to the
friend a visitor called, and was so pleased
With what was told her OF tho effects or
the treatment that she asked the mas.
seuse to come and treat her for indiges-
ton. iiB
Tho masseuse had scarcely been a week
attending her when the ladys mother
wanted her services and she, again sent
together lasted for a couple of months, /
and then. as usual, all stopped about the
same time. leaving the masseuse the
consolation that she had been kneading
and rubbing ladies' OF tile distinguished
rank of peeresS. tH5S Il
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human anatomy and could readily locate
the os innomitum and the receptaculrii-
chyll; she also knows by rote all the wrist
movements, having gone conscienttllously
through the whole course,o OF training. but
what healthy person, not to speak Of a
nervous invalid could endure the pres
ence of such lnehiciency? g.
When n successful practicing masseuses
riyes; Testimony that perhaps six out OF
Evenly students at an ordinary training
school in addition to s srn ~ a p e
narsnnsi essentials, and that of the four
tee Teen n remaining the thin. widow, is re-,
clirrlnR type, one naturally inquiries what
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ZHE 111zHla4M ZNE or G211gyly
l1T2zRo nv. IL1WlIESzERo

Council Is family indicated by the titles
or the standing committees, which are as
follows: Art Gallery. Baths and WASH
Hojscs, Cleansing, Electricity, Finances,
GAS. Improyements and Buildings, Mar
.xety, Parks and Cemeteries. Paving, Sow
crlnr and highways, Public Free Library,
.Riyars. Sanitary, Town Hall. Tramways,
I'olicc and WaterWorks. There are also
sprt hi committees on technical instruc-
non. aided institutions. ALLEGATION Of gas
Profits, collection OF rents. electrolytic
action upon pipes and MAINS Manchester
ROYAL Infirmary, Manchester Snip Canal
telephones and ventilation Of sewers
EachBof the standing committees has
from three to twelve subcommittee, the
vast work of the council being thus d.
vtdcd among the 10i members, each one
being held responsible for the faithful
performance Of one or more specific du-
ties. Tile plan III Its entirety Isl In al
most every particular, superior TO the pre-
vailing organization or Kindred bodies
In the Unltcl States. do not believe
that there is an elective body In this
country which Gun compare with the City
Council OF Manchester in the matter OF
Organization and in executive capacity
1'he plain truth Of the matter Is that.
compared with Manchester and Glasgow
our American, cities arc the merest
novces In the science and practice OF
municipal government.
had an interesting talk with our
cities OF Great Britain. Our conversation
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practice II for longer Than n period q
ten years.
When ono realizes lust what the work
demands this Ia easily understood for u
masseuse gives out Her own vitality. her
animal magnetism, her natural ecctricl-
ty. to her pntienG her influence Is as
much moral and mental as 1t Is physicnl;;
Sometimes a doctor prescribes u mild
form Of massage for a nervous patient
simply for the good mental effect this
inasseuse has. There isg;l great element
OF chance or opportunitS, IN tho work.
as the following will show.
A masseuse had been recommended to
n distinguished lady by her medical man.
and after fortnight s. treatment of mas
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4 NEGIECTED BRANCH OF HEALING.

rich person, inSnddition to the rest ana
special diet. is plassaged back to hsnlth
for the time being at least.
There is every likelihood that II VIII re-
main Indefinitely tile luxury of the rlch.
FOR the fees of d good masseuse are very
high. There are several reasons why the
fees of an expert ma.sseuse must be higil,
Tile work is UNCERTAIN and rne aa,1
flliences. A case OF even long duration
may generally be counted In weeks, and
in London 1t is practically u dead season
from July to Christmas.
Then. It must be borne In mind that the
work Is at best tcmpornry--no rubber,
however healthy and strong, Is wise to
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becomes Of the sccond-rate aspirants?
Ii And tho. answer is something OF a sur
mise. They are employed in nursing
homes. There is a class ofInursing home
where patient Is &c eh iudTh \. sma Ire ,fe
rho Work Is practically done by second
rate lrnbbers, who are paid on the 5sweas't-
Massuge is. Of course, pne Of the lux
luries OF medicine. Soothing and delight-
ful as a method OF cure. J. Is not wholly
fe,.s from rheumatism goes through the
.o tgt s'h medical treatment and gets bet
ter or not by dieting and rest; but tho
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ments. For a charge Of s1.25 annually;
the graves arc kept neatly In turf, and
for II slight additional charge tlowers are
planted and cared for. BY the payment
of s25 a grave may be thus kept in per-
The Importance OF this institution will
b. realized when it Is stated. that me
number or interments last year exceeded
$500 There are private cemeteries III
tonlbs and monuments but none are kept
in the order or have more ideal natural
surroundings. The rates are changed
from time to time SO as to mako these
resting places of the dead self-sustain-
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GAS WORKS PAN WELL..

From the above exhibit It will be seen
ida net profit of 225. or this sum
.Sass5oD was paid into the city treasury
in the form OF taxes and a direct contri-
BUTTON. and the balance was devoted 10
5tinsent fund The profits have become
so large that the city has decided to dis.
coniinueSth the charges made for the use Of
heaters and ranges, and give them to GUS
toners rent free,
4 For motor power5sa reduced rate of IS
cents "a thousand is charged. and gas ~
used for this purpose instthes running OF
i $50 engines. Employed in the Manches-
tor gas departmentfis al,sarmy of 200
men, and their wages have been steadily
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,fT1c1sAi is made by those who
Tor various reasons are opposed
to publlc ownership that elected
officials cannot he expected to
possess the detailed technical
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Manufacture: 81
Coal camel and OIL ,Ssi, 400
Salaries wages and maintenance. ts4-ss5s
Distribution: & q i5,e ss
Salaries, wages and maintenance. aa9,576
Management; q
Salaries and wages. ......., 1850. 22920
collection ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 1915
General mana cement expenses.,... 5000
Total. ......... ....s2, 516,7o5
INCOME.
Gas sold, including stove rents. 50, o2i 'oan
Coke .......... 3ii,4S0
Tar. ................ 1896
Ammonia ..... 1885
sundry receipts. -. .......... ESQ
Total ~. Il. ~. y. SO. $50 $50
.ti. W r g
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ever since 1917, which was not long after
this present necessity was discovered.
Since that time the profits accruing and
paid into the city treasury have amount
ed to the enormous total of sl2,Soo, 600.
The plant as 1t standsito-day constitutes
an asset having a market value of more
than s130O0.0O0. Gas is furnished not only
to citizens of Manchester, but to 30, 600
customers outside the corporate limits.
The rate charged Is 64Ecents thousand
cubic feet. and thesfolowing statistics
may be Of interest to- those who have
been assured thats;rIt Is, impossihle5 to
supply gas at less ttan.a dollar8a thou
sand feet. Here are gthea5 receipts and
expenditures OF the Mancheste err Gas Com
pany for the last fiscal year:
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-11-08

sweeping Republican victory. He Ell.
logized the Administration Of Govern.
or Carter and took up the claims OF
each of the three parties, showing thar
In Hawaii the Republicans alone of.
fered substantial guarantees OF good
government.
Delegate Kuhio made his last
speech in the same frank mood that
has characterized his whole campaign.
lie defended his cUdfgo l.; Compress.
saying that he found a rival there In
William Haywood. who wanted to be
cit" and let Kuhio be the other fellow.
He told how Haywood had used his
hammer in some skilful knocking
against the Delegate. He did not
want votes II he could not have back.
ing in Congress. He doubted II ten
Thurstons or ten w. o. Smiths would
have done more last session than he
did.
Kuhio said that Iaukea was playing
double In the campaign. In the papers
he fights genteely. With his mouth
In Hawaiian he makes three issues:
first. that the Republicans will dis
franchise the Hawaiians; second, that
Kuhio is traitor to the Hawaiians;
third, that Kuhio Is a drunkard.
stephen l.. Dcsha made mastery
address In Hawaiian and was greeted
with tremendous applause.
The meeting closed with speeches
by l.. A. Douthitt and A. Lewis Jr.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-11-08
POLITICAL ALPHABET

tBy the Molokai Minstrsl.)
A means administration, which we
want to be good;
u Is the ballot box in which we cast
our vote;
c means our country, and we wish her
well:
u stand for Democrats, lots Of lies
they do tell.
L is election day, 1t is soon to come:
T. means the fight that will defeat
some one;
q means 80 and vote the right way;
II means Home Rulers; what the devil
are they?
| means Iaukea; can you tell us whs
he Is?
J is the job that he surely will miss:
K means Kuhio, for whom we all
stand:
l. means liberal laws to suit the Land.
NJ means the men for whom we should
vote;
N Is Motley, folks says he is a rascal
of note;
D Is the Office to which he would arise:
2 means the people, and they think
otherwise.
Q means quiet and prosperity to the
Land:
Il means Republicans: protection they
grant;
Is the stubborn that will not believe
That Democratic promises are like
water In sieve.
u means union, on the day Of fight;
V means vote. It's every citizens right;
w means war to Home Rule and Demo.
cratic plots:
X Is placed after the right names on
the ballots.
Y says: Yours Is the duty for good
men to elect,
But II you don't no good you should
expect;
Y Is the zeal that all Republicans
should display
In defeating the enemy on election
day.
Kama,o. Mookri Nov. 4. o.
ELECTION BULLETINS
and moving pictures. Results
Of the National and Territorial
ele 5tions viii be displayed by
stereopticon at the
BULLETIN OFFICE TONIGHT
Mrs. NcRobinson: How do you sup
pose girls on the stage can EXPOSE
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-11-08
BRIGHT'S DISEASE AND
DIABETES NEWS.
San Francisco, Sept. 5, 1904.
To Honolulu Drug Co.

~. rI~.ot..t.. n..- ~
' 'e w.
Dear s'rs'-As agent LOT the rui'oh
Compounds In Honolulu there are
some facts in the Call office in this
city that should interest YOU and the
editors of Honolulu, as well as news,
paper men generally. We copy now
from a letter from clifford House OF
the Call:
However improbable may seem the
statement that Bright's Disease and
Diabetes are now durable in a great
majority of all cases. II Is well within
the province of some of us In the bus.
mess department of the Call to know
that II Is true. Mr.. Edward Short of
this department was given up by his
nns is no~ a perfectly ss ~s Of r R'S %ss
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-11-08
HONOLULU IRON WORKS

improved and Modern SUGAR Ma
A'NERy Of every capacity end -
erlption made to order. Do'tsr worh
md RivETEp PIPES for Irrigation
IMPOSES . speciality. Particular sttsc
ION paid to JOB WORK. and rspalrs
secuted ct shortest netics.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-11-08

Mrs. NcRobinson: How do you sup.
pose girls on the stage can expose
themselves the way they do? Mr.. Nc.
Robinson oh. most Of 'em are recruit
ed from the ranks of society, you
know.--Philadelphia Bulletin.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-11-08

Linen damask and buck tow.
els, in plain, hemmed, hem.
stitched and fringed. All at i'm.
mense bargains. Lack OF space
will not permit prices. All
goods plainly marked at the
store.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-12-09
ANTI-LIQUOR MOVEMENTS.

In the Hampton Circuit Cour,
Peter M. Pselps, president of the
Hampton Social Club, and Horace
Davis. an empioye of the club, were
fined 5000 each and given sixty days
in Jail for selling liquor to Others
than members of the club.
The State Anti-Saloon Conven ton,
or School of Methods, will be held in
Lynchburg January IL, 1905. Dele
gates from county and district leagues
and Christian churches will attend.
Carter Byrd, colored, Of Center
Gross, Essex county, was convicted
before Justices Campbell and New
bill for running a blind tiger.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-12-09
HEAVEN ENOUGH FOR EDITOR

The following, which has travelled
SO far that its origin has been lost
and is now credited to exchange -
IS good enough to be printed once
more:
An editor who died Of starvation
was being escorted to heaven by an
angel who had been sent out for that
purpose. SHAY l look at the other
place before We ascend 10 eternal
happiness?" Easily" said the
the angel. So they went below and
sklrmished around, taking in the
sights. The angel lost sight of the
editor and went around hades to
hunt him up. He was found sitting
by a furnace, tanning himself and
gazing with rapture On lot of peo-
pie in the fire. There was a sign on
the furnace which said, "Delinouent
Subscribers" Come" said the an
gel, eve must be going" "You 90
on" said the editor. "I'm not going.
This is heaven enough for me-"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-12-09
THE DROUTH.
Broken Last Week Throughout the
Middle Atlantic States.

Less rain has fallen in this eastern
section during 1904 than in any wear
previous beyond recollection. And
yet the drouth has not been as dis
tresslng as would be imagined. From
some cause or the other the surface
of the ground has kept comparatively
damp, though wells and springs have
"gone dry"
Take a map of the eastern portion
of the United States and draw a cir
cle-beginning at Delaware BAY.
through and embracing southern and
western Pennsylvania, the southern
two-thirds of Ohio, sou theast Indiana.
eastern two-thirds Of Kentucky and
Tennessee, northeast corner of Ala
bams, north and east Georgia and
all of South Carolina, to the coast.
Within this circle (of which South
west Virginia is the centre) is the
drouth stricken portion of our
country. Delaware Maryland, Vir-
ginia, West Virginia and North and
South Carolina are wholly within
the drouth territory.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-12-09
chief. "And this ,en-psee accorn,

chief. "And this ten-page account
of a wedding" growing holder but
argumentive, switch Judge Harsh
requests published for the benefit Of
his daughters school friend out in
Oshkosh must so, else the Judge will
take it as a personal slight The
chief knows that the Judge will not
be satisfied with the explanation
that it came fifty-nine minutes past
the eleventh hour, or that we didn't
have room for it, particularly when
he sees a news item about wild
woman soaring farmers to death in
the South. He does not know that
that miscellaneous item was set early
in the week when the boys were long
ing and calling for "copy;" nor
that such things have to be set be-
cause the ordinary force on a local
paper could not loaf the first part Of
the week and rush up ten columns
of type on the last day to Gil the
paper.
The --latest News by Wire" finds
place; Judge Hsrsh's daughters
friends marriage goes in. and the
paper goes out-too late to catch the
mails, and the country roundabout
waits another "a hours for The Light
of the Horld. Oh, no; the "force"
does not get hail Columbia from the
subscribers. The boys down below
chew only their cud, not "the rag"
and the editor-well, he has to be
satisfied to know that some of his
we'll meant editorials have been
shelyed, important local or political
notices have been left out and some
thing over a column Of ads on the
flat rate have been chucked upon the
galley rack for want of space. Time
and money are nothing to such In
dependent, patriotic, long suffering
cattle as the editor aud his tribe.
The Judge finds a typographical
error in his intensely interesting
(to his daughters schoolmate's
near relatives, who never see The
Light of the World communica-
ton has had right of way, and the
next time the editor reports the
Judge as being late at Court he
will get his thanks for the day of
trial and tribulations. Fiat juStitia
rttGt cOelum.