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H TT'7SNW9yirilT r' WtWWP" " yyar.wyjwqyy' nr)"V' V "V 'V "SUNDAY 'TnJLLSTIN, HON0EUM7, II. T SUNDAY. MA11CH 9. 1902. 11 .T-."-r. - fi& TT V-1 ''? SHSt"'' Uvr? ' v 8 fr .4 ' 4 ur. g;.vx.,vAwsi,w.,w.syrvVS!S'.,'ii THE FAMOUS FOURTEEN JIAMOND RINGS JVpepke, the former akotn .soldier ft hose srteen clliuiruml rlnes wero .?tthn in..'..,r' ...!... .u tfS ''' -vi"" " reining inu lull' .tfmitlojrSl status of the Phil Hipine Islands, recovered his property only recentl). The diamonds wero returned to him by United States Marshal Ames, who hns kept them In a safety deposit vault In Chicago since they were sclicd hy Col lector William Pcnn Nixon a 5 ear ago. Pepke, who Is an Itinerant Jewelry peddler, Im mediately put the fourteen rings on his Angers to sec how thej looked. Two of the fourteen dia monds will not go hark to South Dakota, however. Attor ney Charles H. Aldrlih took on ring, set with a diamond and two luhlcs. and Attorney Harmon took another set wl'h thieo diamonds, as memento of the suit. The other lings Pcpke put In his pocket and tnen started out to huy sonio new clothes and fresh stock for his peddler's wagon, Pcpke was a peddler before) he enlisted in the First Nortn Dakota Infantry and started for the Philippines, Being of a thrifty disposition, ha saved his money and exchanged It for bargains In diamonds which ha found In the Manila pawnshops. He also loaned money to his comrades, taking their ilia, monds as security. In this way he acquired the Interna national fourteen. When Pepkc was arrested In Chicago n year ago all ho pos sessed was the fourteen dia monds and $l.i'0 In money. Tho rasa was carried to tho highest court In tho land, and It will tako nearly all the gems aro worth (939 to pay the costs. Hut Pepkc bellees the Jewels may bring mote than their In trinsic value, because it was on theso Jcwela that the Supreme Court decided that the Consti tution follows tho rlag. I I She Got the Soother. A middle aged woman called at a chemist's In Camden Town ono even ing and asked for morphine, and tho shopman replied to her request with: "Is It for your husband?" "Ob, no. sir, I have not got any." "You don't think of suicide?" "Par from It." "What do you take It for?" "Must I tell you. sir?" "You must, or othcrwlso 1 can't sup ply jou." "Well, then, don't you think that a woman 40 jenrs old, who has had her first offer of marriage less than an 1 hour ago, naturally wants something I to quiet her norus and give her a good night's sleep!" Tho druggist thought so, and went away contented with tho nervo soother. Londop Spare Moments. V i ii I JftV acst Kpiv yfi Krab r ! vt. Birds That Can Live Without Any Brains It Is a very common Idea that If the brain of an animal Is completely de stroyed It wilt die, or It It lives It re mains In a "comatose" condition. An ingenious German has cut out some pigeons' brains with care, given tho wound time to heal, and shown that the birds can run about, fly, measure a distance, cat, go to sleep In tho dark, wake Up with the light, and, In fine, do most of tho things a healthy normal pigeon can do. Only memory and the mating Impulsed are quite gone. It ic possible to discriminate very neatly between tho reflex acts and thoso In She Didn't Give it Up. "IVibson; do you know way jou aie like a donkey?" "LTko a donkey?" echoed Itobcon, opentng his ejea wide, "I don't." "Because youi better half Is stub bornaegs Itself." The Jest plcaacd Robson Immensely, for he at onco aaw the opportunity of a glorious dig at his wife. So when he got home he Bald: "Mrs Robson, do jou know why I am like a donkey?" Ho waited a moment, expecting bis wife to give It up. Rut Bbe didn't She looked at him somewhat pltjlngly as kilo answered: "I suppose It'n because jou were born bo" Chicago Journal . , Pressing. 1 ho girl wroto feverlshlj-. turning out four or flvo great hlstorljal novels per month. Aa Bbe wns but fifteen, her entour age were concernod and remonstrated. "Will you talto time to bud Into womanhood?" said they "Well, I should say nit"' replied he, "Why, that can he done any time, regaidless ot market condl tionBl" PROPOSED MUNICIPAL CHARTERS Method of Procedure and Incorporation Towns and Exercise of Municipal Powers of Council, Composition and Qualifications of Its Members. Council Judge of Elections. Establishment of Offices. Meet ings, Determination of Rules and Quorum. ARTICLE V THE COUNCIL. Sec. 1 Council to Exercise Municipal Powers. See. 2 Composition of Council. Sec, 3 Council Judge ot Elections and Qualifications of. Its Own Members. 4 Ineligibility of Councilors. 5 Council Elects Its Own Offi Sec. Sec. cers and Determines Rules. Sec. fi Quorum of Council. Sec. 7 Coune.II Meetings. Sec. 8 Council May Establish Munlc Ipal Offices. AUTICI.E WOP THE COUNCIL. Council to Exercise Municipal Powers. Seitlon I. There shall uc a City Council which shall hne full' power and authority, except as ntherwlFe prolded. to exercise all powers con ferred upon the ilty, subject to the veto of tho Major, as hereinbefore pto ldcd. Composition of the Council. See. 2. The Council shall consist ot fifteen members, who shall serve with- out pay At the first election to bejopen doors, shall keep a Journal held under the provision of the Act. fixe Councllmrn shall be elected to serve for two jears, five Councllmen to serve for four jears, and five Coun dlmen to serve for six jears. All per sons elected to office at such flrirt election except the four and six- ear term Councllmen. shall hold office from tho 1Mb day nfter their election until the 1st day of January following the next municipal election, or until their successors hnvu qualified. There after at each municipal election five Councllmen shall be elected for a term of six years. Any vacancies In tho unexpired terms may be filled in like manner for the remainder of such term. Outgoing members of the Coun ell shall bo eligible for re election. The Council to be Judge of Election and Qualifications of Its Own Members. Sec. 3. The Council shall be tho Judge of the election and qualifications of Its own members, subject to rev' w 'v the Courts. Ineligibility of Councilors. See. 4. No member of the Conn' 11 l shall hold any other public office r-r hold any office or emplojment the shocompcnsatlon for which Ik paid out ot public money; he shall not be elcccM or appointed to an) office created or volving some use of the memory. Thus a brainless falcon was put in a cego with borne mice. Every time a mouse moved the falcon Jumped for It and caught it. There the act ended. Tho normal falcon eats Its mouse. When Its brain Is gone. It pays no more at tention to Its raptured prey as soon as the mouse ceases to move. These and a gieat variety of other experiments on rabbits, dogs, ftshe-s and still lower orders have shed n deal of light on the obscure phenomena of "mental" ac tion. With this hnve come vtry mate rialistic views. Por If the larger part ot bodily actions can be shown to ho nothing more than simple mechanical OUB UNCLE IN cwf n Th 1 t HHP rW Lk. Bniii L.iv tA ymrmP i rail lav? Uncle Sam finds his social engagements with the power very pressing. -New York Evening World, for the Organization!" designated u) me council. of All Cities, Villages. the compensation of which Is Increas ed by tho Council whllo he was a mem ber thereof, until one ear after the expiration of the term for which he was elected: neither shall he be Inter - csted directly or Indirectly In any con- tract with the city, or be In the employ of nny person having any rnntract with tho city, or of nny grantee of a franchise granted b) the city The Council 8hall Elect Its Own Offi cer and Determine Its Own Rules. See. 5 The Council shall elect Its own otneers, determine Its own rules of procedure, may punish Its members for disorderly conduct, and compel the attendance of members. With the con - currenco of two thirds of nil the elect-1 cd members. It may expel n member, Any member who shall have been con-1 vlctcd of brlberj shall thereby forfeit hie office. Quorum of the Council. Sec. fi. A majority of tho members of tho Council elected shall consilium n quorum to do business, but a smaller number may adjourn from time to time, and may compel the attendance ot absentees under such penalties as may 'bo prescribed by ordinance. Council Meetings. Sec. 7. The Council may prescribe by ordinance the time and place of Ita meetings and the manner In which pedal meetings thereof maj be called, lint the Major may call a special meet tag of the Council at any time hy pre vious written notice mniled to the postofflce address of each member of the Council at least twenty-four hours before such special meeting. The Council shall elect one of its own members as piesldcnt, shall sit with of be Its, own proceedings, which shall public nnd printed. All sessions committees of the Council shall . ' public. The Council shall act only by tidlnance or resolution, and all ordi nances or resolutions, except ordi nances ninklng appropriations, shall be confined to one subject, which fdiall be clearly expressed In tho title, and ordinances making appropriations fhali be confined to the subject of ap propriations. The ayes and najs shall ),e taken upon tho passage of all prdl nances or resolutions and entered up n the Journal of Its proceedings, and every ordinance or resolution shall re quire on final passage the affirmative Tctes of a majority of all the mem bers. No ordlnanco or resolution shall be passed finally on the day it is Introduced, except In ease of public emergency-, and then only when re quested by the Mayor and approved by the affirmative votes of three fourths of all the Council. Except In case of such public emergency, each ordi nance when Introduced shall be refer red to a committee and printed for the use of members, and shall not he sub sequently so altered or amended as to change its original purpose It shall be reported to the Council at the next regular meeting thereof, unless nnoth responses tn appropriate) stimuli, the suspicion grows that the more intricate forking of the brain Is really only the) result of a highly complex arrange ment of the same automatic character. This is. Indeed, the drift of present day scientific opinion; and this ex plains why the reactionaries, of whom Prof. Lombard appears from the news paper accounts to b one, are driven to find "reason" in the kick of a dead frog's leg. Por the live frog demon strates his disgust of science in pro clselj the same fashion, and this whether he have a brain to think about It, or hate had his thinking apparatus cut out. Harper's Weeklj. OEEAT DEMAND. n in-ti imj i iTii-iu-utu in uiauv ui ill u subsequent meeting thereof. Ilefore any grant of a franchise shall be made, the proposed specific giant embodied In the form of an ordinance, with all tho terms and conditions. In eluding the provisions as to rates, fares or charges, shall be published at tho expense of the applicant for the franchise In one or two newspapers designated by the Major, having a ( Renera, crullaton In the cltv, Sucn pull,cat,on sha ,ako plaC(I as ,,,, L,, hpreln anil llpon la0TabU, ,lt,t(,r. ! n.in.tion hv n,ninri,v nf the r..ltnr. cd electors of the city, the City Conn ell and Major may proceed furth"i as herein directed , Council May Establish Municipal Of flees. See. 8. The Council, except ns here. nbefore provided, shall have power to ' ostaUllsli any office that may In Its lopon bo necessary or expedient for the ronrtct of the cltv 'a business ol government, and may fix Its salary aml duties; but no city official shall be elected hy popular vote except the Major. Controller and the members of the Council The Incumbents of all offices established by the Council shall 1 1)e appointed by the Major, as herein provided, except that the Council may i elect its own officers i HK1 A case was being tiled In a country court. A horse had been stolen f om a field, and the evidence all pointed to n certain doubtful character of the neighborhood as the culprit. Though bis guilt seemed clear, he bad found a lawyer tn undertake his defence. At the trial the defendant's, counsel ex pended his energy in trjlng to confuse and frighten the opposing witnesses, especially n farmer whose testimony was particularly dnmaglng. Tin- law jer kept up u file of questions, asking ......... .... 1I..I. .. .H.I -.I-.. I.!. ..lull; iu..,intl iiui-n, utlil II'JI"UIII1K null self ugaln nnd ngaln In the hope of de- ' roying inu witness into a conirauic j tlon. J "You say," tho lawjer w'ent on 1 "that you can swear to having seen this man drive a horse past your farm on the day In question?" I can. replied the witness, wear 11)', for he had already answered the question a dozen times, ' "What time was this?" I "I told jou It was kbout the middle of the forenoon." i "Ilut I Uou't want any 'abnuts' or 'middles.' I want you to tell the Jury 1 exactly the time." "Why," said the farmer, "I don't al ways carry a gold watch with me when I'm digging potatoes." i "Ilut jou have a clock In the house, haven't you?" "Well, whut time was it bj that?" "Whj. by that clock It was Just 19 minutes past 10." "You were in the field all the morn ing?" went on the lawjer. smiling suggestlvely "I was." "How far from the house is this field?" "About half a mile." "You swear, do jou, that hy the clock In jour house It was Just 1!) mliiutis past 10?" "I do." The lawjer paused and looked tri umphantly at the Jury. At last he bad entrapped the witness into a contra dictory statement that would greatly weaken bis evidence The farmer leisurely picked up his hat and started to leave the wltnnro stand. Then, turning slowly about, ho added: "I ought, perhaps, to say that too much reliance should not be placed on that clock, as it got out ot gear about six months ago, and it's been 19 min utes past 10 over since "Cincinnati Commeicial Tribune, Passing of the Populists. Kate has moved swiftly to remove I the last vestige of the Poputlst party In the United States ot America. Thero Is not now a Populist In cither branch of the national Legislature. The death or Got. Rogers of Washington takes away the only remaining State Uin Mle belonging to that party. Theie piohahly will b no further at 1 tempt to 1 tin a Populist State ticket In .any p.nt of the Union. (!nv Rogers was elected last tall for a trim of foui J ears Por some rea son, he tan ahead of his ticket and lariled the election, while all of his associates failed The Republicans elected the Lieutenant Rovernm, and therefoie hy succession they now come Into roll control of the Washing ton Stale Clovernment Kansas City Journal As to Giving, "I was one of the eaillest subscilli eis to your fund, and heie you i asking me to subscribe again. "Well, he wlu'i gives quickly give twice jou know " Advanced, Women are too ndvaneed to mauj. these dajs ' "Maiy' Why thej 're almost toi ad vanced to try at weddings, even' ' Draft of Charter for the City -and County pf Honolulu, SubmitteH to the Republican Commission. T U....Q..Mm.!elnri x twuouibt lis iiavwwuvi wivu Over Financial ' Affairs and Enforcement of Revenue Laws. Powers Vested in the Auditor, R,J U D. .!.,! f- T?.:li. UVA1U KJ Ub llMUIiiVI tvt A Ullii ful Performance of All His Official Duties. Department of Finance The Treasur er; Duties Of. See. 58. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to have n general supervis ion over the financial affairs ot thu city and to fnlthfully and Impartially execute the duties assigned by law to his department. He Is charged with the enforcement of all revenue laws, the collection of tnxes, the safe keep- amount or the appropriation made by Ing and disbursement or tho public the Hoard of Aldermen. All moneys monejs nnd with all such other mat- received by any department of the ters ns may hy law be placed In his tty on tmullc account shall be prompt charge and all city revenues or every iy ,m, nt0 the treasury and' thero nature nnd kind whatsoever shall he ,eld subject to legal disbursement, payable to him. , Auditor. Duties Of. See. 59. It shall he his duty to 8tc ,.- TIu, A,..mr ,, bcforo make nn annual report to the Hoard of , ,,n,cr..K ,lpoI, the ,lut,eg or t.xerclslng Aldermen in the mouth of July of tho transactions nnd business of his de partment, showing the levcmie and ex penditures the preceding Jenr ending June .10th. See. hi). He shall keep or cause to he kc-pt (n appropriate books a clear, distinct and fulhncord of nil the truus nc (Ions nnd business ot lilt, depart inent. See. Hi He shall from time to time Instruct the officers nnd employes of his department in relation to their du ties and business. , Safe Keeping of Money. See. B2. The Treasurer shall be ner- sonally resiHjuslble for the safe keep ing of all monejs paid into the public treasury nnd for the disbursement thereof, pursuant to thu iiidllinnres. provided, however, that in case of the lurcenj or embezzlement of any such monejs by any officer of his depart ment, or other persons, said Treasurer o'clock m. and further excepting Sun shall be allowed to state that fact, nnd days and all legal holidays, that he had no collusive! knowledge Se-e. 71 The Auditor shall give a thereof. In evidence and the establish 10nd for the faithful performance of ment of surh farts shall discharge him his official duties of an amount and In from personal responsibility. Sec. h3. Said Treasurer shall appoint on his own faith and responsibility a' registrar ot public accounts removable at his pleasure. Such registrar shall, before entering upon his duties, give a bond with good nnd siifilelent sureties' for the benefit of thu c Ity to the Trens I urer nnd his successors In office in the' penal sum of not less than J."i00 nor more thau J10.000 conditioned that he will well and faithfully keep the ae- counts of the department of finance, Different Methods for Keeping Eggs Fresh On no subject, perhaps, is there a greater conflict of opinion than on the preservation ot eggs. Some urge that the newly laid egg should be kept dry and others that it should bo kept moist or even Immersed In a fluid. Of rout se, by effectually sealing the pore of a shell as with wax or crease tho moment tbc egg is laid, no difference In weight by the loss of moUtuie can occur, and It is unlikely that anything can enter the egg from the outside. There la little doubt that the change from a fTeah to a stale condition ts partly a question ot the losfl of moist BARRED OUT. J Hull "Well, Sammy you've only thing I've got left." Ht. Iiuls that lie will not embezzle or in any 'other way wrongfully convert to his I own use or to the use of nnother any 'of the public monejs. nnd that in all respects ho will faithfully discharge I the duties of his office. I Vouchers and Documents. I Sec. fit. Said Treasurer shall havo the power to administer all necessary oaths connected with the duties of his department. See. C.V Snld Treasurer shall have power to certify under the seal of his i department copies of vouchers nnd I other documents deposited In his office, nnd such copies, so certified, shall be as valid evidence In any court as thu I originals. I Sec. CO. Tho head of each admlnls trntlve department shall be responsible for the correctness of all vouchers ap proved by him in pursuance of appro priations and tor tho proper disburse ments of all appropriations for hU de partment. The responsibility c,f tho treasurer In such cases shall bo limit ed to the payment ot the aggregato the powers vested In him by this Act, make nnd subscribe before the City Clerk an oath ot offiie or declaration In the form of Schedule A, hereto an nexed, and every such oath or declara tion shall he kept among the records of the city. See:. CS. The Auditor shall not use, exercise or follow nny other profession or employment whatsoever during Ml term of office nnd he shall be paid such anmia, xn,ary ag ,,lu 1)0ari, ,,, ,ppro. ,,ra.,.. S)1(.' ri9 , cag,, of tho mnw ,,,. sence or suspension of the Auditor, the Ma"r wllh tllc approval of the Hoard shall appoint nn auditor pro tern. Bond to be Given. See. To. The Auditor shall bo in his office dally from 9 o'clock a. m. to 4 o'eliKk p. m. on every elay except Saturilaj', when his business hours shall ! from 9 o'clock a. m. to I: I a form as the Hoard may require and direct. Scc..71!. The Auditor may be bus- pende-d or removed from office at anj time by tho Hoaril for Incompetence. misbehavior, uhusn of authority, ninl administration of office, or failure to perform the duties of the offices for more than thirty elavs Anv vacanrv occurring through death, leslgnatlon. removal, or suspension, shall he Hied by appolntmeht of the Major with the Inpproval of thu Hoard. ure and partly a disturbance ot equi librium by external agencies. The simple method described by Sir W, T. Calrdner about a year ago would ap pear to establish this view. The method consists merely in gre-aslng the eggg the moment Hey are laid and beforo they have coolod. This procedure Ih so successful that eggs so treated aro said to be as fresh to the taato when weeks and even months old as thepr are when eaten an hour after being laid. It is also sug gested to Immerse eggs In a strong solution of silicate of soda or water glass. In this case the preservative effect Is probably dun to the formation Invaded Hntland, and this Is about the Republic. K,m.W,W,mW,Wv HINDOO WINS THAT I ARE SEPARATED BY 1 SURGICAL OPERATION i s Paris, Pch. 9 The Hindoo 3 twins, Hadlca and Uordlna, who were united In a manner slim U lar to the Siamese twins and i were exhibited throughout the 3 world, were separated todav by JJ Dr. Doyon. The operation last- 4 ed twenty minutes and was t i successful, but, owing tn tho weak condition ol the patients, due to the Illness of one of the twins, who hns been suffering from thrush, the final result of the opcrntlon Is still dou'itful The Plgaro publishes an In tcrvlew with Dr. Dojcn, who, nfter explaining that the oper ation was undertaken undT exceptionally unfavorable clr cumstatices, ns both the twins were nttacked with tuberculo sis and almost eljing describes the operation, which was per formed under anesthetics. The membrane was com posed of stretched tissues, which soon contracted. The op eration will leave only a straight scar, extending from the xyphold appendix to the navel, which has retaken its normal position, one halt ol It remaining on each subject. The membrane connecting tho twins contained three large arteries, and the patients lost between one and two ounces ot blood The only complaint they mado was that they felt pain In the membrane. They were very weak, and had some fej. ver. At last reports one of them had died. l'FrMV'i&WiVWW'M'XK&VZiitti Not at All Excited. Out In Prairie du Chlen, Wis- lives an old (icrmnn, now- past SO, who has for years been In the hotel business. The old gcntlenina. Is very fond of card playing, nnd "pitch" is his favorite game. ' One day a couple or j'ears ago a par ty was sitting nlKiut a table playing, and Just as the cards bad been dealt and sorted and It was up to the old gentleman to bid for the trump, a boy rushed Into the office nnd In great ex cltement said the barn was on fire. Without showing the least perturba tion the old gentleman turned to him, and the following conversation took place: "Hid you get out the horse?" 'Yes." "Did you the buggy get out?" "Yes." "Well," turning to tho players, "I bid three." Gentleman's Magazine. i , Innocence. He laid his heart at ner feet. "Hut this is a heart of oak, while wis burn only coal!" the maid protested. In great perplexity. Showing that she knew absolutely nothing of love, as yet. Clearance. I'lrst Ilulgarlan Bandit The chief has cut the ransom to 11000. Second Ilulgarlan Handlt Yes. his Idea Is to close out all the missionaries on hand, to make room for new stock, I'm told. of a hard glastry slllrato of lime within tho substance of tho shell, forming, so to speak, u perfectly airtight envelope of glass. The egg la In a way hermeti cally sealed. This, however, Ib no ar gument In favor of wet storage, and even by the slltcatlng process wo lm. agine that tho absolutely newly laid warm egg must be selected for toe purpose. It Is well known, further, that water-glass possesses a powerful, onUseptle action. Begs treated In this way aro said to preserve their fiesh. milky taste for six months and to be Indistinguishable from tho egg taken straight from tho nest. Prom the Ijineet. Where He Would Go If He Lied. In Kqulru Roberts' court recently a boy was put on the witness stand, aad to ascertain ir he knew the nature ef an. oath the Justice interviewed him hh follow- 'Do you know the nature ot a.a oath?" ,u "Don't know whether I do or not," "Will, If jou should tell a lie do you know where )-oti would go when you die?" "Y'S, sir." "Where?" "Well, when we moved nut here pas said If any nf us lied he would take us back tn Arkansaw, and I reckon he'll be as good as his woTd." Pulton (Ky ) Lender. Plays. Speaking of the Imported play, If It doesn't mean what It ought not. then nobody should be able to gueia what It means: othcrwlsgjlt Is not adapted to the American gtage,. (liildo Reno -painted with ( nyich pomp He d reused hlmbclf magnifi cently, and had his pupils attend him In silence ranged around him. k (