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The Hawaiian gazette., 1874-03-25
ARCTIC FLEET
IMPORTED

We have given these comparative
figures to show the inclined plane down
which whaling is at present going. Right
whaling Is not remuBerative and cannot
be unless larger catches can be made with
smaller expenses attending them.
The Arctic Ocean had in 1873, 50 whal-
ers, and the OchotSk Sea ?. and vet the
aggregate catch was about 1000 bbls. of
oil and 100000 lbs. Of bone or an average
Of 600 bbls. oil and $500 lbs. bone. worth
about so, 200, one halt OF which Is used up
in drafts, Netting for another season, and
the expense of getting oil and bone home
The past season was s poor one for whal-
ING, being open, free from ice, whales very
scarce until very late in the season, when
they were plenty, but the weather became
bad, the remaining feet after week Of
good work, came out with fair catch.
whalers did not take whale in the Arc
tic, and > got not even s walruS In 1854
Is whalerS out Of IS got nothing, and the
season was failure. The Progress found
whales outside and took :, making 80
bbls. oil, also the Louisa found whales on
Kodiac and got ;, making $50 bbls.. and
the Live Oak found whales in the Japan
Sea, and got .. making 200 bbls. About
5000 bbls. walrus oil was taken in the
Arctic in july Whalers went further
North this season than ever before. -Four
Arctic whalers viii return home and not
one has been fitted out during the past
year to 80 10 the Arctic, nor viii there
be during the year ls74 From present
appearances with the present feeling ex-
listing about Arctic whaling We should
doubt If any one Of the feet now out,
upon their return home, would be fitted
out again 10 60 there. About one-balf of
the feet went to San Francisco to re-ft, /
and the balance TO Honolulu, it having
become evident that the gains at San
Francisco are not equivalent for advanta-
ges the Sandwich Islands have for getting
and keeping crews and freighting home
catchings. In the Fall Of 1872, whalers
went TO Panama to slip their catchings
home. owing to unavoidable circumstan-
ces, the oil was long delayed,at the 18th
mus. and was on arrival here found to
have much leaked. Panama Bay has
been as good whaling ground the past
year for bumpbacks as in previous years,
about II, OO0 bbls. being the catch there,
some vessels getting from 1000 to 400
bbls. each. But little has been heard
from the sperm whalers humpbacking at
the shoals and grounds IN the Pacific
Ocean. On the Coast of Africa there
were good catches of humpbacks, some
vessels taking from 500 to 200 bbls. each.
The Crozette whaling was good, but
two vessels visited the ground. the China
and John P. West, taking $50 and 500
Dbls. respectively. Cumberland Inlet
md Hudson's Bay whaling was disas-
rous, the schooner Abbie Bradford re-
urned with good catch, and brought
,ews Of the loss of the banks Ansel Gibbs
nd the 0rray Taft, of this port. The
choou.r s B. Howes, of New London,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1874-03-25

Political revolution in Japan IS immi-
nent. Iwakura wants to resign as Min
lister, but the Mikado refuses to accept bis
resignation. The people demand war
with Corea, aud threaten civil war if this
luxury Is denied them.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1874-03-25

BY very large majority the German
Parliament has defeated the proposition
made by the member from Alsace for
vote of the people of Alsace and Lorraine
on the question whether they prefer to
belong to France or Germany.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1874-03-25

ny MOTTO-Whnt is worth doing nj all. Is
worth doing well.
M INTENTIONAL give Satisfaction 10 all
MY TERMS-cash on Delivery.
Respectfully Solicit the Public Patronage
rF- ofics ~ MeSs-s- e E MONTY RE & RIOS Gro
cs-, Feed and Bakery Gunner q Fo-s and KS IS
wasoa oz-s fo- Al O-se-S
4Ez-ly n WALLACE P-a7-ierur
The Hawaiian gazette., 1874-03-25
PRICE LIST
CHELSEA LAUNDRY!

HONOLULU. H l.. July :. Is7s-
IN AND AFTER THIS DATE THE FOL
~ DoWIcSG RATES VII b. charged OF ~ yo-k done
The Hawaiian gazette., 1874-03-25

The Peru Steam Navigation Company
are about to put on line of four first
c'ass steamers between Callao and San
Francisco, California. Harry Meiggs has
completed the railway from Arequipa to
Puno, on Lake Titicaea, making an ascent
of Is, 500 feet above the level of the sea.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1874-03-25
also, FOR SaIe,

HAWAIIAN BIBLES-4to and sFo-, bond in fancy
noroeeo eorer. With records fer Marriages. births
and deaths sui.able for family bibles. Price, A.
eording 70 style Of binding, frOu S to 81.
HAWAIIAN HTMKs-For social and church SER
rsre. Pre-, el0th, 81 fun bound norueeo, gilt,
sI-5
KA HAE HOoSAST-A collection Of sabbath
School hymns and times. Price, Is cents.
xB.-Auy books p1blished in the Hawaiian Ian
gage. or any books pertaining 70 the Islands. II
ebs-inable VII be proearedfor persons desiring thea
For sale bT
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-08-14

THE Chicago Tribune, OF the Sd,
has the following paragraph which
every school director and school
teacher in the land would do we'll to
read and remember and profit by:
''rhe attempt to substitute moral sua-
sion for corporal punishment in the
government of pupils in the public
schools of Chicago has been entirely
successful. The report of the School
Board dwclls upon this fact with par
donable complacency. Last year
there were fewer suspensions in pro-
portion to the attendance than ever
before. Nine schools, having an av-
crage attendance of $500, report no
suspensions and no corporal punish
mcnt. Six schools, with an attend
ance of $500, report one suspension
each. There is no department in the
city administration, which has more
clearly established its claims to the
confidence Of the public than the
School Board. Even it's mistakes
have been honest. A comparison of
the Chicago school system with that
of any other city in the country would
not put us to shame"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-08-14

A Coon Wool CLIr.-IIearing
Mr.. Alva Tracy, of Sumner township,
say the other day that he had sold
his wool crop this year, we ssinter-
viewed him" briefly, as to the net
result. Mr.. T., be it remembered, is
persistent wool grower. He was
raised where that was profitable
farming; and he early formed the
opinion that if wool can be raised
with profit on the high priced, sterile
lands of the east, it could be done on
the cheap, but rich prairies of Iowa.
Having settled this rs fact, he went
to work, and has kept at it, whether
the price of wool was high or low, or
the demand active or dull. Ofcoursc
he has made it only one branch of
his farm operations, for like scnsi-
bic man he has prepared not to carry
all his eggs to market in one basket.
Without going into the modern in.
reviewers style, we give the results.
Mr.. Tracy's clip, this year, was 45o
flecces, weighing in the aggregate
3ls5 lbs.-an average Of seven
pounds and onc-and-one-fourth ounce
per fleece. We only stop to note
that is nearly double an ordinary
good yield. The flock contained
only one buck, no large wcthers, and
is mostly breeding ewes and year
lings-tacts which make the large
yield still more remarkable.
The crop was sold before it was al
taken off the original owners, at AZ
cents per pound, unwashed, delivered
at Ossian. This, Mr.. Tracy can Dc
any day, with two light teams, at :
cost of not over IS or Is. II Mr.
Tracy had 1874 bushels of wheat, t.
raise which would have cost hin
more money than his wool crop has
he would be compelled to expend tn
labor of man and team for 81 day
at cost of Sill, to realize an equa
sum, provided he was lucky enough
to strike a dollar market each trip
Mr.. Tracy says, and wisely, tina
others may raise wheat for profit, j
they like, he will stick to WOOL DE
cOruL ReDubLicOn.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-08-14

STAND From UNDER.--Thcre is a
section Of the Iowa Code which is
likely to create fermcnt among liq-
uor dealers of the State and railway
companies. 1t prohibits the promis-
cous importation of Intoxicating liq-
uors in the following threatening
manner:
SEC. 1853. If any railway conduc-
tor, freight agent, exprcssman, depot
master, or other person III the en-
ployment or in any manner connect
ed with any railway corporation, or
any teamstcr,, stage driver, or COM
mon carrier OF any kind; or any per-
son protesting to act as agent for any
other person or persons, whether with
in or without the State, or any other
individual of whatever calling, shall
bring within this State, for any other
person or persons, any intoxicating
liquor without first having been fur
nished with a copy of the ccrtih-
cate authorizing such person or per-
sons to sell such intoxicating liquors,
certified by some justice of the peace
to be correct, such persons SO Offend
ing shall be deemed guilty of Il mis-
demcanor, and shall, upon conviction
thereof, forfeit and pay Il fine of $40,
or be imprisoned in the county Jail
thirty days; for the second and each
subsequent offence shall forfeit and
pay fine of $50, or be imprisoned
in the county Jail ninety days.
This provision of the law went in
to effect two years ago, but has new
cr been enforced. The Milwaukee
& st. Paul, Western Union and Sa-
bula, Ackley 4 Dacota railroad com
panics have instructed their agents
not to ship any liquors into Iowa.
Joseph +. Tucker, general freight
agent of the Illinois Central Railway
has also issued a circular addressed
to agents, forbidding the transporta-
ton of wine, beer, ale, Sc, over the
Illinois Central or any of its branch
es unless the proper papers arc shown
proving that the consignee has Il
right to sell the liquor.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-08-14

ced, as the dog was observed to be-
come weak and to staggcr; then he
seemed to recover and renew the ut
tack upon the snake with terrible en-
crgy and manipulating it by the
body and shaking it most vigorously
from side to side, and tearing great
pieces of flesh from its body. AS
soon as lie had subdued the reptile
he carried it out to open ground
where his master was, and laid it
down. Then recling like drunken
man under the workings of the
dreadful poison, the brave dog made
his way to the snake, and fell dead
upon it.
The snake was over five feet long
He bit the dog several timcs-twice
under the neck in the soft part Of the
breast, twice on the shoulder, besides
many times on the mouth. The one
OH the breast, being near the jugulal
vein, did the work, 10 doubt. Ono
of the gentlemen asserts that the
puncturcs made by the f;,ngs were al
inch and quarter apart, and had thu
appearance Of having been made by
an awl. The fight would never have
been permitted, but the dog was bit
ten by the snake before the men hat
al opportunity to get him away, he
refusing to obey his masters call
He was plucky animal, and will b
missed in a well known livery ant
sale stable in this city.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-08-14
Nothing Odious in It.

Judge Thaycr of the Clinton Age
one of the ablcst men in the Anti
Monopoly party Of Iowa is not in
love with its name, prctering that
the organization should sail under
its true colors, and adopt the name
as well as serve the purposes of the
Democracy. lie says:
.'Our position is just this: We like
the name Democracy. We see moth
ing odions in the name. 4 +
No one claims
that the Autobiography organization
has in it the seeds OF perpetuity.
Soon Il national campaign will be up
on us. Is there an Autobiography
party in any other State in the I'm
iony DO We expect every other
State to adopt our name? If not, we
must concent to go into the fight
with the same principles, but under
some other banner"
All of which is suggestive of the
i'!ea that the sole purpose and desi-
ny of the Autobiography party, is to
galvanize the dead carcuss of Dem
ocracy into life, and that the only
question about it is, when shall the
mask be thrown of.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-08-14

The New Albin Sp. ctatyr is the
name of a new paper just started in the
town of tie same name on the Dubuque
& Minnesota railroad, in Allamakee coun.
ty. 1t has eight pages, two of which arc
of home manufacture. The proprietors,
Bundy & Kilbournc, announce in their
prospectus, that the paper will be indepen-
dent, (another name for on the fence, and
that they emphatically don't want Post
office. The revenue of the New Albin
POst-office probably is not largely in ex-
cess of $50 ptr annum.
The West Union Gazette says that
the three aspirants for the Office of Recor-
der of Fayette county this fall, are minus
just four legs, two of them having leg
apiece, and the third not any. 1t would
hardly be proper to say that they are
running" for the Office
The brothers of the New Mellary
hioHuStNIy HCSI DupuluC, dlC SOiHS ~
raise buffalo. Brother Murphy, of that
ilk, has just returned from the Rocky
Mountains bringing three buffalo year
lings.
The GAINESVILLE Star tells the follow
ing strange story of loss of speech from
fright: One evening last week the fami-
ly of VIM. Rains, of that place, all left
the house for short time. About 8
O'Clock Miss Jane Knight, who is at work
in the family returned alone. As she en-
tered the room, man with light pants on
jumped from under the bed, struck a
match, thrusting it into the girls face,
saying, Now, d-n you, speak if you
can" or Don't speak'-the girl is not
certain which-and Immediately rushed
out of the house. This SO frightened her
that she completely lost her power of
speech for twenty-four hours. She is now
slowly recovering the use Of her tongue.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-08-14

The Railroad Commissioners of
Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota,
and the Executive Council Of Iowa,
acting in same capa :ity, met at Du-
buquc on Wednesday of this week,
to devise means to secure uniformity
of the laws and regulations concern
ing railroads in the four States nam
ed. This is but preliminary meet
ing for free discussion of the whole
subject and the determination of the
best method to be pursued. Among
the objects sought to be accomplish.
ed are the following:
LIST. A uniformity of the fiscal years
for all the railroads in these four
States, SO that the roads will all make
their annual reports at the same time.
I'd. The adoption of the same
form for reports by all the railroads
in order to simplify the work Of com
pairing statistics in the different
States. This is an important point
3d. TO obtain uniform classified.
ton of freight in these four States
The fact that freight is classified diff:
fcrently by different roads creates
confusion that can be avoided by
adopting uniform classification.
4th. TO accomplish similar legisla.
ton in these four States on railroad
matters.
=. S.-The above is not entirely
correct, in that it states that the Exc
cutivc Council of Iowa met with the
Commissioners of the other States
For some unexplained reason, no rep
rcscntativc of Iowa appeared at the
Conference. The Dubuque papers
comment upon this unaccountable
absence of the Governor and Other
members of the Council and think
that an explanation would be in or
der. 1t does not look exactly cour
tcous to the strangers, that some one
member of the Iowa board was no,
thn,n
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-08-14

The most terrible reaper accident of
the season occurred in Center township,
Fayettc county, on Monday. A Mrs.
Barstow was driving reaper cutting
wheat, when the horses became unman.
ageable and ran away. Mrs. Barstow
fell from the seat in front of the sickle.
One arm and one leg were cut of, and the
other leg and arm nearly severed from the
body. Medical aid was summoned, but
the poor victim died before the doctor ar
rived. Mrs. B. left husband and four
small children to mourn their frightful
bereavement.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-08-14
Dog and Snake Fight.

The following account of an en-
counter between Il dog and monster
rattlcsnakc with fatal results to both,
is from the Dubuque Times Of the
18th.
On Sunday last on an Island about
five miles up the river a dcathly en-
counter took place between one OF
the dogs OF Il party of hunters from
this city and Il rattlcsnake. As the
party were vending their way along
the east shore of the lake, one Of the
men who was considerably in adj
vance Of the others was struck on the
boot by the monster. The hunter
had nothing in his hands with which
to strike it, or shoot it, his gun hav-
ing been handed to comrade but a
moment before, and there was moth
ing at hand. The hunter called for
his comrades to hurry up, and follow
ed after the rctreating snake, which,
whenever he got too close, would
coil himself up and prepare to strike
ut his advancing foe. Just as the
snake had got near - dense thicket
OF small willows, one Of the dogs
came up, a cross between large ter
ricr and IL hunter dog; but before the
dog could attack him the snake got
into the thicket. AS long as the
snake was coiled the dog cautiously
kept his distance, and jumped around
the snake, barking. The moment
the snake passed into the willows the
dog jdmped upon it, and it is sup
posed caught it by the tail and tore
away its rattles, rs they were not
heard atterward. The death struggle
was fairly commenced. The snake
would strike at the dog, and he
would seize it in his mouth and shake
it, but before he got a good hold on
it, it struck him several times with
it's tangs. The dog had previously
killed several rattlcsnakcs, and nm
derstood how to fight them in a fair,
open field, but in this case he fought
ut very great disadvantage, being
in the thick Jungle. The fatal wound
must have been given by the snake
very soon after the contest common
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-08-14

The Autobiography press of tho
State, including our ncighbor the
Conservative, is just now engaged
in The endcavor to patch up the Iii.
lapidated character of Swamp Land
Stone. When Stone was lsepub-
lican he was used by these same pa.
pcrs as CONSPICUOUS example where.
with to point the moral of Rcpub'
lean corruption. Now that he is
an Anti-Monop, we suppose he may
be considered an embodiment and
cxcmplitication of the rcformatory
virtues that cluster around that organ.
izatiOn. Stone was in bad order
with the Republican party, long be.
fore he relieved it of his presence
lie has not been disintectcd. but
Judging from the reception given
him, he has got into Il crowd with
less sensitive olfactories.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-08-14

We have been told year after ycar
of the corruption of the Republican
party and the need of reform, and
when the Democratic successes OF
last spring were announced, we
heard loud and liberal boasts Of the
beneficial changes which were to
take place in the interests of purity
and good government. If ever the
Democratic party was put on ITS
good behavior, it was last spring, and
never has there been so miserable a
failure. 1t has shown the falsity
and the hollowness Of their prcten-
SEES. Condemning the Republican
party for partisan acts it has been
guilty OF far greater partisanship.
Denouncing the appointment of unfit
men for Office, it has turned out good
and able men and filed their place
with ranting dcmagogucs, ward poll
ticians and men of bad repute. 1t
had an opportunity to atone for some
of it's past errors, to show that it had
profited by adversely, that it appre-
ciated the needs of the country and
regarded the desire Of the people for
genuine reform. Instead, it has
shown that the party has no higher
aim than the spoils Of Office, and in
it's selection of candidates is less
worthy than the Republican party
ever was, even at its worst Cedar
Rapids Republican.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-08-14

OrR excellent Republican cotcm-
,,or,ry, the West Union Gazette, has
been enlarged one column to the
page, and is now the regulation size,
thirty-six columns. 1t intimates also
that it is soon to be printed on new
power press. The Gazette is eminent
ly deserving of this prosperity. 1t is
one of the most ably and discrectly
conducted papers in the State, ever
reliable and showing the impulse OF
settled principle and conviction i,
all its uttcrinccs. We congratulate
our friend Talmadgc upon the sue
cess that is browning his efforts tt
make good paper.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-08-14
The Biters Bitten.

\ gentleman in the city yesterday
was III eyewitness to the following
incident, which happened on the
Burlington & Missouri Railroad one
day last week. He was comfortably
seated in passenger coach, rolling
along ut the rate of three cents Il
mile and about twenty miles an
hour, when his attention was attract
cd by game of cards in progress
Just across the aisle. The players
appeared to the practiccd eye of the
traveller, to be professionals. They
were attempting to initiate a passen-
ger, a scedy looking old chap with
strong German accent, into the
mysteries of three card monte. The
old man finally ventured ten dollar
bill and lost. The dealers urged him
to venture again, and finally he con-
scntod to do SO if they would change
Il twenty dollar bill for him. This
they did, and he Immediately bet five
dollars more. He lost, and refused
to venture again. All this time our
traveller was Watching the proceed
ings, and wondering that the Ger
man took his loss SO coolly. When
the old man refused to bet the gam
blers left the car, and also the train,
which, meantime, had arrived at a
station. After the sports departed
the traveller interviewed the German
and cnquired how he managed to
to take his losses go philosophically.
"Oh, dat wash all counterfeit mon
ish," was the response. lie could
afford to be cool. Its not often one
gets an opportunity to exchange tif-
teen dollars of bad money for fifteen
dollars of genuine grecnbacks. This
was one time, at least, when the bit
ers were bit.-State .Register.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-08-14

Our contemporary quotes without
dissent, paragraph from John Irish,
wherein that political scalawag as
scrts with the brazcn ctfiontory of Il
thorough going partisan. that he
cares not whether the Republicans
candidates "wears the stripes of coli.
victs or the feathers of arclangcls'
he will oppose them all the same.
1t follows rs an inevitable sequence,
that he will support, and advocate
the election Of the candidates of
his own party whether convicts or
angcls. Here the most abject and
Indecent party scrvility is mblush-
ingly ayowc,l by one organ OF the
Autobiography party, and tacitly eli
dorscd by another, and yet both arc
continually prating to their readers
about the corruption of bad officials
anu the necessity tor reforming them
out Of office. If it makes no sort of
difference with the Autobiography
organs, whether candidates arc con-
victs or angels, what shall prevent
them two years hence from advocat-
ing the election of Bryan, the Jack
son county dct:,ultcr, for State Treas
urcr. He is good Democrat and
has the Endorsement of the Dubuque
Herald as ''perfect gentleman
The fact that he pcckcd stone in the
Anamosa pcnitcntiary is explicitly
declared to be of no consequence.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-08-14

The Buffalo Express, in comment.
ing upon the Democratic outlook, is
led to believe that there is not an ac-
ccptablc feature in the declared pol
icy of that party "which has not been
a thousand times ayowed by the par
ty in power, and there is not plank
in it's platform, disjointcd, scattered
and incohcrent as it is, obnoxious to
the creed of the Republican party,
which would not be promptly reject
ed by the majority Of the people. 1t
has raised no new issue on which it
dares to enter the field. Its only
hope is, not on its own merit, for it
has absolutely none, but on the al
legged weakness and failures of the
dominant party. It enters the con-
test, therefore, with no purpose but a
wild and desperate scramble for
plumber and power, and with nothing
to encourage it but the prospect of
ignonlinious defeat"