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The Hawaiian gazette., 1878-07-17

On the 10th inst, the Legislative Assembly,
in its wisdom passed the bill to license the
sale of opium, by vote of Is in favor 10 IA
against the bill Last week we gave free ex-
preston to our own views on this subject, and
we do not now propose to repeat ourselves !;
but we may be allowed the poor privilege of
dissenting from the wisdom of the Legislature
in this instance. We do not hesitate to assert
that no act that has been before the Assembly
this session was of SO much Importance to the
future welfare of the people of Hawaii, as this
same license law. 1t will be found if it ever
becomes law, that it is a serious blunder,
and will work the most misclieveous cOnse-
quences to the laboring population, both ma
tive and Chinese, and ultimately be the direct
cause of wide spread ruin to the sugar plant
ing industries of these Islands. Indeed we
are of the opinion, and we are not alone in this,
that this law will ruin and demoralize the la
boring hands on the plantations to such an
extent in a short time to prove it curse worse
than the most destructive epidemic that could
visit the Kingdom. If this proposition had
been submitted to a vote of the intelligent
voters of these Islands, there would have been
such a majority against it that no man in the
Assembly would have had the temerity to
offer it, much less advocate its passage. But
the dark deed is done so far as the Assembly
is concerned, and it now remains 20 be seen
whether His Majesty will give to law so uni
versally distasteful to the people of all classes
his royal sanction.
We understand that the best classes of our
citizens both native and foreign including the
Chinese themselves, are opposed to the law,
and that His Majesty will be memoralized to
refuse his sanction to the bill. For our own
part, we will content ourselves by hoping and
trusting that His Majesty will, for the benefit
of his people send back this obnoxious law
with veto, and thus save the country from
the dire consequences that lurk in this ill
judged measure. The whole responsibility
now rests with His Majesty, and we trust he
will show that he has the nerve to put quie-
tus on measure that cannot fai! to be deli
terious and dangerous to the health and lives
of the people, and destructive of the best in
terests of the Kingdom.
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who reads this elegant discourse with care,
can fail to perceive that the object of its
author, in preparing and preaching it to his
hearers, and publishing it to the world, was
not to create sensation so much as to bring
before the human mind a just conception of
the Deity-His plans and purposes for mans
happiness here and hereafter; and to show
that Jehovah is at once God of mercy, as
well as a God of justice, whose laws for the
government of man and the universe, are
founded upon immutable irreversible truth,
mingled with pity for the frailties of mans
imperfect nature, and that the ethics of the
New Testament taught by Jesus Christ while
on earth, and handed. down through the apos-
ties, are in strict accord with these irreversi-
bic laws, and therefore must be true. These
are questions of more real moment than any
others that can be presented for human con-
temptation and discussion, because they re-
late both to time and eternity, and man s
future state
In what we have said on this subject, we
do not wish to be understood as taking issue
with those who may think proper to differ
from the views of the Rev. Canon Farrar on
the momentous subject discussed, but rather,
that it is our desire simply to afford all the
light we can upon every question that relates
to the happiness of Gods creatures in this
life as well as that which is to come; and il
is for those reasons alone that each one who
reads i. may have all opportunity to form his
or her own conclusions, remembering always
that,
No soul can too loftily whose aim
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"L Let US honor the millionaire" (e mahalo aku i
ka miliona) This ives the response, says the
'Ko Hawaii Pae Alma of the meeting held at Kau-
makapili Church the evening of the Sth instant,
at the close 5f "clear speech" by the Minister of
Finance. 1t was thought by the promoters of the
meeting, that it was best to publicly thank Mr.. c..
Spreckles for his noble and magnanimous conduct
during his late visit to Honolulu. Possibly it ap-
peared to the native mind, that specuation-which
has in it somewhat of SAVIOR of monopoy-was q
dsinterested investment of money in these Islands
for the benefit Of the nation that it exhibited q
benevolence which should call forth the admiration
of all classes-from the highest to the lowest. Per-
haps it was wise to praise the power of money, and
to ncucate its worship worthy public sentiment t;
but its introduction into politics. an element of
discussion is certainly not wise. Hitherto the Ha.
waiians have been free from its influence. and happy
will it be for them if they have to contend with
its subversve power. Two resolutions were passed
at the meetng-one to praise and thank Mr.. Spreck-
les for his Investments here. and to praise and
thank the King for appointing two Hawaiians as
members of the Ministry. HAWAII.
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hunted like wild beasts, shot down and butch
cred without mercy. Such is unhappily their
cruel fate, and now that they see nothing for
them but determination, is it to be wondered
that like a brave, warlike race of beings, they
have resolved to die like heroes and not like
dogs? The people of the United States have
a great crime to answer for before high
heaven and men for the treatment of the red
man within their borders.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1878-07-17

WE call the attention of the public to the
advertisement of Mr. Housman, Civil Engi-
neer, in which he offers to build narrow gauge
railroads at the comparatively small sum OF
SO, 500 per mile, exclusive of bridges. We
say this is very low rate for the work, and
should induce the planters to take hold of the
matter without delay We have heretofore
urged upon the Legislative Assembly the ne
cessity of affording Government aid to the
building of railroads on these islands, and we
renew the recommendation. Next week we
will take this subject up and point out what
we think should be done to secure success in
the building of railroads.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1878-07-17

HER Britannia Majesty's late Secretary to
the British Legation at Pekin. W F. Mayors, is
dead, which is great loss to the diplomatic
service of Great Britain, as he was gentle
man of experience, and good Chinese
| scholar
The Hawaiian gazette., 1878-07-17
CUYRENE COURT or THE HAwAuAS

SUpREME COURT or THE HAWAIIAN
y Islands, Oahu. July Term, A. D. 1878.
Hoopale W, lbeant, Pioi K, beee- Libel for
divorce.
entitled libel for divorce, 1t Is now ordered
that decree ofdivorce from the bond of matm)ny be
entered in favor OF the said HOopale Pio W. for the
Of the d-seron Of the said Po X 70 be made abso
ute after the expiration months from the tie of
this upon compliance with the terms there r. un
sufficient shall appear to the efntrary And
the beant ordered publish attested copy of this
order the Hawaiian Gazette and Kuokna NEWSPAPERS
for six successive the first publication to with
IN one month from of this order; that per-
sons Interested may within six months show cause why
said decree should not be made absolute.
By the court, JNO. Z. BARNARD, Clerk.
Dated 5th day Of July, A. d. 1873
Honolulu Oahu, IS 1 hereby certify that the forgo-
ing true aud faithful copy Of the original de :ree of
divorce file in the Office of the Supreme Court OF
the Hawaiian Islands.
AS witness my hand this 5th day Of July, A. ID.
1878 mo E. BARNARD,
7o4 CT Clerk Of Supreme Court.
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SERIOUS charges of misfeasance and NAL
feasances in Office have been preferred against
Mr.. Seward the American Resident Minister
at Pekin, China, and also against Vice Consul
Bradford. The charges are made by Mr.. Myres
the United States Consul General at Shanghai.
These charges are now undergoing investiga-
tion at Washington, and Mr.. Seward has gone
to the United States to vindicate himself.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1878-07-17
WEDNESDAY. JULYl7. ls7s

When the City of New York left San Fran
cisco, on the sth inst, we learn that the tele-
graph wires were down so that we have no
dispatches later than the 9th inst, East of
San Francisco.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1878-07-17

On Saturday 18th day Of August 1873 at Il oclocl
noon viii be sold at public auction the front
Alolanl Hale the o. lots onithe corner of Queer
and Fort Streets, in this city, measuring together
frontage Queen of ninety (so feet, and For
street. one hundred 1OO) feet.
UPSET price, Five Thousand Dollars Qs5,OOOJ. Title
Royal Patent. SAML. g. WILDER,
Interior onics, Minister Of Interior.
JuIy 12th. 1s7s 7O5
The Hawaiian gazette., 1878-07-17
CATION,

WHERE'S letters have been received at the Honolulu
Post ONCE stamped with stamps purportng to be Six
Cent Postage Stamps of the Hawaiian Government some
OF which stamps fraudulent
The public hereby notified that all genuine Postage
Stamps perforated for the purpose Of separation be-
fore issue and that all stamps not perforated are
fraudulent stamped Herewith will not be
forwarded.
The public therefore cautioned against the use OF
such fraudulent Postage Stamps.
Given under my hand this day of July A. D. ls7s.
SAMUEL G. WILDER,
7u4 Minister OF the Interior
The Hawaiian gazette., 1878-07-17

Department oil the Attorney General
Cecil Brown, ESQ., has this day been appointed Clerk
TO the Attorney General.
EDWARD PRESTON,
AIHolani Hale Attorney General
July 4th, 1878 7H
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count .. .s is probably the best AecoI,ss E
don correspondent sf.sr Clsman Pnsha had found nis
The Hawaiian gazette., 1878-07-17
The Opium License Bill Passed.

No soul can soar too loftily whose aim
Is God given Truth, and brother love Of man."
The Hawaiian gazette., 1878-07-17
List OF Licenses Expiring i'm July.
ISIS.

JUN NJ m 1-4'1A' 71I11170o1 VI T 1I'11INe'
Department Of Finance, July l, 1873. 7oa I'm
The Hawaiian gazette., 1878-07-17

The following persons been Commissioned Tax
Assessors for the taxation districts Of the Kingdom for
The Hawaiian gazette., 1878-07-17
GOVERNMENT LAND FORtsALE.

Finance Department, July !, ISIS. 7O4
The Hawaiian gazette., 1878-07-17

= we're eIecled Il: r, n e Is..ra,(y
ASsrars d., ]. G. Lemon seTI ~
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M. De Goroy was also locked ur

M. De Goroy was also locked up.
The King returned to the Louvre,
where great Ccu.r festival was in prog
ress.
Stepping up to thu Queen, he whisper
ed to her:
s'Did Your Majesty authorize your
chaplain to have certain persons arrested?' e.
"He spoke TO me about some hereto.
he said he had orders from Rome.
said there was no objection"
ooh! All? Well, Your Majesty will re-
main for twelve months at Chateau Ram
bouillet with two femnaes de czombre.''
The Queen bit her lips. but made no
reply.
Monseigneur De Culavry was also at
the festival. Stepping up to him the
King said:
"You are prisoner, and will spend the
night in the dungeon of the Louvre. To.
morrow morning you will depart for
Fort Miguelon, there to be confined fol-
life. All this for causing people to be
illegally arrested"
In the morning De Goroy was broker
on the wheel in front Of the Bastile. II
the afternoon Guillardi suffered death by
being burned at the stake, tht
Ecclesiastical Court having condemned
him after half an hours trial.
De Vicitry saved his life by agreeing
to become assistant to the public execu.
toner.
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Make Childhood Sweet.

Wait not till the little hands are at rest
Ere you fill them full of flowers;
Wait not for the browning tuberose
To make sweet the last sad hours;
But while in the nusy hosehold bsnd,
Your darlings still need your guiding hand,
Oh, fill their lives with sweetness.
Wait not till the little hearts are still,
p,l FOR the loving look and phrase; phrase.
But while you gently chide fault,
The good deed kindly praise.
The word you would speak beside the bier
Falls sweeter.far on the living ear;
Oh, fill young lives with sweetness!
All! what are kisses on clay-cold lips
To the rosy mouth we press,
When our wee one flies to her mothers arms
For loves tenderest caress?
Let never worldly bauble keep
Your heart from the Joy each day should reap
Circling young lives with sweetness.
Give thanks each morn, for the sturdy boys,
Give thanks for the fairy girls;
With dover of wealth like this at home,
Would you rifle the earth for pearls?
Wait not for DEATH to gem Loves crown.
But daily shower life's blessings down,
And fill young hearts with sweetness.
Remember the homes where the light has
fed,
Where the rose has faded away;
And the love that glows in youthful hearts
Oh, cherish 1t while you may!
And make your home garden of flowers.
Where joy shall bloom through childhood's
hours,
And fill young lives with sweetness.
Louise c.. UpAam.
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A Life Saved by Heroic Exertions.

There was terrible accident at South
Norwalk, Conn, twenty-five years ago.
The draw over The railroad bridge had
been by some carelessnesss left open, and
the engineer, installing the signal, dashed
on, and down thunde red and crashed
the train. The loss of life was terrible,
and very many were crushed and badly
wounded. Even now, after so many
years, it is spoken of as one of the great
horrors.
People living near by, and others who
were attracted to the scene of the acct
dent, worked nobly, and rendered all
the assistance they could. Men came in
boats, and tenderly lifted the dead and
dying bodies from the water, carried
them up the bank, and laid them gently
down to be further cared for. Among
those attracted to the scene was mid
dle-aged man, who was stage driver,
whose route was between New Canaan
and South Norwa He saw them
bringing up On the bank the bodies of
those taken from the water, and one
body particularly attracted him. 1t was
the body of a fair young girl, and a
strange feeling seemed to tell him that
she was not dead. He felt of her hand.
1t was cold and clammy. Placing his
ear over her heart he could detect no
beating. Yet something within him said
she was not dead. A physician, after
making an examination, pronounced life
extinct, and urged the driver to assist the
others in caring for the wounded.
He turned to 60 and again that ire
sistiblo feeling impelled him to try TO
save the girls life. Securing the assist
ance of two women, he began vigorous
rubbing of the body. He labored on un-
til the water fairly poured from him.
The lazy curiosity-seekers gathered
around and said it was foolish task: she
vas past helping. Nevertheless, on he
worked. No change was observed for
half an hour, and his heart began to sink
For the last time he began a desperate
renewal of his exertions alone, for the
women had stopped, and as he drew him
self up to go away, the girl, with low
moan, opened and closed her ewes. With
a rush the blood dashed to his heart, and
he almost tainted, and with open mouth
astonished the throngs again gathered
around. After little attention she was
restored to consciousness; her life had
been saved.
After she had learned the facts she
went tc her deliverer, and with tears of
JOY thanked him.
She was the only daughter of very
wealthy parents, and deep was their graf
itude. When the girl took him to her
home, her mother kissed him, embraced
him and cried for JOY.
Her father gave him handsome gold
watch and chain and clothing; everything
that wealth could lavish on him was
done. He was urged to pass the remand
er of his life with them; but he declined
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His Last Resort.

A small, inoffensive-app one
armed man, with rather an intelligent
face, but poorly clad and with marks of
pain and suffering in his countenance,
walked slowly into the Central Police
Station yesterday forenoon and motioning
Lieut.. Morse, the officer in charge, to one
size, where he could not be overheard by
anyone else IN the room, whispered IN a
broken voice: Il am sick and without
money or friends, I've been to all the
hospitals, and none Of them will take
me in. was at the Infrmary, but there
it was the sa lie, and [ am SO feeble and
sick that if do not get some place TO
stay will die
"What do you think we can do for
you here If none of these places can help
you?" quietly inquired the Lieutenant.
Il have got a pair Of shoes here"
answered he in half-scared wsy, taking
from under his arms the articles carefully
wrapped in q newspaper, and handing
them to the officer.
eff you want to dispose Of these, and
have rioht to sell them adding this on
account Of the suspicious look OF the many.
you can surely find a better market than
this"
"The paper is mine, but the shoes
are not. | stole them" This confession
in the same quiet way he had spoken be-
fore.
From where?n asked Morse, scarcely
compromising the man.
1.-THE sign is George angel, and the
store is on the street that leads to the
market. I hate to call it stealing. l
never stole anything in my life BEFORE,
but / took them, thinking that you would
arrest me and send me to some place
where I could be taken care off,
He almost broke down as he finished
this statement. With feeling Of pity
the officer took up his pen and turned to
the blotter. The mans name, Thomas
Johnson, vas recorded upon its pages
with the charge of petit larcency against
it. The turnkey showed him into the
prison and the iron doors closed behind
him. In the afternoon he appeared be-
fore Judge Updegraff, and repeated bis
statement. The court found him guilty,
imposed fine of twenty dollars and
ordered him sent to the workhouse foz
thirty days.-CEeselan1 Leader.
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Professional Vanity Sacrificing Life

A New York correspondent tells this
story: There was considerable attend.
ance Of doctors, surgeons and students at
the Blank hospital one day. Dr., a
oelebr ated surgeon, was to amputate a
boys leg, and brilliant operation was
looked for. 1t was brilliant, but in the
midst of it one of the spectators saw squirt
squirt Of blood that his practiced eye
told him ought to be stopped at once
He looked anxiously at the Operator, but
though his eye saw it, too, his pride was
blind to it. To stop and bind it would
spoil the symmetry Of the performance.
He went On and finished to the admira-
ton of the whole throng-"a splendid
operation!''
The next morning our observing friend
went to the hospital. AS the door was
opened for him he said to the .janitor
"Little-is dead" The man stared at
him in astonishm ent. ''Why. how do you
know that, sir2" II knew he would die
when I saw the operation Said the
man, "Yes sir, he died this morning.
That same morning some one found
the brilliant surgeon standing by the
sheeted bed, with face that told its own
story. he said he would give all he had
in the world if he could bring that boy
back to life, for he knew that his vanity
had killed him.
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An Air Castle.

built house in my youthful dreams,
In sunny and a pleasant nook,
Where might listen the whole day long
10 the voice of the gurgling brook;
A cottage with wide and airy rooms,
And broad and shining floors
A house with the hidden charms of home
And the freedom of out-of-doors.
Fair morning glories climb and bloom
At will by the eastern caves,
And on the doorstep and window-sill
The roses shake their leaves;
And fair old-fashioned lilacs toss
Their purple plumage high,
While honeysuckles drop their sweet
On every passer-by.
Down at the end of pleasant path
Is group of evergreen trees
Pine and hemlock, and spruce and fir,
With their spicy fragrances;
And, sweetest picture Of calm content
That mortal ever saw,
Under low bOughed apple-tree
Is beehive made of straw.
I have pictured it all hundred times
Ishall do it a hundred more,
But never shall own the pleasant home
With the roses over the door.
Never dream of mine came true;
It is Fate's unbending law;
1 shall never see the apple-tree
Nor the beehive made of straw.
But yet in the airy realms of dreams
Where all my riches be,
enter into the heritage
Which is else denied to me;
I have but to close my eyes to find
NV Eden WithOut a flaw
The home, the garden, the apple-tree,
And the beehive made of straw.
Elizabeth dte1's Allen IN BazdaDin's Monthl
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Flown Away.
BY DORA READ GoopALE.

On the bare, brown boughs before me,
In the softly falling rain,
Rests bluebird; now, upstarting,
see how suddenly she's darling
Far away across the plain.
1t was but dash of color.
Shown against stormy sky;
Only two blue wings uplifted
Wnere the gray clouds slowly drifted-
But they bore song on high.
She is lost IN misty darkness
Will she pierce beyond the gray.
Will she reach the blue behind it.
Will she pause when she shall find it.
Will she know it? Who can say?
-Scribner for November
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Marriage by Capture"

Among the Turkomans of Central
Asia, who may fifty be styled the Co
manches of the East, the ancient and
much-discussed usage of marriage by
capture takes the form of very SECULAR
game, which is universally popular with
the tribes of the lower Oxus 1t is
known by the curious appellation of
'kok-buri, (green wolff, a name which
has never been satisfactory accounted for.
The mode Of playing is as follows
When Turkonlan belle finds herself
embarrassed by crowd of rival suitors,
her father settles the matter by assem-
bling them ali in convenient place on
the open steppe. He then brings out his
daughter, arrayed in the pomp Of Turko-
man "full dress" and setting her upon a
swift horse, places in her hand the car
cass of lamb Or kid, well crossed from
head to tail, with which she instantly
gallops away. The young gentlemen
follow her at full speed, and endeavor to
snatch the prize from her hands, any one
who can succeed in doing so being there
by entitled to consider himself the Hhappy
man" 1t sometimes happens, Of course,
that when the cavalier who is the object
Of the young lady's secret preference
comes within arms length, she will hold
the kid in such way that he can easily
wrest it from her; but should less fav-
ored sutton overtake her, she grasps it
with all her strength, and the illstarred
lover gets nothing but gooo roll in the
sand for his pains. When all is over,
the father regales the whole company
with asumptuous feast Of rice and mutton
suet, for which he afterward "sends in the
bilP to his future son-in-law, who is
often anything but f1attered by this ex-
pensive compliment.
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The Roman peasants found the flesh of
the ass palatable, and the celebrated
Macenas, having tasted it, introduced it
to the tables of the rich, but the fashion
of eating it lasted no longer than his life.
Galen compares the flesh of the ass TO
that of stag. 1t is said to be eaten
plentifully in the cheap restaurants of
Paris, under the denomination of zeal.
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this, and went back to his own home

this, and went back to his own home
thankful for their kindness.
This was twenty five years ago. Regu-
larly every year since then, he has re-
ceived a present in money sufficient to
keep him in luxury for the next twelve
months, besides presents without end
from these grateful hearts. He has only
tc express awish and it is gladly gratifed.
he lives in his lowly way, and be is an
old man, and slowly drawing near to his
end.