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from the Home Journal. !
a REMARKABLE DISCOVERY
A REAL SKIN CURE !!
THERE Is ONLY ONE
AND THAT WITH SIMPLE NAME.

AND THAT WITH SIMPLE NAME.
Reware Of lmpo5ters, pirates, or any old arti-
cIes which now suddenly claim to be best. They
have been tried and found wanting, while this
has been proved remarkable success.
NO PoMPoUs NAME.
This curative needs no pompous or inccmpre-
beusible title of Greek or Latin 20 sustain it, but
It's simple English name appeals directly 10 the
common sense of the people. and the people
are signally mauifesting their appreciation 0i
this fr4nkness by selecting and using DR.. Ben
sons SKIN CURE In preference to all other pro-
fessed remedies.
DR.. C. w. Benson has long beer we'll Known aS
successful physician and surgeon ana MS lile
study has been the diseases OF the nervous s''
TEN and Of the skin; since he has ueeh poi
suaded to put his New Remedy ana f"'oi"o
prascrtntion az a "Skln Cure" on the mA!hel'
various things have sprung up into existence VI
bovo vvoLa nm from the sleepy state In winch
they were before, and now ciaiIh ~ NC ~ va
Skin Cures. ...-:,,.,. =, -, .
pz-Rsvare of limitations, or the various arli-
80 which have been advertised Tor years OF
s,,,,,,rIad along. having real hold or merit Gu
,,,o 1,,bItc that now endeagor to Keep head
ah,ve water by advertising themselves as II he
GREAT Skin Cure" None Is genuine and reliable,
except Dr. c. W. Bens0n's SKIN cure. Each
na,xage and bottle bears his likeness Internal
and external remedy, two bottles in one package.
IIice SI.O0; get at your druggists
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Wholesale Grain and Produce Market.
coRRECTEn DAILY


Wholesale Grain ami Produce Markse.
coRRECTED DAILY.
CHaoEICIk OFF1t3.
Kn sxville, Tenn. May 20, 1852.
WHEAT-Dull;, from wagons. Si.2oal.so per
bushel. as to grade round lots SI.25aLs0.
CofN-AciiSe worth s71fto 90 cents: from
wagons; sacked 80 TO 95c
Der bushel.
BULK MEATs--sides. - to I2tsc shoulders. s !;
Sugdr-Gured hams, smoked, 121s TO IL.
BACON-Buylng from wagons at l2a EXC. round.
Is In demand.
POTAToRs-Irish; new, 81. I5a1 25 per bushel.
HAY-Loose, 6OaSOc per 100 pounds Daied.
81 1Gal.25.
PEAs-sI 75a2 90 per bushei.
BRAN-$1 20 per 100 pounds.
FLoUs-Nominai. country extra. buying, dull,
50 00a325: selling, $325a3.50 per sack family
buying. % 25a3.o0; selling. S3.50as.65 Ter sack
timothy grass 81. 25a3. SO pushei orchard z ass to
st.75a2oi req top, $l0o; blue grass. seed Sl.25:
mill It S5 90 per bu.
BUTTER-In demand choice roll, l2xa15c !;
prime. l0a1lc rease butter. SAFE.
EGGS-Buying scarce at 12al21sc.
PoULTRY-Lve chickens hens, Il per pound
ROSTERS, 4e; turkeys, in good demand &c.:
spring chickens in demand 12laal5 per h.
rEATHE as-Prime, 46 to Al.
DaIEDF asI prime half peaches
nominal, 2S4a3c; peeled peaches dui', 5a6 cents !;
ais 4a5 cents; quarter apples, 21a3a cents.
RAGs-C0tton, 1Laa2c.
bEESWAA-Duil al Zuc per rOOnu,
HIDEs-Dry flint. 10c green, &c.
TALLOw-Dac lining, 5a6c.
FLAX 5EED-Per bushei, ooc.
RRAss-10a12c copper, 10a12c.
WoOL-Cholce tuo-wasned, SSc iair to good,
Csc dark coarse. Is unwashed. 22,[a2h
GINsEHG-Per ID, 81 5oai.75 fall dug; spring
SI.25a1 80.
SENACA RoOT-Per ID, 35a40c.
PINK ROoT-Per ID, 15c.
yellow RoOr-Per 10. sc.
FURs-Raccoen skins, 4Oc mink, Aoc opos-
sum, Sc ma krat. 10c gray foxes. 50e red foxes.
COO otter. S. wild cat zoe house cat, loo deer
skim S5e per Id. all quotations are for No, !
| skins,
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WAX 8 1aMxHAM'g
Ia Positive Cure
.,.---.--z-- -s..=---=s.s..1Tzz


Co., Ill chase I,o,ufiI Complaints and WeakuesEss
kocsnllnoH to our best feHnic population
twill cure entirely the worst form OF Fem ale COM
,aInts oIl ovarian troubles Inflammation and ulcers
tion Failing and Displacements, and the consequent
Spinal weakness aud is particularly adapted to the
Change OF Life.
IT will dissolve and expe tumors from the uterus IN
an enrIv stage Of development The tendency to can
eerous checked very speedily by Its USE
1t removes faintness natUency, destroysan craving
for stj,uauts ard relieves weakness of the stomach
1t cures BIoatlrr headaches, Nervous Prostratioh'
General Debility, seeplessness, Depression and lnd
gestion.
That feeling Of bearing down. causing pain, weighs
and baclachc is always permanently cured by Its uso
twill Mt ali times and under al! circumstances act IN
harmony with that govern the fennle stem
For the cure Kidney Complaints OF eithe- sex thi
Compound is unsurpassed.
LYDIA i. PINKHAN's VEGETABLE COM
POUNDis prepared at 233 and 255 Western Avenue,
LYNN Mass Price 81. Six bottlesfor s5 Sent by mail
in the form OF pills. also in the fern of lozenges on
receipt of price, 81 per box for either Mrs PnkheIn
freely answers ell letters Of inquiry. Send Tor papn
ie4. Address as above. Mention this Paper
10 family should be without LYDIA E PINKHAMs
xJvFR. PILLS They cure constipation, biliouansss
and torpjdtty OF the liver. rs cents per box.
S5- Sold By So n~ugRists. ga
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ralifornia Warfare on wild Geese.

Var,ous methods hsve been de-
vised of extermihating wild geese
without avail, until geese herding has
become profession as distinct as
herding or trapping. La tie early
winter the geese appear in the grain
countries in myriads, travelling about
in vast fiocks. Their hunger is in
S table, aud the new wheat is rapid
ly destroyed. DR.. II. ]. Glenn,
whose rancho IN Colusa County COW
ers most of the arabic land IN that
county, numbering some 75,00o
acres, or nearly twelve square miles,
e1pends about $4,000 year IN
herding his geese. He recently pur-
chased in this city, for the present
season, between $4,000 and $1,000
worth of cartridges, about 100000
in number, of "A GALORE. He has
constantly in his employ, while his
wheat is growing, about forty men,
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SUPREME COURT SALE.

DUR,UAST 10 DECREE or THE ST.
/ i,re .l,- t;ou;r of cennessee. at ITS Sepiem
Der t. M 1881 at Knoxville in the suit of Joseph
A. airy all wife ". so hia II, CburchWsI
&c A. l VIII offer al Is b &c sale, at the door OF
ne ecu t-house In Knoxville, on Thursday tn .
first day cf Juao. 1852. the fol owing described
,.roper.y belonging tn The estate OF q. W. Church
Well, deceased, tG-Wi
Isl That portion OF t. e Home Farm, outside
,t the DIVER inter, 81, lying less than mile
-ram the northern cor. 0r;tte lin IS OF the city,
containing from 30 o 300 acres .acIe OF ! IS.
2Bd. "rhe Ferry Farm On the south bank OF
Tenn s5eo RiYeI, pp0sife the city, conIalDli
from go to . acrts, more OF lie -.
81. The Booth House." adjoining Ut j ~.
4yG, and fronting about 40 feet ON State street
4fb. vacant lOs in East Knoxville tonce tn
residences OF g. W. ChurehweiD on the corner
of Main ard Henderson streets, ao1ifning q. W.
sth. The reyersionary interest OF G. W. Church
wells heirs ia the DOVE tract. containing rs
The Home" and "Feny" farms will be first
offered in parcels Of Iii 10 80 acres, and then
q .ch as who'e; and the siIes ad pied which
ard so near the Ct y, III Sc lands arr admirab 5
adapted to dairy farms. market gardens or
,uburo;u eStience,. Nip showing accurately
boundaries &C cage aud sub visions. may be
seen at my office.
Al THIS va uat 9 property will be sold on a
CRIT, Of one and two yeas and I'm bar Of the
right of red, mp len ends bearig interest
required for tie tu eh2-e .l.usey and liens re
tsined on the land until fully paid for.
j. A. Mahiy wi show the property to any ne
j. r. DEADFRICK. CLERK.
May !, 1881 m4yojitswktf
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Atlanta Market.

Atlanta Market
ATLANTA Constitution, My II
FLOUR Family S7.50a7. IS; extra family ss.00a
5.25 fancy SIS 00al 90
BAooN-Sugar- cured hams IsaI3 C Tennessee
hams l3af3t4c; breakfast bacon non
BULK q EATs-Ciear rib sides ill4e.
LARD-Best leaf l41so; kegs and cans lisa
i4e.
wsEAr-Choise No. white, 81 .53al.55 No. 2.
red, Sl.5s 81.
0ATS-70a7ac. per busnei
HAY-TInotny Sl.30; liked 81 25
CO2N-White 81 10 in sacks mixed $i.0s.
MzAL-SI. 05aI. 10.
PEAS-Ciay, Sl.t0 per bushel.
PoTATpE5-IriSh, Teniiessee, new, $45ja5O 90
per bDi sweet Ss00a1. % per Dushei
ONIONS none
EGds-Per dozen lie.
BUrrER-TenLessee choice 21a2ic
POULTRy-Hens- 3la35c; ROSTERS, 22a2Sc.
spring chickens. 20a25c.
BIZ ESWAX-z0c.
FEATa sRs-se w choice white asc,
DRIED FEUfT.-Iealed peaches. 1oai6c I'M
pea ed. &c; a ties. &c.
LIVE SToCK--Mules dull with prices fair: We
quote lots as follows II hands high, Ss5al f5
| l5 hands, Si25al35. HorSes--plux horses S65aS5.
| good. S150a20o
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efforAM overworked Brains

CAUSE AND CURE.
Dr.. c. W. Benson's Celery aud Chamomile Pills
are valuable for school children who suffer from
nervous headaches caused by an oyerwoiked
brain in their studies and for all classes of ard
brain wors ers, whose overtasked nervous cenlers
need repair and ISOLATION. Nervous tremor,
weakness, and paralysis are being daily car by
these pills They correct costigeness. but are
not purgatiye. Price 50 cents. or six boxes for
s25O postage free, to any address. For sale by
all druggists. Depot, Baltimore, Md, where
the Doctor can be addressed. Letters Of inquiry
freely answered,
C. n. CRII1ENToN, New York, is Wholesale
AGENT for DR.. c. W. Bsuson's remedies.
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Chattanooga Market.

Chattanooga Market.
Chattanooga Commercial, May IS.
CoRN-On wharf, Sl.OiX per bushel.
WHEATChoice, $3.50 per DuShel on
wharf.
MEaHSi.0 90 per bushel
MEATs-Buik meats, long clear sides, lie.
BACoN-TenneSsee sides lie hams. 14iaa15c.
L4RD-in cans. 13c tierceS. I21.c.
OATs-Per bushel, 5Ua6J cents.
HAY-S20 0Ja22 90 per ton.
PUTAToEs-lrish, $3.50 per barrel; sweet,
noue.
fancy, ST.z5.
PoULTaY-Chickens. &c
EGGs-Per dozen, 12lsc
BUTTFR-Per pound, liza Sc.
BEESWAx-Per pound. 2lc-
HDxs-Green. safe: ors sslted, salec.
FeATHEss Prime. 45e
TALLOw-Per pound. 81 a8c.
LIy SroCK-Cs tile 81; hogs, 4c. gross
DRIED FRUIT Apples 6a6 &C. peaches. halves
ia5c, quar- els, SC.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-05-21

Retail Iron Market.
Knoxville May 20
TIRE IRoN-Txo horse, per pound, S14c: one
horse, per pound, &c.
NhIIs-Per kee rates Si.G0 per pound, Sc.
HORsE SaoEs-Pef keg, $500; turned, Zoe
each.
Horse SHOE NaILs-Per pound. 2os25c.
HARROW TgErH-Psr pound, 54a6c.
HoILowARg-P Per pound &c.
GLAss--Common size, Der box. $3.25325o
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1nmarl Line
EWES
DAUGHTERS
by MAAIDN
HARLANe.

Author of ICON MOI
Sense la the Bousa-
hold Is now teady fol
sli ,scriberS. No mo,he,
or daughter, Knowing fts
contents, will tai IL
bay II.
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Live stock Market
& KNOXVILLE Nay 90.
CORRECTED DAILY By BRADLEY LEE
REVIEW.
Cattle and sheep in good demand.
Farmers taying Cd fit sock OF any kind TO
sell. will do well 10 bring them in now.
CATTLE.
No l. 4afkc; good tat 900 20 500 lbs
2A a3s4c ordina 2a2lac.
SREEP.
Best. 83 c; good, : a3c sheared sheep
lie less,
VIAL CALvEs-Si .75a3 so.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-05-21

Paralytic strokes heart disease, and kid
ney affections, prevented By the use OF
Browns Iron Bitters.
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al;nss solid Ionpers IL constitute one ineh.
SzUe inch each insertion w
sw- Special rates CT application for sdFertsBs
sasnts b, tbs year or month.
Local Notices Is osnts per line zach insertiusA
CITY Notices 10 cents per line first Insertion
All advertisements due after nrst insertion.
ysarts Advertisements payable quarterly. An
skhsr advertisements payable on demand after ars,
tnSs-Ei0A
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WEEKLY CHRCNIOLE.
zaubs Of T1snsy. o. ever, PEI eoy,..........- %
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Gbt 9ailp Gbrnitlt.
Tur MANY 1ERoNICLM
Rates Of Advertising.

Per incnth. BY carrier Or By mall q
FER year By matt "
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-02-25
OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS.

Various pinions exist here, and elsewhere
also, as to the standard of eligibility to office.
And we venture few brief remarks upon the
subject, suggested by animadversons which
are being fully INDUCED in by ofice-seekers
and their various sympathizers, in regard to
certain minor Office lately vacated and refiled.
In this individual instance of prefcrnent, we
have no personal interest, and only refer to it
casually, and the various comments excited
by it, in illustration of some of the ideas
prevalent in regard to what constitutes qualifi-
cation for Office, and an indication of persons.
1t has been held by many, and with no lit
tic show of reason, that in the filling of vacant
Offices, regard should be had to priority of
residences to an Identification of interests
with those of the country, either by the renun-
citation of foreign allegiance or by marriage
with Hawaians, or by birth on Hawaiian soil
in those seeking office. With less show of
reason, but tenaciously held to by certain
class, the question of blood has been held as
foremost in importance. Blood distinctions
being clearly at variance with the spirit of
our institutions, and tending to disturb the
social comfy existing between races disposed
to fraternize, should most decidedly be left
out of the question: there is legally, and
should be socially, no distinctions between
Hawaiian aboriginee and a Hawaiian by birth,
but of foreign parents.
In regard to the question of deniza.ion and
tho forfeiture of alien for community interests,
we hold should weigh in favor of candidates
for Office but never in that exclusive sense
that would ignore the question of competency,
or make it one of secondary importance. Pro-
motion from one grade to another in any
official department, when judiciously employ
ed, has u direct tendency to encourage effic-
ency in the discharge of official duty by sub
ordinates in Office; without which hope,
laxness would naturally prevail, for man
works without incentive when that of promo
tion for faithful service is, taken away. Let
us first look to competency irrespective of the
color, standing, or social condition of those we
would have fill our Offices and we will then
have less of pickering upon this matter. And
if competency be that which is held in para
mount consideration, there will be an incen-
tive to tho requirement of knowledge, and to
mental and moral improvement generally.
But if offices are bestowed by preference and
prejudice then we may expect to find them
filled by such as will stoop the lowest, and
those who lack in manliness of spirit and
uprightness of conduct. And lastly, we have
reason here to say Tin preface of what we
may be compelled to expose more fully here
after) that interference by preference from
those in high estate in the affair of appoint
ments not strictly within their proper sphere,
is vastly deroga,ory to the dignity of such as
may thus meddle, and directly snbversive of
the public good.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-02-25
IMPORTS.

From san Francisco, per VIM Irwin, Feb i4-w q
Irwin Co. SO b1s sugar 40 pkg syrup, 1856 SKIS feed
~ bbls pork $50 bbls lime, 100 bbs salmon 70 m brick
es boots 40 rope o. sks nour 30 potatoes. 6s pkgs
Co, oels whiskey; Brown 4 Co, 6cs whiskey; q W
Mncfarane Co, 80 cs powder $50 bbls hay, ~ pkp
liquors; Wilder 4 Co. 40 bx glass; Dillingham; Co
II kgs lead, II pkg mdse; q " smith, pkg sund,ies
cs cigars y. cs boots and shoes, ll9 pkg groc; Hack
field Co, wagon, PKG d goods; Foster x Co 40 SKIS
nopr, q pkg feed sObs hay, rs pkg groc, horse;
ss Boes SS; pkg groei hofsehaeger s Co. SC dry
bdls shingles, s57 pc lumber; opergct, so bis hay
70 SKIS feed, - pkgs carriages etc; "a Wells pkg furn
tnro' aud 1916 pkgs to sundry parties,
From San Francisco, per Anna Feb s.d--Lewers &
Cooke 0 pkg mdso; \ Wells, IS os furniture; Boes
4 Co 10 pkg butter; Schaefcr Co 20 pkg spices; p
Lswor ~ Co ~ rolls mating; Grinbaum S Co, wool
Lyman Bros, 20 pkg dry goods Irwin Co. c2M bricks
20 bales bags, gas machines, horses; Macfar.
lane 20, ~ pkg furniture; Waller 10 bales hay; II
tea; Wilder Co, 80 cs ammonia; Castle & Cooke 10
SKIS bone meal 10 pkg groc ~ cs hdware 10 bale. hay:
Han Son, bnds hose, l6 pkg hdwarc, c telephones
Mcchesney citizens il3 pkg groc, % bales hay iOJ
SKIS hour, - pkg skins and leather, bbls lime
From san Francisco, per australia, Feb. euh-Hol.
lister Co u es cigars cs drugs Is pkg tobacco es
pcrtumery; Hackfeld Co, 40 pkg tobacco es phpt
goods, cotton. les skins, cs wooens; + gos,sr
OK aangesi walker 81 pkg hdware; Pierce Co. Ss
~ bHs eggs; Dlllingham Cpy pkr; II ] Rose nI~..
Phillips Co es dry g6ds; castle Cooke 10 sew
asnnes, ~ pSshndrles, IS pkg groc Lyman Bros ii
Waterhousc, Q! pkg dry goods; May 4
90, w pkg groc; 4 rhram, i2pkg mdse; Cohn a Co,
Wilder es castings, sehaeIer Co, 3cs groe aud ass
pkg TO Chinese arms aud rdse for sundry persons ~
ej pkg transit,
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-02-25
IMPERsoNAL a. JoURNAL1sM.

onr venerable contemporary, the ex-Saint of
Lanai, ia gradually warming into now life.
We await with interest tho development of
new traits in his very interesting because
almost phenomenal character. He seeyaz n
have grown weary of playing the. role of ,bo
Pharisec. Time was when he posed upon
inc street corners and cried in a loud voice.
uo 10! am holier than thou |" He gen.
erohs!y offered himself as an example and
implored us to note him; though the winds
ragged and cracked their checks, though the
waters rose to engulf him, like the rock of
ages he received tho assaults of the elements
with sublime indifference. If there was any
change noticeable, it was but slight; it was
when he considered the beautiful but perhaps
in this day impracticabe, suggestion-"I
thine enemy smi;e thee on the one cheek, turn
to him the othsr" lie turned to him the
other, and ho continued to turn with such neat
ness and dispatch that it became an open oues-
ton whether or no he was not all cheek. He
seems to have grown weary with receiving in
silence the smitings that fell like gross of
oatterlng rams upon his colossal cheek He
iorgot-Alas he is forgetful-how in the last
days when his return was undecided, when
his iamishing allies were looking with such
appetite for the hour of the promised rewards,
when this unquenchable thirst made him press
to question if there were collateral enough to
meet the requirements of the case; when even
those who knew something Of the secret work.
ings OF this Government hoped against hope
that voters might not be bought so cheaply as
of yore, aud that the army would be content
with casting its votes in uniform aud retiring,
leaving other voters the right to which all are |
alike entitled, If voting as they think best; in |
those days Of uncertainty AMI suspense, our |
venerable contemporary was wont to reprove |
us for telling the truth in very plain language.
II grieved him that We could SO far forget !
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-02-25
& o NJ M + CIAL.

H0NoLULU. FEBR UARY 18th, issQ
We do not gather anything Of special interest in local
matters Tor commercial report other than the continued
notivy In shipping but It Is gratifying to ind fsr
amount of business going on in all departments Of
uade, win evidences OF further extensions In the
buhains inc most OF which give promise Of permsn.
cnce and faith in the future Of Honoulu
The free arrivals-s noted last week, and added .o
thii week by the schr Anna and stmr Australia from
san Francisco, have placed beyond the pale OF want
In many lnee Of mdse that have frequently run out in
STOCK and up In prices, but with full supplies in ALI
staple and leading lines Of goods, market bid. fair
10 supply all demands thereon tor some time to come
owing 10 detention for the English Mail the stcamor
did not leave San Francisco till the 10th inst Ave dny.
behind schedule time No change IL noticeable In tho
market quotations Of island produce though Rice is
'aid TO have been concentrated by one firm with the
tendency Of stdcnng in rates. and A prosp,et of 81,
'ensiyc shipments East at an early day
Among the various it"ms Of interest OF treaty kin
'hip at Washington find the following new psteruaI
regard for our welfare by tn, proposal in the House Of
representatives. Of Customs Union Treaty with the
Hawaiian Islands 1t authorizes the President to omen
negotiations with the Government of the Hawaiian IL.
lands for the formation Of Customs Union by which
the Custom Tariff Of the United States shall be applied
10 these Islands, on all goods coming from other
nations than the United States
From lilo learn Of the departure from that mort
OF the Twilight for San Francisco on the 10th inst with
sugar from the Papaikon and Amaulu Plantations; and
II tons hides Tne Sadie r. Caller had arrived nt sam.
port with cargo Of Coal for the walakca Plantation
The departures, since our last issue embrace the
Adonls, for New YORK with full cargo of supar. p.
coyery with assorted domestic produce for San Fran.
clseoi the stmr Mary latham, for Honpkora; md
Australia Tor the Coloncs and the Duke OF Abcrcorn
Tor Portland, Or, valued together At st633st
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-02-25
SHALL WE DRIFT OR STEER?

The latest news from the States concerning
the Treaty seems favorable for its continuance,
but this is no reason why we should rest on
our oars and allow our boat to drift along
with tho winds and tides There's many a
slip betwixt the cup and the lip, and those
who know anything of the manner in which
measures and bills are considered and passed
upon by legislative bodies, must know thai:
indecision and hesitation are often fatal The
majority otthe members of Congress are from
districts that would not bc affected in any
way by tho extension or abrogation of our
Treaty, and therefore do not take The same
interest in it as do those from the States wherc
it is favored or opposed. The enemies Of the
Treaty are active and produce every word of
testimony they can gather to strengthen their
case and win the support of these members.
We fear we are trusting too much to our friends
and to fate, and our Indifference may be our
defeat II we do not make an effort to show
the benefits that accrue to both countries by
the Treaty, and to let the whole truth be
known, the members Of Congress who do not
make it special duty will not be able to re-
ceive correct information from any other source
and can not act intelligcutly in the matter.
We must not allow ourselves to be beguiled
into state of fanoied security by favorable
puff of wind There is no telling how soon
the weather-vane will Indicate change, for
political winds are ever variable. A favora-
Bile breeze to day may be gale of opposition
Tomorrow. Let US then be prepared for any
emergency; be prepared to meet with truth
every argument that may be brought against
us, and thus render security doubly secure.
We have repeatedly urged the necessity of
an organization among those interested in
planting, aud again we ask them, for their own
interests, to delay no longer. 1t is penny
wise aud pound foolish policy that postpones
decisive action on such important matters to
the eleventh hour. II our friends in the
States receive no word Of encouragement from
the Islands, our apathy may cause them to
abandon us in disgust. We know that our
planters are anxious that an Association such
as we propose. should be formed, for many
have so expressed themselves. but no one
seems to bs willing 10 take the initiative. If ]