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Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-12-23
7HE LIQUOR TRAFFIc.

| AT the recent Massachusetts State Temperance
Convention held in Boston President Seelye
maintained in his elaborate address that all other
questions now before parties and people, how.
ever important in themselves, are dwarfcd in
comparison with this. He cited the highest
English as well as American authorizes, and
gave carefully collated figures and facts in sub
sanitation of the ground he assumed. He
further argued:
"lt is admitted on all hands that some sort of
Governmental supervision and control Of the
liquor traffic is necessary. The Western Liquor
Dealers and Manufacturers Protective Associa-
ton, at its recent meeting nj Rock Island, ILL.,,
expresses itself as decidedly in favor ola license
system, quite forgetting the argument often
used that more liquor is sold under the Pro.
hibitory than under the License law. But the
licensing OF intoxicationg liquors carried with it
greater peril than their unrestricted sale, be-
cause while the license practically puts no bar
upon the buyer, and thus makes il lust as easy
TO obtain and use Intoxicating liquors as If their
sale were free to everybody, it does waken the
force of the great moral restraint which ought
to control the seller; il does encourage him
in his business with the nominal support of the
community, and worse than all, it perverts
and blinds the moral vision of the community
itself. II the sale Of Intoxicating liquors as
the intempcrance, the impoverishment, the
vice and the crime OF the communicated that
it does have this influence is so plain that it no
longer needs proof with intelligent men--then
such sale is clearly wrong and to call it right
by act OF Legislature, or TO suppose it made
right by the payment of sum Of money and
license, not only leaves the wrong just where
IT was before and does not change its essential
character in the least but it makes the community
party in the wrong. When any people comes
to feel that the right depends upon statutes,
and can be made or unmade by acts of Leg
isature or votes OF a Commonwealth, and that
what is wrong can be turned into right by
license OF anything else, than the vigor and
purity Of that peoples moral life have begun to
decay. hold, therefore, that prohibition in
in this matter is wise craftsmanship as well as
sound ethics, and while do not anticipate an
immediate victory from the use OF this weapon,
nor an ultimate victory if we do not employ
other weapons also; while | do not believe that
prohibition alone will stop the use of strong drink
any more than it will stop the prevalence OF
gambling, or Of theft, any other crime,
would make it clear by statute that il is a crime,
because in the language Of the great English
stateman now leading the Government Of the
British Empire, 1T is the duty OF the Govern
ment to make it as hard as possible for a man
to go wrong, and as easy as possible for him to
90 right, ,"
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-12-23
foWxRs ora cRxAr IRoNclAn

The new twin-screw double turret vessel
DanFofo, belonging to the Royal Italian Navy,
has Just completed the trials OF the machinery
previous To joining the squadron in the Med
iterranean. Excepting the omission OF the in
teInal torpedo deck, she resembles the sister
ship Anille IN her general arrangement, but she
has considerably surpassed her IN speed. The
IAi,'efeio was built at the Royal Navy Arsenal
a, spe1zion, under the supervision OF Director
bofghl, at whose suggestion the whole Of the
bow plating is worked flush, instead of the
plate overlapping, as usual. The length OF the
vessel Is 5S7 feet ) inches; the mean draueht al
the trial With armament on board was ,S leet O
giving atotaldisplacement OF ,,,Stons'
The battery IS heavily armed, and is placed in
the middle OF the vessel; the two turrets rse
above the weather deck, and are placed di
agonally in the battery, SO as to enable all four
guns TO be fired fore and aft. The amor of the
tarie1s Is impenetrable to all except the -heayi.
est modem artillery. Each lurret contains TWO
ioor'on Armstrong guns, made at Elswick, hay-
ing pore seventeen and seventy-t~o one hun
dredihs inches, throwing shot a,oIs pounds.
w',h a maximum Of siI pounds of powder, the
ordinary charge being 33S pounds. The tur.
rels and guns are moved and worked by a com
plete system ofhydraulie gear made al Elswick.
The loading is also done by the same means.
The rammsrs being below the wea,hes deck and
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-12-23

doubts, no Alterations, and no suspicious con
siderations Now, all children expect pres
enis al Christmas, and their desire is mainly
for toys II is a wise desire, and ought to be
grauhcd, Tor toys are the alphabet Of life, and
| through them they learn what poetry and
property mean. Other things will be played
with, broken and thrown away after years, but
/ they make their first experiments in the art o
/ living with toys. No toys are so good fol
| bright inquisityc children as magnetic and
mechanical ones. \ toy that has nothing
movable about it soon wearies a child ahei
/ the eye is satisfied, il it cannot pull it about
and pull il TO pieces, it is a deluson. Their
+ buy toys which excite wonder and speculation
edge.
MAKE ur YOUR MIND
! That toys are bought to be deliberately de
stroycd. \ child is haunted by an undyine
eagerncss to know the causes Of things; hence
the doh is mercilesSly gouged, and the laml
torn to pieces. Don't scold II this is done as
it nearly always in secret. "Thc youngest
child has an inherited idea that all attempts Ia
see below the surface Of things will be lrowned
upon by the party Of order Though these
are such earnest and intellectual days, it is a
mistake 90 give children nothing but books.
But II books are chosen, then buy those that
appeal to the imagination. Reason will soon
enough turn them out Of that world Of splendid
impossibilities, but they will be much the bet.
ter for every visit to it,. For the imaginative
faculty is the precursor Of the
UNDERSTANDING FACULTY;
The mind must be formed before it can be
flied, and Imagination is the creative power.
"Wouldst thou paint for eternity, says Car.
lyle, "plant into the deep faculties Of man, his
fantasy and his heart. Wouldst thou plant for
a year and day, then plant in his shallow
faculties, his self.loye, and his arithmctical un.
derstandng." Still it would be dull Christ.
mas II all the children sat reading Christmas
books; therefore, buy them plenty Of play.
things; as before said. they are the alphabet
Of life. Much Of the existence Of thrce-year.
olds consists in raids and recoveries Of toys.
A child who cannot take care Of his toys in
babyhood is likely enough to fail in more i'm
portant things in after life. while the little ones
who can keep their own, and have no objec.
tions to those Of others, who can play with
them cheerfuly, are not too curious about
what is below the surface, have already in them
the elements Of successful men and women. --
Hdrbc,'S Bdsdy.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-12-23
LATEST FOREIGN NE us.

|
The following items Of foreign news we col
late from exchanges received per steamer Ci)
g Sydney and brgantine Consntlo, the latest
dates being December 9th:
Congress met on Monday, the 4th instant.
Both houses soon organized and proceeded to
work. An effort will be made to have Utah
admitted into the Union. 1t is doubtful If it
succeed. The House Committee on Foreign
Affairs has instructed Mr.. Kasson, who has
charge of the Nicaragua Canal bill, to urge
upon the House its consideration at an early
day u. S. Grant has sold his residence on
West Fifty.eighth street, New York, to G. D..
Amber, of Florida, for $4,000 and 1900
acres OF land in Florida. Samuel Bushel,
the last direct descendant of Uncas, chief of
the Mohican Indians, died November goth, at
Hartford, Conn.,, aged 81. He was poor, be-
sotted, ugly, deformed creature. His funeral
was conducted by white men alone. The
Apache Indians surprised small town in
Chihuahua, Mexico, and massacred about 7s
persons. Several girls and women were taken
OH by the Indians Parliament was pro.
rogued December ed. The closing speech Of
the Queen says that England's relations with
foreign powers are still amicable, despite the
failure OF the French commercial treaty. The
English and Indian troops in Egypt arethanked.
Her obligations in Egypt are Increased by re-.
cent events, and she will endeavor to maintain
her International engagements, uphold her
prestige and promote the happiness Of her peo.
| pie. She will avoid measures tending TO dis
turb the quiet OF the East, and believes her
claims will be approved by the Powers. She
anticipates distress in parts Of Ireland, and is
panied at the assassination in Dublin. The
authorities are especially enjoined to be firm in
exercising their powers. The social condition
in Ireland is generally improved. Lord
Granville, in introducing the Dean Of West.
minister to deputation from the Longfellow
Memorial Committee, said they wanted the
Deans consent to allow the bust Of longfellow
to be placed in Westminster Abbey as testi.
monial to the graceful and tender poet. He
pointed to the number and eminence Of the
members Of the committee, numbering goo, as
scarcely paralleled, they being distinguished in
all the departments Of intellectual activity.
Lord Granville asked the Dean to accede 10
the request, and thus bind more closely in
fneIfdly feeling ourselves and the citizens Of
the United States. The Dean, replying, un-
hesitatingly consented, and paying a graceful
tribute to Longfellow, referred touchingly to
Washington Irving and to the relations be.
tween the two countries, whose ties were strong
as links Of iron.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-12-23
FACTS .ABoUT Ne WsPapERs.

by some unaccountable misrepresentation OF
facts, observes an American contemporary,
there is large class OF people in the world
who think that il costs little or nothing to run
a newspaper, and ifthey buy a copy occasionally
they are regular patrons and entitled to un
limited lavors. Men ask FOR copy Of news.
paper who would never dream of begging a
pocket handkerchief from dry.goods store,
or piece OF candy from confectioner, even
on the plea of having done business with them
once before. One paper is not much but
thirty OF forty at each issue will amount to
something in the course of time. But this is
small drain compared to the free advertising a
newspaper is expected TO do. Some people,
when they once pay for an advertisement, think
they are stockholders in the establishment for
eternity, Without being represented in its ad.
vertising columns, we have had people request
us to gratuitousy insert this notice, or draw at
ten,ion to this article, with the slight suggestion
that II VIII no, cost you anything to put this
in which Is just as ridiculous as to ask man
to grind your axe ON his grindstone, and gra.
ciously tell him 1t won't cost him cent. II
takes money TO run newspaper rs well as
any other business; no paper can succeed fnan.
eially that carries dead-head system. ANY
mention of peoples affairs that they are anxious
to see in print is worth paying for, and when
printed is generally worth as much as any other
investment of the same amount The news.
paper business is very exacting on all con.
nected with it, and the pay is comparatively
small; the proprietor risks more money for small
profits, and the editors reporters, and printers
work harder and cheaper than the same number
OF men in any other profession requiring the
given amount oiintelligence, training, and dmdy.
ey. The life has its charms and pleasant as.
sociaiionS, scarcely known to the outside world,
but has its earnest work and anxeties, and hours
OF exhaustion, which also are not known to
those who think the business all fun. The
idea that newspaperdom is a charmed circle.
where the favored members live life of case,
and free from care, and go to the circus at
night on free tickets, and TO Coney Island ON
nee passes IN the summer, is an idea which
should be exploded. Business is business, and
the journal that succeeds is one that is run on a
square business footing the same As banking,
building bridges, OF keeping hotel.-E
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-12-23

arranged to enter the gun when the muzzles are
depressed Tor that purpose. Between the tur
refs is situated the mast, which really assumes
the function Of look out tower, as there are no
sails.
The DaHdoio carries four large steam lau {
ches and eight other boats, all hung upon
hinged davits, which are worked from the steam
| capstan, and will hoist them right on board.
She is propelled by twin screws, worked by
two independent pairs Of engines, which were
contracted to indicate a maximum power OF
/ 1900 horses. These engines, together with
| pumping and blowing engines, were constructed
/ 10y Mandsey Sons & Field, OF London. They
are the first compound engines which were or
I dered for the royal Italian marine, though they
have been waiting the completion Of the ship at
| Spazzia since 1876, when they were brought
out in the royal transport knJppe. Each set
Of engines is placed in separate water-tight
compartment, one at each side OF the vessel
Instead Of being side by side, they are situated
one in advance of the other, the alternate spaces
being occupied by the magazines, which are
placed Immediately below the tunets. Each
pair Of engines has one high.pressure cylinder,
o. inches in diameter, and one low-piessurc
20 inches in diameter, with a stroke of four
feet. Steam of svty.hve pounds pressure is
supplied by eight large oval and double.ended
boilers, having thirty furnaces in all. -Four
boilers are placed forward Of the engine, and
the other four aft; but each pair Of boilers
is contained in a separate water.tght compart.
mcnt The chimncys, which are ample size
and height, are built Of one-inch plate from the
main deck to the flying deck ibove the turrets,
so as to enable them to Withstand the great
shock produced by the discharge Of the guns.
On the IS Of May the DdUdoio proceeded to
sea for her first official trial, under the command
~ l. och "a
panied by Admirals Martin. Franklin and Caimi.
The run to Genoa and back was accomplished
without stopping in six hours and twenty eight
minutes, with a mean indicated horse power Of
nearly 1900, and a maximum Of 7,4I5 and
the speed obtained was ISH knots, with a
consumption Of SIX tons Of coal.-Lon,ion
Times.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-12-23

Happiness is never lazy mans dover ,hs,
Is reserved for the worker, and can only be
g'asped and held BY t1pe manhood and woman
hoad---J @. ASizsssd, IL A,Sxsy Rs~sjsssxs.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-12-23
SATURDAY PRESS
SATURDAY, DECEMBER -. rss,
cHRLSZKAS pRESENZS

now TO cuoost rurv AM How 70 CIV ruru.
The an Of giving and receiving presents is
not an intuition. People may make a grea,
failure Of it, even with purse full Of money.
And yet there are few more charming sensa-
lions than that Of buying present and of re.
ceiying one, especiallywhen it j, bought in that
royal spirit which has no other idea than that
Of spending every cent we can spare, and re-
oeiyed in that spirit Of conspicuous enjoyment
which marks frank and liberal nature. Every
body with a few dollars to spare gives pres.
ent at Christmas As method Of expressing
the good which the season represents, it
is more in consonance with the refinement Of our
age than HE bo,tcrou, cfiu,ion Of earlier epo.
chs. But It /, SO hard TO know what thing, are
suitable To- give, aud thi, Is particularly The
case where The recipient is TO be father, brother
or lover. Gentlemen do not care for the
PRETTY TRIPLES
And decorations that delight ladies; and as for
real necessities, they are very apt to 60 and
buy anything that is a convenience just as
soon as it IS discovered Knickknacks, articles
Of china, etc, are generally useless to them;
they do not know where TO put them or what
to do with them. We saw gentleman last
Christmas receive from hi, niece an inkstand
in the shape Of dogs head. To use it at all
was to lit Of the half Of the head, and make
a monstrosity Of it. Even II person could
persuade himself TO sit and write before such
an object, it held 50 little ink as 10 be practi.
cally a great trouble, and he would gladly
have exchanged the thing for the commences
common sense inkstand. Another lady gave
her brother a carved hunter whose quivcr held
nary lucifer, would have been far more conve.
nicnt
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-08-03
CITY GLOBULEs.

The Great Western band gives a concert at
Elmo tonight and lovers of good music
should remember this fact.
Close Brothers, the large English coloDists
of lie Mars, northwestern Iowa, report crops
in most favorable condition.
Divorces were yesterday granted to Eliza
beth Mccoy from Chauncey Mccoy and to
James Stevens from Annie Stevens.
The heavy rair of Sunday in 81. Paul did
not extend to southwestern Minnesota, where
the barley harvest is now progressing with a
most satisfactory yield.
The board of equalization held short meet.
ing yesterday and attempted to tackle the
building associations again, bnt finally con-
cluded 10 postpone the matter and did so.
The $4,000 High school bonds were yester-
day forwarded by City Treasurer Ries to Pres
ton, Keene & Co., of Chicago There is now
due on the bonds Sl37.50 accrued interest.
The district court Yesterday heard the con.
Guiding argument In the case OF VIM. Con-
STAINS against the st. Paul s. Duluth road,
and the matter was taken under Amusement.
Conundrum-How can man take seven
teen car loads of cattle to Chicago; sell them
for cash at present prices; does not spend or
lose cent Of the proceeds, and yet has to
borrow money to get home to st. Paul?
Mr.. w. d. Rogers has been appointed gen.
eral passenger agent Of the st. Paul & st..
Louis Steam Packet company. Mr.. Rogers
has always lived in st. Paul, has very exten-
sive acquaintance in the northwest, was for
several years secretary of the chamber of com.
merce, and will undoubtedly make An active
and popular man for the place.
A magnificent specimen of night blooming
cereus can be sean at the drug store Of Messrs.
Dreis 81 Mitsch, on the corner OF Seventh and
ST. Peter streets. 1t has six buds which will
bloom within night or two, when it will
present sight worth seeing. The plant is
the property of Mr.. A. w. Sonner, who re-
sides ON the corner of Rice and Blanca streets.
A meeting of the managers of the Northern
Pacific Mutual Benefit association will be held
at the office of the general manager of the
Northern Pacific railroad, at St. Paul, on
Wednesday, August 16, 1882, at IL a. m, for
the purpose OF adopting bylaws, rules and
regulations, and deciding upon the scale Of
benefits TO be paid and the conditions govern
ing the payment of the same. The managers
elected by the employees OF the road were: A.
S. Chase, e. T. Hobart, A. f. Taylor, Edward
Marden, A. z. Farrar, and T.. =. Doran. And
the managers appointed to represent the
Northern Pacific Railroad company were:
George w. Cross, George w. Cushing, Chas.
5. Fee, and q. q. SanbOrn.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-08-03
sTILLwATER.

The toll received CD the bridge for the week
ending last Saturday night amounted to $i22.
A large number of people, young and old,
will visit st. Paul this evening to attend the
torchlight procession.
The charges against Pat O'Kief, for using
obscene language to woman, were dismissed
In the police court to-day.
The races that were announced to come off
at Lily Lake Driving park August 2, have been
postponed until next week or the week after.
Haynor's band will accompany the Crusaders
and the Father Mathew Total Abstinence
societies on their visit to st. Paul this evening.
The sidewalk on the west side OF Uuion
alley is sadly ont of repair. The same may
be said OF the sidewalks in various other parts
OF the city.
Charley Brown was arrested for an assault
on the person of young man. Mr.. Brown
claimed he was justified in striking the young
fellow and demanded a trial. The case was
continued until tomorrow
After a tedious illness of nearly two wears
duration Mr.. Benjamin Burns died this morn
ing at O'Clock at his home on Fourth street
north. The funeral will take place tomorrow
at 8 O'Clock under the auspices of the /. o.
y. f., OF which order deceased was a worthy
member.
A man named John Lung, employed In Her
sey, Bean & Browns mill, while engaged in
scrapiDg up the saw dust from under the
muley saw, was struck on the back of tie
head by the crank as it came up INJECTING an
ugly wound, To what extent be was Injured
is not yet known.
A little boy named Hay, some four years OF
age. fell to the ground from the window in
the third story OF q building on North Second
street. a broken bone in his arm and cut on
the side Of the head are the visible results OF
the fall. The child was sitting in the window
leaning against the shutter which suddenly
gave way precipitating him to the ground.
Had the boy struck his head on the stone OF
the wall which is building, within six inches
stantly
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-08-03
General Capjtal Nsscs.
TOOK WATER.

WAsnIsGToS, Aug. 2.-The statement was
published some time ago to the effect that the
secretary Of state received q note from the
Gillian minister in this city commenting upon
the conduct in Chill OF Trescott. It has been
learned that while the note referred TO was by
no means as Objectionable as reported, its tone
WIS not agreeable to this government and the
Shiiian minister upon courteous request that
ne should do so, Immediately withdrew 1t.
IMPORTANT DECISIONS.
The secretary of the interior decides the
desert land act requires more than the mere
conducting of water upon the land to which
title 10 sought. The irrigation must thor
oughly prepare the land for the production Of
agricultural crops. The secretary of the in
terror also holds that the only bar to person
who has already filed an entry TO a homestead
grant from fling another and different one Is
the section OF the revised statues. The third
decision OF the secretary of the interior is
when parties have settled upon land and made
entry, II the entry is afterwards cancelled by
the department for noncompliance with the
law. sui The purchase money must be refund
cd to the settler II it appears that it was his
honest opinion that his residence was legal
within the Jaw.
NOMINATIONS
Joseph N. Start, collector of customs for
the district of Vicksburg, Miss; Mr.. Eliza
beth Porter, postmaster OF Orbselvllle, Ky.
BREyITIEs.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.-The committee on
judiciary adopted-l0 TO 1.-The Knott resolu-
luton declaring the forfeiture OF the lands
granted to the Texas Pacific Railway company,
the grant having been transferred to the
Southern Pacific railway of California. Some
objection was made TO the phraseology of the
resolution, and the committee meet again TO-
morrow for the purpose Of revising IT,