Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-09-16
THINGS WISE AND OTHERWISE.

Notwithstanding the unsettled state Of pol
tics, the police are able to sleep as well as
usual.
II has been suggested that the Antiques and
the Coronation. 1t is Just what is wanted.
As gloves are the only articles of apparel
notified by the Organ to be worn at the Cor
onation ceremonies, what fix those would be
in who should happen to lose them
Though Gibson plug his ears with marlin
spikes, he cannot shut his eyes to the fact that
he has been weighed in the balance and
found wanting;" and in response to the popu-
lar demand, he "must got"
How many jailors run the Oahu Prison now2
Mr.. w. Buckle is, of course, the duly appointed
official, but Charles Clarke-another "son-in.
law" case-is reported to be quite officious
there. Is he duly appointed, or only there as
friend2
Surprising Kalakaua Rex has had bid off to
him at auction large piece Of Government
land on Kulaokahua plains, bu, does not com
ply with the conditions of sale, yet receives the
title deed to the property. Well, "what are
you going to do about it p
The hot bed of filth and nuisance in the
most central part of King street, producing
sufficient foul air to sicken the community,
needs more than the personal visit of the sec.
rotary and agent Of the Board OF Health; it
requires action for its removal
We are reliably informed that ii is the inten.
ton to march the soldiers around this island
Some say the object is to drill them in camp
life; others, that it is intended to establish a
more correct idea of the power behind the
throne in the minds Of the country folks who
read the Paf Ai0d and hnokoa.
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In an article signed &C" in the Planters
monthly for September, entitled, "The Nor
wegian-What to do with him, it is intima,ed
by the writor that in the general clamor o
politics, "Ginx's Baby" may be lost sight Of I
this clamor be not persistently prosecuted fol
political reform, the chances are that Gin,
himself will be lost as well as his Baby.
A member of the present Cabinet once sug
gested the raising of revenue by importing
millions Of Cinnamon, who would pay SIS
head annually, in taxes. There is a remark
able similarly between this kind of politica
economy and that suggested probably b,
another Cabinet oificer) in the II. c. H., t.
make the Coronation paying investment
The experiment was never tried in the frs
case, and probably never will be in the second
There are three liquor dealers reported il
the neighborhood of Smith street that do no
fulfill the requirements Of the law, respectin,
payment of licenses, giving bonds, etc. No
is a native, and drives quite trade. No. 2 i
foreigner, next; while No. 3 sells only few
said to be found on King street, in the vicinit
Of the station-house
"There has been some idle rumor, or rathe
invention, about alarm at the Palace, tn
doubling of guards, and other precautions
The occasion Of some Of the volunteers bein
at the Palace is their regular semi annual drill
when they mount guard as a part of their prac
tice in the Palace grounds. We understan
all this; and also that the regularity of thi
kind of drill has been somewhat interrupte
since Moreno's departure, in whose time
originated
The report that change Of Ministry wa
about to take place and which has been Gu,
rent during the past week, we deem we
founded when we are able to assert that tn
/ information comes from one who was fomerl
a cabinet officer himself, and who also assert
the fact that a portfolio has been offered I
him. We may also say here, that our inform
alton in regard to the intended movements Of III
army came from an officer Of the cavalry CON
+, pany, whose commission as such, we hav
seen. If the p c. 4. wishes to raise tn
question OF veracity, it can hurt none but thos
on its own staff.
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, 1t is an ominous fact that the "loyal" 7iss
has not word to say in defence of the recer
attempt to impose 6 one-man.rule on tn
/ people. One would have supposed, too, tn;
that Court Journal would have favored a
4 awe struck public every week with such litt
I paragraphs as once headed its columns. "H
Serene Highness is in good health and spiri
this morning." Her Worshipful Excellene
walked up Mauna Kiekie yesterday afternoon.
= Does w. NJ. G. remember A. w. Emerson
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