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Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-12-22
Dp Authoritp.
PORTUGUESE IMMIGRATION.

All parties desous OF securing the services of Por,u-
guese Contract Laborers under the auspices Of the
Board of immigration, invited inform the Presi-
dent Of the Board, in writing, early day as con,
venent, of the number and class of lborers they
quire.
CHAs. 7. GULICK,
Minister Of the Interior,
And President Board of Immigration,
Interior Office November "a. 1883.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-12-22

There are two ways OF looking at the
status 9so- "iet well enough alone, 4"
Say one set OF reasoners. ave have
managed to get on iairly well with the
cunency We have, Why not stick to il p
II Is curious commentary upon the
mental makeup OF many who are con-
ter;ed With things a. they are, that
they are also careless observers Of the
introduction OF the Hawaiian coinage,
eoniending that II NC need anything il,
ls more sil,er-iorge,iul that where gold
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-12-22

Office Of Superintendent OF Water Works,
HONOLULU, July B. 1881.
All persons having Water Privileges notified tina,
their WATER RATES payable semannually, in ad-
vance, at the Office of the Superintendent Of Water
Works, foot of Nuuanuu street, upon the day Of
January and July of each year. c. h. WILSON,
IIS-tf Superintendent Water Works
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-12-22
Life and Fire Insurance Agents.

We feel it duty call every mans attention (par-
cuiarly Of iamil) keep his life insured Tor the
benefit OF his family, who often dependent upon
his labor for their support Young and mechanics
would lind 1t the most pleasant duty Of their lives to
take out policy on the "rontne principle. when in
few years they will have sufficient funds to engage in
business with neat capital to back them. We invite
you to call on US when will take pleasure in ustra
sured.
Every man who owns property should remember that
tire, that grim messenger, often makes the rich or
~el-to-do, poor and rysiricken. Let this be a
warning TO you and call on Us at once and protect
yourselves against loss.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-12-22

II was a generous impulse on the
part Of Postmaster-General Whitney to
start Christmas contribution for the
Kalawao and Kakaako lepers. II was
credi,able OF Father Damon, Judge
MoCully and Messrs Z. p. Adams
and Henry waterhouse to lend the in
auence Of their names to the project
The time during which money OF other
contributions may be left with Mr.
Henry Warehouse, at his Queen street
store, has been extended ill next Sat
urday. We trust the call may bc re-
|spondcd to literally.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-12-22
ALL ORDERS FROM THE VARIOUS
ISLANDS

To us will receive promptnesS We can pufeha.. al
the loves, market rates and much reasonably than
You can, and We inspect everything before NC buy and
.Rrefofe u ~ yoar Interest 10 send Your utier, 10
s, a. We then become sesponshle and the small COM
mission you pay IA s less than what your purchase
sinouni To, buying a. you have been doing dncet
fS All correspondence TO us We take plsasuse la
answering without delay.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-12-22

The arguments for and against a
double standard are more intricate and
much less logical-because OF the com
plcNity OF the subject and the constant
ly huctuating condition OF silver IN the
worlds markets There is one theorist
"a gentleman OF more than ordinary
intellect, close student and plausible
reasoner, who desires to see American
gold circulate here at premium. lie
would have the double eagle worth $2I
IN silver and the eagle worth SIo.5o in
silver. lie insists that his system would
checlually retain gold in the country
But he overlooks the injustice 10 the
seller, who must give 9sI worth OF
goods for com which will buy only
$40 worth OF those goods in San Fran
cisco and which is worth only $40 SO
when he gets It there, granting that cN-
change, under the premium system OF
gold retention would fall TO the one
per cent rate OF Wells, Fargo a CO.. 5
ENpress charge. II might be the part
OF thoughtful legislation TO degrade the
valuation OF all SILVER to ils actual value
IN gold; but the artificial over valuation
OF gold would create fictitious values,
and place ourselves IN the anomalous
position ol man Who buys with his
night hand Al profit to hls neighbor
and sells with his left at a loss TO
himself
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-12-22

Against the gold standard IS urged
its impracticabiliiy "Gold will not
stay here is an apparent truth, so oft
repeated that, to may, II has come TO
have the sacredncSs of a fact and the
binding force of a creed Besides.
cheap money answers all our purposes.
Ii some one makes money on cN-
change, the profit is a perfectly lcgiti-
mate one "What VIC need is plenty
of money to carry on our transactions
with each other The assertion that
gold will not stay here is one of those
half truths by which the superficial are
always deceived Certainly gold will
not remain here so long rs We permit
an inferior coin TO compete with it on
terms OF equality. American gold
worth say $500 per quarter eagle
can not long remain in a country where
II may be purchased at par by French
or Mexican silver worth St. 80. But il
French five-franc pieces and Mexican
dollars circulated here for just what
they were worth in San Francisco, gold
in large quantities could not be OBJ.
tanned in exchange for them and would
not be exported in large sums or even
IN large yearly aggregate. II Amer
lean gold were the standard and only
five dollars were payable in silver-no
CONS of which need be taken above a
fixed schedule value-the very neCes-
sites OF the situation would compel
gold to remain here. 1t would be
king of the monetary situation, 10
which all other currency must be sub.
sidlary Again, is it true that "cheap
money answers all our purposes ?" So
long rs our transactions are confined
TO this country, yes the moment We
90 outside, no. Unfortunately for the
argument, the transactions OF very few
are confined here. The bulk OF our
debts are owed abroad, and to pay
those debts we must obtain exchange.
II We have goods to sell, we advance
their selling price in order to recoup
ourselves the cost OF our exchange
and our customers pay freight, factor,
interest, rent ana exchange. Ii we
have not goods for sale, and buy for
the improvement of property, we must
add to yearly rentals the increased cost
OF our improvement material Still
again, "plenty OF money to carry on
our transactions with each other is a
mere catch phrase. II we sell more
goods than we buy we can have our
profit in just tie kind OF money we
want. Plenty of gold will flow steadily
in from a gold-paying country if we
demand II. The planter, agent, mid
dleman, shoI-&eeper, whose obligations
must be met in gold, will protect him
self by demanding gold from his Gus
toners. The San Francisco purchasers
of our products who buy here-as
eventually many are likely to-will be
Obliged to pay our balances in gold
drafts whenever we ask for them. The
San Francisco banks would be obliged
TO forward gold here 10 meet their
drafts whenever balances were largely
in our favor or, ii they preferred to
pay interest TO our banks, the latter
could and would bring all the gold that
might be needed But if we continue
TO sell IN San Francisco, we can ship
back the gold We need by Wells, Fargo
* Co, or receive exchange on Homo
lulu for jus, the cost OF express charges
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-12-22

lf--as his enemies declare Mr..
Sprcckels cares not a new half dollar
for the welfare of the general public, SO
long as his private ends are served by
the Legislative tools supposed to be con
uolled by Mr.. Gibson a il that be true,
then IT IS a waste OF good ink to Try and
reason with him We are OF those who
do not SO bclieye-and shall not, until
his own actions disprovc our belief.
We think Mr.. Spreokels has been de
cciycd by the representations OF the
merry gentleman who boas,ed OF
I" "bluiiing the old man on that memor-
able Saturday when the great sugar
king admitted being euchred"
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-12-22

We invite every oas 10 inspect ouf new and
spacious Offices, and as have ali onr apart
ments wosking under Systematic rule, ~ilh
polite assi.iansA, central Ins.iion aud ,lesial
advantages fE Conducting our hasine>,, ~e "A
that the community AZ large will sslcon.s su.h
isnei,cai lnsiiiuiian NJ have ssiablshed
~hsr the wants u all may Ia supplied BY
youa Sosr oasplssr skssAsrs.
wssENaS : AsHLkr.
Gs"sss' s"s'.e.' Ass~'..
cAMrBELLs SEw BLOCK.
MERCHANT sr...........,....... HONOLULU.
r-o Box. SIS Tslssaosr, ''a
p.s.-our chss>,slas and Se~ Years nesk, are
'sAdy and on appisai'ea of hs '<'ss ~s -h pse'<ns
ef -<ai ,ea on<
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DIED.

SHAw-In Honolulu, December s,h, Of hear, disease,
Edward Shaw. third Of the late John Shaw, aged
28 years and months.
wOODS-At his residence, Puuhue, 'Kohala Ranch,
Hawai-, on Sunday the 9th instant. James Woods,
aged IS wears.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-12-22

We know that Mr. Spreckels was led
into the coinage trap by Gibson. We
have his word for il that he was most
unwilling victim. We do not desire,
nor does the community desire, that
Mr. spreckels should lose anything by
the coin transactions. The country is
IN measure bound by the actions Of
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Wells. Fargo, & Co, General Forwarding and
Commits sion Agents,

We deliver letters, packages, parcels, and money all
over the world send orders direct ~ our agents like
wise to bc filed aud returned. Ship throughout the
etc, from the Kingdom. asJ- always advise youf
friends abroad send parcels, packages important
letters, and money TO you through WELLS, FARGO,
co, whose agencies established in all large cite,
on the globe. Don't consider the expense when send
ing through Us, as WE WILL GUARANTEE
SATISFACTION Ia every particular, and hold OUR.
SELVES RESPONSIBLE in all our undertakings.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-12-22

MR. wisEMAN ssd M. ASHLEY desire 10
THANK the PUBLIC gssoaliy fs their htss2i
psiSoaase l<>so~ed spea .ksm sh.ls >spnaisly Jun
il4 tns bss.nes ~ hosaAala - C<n<sL ho>Ane>S
skr &ss tsa ~ tA< kuWs.
mn
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-12-22
CrRsHr LETTER BOXES.

CrRHET LETTER BOXES
Have been prepared and disitibutsd through The
,iy ~ ths f0ilgNinR places
On Telephone pole, nrlf The Eingsfssf ssiisa fssn
~ ai entrance ~ Esfgfniat1fy sth10i I,
~ M. - corner u Iiiha and sbo,i streets
~ Moth ., Nuuanu and Judd streets
b, South D, Nuuanu and SeilgIi streets
b, South ., NunaHn and Bsfstania sttrets
D. Wsa =, School and Efpina streets
On Befstania, opposite Emma street
~ the Moth corner n erstania aBd PuBchl1vi
d, South d, King and Punshio1i afssts
- tasi :. Thomas square and Befrlafia
~ he south corner u punahoa and Bsreiania streets
These loros will b. visited twice sse day (ssesta
hundays) AZ Gclock, ~, and 0clDck, ~, by =
Post Office messenger, ard the eiisr carried 10 the poi
Office Al lntsrfaland and Foreign Letters that are
prepaid by stamps will h. forwarded in the mails a.
promptly ~ They had lesn IN Al the pos,-oiioe
~ LFfrEasKor rSgrAfD wit sor ~ rosNAgDED.
II Is ihs ntsnonio provide n0fs street io,ss during
the coming year, and place them At al convenient prints
within two Of three miles 81 the Post'oifcs.
General pos,.oihee, Honolulu, Dec. -. 1885.
i7stm.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-12-22

The Ishmaelite OF the imposition
sneaks in and out of the palace, where
his long-dcluded and long-suilering
master tries valnly to conceal the dis
gust he may not dispel. He sits in the
melancholy office, musty with its moral,
mental and physical cobwebs. He
drives through the crowded streets,
where men avoid his gaze. His eyes
lack lustre and his chin's infirm. He
is waiting for his ohfer master.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-12-22

n AUsTACE
Would inform the Public that he has just returned
from San Francisco per Alameda with Choice lot o
FRESH GROCERIES
PROVISIONS. ETC.
lelected expressly or this uisrke which III he opened
fof sale
THIS DAT. Saturday, Dec~s.b~r ..
NO. no. MING stkhsr '-.-..s.s.-''...WNrs blocs
ar Goods delivered free of charge.
oaDHKs sKoA rns orHsR islAsDs rAirHsuls
kNEcUrHD.
hope By strci attention To the wants of the CON
muniy, and fair deipgs mer, share of the publ,s
patronage.
New Goods viii be added Ia my sok fo time 10 time
as The wants of my customer may rs.,uire.
f1 Tsinn'oss No. ,,s
I70im C. HusrAcE
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NkykSr sryLfs ARTISTIC ms Ano
k....,H k.aes,isaaA sl<.s -, - ~
::sS : = = - = s:... ~ q
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-12-22

IL would have been an exercise OF
rare political wisdom for Mr.. Spreckels
TO topple to the tiles the sawdust states
man whose pedestal of primacy" and
slogan OF " Hawaii for the Hawaiians," {"
have been stumbling block and laugh
ing stock for the whole Hawaiian
people. 1t would have been wise be
cause the prosperity of the whole
people in the long would have
surely adyantaged Mr.. sprcckels more
than any private scheme that might be,
advanced by Mr.. Gibson.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-12-22

IA Special attention in the following department,
will be our aim and We invite your careful perisal
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-12-22

HOLIDAY oooDA
DILLINGHAM; I co.
Res to announce that b. late arrivals they have
rsos.sed barge a.,disioas 10 ,heis sso<k q Csois.
among .h.sh are many aI,isiss Adsgsed To sAs
HOLIDAY SEASON
rhsy ~ead call special ausn'ia 10 the l.5ss sanssy
PINE sivER PLATED wARE
IN shs --latest sssisas u .h<h two eaas,<nuen. havs
iass been xe<.sei.
ps'ias sAa Holidays ,hs-s goods ell l< soii Al
vssy Lsv psiss&
rhs, ai-s Lass 6n< a..er1<a,
nahle Cuslssy,
kssyseo< Jssel bozs,.
eshssss.iss, and les cAs-,s.
xsd sssy Hs..Ai.
psLLuoRAA = On.
sosT srsExr
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-12-22

1t is related that an old London
merchant on his dcath.bcd divided the
results of long years OF labor, some
hundreds of pounds in all, amongst his
sons. " Its little enough, my boys, "
were his last words, "but there isn't a
dirty shilling in the whole of it" His
ideal had not been to make money, but
to keep clean hands. We believe the
same ideal has been before many OF
HawairS most prosperous citizens but
not before all else the present "welter
of uncertainties were impossible.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-12-22

Let there be no mistaking our posi-
ton in regard to Mr.. Spreckels We
have never denied the obligation of this
community to that gentleman's enter
prise, liberality and personal generosity.
The town is full of men who have only
praise for his relations with planter and
merchant-up to his recent action in
regard to the compulsory freight con
tracts with shippers. There are a
great many men who see no wrong in
Mr.. Spreckels' land transactions on
Maui. There are great many others
who contend that he has fairly won a
monopoly of the carrying trade between
this port and San Francisco-claiming
that freight was 81 and S. a ton until
the Spreckels' packets reduced it to
Sa.5o. They say further that S. by
steamer is not an extortionate advance
on 81. so by sail-when insurance and
interest are considered.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-12-22

During his recent visi, this journal
advanced the truth-to us it seems
axiomatic-that the interests Of Mr..
spreckels were identical with those Of
all the rest of us. We saw then-as
all intelligent men see now-that "the
greatest good to the greatest number l"
would have been wise motto for Mr..
Spreckels. The good Of the whole
country demanded the downfall of the
Mormon accident-and the game was
in Mr.. Spreckels' hands.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-12-22

II there we're no dirty shillngs u
in the coin bags Of some OF Honolulus
merchants, the cabinet of the Hawaiian
Kingdom would not be dominated by
a Mormon renegade. And the whole
community would not be suffering the
humiliation of waiting until we know
what Claus Spreckels is going to do
about it" 1t has been the moral
inertia of many, the downright jobbery
of few and the arrant cowardice OF
morethan few which have egiven Gibson
his lease of power and made this com
munity SO desperately afraid OF
"Spreckels."
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-12-22

In an evil hour the king dismissed
his ministry. In dismissing Mr., Wilder
he sent away his best friend. Surely
the king must see to-day that the bull
ding of a palace and the wearing Of a
crown can but poorly compensate for
the loss of nations confidence. The
king can not more surely buy back the
nations confidence than by restoring
to office the most capable of its citizens.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-12-22

A strong man IN the department OF
the interiors. G.. Wilder; a strong
man in the finance office-J. O. Carter
an honest man of the world for the at
torney -generalship = Paul Neumann
a diplomat and gentleman for
minister of foreign relations-J. Mott
Smith. There is not one of these men
who is faultless. None Of them pre-.
tend to be. None Of their friends
claim that they are. But all are men
Of the world, all are honest, all have
brains and all are gentlemen. These
men would be more than a power po
litically. They would mean strength
socially. II fully in accord with the
king, they would pave the way for a
better understanding between all the
people and the ruler they have chosen.
They would ply the besom OF reform,
but they would offer also the olive
branch OF better understanding and
perhaps, win hack for David Kalakaua
that public confidence his sinister ad,
visers have so contemptuously flung
away
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-12-22
,Jlrm advertisements.
NOTICE

Motive " hsfriiy given thai the Undersigned have
.nlsrd into rNHfNE Esitir BE- gTNfHAL nusI
Nlhh AgFNfh ln " iuoiun. " api tl8t thstf
husHsss hereafter Will ts run.iu.trd under ihs Gfm
name - WisrHtH A AsWfy
D. WtsTNAN.
W q. ASiiIIY
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p0-Ai, oanibss psen.ises 10 lsass Ir~.ss esmss
even hour Ahss 70 s'sissk A.s
s7yn
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hs;as ~ ,sns-<.sy sL>s.ss 4 e. NJ y. q
srss. y s>n tsA..e-'e NJ. ~ 7. GssvAso - -
sssd 70 ~ sss<fs ha<iasa ufsks kn
. wM. G lnwin { CO
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a toslosk.
shah ,hs p1hhe IN general ass cordially lasi,sd
and ~hs's shs psspss u tbs sill h
Displayed.
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7|7-7--~---7
UISE ND OTHERWISE.
OPPOSITION no IMPOSITION.

NTFOsIIION TO IMPOSiTION.
Gentlemen OF the imposition,
We trust we have your dim permission
TO indicate the reason we
DO you this friendly courtesy.
We wish, sweet gentlemen, you see
To make more clear, before we stop,
The difference twixt "m and ser"
The Opelousas courier., 1883-08-18
A Forty.F anr.Ton Statue.

Probably thu most colossal statue
yet ordered for the States has just
been finished in the plaster form by an
American sculptor at Florence, Mr.
Larkin G. Mead. There are but two
In America that can ever be compared
with it, Greenough's washington"
and his group Of "Civilization,"
which adorn the capitol in Washing
ton. Some idea of it may be obtained
by a short description. The subject is
the mississippi River" a large re-
cumbent statue. not unlike the treat
ment to the "Nile" group in Rome.
The figure is represented leaning
against a cluster Of rocks whence
springs the source of the father Of
waters, while as a support to the other
arm is a broken p~addleWheel caught
in q snag, a not uncommon sight on
that mighty river. At the base are
represented in bas-relief the various
oh .ects characteristic of the stream
during its long course, stern-wheeler
and side-Wheeler, sugar-cane and
crocodile and it's mineral wealth in the
representation of a lead mine, while
negroes are seen loading and unloading
bales of cotton and tobacco and the
sugar cane crystals, too, are not for
gotten, while the giant right foot
rests on a ledge of limestone, and in
the right hand stalks of that great prod
uct of the Mississippi valley, Indian
corn, are held, one mature, the other
in the shock. A wreath composed OF
tobacco and cotton crowns the head of
the colossus, while a fishing net is
careIessly thrown across the base. The
plinth or pedestal is twelve feet in
length and the weight Of the marble
no less than forty-four tons. This is
to be presented to the city Of New
York by MI. Elliott F. Shepard, a New
York lawyer, a son-in-laW OF w. ii.
Vanlerbilt.-RomGD Negos.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-08-18
yaEencfenmos Lace.

nhs fact not commonly known
even among lace dealers. that very lit
i'd IF the article known as Valenci-
ennes Ii made in that far-famed locali-
II. 1t is difficult work, requires long
apprenticeship, absorbs all the makers
fine, and is SO inadequately remuner-
ated that labor seeks other fields. Asst
tales several months, and sometimes
even d year, to make a coupon three
Yards in length. and as it is impossible
az tile operative to remain SO long a
time without compensation, it is Gus
tOunary to pay by bandes, there Icing
three bandes in a yard, and twelve in
4 c0upon-the result of this being that
the material is furnished and almost
ia whole amount due the maker paid
Out d long time before the completion
If the work. What is known as Va
lenciennes lace is, in fact, made extern
sively at Ypres, Contrary, Client,
Bruges. and in almost all parts of
Flanders; and in the production of one
coupon of the fabric rarely less than
400 spindles and 15G0 pins are en-
ployed.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-08-18
4 Young Italian Girls L,fe.

The Italian girl is kept as close a
prisoner as her French sister. She
must never be seen unaceompanied,
either by a mother, father, elder broth
81, or married sister. She sleeps in a
room close to her mother, and which
has no other entrance or exit, save
through her mothers apartment No
man is allowed to speak to her save in
Der mothers hearing, and when en-
gagged she is not permitted a moment
to say a word unheard by her mother
10 the man who is to be her compa Mon
for The rest of her life. However old
die may be, if unmarried she must not
BE- seen out alone; whereas, on the
contrary, if married, however young
she may be, she is allowed every free
doml. A married woman of fifteen
may be chaperon to a girl of forty or
dffsy years of age. An unmarried Wo-
rnan. cannot even cross the street to
buy d yard of ribbon alone. She is
rarely trusted alone with servants.
That she has her love romances de-
tpite the watching, need to be added.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-08-18
Fashion Notes.

Jackets different from the skirt are
much worn.
Raglans for travelling have Japanese
sleeves with dolman backs.
CHI empire puff worn at the bottom
e the skirt has been revived in Paris.
snail mantelets of cloth are newer
slan jackets with tailor-made cloth
gai
transparent sleeves Of lace or EN-
aEslaers i much used for handsome
Ees.
Curtains are now hung in one piece
t1Aes doing away with the parting in
ths center.
aston high and low chignons are
sgEA b fashionable women, but they
aast b small.
bow of ribbon il many loops i
Hsfn % the left shoulder Of evening
assAses by young ladies.
Tan asone-color, and black are the
pNlaF eolors for the Jersey sill
saaKes worn with dresses ia the street,