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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-01-13
Bleaching a Black Woman.

There Is a colored lady in this city who
after having been for some time under a
peculiar medical treatment, is gradually,
from the effect of the drug administered
being changed to white. The physician
having charge of the case was found, and
after having some hesitation volunteered to
accompany the reporter to see his patient.
The lady is the wife a mulatto man, at one
time a photographer in this city, but now
keeping a stationery store, and both are
well known. Mrs. Ball was born in
Fredericksburg, Va, and is at present alb out
81 years old. Three years ago, after suffer
ing about II years with an ovarian tumor,
she called on the doctor. Upon examina-
tion he found that to remove it in the usual
way would sacrifice her life. The only
course, in his opinion was to follow a method
of treatment that would give reli eff from the
intense physical suffering which she ex-
perienced. With this in View he began
the administration of a certain drug, the
name of which he withholds for the present
until he had completed his study of the
case and is ready to give the facts in detail,
with theories and deductions. to the medi-
cal profession, and through them to the pub
lie. Shortly after the treatment had begun
he noticed white blotches appearing upon
the skin, which gradually anlarged and
extended over the face. body and limbs.
Just at this time. too. the woman began
experiencing relief from her excruci4ting
pains, and from that day to this improved
in health, until she is now better than for
25 years past As though in progress with
her health. the blotches increased in size
until one-half of her body is as white as the
purest Caucasian. She was originally a
very dark mulatto. The portions of skin
still retaining their original color are cold
and clammy, while the whitened parts are
warm and animated. The change has been
very slow, as it has been going on for
nearly three years, and the transformation
is only half completed. San Francisco
Ne1CS Letter.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-01-13
TDaiIy, January 1Oh.1

OF the South Sea Islanders brought to
this country by the Board of immigration
about go, or 145 men and 125 women,
accompanied by 90 children, have express
ed their positive wish to return to their
own islands. These islanders from whose
immigration so much was hoped, have
proven very unsatisfactory immigrants, but
we would not conclude that this country
has nothing to hope from an immigration
from other POlynesian groups, and it may
be, that in future ventures of the Board of
Immigration, tina Polynesian races cognate
to the Hawaiian may be induced TO come
here and assimilate with the indigenous
stock. However, we are not aware that
enterprise in that direction enters into the
plans or purposes of the Board at this
time. Immediate attention is given to
hope ere long to welcome another large
recruit from ST NIichaels. In regard
to Japanese immigration, from which
much is expected, we have every reason to
believe that the prospect of our getting
some of those desirable people IS very pro-
missing. No doubt the Board of Immigra-
ton, with the large means voted for the
purpose Of obtaining recruits of people who
NAV be induced to settle in the country,
will be casting about for every available
source from whence such recruits may be
obtained. In this quest, the great and
%populOus field of India cannot be over
looked. The supply from the Azores, it
must be well understood, is very limited.
The probable supply from Japan will be a
special favor, and by no means extensive,
as we have no reason to uppose that
this progressive insular Empire of South
Eastern Asia can have any reason for enter
tanning a policy of extensive emigration
from her dominiOns, which contain vast
undevelOPed territory. But India, like
China, is an overlooking reservoir of
humanity, and new and progressive States
in and around the Pacific, if needing large
and continued recruits of people, must
necessarily look TO those two great sources
of supply.
To partake of either race as recruits of
people judiciOusly, or to avoid them alto
gether, will be a difficult piece of states
manshiP for a country situated like the
Hawaiian Kingdom. However, this sub
iect must not be, and cannot be, entirely
ignored by the Government of this country
in its need of people, and we doubt not that
it will receive the earnest consideration
that il demands.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-01-13
IDaiIy. January 9th.I

THE Information we have received from
the ether Islands is unanimous in express
sions Of enjoyment throughout Christmas
and New Years holidays. Passing over
from pleasure to business, the reports are
very favorable with regard to the crops now
being taken off. When we read the foreign
papers, we are invariably reminded ofscar-
city of food, fires, tempests, and wars in
various parts of the world. Only yesterday
we re-published in these columns n heart
rending account of n typhOon, or hurricane,
that recently passed over that beautiful and
fertile Island of LuZOn, of which Manila is
the capital This was followed by an cpl
demic of cholera that carried Off hundreds
of natives and foreigners without any dis
tinctiOn. From Scotland we learn that a
storm was raging on the Goth December,
ships were driven on shore and crews were
all drowned. Travelling westward, we are
informed that in Newfoundland they were
experiencing at the same time the heaviest
wind and snow storm known for fifty
years. Twenty-Five vessels are wrecked
and loss of life Is feared. Still fur
Their west from us, it is announced that
the condition of the autumn crops in hin
during the coming winter appear very pro-
missing. The authorities are put to their
wits end, from what source to obtain sufii-
cient quantities of rice to prevent n famine.
LoOkinga ut the misery that exists in these Sc
veral parts of the world, ought not we who in
habit these fair isles to feel hankf that
such a state Of and suffering
as we read Of in foreign newspapers, is COM
paratively here. The Hawaiian
Board having seen fit to devote his week to
Special Prayer there will no doubt be many
n voice raised in Praise and Thanksgiving
for the blessings which have been bestowed
on the Hawaiian nation.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-01-13
CASH VALVE OF MISSIONARIES.

The popular estimate of foreign missions
cents to foreign lands, and that the same
zeal, labor and money expended upon pa
gans at home would yield much larger re-
suits. Dickens travesty of the missionary
cause in 'Bleak House"-the flannel Jackets
and moral pocket-handkerchiefs and the
Borriaboola-gha mission-has been gener-
ally accepted as a measure of the wisdom,
the Observation-Disclosures, and the usefulness of
those who believe i'm this method of extend
ing Christianity and improving the worlds
morals.
After a trial of over sixty years the mis-
sionaries have something to say, and in a
recently published treatise have gathered
together testimony to the practical value
and efficiency of their work. They put it
on the same basis as that from which it is
assailed, and maintain that in dollars and
cents the system has already vindicated
itself.
To the question, "Do missions pay?" they
say, eyes. They have yielded large re-
turns to the knowledge of m~ankind-its
geography, geology, philosophy, history,
general literature, medical science, music,
commerce and the arts.n
Noted travellers and scientists are cited i'm
favor of their Indebtedness to the researches
and discoveries of missionaries. Carl Ritter,
the famous geographer, says he could not
nave written his great work without the aid
of the missionary Herald" in which "the
reader must look to find the most valuable
documents that have ever been sent over by
any society,"" Professor William d. Whit
ney, of Yale College, the famous authority
on language, is very emphatic in admitting
his Indebtedness to the value of missionaries
to science, and the obligations which the
American Oriental Society and other Orien-
tai societies feel toward them.
Richard H. Dana, who recently died, the
author of 1.-TWO Years Before the MAST
says of the Sandwich Islands missions {:
Every mission family was a source of civ
ilizing influence; each mission house a dis
pensary, and each missionary a school
teacher. L have seen in their homes collec-
tions of animals, plants shells and flowers,
valuable to science, and they nave often
preserved the best, sometimes the only,
records of volcanic eruptions, earthquakes
and meteorological observations" The
trade between these islands and the United
States amounted to s 5,546, 116 in 1880.
Many other missionaries nave attained in
; heather lands great reputation and useful
ness as doctors, some of them by teaching
modern medicine to the natives, others by
substituting scientific medical treatment
for the superstitious practices which consti-
tnte the healing art. They la established
secular institutions of learning, like the
College at Beirut and the Roberts College
in Constantinople, and they challenge COM
parison with any other similar work for the
sa ne period of time in civilizing the peoples
with whom they have come into contact.
If it does not pay quarterly dividends III
cash, they claim that the returns, if reck-
oned by decades and half centuries, will
prove it the best paying investment on the
earth.-Detroit Free Press.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-01-13
Chinese Slavery.

Mr.. Kwong XII Chin, late a member of the
Chinese Educational Commission in the United
States, writes as follows from Hartford to the
San Francisco Chronicle-WI1 you allow me
space for the correction of one or two errors
which have fallen under my notice IN your
paper In the account of LIE Poy Fun's
funeral some weeks since, the statement was
made that he possessed a large plantation in
China and was the owner of 200e slaves l
know both these statements to be incorrect, for
LIE Poy Fun was my neighbor in China and was
not the owner of any such estate, but a man of
moderate means, rather. The other part of the
statement could not possibly be true, for there is
no slave labor in China.
And this leads me to speak of another error,
which seems to be a standing one on the part of
the San Francisco newspapers. L notice that
the Chronicle and other California journals con-
tinually speak of the Chinese immigrants as
coolies, using the tenn in the sense of slaves.
This q gross misrepresentation. The Chinese
immigrants come to the United States as freely
as European immigrants, and are in no sense
slaves. A large proportion of them come from
my district, and 1 am familiar with their cha
racter and condition. The same error contin-
ually reappears in speaking OF the Six Com
panies and their relation to the Chinese in this
country. II is assumed and asserted that these
immigration companies, engaged in the i'm
portation of Chinese and pecuniarily interested
in it. Nothing could be more erroneous. The
Six Companies are not OF the nature OF a
stock company, neither is 1t a mercantile organi-
cation, and least of all, a body for dealing in
slave-labor. The companies are simply a pro-
tective association, formed for the purpose of
looking after the interests of the Chinese who
are away from home. They seek to adjust diff
ferences and settle claims among the Chinese,
and secure justice between parties by arbitration
without going to law, always without compul-
sion and with the full consent of the parties.
This is a very simple but truthful statement of
the case yet, simple as 1t Is, 1t seems very hard
for the people of the Pacific Coast to compre-
bend il
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-01-13
IDnilu. .Lanuaru IIth.l

1T was q painful scene that occurred IN
the Hall of Aiiiolani Hale on Tuesday the
9th instant, to witness the struggles and
listen to the piercing screams OF a South
Sea Island child, on being forced away
from its Hawaiian foster mother. The
south Sea Island mother had, ON arrival
here. handed her child over to a Hawaiian
couple for adoption, which adoption
was not confirmed by legal document,
-4Adzt the termination of three years con-
frocf service. the immigrants, returning to
their own home, claimed thec child that had
hen previously surrendered, If not aban-
doned. This incident has led Us to some re-
dectiou. Hawaiian women have been noted
for their devotion to foster children, whilst
Instances may be cited of neglect OF an
owU child. II is commonly said that
n foster child invariably receives the
fenderest care, and is invariably well
provided for by the foster parents. Now,
WHY should not this maternal solicitude OF
the Hawaiian women for children OF adop-
ton, be utilized for promoting the increase
OF the nation? We may import families OF
Iaborers from all parts of the world but,
after all our efforts and expense, we nave
no guarantee of their stay, and to become
part of the permanent population OF the
country. But all the children we can bring
here from say, India, Japan, and even
POLYNESIA, will readily find care-takers to
whom they will become attached, and
these Islands would become to such young
immigrants as their native land. We are
not entertaining the idea that 1t is possible
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-01-13

Two foreigners, by name Kelly and Graham,
were committed from Kaneohe for larceny. The
evidence against them was nil and by the direction
Of the Court the jury acquitted them without re-
firing.
THE current week will be devoted to special
prayer at the Bethel Church in the mornings, and
at Fort Street Church in the evenings. Last night
the subject was devoted TO Praise and Thanks
giving to God for His manifold mercies, and espe-
cially for the gift and progress of the Gospel. Is.
25:I-9: 2 Thes, 2:3-17." The service was ably con-
ducted by the Rev. S. E. Bishop. Tonight the
subject will be, =. Humiliation and Confession, es-
pecially for unfaithfulness TO Christ, and want of
brotherly love. Psalm 130:1-s James ALTO -
the exposition of this important subject being en-
trusted TO the Rev. A. O.. Forbes.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-01-13

or desirable to bring here cargoes of little
children, but we merely venture the
suggestion that in connection with
the endeavors TO procure people for
the settlement Of the country, that much
attention should be paid TO the matter of a
large proportion of little ones,to be brought
here for adoption and apprenticeship.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-01-13
Island Notes.
HoNoKAA.

The New Year was ushered in by a couple of
bands making night hideous all through the dis
trict, the more noticeable band being that which
consisted of a very large drum and a very small
tin whistle, the former instrument being particu-
larly melodious.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-13

The stepfatber of the eminent acs
tress Mary Anderson, DIR. Hamilton
Griffin, says the lady will spend $4,000
to put the scamps in the penitentiary
who recently threatened to make her
nude form familiar to every sporting
man and woman through the land, by
means of small pictures to be inserted
in walking canes and finger rings, and
the Doctor adds: IL will Sustain her,
and spend similar sum-" The first
time the fair Mary acted Juliet in
this city she threw an ivory handled
dagger on the stage in the sleep. potion
scene. The stepfather's business at
that period was to stand near the
entrance door at the front of the thea>
ter, and when the dagger fell with a
thud near the foot lights, the Doctor
remarked to an acquaintance near,
did you see the way she threw that
knife? She should be more careful,
for | paid $3.50 for that instrument, "
and those who heard the remark smil-
ed, but did not say they thought it
was MaEy's earnings he used to pay for
Il
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-13
A FORLORN HOPE.
The Local wORrd Gives the N, b
II. another Lift.

At a meeting Of the local Board OIL
Health, held at noon TO day, President
Hadden stated the object of the meet.
ing to be that of making a formal call
on the National Board of Health to
reopen the quarantine. The call wa,
made in March last year, but he did
not hurry this season as there seemed
to be no reason for haste.
While he did not know or think that
the Board was to last longer thanJ une
I'd, still it was not foregone conclu.
sion it would not run all summer. BE
must own, however, indications did
not point that way. Though it might
seem little ridiculous, he said, to
make such a call on the National
Board at this time, he could excuse it
on the ground that the principal OBJ.
ject in view was to try and get posses
sion of the psraphernalia of the old
Board, which the city could make use
of in establishing a quarantine of her
own.
As this must he done formally,
President Thornton requested Captain
Jackson to make the necessary mo.
ton, WHICH he did The Secretary
was accordingly instructed to write
the National Board q letter of the
same tenor as that Of last year, ask /.
ing that the quarantine be established
at Presidents Island, May 10 next.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-13
What Florida Can IN.

Interview with Jes.Medill in Courier-Journal
What is the chief occupation in
Florida, Mr.. Medill?"
Orange culture is, of course. the
turore there, but it takes eight or ten
years to bring an orange grove to the
profitable bearing stage. | am of the
opinion that it would be far wiser and
more profitable for Northern settlers
to devote themselves chiefly to pro
ducing what they call truck" that is
vegetables, including strawberr4es
and potatoes, for the Northern mar
ket. Vegetables will grow all winter
in nearly all portions of the State
and saw early rose potatoes dug
last month that were finer than those
we import from Bermuda. | was
told, too, that where the soil
was favorable, and by a moderate
use OF fertilizers, crops of from $50 to
SOD bushels per acre can easily be
raised, which readily sell for 81 per
bushel. On the st. Johns river
below the twenty-ninth degree Of
latitude, which is supposed to be the
frost line, lemons are grown much
more profitable than oranges, being
Q sqrer growth and much less liable to
injury from worms and insects
Bananas and pineapples, however, are
bound to become the popular fruits OF
Central Florida for large profit and
quick returns. | was told of men
who made 81 900 an acre in 1882 on
the Indian river with their pine
apple fields. Pine apples are planted
like cabbages, and will produce 10, 900
beads to the acre, The fruit is mar
ketable In eighteen months from the
time the ground is cleared. broken
and planted with sprout. The banana
is ready for market in less than three
years, while oranges require from
seven to eight"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-13

The Governor has appointed Gen
eral G. W, Gordo1. of this city, as
railway commissioner good selec
ton; also, John H. Savage, of Middle
Tennessee--a fair man, and j. II.
Turley, of East Tennessee harm
less appointment. The positions are
Sinecure and the best in the State
next to that of coal oil inspector for
this city. The work will be light and
the duties easy, and it is not probable
that either Of the gentlemen will dam
age the interests of the railways, or
the people, while performing service
under the ne@ law. They are all to
be congratulated upon their good
luck.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-13
About Uommissioner Turley,
Nashville Banner, 18th.

NeohNAAO DhuuoIl lAtus
Mr.. Turley, the railway commits
sioner of East Tennessee, is an exten>
sive farmer of McMinn county, besides
being largely interested in the mer.
chandise, milling and shipping interest
Of the State. Mr.. Turley was at one
time president Of the farmers eonven-
ton of East Tennessee, and is said to
be one of the orlginators of the move
ment for railroad commission in this
State, Mr.. Turley is q man of fine
business qualities and educational at.
tainments, and his appointment was
urged with marked unanimity in
lower East Tennessee, except at Chat
tanooga, and his appointment was also
urged bya large portion of upper East
Tennessee, especially by the agricul.
tural organizations and farming inter.
est. There were large number of
applications who were highly recon-
mended and who were known to be
personal friends of the Governor, but
it seems he thought, after a careful
study of the matter, best to give the
position to the gentlemen who the
people desired. The friends of Col.
Wayne W. Wallace, of Knoxville,
strenuously urged his appointment, as
did the chattanooga friends ofCol. w.
D. PEBBLES.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-13
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

DUBLIN, April l3-Tbe trial of
Joe Brady was continued this morn.
ing. The defense called a clerk
named Kennedy, who swore he spoke
TO Brady, who was accompanied by a
girl, on Dominick street, between five
and seven o'clock on the evening of
May 6. Recognized Annie Maeber
who testified yesterday that she was
With Brady that evening, as the girl
Witness said he also met Brady the
following day, and the latter declared
that the murders would ruin the
cause Of Ireland. Upon the conc ~
sion of Kennedy's testimony, the de.
tense announced that they would call
no other witnesses. The argument
for the defense and prosecution fol>
lowed.
BERNIE, April 13.-Reports have
been received here that the villages
Of Silvestre Treino and Salvatore,
Italy, are on fire.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-13
ST. LOUIS.
FIGURING Will DesirOyed.-.SaIe of
short Horn Cattle.

ST.. Louis, April l3.-The fouripe
mill owned by VIM. Harvey and one.
rated byL. T. Plummer, at Abingdon
~, burned yesterday. Loss, about
$4,000; no insurance.
A sale OF short horn cattle also took
place at Abingdon. ILL.,. yesterday.
Forty-twO head. from the herd OF
Strawther Owens, sold for an aggre-
gate OF 1890. Cows and heilers aver
aged Sl88, and young bulls $40.
The Fowler Brothers, who own and
operate large packing establishment
employing several hundred men. al
Kansas City, have issued orders that
all employees, while either on or of
duty, must abstain from the use of
Intoxicating liquors and must not
visit gambling houses.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-13
ADDITIONAL COTTON.

The Liverpool cable dispatch to-day &c
the Cotton Exchange reports weeks sale.
of cotton at 10000 bales; 47OOO BEING
American. Weeks receipts 1900 bales,
American, Al 500 Total for the season
2,7s2, 600 bales; American, 2, 1880 Total
stock, $4,000; American, 10000 bales
bales. =, wv
NEW YORK, April 10, 1890 pm
Cotton firm. Ordinary, 3-l6c; good or.
binary, s 7-l6c; low middling 9%c; mid.
ding, lOHc; good middlinG, lOHc: mid.
ding fair II &c; fair, l2c. Futures are
steady at very little change from last
evening closing prices.
LIVERPOOL, April ls, 9 p.m.-Cot-
ton in good demand freely met at
previous prices. Uplands, b9-l6d; Or
leans, SD Sales to-day, 1900 bales.
Receipts, 1890 bales American. 100.
Futures quiet. Manchester irmeran ad.
vance demanded which buyers refused.
NEW ORLEANS, April iS. 1890 am.
Cotton quiet. Middling, csc. Sales
to-day, 500 bales. Receipts to law
2404i at Galveston, 1898; Charleston 62i
| bales.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-13

The Nailmakers' Association at
their annual meeting in Pittsburg last
Wednesday reafirmed present card
rates of three forty, and reported no
improvement in trade at any point
West. Light and i'll assorted stocks
on hand caused the contemplated
shut downIto be postponed to May lst,
two weeks beyond the previously ap.
pointed time. The old officers of the
association were all re elected.