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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-01-20
A FIRESIDE EVIL.

One OF the evil influences which easily
and insidiously gains an entrance into many
a home, is that of gossip. The habit of
using the time when the family are gathered
at meals or around the social tireside 10 Is
cuss friends and neighbors, repeat whatever
scandal one or another has gathered from
those society scavengers who go about pick
ing th- very flesh from the bones of all
with whom they come in contact, is a
runious one. Perhaps those human harpies
do not mean to do harm, but they handle
the reputation of a friend and TOE with a
destroying touch, bent only on their own
aggrandizement, and making themselves
witty q.
The repetition of gossip, comparing notes,
surmising and enlarging upon what has been
heard, not only has a most deIeterious effect
upon the the older members of the family
themselves. dwarfng their characters,
stunning their sense of justice, and using
time for a bad purpose which might be more
proftably spent 4; but exerts exceedingly bad
influence over the young people OF the
family. Even the little children will learn,
ere long, TO ridicule and mimic those whom
they hear criticized. and exaggerate and dis
tort the truth. when they wish to make a
story or description more vivid and interest
ing. Such training shows its effect IN many
different ways. Absolute truth becomes
a myth that sweet spirit of charity, which
Ill -h4,ll ~ +,--lt - 49, -z---
thought of. The love of justice and duty
to ones neighbor, which should shrink
from exposing him to ridicule and, if
he has done wrong. try to help him up the
hill instead of pushing him down, is not
learned in such a school. 1t encourages a
spirit of deceit; statements are made behind
peoples backs which would not be made to
them. 1t teaches children many things they
ought not Ito know, places before them pic
lures of wrong-doing; often times in a most
vivid manner, making them familiar with
the ways of the world long before their
young minds have grasped even the rudi-
ments of real learning.
A habit of gossiping is dangerous ground
to tread upon; parents cannot be too careful
about encouraging such a tendency in them
or those who make up their family
circle. Only a few words spoken in jest, or
without intention of harm, may do an i'm
measurable amount of injury. The thought
less remark, sepeated and embellished, often
t mes transformed in meaning, may prove an
arrow which, let fly, will carry destruction
to the one at whom it is hurled.
Do not teach your children to speak ill of
others, but teach them to exalt the good.
ssis Wr%
'l"nIch they see in those around them and
become peacemakers in the world in which
they live rather than sewers of discord
Happiness will be most likely to follow them
through life, and they will gain more easily
the love and friendship of all with whom
they come in contact, because they have put
on charity, which is the bond of perfection
Poor charity suffereth long and is kind;
charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not
itself; is not pulled up; r~ejoiceth not in in
iquity; but rejoiceth in the truth"
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Railroad Construction Armies.

The railways are the ~workingmen's
best friends, for the money of the rail
ways is largely spent in paying wages.
What an army of laborers is supported
by the constructions of new lines merely!
1t is stated that in the wild Territory Of
Idaho alone 5000 men are engaged pre-
! pairing the pathway for the locomotives
in the businesses of the Rocky Mount
ain 5000 are pushing TIE Denver and
Rio Grande Railway westward; the soil
tudes of Arizona and the California
Desert are alive with the builders of the
sands of men are strung along the route
of the great Canadian Pacific Railway,
from Ontario westward through the
wilderness north of Lake. Superior or
over the unbroken p~rairies of British
Columbia and the mountainous regions
of the Pacific Coast: all through the
Western States and Territories unnum-
bered thousands more are digging,
blasting, filling, bridging and track-lay-
ing, and the money of the enterprIsing
but not always appreciated, capitalist,
supports them and their families. Every
working day-taking the average for
the year thus far-forty miles of main
track are added to the railway mileage
of this country, and every day 200 more
men are required to operate them. If
the total mileage constructed in 1882
shall be 10, 800 miles, then about $500
men will have been added to the army
employed in operating the completed
roads; while the work of new con-
struction will still push forward, furnish
work and bread to multitudes. No
class of men ought to be so anxious to
have the railways prosper as those
whose living is obtained from the rail
way employment.-Raihody Age.
1t is related by the Boston Transcript that
James Russell Lowell once wrote a careful
article on American hEyaor and sent it
anonymously to the Atlantic. A few weeks
afterward he adroitly led Editor James Il.
Fields to the subject. Mr.. Field said
awe get a great deal of manuscript on
humor, but it is s. poor that we cannot use
it. | threw into the waste basket the other
day a long screed christened the 6 Essence
of American Humor." which should have
been styled the Essence of Nonsense for
a more absurd farrago of stuff have never
SEEM Lowell burst into laughter and
informed Fields of the authorship of the
authorship of the article. The editor turn
ed all colors and swore it was one of
LowelI's jokes. Indeed it is" responded
Lowell. land the best joke | ever played.
| never thought highly of my scribbling.
but | didn't believe it was the most ridlcu-
lous farr go of stuff you had ever seen"
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MERCHANTS, PLANTERS, Etc

JAMES DUNN. MERCHANT, GLASGOW,
HAWAIIAN CONSULT
Undertakes The purchase and shipment OF all kinds Of Brit
ish and Continental Goods, and will be glad to receive Orders.
At rates either free on board At shipping port in Europe, or
delivered ex ship Out with duty for buyers sccOunD at
Honolulu such Orders may be accompanied by remittanees,
payable in London or san Francisco or he will draw at 60
days sight Against confirmed credits from Honolulu Bankers.
or otherwise. 70 suit the convenience OF buyers.
REFERENCES
MESSRs. WI. C. IRWIN x CO., Honolulu.
HON. J. s. WALKER, Honolulu.
THE AGRA BANK, Uimited). London.
j~unls1yr
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1t would be difficult to cite a more conclusive
piece of evidence as to the value of sanitary i'm
provements than that furnished by the recent
reports from the town OF Bilston, England. For
thirty years the death rate bad been between
81 and 80 per 1000; but through the regulations
of the Health Board, strictly carried out, and a
scientific application of the sewage system, the
death rate has been reduced o~ne-half, being at
the present time l6.1 per 1000.
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Denmark has been provided with the first
of several heavy guns which had been or
dered from Herr Krupp, of Hessen: The
one finished and delivered is 80 feet 9 inches
long, 4 feet 3 inches diameter at breech,
and weighs IS tons. The carriage alone
weighs 26 tons.
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DR..

BEEN APPOINTED BY THE
Board of Health. Physician for the District of
Makawao. has taken his residence at the house in the
rear of Norton g. Co. Store: and having established
Communication with the various points of
business in the vicinity will attend promptly to all calls,
either by telephone or by messages He Will also
visit regularly, unless prevented by professional
engagements, Paia. Spreckelsvile and Kahuluf on Tues
day and Thursday Of each week, arriving at Spreckels-
vile by u O'Clock. and remaining over each night in his
office at Kahului.
octl4 3mow F. Z. BAILEY. NJ. D.
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fortiGn advertisements.
L. p. FISH
Established i'm 1852.

ADEERTISING FL MERCHANTS
"A EXCHANGE, san Frahci-c0, California. Il authorized
70 receive advertisements for the columns Of this paper.
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V-N. B.-idTertislng solicited for all News
papers Published on the Pacific Coast. the Sandwich
Islands, Polynesia, deXieaa Parts. Panama, VaIpa-
raise, Japan, China, New Zealand. the Australian
Colonies, the Eastern States and Europe. Files Of
learly every Newspaper Published on the Pacific
Coast are kept Constantly on Hand. and all adTer-
tIsers are allowed free access TO liem during Bust
ness Hours. The PACIFIC COMMERCIAL ADVER-
TISER is kept on file at the OGiee OF l.. p. FISHER.
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WING WO CHAN & CO.,

IMPORTERS AND DEAL
III ers in English. American and Chinese Provisions,
Plantation Tea and General Supplies. Also, First-Class
White and COlored Contract Matting-all qualities and
No. 22 NUUANJ STREET.
jeI3 WY Opposite Mr.. c. Afong's
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THE FRENCH
TRADE JOURNAL & EXPORTER
PA q Il
Markets Review & General Prices Current !

Published Monthly, and in English. Indispensable
for Purchasers Of Continental Goods; gives Whole
safe Prices. and Discounts allowed, Of
Wines, Braniies, Preserved Provisions, Fancy Goods,
Millinery. Dress Materials. Glass, Porcelain.
Plated Ware. Watches, Clocks. Real x Imitation Jeweiry
Boots and shoes. Perfumery. Toys, 0leOgraphs,
Photographic and Printing Materials,
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Pharmaceutical Preparations, Stationery, Sweets,
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AlsO-Pnces Current Of Produce. Market Reports. Notices on
Industrial Novelties, Trade Intelligence, etc
ANNUAL SUBsCRIPrfONS-5s for Postal Union. and 6s
for other Countries.
Money orders payable TO GEORGE WATERS on Paris or Lon
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stamps
II UNPAID LETTERS FUSED ~
Address. The FRENCH TRADE JOURNAL & REPORTER
oc9 1y II, Rue de Chabrol, Paris, France
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est in q big game that was going on thi
at the time. Then l was cook in a nd
ing camp, and al last saved up enod
money TO buy an outfit and 20 prospd
ing. I failed at that. 900, and al
tramping over the mountains I caI
back and went to cookingin a brickyu'
As soon as / could / got back home, /
when / reached here 1 was again vi
out q cent. Well, Try as hale
could, / couldn't get a thing 10 do N
though knew 30 manv r1ople and
willing to work at anytL ng. At
time l was living with my Amily III
room, and they were suhering-bu|
wont cay anything Of that. About
time Major Hughes was elecfsd Chic
the Fire Department, and as be bad T
ways been a friend OF mine, 1 thou'
I'D ask him for q Job. He never he'd
ted, but gave me q place Is Don a
asked for it. / stayed In the departing
for two years, reading and studying .
make up for my neglected education. T
At the end OF that time, which
two years ago, / was approached
Brother Morris, who said the chu|
would support me II / would come ID
and take charge Of the mission. II
Just what / wanted, and 1 came, and
now trying my best TO do some good.
mo. / can't say anything about I
tricks Of gamblers, for / believe Il wo
do no good. 1 am working hard ANA
the gamblers, who have confidence
me, and it wouldn't do to abuse thsI
1t wouldn't do any good either, for
cry young man would think himl'
forewarned as soon a he knew
tricks and would be more anxious
play them over. Gambling can't
stopped by such ways as that, but
could / wouldn't hesitate q moment
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The famous farm Of Horace Greeley !
been sold by Israel L. Haight, tIusies
pursuance Of a decree of the supreme @,
dated June 4, 1888. Horace Greeley o /
will, directed the sale and division o.
proceeds among his children. Ms. 90.
his daughter. who wa named as eteo.-
in his will, old not follow out the in9Ii
tions, and after her death. Gabrieils
Greeley the surviving daughter orou'
action agninst Col. Smith and chlldneD
have the estate sold Is directed by ne I
Only one bid was made. Gabrielle 1ise
bought it for 10000. The property J
the buildings, drainage and euiusa.
cost Horace Greeley over $4,000. ~ =
prses over seventy-eight acres. \
neighbors were present prepared W 4
chase, but would not bid again1
Greeley.
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President Norvin Green, of the West
ern Telegraph company, in his examin-
alton before the senate committee at
New York. said that experience has
shown that it would be a very dangerous
experiment in this country to give to
any party in power the control OF
he telegraph as govern
mental institution" In England it Is
so long since partisan strife has affected
the great mass of government employees
that the situation is entirely different
from that here. Those suggestions are
important. Under our present tax sys-
tenn of civil service, the places filed by
more than 10000 operators, to say moth
ing of clerks and managers, would be
thrown into a political field to be fought
by political partisans, and, however
useful and desirable the postal telegraph
may be, the same objections would
equally apply.
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Statue orLAfayette In Paris.

The unwilling CT the statue Of Lafayette
took place on the 9Th inst, in the presence
Of an iEmense crowd, despite q severe rain
storm. The streets were decorated with
American and French Gags. and triumnha
arches were erected over the principal
streets. Among the distinguished persons
present were Messrs. Morton, United States
minister at Paris. and Sargent, United States
minister TO Germany. Morel, president Of
me Lafayette memorial COMMITTEES, per-
formed the ceremony Of unwilling the stat
ne, amid plaudits from the multitude and
sruhery. Minister Morton, speaking, said
ne was enforced TO be present and assist at
ms tribute to the memory Of Lafayette, As
be desired 70 express the affection felt bv
the people OF the United States for one;wbo.
next 70 Washington, had awakened ~
gratitude OF all American hearts as an ar
dent lover OF liberty. He had advocated
the supremacy Of law, and his struggle Wa
Tor the establithnent of constitutional free
dom. Would that he could now see ~
noble result Of his work. America bad Al.
tained hal prosperity and splendor wbich
J Lafayette had predicted, America was neVe,
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Willard Excursion on the Rocky
Mountains.

Mountains.
Special from Bozeman, (Mon.): Between
9 and 10 O'Clock on the morning Of the It'll
inst, our train pulled out from Lexington
for the first division of the Rocky Noun
tains. Approaching from the eastern val
ley, the ascent Of the pass Is abrupt and
short. The summit is the highest point on
the line, and is directly over the Bozeman
tunnel, on which the work Is being
pushed rapidly from this point. The scene
~ rs beauti full. It's majesty and grandeur
awe even the heavy takers into silence,
oroken only by expressions Of surprise as
some new beauty Of landscape or rocky
front opened to US through the gorge in
front Of us. The Gallatin valley, in all its
LONELINESS, burst upon the view as It Law
listless and hazy in the golden sutumn air.
Field after field of grain in shock bore Wit
ness that the present crop had been a good
one. We pulled into the depot at Boze-
mantle Beautiful City"-through arch.
Is OF evergreens. and. on alightng found
the depot Handsomely decorated, the brass
band braying its welcome, the cannon ad-
ding its volume to the sound, aud 500 car
riages waiting to take the party for a drive
through the city. Expressions Of wonder
were frequent as the blocks of brick pusi-
ness houses, the two BRICK graded school
buildings, the churches and fine court
house were passed in succession;
while on every hand the evi.
dences Of wealth and tasteful culture were
present. The view Of the valley from the
foot bills was most enchanting, and as Chi
cago's mayor said in his speech. This is
certainly q glorious country and Gods "a
vored paradise At the depot, on the re-
turn nom the drive, the party took in the
olsplay OF NUTS, grain, etc, wheat running
rom 40 to 100 bushels to the acre. The
latter ngure Is not a typos mistake. The
hundred fold was shown in the bundle with
six ml heads on.one stalk. Barley. brigbt
and full at forty-hve bushels per acre snd
oats going up to 100 bushels and Eve 9odsiii
weighing fifty pounds to the bushel. inn
mense turnips. cabbages, potatoes. etc Al
minimum. A block Of coal. bituminonS
glossy and very fat, was resting its ton AM
a bali Of weight on the platform. Il va,
raised at . mine eight miles away. Gold
silver n copper from the mountain
around were shown In rich profusion: buI
the inevitable IAN aboard" broke ~,
charm. Here is certainly one of nature
richest storehouses. Short speeches wer
made by Willard, Grant and Harrison. an,
We sped away well satisfied with Living
ston, Bozeman and the fertile Gallaen va
ley, with her framework Of more than All
pine l~oveliness.
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The contest case of Jere Brown VS..
Alex lie Beau, involving a portion Of the
town site Of lie Beau, has been decided
by the register and receiver ofthe Aber-
deem land district in favor Of lie Beau.
Brown claimed that lie Beau, being a
b~alf-breed Indian, was not entitled to
the rights Of a N American citizen.
W. r. Otis fell dead in the tent during
a performance offs circus in Huron. He
had lived in that city fo~rseveral months
and was in III health.
The wheat crop ofMoOdy county is es-
timated at 10000
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KEEPING THEIR END UP.
How the Great Vests Marvels
Apt to Multiply.

As last Tuesdays west-bound N
passed Cape Horn. a large party Of ID
lishmen, Of the "direct-from- Lunnu
variety, crowded out on the plated
and loudly expressed their dissatiSl
zion at the scenery, which was mot
all rp to the guide-books, you know, I
Jovel"
AS they returned TO their seats to I
Joy a jolly good British all-around grul
BILE, entirely oblivious Of the indigns'
~glances Of the native passengers
meek-looking, gentle-voiced journal
from Frisco approached from the 9th,
end Of the a and,.volunteere red to.give I
tourists some valuable facts concernil
the country. In an ingenious and PLAID
ible way, he answered their questions,
a manner that reduced our critics fu.
over-the-pond to acondition Of profouI
Amusement, not to say awe.
The next morning the journalist u
informed by the reporter that a cod
mittee of gentlemen wished 10 see BIZ,
in the baggage-car. AS he entered
found q dozen travellers, all native a,
to the manner born, waiting TO reeei1
MIN hat in hand. The spokesman a
vanced and said:
"You are IN party WIZ vas rdd
those globe trotters in the rear sleep4
some points about the coast, l BELIEVED
= am sir" said the quill-drivs,
modestly.
"You told them, 1 understand" 81
tiuued the chairman, "that Mount Sha'
was 5000 feet high2"
"The same"
"You divulged the well-known n
hat trains on this road we're often u
tanned four days by herds of buHA
and that they frequently have to use
Calling qua on the cowcatcher TO p,
vent the locomotive being pushed
the track by the grizzly bears2"
Eyes, sir"
"You further acquainted them Eit'
the circumstance that the Digger ID
dams live to the average age of2O4, Al
that the ratification of the air on n
plains is such that an ordinary pin lOot
like a telegraph pole at the distance
forty-two miles?"
81 think / wedged that in" respond
ed the newspaper man.
And we are informed they all msd
a memorandum Of your statement th|
at the Palace Hotel an average oftT|
walters per day were shot hy the gues|
for bringing cold ~soup-eh?"
They did"
"And, finally, we believe that you Al
the originator of that beautiful-toI
b-e-a-utiful-er-fact regarding that y
len redwood tree up at Nariposa-
mean the hollow one into which 0
six horse-stage drives, and comes o
OF a knot-hole 1855 feet iurth
along2"
81 told them all about IT,"
Just sol just sol" said the commltie
man, grasping the patriots hand 81
producing a well filled buckskin ~
"and | am instructed by this cOmmltl
of your fellow-countryman TO prese
you with this slight token Of our appirI
citation Of the noble manner in Wnl
you have indicated the honor Of q
noble land; God bless you, sirl'
Gentlemen" said the true Oallo
nian, much affected, 81 understandyo
feelings, and although l blush to be
warded for simply doing my duty,
cept the gift as a sacred trust 10 DC =
voted to the further exaltation oil y
common country"
"In what way?" asked the ehalrmA
earnestly. Il
why, l am going back 10 rope tho
fellows into a little game Of studhqn
poker And as he left the car US
gave him a cheer that nearly shook
train off the rails.
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The eastern papers have had a lack
Of live topics for some time, owing to
dog day lassitude, but now they are all
alive to the discussion of a proposition
to abolish the ringing Of church bells in
cities, which is an admitted nuisance to
a great many people, especially invalids.
The usefulness Of the bell among poor
and sparse populations who could not
afford to own a time-piece and lived so
remote from the sanctuary that the
noise did not disturb them, made it
popular in earlier days, and the
custom, now more honored in
the breach than the observance,
has been handed down to a generation
that carries a watch in every pocket and
keeps clock in every house. But the
antiquity Of the custom is strongly in
its favor. A great many good people
would almost as soon abolish the church
itself as ''the church-going bell"
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Thousands of acres of potatoes and
corn in New England" says the Bos-
ton Traveller, promising a heavy yield,
will hardly pay the expense of digging
and harvesting" The drouth of this
year is pronounced much more severe
and destructive than that of 1882, and
serious fear is expressed Of the
effect on the farming interests
throughout the Eastern states.
The west, on the other hand.
has been siRnally blessed, notwithstand-
ing the cyclone disasters. The spring
opened late, and was cold and un favor
able, bu either temperature was even
and there vas plenty of moisture, and
afterwards sufficient heat TO ripen al
most every product-snd frost has held
of beyond the usual period, so hat any
thing, not excepting corn, reached ma.
tnrity.
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The grand Legion Of Select Knights of
the A. D. o. W., who have been in session
at Pittsburgh. Pa, adjourned sine die al
noon IN the 9Th inst, sfter elscting q in
sailing the following officers; Grand com
mander, Walter e. Locke, Buffalo. N. Y;
grand vice-commander, A. 5. Smith, Pitts
burEh; grand lieutenant commander, s.
A. Smith, Derrick City; grand recorder, ].
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D. Mcintyre, Buffalo; grand treasurer, John
J. Powers, Rochester n. Y; grand standard
senior workman, n. 8. Burnett. nisn; grand
junior workman, A. @. Hill, 0lean, n. II;
grand trustee, Garrison Beckwith, Erie,
Pa.
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more united than on this occasion; and
may the friendship which Washington and
Lafayette formed remain forever unbroken
between the two republics. Senator Lafa-
yette returned thanks for the honor con
ferred upon his ancestor.