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Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-10-11

About three months ago Post Master Gene
raj Whitney put into practice new idea in
the postal service Of this country, suggested by
the similar pra ctice in the Australian service.
1t has been frequently and justly complained
that the domestic letter delivery TO and from
small OF out of.the-way post Offices was irregu.
lar and unreliable. The cause was easily
understood But the cure--lke the upright.
ness of Columbus egg--though plain enough
now was not understood until the post master
general had demonstrated it. The cause wa,
plain enough: every time mail.earrying steam.
er stopped at landing''a lot Of loose letters were
sent ashore, often by boat .steerer, and
another 10, Of loose letters returned. It was
not at all strange that many of these letter.
miscarried and it is not necessary to charge
any one with intentional wrong conduct in the
matter. Then, too, many letters were sent
on board by private persons and delivered be-
fore the stamps were cancelled, thereby
making a loss to the government. But the
new plan works like charm. Unless in cases
Of emergency, the steamer officials no
longer receive or deliver lose letters.
The post-ofice department has furnished
all the outside offices with envelopes
Of four sizes, the largest r2xe inches, the
smallest tox5H These envelopes are made
Of strong MANILA paper, not easily weIted, and
are marked "On His Majesty's Postal Ser
vice, per (name Of steamer, railway or GARRETT
to the postmaster Of the destination postofice) :"
The date and name of the office sending is
stamped n the envelope, which may not be
opened until reaching. its destination, and
then only by the postmaster of that Office or
his deputy fine of $500 being imposed for
conviction Of the offense The efficiency of
the sevice and the postal revenuehavedecidedly
increased during the past three months, as a
result Of the adoption and introduction Of these
envelopes
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-10-11

While dsclaiming for ourselves any su-
perior wisdom over our fel!owmen, and in
tending to continue such efforts as we can
make in the direction of reform and Of good
government, we excuse ourselves from at.
tempts to belabor contemporaries who advo-
cate the same general objects with ourselves.
For long time, one such contemporary has
been in the habit of sneering and sasrling at
the Gazette without meeting single reply,
until recently II renewed and almost frantic
attacks upon US may be its mode Of express
ing party policy or obtaining party leaders.
We decline to enter into that Kind Of contro.
versy.-Ga;sfte, Sth instant.
Gracefully and discreetly said,
neighbor You shall be neither
" snecred" at nor snarled" at any
more--notwithstanding your forgetful-
ness of the fact that you "began it
yourself" But peace with SO valued a
friend is cheap at any price, "7Aeh
ateh ehs bur i ed"-as they say in
Esquimalt,
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-10-11

shall notice only one or two other lit
tie absurdities of DR. Baelz's article, and
that is where he speaks of the bacillus
lepra (epre) as shin" as though he
had discovered not only its animal ma
ture, but even its sex, whereas it is
generally supposed to be a vegetable
parasite also that he would be in
clined to place "him near the bacil-
lus malarie." !" In speaking of the
probable similarity of the two genus he
seems to think that like the "6aaiiuj
malar,ae" the "baahus hPra" genui-
mates in air and water and Occasionally
infects the human body. Doctors
Kock, Meisser, Aiming and other mi
croscopists of note, have, for long
time back been looking for a suitable
soil in which to cultivate these stubborn
germs, but without success and Koch
seems to think that they will grow no
where excepting in the serum OF human
6iOod What blessed suggestion-that
they may be cultivated in air and
water We should Judge from Doctor
Baelz's letter, that he had not only seen
very little of leprosy himself, but had
entirely neglected to read any of the
leading literature OF skin affections
generally, and of leprosy in particular
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-10-11
DrPARraENr OF THE JupIciaRr,


HosoLuLu, II. l., Oct. 8, 1884
don. wa. C. PARKE, Honolulu.
DEAR sIR,-The undersigned. officers OF
the Supreme Court, desire to express hereby
our regret that YOU are no longer to be asso-
ciAted with us, aud TO convey TO you eur
appreciation of your past fidelity in your
official capacity aud Of your uniform cour-
tesy and kindness to us as individuals In
both our public aud private relation with
you.
We join in wishing you full measure OF
happiness aud prosperity in the future aud
We trust that many years Of honor and use
fulness are yet in store for you.
We remain, Dear Sir, faithfully youra,
Signed WILLIAM FosrER Clerk.
HENRY SMITH. Deputy Clerk
W. l.. WILCOX, Interpreter.
Ii CHEuSa, Chinese Interpreter
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-10-11

The serious illness OF Mrs. Charles
X. Bishop is painful fact to be regret
ted by the entire community, Her
condition is critical but as We 20 10
press, she is reported to be easier than
Yesterday,
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-10-11
MAR RIED.

GREEN In Honolulu, Oc,o.
Der 4th, by Rev. j.. A. Cruzan, AT the
residence of Doctor and Mrs. Tucker, Mr..
r. Jay Greene, of this city, to Miss NJ. A.
Hilton. of Oakland, California.
GOODALE-WIiITNE In Honolulu, Oct
ober 9Th. by the Rev. DR.. Damon, William,
Whitmore Goodale, oi Wailuku, Maui, to
Miss Emma March, daughter of Hon. II. M.
Whitney, postmastergeneral of the king
dom.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-10-11

The legislature OF 80 passed an &C, entitled
An Act To. Fix the Pay of Jurors. Section 4
OF this acts reads as follows This act shall
become law from and after the date of its
approval and the words and jurors fees, in the
| seventeen line, shall be and the same
are hereby repealed But no, the interested
lawyers, nor the marshal nor his deputy, nof
court clerk nor deputy court clerk, lor any
one else in the Hawaiian Kingdom, not even
the iramer Of the law, thought Of the effect
of that innocent clause and the words and
Jurors fees in the seven,eth line
shall be and the same are hereby repealed. u
Previously the law had taxed jurors fees to the
suit, civil OF criminal, for which they were
ordered, That seventeen line, together with
the seventy first read "The fees Of Jurors
and witnesses shall be taxable items in the
bill Of costs 10 be paid by the losing party.
The title OF the act was defective in saying no
thing abou, the repeal and no one felt called
upon TO 20 back and read the seventeen line
| As a resall The court wen, on to tax juror,
fees to the suits for which Jurors were called
until the last term. Just before that the full
effect OF the act was discovered-an effect no
expressed in its title, and not contemplated
by the legislature. The act was intended
merely to raise the pay Of jurors the
introduction OF the clause repeating the
words above quoted from the seventie,h
line, gave the ac, secondary effect evi
IDENTIFY not intended by the framer and nol
noticed by any one. No jurors fees were
taxed to suits a, the last term The last
legislature amended the law OF 81 so thai
fees for yerdcts-Si to each Juror are nov
taxed both to civil and TO criminal suits; but the
fees for jurors attendance are no. taAabl,
under the present law The practice is yer,
like premium on litigation; and il is to b,
hoped the law will be restored, in the parti
culsI Of taxing all luors fees to the suits 4
which they belong, as was The Law presiou
TO 1881.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-10-11
NOTICE.
N Office

The undersigned, having become Identified with the
interests Of the HAWAIIAN CARRIAGE MANU-
FEATURING COMPANY, take this method Of es
pressing their sincere thanks for the Kindness good will
aud liberal employment received ftonheif many friends
and patrons in this community, at our old stand
We now cordially invite YOU command services
at our new Headquarters" on Queen street, where,
with improved facilities Of steam power and machinery
We expect to turn oil work, with greater ease,
prumptness and dispatch
Yours, respectfully, -
Signed s NJ. WHITMAN.
" W. WRIGHT
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-10-11

The cholera in Marseilles would
seem at this distance to have been more
OF panic than of pestilence. The
deaths officially reported from June 27
to July I6 were SIS. In the same city
on former visitation of the cholera, 1t
is said that 6o,ooc people died in one
month 1t is a good result that NUM-
cipal authorities in Europe and the
United States are excited to adopt
various sanitary precautions in view OF
the possibility of infection. We should
like to know what our board of health
are doing for the systematic inspection oi
streets and premises and the legal
abatement Of unwholesome nuisances.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-10-11
YutT roEu grvrLEuEy ?

Mr. Bishops article in the Ha-
waiian Monthly upon the Political
Future Of Hawaii has been the subject
Of repeated notices and criticisms in
the daily and weekly newspapers. He
had evidently struck cord OF public
interest 1t is perhaps to be expected
that our contemporary editors Of the
Gazette. Hawaiian, and Advertiser, all
being Englishmen. should naturally be
inclined 10 demur 10 Mr. Bishops ex-
pectati0n Of a republican form Of
government as that of Hawali's future
American as the writer IS, he IS sensible
that Britona have a sound right to be
strongly attached to monarchy, so
honorably represented as England's has
been for half a century, monarchy,
too, holding the splendid traditions OF
ancestral reunion, a share in which
Americans claim equally with Our Brit
ish cousins About the very name OF
monarchy to them there is glamour
that makes republicanism seem a de.
scent from a nobcr to a more vulgar
form Of government Perhaps it IS
Yankee conceit we Americans
think as to this that we have learned
something more then they have that
government Of the people, by the
the people, and for the people, is the
highest and noblest form Of govern
ment. the ideal and ultimate form.
1t is so high and noble a method,
that il is only practicable where there is
much strength Of intelligence and
character among the masses Of the
people. II cannot succeed where the
people are ignorant and dissolute
For such, a strong hand of monarchy is
the only protection, imperfect as ii
generally is That any nation proves
itself capable Of successful prosperous
republican government only proves
that such a nation is considerably ad
vanccd in the scale of humanity.
Union, under a powerful kingship, is
the first stage of progress out OF savage
anarchy. The ultimate development
OF civilized government is to be looked
for in imperial federations of republic:
like the United States. With all its
gross faults the enormous stride with
which that country is progressing ii
material wealth, in intelligence, in cul
iurc, iustifes us in claiming its system
of government to be no experiment
but success.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-10-11

Now, we have among us such men
as Doctor Stangenwald and Doctor
Smith Of Koloa who have lived here
(where leprosy is comparatively com
mon disease) for more than thirty
years, who yet believe leprosy to be
contagious. Doctor Hillebrand, too,
was here about the time when leprosy
was first diagnosed, and made its his
tory and treatment special study for a
period OF over twenty years, and he
too was thoroughly convinced of its
contagious nature, And all the physi-
clans here to-day who have been in the
country sufficient length of time to
properly learn its history on the Is
lands and to study its characteristics
are believers in its contagious nature.
Many of these TOO, have lived here for
periods vastly longer than eight years.
Then what possible weight can there
be to the opinion Of single obscure
physician in foreign land to the con
trary, among reasonable people here
More especially absurd does such an
idea become in the face of what has
been said by Doctor Edward Aiming
in relation to the undoubted communi
cability OF the disease and the impera
tive necessity Of segregation Is the
mature opinion Of man specially com
missioned 10y one OF the most reputa
bic scientific societies in all Europe tc
be ignored because an unknown ply
sician in foreign land has given hi:
dictum TO the contrary
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-10-11

Rev. Z. {, oggel will preach a, the Bethel
At n An. and 1880 Pm Morning subject
The Nobility Of Service. Evening subject
Does Religion Payf A service of song, com.
meneing a, 7Is, will precsds the evening SER
vice Strangers and all Others are cordially
invited.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-10-11
but a success.

Mr. Bishops views may certainly be
open to the objection that he is too
optimistic For the possibility of pros
porous republican government in the
future there must be large and con
trolling element in our population of
such intelligence and reliable character
as to ensure the choice of worthy and
competent public officers as the rule.
He seems TO have much confidence
that such will be the case, although he
strongly intimates the possibility OF the
contrary conditions of our future So
ciety. In fact it is the old question
whether good or evil shall prevail in
the land. viii the character of the
coming generation be shaped mainly by
the saloon, the gin bottle, hula un-
speakableness, pagan orgles--or will
the influence OF the school, the college,
the church and pure family life have
the ascendenoy 7 1T is simply ques-
ten of future social soundness or
social rottenness, whether our success
sors shall be able to govern themselves
like men, or, being bestialized, must
be kept in order by their betters.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-10-11
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NOTICE

NOTICE.
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entire stock and good will Of their business to the HA.
WAlIAN CARRIAGE MANUFACTURING CO.
| to take effect from and after October tst 1884
All accounts against the firm Of WHITMAN b
WRIGHT will be settled by J. A. PALMER, and all
persons owing said firm are respectfully requested to
pay the same TO ] \. PALMER, No 6ampbelfs
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(Sgned) WHITMAN & WRIGHT
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MR.. S. NJ. WHITMAN assumes general mana cement
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work department,
Thanking this community for their patronage in the
past, and soheiting continuance Of the same with
assurances Of our best attention all business inrssd
/ to Our care.
Z ~ We remain, very respectfully
] HAWAIIAN CARRIAGE MANufACTURINGCO co
tsigned) G.. WEST President
+. G. SHUMAN. Secretary.
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Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-10-11

The Daily Hawaiian names fourth
alternative to monarchy, or republi-
canism, or annexation (Which includes
republlcanlsmD that is, monarchy tenn
pered by consular interposition. That
is rather a nice form of government,
and quite tavorite one with Britons,
We used to have il here forty or fifty
years ago 1t keeps the native people
in order under their own chiefs, and
enables the white men to dc much as
they please. Financially, it is not ap,
to be success. We hardly think We
shall 90 back to that sort OF babyhood.
When consuls begin to regulate US, We
shall probably reform our admins
tration and get into such shape that the
services of Messleurs the consuls will
not be required Perhaps, however,
the needed impulse for setting RICH,
of our affairs may take that form.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-10-11
s. NJ. WHITMAN.
" W. WRIGHT
NoricH.

In retiring from the manas cement Of the HAWAIIAN
CARRIAGE MANUFACTURING COMPANY
wish to express to this community my sincere thanks
for the liberal patronage have enjoyed at their hands,
and trust that the same ENCOURAGEMENT and support
viii be extended to my successors in all the years
Come Very respectfully,
avs IN . tSigned) G.. WEST
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-10-11

This Doctor Baels tells US, in proof
OF the non-contagious nature of the
disease, OF native doctor who is now
treating lepers, and in whose family,
for three generations back, lepers have
been freely treated by thousands, not
one case of contagion having occurred.
BY what process OF reasoning he arrives
at such an astounding conclusion, how
ever, does not appear. To consistently
make such an assertion, he must have
been familiar with the history, mlgra.
tions and contacts OF each individual OF
these "many many thousands" as well
as the subsequent, individual history Of
the many many thousands more with
whom these many many thousands
came in contract Truly he must have
been a most dilligent man who, besides
attending to professional duties, could
have even read, much less p,sraysa
such stupendous records, IN SO brief
space OF time as eight short years. i
the period OF incubation OF leprosy were
but few days, like scarlatina or variola
perhaps it might be otherwise; but witt
disease whose average incubation i.
perhaps not less than five years anc
whose maximum period has been laiS
down at twelve years, such an asser
ton is simply silly. 1t is almost evi
dent that the doctor founds his opinion
of its non contagious and non-intectiou'
character upon the fact that i. does no
spread like smallpox or measles Viii
such ideas OF the disease. il is quit
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-10-11

"By their betters p Who are to be
those betters Betters they must be or
they cannotbe the rulers Of the country
the betters Of the ill-living people to be
kept in order and at work, if such is
to be the evil state of those who come
after us-their betters in force, in capac-
ity, in knowledge, in trus,worthiness Is
it probable or possible that these condl-
tions WILDE realized by amy dynastyof ma
tive Polynesian kings in the future,
either OF pure or Of mixed blood ? The
point seems too plain to be at the
trouble of argument, although the Ad-
vertiser, as in duty bound, has striven to
maintain the likelihood of the Hawaiian
throne continuing permanent. What
ever is to be the general character OF the
masses of the population, It is as GER
tain as anything can be, that there will
be here large and ruling commercial
class of high ability. These will demand,
and will have, able administration in the
government, whatever the form oi
government may he, 1t goes withou,
saying tha, no Pobnesian throne can
continue to meet this necessity -espec'
tally no fictitious, elective monarchy,
unsupported by the loyal hearts Of the
mass OF people who cling to the blood
of fanoient-renowned royalty, y,suchas gave
the throne of the Kamehamehas solid
basis. 1t is always difficult for roya
families to maintain personal ability,
Their tendency is downwards, to be
come mere "Ydle kings" as the French
phrase it and the end OF every dynast,
soon comes, Were monarch possible
in the future, he must be the ablesI
man OF the ablest race in the country
But such man will be likely to take
the head OF affairs by election as presi
dent or governor Of the state, in an or
derly, constitutional manner The
day of forcibe dictators or royal usur
pers is past m civilized countries
Hawaii will not loGs ~ Asia, but tc
America, for her style o. government
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THE LEHUa.

wmsnAFrH. So. .....4.4...4...t... CoaMANpER
Leaves Mondays ats p NJ. for Paauhau, KohsIalels
ookala Kukaiau, Honohina. Laupahoehce, Hakaiau
and Ouomea Returning will arrive back each Sssur.
day
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-10-11

likely the doctor would be "very much
a.tonished to hear that at the Hawaiian
Islands lepers are isolated and people
are so much afraid Of being in contract
with them He says "either the
leprosy there is different from that in
Japan, which | do not believe, OF there
is a great mistake about contagious
ness" There can be no mistake about
the indemnity of Hawaiian and Japanese
leprosy if Doctor Baelz finds the 6oci-
lbs hbtas in every case, as in every
case of terberculous leprosy here, the
same growth is found and it has never
been known TO exist in any other
disease. But think the "mstake
about contagiousness' is entirely with
the doctor.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-10-11

He says in the middle ages leprosy
seems to have been propagated by con-
taglon, if we may trust the old reports,
but since accurate observations are
made, no case OF contagion has been
proved so far as | know Then Doctor
Baelz knows very little Of what he talks
in speaking Of modern observations"
1t is the facts connected with the his.
tory of the disease in these islands that
have shed more light upon the question
OF contagion in leprosy than any
others. To give the reasons why this
should be so, would occupy too much
space at present. Had he read that
history, however, he would appear alb
surd should he ask for more Cases
Of undoubtcd contagion have been
shown to have existed lately in parts
of America (notably New Orleans) and
in Canada For these | would refer
him to an able article written by Dr.
J. c. White, professor of skin diseases in
the medical department of the Univer-
sity of Harvard, published in the North
American Journal Of Medical Sciences
for October 1882.
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