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Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-03
"From reliable source we learn tina,

"From reliable source we learn thai.
within a single year, one hundred
Chinese women have arrived on our
islands. Most of these have been sent
for by their husbands residing here.
Many Of these women are Christians.
Very recently, after the informing
service at the Chinese Church, Mrs.
Damon met gathering Of thirty Chin
ese women. There are at Kohala
many virtuous Chinese women, and a
few at other localities. One of the best
informed Chinese merchants in Homo
lulu informs us that the number OF his
country women, 6f bad character is
very few. Whatever may be said about
the climate, there is high standard Of
virtue in the Chinese family, which will
not unfavorably compare with that to
be found in Christian lands. The
Chinaman is not Indifferent to the
standard of female virtue in his family,
while he is provential for inculcating
filial respect and virtue among his
children. writes Rev. S. c. Damon.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-03

George William Curtis is never so
good writer as when editing his Easy
Chair In recent number is the fol.
lowing suggestion "Now, is il not
wise for those who by liquor laws arc
trying to send the bar.room into dark,
damp cellar, and to make it disagree
able in every way, to provide in its
place resort which shall be agreeable
in every way ? II very large part of
the money which is expended for lee
lures and papers and tracts upon the
evils Of dram. drinking were devoted
to maintaining resorts pleasanter and
more attractive than the corner grocery
and the brilliant bar-room, the good
cause would certainly prosper no less
than now. That would be putting the
wits Of Temperance men against the
dram interest II would be pushing
home the victory won by sending the bar
down cellar, because for every forlorn
lolterer whose home is but a cold,
dark, desolate chamber il would pro
vide cheerful and attractive parlor,
win games, papers, pipes, and innocent
drinks. This would be lcgitimately
fighting the devil with his own weap-
ons. 1t would be a kind of moral
suasion which the .severest advocate
of severe laws could not deprecate. II
would be the introduction of kindly
wisdom into movement which often
seems cold as the water it reveres.
The Genius of DRAINS would be baked
and bewildered by an attack which
borrowed its tactics from his own. I'm.
doubtedly it would take money and
time and trouble. But a community
which is not ready to pay that price
for temperance is not yet ready to buy.
Preaching the wickedness OF dram.
drinking, and enforcing prohibition
even at the point Of the bayonet, will
not be so efficient an assault as turning
the flank Of the enemy by making other
resorts for recreation cheaper and
pleasanter than dram-shops.'
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-03
sor AZ oysRsrArEsENE

The san Jose Times Of December
9Th. gives the following as Judge David
sons remarks on lcprosy in his lecture
on Hawai-, given at the theatre OF that
city on the 4th "lt may be communi.
Gated by shaking hands or b. sleeping
on mat tina, has been used by ma.
tive who had the disease The disease,
he said, hardly ever made is appear
ance in less than seven years, and hC
mentioned a case OF a man who showed
symptoms OF the diseascyTfineteen years
before |, made its appearance No one
who visits the islands can come away
feeling sgsc'thnt they have not caught
the disease, and some time would
eiapse before they could be certain on
tina, point The lepers, in their colon
les, are said to be happy They con
due, their own government and elect
their own Judges. The speaker gave a
powerful description of the leper colon
les and the appearance of the lepers. \
leper, he said, could take one of hi:
fingers off and throw it at you without
suffering the lcas, pain or shedding
drop Of blood
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-03

The San Francisco Argonaut of the
Iath ultmo went into the canard busi
ness, at the expense of the Alta, as
follows.
About four o'clock on Monday morning Of
last week the building in which the Alta Cali.
forna newspaper is published was broken into,
and robbed Of every valuable found in it. Its
types were thrown OH, Of the window into the
street, its stands, and stones, and everything
connected with the printing room were de.
stroyed. Having demolished the contents Of
the printing department, the burgulars went
to the business Office, and, breaking open the
safe, distracted four dollars, in addition to
smooth quarter, two ten-cent pieces, and a
nickel carelessly left in the till at the counter
Notcontent with their fendish work, the masked
men entered the editorial department where
Ex-Governor Johnson and Major. General Wal.
ter II. Turnbull were throwing dice, TO see
which should go among the business men on
the following day to solicit advertisements
enough to carry the concern along until Cleve.
land was naugurated. Both gentlemen were
bound, gagged, and searched. In,the pockets
Of Governor Johnson nothing was found /;
upon the person Of the major-general tailor's
bill and new style Of military button. They
were both ransacked from one end to the other,
in search Of brains or business sense. Nothing
was found, and both were kicked. The in
stitution was entirely wrecked, and the Alta
will from this time suspend any further effort
at publication, and no longer endeavor to pro-
long the struggle for existence which has
characterized it through so many years and so
many changes Of ownership and cditorshp
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-03
There are two ways out Of the diff

There are two ways out Of the diff
Guilty.
The community may stand by, in
differently, and view a long and unneo-
essary competition tina, means in the
end, to all, financial loss; that means in
the end, to one or more, financial ruin
Or there may be continuation.
The last alternative is, Il believe,
not only practicable, but the only salts
factory termination Of an existing diff
eultythat is deplored Il believc) by
every thoughtful journalist in town and
by every friend of Hawaiian journalism.
K. S SMITH.
Honolulu, December A. 1884
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-03


Tomorrow evening at Kawaihao
Church Mrs Hampson will begin her
evangelistic labors. We hope they will
be crowned with success; and to that
end we ask all our readers to do what
in them lies TO aid her. Differences OF
creed, OF mental habit, Of temperament,
ought to prevent no one who cares
for the right from aiding to the best Of
his or her ability the work which Mrs.
Hampson will lead. We know that her
efforts will be we'll seconded; and we
hope that the result will exceed the ex.
pectations Of even the most sanguine.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-03

II this nation, its government and its
people, wish to stop public lecturers
from frightening away immigration by
advertising the danger OF leprous in
fiction, there must first be a radical re
form in the treatment of the lepei
question here. With the prevailing
laxness in the administration OF segre
CATION laws, and with cases springinl
Up here and there where least ex
pected, who can truly say regarding
himself, his wife and his children, thai
he has absolute iaith in the protective
influence OF the virtue and propriety o.
his household. Or, who can gainsa,
the belief expressed by Mr. Davidson
that mo one who visits the islands car
come away feeling sure that they have
not caught the disease, and sometime
would elapse before they could be
certain on tha, point" That We ar,
unable to deny such statements a.
calumnies is an outrage, but neverthe'
less one that bids fair to endure SC
long as the administration OF affairs i,
50 exclusively in the hands OF a mar
who warns the people one day, witt
reference to leprosy, that they "oanno
rub against an abomination and 20 un
scathed,' and the next studiousl,
facilitates the rubbing process ane
mocks at the fears which he hinsel
once aided in arousing.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-03

A carefully prepared article On So
cialism, Communism and Nihilism,
from the pen Of an esteemed contribu-
tor, together with an editorial on the
icon" side Of the same subject have
been unavoidably held over until next
week.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-03
J. 3. RUSSELL,
g 'FusAiOM Shoe Store"

Mr.. ]. B. Russell, proprietor
Of the Fashion Shoe Store"
N. E. Cor. Of Geary and Du-
pont streets, San Francisco,
begs to inform his numerous
Hawaiian patrons that he is
now prepared to fill their orders.
through Wells. Fargo & Co..
or in any other manner they
may direct.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-03

W. are always glad TO afford our &c.
nial contemporaries the opportunity to
say something wise, witty and pleasan,
--adjectives which it delights them to
believe may not trathfully be applied to
any remarks Of ours. So we take pride
in announcing that our present issue
has been largely filed by the most in
telligent Journalist in Honolulu--Mr S.
c. Issors.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-03

1t is admitted by the best authorities
both here and abroad that the average
duration Of the incubative stage of the
disease is perhaps several years-and,
may be "seven years" as stated by
Mr.. Davidson We know also that
the disease has mysteriously appeared
in the homes of respectable foreign
families, where, if its existence were
due to some possible previous contact,
that event had been so remote in time
or so trivial and transitory in its nature
as to have cluded all memory or OBJ
servation that such things, although
almost unheard OF few years since,
are becoming Jess matters Of surprise
than when e,'ety leper had his more
appropriate home on Molokai, or-ii
he preferred and could escape detection
in the mountain fastnesses, far from
the healthy throng, Testimony, such
rs that of Doctor Trousseau's, and
facts, such as the invasion of respect
able families and the victimizing OF
well-cared-for and innocent children,
have too rudely shaken the belief in
the comfortable theory that "none
need fear the disease who have led
moral lives" In the face OF what we
know, such belief is absurd in the
last degree.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-03
Arriving at Honolulu ON
Steamer G. n. Rixhon.

Macauley, Commander, leaves Honolulu every Set.
urday noon for Waianns. Hanaei, kilauea and Hama.
maulu. Returning leaves Hanalei every Wednesday
at M. touching at Waianae every Thursday mesn-
ing, arriving back the day.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-03
Stea,aer .Iames Mahee.

Weir commander, leaves Honolulu every Friday as
2. a NJ for waiaua and Kapaa. Returning leaves
Kappa every Monday at ~, touching At Waialua
every Tuesday morning, arriving back the same day.
Honolulu, January D. 1905. ss7.Jm
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-03
Arriving At Honolulu on
Steamer Planter 1zditnosl

Cameron, commando r. leaves Honolulu every Tuss.
day at pm FOR Nawiliwili, Koioa Eieeie. and Wal
mea, Kauai Returning leaves Nawiliwih every
Saturday evening. arriving back every Sunday morning.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-03
THE TREITT.
Honolulu, December 81 1884.

Our bilious critic, the San Francisco
Chronicle, is hammering away with its
vicious little hammer, and trying to kill
the treaty, Its teegraphic columns
are literally besprinkled with gossip
about the three reciprocity treaties 49,
especially ours; and its favorite edito
rial topic is the folly of former
American Congress in consenting to the
treaty, and the wickcdness of those
Californian merchants who had the
temerity, recently, to advocate its con.
tlnuance. The Chronicles fight against
these islands has always had the ring
OF sheet iron-thunder and it puts on
the garb Of harlequin and assails IL.
by pclting the islands with the words oi
Sir Claus who was at first opposed to
the treaty, it will be remembered. II
would be comical enough-if this hired
assassin Of our interests was not so ven.
emous-to listen to the Chronicles
arraignment of some Of San Francisco's
most solid merchants as "a set OF shop.
keepers" and then to listen further to
its (essentiaD eulogy of Mr.. Spreckels
for the following language, employed
by the latter eight years ago:
We offer you cogent reasons why the reci
the sanction of the United States Senate.
The duty on Hawaiian Sugar is more than
the government can properly sacrifice for the
benefit Of a foreign people.
Hawaiian prod ucers will have us completely
at their mercy, and the great body Of Amer
ican consumers will be compelled to pay more
for an article Of absolute necessity
And the Chronicle comments
A, the time Mr.. Spreckles thus expressed
the view Of clear headed merchant he had
not seen his way to appropriate the profit ol
the treaty he denounced.
But in the very article it prints the
following argumentative paragraph from
the merchants memorial to congress:
II the sacrifice was great, the benefits the
people of California, and through them the
whole United states, receive from this remark.
able trade were much less than we have shown
them to be, the sacrifice would not be useless,
for the geographical position Of the islands is
such that the United States cannot let the in.
iuence Of any Of the greater European Powers
become paramount in the islands without sur.
rendering all hope Of maintaining that supre.
macy in the Pacific which is her due and en-.
dangerine the peace Of her own coast but
these stratetic arguments we will leave to the
naval and diplomatic departments Of the gov
eminent TO advise you upon.
Fortunately, the "naval and diplo-
matte departments" OF the government,
fully realize the situation. That Haw-
ali is the key to the North Pacific is our
best assurance that the existing treaty
relations will not be disturbed by an in,
telligent and patriotic congress.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-03

The statement relative to leprosy
made in San Jose by Mr.. J. NJ David
son, OF this city, as reported in the
ex,rac, above quoted, though not exact
in every detail is nevertheless in
the main, based upon good medical
opinion. His estimate of the csnta
giousness OF the disease is fully borne
out by the medical testimony elici
ted at the trial of the proprietor Of thi:
journal for libel on Mr.. George l.
Fitch, whllom nominal doctor to the
leper settlement, as also by the prev
ously published opinion of several o'
the leading physicians resident here,
At the trial referred to, Doctor Trous-
seau stated il as his belief that the
disease was communicated by inocula-
ton and by inhibition and that mos.
quitoes, fleas and flies might be instru-
mental in conveying the Infection, as
they certainly have beenknown to convey
the infective material Of other diseases.
There was no rebutta offered to this
opinion by any one of the large num-
Der Of physicians who testified at tina,
trial Now we have (for political pur-
poses) in this city centrally located
leper hospital with something over an
average OF one hundred patients whose
segregation is the veriest sham and we
have also lepers who-lf segregated at
all-are allowed to spend the greater
part OF their time where and among
whom they please
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-03

:. Five brothers, whose ages range from
IS to 50, live together at Ridgeheld,
Conn. on farm which has been in
their family since their ancestors nc,
quiTed il directly from the Indians
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-03
DIvlpEND NOTICE.

The Stockholders Of the HAWAIIAN AGRICUL.
TURAL COMPANY will take notice hereby ~
Dividend Of Three Dollars per share has bssn =.
elarsd due and payable THIS DAY a The OSkcs a
{. BREWER & co. :. :
Honolulu, Dec. 81, 1884.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-03

F Form Books.
Hills RECEIVABLE Avn PAYABLE BOOKS
Norx Books.
Nors booxs
s~ss 1sssv s~ssts<s. sAtpptsS 1esesSts,
OvSev nssks. sshssS ksssrss.
Pl~msi'oa Iins Bcok, r.ek@ss Receipts. hd~- Or
der biAaks. te-. t<., eoasansS On hand, q
spssisl Ferns nals ~ y ostss - sssst Mckee
- SHOx q. sssUH'A
hssssAss srsssr Ass tesr ssss.r sross>-
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Steam e,. I,calaut.

Freeman. commander, leaves Honolulu for Hamoa,
kukuihaele, Honokaa and Paauhau on
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-03

Nor'e'-
M. H. Loss and Mr.. Y. MulIss NV ~ ~ ~
sutlorsed sign our 6ru-uasae ~ jons pse<useSioc
II. hsehfsld c.
nonolalu. January .. ms. -
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dividend NOTICE.

DIVIDEND NOTICE
A Dividend Of Two Dollar per sharr upon n, .aoeh
of Of c. BREWER Z COMPANYia 4 dus ani novafis
q the Once Of the Company for The quarter ~ -.
ing December 3,, Iss%.
Honolulu. Jan. ., 1885. j. o. CARTER.
Treas C.. nsswss CO.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-03

Our readers will remember an article
we recently reprinted from the San
Francisco Argonaut, in which that pa
per handled Mr.. Adolph Spreckels with
by no means gentle hands, and hauled
over the Goals the management of the
Hawaiian Commercial Company. Now
comes the Argonaut to our aid with un-
answerable argument and eloquent and
luminous exposition Of that argument.
We quote two brief excerpts.
| The Sandwich Islands are almost as impor-
tant to us as though they lay within three ma
rine leagues Of our shore, and were within the
Jurisdiction Of our country. n they lay where
the Farallones are located they could be of
scarcely less importance to US in any particular;
their people are our people. and have been
ever since the missionary days Of the Judds and
the Armstrong;. They have been the render.
vous and place for the rehtting Of our whaling
fleet they are the natural half way house and
coaling station Of our steam fleet for Australia,
they are our sanitarium, one Of our
places for summer jaunt their people Of
wealth and leisure make excursions to our
state [many Of their children are educated
in our schools here their ladies do their shop.
ping we are their Boston, their London. their
Paris.
As a national question, our country can
well afford to concede all that Il gives to the
Hawaiian Kingdom for the political influence
It has acquired over the islands. its govern
mcnt, and people. Money cannot measure the
value Of maintaining our political influence over
the destiny Of that country and when we
make this assertion we mean to refer only to
relations that are calculated to promote the
best interests Of the Hawaiian Kingdom, It's
government. and civilization. We would not in
,erfere with its political AFFAIRS would no, en-.
deavor to annex OF control Il, except by cstab-
lishing friendly social, business and commercial
relations. We would no, meddle with'its ad-
minisiration but, at the cos, Of war or ami.
hilalion, We would not permit any foreign
power 10 acquire an ascendancy upon those
islands that should menace the safety Of our
coast. Theislands. belong frs, to,hemselves. and
next to America Kalakaua is "King Of the
Sandwich Islands" and their governor general
for the United States. Whenever king OF
house Of mobiles shall administer this Kingdom
in the interest Of any other people than ius and
native born, then will !, become dependency
OF part of the government Of the United States
Of America
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-03

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MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS.

The Annual Meesing q The s,ocLAo,dpn q ~
be held Al the Ofhcs Of [. brewer ca, q TvssioS.
January IS, 1885, Al 10 o'clock. 4: VI. s1ss1assc
u requested L. q. CA2TE0- "
Gk P-zw Sec Nav ~, ~,
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advertising rates are far too low here;
and tits short-sishtcd undue competition
which makes the low rates that many
papers accept The general public is
taxed to subscribe to more local papers
than fairly may be read, without neglect
OF other necessary reading.
.And the di5Idtd patronage gitss ss6l
inadequate support that no paper her
either does hare or ean aSsrd to hare a
sufficient staff
"It is a question Of the survival Of the
fttest-this newspaper question" Sc
someone said recently and perhaps he
is right. But do not think he is nee
essa,J right ! can very well under
stand a condition Of affairs in which
the least worthy journal in a commu
nifty even in community like this
may survive while better journals perish
II is too often the adventurer who sue
ceeds in society, the quack in medicine
the shyster in law and the man Of bras,
in business II is just as often the
sime-server who succeeds in newspaper
dom. l am convinced that all thu
existing Honolulu newspapers ant
printing Offices cannot continue, q
fair profits on their investmenta during
the hard times that are upon US BE-
lieve that no Hawaiian journal flls sh>
newspaper needs Of either Honolulu o.
the other islands