Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-10

by affirming my respeei for Mrs. Hampson and
my belief in the earnest sincerity Of those who |
arc working with her. think that the Gin.
quiry room" has been mistake. believe . |
greater number would have been reached II The |
services had been more brief and the enquiry
room" workers had gone abou, among the con
grcga,ion and asked and answered question
suggested by the speakers eloquent words So
many are afraid Of the inquiry room.
have been glad to see some Of the towns
printers a, Mrs. IIampson's meetings. There
are many circumstances that combine to make
pri1ters careless, incorporate and iueligious.
Often they lose their rest, and are tempted by
ovcrwork and loss Of sleep to use stimulan,s
Profanity Is often their only relief from ex,rem.
ty Of evaporation In trying to decipher
the vile pcnmanship Of worthy writer's; and
chronic Ill humori Is often the result Of long
suffering from unjust editors who make many
corrections in proof tina, ought to have been
made in manuscript. On the whole, the print.
er's life is not howery one; and II Mrs. Hamp.
son, or any one else, can sweeten it a bit with
the solace that always comes from right read
ing Of the "Old. old story" for one will
say "amcn" from the bottom Of my heart,
| Last weeks Press had number Of articles
on Socialism and this week i, has two or three
more. Citizen Danielwiez is to the fore again,
Hon. 5. N. Castle begins an exhaustive article
on the wages question: kindred topic and
there is brief editorial dogma,iNn on the sub
ject. My only object in mentioning the topic
here is to say that more than one OF our chest
citizens" has peculiar views on the subject Of
the holding of wealth. For instance, one
Queen. stree, merchan, believes in making
S., ooo, 900 the maximum Of any mans fortune.
A Merchant street capi,alist-not himself a
Observation-Disclosures that private ownership in
land should be limited to a comparatively small
area dependent upon the character Of the
holding, agricultural, mineral, and otherwise.
| And that rcmiads me OF clipping sent me
from GLASGOW friend whose ardent admiration
for William Morris, who wrote it, makes him
half an Internatonalist himself-canny Scot
though he is. "Harder than iron is the
Russian despotism stranger than fiction the
tales that creep through its guarded prisons.
AMI the latest such is Of Hungarian patriot
and poet, Petoefy. 1t is said that he, whose
death in battle in the great uprising Of IS+o
was everywhere reported, is to-day prisoner
in the Siberian mines. The story is to be
Officially investigated. True or not true, it
is Of the sort that we naturally expect to hear
from Russia. What great things have been
done since IS4o-Caliiornia and Australia risen
into states, the Am .rican and the Franco.Ger
man wars, the exploration OF Africa, the un.
sealing Of the gates Of Japan and Corea, the
wooden naves Of the world changed into float
ing fortresses of steel, change and progress,
growth and strength, everywhere visible. Yet,
to this poor Hungarian the world was not the
universe persisted for him thrty-hve years ago,
when he went to his dungeon, where his hair
whitened, and the iroA of Siberian tortures
entered his ardent soul. Who shall say, after
all, that the Nihilists have not justification 2"
And quite apropos, have jus, clipped the
following from the Record. Union " San
Francisco will be visited in March next by II.
NJ. Hyndman, wellknown English Socialist
who will be accompanied by WIN. Morris,
author of The Earthly Paradise The for-
mer is wealthy man and proprietor Of several
publications. He also contributes to some
socialistc magazines. On the 18th of March
an International Convention will be held, al
which over 600 delegates are expected TO be
present."
The Teachers meeting last week was an ami
mated one. am glad the Bulletin printed
Presiden, Townsends paper. In ,o-days Press
appear Mrs. wallace's Arithmetic PAPER, and
Mr.. Oeson's, on The Teaching Of Morals in
Public Schools. Mr.. Hyde's paper-w which
reused the gallen, Mr., Kenyon to do such
doughty ss,,!e--has not yet seen print. Mr..
, Moores Tapu has not been printed, either
, think. by the way, is there any law to pre-
vent the secretary from writing an institute
essayi From no teacher should ! like to hear
one more. 5.