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The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-12-14

corruptly using it to gain wealth,
than that this prolific source of
decentralization and destruction should
be brought within comparatively
easy reach of the whole population ?
Furthermore, it is all bosh to contend
that licensing opium would prevent
its being Struggled. With the sale
legalized, the drug would have only
one risk to run, that of passing the
Customs officers, whereas now it is
liableto confscation wherever found.
Then the lcgalizing of the traffic in
the article would so promote de-
mand for it, that the licensed dealers
would reap profits large enough to
prevent them looking after Illicit
competitors. They would be likely,
besides, on the one hand, to be good
customers of others who imported
opium by the underground pas
sage" and, on the other hand,
would find profitable customers for
themselves among hosts of unlicensed
small retailers who would be the
earliest product of legalizcd opium
trade.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-12-14
POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS.

A Pennsylvania paper adduces
the failure of savings banks, with
widespread loss to depositors, in that
State, as an argument for the insti-
tuition of national savings banks in
connection with the postal system.
The plan had been recommended by
nearly every Postmaster General
since 1870, and bill establishing
the system was favorably reported
by Congress in 1882, but failed to
reach a final vote. Consolation for
the delay in establishing the system
in the United States is obtained
from the fact that the matter was
agitated for more than half
century in Great Britain before it
was taken hold of by Parliament.
Such a parallel, however, would
never be accepted as an excuse by
business men, for the failure of
American manufacturers to take adj
vantage of an important mechanical
invention, onse its utility had been
proved in another country. AS to
the undoubted success of the insti-
tuition in Great Britain the following
statement is given in the paper above
referred to:-
"Savings deposits were first re-
ceived at the post office of the
United Kingdom September 10th,
1861, and on that day 435 accounts
were opened, and 435 deposits made
amounting to 81, 1867, an average
of slightly over $40 each. In fifteen
months the deposits had swollen to
649,216, aggregating $1O,29S,43S.-
03, and at the close of 1880 there
were 2,184 1872 pass-books, repre-
senting deposits to the credit OF de-
positors of $l64, $50, 3S2.19. That
the arrangement is mutually benen-
cial to the Government and TO the
depositors there is now no question
in the minds of the British people. I"
1t is the part of true statesman
ship in any country to avail itself of
economic experience wherever that
may be found in any matter of polity
wherein need for action arises,
The copying Of legislation by one
nation from another is very com
mon, and once problem has beer
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-12-14
THE OPIUM QUESTION.

1t is nothing to us who may fall
when the opium ring collapses. All
we know is that when the opium
traffic was legalized before, its vic
tins were counted by hundreds where
now, under prohibition, they are
only numbered by tens. Then all
nationalities were involved in the
blighting influence of the drug; the
natives were being hurried to ruin
by wholesale, and white people were
dropping out of respectable society,
on all hands, as the opium habit
rapidly spread and grew. Would
it not be better for the country to
retain prohibition, even if a few are
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sent the said alien MS "the power
behind the throne" An alien has,
throughout the tenure of that Cabi-
net of his handiwork, to the present
moment, directed the policy of this
kingdom in every particular wherein
it had near or remote relation to his
private interests. That aliens die
tatorship shows symptoms of soon
being overthrow, but quarter of
n century hence will not witness the
nation freed from the burdens which
il had imposed. "in what constitu-
tional country" indeed, "arc aliens
permitted TO control the Govern
ment, direct itspolicy, and nominate
its members?" The Hawaiian King
dom is the only one known to this
deponent and probably to the Id
,,ejJiSej.
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THANK THEE FOR THAT WORD"

Smarting under the rebulle for its
efforts to sow bad feeling between
natives and foreigners, administered
to it last evening, the AdUertiser
flies to refuge in cloud of rhetoric
this morning. 1t is very gratifying
to us that one of the results intended
has SO speedily followed our re-
marks of yesterday. Of course,
when our contemporary could not
face the actual propositions advanced
against its position, it had to adopt
the usual style of tactics relied upon
in that quarter, of misconstruing
the sense of opponents language.
Where, for instance, the privilege of
discussing national affairs was
claimed for foreign residents identi-
fed with the country in every way
but citizenship, the Advertiser
makes a different matter of it by
asking: "In what constitutional
country, let us ask, are aliens per-
mitted to control the Government,
direct its policy, and nominate its
members" Misrepresentation aside,
however, the above is the very ques-
ton we are glad to have the apollo
gist of the present Government ask.
1t is the question the country will
thank it for propounding, but would
be infinitely more grateful if the
Government would honestly answer
it. What constitutional country,
indeed, presents the spectacle OF
Hawaii, as regards the origin and
maintenance of its present admins
tration? To adapt the words of oul
contemporary to the notorious facts
an alien controls the Government
of this kingdom, directs its policy
and dominates its members. Al
l
alien had preceding Cabine
aroused from their slumbers in tn,
dead of night, to hand in their re
signations at his peremptory dicta
ton. An alien hawked Cabinet port
folios about Honolulu, and wit
difficulty could get them accepte'
by men who would be subservient t
his will, or would enter the compan
in which he proposed to place then
An alien imported his private attol
t ney, had him manufactured, withor
! waiting for five years domiciliatiol
3 into Hawaiian citizen, and hoiste
1 him into the position of law advise
5 to the Crown, where he could repr
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great body of the inhabitants? If
anti-opium demoralizes hundreds of
policemen, what kind of reform will
it be to demoralize thousands of the
native population, and make Chlna-
town, now bad enough, hundred
fold worse? Yet that is precisely
the style of reform that the Pacific
Commercial advertiser of Honolulu
proposes to bring about. He will
inspire the hunters with keener
zcst for the chase by going into the
preserves and killing off a part of
the game. lie will doctor the patients
symptoms and let the disease run
its course only in an aggravated
form. We take no stock in any such
methods. A straightforward and
vigorous administration of existing
statutes, whether against chicken
stealing or opium smuggling, is what
we believe in, and what we shall
always endeavor to uphold. We
have no sympathy whatever with the
Immoral pretense that feigns abhor-
renee of &C moral fraud" with one
breath, and with the next cries out
for base surrender of one of our
main strongholds of moral preserva-
ton.
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existing between the English Cab
met and every state under the sun
gives the issue of the struggle q
world wide interest.
A tremendous responsibility is
that of the English voter. He has
in his hands what the Hawaiian
voter has not, the power of making
or unmaking the advisers of the
Crown. Whatever verdict the ma
tional jury renders, it will be final
And it will be acted upon forthwith
Ministers will know. the instant the
votes are counted, whether they arc
or are not ministers any longer.
Not so with the Hawaiian voters,
however. BE they honest or dis
honest in the casting of their ballots,
be they determined as grim fate that
the ministry shall hold on to the
reins of state, or drop them; the
verdict will be worth just the waste
paper value of the ballot cards;
that and nothing more. The
grand difference between an Eng
lish or American and Hawaiian
election is that the one is what it
purports to be, choice of officers
to navigate the ship of state for q
definite period of time; the other is
what it does not purport to be,
farce-a mere mimicry of consti-
tutional methods-a popular abor-
ton, inasmuch as the representatives
elected have no more voice in the
composition of the administration
than they have in the development
of species. The English elected M.
p. knows that he counts one in the
appointment of the crown ministers !;
the Hawaiian minister knows that no
M. p. exercises any power over him.
Instead of hot agitation of minor
questions of state policy, the great
matter before the people of this
Kingdom is to secure really con-
stitutional government and legisla-
ture, u government in which "the
King can do no wrong" but which
will make the crown ministers di-
rectly responsible to the legislature,
and which will substitute for that
portion of the legislature which is
now made up of sheriffs and other
nominees of the Cabinet, body OF
men representing their constituent
cies. This is the first object to
which any measure of reform worthy
of the name must be directed, if it
will be effective and permanently
useful. And this once secured, ,
progressive and enlightened policy
that will consolidate institutions O
civilization at home, and establish
the credit of the Kingdom abroad
will follow in due course and wit
infallible certainty.
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a WORD TO THE WISE.

The die from which the political
history of the British Empire will
probably take its impress for the
next parliamentary period, has, by
this time, probably been struck. The
first question answered when the re-
suit of the elections is made known,
is, Who shall be the leaders of the
governments The answer under
this head will also involve either APP
proval or disapproval, by the con-
stituencies of the kingdom, of the
policy of the present administration
as we'll as that of its predecessor.
The fate of General Gordon, and
the Afghan diplomatic negotiations
would have had their full share of
attention and would no doubt have
had considerable weight in the deter
mination of the popular verdict on
the foreign policy of the Gladstone
administration. Ireland's affairs
and the attention paid to them would
be the leading matter on which the
record of the domestic policy of the
Liberal administration would be
tested. The new question confront
ing English craftsmanship is that of
church disestablishment. The ire
mendous success of the Free Church
of Scotland which separated from the
state church in 1913, the disestab-
lishment of the Irish Church by Act
of Parliament in 1871, and the great
expansion which various dissenting
religious bodies have reached both
in and out of England, have had a
reflex influence on public opinion,
the inevitable consequences of which
must be the dissolution of all con-
tracts between Church and State in
the British Islands. The great diff
Guilty, at latest advices, seemed to
be whether the curtain should be
raised ut once on the second act in
the programme of disestablishment
or whether the audience will be com
PEELED to wait "a little longer
The campaign, at latest dates, wa
progressing vigorously. Great meet
ings to hear political issues DISGUISE,
were being held at every importan
point in the Kingdom. The speak
ers were eagerly watched by til
press, and their views thorough
ventilated. The orators in the polit
cal campaign presented themselve
before their respective audience
7 with full consciousness that the
were speaking in the hearing of til
whole nation. An English electio
t is a great constitutional battle
!, war of opinion--a field of bloodle'
d strife on which the fate ofnations
r often decided. The intimate an
: complex nature of the relation
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CALIFORNIA TRADE WITH HAWAII.

The following table of grain ex-
ports from San Francisco to different
countries, the present year, is eN-
tracted from the California Export
Journal and shows that Hawaii
stands high among her neighbors
as customer of the California
forvOar
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iHS ioiioNii0 10 ihohi 'i'N '''.ii
Francisco Mcrchant:-
We are indebted to the Hawaiian
Consul-General at San Francisco
for further statistics relative to our
trade with the Hawaiian Kingdom,
and they show q marked advance
over the previous returns. The
figures given are the value of the
exports, from San Francisco alone,
for the month of October. They
stand thus:--
Value.
Free by Treaty. ...........$2ll,3 7G 50
DutlaDle. .'...'.' .'..... 44,ofo ~
Free by Civil Code. ........ 504 50
Total. .......... ..... S25G,Sl6 ~
Our previous figures showed an
average weekly export trade OF
S57, 900, or an annual total OF
nearly S3,O00,000. The month OF
October gives a marked advance or
these figures, averaging about S64,.
600 week and over So, 100000 fol
the year. Comparing this with tho
total imports at the Islands during
1884, S4,600,000, it shows thai
nearly seventy percent of theil
trade is with San Francisco alone
This leaves the remaining thirty
percent to be divided among Easter
and other Pacific ports of the United
States, Great Britain, Germany
the Colonies, China, France, an'
Islands in the Pacific. This i
plain proof of the value of thi
| trade tO California.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-11-21
DANGEROUS BUSINESS.
A New bradford (Ps.D Police Ofnerr Dan
Eerously shot While Interfering 10 a do
nestle Fight.

A New bradford QPs.l Police Ofiiesr Dan.
gerously shot While Interfering 10 a DO.
nestle Fight.
Nav BR,DFoRD, Pa, November l6.--
Az $3.50 yesterday morning Officer
McCleary while walking down Chambers
street heard the sound Of loud talking
and perceived a man named John Titus
scufiling with his wifo at the corner ol
Congress and and Coydon streets.
lInrrTing 10 tho spot he endeayored
10 sepefato the parties when the
woman ran away. McCleafy at once
took hold OF the man Intending u
arrest him, but as he did SO
slipped on the sidewalk, which was GOV.
cred with several inches Of snow, failing
on bis hands and knees Into the gutter.
While 10 this position Titus turned, drew
q revolver, aud fired twlce at McCIearY,
one bail taking effect Ia the back aud
the other 10 the back part Of the head
without, however. destroying conscious
ness. Rising after a second or two
McCleary saw Titus heeilng dowr
Corydon street, aud Instantly nre
one shot after the fugitive
which, however, missed lie mark
Titus turning a corner passed from view,
and IL Is supposed that he has left ths
city. Before going Titus went 10 hls
home aud kissed his baby iond good
bye.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-11-21
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

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IN M. bonor on the day OF his liberation
from i.il.
IT "a said the report Of the rsyoking Of
An. President. order. which exclude. Office.
...Lsr. a fter Decernber ist. IL incorrect.
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.sIn,"2 a "a ,hs il,,,s manvlsd FORM o,trt.
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s,.o,,., spr,nv ha. in., b.sn d,.eov
ar.a 4, .bs ada Of Lockout mountain
ps,,on. st,emptInr 10 drink or even plune
Iuv ,beir fingers IN the water cxperienc,
sensations similar 10 an electric shock.
oxrraft Of 97 logs 10 feet long was Gu,
into over 5000 feet Of lumber at Cha,ta
,oov,. Tenn. This wa. over 1000 foe, tc
the log, the most remarkable raft ever re-
..svsd ,hsre.
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tor ,ns ,.lIsf of he Are sufferers.
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,s.s s a., h,vh treason svalp., The oueen y
-. pr,,sln.
-. rumo,.d At t,h,cayo n. An. Istb
a.. .,.,i ops os m. Italian murderer.
s.nvsd an the iith. was not Killed. ana
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-11-21

OxE hundred years ago ID wss manly
10 drink. Now II Il manly 70 let drink
alone. ~ Bosfon Record ss'
A PRACTICAL Temperance mcasurs =
that Introducing scientific instr,ctjoa
concerning alchohol into the schoolA
There Is hope. always In The right ed.-
cation Of The young. CRstvid1s M
an<.
Tmn W. q. 7. U. of San rraacIscs.
Cal. has issued an address 70 IT, -
tors and members of churchss throsgh.
ont the State. calling their attsnsios 10
the great increase Of IntempeFance -
peeialIy among the young
A PHYSICIAN hes dluovored iheo
nitro .elycerins 4 . sapogfw booFt-
stlmulant 10 brandy. ed ~ - oo11ly
substituted for The latter i 6asy ca1ek
u hm the merit q cEoo1inI - -
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conlinus % bstost dovn ~ buluogm
of he Iiquor tFude de-C1vvsnk
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The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-11-21
NO23.


'efhsy afn searched, sappossf''
"Uadoubssdly, and ths sxsmlnsilon
u times develops solus cufIsns r.sull@
! remember onoe . fellow esme hsfs ln
most ragged condition foa vouidn't
give two cents fof al he had on hin.
Covered with flfh and vermln a. he
was. va experienced considerable din.
guilty IN cleaning him. During the
process | went through hls clothes
There wcrr q number of pawnticksts
In his pockets. and I hardly expected
10 find anything of vslue afief seeing
that A. | surmlaed, he had moth
ing Next day he had fecuperated In .
most cstrnoriinar manner, aud asked
very solioitously whsrs his shoes hsd
been placed got them for him. and
he asked me 20 leave the cell"
Mr. Connolly paused In hn narrative
and smoothed his chin. while The merry
twinkle In his eye became moro nosice-
able.
From between the two portions Of
the insole, 7" he went on, that cid tramp
took out a small piecs of oiled silk. !
was watching him through tho wicket
When lts waterproof covering was re-
moved thorc lay a 200 bill. I opened
the door, went ln and took Il from him.
Next day we learned that he had a vito
aud two children, whom he had do
serted.
Every often Il happens that men arc
sent here who carry about with them
not only money but valuables. The
Warden receipts for them and they are
delivered TO the patient when he leaves.
Sometimes the cries and groans In
this place would sicken you Men
oursing and raving and twisting sf
their bonds, when Il Is necessary 10
manacle them. | have an assistant
and we always keep n close watch upon
the men under our charge. Should Q
patient require any extra nourishmcnt
such rs eggs, bccfsteak or chops, not
down In the regular bill of fare, he can
always get IT,"
| As tho orderly reached this point In
his story, there was a timid rap q, the
outer door, the bolts were shot back.
and trembling woman stood upon
the threshold.
BACK again" querled Mr. Con
nelly. not unkindly. II can not do IL "
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-11-21
MfsCELLANEoUs.

Mt>tEbbhNEONrs
PETITIONS are In circulation 10 abolish
the Brooklyn IN. " Post.otilce as sepa-
rate Once and place Il under the jurisdic.
ton OF the New York Office.
on the 12th shock OF earthquake was
felt In France.
UsIoS PACIFIC employees at Carbon, wy
T., who struck some time since, have re-
sumed work.
on the llth the Western Nail ASS ,cia.
tion, at their meeting at Cincinnati, do.
clined TO confer with the United Nailers,
Heaters and lollers' Association.
The reports of the receipts and expendi-
lures Of the Postal Department, shows but
nine States In which the operations OF the
department were conducted at profit dur
ing the year lSsi-s5. In the entire country
the expenditures exceeded the receipts
Il ,O02 $40. Az the deficit for the years
1854 was only ,.ss,l26.39, Il can be
seen that there has been a great inereaie
In the receipts during the past year. The
States In which the receipts exceeded the
expenditures were New Hampshire, Mas
sachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New
York. New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Della
ware and Illinois, the excess being s3,osI,-
g79.
TaE Exposition Commissioners at New
Orleans have formed permanent organi-
ration.
THE British invading force expected 70
cross the frontier OF Burmah on Sunday,
the 18th.
PonrresrRs are not allowed 10 leave
Mandalay, the capital Of Burmah.
II Ia stated that the French Government
has resolved 10 prohibit gaming tables at
Monaco.
TaE military attache Of the Russian Con-
sulate at Philippopols, who was recently
recalled. has been ordered 10 return.
THr proposed international Exhibition
Al Berlin In 1858 is TO be abandoned II an
International Exhibition is held in Paris IN
Tar American Humane Association hal
I..usd circulars saying |, win hold lis ninth
annual session at 81. Louis. No., com.
mspcinx November 18th AMI lasting hires
days.
FAMILY named Blsnchssts, consisting
Of 4 woman and ave children, belonging IN
q, Lace. Quebec. arrived there lately from
u.ntre.l. where the had ef the family
alsd Of smallpox. Shortly after their ar
rival tae mother gave birth % sno'hes
child. Smallpox broke out ssnons sse.n
ana they all died On the ifsh. The whole