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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-10-07

There are in Trinidad and on the ad-
Joining mainland two classes OF serpents
of colossal size. One, the macaouel python
or boa-constrictpr, as it is variously named,
lives ON land. The other, the Houlle, or
anaconda. freuuents deep rivers and
syamps. Both attain large size, but the
Houille which Is now almost extinct IN
Trinidad. lurking probably only IN the
deanest recesses of the forests, is clad
with more mysterious terrors on account
Of its more secluded and abysmal haunts.
Travellers through the forest have some
times sat on its dark-colored body when 1t
Law asleep. corged with a deer or other
victim mistaking it for the trunk of a
tree fallen in the bush. 1t has been shot
on some of these occasions. And there IS
n story related of two ladies, the daughters
of a well known Trinidad gentleman, who,
walking one day by the banks OF a river,
were awe struck to see huge snake I'M
coil part of its body from the stem OF
tree overhanging the river and dart at
them: from whom they, however, escaped,
but not without one Of them leaving a
large part of her dress in the terrible tangs
of fbe monster. We slept in the
boats that night, not relishing a land en-
campment where so many creeping things
were abroad at night. When morning
rose we waited till the deep curtain OF mist
which surrounded us had been diminish
ed and then proceeded on our course.
There was no wind and we rowed slowly
along.
About 10 O'Clock Antonio suddenly babe
the oarsmen stop, and calling for silence
whispered that he had seen some aglta-
ton in the water about one hundred yards
ahead. We were now all eyes and ears,
and nv heart for one was beating like the
piston of steam engine For here in the
nineteenth century we were about to meet
with monster approxmatlng to
those of the romantic middle ages. Jones
looked supremely happy, and though the
medieval aspect may not have struck him,
the goal of his ambition, next to perhaps
the sea serpent, was reached. Antonio
then ordered the oarsmen to row gently
on for about twenty yards, at which dis
lance he told them to stop. His lynx eyes
had taken in the situation at glance
He explained to us that as the disturbance
had not continued it was not a whirlpool
but must be some large animal While
he was talking, something black, but un,
distinguishable in shape, rose over the
surface at the spot in question, and deer
hiss was borne over the water, just as if q
beam of redhot iron had been suddenly
plunged into the stream. There is nc
mistaking it now" said Antonio, st is
the Houille." The shape had disappeared
below the water almost as suddenly as il
had appeared. We next advanced to with
in twenty yards of the spot where the
monster had showed itself. With our fou
rifles obiquely pointed at the surface
For about ten minutes we waited IL
breathless suspense, and had the votes
been taken no one would have been fount
to emulate
Omaha daily bee., 1885-04-15

THE district attorney of New York City
proposes to institute proceedings against
Fox and Harding for the part they are
taking In arranging a prize. fight between
Sullivan and Ryan. It is to be hoped
that such steps will prevent the New
York sports from sending tho two bruls.
ers to some remote point to hammer each
other, not that the prize-6ght will be det-
rlmental in any way to the men engaged
In 1t, but because 1t will be more or less
demoralizing, whereverit may take place,
to the whole country. Such an event
awskens al unusual interest in prize
fighting, which ought not to be tolerated
anywhere. The New York Times, which
urges the prosecution Ct Fox and Hard
ing, the promoters of the proposed fstic
enterprise, rays:
The i~nstigators of q pr'zs fight are
much worse than the fighters. Sui
livsn and Ryan are so ignorant and de-
graded that they doubtless regard their
profession a praiseworthy one, and them
selves as heroes who are not afraid of
hard fighting. The well-drsssed, pros
porous, and comparatively intelligent
scoundrsls, who induce these poor brutes
to fight are infinitely more contemplate.
They want to make money out Of the
broken bones of the fighters, and they
take pleasure In Watching men pounding
one another with the pluck and endur.
ance which the cowardly patrons of the
ring do not possess Were 1t not for fell
lows like Fox and Harding prize fighting
would become obsolete; n the way to
break up prize fighting Is to send Richard
X. Fox and William Harding to the
society of holder law-breakers on Black
wells Island.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-04-15

LAND COMMISSIONER SPARKS proposes
to follow In ths reform footsteps of Sec
rotary Manning, who has tabooed novels
and other light and recreatlve literature
from the treasury department library.
Mr.. Sparks has intimated in q an unofi
cial way to the employees in the general
laud Office that they will best consult
their own comfort, and possibly their of.
fetal safety, by subscribing hereafter for
none except democratic newspapers. He
says that If he concludes to retain ''our
literature" he shall change its politics,
and feed his clerks on such sound demo.
cratic pabulum as The WaShin gton Post.
In the good old democratic days, when
Thomas A. Hendricks was commissioner
of the general land Office, libraries fol
the mental improvement and recreation
Of the, employees In the various depars'
ments were unknown and probably not
desired by the clerks. They were re,
quired, however, under pain of dismissal
If they dared to refuse to subscribe for,
even if they did not read a dull daily
organ of the administration published in
Washington. Commissioner Sparks Seems
to be inclined to 60 back to the good old
days. He reminds us somewhat of the
bar.kecpsr In a mining camp, who, when
an eastern tenderfoot called for a cham
payne cocktail, pulled out a revolver,
and pointing 1t at him, exclaimed
"W.h-a-tl A champagne cocktail!
You'll take whisky straight In your'n, OF
nuthin'." The tenderfoot took whisky
straight, and so Mr.. Sparks proposes to
make bis employees take Bourbon news.
papers straight, or off come their heads.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-04-15
OUTFITS.
TO PUBLISHERS,

The Western Newspaper Union, at
Omaha, in addition 10 furnishing all
sizes and styles of the best ready printed
sheets in the country, makes a specially
of QUILTING country publishers, both
with new or secondhand material, SELL
ing at prices that cannot be discounted
in any of the eastern cities. We handle
about everything needed in a moderate
sized printing establishment, and are
sole western agents for some of the best
makes of Paper Cutters, Presses, Hand
and Power, before the public. Parties
about to establish journals in Nebraska
or elsewhere are invited to correspond
with us before making final arrange
ments, as we generally have on hand
secondhand material in the way of
type, presses, rules, chases, ETC., which
car be secured at genuine bargains.
Send for the Printers AurilidrY, a
monthly publication, issued by the
Western Newspaper Union, which gives
a list of prices of printers and pub
lisher's supplies and publicly proclaims
from time to time extraordinary bar
gains in secondhand supplies for news
paper men.
WESTERN NEWSPAPER UNION,
Omaha, Neb.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-04-15
General Grants Modesty,
st. Louis Glebe-D Democrat.

~ ~ NS@NS
1t is generally held that to be a great
soldier a man must be Inspired by a very
decided feeling Of personal ambition; end
the history OF most of the famous military
chieftsins seems to Justify such a view.
But the career of Gen. Grant 10 q shining
example In the opposite direction. There
Is nothing in all the wonderful story OF
his life to show that he ever for a moment
sought to compass q given end for the
purpose of exslting himself. Very likely
he often felt in presence of enterprises Of
great pith and moment that a certain
measure of credit would and should come
to him II he should succeed, and 1t is
only reasonable to believe that he felt q
thrill of pride and delight always when
his victories were recognized and sp-
p~lauded; but 1t was not to gain popular
praise In the frat instance, or to achieve
honor for the mere sake of honor, that
he pursued his ~Bteadfast, psrssyering,
self-reliant course. He never asked for
promotion, he never intrigued for sdvan-
tsge over q rival, he never complained
that the government was slow to sppre-
ciate his services, he never murmured
even when he must have felt keenly that
injustice had been done him.
la all the range of military biography,
ancient an modern, it Is not possible to
find another record so free from suspicion
OF sslfshness snd 30 consistently modest
and unassumiug. Where others were
employing influence of every kind to
forward their individual interests, TO &C.
cure Increased rank and enlarged com
Omaha daily bee., 1885-04-15
has . spite against some official, OF be-
cause some clique desires to find q place
for a man of Its W stripe.
wYoMING's

Elk Governor Hoyt, Of Wyoming, de-
serves we'll at the hands Of the PEG.
pie Of that territory for the adver.
tislng he Is giving It's u In a
recent lecture In New York, which has
attracted considerable attention at the
hands Of the press, he told the people of
the metropolis of the immense natural
wealth of Wyoming, which only awaits
eastern capital for It's development.
Wyoming, sald he, equals the area of
the states Of New York, New jersey and
Pennsylvania together, and is half again
larger than all New England; the larger
portion of the 100000 square miles of
territory of Wyoming Is q perfect garden,
supporting at present over 1,5OO,O OO
head of cattle. In the mountains are
gold, silver, tin and immense deposits of
copper. There are two iron mountains the
one red hematite and the other magnetic
ore, the smaller of which is 1000 feet
high, and contains 1900, 000, 600 tons Of
iron. Immediately below this are i'm
mense fields of Ignite, a species
of bltuminous coal, large enough to
supply the world. There are also large
soda lakes, one of which alone contains
4 1000, 600, 900 tons of soda which is worth
500 a ton. Then, there are untold miles
of petroleum fields which contain 1000,
000, 900 barrels to the square mile. TIC
his audience these tales of natural wealth
and resources, although true, seemed
more wonderful than the stories of Alad,
din and his lamp. 1t is an indi,putabls
fact that Wyoming affords to eastern
capitalists a magnificent opportunity fol
the profitable investment of money in en-
terprises that can easily be developed
into the most gigantic wealth.producipe
industries that this country has evei
seen. Wyoming certainly has a bright
future if capital can only be secured. We
know of no other section of the west tina
offers SO many tempting fortunes fol
comparatively small investments.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-04-15

A LETTER containing So as a contribu-
ton to the conscience fund has been re-
celved at the navy department. This Is
the first conscience money known to have
been received at the navy department,
and 1t Is suspected that it comes from
John Roach. Now, then, let Secretary
Whitney do the fair thing by at once &C
ciptlpg the Dolphin without any further
red.tape ceremony, as Roach says he has
been offered by Russia 100000 more for
the boat than our government has agreed
TO pay. Mr.. Roach, however, may not
be allowed to cell his boat to Russia,
even If he has an opportunity.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-04-15
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM II
OMAHA.

If there Is to be any reform in the city
government, the fundamental principal
should be the appliance Of the same rules
to the affairs of the city that are applied
to the affairs of business men. Compe-
tency, honesty, and sobriety should be
the main requisites for every public
officer. There Is no good reason why
there should be any change In the police
force or In the office Of marshal, or In any
other office in the city, every time the
people elect a new mayor. The main
question is, are the men who are holding
Office competent and honest, and other
wise qualified Take the police, for in
stance. There Is no more reason why
policemen, who are trained like soldiera
by years of experience, should be dis
missed every time a new mayor comes
into office, then there would bs for
diminishing army officers and the
rank and file every time a new
president m Into power. Pfi.
vAte employers always give preference to
old, tried and trusted employees. They
pay them higher salaries than they do to
men who are untrled, and who have just
entsred their service. Suppose a busi.
ness firm should change proprletors.
Would that nee sssarlly involve a dis
yalaaaI nf all Tho oIarLa and nf tha nNank
reliable statesmen, travelling agents and
book -keepers2 No sensible man would
consider it to his interest to dismiss
everybody in the establishment that he
has just purchased, unless indeed the
employees are all found to bs incompetent,
dishonest and worthless.
Mayor Boyd Is indebted to ward poll.
tioiAns and political strikers, but there Is
no reason why the city of Omaha should
pay his political debts. The only proper
way, under the circumstances, to satisfy
this class of people is for Mr.. Boyd to put
his hand In his pocket and pay them.
This would be q great deal more satisfac-
tory to himself as mayor, as it would al
low him to be more independent, and 1t
certainly would be more desirable SO far
as the city Is concerned. 1t Is the only
way In which he can be free to make a
good re cord, but he cannot do 1t with a
lot of bsrnaoles hanging to him. There
are some men In Office, it is true, who
can be replsc,d with better and more re-
whohsve had more experience.
In all such cases the council will doubt
ratify the mayors choice, but If civil
service reform Is to be tho rule In our
,lty government the council should resist
avery effort to displace tried, true and
competent officers by men who are SIM
ply seeking Office, either asa reward for
heir political work, or because somebody
Omaha daily bee., 1885-04-15

troubles the Southerners have been the
agRressors, and the Administration has
stood purely IN the defensive-more on
the defensive than she would dared to
have done but fer her consciousness Of
strength and the certainly Of right pre-
vailing in the end. The news to-day is
that Virginia has gone out of the Union.
But for the influence she will have on the
other border slave States this Is not much
to be regretted. Her position, or rather
that of Eastern Virginia, has been more
r~eprehenSlble from the beginning thar
that OF South Carolina. She should be
made to bear a heavy portion of the war
for her guilt. In all this | can but see
the doom of slavery. The North does
not want, nor will they want, to inter
fere with the institution, but they will
refuse for all time to give 1t protection,
unless the South shall return soor o their
allegiance; and then, too, this dis.
turbance will give such an impetus to
the production of their staple, cotton,
In other parts of the world, that they
can never recover the control OF the
market again for that commodity. This
will reduce the value CT tho negroes 30
much that they will never be worth fight.
ing over sgsin.
1 have just received a letter from Fred.
Frederick Dent, Jr.) He breathes
forth the most patriotic sentiments. He
Is for the old flag as long "a there is q
Union of two states fighting under its
banner, and when they dissolve he will
go it alone. This is not his language.
but IL is tho idea NOS go well expressed
as he oxpressss 1t.
Julia and the children are all we'll,
and join me In love to you all.
l forgot to mention that Fred has
another heir with some novel name that
l have forgotten. Yours, truly,
u. s. GRANT.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-04-15

The New York election law provides
that after the counting of the ballots
they shall be burned, the object being
to prevent any access to them by the
Sine workers" after they have been
officially counted. The law has been
demonstrated to bsa good one; particu-
larly in the recent presidential election,
when it was shown that a ma GRITTY of a
thousand In a total vote of over q mil
lion was as secure as majority of a hun.
dred Thousand would have been. At a
recent mass meeting of respectable citi-
zsns in Chicago 1t was resolved thatfrauds
In elections were made possible 'bscsuse
of the deficiency in our state cleo ton
laws" and the legislature was petltioned
to pass San efficient election law aimilar
to the one now In force In New York"
This is a deserved tribute to the New
York law. which has withstood the
severest possible test-that of a close
vote in a presidential election.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-04-15

said that ''the cause that trlumphed
when King Victor Emanuel crossed the
Roman frontier was the cause of the
socialists and In6dels Of Genevs-no
more, no less" 1t is a little singular
that this almost forgotten speech should
now be raised against Mr.. Kelley, but 1t
has been reproduced In print, aud it may
be possible that the Italian government
will refuse to receive him, as 1t has g
right to do. Had Mr.. Kelley been ap'
pointed minister to some other country
we would probably never known anything
about his opinion of Victor Emauuell
course. The incident goes to prove tina
printed words never die.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-04-15

SECRETARY LAMAR will be supported
by the popular voice If he make, a clean
sweep of the land department In his
bureau. The incident of the Southern
Pacific railroad tract, some forty miles
by twenty in extent, is most suggestive
of rascality. The late acting commits
sioner is acquitted of any wrongful pur'
pose, "having signed the order, with
hundreds of other papers, In a routine
way" the law clerks falling to call hi,
attention to 1t and nobody knowing ex.
actly where it originated. But 1t will be
conceded that an Office In which q tract Of
land two-thlrds as large as the state Of
Rhode Island can be disposed Of In this
fashion Is ripe for reform.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-04-15
Secretary Whitney's school-Dsys.
Easthampton Comm WillIstonian.

Con. Whitney was a man of great abll
ity, of very genial manners
and generous nature, and
from him his distinguished son inherit.
his most marked qualities. 1t was while
Gen, Whitney resided In Springfield that
William and his elder brother, Henry M.
(the donor of our Whitney prize), were
students in Williston seminary. Henry
was on the scientific side and William on
the Classical. Henry is now the agent
and principal owner of the metropolitan
steamship line, one Of the leading busi'
ness men of Boston. Mr.. Whitney was
not distingu'shedfor scholarship at school
although he had fair rank both here and
in college. That model teacher and gen.
tlemen, Principal Clark, was accustomed
to say In recitation. "Whttney, a little
less attention to the morning newspaper
and a little closer application 10 the Vigil
would be an improvement" But he ex.
celled in literary work, and was especially
attentive to the duties of the Adelphi
society. 1t may with truth be said that
to q succession of such men as Whitney
the Adelphi owes Its prominence as a
literary society. He was also active In
the social life of the school and 10 athle-
tics. In his recent lecture here, DIR.
Hitchcock spoke of him as being a mem
ber of the committee who first laid before
Mr.. Willlsten the deairability of q gym
nasium for the school, aud Whitney acted
as the chairman of the committee.
During the greater part of his three years
course here. he roomed and boarded at
the house OF Mrs. Wells on Hayson ave.
nue.: but he occupied No 16 In South hall
for a time. He il remembered here as a
young fellow of fine figure, vigorous
physique, and cultured bearing. He was
not popular, In the ~too-common accept
ion of that word to-day, but he always
maintained his self-respect, and forced
the respect of others. The esteem In
which he was held by Principal Clark Is
shown by the position given him on the
anniversary stage, the last speaker, next
to the valedictorisn. This was a tribute
to his ability as a writer and speaker.
At Yale be maintained his reputation and
was the class orator of 60. br. Whitney's
great rival here at Williston wSs Charles
d. Adams, a fine scholar and excellent
literary man, the valedlctoriana at Amherst
In 63 and for years past q foremost law.
yer In New York Mr.. Whitney is an
instance of a child of wealth who was not
spoiled by his money. While here at
school he had ample means, but this never
weakened him or dulled mis- ambition"
Omaha daily bee., 1885-04-15

THE New York World, which evident
ly thinks that Bartholdi's statue Of
"Liberty Enlightening the World" was
partly intended as a compliment to that
journal, has undertaken to raise the
necessary funds to complete the pedestal
for that statue, aud the indications are
that 1t will succeed In Its enterprise, but
1t is a disgrace that the great city of New
York with Its dozens of millionaires, any
one of whom is amply able to build the
Bartholdi pedestal out of his pocket
money, should go begging dimes around
the country and allow a newspaper to
constitute itself the begging agent for
those dimes,
Omaha daily bee., 1885-04-15
TIE B,it;,b ba. r-scno.,ad

The British government has requested
that the Alert, which was used In the
Greedy relief expedition, be sent to Hall.
fax where she will be received by the
English authorities. Under the recent
act of congress the vessel Is to be returned
to the government of Great Britain with
the thanks of the United States. The
vessel Is now In New York, and will be
ready to sail on receipt of orders from
Washington, 1t is evident from this that
the British need every available ye,spl in
view of the coming war with Russia.