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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-06-08
Pauperism In Hawaii.


MR.. EDITOR Since the great expan-
sion OF the sugar industry in our islands,
many grave questions have arisen, in
volvlng every class of the population.
The capitalists, who invest their mon
ey, thinking only of large returns; the
managers and employees of plantations
who meet directly the perplexing ques-
ton OF " labor supply" the field labor
ers themselves, imported here from
many lands, and finally, the philanthro-
pists, who have to meet and deal with
the perplexing problem, of what to do
with many of these laborers, after their
terms OF contract service are overall
are vitality interested in these ramifca-
lions OF the sugar question.
At present, pauperiSm is on the in
crease, and all OF the benevolent societies
have to meet it. AS the very poorest
and most worthless of these imported
laborers Norwegian, German, Portu-
guese and Chinese, experiments in labor
DRIFT in to settle down in Honolulu
more and more, the subject of pauperism
must command public attention.
There is now in the very heart of the
city, a court called " Fowlers Yard, >"
where these Norwegian, German, and
other families, congregate: thriftless,
lazy, broken down, men and women,
with swarms of children, to be fed and
clothed. Those of them who are willing
to work, are unskilled and ignorant of
the English language, SO as to make it
difficult to get employment Especially as
they want the highest wages given for
,l.x -l,,,S
and its eXcitements to the rural districts
where they might be employed. Then
they begin to appeal to public and pri
vate charity to relieve their wants.
Christian benevolence has instituted a
free school in the Yard" for the chill
dren, which prevents in measure the
worst features of squalOr and vice that
might otherwise be seen; and, we will
hope, may help that rising generation
into position better than their parents.
The Board of Health have their Dispen-
sary now in the court, and a gospel meet
ing is held there one evening in the
week, which influences prevent the place
from being the public menace it might
otherwise be. But when cases of desti-
tuition appear there, 50 that the public
are appealed to through the newspapers,
and Christian beneVOlenCe CATER aiding
so long as it seems suitable) seeks inves-
tigatiOn from the authorized representa-
tives of the nationalities, and gentlemen
conversant with these languages go there
and investigate these cases, and indig-
nantly pronounce them unworthy of the
help of their benevolent societies. What
is to be done? Shall they be left to
starve, or shall the Nagrant Act, which
is full and explicit, be enforced?
INQUIRER.
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Robbery of II. NJ. Mails.

Mr.. EDITOR: On January 9th last the
writer posted letter in Spreckelsville
Postoffice containing correspondence
and So, gold coin, addressed to Editor
HAWAIIAN GAzETTE"D, which has not
reached its destination.
Having correspondent with Mr.. H. M.
Whitney and the Postmaster-General on
the subject, and not receiving any salts
factory solution of the mystery, [ now
publicly accuse "Pro Bono Publico"
with whom | was then engaged in con-
troversy) of the theft of aforesaid letter
unless he will, over his right name,
deny the soft impe lchment.
MICHAEL LAFFERTY)
Formerly of Spreckelsville.
Honolulu, May 20, 1888.
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Smith, father of Kaumakapili congrega-
ton, will read a historical sketch in Ha-
waiian.
One of Mr.. Schumann's hacks had a
lively runaway last night. A similar act
was performed by one of Mr.. Jas. Carty's
hacks in charge of drunken native driver
whom Captain Hopkins arrested. top
buggy was upset and the shafts broken
near the Opera House.
The legs of the chair on which Delegate
Mebrtens was sitting, at the Fire Board
meeting, broke through the rotten floor of
the hall. The Delegate did not know first
whether the roof had fallen in or the hose
bursted, and now vows he will attend no
more meetings until new building is pro-
Vided.
The annual tea party of the Womans
Board of Missions was the occasion of an
immense social gathering in the parlors of
the Central Union Church yesterday after
noon. Members of the Hawaiian Evan
gelical Association and friends from all
the islands of the group were present.
The collation. was excellent and the crowd
fully appreciated their entertainment.
The excellent reputation of the Sidney
Dickinson entertainments was amply sus-
tanned by the lecture and illustrations of
last evening. Some of the pictures as
they flashed out on the screen were
greeted with Outbursts of applause The
house was we'll filled and the audience was
evidently delighted with the entertain
ment.
Our old friend, Captain Geo. w. jerks,
formerly of the D. c. Murray and Elsinore
has turned up again, this time on the
quarter deck of the steamer Julia H. Ray,
which has been built under Captain jerks
supervision, and was launched last month
in San Francisco. She is said to be a SPLEEN
didly modelled vessel of about 600 tons
capacity, with compound engines of 200
horsepower. On the trial trip she made
81 knots an hour. She is to run between
San Francisco and San Diego, touching at
one or two intermediate ports.
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A Word Concerning the Bulletin"

My invitation to the Bulletin was not,
as that journal would have its readers
suppose, merely to give the name of it's
paragon, but to give the names of
that person and of those whom it stig-
matised as unworthy to clean his shoes.
If the Bulletin is ready to accept that
invitation, my name is at its service, and
can be had by applying at the Office of
the DAILY ADVERTISER It would be a
poor compliment to the intelligence of
the Bulletin to suppose its misrepresen-
tation of the substance of my communi-
cation was not intentional.
ONE WHO KNOWS.
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LOCAL AND GENERAL

oily OF fish on Kauai.
4'u counts on a huge rice crop.
4''IlIa and Stars play to morrow.
"4uIukou saved the "dorg' any
new notice Of the Bishop perform
-''ey sells a boat with sea outfit at
w. 5'o'A' are offered by Messrs. Castle
rulsIon process at Col. Spalding's
.5 asl' chu On 4 Co. announce a varied
q" goods for sale. Q 81 ''''
I. ,,1s We're no hearings in Supreme
q5 hawaiian WAL Business Agency offers a
PO''l IOf sale.
|ls. .'la races are postponed from Ka-
,''aa Day to July 4th. y
.s,, so' - plan is rapidly filling up for
''7a tomorrow night, "
ss6,. a 4. ". Peirce 4 Co. give closing
,l. ,',e to creditors and debtors tors ''0S'''S
b ,5oslnt for next WEEKLY GA
s ..2''d be in by noon saturday.
cac ,1l as. sale to last two weeks !. .,
l9,,.. " Ae''rs. B. F, EhIers & Co. o
s,aa1. J' n the Queen's Hospital hold a
! a..,. .-' meeting at Il this morning &
/. had '1 coa roller was attending on street
q Yesterday. below Maunakea
| d t5 ". E. Herrtck. who bs, tn., -..,..,
sas a Presentation resent Of Hook & Ladder Ladder
'sdtr.atr member ra Of the Department Ine0t
4 lie r,Lr. NSO.
lasyorrIS e Summation of the studant.
Id this oPr r,5he Mission institute will IL
Church frd rlaa q morning in Kawa ia.
IL Le,I.,. 'u' . to p o'clock. ''F'
ap5b lucrative e, Expenses Act and the
4f Dsns., ,le the Chief CLERK of an" M Ine
pronnn to sign lice ol tne a an,
! l,.S,ya' cono. elsewhere .'''SS are
\. VS. cor% ar, Of Enquiry on board II
l.. Henry Jsm urant found the loss of t n,
chart, ''nes to have been , dns 81 ID the
>a Lattfno no blame being attached s 20 IN H.
~aaakkapili ~ ONlcers or crew.
os' =, sun 1e s0 be n.e dedicated cate.
.opp. tbt the native pastors uens' Of with tth
. 'nerable Rev. Lowell
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SHIPPING NOTES.

saTk SOnOma is now due from San
lyO.
sark c. 0. WhitmOre will load sugar
N Francisco after dischafging her
American bark CeyIon, Captain r.
%. sails to-day with go tons sugar
n FRnciscO.
F bark 0. 0. Whitmore will come
s1e the coal wharf tomorrow to I'M
|ldcargO of coal.
VIC; Irwin, G, H. Douglass, and
Hfeckels have probably arrived at
uIrom San Francisco.
aTkentine Wrestler was lowered
u. u Marine Ra lway Yesterday, and is
Gang IN sugar at the Pacific Mail
lAy's wharf.
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Fatal Result.

The man who fell off the steamer Aus
tralia on Tuesday was Thomas Trainor'
and sad to relate he died from the effects
of the fall, Yesterday afternoon at the
Queens Hospital. The unfortunate man
had terrible fall into a cellar in the
burnt district, on either Christmas or
New Years eve in 1886.
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Thanks.

We are desired by Mr.. F. Hastings,
who was lately shipwrecked with his
family near Palmyra Island, to express
his sincere thanks for the great kindness
and many useful gifts which he has re-
ceived from ladies and gentlemen in
Honolulu, and to say that he greatly re-
grets his inability to make this ex-
preston in person.
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South Sea Items.

Captain Holland brought news from
Jaluit of a report received there, that a
white trader had been murdered by ma
tives at Mile, Marshall Islands. The
place had been all burned up, only few
bones being found in the ashes. There
was much excitement over the tragedy
at Jaluit, where the supposed victim
was known and esteemed, and the Ger
mans were anXiously waiting for the
arrival of a warship to go to Mile to in
vestigate the matter.
A Roman Catholic mission is going
to be started on the Gilbert Islands.
MONTE is to be it's headquarters.
Three priests were expected from the
Colonies on the first opportunity.
A stirring question is put forward by
L" Enquirer" regarding the development of
pauperism-until recently strange in these
islands.
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Executors Notice.

THE UNDERSIGNED, HAVING BEEN DULY
i appointed Executors under the will of
GEO. ENGELHARDT, late of Honolulu, de-
ceased, notice is hereby given to all creditors of
the deceased to present their claims, whether
secured by mortgage or otherwise, duly authenti-
Gated and with the proper vouchers, if any exist
to c. Bolte, within six months from this date or
they will be forever barred, And all persons
indebted to said deceased are requested to make
immediate payment to C.. Bolte.
L. A. THURSTON,
C.. BOLTE,
Executes under the viii of George Engelhardt.
Honolulu, May 2, 1888. 240-2w 12I8-5t
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n office to Creditors.

VNHE UNDERSIGNED GIVE NOTICE THAT
i they have been appointed assignees of
BROWN CO., Merchants of Honolulu.
All persons having any claims against the said
firm, whether secured by mortgage or otherwise
notified to present the same to the assignees
within three months from April 23d inst.
All persons indebted to Messrs Brown & Co.
are requested to make immediate payment to
Brown Co. or the assignees
A j. CARTWRIGHT,
w. F. ALLEN,
Assignees of Brown & Co.
Honolulu, April 81 1888. 225-2W 1215-3m
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The Fire Department.

The monthly meeting of the Board Of
Representatives of the Fire Department
was held at the Bell Tower last evening
Chief Engineer G.. B. Wilson, First AS
sistant Engineer julius Asch, Second
Assistant Geo. Norton, Secretary Henry
Smith, were present, and twenty-five
members answered the roll call
The Secretary, as chairman of election,
read the certificates of election of Engin-
GERS, when those officers, above named,
were installed.
The Secretary also read his financial
report for the past year, the following
being an abstract thereof:
RECEIVED
In hand from last term ........... 1929 81
Total receipts this term. 463 80
$G93 81
Discussed.
Care Firemen's Lot, Nuuanu Gem
etery $500. ........... ..-...--.. a W
Relief of members. Observation-Disclosures. 229 90
Burial expense members. ......... 80 %
Balance lLsi eeG in hand to next acct 800 4S
$693 81
J. w. Mcclure, Fire Marshal, rendered
his report, showing that for the period
from July 4th, 1887, to June 9TH, 1888,
there had been Is actual fires, II still
alarms and 5 complaints. Causes of
fires were as follows: Lamp explosions
6, smoking 4, detective stove or pipe 2,
incendiary 1, burning rubbish 3, ashes,
fire-crackers and burning paper l EACH
unknown 8. Losses appraised, $3.50;
insurance, 1857.
Communications were accepted from
Engine Co. No. 4, announcing the cleo
ton of David L. Kalawaia, and from
Hook and Ladder Co., that of Morris K.
KeOhokalole, as delegates respectively
from those companies to the Board, and
they accordingly took their seats.
The matter of protest and counter pre-
test, regarding election of delegate from
Engine Co. No. 2, was dealt with and re-
ferred to committee consisting of Fore
man More, Foreman Boyd and Delegate
Tucker.
The appeal of Foreman Mccarthy of
No 2, against the adverse judgment OF
that company on certain charges, was
also taken up. Without discussion it
was referred to the same committee as
above.
J. D. Tucker of Pacific Hose Co. and
Henry Smith of Engine No. 2 were NOM
mated as candidates for Secretary of the
Board T. Lucas was appointed judge,
w. H. Mclean and Geo. Norton tellers.
The ballot resulted in a majority of one
for Smith, who briefly thanked the Board
for the renewed honor.
For Fire Marshal j Mcclure and } "A.
Mehrtens were nominated. The ballots
gave Mcclure reelection to the office.
J. d. Tucker, W. II. Mclean and
J. II. Boyd were appointed finance
committee, to which the treasurer's re-
port was referred.
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CORRESPONDENCE.

we do not hold ourselves responsible for the
S'"'ellie nts made, or opinions expressed by our
correspondents
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Gernania Market

NOTIFIES IT'S CUSTOMERS AND ~ PLY
~ IN General that IFS Prices for all kinds OF
Meat are as LOW as those of any market Ia town.
got
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oort from Foreign Ports,
i rsniaIla.' TI Al, South America
.lora'fal.alrrla . Brown, Yoko9 3 I Tsds
.aa -jJ.orpi4FG 5i 5'' San Francisco.
E,rIn CalnoVWi,' Winding, San Francisco.
fet @lF5 Gook. Port Townsend.
+. ls e + A AoIIaad, 5 5 ISLANDS d
liz. Lqc CO. 60. Newcastle, \ 5 W.
Joa46 Lee Cousins, San Francisco.
l'l D.. B e, Paul, San Francisco.
" WHEEL ..I',arq Ward, Departure Bay
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n.nr Receipts of Produce.
PASSENGERS.
ARRIVALS,

ARRIVALS.
q Kauai, per stmr Waialeale, June
.zS Spalding, wife and family.
DEPARTURES.
Eona, Hawaii, per stmr J A Cum
Tune Hon J a Cummins, wife
|lnly, A Gonsalves, Miss Katy
B, and about 30 others.
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advertisements.
VALUABLE
E4 Property For Sale.

LARGE LOT ON ONE OF THE MOST De
n sirabIe avenues and near the center of city
Lot measures IA feet in Width-front-1O5 feet
rear and lOS and 1l9 feet in depth-on sides.
4 here are nine new ges built on these pre-
misses now rented for $500 per month. This
property is offered for sale on very reasonable
Apply HAWAIIAN BUSINESS AGENCY,
II[iw* Corner Fort and Merchant SITS.
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Public Concert.

The Royal Hawaiian Band will give
concert this evening at the Hawaiian
Hotel, commencing at 7;30. Follow ing
is the programme:
Observation-Disclosures. ..........-.- wagner
ClariOnet SOIO-Leaves. ............. Carr
COrnet SolO-Air Varie. ............ Arban
SeIection-Maritana ...W Wallace
Manoa Pua AIani me KapiOlani.
Medley-Pleasant Memories. Boyer
Cornet Polka-Village Festival. Clement
Ballad La Paloma. ................. KlVas
Waltz-Jub .................C oote
Hawaii POnOI.
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NOTICE.

AIR WPAY TAYLOR IS AUTHORIZED TO
M collect all bills outstanding and due the
Pacific COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER to May &c, 1888;
and all claims against said paper to that date
can be sent to the Office of j. s. WALKER,
Spreckels Block. 4-5t
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ling To-day

. '...'', c. Calhoun. for sa" Fran
.r,toI5. 52 rk hohai { oahu oI.
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RayCareful Attention given to all Commissions
and Satisfaction Guaranteed BOTH IN PRICE
AND QUALITY. 168-1y 12O6-Iy
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'F" THURSDAY, June I :,
se.:4 ssa: /. S:.::a .' rom S5 S'':
as5 @a"'55@al2 Campbell. fro" H""'lei
., g.5l.''' ,-,n pepeebe,oo, Hawaii
1ail,iIssibaIa Ir ,, VWaimanalo.
III from . hGIl'iLl, alupahoehoe.
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SPECIAL ATTENTION Paid to Selecting and
Packing Goods Foreign Orders.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-02-18
MIGHTY RUINS.

About forty miles northwest O
Damascus, in a well-watered anc
pleasant plain, stands a small vii
lage, the people of which do moi
number more than a few hundreds
But hard by the modern dwellings
are the ruins of great palaces, beau.
tiful monuments, and once refresh.
ing fountains. Huge columns here
and there raise themselves into the
air, while the ground near them is
covered with the remains of their
fellows, and other parts of the
buildings which they helped to
support. When travellers examine
closely the stones which once formed
the base of these erections they are
amazed to find great blocks, which
in some cases are sixty feet long
and ten or twelve feet thick. These
are the ruins of a large town once
known as Baalbek, and later on by
the Greek name of Heliopolis. OF
its early history but little seems to
be known, save that it was always
a great seat of the worship of Baal,
or the Sun God. Its vast Temple,
the ruins of which can etill be
traced, was said once to have con-
tained a golden statue of Apollo,
which on certain festivals was car
ried through the streets on the
shoulders of citizens. In the eighth
century the city fell into the hands
of the Arabs, and six hundred years
later it was sacked by Timur Bey.
After this it gradually lost all its
magnifcence and Importance, until
the once glorious city became as
nova mere heap of ruins.-Sel.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-02-18
THE CARR1sBRooK DONKEY.

The well-house at Carrisbrooh
Castle, in the Isle of Wright, is ar
object of interest to all visitors. A
donkey is there seen, without any
bride or other harness on, stand.
ing close to the wall behind large
wooden wheel. AS the man in at.
tendance says: "Come, sir, show
the ladies and gentlemen what you
can do," the donkey springs cheer
fully into the interior Of the wheel,
which is broad and hollow, and
furnished on the inside with steps,
formed with projecting pieces of
wood nailed on, the hollow part OF
the wheel being broad enough to
admit of the donkey between two
sets of spokes. 1t then begins walk
ing up the steps of the wheel some
what as prisoners do on the wheel
of the treadmill. The man has no
whip and says nothing to the dom
key as he pursues his course; but,
as the we'll is more than three hun
dred feet deep, it takes some time
to draw up the water, which is here
done by animal labor. One DON
key has been known to perform this
service at Carrisbrook for fifty
years, another for forty, a third for
thirty, and a fourth had performed
it for ten years at tho time of the
writer's last visit. The dates are
marked down inside the door of the
well-house. The donkey was con-
tinuing his labor and looking to-
ward the well, when the question
was asked:
"What is he looking at?"
HE is looking for the bucket,
said the man; and, in fact, as soon
as the bucket appeared the donkey
stopped and deliberately walked
out of the wheel to the place at
which he stood at our entrance,
knowing full well he had done what
was desired.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-02-18
BACKING HIS STATE.

Congressman Dougherty, of Flor
ida, is firm believer in the supe-
rior attractions of his State, as the
following true story will testify:
On one occasion Massachusetts,
man was his guest, and the Con-
gresham took him around show
ing him the charms nature had so
lavishly bestowed upon the favored
section.
"See," said Colenel Dougherty,
rapturously, ''the beautiful flowers,
the luscious fruits, the soft blue sky,
the birds of brilliant plumage, the
gentle undulations of the land"
ooh, yes, l see, replied the prac-
tlcal Yankee, slapping his face and
hands-"I see; but these Internal
mosquitoes ruin the prospect"
"Why, my dear sir, expostulated
Dougherty, "there are no mosqui-
toes here You are totally mistaken
you only think So"
The visitor wouldn't be persuad-
ed, however, and after an argument
emphasized by slaps, he accepted
a bet of fifty dollars from his host
that he (the host) would take off
all his clothes and lie on his face
in the sand for ten minutes and
not be disturbed by the mosquitoes
nor show the slightest sign of dis
comfort.
The Congressman peeled down
to the skin, prostrated himself, and
the visitor stood ovor him holding
a watch with one hand and fight
ing the pests with the other.
For five, six, seven Eainutes,
Dougherty lay there covered with
mosquitoes, but betraying not the
slightest emotion. The visitor by
this time thought he was going to
lose his fifty, and, with great sagac-
ity, took a sun-glass from his
pocket and focused the rays on
the Congressman's back.
For quarter of a minute Dough-
erty never flinched, then he began
% squirm. The Yankee kept per-
ectly still. In three-quarters of
minute Dougherty was comforting
ike man in agony, and stretch
ng back one hand appealingly to
he visitor, he cried out:
"Say, Boston, if you'll let me
ill that Internal yellow jacket, I'll
% you fifty dollars more On the
mosquitoes"