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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-08-29

(The following items of business pertain
ing to the morning and afternoon sessions
were accidentally omitted under their
proper headings.)
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-08-29

the facts. The result of this state of
affairs is in France to produce political
instability. Something of the same kind
is visible in Germany, but there the
strength of the Government counteracts
the tendency which makes itself felt so
painfully in France. What the result
will be in Hawaii nei, our political his
tory is as yet too short to determine.
After all, in what respect are those
countries better off in which there are
two we'll defined parties which absorb
practically the whole body of voters :?
The result generally is, that real poll
teal issues are thrust from the field
altogether. The parties cease to repre-
sent living ideas. Reforms cannot get a
hearing Political campaigns degen-
crate into a mere disgraceful scramble
for office, the results of which affect alb
soluteiy no one, except the Office holders,
the campaign workers, the bosses, and
the few others who make more or less
shameful living out of politics. The
great mass OF voters go to the polls like
sheep, without knowing what they are
voting for. They are stupidity led
around by the nose, and are gulled by
some ridiculous party cry. Prejudice,
partisanship, tradition and passion are
the only political forces of any weight.
Principles are left to go to the devil.
Neither party is willing to take up re-
form for fear of losing an election. When
a plank is to be inserted in platform,
the only question raised is, not whether
1t is true and right and needed, but how
is it going to affect the election, and the
answer to this question always decides
it's fate. In the absence of issues poll
teal Oratory consists in the Qualification
OF ones own party, and abuse of the
other.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-08-29

For quick raising, the Rov., D..
superior to all other Ieave9ing D a1,g
Solutely pure and wholesome IS sag AGENT.
Ieavenlng power. 1t is oIr Il1 Of u
strength and quality ana NY nd
Ilght, sweet, most paiatabIe ana eE iail
Bread, biscuits, mullins can Iu altra
Royal Baking Powder NAV b e as e'c.' a
distressing results to the mos ry e s1,s d
organs. 1t will keep in anr usincaia
deterioration. -! cAnats
Prof. H. A. Mott, U. S Govo..
after examining officially the ' nIiai
powders of the corRntry. re- no rI glll'iE
The ROYAL Baking Powder is a.,
for l have so found itin NAM I tos. ~
for that company and the United So ~.
ment. 1''eu STATE
Because of the facilities that.
Tor obtaining perfectly pure crssr va ~
Tor other reasons dependent NJ "
proportions of the same, and the r.!
preparation, the Royal BAKING p n,5.
doubtedly the purest and most r sE'
powder offered to the public. ''l
1900 DIR. HENRY A. MOTT. Pr
5 122l-1y u. S. cavern,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-08-29
Fatality.

A half-white woman fell from bal
cony on Monday night, receiving in
juries that caused her death in short
time. She was commonly known by
the name OF Emily, but it is said she
was married to one johnson. An in
quest was begun Tuesday afternoon by
Coroner hopkins deputy MarshaD, but
adjourned to. await DIR. Trousseau's re-
port of post norton examination.
Lord Cantelupe, Lord Delawarr's eld-
est son, Is about to make tour of the
world, taking India first, then Australia.
New Zealand, and the Pacific, and lastly.
America. He is just of age.
, 1888-12-22

Probably tho most interesting char
actor hCrrIbOuLs. says The Augusta
CGa.) Chronicle. Is u nero man who
was n OF the cargo Of the "unacTcr,
The last slave ship to bring 10 this
country II load of captives from Africa.
Lucius Williams, as he was christened
by m of the young ladies of the fam
lily into which he Yves sold, or I'm
walla," as he was called in Africa, lives
in a small hut on the outskirts OF
Hamburg, across the river from here.
Since freedom he has earned a liveli-
hood working gardens, saving wood
and whitewashing. He was a little
surprised when asked about his early
life, but talks well once he has
begun, requiring TO be questioned fire.
~quently, however. Umwalla was born
in Guinea, according to his story, not
Liberia. One day when he was about
10 years of age he was SEN to his aunt
TO carry her some pinders to plant.
When he was going through the
woods two strange black men seized
him and bound his hands. He cried
terribly and they soon gagged him.
They-sold him TO q native, who took
him to Liberia. There, for the first
time in his life, he saw a white man,
and he was terribly frightened at
him.
Umwalla was then taken to the
Wanderer, where a large number Of
captives had already been stored away
in the hold.
When the Wanderer approached the
South Carolina coast she was sighted
by n government boat and given
chase. During the night she dropped
anchor off Pocotaligo and the cargo Of
negro men and women was debarked.
Umwalla, or, as he was soon after
ward called, Lucius, was taken to a
Carolina plantation near Beach island
and put to work there.
, 1888-12-22

Tom Corwin, of Ohio, was n ready
man. John G. Calhoun once pointed
TO a drove of mules from Ohio and
said to Corwin: ''There go some of
your constituents" yes" said Tom,
they are going down south to teach
school" Governor Brough was once
matched against Corwin, and in the
midst of his speech said: Gentlemen,
my honored opponent himself, while
he breaches advocacy of home indus
try, has u carriage at home which he
got in England-had it shipped across
the ocean to him. How is that for sup
porting home industry and labori'
When Corwin came on the stand he
made a great show of embarrassment,
stammered and began slowly: "Well,
gentlemen, you have heard what my
friend Mr.. Brough has to say of my
carriage. Iplead guilty to the charges,
and have only two things TO say in my
defense. The first is that the carriage
came to me from an English ancestor
as an heirloom, and l had TO take it,
Again, | have not used it for seven
years, and it has been standing in my
back yard all that time, and the
chickens have converted it into a
roost Now, gentlemen" with a steady
look at Brough, 81 have nothing fur
ther to say in my defense; but would
like to know how Brough knows any
thing about my carriage if he has not
been visiting my chicken roost."-St
Louis Globe-Democrat.
, 1888-12-22
Hospitality of the cuhans.

During these rides the remarkable
Cuban hospitality of which l have al
ready spoken was again and again en-
phasized. 1t was simply impossible to
get past any habitation, from that of a
decayed but still well to do planter to
the humblest charcoal burners cabin,
without dismounting for a light for
our cigars, or a few minutes chatter
over the dolorous condition Of affairs
in the island, during which coffee"
stoves nor fireplaces in Cuba, the
question of cooking fires becomes an
odd one. In the cities, all cooking is
done on charcoal urns, in the larger
establishments these often being
arranged in the form of massive
charcoal ranges. But in these re-
mote country places, a little pagoda
like corner is built next the house, or
a detached structure, not unlike an
American farmers large smoke house,
is seen. Here the fire is built s~quarely
upon the ground, or upon or within
rude stone bases, and the smoke as
oends at will, usually finding vent un-
derneath raised roofs. In this primi-
tive cocina, or kitchen, the guarda
Candida literally candle, or fire guard)
is always smoldering. If it should
happen to go out-which is seldom
permitted, as unhappy superstitions
attach to the fact-on discovery, it is
instantly relighted from flint and steel
sparks struck into punches of corn
~tassels, or some dry and splintered
leaves of the palm.-San Francisco
Bulletin.
, 1888-12-22
Jim risk. Monument.

Afte- dinner at the leading hotel of
the place, a more pretentious hosiery
than they had met since leaving the
Massasoit. of Springfield, our friends
started out for a stroll through the
town. and ultimately found them
selves in the cemetery, which is To-
Gated upon a hill a little south of and
overlooking the depot, and from which
the photographic view was taken.
Here, as they wandered among the
tombs of this charming resting place
of the dead. culling bits of wisdom
from the various Inscriptions, all re-
Winding them of their end. they came
rather unexpectedly upon the monu-
ment of Jim" Fisk, the financial hero
of Black Friday. 1t is an imposing
and beautiful structure of white granite
from the quarries of Dummerstou, a
little way up the river, and was erected
by his widow at a cost of nearly
5000, 600. ltconsists of a shelf mounted
upon a square base, at the four corners
Of which are life size figures of Com
merce, Finance, Banking and Rail.
reading, all charmingly conceived
and admirably executed. Nsthetically
considered, it is a rare and beautiful
piece OF work, but what commentary
upon the truthfulness of monumental
famel
AS our friends viewed the beautiful
structure and criticized its design and
execution, the excitable Tinto broke
out into strong animadversions against
the propriety of such a contribution TO
posthumous glorification anent u man
whose name, while living, was a syn
onym for everything that was-
Hush. %perturbed spirit, interrupted
the dominic. This memorial of him
stands in a secluded spot, far from the
eyes Of men; and it was the least his
widow could do in return for the
wealth he left her. AS for the rest,
judge not, lest we be Judged" And
the perturbed spirit was hushed.-
American Magazine.
, 1888-12-22

Haggard is sensitive. He has pub
licly denied having borrowed from
Moore in writing ''She," and from a
Frcnchman in writing ''Mr. Nelson's
Will" He is very sensitive, SO that
his friends have to come to his defense.
This is not worth the while. Every
body borrows, either consciously OF
unconsciously. Ideas are current coin
and he only is original who can stamp
his personality on a few. If he have
no personality, he never ian be orig.
inaL. When Longfellow was charged
with having plagiarized, he answered
nothing. His publisher fretted, and Mr..
Longfellow simply said: Does our
book seH~well1' The publisher assur-
ed him it did. Coming in again. the
publisher pressed it on him that some
thing be done. Docs the book sell
wellf' repeated the poet. 1t is all he
would say. He never entered on a
line of self defense. 1t would have
been folly if he had. The public does
not continue to buy what it believes
has been stolen.-St. Louis Globe Dem.
Ocrat.
, 1888-12-22
aIaInsprinrs of Watches.

Il wish you would correct an error
that has been going the rounds of the
press, y said a watch manufacturer 10
the reporter. THE item | refer to
states that the watch repairer is more
%rapacious than the plumber, and
charges 81 so for putting il a main
spring hat costs him Scents and takes
him twenty minutes to insert. As a
matter of fact, the m~ainsprings in or
binary use cost $3.50 per dozen and
can be inserted in twenty minutes,
providing the repairer meets with no
accident But his profits cannot be
Judged in that way. The handspring
of a watch is of such delicate work
manship that l have known a skilled
hand TO break as many as fifteen in
putting one in a watch. This will
show you that the repairer is often
out of pocket through a job. A pc
culiar thing about m~ainsprings is that
they are very susceptible TO atmos-
pheric changes. Except when they
meet with an accident, most springs
break during the months of March,
April and May. No one can assign
a reason for this, but it is a fact too
well known to watchmakers to be
questioned New York Evening Sun.
, 1888-12-22
Three Very Excellent Reasons.

parson and his parish at Adelaide,
Australia, recently parted with mutual
willingness, and in his farewell dis
course the minister freed his mind as
follows; II do not regret our separa-
ton, dear brethren, for three good and
valid reasons, The first is that you
don't love me, the second that you
don't love one another, and the third
that God does not love you. You don't
love me-my salary is several months
in arrears; you don't love one another,
or there would not be such a dearth OF
marriages among you; and God
doesn't seem TO love you as you ought
TO be loved, because there have been
no funerals among you lately
, 1888-12-22
He Prefers Experience.

a writer who is a good observer, and
has had considerable experience, thu.
defines the difference between the ole
and young. There is, he says, a wide
gulf between youth and ripe old age.
hence the proverb, you can't put an
old head on young shoulders" Thi.
proverb was written by an old man
youth had nothing to do with it.
Youth don't believe the old man knows
anything, and the old man expects con.
tinually that the young man will be
along saying, Il didn't know it was
loaded" The wise young man will
seek the counsel of those ripe in years
and experience and avoid the mistakes
in life. But Young America will con.
tinue to figure in the divorce courts,
and compound his debts at ten cents
on the dollar. He don't want to be
told that it is loaded; he prefers to fpd
out himself. He gets there, and pas
the piper generally.
, 1888-12-22

The Siamese ape is said to be in great
request among Siamese merchants
as a cashier in their counting houses
Vast quantities of base coin obtair
circulation in Siam, and the faculty o.
discrimination between good money
and bad would appear to be possessed
by these gifted monkeys in such an ex.
traordinary degree of development
that no human being, however care
fully trained, car compete with them.
The cashier ape m%editatively puts into
his mouth each coin presented to him
In business payments, and tests it with
grave elaboration His method OF
testing is regarded in commercial cir.
cles as infallible; and, as a matter of
fact, his decision is uniformly accepted
by all parties interested in the trans
action. London lid Bits.
, 1888-12-22

In Massachusetts,, in 1889, Marcus
Morton received one vote more than
his competitor, Edward Everett. Dur
ing Governor Morton's term a branch
railroad from Taunton to New Bedford
was completed, and New Bedford cele,
brated the event by a grand jubilee.
The exercises were to begin at J.
o'clock, and the governor, a Taunton
man, was of course invited. Twelve
o'clock came, but no governor. Tho
whole proceedings were delayed, and
the crowd wondered and fretted. Fl
MISSING nissgi SG Official ia eTs cared a srrIe Mr !; c IHe
ford, who was then the state attorney
and afterward governor himself, inn
mediately arose and proposed the fol.
lowing sentiment: Governor Morton,
who always gets in by oner-Chicago
journal 49,
, 1888-12-22
USED TO STOP A LEAK.
How Peter johnson Paid His Passage
Over the Atlantic

over the Atlantic
Old Peter johnson, a familiar 'land-
mark" of South staeet and who, in tho
memory of the oldest dock hand in
this city, has never been known to stir
away from his seat on an old box at
the corner Of South street and Coenties
slip, tells n most remarkable tale of
the troubles through which he had to
pass To become an American citizen
and To run away from his birthplace
in Sweden.
not Peter al all, but something in
which all the letters of the alphabet
are combined. was born in a little
hamlet in Sweden. Ever since he
first read a translation of Robinson
Crusoe, at the a~, of 10, Peter had a
violent passion for the sea One day
he heard OF America. He asked how
far off this great land might be, and
his father replied that it was on the
other side of the great Irish sea and
across the Atlantic. The next day
Peter made mp a little bundle of ueces-
saries and started Off to find this glori-
Gus Eldorado. He reached Leis, a
small fishing port on the coast of Swe-
den.
Walking along the wharvcs he saw
a bark of about 500 tons that was adj
vertiscd To start for New York on that
very day. He had never heard of
New York, but as he clambered over
the port rail Of the little ship hc blindly
hoped that ii was somewhere near his
goal. On board he found all deserted.
BY accident l'cter stumbled iato the
hold OF the ship. I3c s~ecgctr+l himself
among a number Of barrels. and. IS lie
was very tired, he feil ssirep About
ten hour aftarward ~. .caS awakened
by u peculiar cianisiug uv.sa The
ship was rolling horribly wooden
sides were being strained totep Utmost
extent, and Peters heart stood sill.
We'll. the end al ii wa. SKID the
old man last evening to Tie waiter,
that went on deck. | was u mighty
sick collnose. D.! can tell You. But l
wasn't too sick to see that something
horrible had happened, The cap'n
stood near the wheel looking hope
lessly toward shore and didn't even
notice NE. The > a vas runniu high
A heavy gale had caught us to lee.
ward AMI we had sprung Il leak. Our
ship WIS pretty fast auI we were out
Of sight of land The leak was a big
L ANA orr ship was film fast. All
the men were II work 1T the puraps.
but The w@'tr VS. Es.Hin on EN- and
they were lOsiu heart ard hope.
When tie cap'n 81" me he did didn't
fire oil and cat tail re. No: he Jest
caught Elr by tn shoulder here and
hc jest looked ~ iu heaven thus way.
ans, ig il liz. Thank Godl sortcr
happy Ike
Then IA, Eui;i1l me Gosgn into the
hold AID then he said lethin' TO
, 1888-12-22

A one cent piece saved M. ]. Ho-
gan's life night before last. He was
called to his door by q drunken dis.
charged employee, John Hopkins, and
on refusing to pay the wages due the
man on his drunken demand, Hop
kins fred q shot which struck a copper
penny in Hogan's vest pocket, and
glanced aside. Justice White heard
the case yesterday, and held Hopkins
in bonds of IS, 900 to answer TO the
criminal court on the charge Of assault
with intent TO commit murder. Chi
cago Tribune.
, 1888-12-22
Keeping Close to the Schedule.

England has a record for punctual-
ity of passenger trains that is worthy
of emulation by some, if not all,
American railway companies. Out of
q total of loo, 200 passenger trains on
the Great Eastern road, for the first
six months of this year, ove 6 per
cent. were absolutely punctual, 81 per
cent. were less than five minutes late,
4 per cent. were over five and les than
ten minutes late, and 3 per cent. were
over ten minutes late in arriving at
their Observation-Disclosures Herald.
, 1888-12-22
Generous GIFT for Industrial Education.

j. V. Williamson, the millionaire of
Philadelphia, is about to found an in
stitution similar in many respects to
Girard college. He has determined to
begin operations at once, and, though
feeble in health, hopes to finish dur
ing his lifetime. The cost is estimated
at over S., 600, 900, 1t is to be an in
stitution for the education of boys in
all departments of mechanical labor.
Mr.. Williamson has appointed seven
trustees to manage the business, whose
names are carefully kept from the
public for the present Scientific
American.
, 1888-12-22

Our diminutive size is not an mfr
nifty. Abstractly considered l am Just
as largo as you are; all dimensions are
relative, and especially in intellectual
beings is it impossible to fix any abso-
lutte standard of size. Physical health
is, of course, a grand consideration,
but muscular strength or corporal size
is a matter of the least possible i'm
portance. Your Brooklyn bridge could
have been built as we'll by men three,
four OR five feet tall as by men of six.
Your greatest physical achievements
are not the result of muscular power
of individuals, but of brain power.
Even your absurd and wicked battles,
the only place where mere bodily
strength is held to be of any conse-
quence, are won, if won at all, by
brains rather than by Drawn. Oh,
no; large bodies are of no benefit to
a race. OF course the largest indi-
Yiduals in a community have a GER
tain advantage over their smaller
brothers, but an increase in the aver
age physical stature of a race cannot
be considered an improvement, rather
the reverse. 1t takes less to clothe,
feed and provide shelter for small peo-
pie than for large ones, and as the size
of the earth is limited, it is evident
that the smaller the inhabitants, the
greater will be the inheritance of each,
and, as l have said, a race of giants
would accomplish nc greater material
results than have been achieved by
the smallest races of civilized men.
When you look at us Alright" he con-
.cluded, "you will see that we are no
smaller than you re."-'"The Man in
the Moon" in Good Housekeeping.
, 1888-12-22
RAIN IN TIE A


Into each life so<se rain must fan-"
II this were nll-Ohl If this were all.
That into each life some rain must fall.
There were fainter sobs in the poets rhymes,
There were fewer wrecks on the shore u time.
But tempests OF woe pass over the soul
Such winds of anguish we cannot control;
And shock after shock we are called to bear,
Till the lips are white with the hearts despair
The shores of time with wrecks are strewu,
Unto the ear comes ever a moan;
Wrecks Of hope thai set sail with glee,
Wrecks OF love, sinking silently.
Many are hid from the human eye.
Only God knoweth how deep they lie:
Only God heard when arose the cry,
Help me to bear, Oh, help me to die"
Courier Journal
, 1888-12-22
Fitting Them to BE Soldiers.

France has nova National league
for the promotion of physical educa-
ton, designed to fit her citizens to be
soldiers. The programme which has
been completed includes outdoor
games throughout the land, for which
green whereon the children shall
regularly ''play."-New York Sun.
, 1888-12-22
Black Hills Horses,

The Black Hills country is maxim,
a name for itself IS a horse growing
country, and it is predicted that within
ten years it will be as famous for its
horses as the Blue Grass region. 1t
already boasts many fine horses of the
best breeds known in the world
New YorI, Evening World.
, 1888-12-22

The ORIGINAL ABlETINE ONT
MENT is only put up in large two
tin boxes, and il an absolute cure for old
cores, burns, wounds. ohapped hands and
all skin eruptions. VIII positively cure all
kinds OF piles Ask for the ORIGINAL
ABIETINE OINTMENT. Sold by DR..
w. N. Hunt, at IS cents per box by mail
80 cents.
, 1888-12-22
Great remnant sale cOaIi.
aNencing Tuesday at
Myers.

What In the world is the reason you will
cough and keep coughing and still keep try
ing inferior medicines when Beggs' Cher
ry Cough Syrup will positively relieve your
cough at once? This is no advertising
scheme, but ap actual fact. and we guaran-
tee it. For sale by w. N. Hunt, drug
gist.
, 1888-12-22
How can parents allow their children t,

How can parents allow their children to
cough and strain and cough and calmly
say! "Ohi it is only a little cold" and
keep giving them cheap and dangerous
medicines, until they are down with lung
fever or consumption, when they can be
so easily relieved by Beggs' Cherry
Cough Syrup? 1t has no superior. and
few equals. For sale by w. N. Hunt,
druggist.
, 1888-12-22

I he largest stock of fine brandies, old
WHISTLES, choice hqueurs and superfne
cigars at George Masten's well known
house, corner Sixteenth and Ferguson
streets.
, 1888-12-22

Rem aaaLeY- that Zehner,
BNechsaes- = Co. haze ~
beautiful display of choice
goods for the holidays,
, 1888-12-22

Germany last year imported CO, 0OC
horses.
, 1888-12-22

= Job Printing neatly executed at the
Leader Job Printing Rooms.
, 1888-12-22

Oysters on the half shell at the Saddle
Rock.