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The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-01-09

WE publish in another column a
patriotic version of Hawaii Ponoi,
with the royalist sentiments elided.
If Hawaii Ponoi is to be retained
as the national anthem until it is
exchanged for America, it is at any
rate high time to adopt some words
which will not be a standing invi-
tation to instruction.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-01-09
THE VIEWS OF COL. MACARTHUR.

Readers of the ADVERTISER will
remember the visit of Col. Caas.
L. Macarthur to Honolulu some
months since. Col. Macarthur is
the editor of the Troy Northern
Budget, aud was formerly
New York State Senator. He is
widely known as q man of high in
telligence and character, and he
stayed in Honolulu long enough to
form a competent opinion on the
merits of the controversy then
being waged. Colonel Macarthur
reached conclusions differing very
widely from those of Mr.. Blount.
He did not shut himself up in a
room at the royalist headquarters,
but moved freely about among the
people and visited the other isl
ands.
Colonel Macarthur has pub
lished long article in his paper
(the Budget, which also appeared
in the Mail and Express. We ap-
pend that portion of it which refers
to the demand for a plebiscite as a
prerequisite to annexation:
1T is claimed by some of the
Cleyelandites that Hawaii should not
be annexed without a majority vote
of the original natives, who are them
selves q minority of the whole per-
mauent inhabitants, in its favor.
This is against all American prece-
dent in anUexations n this country,
and generally in all practice through
out the world. The question of the
annexation OF any of the territory
acquired by rs was never submitted
to vote Of the people of the country
acquired in any case. 1t is probable
that il the inhabitants had voted, in
Guiding those OF the aboriginal ma
tiyes. the vote in each case would
have been against annexation. The
Indians il these countries would
have been against annexation, and,
with their votes, annexation would
have been defeated. Even as it was,
the Louisiana acquisition was op-
posed strongly there, and serious
riots in opposition resulted in New
Orleans. In our acquisitions, the
Government in control of the terri
tory transferred arranged the terms
of each transfer, and there was no
popular vote on the subject Those
who controlled territory to transfer
transferred it, as has been proposed in
the case of Hawaii, and all such trans
fers have been approved as wise, popu
lar, patriotic and glorious by the Ame-
rican people. And as those who are re-
presented in the Provisional Govern
ment now proposing to cede Hawaii
control and own nine teuths of the
business and private property Of the
islands, and have shown their ability
to sustain that Government against
all opposition that can come from
within the country, their right to act
on the question is indisputable."
The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-01-09
Ont of Style.

81 really think Mr.. Blount dis
played very bad TASTE" she ex-
claimed.
How" asked the other girl.
"By having his report made on
the bias. "-Ex.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-01-09
An Accident at Sea.

Andrew Walgren, an able sea-
man, fell from the mainmast of the
brigantine w. G.. Irwin at 8 PM. on
December 81, and broke his spinal
column. He was at the time un-
loosening rope about two-thirds
up the mast, and through some I'M
known cause lost his hold and fell
to the main deck, distance of sixty
feet. He fingered until 8 AN. on
December "a, when he died. The
deceased was native OF Sweden,
aged % years. His remains were
buried at sea the same day.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-01-09
30
January 8, 1891.

In order that people may
have sharp carving knives
and thus appreciate the good
meat set before them. we
have imported a stock of
Frank WaIcot's Knife
Sharpener." This continuance
is made of compressed emery
and is shaped like a scythe
stone, but much smaller in
size. 1t far surpass6s the con-
yentional carver's steel for the
reason that the action is
quicker and the edge more
even. This instrument is
much harder than steel and
will sharpen anything from
the blades of the finest scissors
to the wits of a dullard. AS
it will ''file a file," it will be
found particularly useful
among the hands on sugar
plantations for sharpening
hoes or cane knives. One of
Frank Walcot's knife sharp
eners will outwear many
dozen files. We are sole
agents for the article.
The Student Lamp has for
years been the favorite
among the people who
read or write much at
night. They are not quite
SO elaborate as some of our
banquet lamps, but for service
they fill the bill in every res
pect. We have recently added
to our stock an assortment of
these student lamps having
the genuine Rochester burn
er. the burner which won first
prize at the Columbian Expo
sltion, and we can guarantee
them to be a superior article
in every respect. We have
three varieties varying in
price according to the size of
the burner.
The HAWAIIAN HARDWARE Co.,
3O7
The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-01-09

The President has the consola-
ton of knowing that while his Ha-
waiian policy is utterly repudiated
by the American people it is enthu-
siastially applauded in England
Elk.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-01-09
COMMERCE WITH CANADA.

We publish this morning the re-
port of the committee of the Cham
Der of Commerce on the matters
lately brought before that body by
Mr.. Mackenzie Bowel. The report
is a rather non-committal docu-
The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-01-09
Notice.

A. THE ADJOURNED ANNUAL
n meeting OF the Stockholders of the
Hawaiian Sugar Company held this day,
the following elections were made.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-01-09

Daily Advertiser, 80 cents per
month, delivered by carrier.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-01-09

r. w. I. Purvis. ...........A Auditor
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
ID. T. Baldwin, 5. VI. Damon,
W. G. Irwin, r. Cation,
G. u. Cooke, WI. Hopper,
and ]. T. Hackfeld.
ROBT. CATION,
Secretary.
Honolulu, December 20, 1898.
3571-3t 1924
The herald., 1894-12-27
The Modern Romans.

Under the sighting light of the yellow sun of
October
Close by the side OF the car track, gang OF
Dagos were working;
Pausing moment to catch a note of their
liquid Italian,
Family heard an echo OF Rome's imperial ac.
cents,
Broken-down forms OF Latin words from the
senat: and forum,
Now smoothed over by use TO the musical
lingua Romano.
Then the thought came, why, these are the
h =irs OF the Romans;
These are the sons OF the men who founded the
empire OF Caesar;
These are they whose fathers carried the con-
quering eagles
over all Gaul and across the sea to Ultima
Thule;
The race-type persists unchanged in their eyes
and profles and fgnres.
Muscular, short and thick-set, with prominent
noses, recalling
"Romanes rerum dominos, gentemaue to-
gatam.'
See, Labinus is swinging pick with rhythm
Yonder one pushing the shovel might be
Julius Caesar
Lean, deep-eyed, broad-browed and bald a
man OF a thousands
Further along stanE the solly Horatius
Flaccus
Grim and grave, with rings in his ears, see
Cato the Censor
on the side of the street in proud and gloomy
seclusion,
Bossing the job, stood Celt, the race en-
slaved by the legions,
Sold in the markets OF Rome to meet the ex-
penses OF Caesar,
And. as Iloitered, the Celt cried out, 'Warruk,
ye Dagos!"
"Fill up your shovel. Paythro, ye haythen
I'll dock yees quarther."
This he said to the one who resembled the
great imperator;
Meekly the dignifed Roman kept on patiently
digging.
Such are the changes and chances the centu-
ries bring to the nations.
Surely the ups and downs OF the world are p st
calculation.
Posi- cly," thus 1 thought to myself, "the
yoke OF the Irish
May IN turn be lifted from us, in the tenth
generation.
Now the Celt is on top. but time may bring his
revenges
Turning the Fenian down, once more to be
hossed by Dago."
&C. +. johnson, in Hartford Courant,
The herald., 1894-12-27
Fresno and Los Angeles.

From the Hanford Democrat.1
The citizens of Fresno have tired of the talk
OF Traffic association railroad building, and
purpose taking action that will cause San
Francisco capitalists to define their position
regarding the matter Fresno will ascertain
what assistance they csn render the proposed
road, and then a committee will visit the bay
metropolis with their offering, and ascertain If
the Traffic association and San Francisco
chamber of commerce will assist in building
the road. Then if the San Francisco toll
gatherers do not move Fresno will join with
the other counties in inducing Los Angeles to
come to our assistance, and threaten to go so
far as to ask for a division of the state, in
which this end of the valley and Los Angeles
shall be included. The people of Kings
county should join with Fresno in her action.
1t should be determined at once whether
San Francisco will assist in building COM
peting line of railroad or not Los Angeles is
ready to take action, and it is only necessary
to place the matter properly before her citi-
zens to insure the building of road. That
city would subscribe enough to incorporate
the enterprise and provide fund for the
survey of the route within 80 days after the
matter was taken under consideration, while
San Francisco has been considering for two
years and has done nothing, and it is safe
assurance never will.
The herald., 1894-12-27
Herrin Takes ths Hint.

[Peter Bigelow in McEwens s letter.
We were talking up at the pacifc-Un Mon the
other night over the little effort our side is
making to get the governorship away from
Budd aud give it to my old friend Estee, al
though he says he won't take it, when Fargo
spoke up and says to Joe Clark:
"Jce, do you remember that game of draw
we had up in Dogtown on Chris tmas eve,
'54?"
mo" says Clark speaking SO sharply that
he surprised everybody.
"Wel l do" says Fargo chuckling. "and I'm
betting you do, too. Joe and and two others
of the boys" he went on, "were having
game of draw, when l happened to
lean over for a match, and what did L
see on Joes knee but card. 1t was back up,
but OF course knew it was an ace, and just
naturally slipped it onto my own knee and
dealt Joe deuce under the table. When the
buck was passed to me showed three aces to
Joe. You ought to have seen his face light up
when he saw 'em, and quickern wink after
the draw he had that card off his knees into
his hand. He didn't even look at it before
betting. and raised the other two fellows out OF
the game in no time. When he'd got up about
all the dust | thought he deserved to
lose for a man who would hold out on his
cabinmates, called him and showed down
four kings, Joe reached out with grin to
drag in the pile, when says /
Hold on, whatcha you got?"
-Four aces, says he, spreading out his
hand on the table.
"Wheu he caught sight of those three aces
and that deuce, Joe jumps to his feet and yells
out with murder in his voice:
"'Who in blazes stole my ace?''
"My friend Herrin who was sitting near, did
not, observed, join in the merriment, and
presently arose to depart, saying. in answer to
our expostulations, that he had got to go down
town and see Colonel Burns"
The herald., 1894-12-27

law of the institution to fnd them after
dark. The reason given for refusal was
the danger from FIRE II light was car-
,ied into the attic stored with such q
msss Of infammable material. The OBJ
lection 10 valid. but why documents Ii
able to be required for reference at
any moment by the people who
are taxed for the support OF this
library. should be kept in place
go inaccessible and dangerous is one OF
those things that puzzle the comprehen-
sion Of the sane and judicious. Per-
haps it would be good idea to destroy
the newspapers and documents as soon
as they are taken from the files and thus
do away with this function oil public
library. at the same time avoiding an
noyance to citizens entailed by inability
to secure the information they may be
seeking.
The herald., 1894-12-27
NOW ONLY A MEMORY.

The historic Cliff house. overlooking
the equally historic Seal rocks, was
burned on Christmas night, There are
columns and pages OF historic remin-
iscences and private memory in this
famous fundamentally personal recol.
lection, however. There are few people
in the world whose fortune has made
them familiar with San Francisco who
have not stood on the balconies OF the
Cllf house listening to the barking OF
the seals hoarsely penetrating the roar
of the surf on the beach.
glamour of romance wells with
misty poesy the legends of this ancient
hostelry, and the old Californian will
tell you many tale of midnight revelry
many story of moonlight drives over
the old Cliff house road in the days
when Matilda Heran was playing Ca"
mile at the American theate.;
when Lola Montez was seeking
other husbands to conquer on
these golden shores; when Tagliani
pirouetted to sdmiring audiences; /;
when Jenny Lind held he Argonauts
spellbound in the melody OF her divine
voice; when Gwin and Broderick and
Terry wers powers in the politics OF the
state; when the vigilenee committee was
in session day and night; when great
fires ragged throughout the town. when
q wild chivalry prevailed and every man
stood to defend his right to call himself
citizen; before the coming of the
Huntngtons, the Crockers and the
Stanfords to strangle civic enterprise
and commercial pride; before the advent
OF the silurian and the ssbsck; before
the era of deereptitnde and decay; the
days when men irequented the Cliff
houee to scatter their money in the
lavish profusion OF riotous living-the
days of old, the days of gold. the days
OF '49, the spring of 80 and the years
'before the war;"
The passing of the Cliff house is OF
peculiar import to San Francisco and
the state, closing as it does another
chapter in ''strange, eventful history"
Thousands, in every part OF the world,
will hear the story with the regret that
accompanies the loss of an old friend
thoughts and emotions akin to those
that might grieye the heart ii news
should come that the old homestead had
crumbled in ruins. 1t is sentimental
reflection, but it possesses human in
terest in that it ia worthy of all that
may be chronicled of it.
The herald., 1894-12-27

IT WAS deemed important that the
world should be informed OF the loss OF
Mira. G. A. Spreckles' "sunburst." A
"sunburst," be it understood, is g bunch
OF diamonds. Mrs. Spreckles' diamonds
were invoiced at $4,000 They were lost
OF "a swell reception" The "swell"
who has the diamonds is. no doubt,
scanning the lost and found" columns
of the newspapers TO ascertain who they
belong to. Mrs. Spreckles will find her
diamonds all right-the swell" who
holds them in escrow will hasten to re-
turn them as coon as he ascertains to
whom they belong. Then we shall
have another soul stirring dispatch and
the world will breathe the Sigh of relief
that invariably follows horrible sus-
penae. The queens necklace, Anne OF
Austria's diamond studs and Mrs.
Spreckes' ''sunburst" must "go down
in history" together.
The herald., 1894-12-27

IT is urged by some OF those who op.
pose the Nicaragua canal proposition
before congress. that the assets of tn e
company which began the work. ii
forced to sale, are worth absolutely
nothing. Probably the assets of any
company, with an unfinished enterprise
on it's handa. would be worth nothing,
to sell, except it be to some wishing to
complete the work, says the Boston
Traveller. LII no one wished that, they
would be unsalable. except in part, as
"old junk" This matter should be
either undertaken or declined on
broader grounds than such considera.
tions as this.
The herald., 1894-12-27

The Chicago Tribune finds much to
approve in the recommendations of the
civil-service commission of that city
appointed by Mayor Hopkins to report
upon the best methods of taking the
police out of politics and reorganizing
the force. Tbe merit system, the COM
mission proposes, shall apply to the
entire tenure OF Office. All members OF
the force who have not been in
active service 10 years are to be
examined as to their fitness to remain
on the force. The physical tests are to
be rigid. and the intellectual sufficient.
Promotions are to be made on the merit
system, and provision is made for trial
board. With these recommendations
the Tribune ia pleased. but it objects
strenuously to proposition to vest the
entire control of the police in the
mayor. Until the mayor can be taken
out of politics. it says, "the regulations
will be of no effect. The first thing to
be done is to get the mayor out of poll
tics. Then it will follow as matter OF
course that the police and every other
municipal department will be out OF
politics. -
The herald., 1894-12-27

A NUMBER of experts have bsen giving
their opinion as to what tho world OF
1900 will see in the development OF cleo
trcity. They say all the street care and
those of railways to points within 100
miles OF the large cities will be propelled
by this agent. Electric brooms will
sweep the streets. electric fans will cool
the air of homes in summer. electric
cookers and lighting will do away with
coal gas. and the domestic millennium
will begin. Both the arc light and the
incandescent lamp will be superseded
by the Tesla illuminator, which gives a
beautiful and mysterious light without
the Intervention of either globe or lamp.
We shall telephone as easily across the
ocean as we now do TO our friends in the
next square, Wherever there are water
powers or coal fields electrical energy
will be transmitted to points hundred
miles away. Instead OF loading coal
upon cars and conveying it to the hotory
The herald., 1894-12-27

SOME countries appear to find great
deal of difficulty in fixing on name for
the bicycle. In France it ia indi1erently
q "celerifere, velociere, bicycle, BIZ
cyclette, veoce. finally veto. which is
more concise, besides mum bor of slangy
terms which have no certain etymology.
The Italians and Spaniards agree in
styling 1t veloeiiero, velocipede or bio
cyclette. In Germany it is ferrad, or
singly rad, just as in America we cay
wheel. The inhabitants of the Celestial
empire call it the gan gina. "foreign
horse," fol chsi, "aying machine" or
tzu tzun, carriage that goes alone. I"
The palm for linguistic invention must
be given to the Flemings. A bicycle in
Blamsch is: ijveettrappend.
neusbrekergeste! In LOB Angeles it
has not yet been decided what to call
his vehicle, the difficulty being whether
q bloamered bicycle should be named in
the came breath with the masculine
article,
The herald., 1894-12-27

The HERALD is not disposed to be
hypercritical regarding enterprises that
may prove beneficial to the community,
but it does not propose to suspend criti-
ciem upon schemes and projects the
results of which tend to give all the
profit to the promoters at the expense
OF the people, even though certain pub
lie conveniences a1d necessities may be
subserved. THE HERALD is unalterably
opposed to the granting of franchises to
private corporations for speculative pur-
poses, and we claim the right to advise
the closest restrictions preventative OF
such use Of the peoples domain. The
HERALD is therefore consistent oppon-
ent OF the two-yesr blanket franchise
proposed for the emolument OF the street
railway corporations OF Los Angeles.
The ordinance should be amended to
more closely protect the public interests
and the interests OF the property owners
along the line OF the road. One OF these
amendments should, in our opinion,
eliminate Figueroa street from the oper-
alton of the franchise. This thorough
fare has been improved as driveway
aud boulevard, one of the first Of chain
of boulevards throughout the environs
OF the city. Unless the property owners
on Figueroa street desire railroad on
that avenue, they should not be forced
to receive one. An expression OF opin-
ion from the residents OF that section OF
the city would be timely.
The herald., 1894-12-27

or machine shop to be converted into
power, the power itself will be conveyed
in the form of electricity, and this in
turn will move all the necessary ma
chinery for manufacturing and pumpu
for irrigating. At this time machine
is at work in several large Offices which
receives and prints ss fast as it arrives.
all the news OF the day. 1t is like con.
slant newspaper being printed al the
time. Printed matter ia rolled off upon
piece of paper in much the same
fashion aa the ticker prints.
The herald., 1894-12-27
DRUNKEN man Was allowed to wal

A DRUNKEN man was allowed to wal
low in the mire of an Alameda county
road for several hours, while policemen
from Oakland and an adjoining town.
chip discussed the matter OF jurisdic-
tion. The legs OF the inebriate were
n Oakland and the head and body were
in the next township. While the guard
isns of the peace debated. an outsider
settled the matter by rescuing the man
and taking him home. 1t is not often a
policeman refrains from welding his
club because of doubt OF Jurisdiction.
The herald., 1894-12-27
Expene'va @ pmmissiO n ers.

FTOW IIle rHH JOst IIcIuIu.
The railroad commission is said to have cost
the taxpayers OF California nearly $500, 900
since is creation, and no one can point to a
single act OF its members that has been of any
real benefit to the people. And the same
thing may be said of several other commits
sions The board of viticulture has cost the
people 1921 ,3li.05, and it has always done
more harm than good. And taking these use
less commissions all through, they have cost
the people nearly S3.0O0,000 which might us
well have been thrown into the sea, for all the
good it has done These commissions should
all be abolished forthwith, and the money
they spend kept in the pockets OF the taxpay-
ers
The herald., 1894-12-27
Paper RaiIroada.

IFrOm tne FRESNO RepubIlcan.J
Frederick Homer. who builds a railroad-on
paper-with ease. has now. with some other
men, incorporated the San Francisco and Los
Angeles Railroad company SO. now, down
our broad central plain and across our mighty
mountains, more twin lines of iron will
stretch-on paper; over them steaming mon
sters OF steel snd brass will puff to and fro
on paper; along their shining surfaces the
fruits of the valley will be transportation
paper, and prosperity and comfort born OF a
new theory of what the traffic will bear will be
ours-on paper. 1t beats all how many COM
peting railroads we have.
The herald., 1894-12-27

THOSE who doubted are silenced if not
convinced. The women's Christmas
edition of the Examiner was editorially
artisticslly, and even technically sue
cess-a monument to the enterprise OF
the "Monarch;" to the zeal and talent
OF the ladies OF San Francisco whose
work it was and whose unsslfsh efforts
will thereby make the burdens of the
world fall less heavily upon the crippled
backs of many a homeless Little Jim in
years to come.
The herald., 1894-12-27

The erratic and irrepressible governor
OF Oregon has written President Cleve-
land a Christmas letter, and it is OF
necessity inflicted upon long.aufsring
public by the newspapers. 1t was
hoped when the voters in the Webfoot
state turned Mr.. Pennoyer down last
summer that he would go into retire.
ment. Like Waite OF Colorado and the
ghost OF Banquo, however, this Oregon
man, it seems, will not down."