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The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-06-23

ADVERTISE

The possibilities Of this island for
the cultivation of coffee are sufficiently
brought TO the notice Of people who
pass through the city or who are en-
quirers from abroad. There is much
land in the sheltered valleys which
would raise very fine coffee, quite as
good as that raised in Kona or Olaa.
It is good to see people focking into
the Konas and Puma and taking up
land, building homes and adding TO
the prosperity OF the State; the more
of that class that go there the better.
But it is decidedly the duty of Oahu to
bestir herself and tell of what advant-
ages for eoffee-growing she is pos
sessed-
It is to be presumed that the Oahu
Railway and Land Company is very
much interested in such q matter;
but every merchant in Honolulu is also
interested. More population means
more trade. and more population Of the
proper kind cannot be obtained with
out bidding for it
| A pamphlet has come TO hand from
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-06-23
CARRIER PIGEON SERVICE.

Now that we have no chance for a
cable for some year or SO it might be
well to turn our attention to ''homing"
or carrier pigeons These have been in
use on the islands for some years.
Gerrit P. Wilder has used them in
connection with the wilder's steam
ship business in Kahului. He has
found them extremely useful on the
island Of Maui. but the success Of send
ing them from island to island has
proved up TO now minus quantity.
Pigeons have crossed the channels be-
tween the islands, but it is regarded az
due to accident and not to training
Mr. Marsden, who is great advocate
OF the carrier pigeon scheme. main
tains stoutly that pigeons can be train
ed TO cross the channels
According to the best authorities Z
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-06-23

From the kilograms received about
General Dimond there seems very lit
tie likelihood Of his being alive when
these lines are penned. For his life
time the General has been strong
friend OF the Islands. He came here
in his youth and married his first wife
here, Miss Nellie waterhouse. When
the war OF the Rebellion broke out
he obeyed the moral call of duty and
Joined The Union forces. He returned
TO the Islands after the war. but final
" settled in San Francisco in 1858
Since then there is hardly any one who
went from the Islands 10 San Francis
CO who has not experienced kindness
and hospitality from the General He
has been q factor in the work OF max
ing the Pacific Coast people under
stand the necessity Of the Islands 10
the Great Republic. Hawaii is indebt-
ed TO him for staunch support through
good and bad report If the sad news
proves correct Hawaii has lost a very
good friend.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-06-23

The following, clipped by a Kauai
correspondent from recent copy OF
Science. is interesting reading for the
anti-registration forces:
The civil service examinations in
New York and elsewhere are. it seems,
often passed by proxy, and the Civil
Service Commission, following Mr..
Francis Cations recommendation,
which they seem 10 have learned
through a story of Mark Twain have
resolved that. for the purpose Of iden-
tifcariOn, candidates in examination
for the position Of fireman and police
man be required TO make an imprint
of their right and left thumbs upon
paper.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-06-23

Although tariff measures have not
occupied unusual prominence in the
discussions of the present session
of the United States Congress. occa-
sional straws have been brought to the
surface from time to time which indi-
cate that the friends of Hawaii have
constantly TO be on their guard to pro-
tect the commercial interests OF the
country. As recently as the first week
in June an attempt was made TO re-
peal the diferential duty on sugar
The matter was brought up by Sen
ator Lindsay. but was promptly Ia
bled by a vote of 81 TO 16. Probably
one Of the most important lines Of in
vestigation from the Hawaiian stand
point taken up by the members Of
Congress is that undertaken by tht
Ways and Means Committee on the
reciprocity question. The members o.
the committee have been having hear
ings on reciprocity and commercial
treaties. and the clerks OF the com
mittee have been busy getting togeth
er all manner of data concerning III,
operation and effect of those treaties
previously passed by the United States
Government. The report will be a vol
luminous one, and some 10000 copie
viii be printed for distribution It i
very probable that the Republican ma
jority Of the committee will draw IA
Torable conclusions, and that protec
ton and reciprocity viii be the genera
policy carried out by the next Re
{ publican Administrator.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-06-23

An instance OF excellent discipline
is told by Captain Younghusband in
his book on the ChitraL The State is
very subject 70 earthquakes. One day
the captain and q brother officer were
situng in the room OF one Of the hill
forts when a prolonged shock OF
earthquake was felt. When the two
officers heard the parapet Of the fort
rafting down and the floor Of the room
began 10 heave like the cabin Of q ship.
they concluded IL was time TO get out
ana bolted down a passageway TO get
into the open air. 4 Sikh sentry was
on guard in the passage. As they
dashed down, the sentry remained
stock still and saluted as they passed
him. II was wonderful case OF the
influence Of discipline. AS good in its
way as that OF the historic Roman sol
der who stood al his post at the gate
Of Pompeii when the population was
flying from the city and Hades had
broken loose.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-06-23

government and in good government
alone rests the safety of the nation.
Glass them as citizens, class them as
aliens, put them in whatever category
may suit the individual fancy, there
can be no denial of the fact that they
have constituted a very strong and
very necessary vertebra in the back
bone of every movement to establish
and maintain proper regard for per-
sonal and property rights. At every
call the country has made for the
preservation of law and order or for
the maintenance of equal rights. they
have been very much in evidence and
the purity of the Government today is
to a certain extent due to their CO.
operation.
With this new idea of the truly
loyal" coming at time when the
country is in a transitory stage, when
the cornerstone OF the Government is
annexation to the United States. it be-
comes the Government and the people
to search carefully to the source of the
new conviction and give a second
thought before resurreeting a problem
that was settled in 1887 and establish
ed as a hard and fast rule by the laws
promulgated and accepted in the sue
ceeding wears
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-06-23
QUESTION OF STANDARDIZATION.

The debate upon the question OF
naturalization that now seems TO be
troubling the minds of some of the
citizens OF the country is one that for
the best interests of Hawaii nei should
be brought to a close. II appears that
some of our good citizens have become
imbued with the idea that they cannot
be truly loyal to the Hawaiian Govern
ment under the special rights of citi
zenship conferred upon them by the
Constitution. They have suddenly de-
cided that the Government should re-
qufre full naturalization and that Ha-
waii as an independent nation or Ha-
waii as a seeker after annexation TO
the United States will be materially
strengthened by such action.
Strange to say. this epidemic Of nat
uralization conviction has sprung up
among a few Americans. Why it
should sprout or why the question
should be forced 10 the front at this
time can only be conJectured. But that
it is needless and can only result-if
pushed to an issue-in the estrange-
ment of the strongest element in the
American colony there can be no
doubt. II appearances count for any
thing the ruling of President Cleye-
land has snuffed the spark of Ameri-
can patriotism that has burned in
some hearts, and if that spark can be
so easily put out, we seriously question
whether such weak patriotism would
add TO the political strength of any
nation. However, if there are those
who wish to become naturalized, We
certainly have no objection, but for
them to urge that the Government
should look with particular favor up
on such a move is quite another prop
osition
4 It makes no difference what the nat
luralization laws of the United States. o.
Great Britain or of any other country
may be, the fact remains that the Con
stitution of the Republic of Hawaii, a:
did the Constitution of the Hawaiian
monarchy, grants to aliens certain
i rights of citizenship without requir
ing the foreswearing of allegiance Il
; their mother country And We main
, tain that the men 10 whom those right
} are granted are as loyal to Hawaii a
: though they had foresEorn their ale
: glance. They are loyal to- and by Ii
acts of previous years have show
| j their determination to maintain, goo
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-06-23

The final action Of the American
Committee Of Twenty-one in declaring
for e program distinctly American viii
merit the approval Of every fair-mind-
ed citizen. The meeting at which the
COMMITTEES was elected was called by
the American representative and the
members would be assuming q respon-
sibility entirely without their province
BY including Hawaiian events in their
program The Hawaiian citizens have
no cause for complaint al the failure TO
combine the programs. since the inyi-
tation 70 cooperate should have come
from Hawaiians to Americans and not
from Americans TO Hzwaiians. The
Americans held TO q point Of proprietE
which they could not well overlook
Next year il is TO be hoped that the
citizens Of Hawaii viii awake earlier IN
the season. thereby preventing the
question of dual celebration from as
suming any dlsagreeabIe and entang-
ling phase So far as the general pub
Lie Is concerned. no one viii stop to
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-06-23

pigeon can see seventy-flve miles.
There can be no reason why pigeons
should be unable to be trained to cross
the Hawaii channel, which is only a
distance of forty miles, Sitting on a
veranda at Kaupo one can see the
smoke of the mills in Hamakua and
Kohala, and even the fash of the sun
light on the glass of some of the
houses.
1t is urged on the part of those who
have tested the carrier pigeon that he
will stick to the land, and that a Maui
pigeon let loose on Hawaii will stick
to the island and hunt it back and
forth for his home. but will not brave
the flight across the channel. 1t seems
however, reasonable to think that pig
cons might be trained to cross the sea
when they see their home land in sight.
The experiments have been made with
pigeons which belonged to Kahului,
which of coure is invisible from Ha-
waii, but pigeons, whose home was say
at Hama, ought readily to fly across the
channel. Even the naked human eye
can easily recognize Kauiki Headland
from either Hamakua or Kohala and
vice versa the mountains of Hawaii
are easily recognizable from Maui
Granting therefore that we could not
have direct pigeon service from Oahu
10 Hawaii, to Hawaii, we might by a
series of relays get important in
formation. There might be a station
at Kaupo or Hama, another at Homo
kohau, another at Kalae on Molokai,
and from there to Oahu. OF course it
would take both time and money to
organize a system, but it certainly
seems feasible. Plantations during the
grinding season often find their ma
chinery breaking down, and message
to Honolulu delivered within a few
hours might save great deaf of I'M
necessary delay and expense.
Pigeons are now being used by
steamers or ships leaving or going to
San Francisco and other large ports,
to carry messages from as great dis
lance as two hundred miles, which in
most cases means news a day ahead of
the arrival of the vessel. A pigeon
can make six hundred miles in the
twelve hours of daylight. The bird
does not fly at night. and if overtaken
by darkness when at sea it drops down
and is drowned Messages for long sea
distances must therefore be started in
the early morning.
The subject is one worthyof consider
alton. The Government should take
an interest in it, for rapid information
is as important to them as to the
planter.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-06-23

the United States of Columbia which
sets forth all the information obtaina-
ole about the culture of coffee in that
country. The pamphlet is published
in French and circulated in Belgium
with the object of attracting immi-
grants. Something of similar char
aeter should be prepared for the ISL
ands. 1t is a matter that either the
or the Chamber OF Com
merce should take up. Advertising a
business pays and so does advertising,
a country.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-06-23

4 few months ago the United States
and Great Britain were nearly by the
ears over the Corinto affair. 1t is in
teresting TO note that the two nations
acted together not long since in quell-
ing a disturbance at this very place.
Like all Central American Republics,
Nicaragua is in a chronic state of rev.
olution. There had been much rioting
in Corinto by the disbanded soldiers
Of a revolutionary General and ma
rines from the Z. s. s Alert and H B.
NJ. s. Comus were landed to protect life
and property. Later Honduras Gen
eral arrived and demanded that the
marines be at once withdrawn As he
had no written authority from the
President of the Republic. the Ameri-
can and British captains refused. And
upon his conduct becoming threaten
ing, both ships were brought close W
TO the shore and cleared for action
By their prompt measures the prop
erty was saved. II is odd, however
that place over which there was
very nearly an international row
should be one where the two nations
who had disagreed stood shoulder to
shoulder in defense of the honor Of the
women and the property of their hus-
bands and fathers.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-06-23

The statement in the San Francisco
Chronicle that Kate Field had pene-
trated where no white woman had gone
is thoroughly misleading. Miss
Fields trip around Hawaii is its own
refutation. There is no part of the
Islands where anN woman cannot go
unaccompanied with perfect safety and
that is saying a great deal more than
can be said OF almost any State in the
Union. As point OF fact, white wom-
en- or any other women can move about
cur islands with as perfect safety as the
lady in Tom Moore's song of ';Rich
and Rare Were the Gems She Wore /"
Though we are distant southern ISL
and community, we are an essentially
law-abiding community and any wom-
an on our shores may say in Tom
Moore's words & little altered;
Sir knight, I feel not the least alarm.
No son of Hawaii will do me harm.
For though they love woman and gold
en- store,
Sir knight, they love honor and viz
tue more,
We have had many ungrateful filings
At US. But we can say this for ourselves
that crimes against virtue are practi-
eaIly unknown in these islands.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-06-23

Whose duty is il TO look after the
Judiciary building2 II certainly is no
credit 10 the Government The cor
ridors are flthily dirty, they are piled
up with all sorts OF truck which has
been there for months. The back YER
anda has been arranged as sort OF
trap 10 catch Judge Perry and put an
end 10 his budding judicial henors,
In fact. IL is time that attention should
be called to the condition Of the place,
II should be the duty Of some person
TO thoroughly supervise the cleaning
OF the building. Public buildings are
the pride Of g State, but it is impossi-
bic 10 take pride in the confusion
Of trash about the Judiciary building
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-06-23

Kona coffee. according TO Williams
Dimond's circular, is among the only
corees that hold their own in the
worlds market. OF course Kona coffee
sis but q name. II is really Hawaiian
coffee which commands the market
Much OF the coffee recently shipped is
from Puma. and the grade OF coffee
there is as good as any that comes from
the windward side. The cofee-growers
Of the Islands should feel elated-
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-06-23
SEISMIC WAVE.
ceeding ye

The volcanic wave, of which Oahu
had notice from its tide gauge, on the
fifteenth, struck the Island of Hawaii
on its west coast somewhat later than
it gave notice on this Island With
the knowledge we now have there is
very little doubt as to what direction
the wave came from. 1t is undoubt-
eddy from the northwest. 1t is evil
IDENTIFY a wave from long distance,
or else from comparatively small
submarine eruption among the Islands
to the northwest of US. The former
is the more probable hypothesis, be-
cause there has been no volcanic ac-
ton among those scattered islets
within any historical or bygone day
record. and we well know that in
Japan there are constant seismic dis
turbances.
The view that seems most plausible
is that the wave came from the direc-
ton of Japan. 1t would under those
circumstances strike the Island of
Kauai in the region of Napali. Hardly
soul lives there and we shall never
know how high it rose against those
steep rocks. Kauai protected Oahu
from the great rush, therefore we
got just about the ordinary rise and
fall of the wave A similar protec-
ton was afforded to Maui by Molokai
and the leeward side of Lanai. Thus
lit is plain why Lahaina felt nothing
| of the wave, though at Kaanapali, to-
wards Honokohau the sea receded and
the wave was felt. The northeast side
of Hawaii would be but scraped by the
wave, it would pass by because there
would be little resistance. But on the
West side of Hawaii it would be very
far different
The West side of Hawaii would, I'M
der the theory advanced, present a
considerable surface for the wave to
strike. Its full force should have
struck about the Ka Lac Ka Mano
though the passing of the water must
lhave been felt all round the Island and
probably strongly at Kawaihae. Run
ming down the coast it must gradually
have increased in size, owing to the
obstruction of the island. Thus we
hear from the observers that it was
eight feet at Kailua, little south OF
Ka Lac ka Mano, it was fifteen feet
further south and twenty or thirty fee
further south still.
i The whole theory of the matter car
be seen in any freshet, or, in fact, il
any ordinary stream which has rocks
above its surface.
That Keauhou should have been 81
much damaged is also clearly demon
stratabIe 1t lies in a pocket The
wave rushed down the coast and ma
tura1ly piled up in that little nook
The mass Of headland which overtop'
Kealakehua Bay and protects it com
mences at Keauhou.
As to what exactly has happened
no man, however scientific. can safel!
predicate. But as to the di
rection, we think that there cal
be very little doubt, and the short ex
position of the reasons for the position
taken can be very easily corroborate'
by first consulting map of the Pacifi
and then of the whole group.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-06-23
SALE OF PUBLIC LANDS.
Agent of Public Lands.
1767-td


o'clock noon, at the Postoffice,
q. Kaelemakule's store), Kali
lua, N. Kona, Hawaii, will be sold at
Public Auction. two lots of Govern
ment land in Waiaha, N. Kona, as fol-
lows:
Lot No. 2 of Public Land, Map of
Waiaha, containing total area of 40
$40 acres. The Government reserves
the right to strip fifteen feet wide
from the Kailua road to Lot No. 8. if
the same is required as right of way
to last-named lot. the area of such
strip being $40 acres.
Upset price of Lot 2, $500.
Lot No. of Public Land Map, Wa
iaha, extending from Lot to upper
Government Road.
Area, 40 acres
Upset price, $3.50.
The above are good agricultural
lands, from mile to mile and a half
from the Kailua landing.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
The terms of the sale are cash, or,
at the option of the purchaser, one
fourth of the purchase price cash, and
the remainder in equal instaIlments In
one, two and three years, with inter-
est payable semi-annually, at the rate
of six Co per cent. per annum, pro-
vided, that the purchaser may pay
any such installment before it is due,
and thereby stop the corresponding in
terest
Each purchaser shall begin substan-
tial cultivation and improvement
of his lot during the first year, and
shall continue such cultivation
through the succeeding two years,
and shall have in cultivation at end
of third year. twenty-five per cent. of
his lot
At the end of the third year, or
sooner, if twenty-five per cent Of the
land has been put under bona fide Gull
tivation. the purchase price fully paid,
and all conditions fulfilled, purchaser
shall receive patent comforting Fee
Simple Title
Failure to perform the above con-
ditions shall work forfeiture of in
terest in land
In case of forfeiture, land to be
sold at auction by the Government,
and if such sale result in advance on
the original price, the original pur-
chaser to receive therefrom the
amounts of his payments to the Gov
eminent on account of purchase, with
out the interest and a pro rata share
in such advance in proportion to the
amounts of his payments. If such
sale shall result, however, in a less
price than the original, the amount
returnable to him shall be charged
with a pro rata amount of such de-
crease proportional to the amounts
of his payments.
/ An agreement shall be signed by
each purchaser, with the Government,
covering these conditions, and any as
signment of such agreement without
the prior written consent of the COM
missioners of Public Lands, shall work
forfeiture thereof.
Each purchaser shall pay the first
installment of the purchase price i'm
mediately after the sale.
Plan showing survey may be seen
at the Public Lands Office, Judiciary
building, Honolulu, or at the office Of
J. KaeIemakule, Kailua. N Kona,
where further particulars can be OBJ
tanned.
IF. BROWN,
1766-td Agent OF Public Lands.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-06-23

Mothers will find Chamberlain's
Cough remedy especially valuable for
Group and vho0ping cough. 1t will
give prompt relief and is safe and
pleasant We have sold it for years
and IL has never failed to give the most
perfect satisfaction. G. W. Richards,
Duquesne. Pa. Sold by all druggists
and dealers Benson, Smith & Co.,
agents for n. L
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-06-23

ask what powder is being burned for
this Republic or what for the Ameri-
can Republic. The committees have
settled the fine points and the public
will join heartily in every event of the
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-06-23
Schedule.

Ten lots in Haleohiu, North Kona,
Hawaii, containing about eight acres
each.
These lots are near the upper Gov
eminent road, and distant about 71a
miles from the Kailua landing.
All applications for the said lots
must be made in person by the appli-
cant, at the Office of the sub-agent,
in Kailua, North Kona, where plans
of the land may be seen and further
particulars obtained Information may
also be obtained at the Public Lands
Office, Honolulu.
The Office of the sub-agent at Kailua
will be open to receive applications at
8 O'Clock a. m on Tuesday, July Z,
1896.
]. F. BROWN,
Agent of Public Lands.
1767-td
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-06-23
BY AUTHORITY.
PUBLIC LANDS NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the lands
described in the schedule hereto will
be open for application on or after
July It'll next under the provisions Of
the Land Act of 1895. for homestead
leases.