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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-01-17
INFLUENCE OF BOOKS

cares for thems We do, snd gre
number Of readers do. The suhje'
OF healthy literature for. childre
: and young people is one whlc
msy well exercise the minds {
al interested in the Coming Rsce,
In this direction the committee c
the Honolulu Library have show
oOmmendable cars We have be
! lore Us s list OF sixty authors ant
over 400 books suitable for n
young, which are accessible 10 thi
class OF readers. The nsmes in
clude Aldrich, Hans Anderson
Boyesen. Ms. Burnett, Church
Doyle, EggleStcn. Grimm, Henty
Ingelow, Csp.Sin King. Kingsley
Kingston, kipling. Macdonald
Marx Twain, Mayne Reid, Stock
ton, Stephenson, TOlStoi, Tow
bridge, Jules Verne, all Of whom
have written especially Tor young
people Besides these there ars
the standard authors ike Scott,
Dickens and Msrryat, though the
latter Is perhaps s little coarse for
the modern tzSte, But sll these
writers give bright stirring tsles,
10; gcoiy-gOoiy msuGsh stuff Of
the Mrs BArbsuld and Dr.
Aiken type Honor. chivalry.
bravery, sentleness, truth, kind
ness. sre xll taught by them
They put S healthy ideal before
our youth snd what would life Dc
without ideals. The characters OF
fiction sre in many cases ones life
long friends, whose company Is
pleasing 10 Is, whose example Is
5 guide 70 Us How many boys
Of s past generssion have been in
suenoed by the gentleness. good
ness, snd manliness OF Mas.ermsn
How many girls have
ossei their ideals upon the char
ac.ers in Miss Alcott's Our Girls
From these We sre lead to the
larger and broader paths Of liters-
.urs. Snd 70 insurer friends
How necessary $ good healthy
STYLE q residing must be i shown
oy the results OF s course Of v;ci-
BUS reading. LAST month the
Stsse OF New YORK wzs startled by
! series o; juvenile crimes. In one
,sse It was murder by $ boy Of
'ourtesn. In smother Il was two
7Ouths engaged in burglary, and
7et sgsin Il Ess four boys who de-
ibe-ztely wrecked $ tssin near
Rome II h.s been shown that in
II these cases the boys hzd sn
9es1 reading the vilast- literature,
'eulogistie seeounts Q; The exploits
II trzin roob5rs. thieves snd muir
ierers Of the Jesse James type"
They lived IN false world Of
zine Youth Vii live in : false
world, sn ideal world We must
= careful thzt that ideal should Dc
. healthy one This The Honolulu
ibrsry snd the 7. u c. i library
~ doing and ihsir eEorls should
's,aeive cordial support They sre
eslly doing s great w0rk-
We think that the advantages Of
he Honolulu library should be ex-
ended 70 s0De Of The upper classes
I the Royal, KsuIz~els. Pohuksina
I'd 01kzr schools, iree q charge.
be neuinstiOn Q. The pupils 10 De
nth the Principal This system
IS worked vel With the pupils of
lie High School and Fort Street
school Encourage The children 10
Esd wisely snd veil
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-01-17
Timely Topics
JANUARY 8, 1896.
STEADY GRIND--"I have


learned from observation"
says Chauncey Depew, "that
three things surely happen
to a man who works with
out relaxation. In the first
place he becomes nervous,
irritable and hard to get
along with. In the second
place the grade of his work
falls off, and he is liable to
err in his judgment. In the
third place he dies sud-
denly" These remarks of
the famous after dinner
speaker we consider not
only decided applicable in
the sense in which they are
intended, but in the way of
a great many of the manu-
facturerS that are constantly
placing inferior goods on the
market and claiming them as
superior to the product of
older and better known
houses. This is especially
true of cutlery. There are
houses who place this class
of goods on the market that
are made up for show and
sale only, but whose wear
is warranted only until they
have been once secured.
This is not the case with the
goods of well known and
established houses whose
reputation depends upon the
wear of goods. lsas snosra
They pride themselves on
what they make being made
Of the best material that
and experience can
turn out. The John Russell
Cutlery Company have a
reputation that is envied by
many and equalled by few.
cX S. S. Australia we receiv-
I'd a consignment of their
high grade cutlery consisting
If carvers Gin cases., slicing,
butcher, hunting and
AXE knives, as well as COM
,lete sets for the dinner from
he fish course to the desert.
agate Iron Ware is too we'll
,nown to need any comment
N our part. Suffice it to
hat we have sit" in Agate
ron Ware. The Bradley
nd Hubbard Company have
'een so rushed with orders
hat they have found it i'm
'osSible to meet and turn
ut the work as fast as the
riders were received. If
'ou desire something new
n these goods we can ac-
ommodate you, and the
lesigns sent us are the new
st of the new in both lamps
nd chandeliers.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-01-17

Daily Advertiser Is cent? (,
month Delivered By eznisr.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-06-19
In discussing the "growth of self

In discussing the "growth of self
murder" the Boston Herald declares
that "either suicides are becoming in
creasingly frequent or they are report
ed to an extent which was impossible
in former times" Without examin-
ing closely the basis for this asser-
tion. il is obvious that there is one
consideration in this connection which
is often ignored-with an increase III
the tools and appliances of civilization
the opportunities for self-destructlon
have increased. A few generations
ago the means to self-murder were
limited largely to such weapons as the
revolver, the rope, the knife and per-
haps half dozen drugs. To-day these
means are multiplied ten-fold, and,
what is equally pertinent, they are IN
most cases easily accessible. OF this
character are the steam, elevated and
trolley railroads, the gas let' the cleo
tric current, not to mention multi
tude of readily procured poisons'
There can be no doubt that many per
sons. bordering on the verge OF nerv
GUS frenzy, have been lured to self
murder by the ease with which II
could he committed.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-06-19

cession on the financial question from its
point of view, in order to secure more tariff
some Of the eastern men are also ready to
accent something less than the gold stan
dard declaration. If thereby the western
states can be held in line and the election of
a republican president assured. This is the
view of ex-senator and ex-governor Cheney
of New Hampshire.
"Our people" said he, want protection
and sound money We do not want free
coinage of silver by the United States alone.
of course, but | believe the time is not far
distant when all the leading nations will
come to some agreement to coin silver.
But governor Cheney does not speak with
the voice of authority for all New England
or the east. National committeeman Murray
Crane of Massachusetts, intends to invite
the six New England members Of the ma
tional committee to attend conference and
to endeavor to have them stand solidly to-
pether in favor Of gold plank in the plat
form.
Mr.. Crane thinks that if the men from
New England and New York. New Jersey
and PENNSYLVANIA remain firm they may be
able to accomplish something. Mr.. Crane
admits however that it is dOubtfulif he can
induce the six New England members tC
unite for gold platform. Two of the New
England members, Cheney Of New Hamp-
shire and Chids of Vermont, are recognized
as Mckinley men, and it is the opinion here
that they will do nothing to emharrass the
Mckinley managers or to oppose in any way
their wishes.
What Mr.. Hanna is satisfied with they
will be, and their detection will prevent the
east from being solidly in support of the
gold plank. I'VE will not be satisfied even
With the Indiana platform" says w. A.
Sutherland. the national committeeman
Of the single gold standard, and will be sat
isfied with no financial plank that falls short
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-06-19
Not an immoral Contract.

While awarding we'll merited praise
to the heroic students of Harvard
university who went forth to battle
for their country, president Eliot by
innuendo made an accusation against
hundreds of thousands of other sol
diers of the Union as deserving OF
honor rs the patriot students. While
president Eliot does not directly as
sert that all soldiers who received
bountics and who now apply for PEN
sions are to be accounted as mercenary,
vet that is the inference to be readily
drawn from his utterances, and IN
that sense those utterauces are as dis
creditable to him as they are lacking
foundation in fact, president Eliot
says
"No pay or prize money or prospect
of pension had the least attraction for
them. No mercenary motive can be
attributed to any of them. This dis
interestedness is essential to their
heroic quality. The world has long
since determined the limits of its oc-
casional respect for mercenary soldiers.
It admires i'll such only the faithful
fulflment Of an immoral contract ="
This is charge that not only the
soldier who accepted bounty, pay and
prospect Of pension, entered into an
immoral contract, but that the United
States government-th government
of Abraham Lincoln, OF Seward, OF
Chase, of Sumner and Blaine, not to
mention war governors ike Morgan,
Andrew, Curtin ana Morton-was
party to an immoral contract in OBJ
tanning the services of the sol
diers on such terms. The truth
of history is that bounties ano
pay have always had an at
traction for the soldier, and 1t II
cruelty unjust to designate him there
fore as mercenary. Bountles were
paid in the war Of the revolution
otherwise it would have been more dlf
ficult than it was to replenlsh th'
armies of Washington. Inc Soldlef
mercenary only when the patriotl
motive is absent.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-06-19
RULE THE ISLAND.
Cuban Patriots Keep the Span
iardS Tied Up.
Skirmish Firing Heard ia Out
skirts of Havana.

NEW YORK, June II 4 cable from
Havana saws: From end To- end brave
the Cuban patriots rule the island the
Spauiards pressing the sea coast towns a.
the British did ours in the revolution. but
occupying or controlling not foot Of ground
beyond their picket line.
A few nights ago the Cuban patriots fired
into the gas works Of the town, trying to eN-
plode the great meter. The same night they
burned plantation within sight Of the Ca
banas fortress. and night before last their
skirmish firing could be heard all night
from the southern suburb. Between the
lines of course. nothing is safe.
/ know an American. a boiler maker from
Jersey City. who has the accumulation Of a
life time out on a mortgage on an estate
worth Sl.0OOOOO. The interest on ii secured
for him a competency for his old age. and
for his widow and orphan children. provided
they survive him and her. IN order Of the cap
tain general forbids any court from enfOrc-
ing the rights of creditors and estah-
fishes an indefinite stay OF law. The supreme
court Of iudicature Of Cuba has just decided
that the order of the captain general must
be obeyed and the earnings of a lifetime are
thus swept away at a stroke Of "A pen from
this American mechanic. Not day passes
that | do not hear of Outrages Of treaty
rights Of American citizens.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-06-19

OF q iifr't drriargtiuH tu that effect. a dee
laiaiiun for gold that will be- plainly under
stood in Au".i'a aud LUruur.
There are other subjects of gossip among
the arriving delegates than the vi-c-pr.-i-
dthrN amt the platform. one of these L.
the removal u' the republican campaign
headquarters from New iurs To- Chiragu.
Tue Illinois delegation viii make "a deter
mined Ight tu secure this change. and they
advance political considerations.
Believing that New York. New Jersey and
Connecticut will bee safely republican. a.
against a democratic free, silver candidate
they argue that the fight viii %" in Illinois
uui other western states. aud the location
ui campaign headquarters 10 Chicago would
bring the managers into close touch with
the party workers.
Another question of interest j. the change
of representation in the republican national
convention. This scheme l- advocated with
much ylgvr 10y national committeeman y. T..
scott OF West Virginia, who does not believe
thai states which are invariably democratic
ought TO have an equal voice with republican
states IN the matter of selecting u preSideu-
ttai candidate.
MY scheme To- change the present prac-
tice. hr said was introduced at the last
republican convention. and created much
favorable comment at that time. since then
the popular feeling for it has largely in
creased, AMI | intended IL bring il before
the national committee with some prospect
OF surrr~~.
While the tide is all running one way. aud
everything points To- the nomination of Ne
kinlpy. the Reed men. a. we'll aS the friends
Of some of the other candidate. have not
yet abandoned all hope. and still keep up
tn" show of resistance. MIR. Reeds name
will bee presented 10 the convention hv sena-
tor Lodge. and Mr.. Reeds interests will he
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-06-19
ALL WILL HONOR OLDGLORY.
National Flag to he Welcomed BY
The Confederate Veterans.

RICHMOND, Va. June 16 -- Captain
Thomas Elicit, secretary of the advisory
committee to receive the veterans and mill
tary on the occasion of the laying of tho
cornerstone of the Jefferson Davis monu-
ment. on July 2 and one of the stanchest
confederates who ever shouldered musket,
to-day received letter from MS. Thomp-
son, secretary of the confederate veterans
association of the District of Columbia. ask
ing if the United States flag would be al
lowed in the great parade. The writer
stated that he had heard that the national
flag would not be allowed in the parade and
added that in that event a number Of the
District of Columbia military and visitors
who marched under the national flag could
not come.
Captain Elert representing the confeder-
ate veterans, replied that the report was
without foundation, and that the partici-
pants in the parade from the South not only
regarded the United States flag as their flag
but would fight as bravely for it as any peo-
pie in the nation. Captain Ellert added
that the national flag would be welcomed and
cheered in the parade, and that many South
ern organizations would carry the colors.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-06-19
GOOu-By.

The Massachusetts Legislature of
1896 has preserved the traditions in
sitting longer than the Legislature of
any other state in this great republic.
Five solid months it has occupied it.
self in making and unmaking laws.
Other Legislatures have met, done
their work aud adjourned, while that
of Massachusetts, has leisurely kept
going. The result ought to be COM
mensurate with the time expended, but
candid Judgment will hardly admit
that it is. In some respects it has
been fairly good Legislature.
The House, which set out with a
surrender to that pernicious element
which demanded the deposition
of an efficient clerk because of the
prejudice of race and religion, de-
veloped something like ration
al liLerniity Derore II got thlouBn,
listening to the voice of the people and
giving notable examples of independ-
ence of party control. ln the matter
of the subway lease and of free trans
fers, the House took an advanced stand
on the popular side The Senate MAIN
tanned to a great extent its reputation
as the graveyard of popular measures.
But even in that branch partisan con-
/ troll has not been so Extensively APP
parent rs usual of late years. The
efforts to manipulate the city govern
ment Of Boston in the interest ofparty
have not been entirely successful, and
if we except the passage of the bien-
nial election resolution there has been
no distinctly partisan work of great
| consequence.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-06-19
DEATH OF MRS. CLAFLIN.
Wife Of Ex-Governor Passes Away
in Whitinsville.

. WORCESTER, Mass, June, l3-Mrs. b.
Clatiiu, wife of ex-governor William Clatiin
Of Newton died at the residence Of Mrs
John {. Within in Whitinsyille today. She
had been visiting he Nhitins for week,
and there had been given several social
gatherings and dinner parties in her honor.
Beside her husband she leaves two sons,
Adam Il. and Arthur tlatlin.
Mrs Clahin was well known in Newton,
where she spent the greater portion OF her
married life She was OF the well known
pdvrul"'tU nanny &c ITo pit inton, where she
was born about 20 years ago. Her father
was William Davenport. She married gov
ernor Clahin most forty years ago. the
governor then being in business in st. Louis.
She was a woman Of great resources, benev-
olent and ambitious.
They occupied house in Boston for a
few winters, where Mrs. Claflin entertained
royalty. Much of governor Clatlin's success
in political life was due to her foresight and
sagacity. Mrs. Clafiin's estate in Newton
vile is known as the Elms. She was the
author of Under the Elms, a book which
speaks Of the many renowned persOnages
entertained 10y the family She was the Sec
ond wife Of governor Clafiin. A daughter
Agnes. died about 10 years ago in Rome
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-06-19

Conservative democrats, the republicans
believe. will either vote for Mckinley or else
not vote at all, and thus place in the doubt
ful column. states that are now assuredly
democratic. From Kansas, too. whore the
free silver idea IS by no means confined To
the democrats and VopuliSt- comes signitl-
cant uttrrance.
Il am for the gold standard, said Cyrus
Leland. the national committeeman for that
state II want the platform to say some
thing and mean it, We have tried hcds-
ing and trimming, and it don't pay
Powell Clayton Of Arkansas, for instance,
comes out squarely for sound money.
speaking for myself hr said recently
IL am in favor of n square and explicit
declaration by the convention Of the party
on the monetary question. | am in favor Of
the present standard, and am opposed to any
greater limitation Of the coinage OF silver
than may be necessary to enable the govern
ment to maintain it on parity with our
present standard ofmoney.
If the West is willing to make some con
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-06-19

convention would be satisfactory to friends.
to major Mckinley, as he hoped it would be
to other candidates.
Score Il victory for Massachusetts on the
color question. Mr.. Crane has won his fight.
and the two col0red members from AIassa-
chlIsetts, DR.. Courtney and Mr.. Rufftn. viii
come to the Southern hotel with the rest of
the Massachusetts delegation, and meet with
exactly the same treatment as that accorded
to the other members from the bay state.
After Mr. Crane had delivered his ulti-
matum to the propretors Of the South
ern the hotel people concluded that it
would be wisdom on their part to take in
the rolored men rather than permit the
Massachusetts delegation to give up their
rooms and headquarters and 90 elsewhere
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-06-19
REED BETRAYED?
Suspicious Treatment Of Him BY
Manager MaDIey.

ST LOUIS. Mo. June l5-"Has Tom Reed
been betrayed appears in the flaming
headlines IN an afternoon newspaper. and
that question in a dozen different forms has
been on the lips Of every politician in ST.
Louis.
II Mr.. Reed has not been betrayed Mr.Jo-
seph II. Manley. OF Augusta, Me, the rec
ognized loader Of the Reed forces for sey-
eral months past, is the most unfortunate
man in this country.
When Mr. Manley made his statement
the statement in which he said that
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-06-19

Attempt May Cause Arrests at
Northampton.

NORTHAMPTON. Mass, June 1G-One
of the most serious charges ever made in
the history of the courts of Hampshire
county has come to light here. in connection
with the sitting of the grand jury of the SUI
perior court last week. 1t is reported that
an attempt was made to influence jurymen in
the case of mansIaughter against Chas. Hal
lett. 1t was first repOrtedto district attorney
Hammond on Monday, when a iuryman i'll
formed him that he had been approached
in regard to the case. The jury found no in
dictment. and an investigation was ut once
instituted by state detective Munyan and
sheriff Clark.
1t has been learned that more than two
thirds of the members of the jury We're
"seen' in Halletts interest. No money
was offered in any case. but influence
was exerted. The men who approached
the jury are known to district attorney
Hammond and sheriff Clark, and
these officers state they will do every
thing in their power to bring the offenders
to Justice. Some leniency may be shown be
cause of the nature of the ease. Charles
Halett l6 years Old. accidentally shot his
sister last fall. but was brought into court
because officers felt that the accident was
due to criminal carelessness.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-06-19
BOSTON LETTER.
ESPECIAL coRREsPoNDENCR.
Audubon Society.

There Is an Audubon society in
Massachusetts composed of women
who pledge themselves not to wear
the feathers and wings of wild birds.
Some say there should be anoth-
er composed of gourmands and those
who minister TO their appetites, who
should bind thems elves not To rob
the fields and forests for the graf
liication of pampered gastronomic
tastes. One woman, suggests that her
motive is not alone desire for the
preservation of bird life, but quite as
much the palliation of her sex's folly
in obeying the DEGREES of that cruel
priestess, fashion. In the first place
she does an injustice to the gourmand.
He is a good, honest animal, who
prefers turkey to birds any time,
and will blink stolidly over club
table at a platter of plover of wood
cock that will make a gourmets eyes
glisten. The gourmet must take
his share of the responsibility, no
doubt, for the invasion of the bird
kingdom, but, exacting MS his tastes
are, the range of their qualification is
limited. He has not yet advanced, or
descended, to humming birds on toast.
Moreover, nothing else will take the
place of his favorite birds. Art can
choose as elegant headgear as nature
can produce, but art has never yet
been able to supply substitute for
the ortolan satisfactory to the palate
accustomed to that delicacy. Criti-
else as We may the feasts of modern
Lueullus, the fact still remains that
the gentler sex is responsible for the
lions share of the wholesale slaughter
of the feathered innocents.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-06-19

Russian women have become impor-
tant in the medical world. There are
700 women practicing medicine in the
empire, besides large number OF
others who occupy medical positions
in hospitals and institutions, factories
and Government establishments. This
is in lightest Russia, which does not
seem to be SO very far behind the age.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-06-19
Nor Women Voters.

The means adopted by the independ-
ent women voters for raising funds
for the next political campaign is
unioue, and is proving successful.
The plan is to run cafe for week at
Gilbert hail, in fremont temple, fur
nishing dinner and supper at nominal
rates. Everything offered is home
cooked food, and the specially is
home made strawberry short-cake. A
social hour is to be enjoyed every
evening, with special addresses by
prominent clergymen, laymen and
women.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-06-19
IN BUSY ST. LOUIS.
City 0verrun With Politicians,
Spectators and PiCkpOckets.
Program Being Arranged For Re
publican Convention Opening.

ST. LOUIS. Mo. June ~ You ran hear
nothing discussed ia this city now but poll
tics. candidates, managers politicians,
heeirr.. spectators aud uirkpurkrt- are here
a. thick as flies around mulaSs-
es barrel. each with an az TO
grind and working like Drawers tu sc-
cure their coveted object. In hotel corridors.
on street corners in fact wherever yuu 90.
you are sure 10 find a small ur large gather
ing Of excited statesmen Hud others, both
great and small. talking TIA" situation over
and telling wha, J. gouc TO happen. Some