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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-07-14

The Cornell Brain Association has
been formed by some of the medicos of
Cornell University for the purpose of
making a post mortem study of the
effect upon the human brain of educa-
ton and good morals. One of the Off
GERS has made an appeal to educated
and moral persons to bequeath their
brains to the institution for scientific
study. In response to the letter the so
ciety has already received eight brains
and has the promise of twenty-five
others that are still being used by the
owners. This may be all right to the
man whose mind is charged with scien-
tific enthusiasm, but we venture that
there will be comparatively few dona-
lions of common every day brains. The
proposition is too cold blooded to meet
the sanction of the average citizen.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-07-14

One of our weekly contemporaries
says that after the courts are through
with the Tramways Company, the es
teemed contemporary will express itself
on the Trampcar that appeared in the
parade on the Fourth. 1t promises to
deal with the individuals who played
prominent part in this scheme. The de-
cisiOn of the court is expected almost
any day now, and We trust our esteemed
contemporary will not forget its prom
iSe
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-07-14
HARRIET BEEcHER STOWE.

When on the morning of July I'd the
death of Mrs Harriet Beecher Stowe
was heralded throughout the world,
the news was not received with the
usual indifference that meets the death
of some noted literary light. Particu-
larly is this true in the United States,
where the name of Mrs. Stowe, coupled
with her book, Uncle Toms Cabin, y
has found place in the homes of the
common people almost second to the
Bible. There is hardly man or woman,
boy or girl of the present generation TO
whom Uncle Toms Cabin is not re-
called as one of the household gods,
and thus it will ever remain for years to
come. Mrs. Stowe needs no pen of lit
erary genius to tell the world that it
has lost one of the brightest women of
the century; neither is a monument of
stone required to keep fresh the mem
DRY of her good works in the hearts of
every day people.
Mrs. Stowe was born in literary at
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-07-14

The opium mystery of Lahaina bay
proves not to be much of mystery
after all. The occasional quota of
Hong Kong tins that are being wash
ed ashore also prove that the Custom
House officials were far from working
in the dark in directing their efforts
to gain possession of the Norma's con-
traband freight The Lehua's mission
was quite as successful as it would
have been had the opium been found.
The drug was kept out of the country
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-07-14

mosphere, but it is doubtful If the world
would ever have heard from her as it
has. had it not been that in her early
married life she was in a measure fore
ed to make use of her accomplishments
to bring more money into the family
treasury. Her husband was scholarly
gentleman, but not possessed of the
ability of gaining and keeping money.
Mrs. Stowe was compelled to feed and
clothe her children, and while conduct
ing private school added to the family
income by contributing articles to va
rious periodicals.
While connected with a school in
Ohio she became acquainted with some
of the horrors f-slavery, and when she
moved to Brunswick, Maine, where
she was removed from the excitement
of the border life, she began the story
that made her name famous. Here, too,
possibly, she received her inspiration
to write, since she was thrown among
people who did not fully realize the
terrible incidents that were of every
day occurrence in the South. Uncle
Toms Cabin" was first published as a
serial story in 1851 and 80, but attract
ed very little attention. A publishing
house then took the story in hand, and
before the opening of the civil war
thousands of volumes had been sold.
To the publisher it was book that
met the demand resulting from the
anti-slavery excitement. To Harriet
Beecher Stowe it was the enunciation
of the principles of the abolitionists,
about which she wove an interest
ing combination of incidents of
which she had personal knowl-
edge. She wrote for a purpose and she
threw herself heart and soul into the
work which she hoped might have
some influence in redressing the wrongs
that were being perpetrated in the
slave States.
Mrs. Stowe has written other works,
notably the Ministers Wooing," pub
lished in 1859, which from a literary
standpoint have outranked her first
production, but in none of them did she
reach the force that marked the first
plea to the humanity of the people of
her nation. If there were more literary
productions of the present day written
with the same earnest desire to uplift
and enlighten humanity, the world
would be better and the literature more
pure.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-07-14

to the scene of the troubles has been
due not so much to the desire to re-
store peace in the island as it is to the
fact that the foreign powers are sus-
picious of each other. England, France
and Russia are each fearful that an
attempt will be made to annex the
island, and each nation has its war
ships ON hand to see that the other
makes no move in that direction. In
this respect the situation is not unlike
that in Armenia. Each is anxious to
gain possession of the territory, and
careful watch is kept over the move
ments of the warships Meanwhile
the inhabitants go on fighting.
AS is usual when an uprising takes
place Greece is in hopes the island will
fall under her protection. The people
of Greece hold about the same position
toward the insurgents that Americans
do to the fighting, Cubans. The people
and the press urge that Greece send
warships, but the Powers have noti-
fed Greece that her warships are not
wanted. Thus the little fellow is forced
away by the big one. Notwithstanding
this, however, the Grecians have open
ed subscriptions to supply arms and
ammunition to the insurgents of Crete
The immediate result will probably
be that the insurgents will be Gained
down, reforms promised and the
promise never carried out. The ulti-
mate result will be thaS the Powers
will soon get tired of the mismanage-
ment of the Turks and will divide up
the Turkish territory. Whether they
can agree among themselves upon the
division is the question. The nations
fear war, but if war is ever excusable
war that would wipe out Turkish
rule could be placed in that category.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-07-14

1t is said that John D. Rockefeller
paid his first visit to the Chicago Uni
Versity this summer. The occasion was
a base ball match between the Univer-
sity nine and the boys from Brown
University of Providence, R. L Rookie
feller's son is the manager of the team
from Brown. 1t is not stated whether
the muItimillionaire took more inter
est in the ball game than the institu-
ton raised by his illgotten gains.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-07-14

In Willett & Gray's circular of June
% the following reference is made to
Cuban sugars and politics: "The Cuban
plank in the st. Louis Republican plat
form appears to be bone of contention
in the Spanish Congress. There is no
doubt that our next administration will
be Republican, and will take hand in
bringing about Cuban independence
when it comes into power on March 4,
1897. This will be too late, however, to
affect the next crop, which should begin
in January and end in June" Viewing
the situation outside the realm of poll
tics, the circular says: Cuba shows the
effect of the rainy season in reduced
receipts for TIE week to 1887 tons. The
visible now reaches 196,476 tons,
against our estimate of 100000 tons.
AS regards the next crop, the outlook
remains unchanged, for no more sugar
than this season unless the war is end
ed within a few months" This last
reference speaks more for the success
of the Cuban patriots than columns of
colored dispatches which we get
drought the newspapers. The Spanish
may assert and reassert that they are
fast wiping out the forces of the revolu-
tionists. but their statements amount to
little when the unfortunate condition
of the principal industry of the island
is looked into.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-07-14

After vacation of a few weeks
Sibyl returns to grace the columns of
our Saturday issue with a timely word
for the teachers of the country. 1t is
true the teacher is very much slave
when the remuneration granted her is
taken into consideration. To overtax
the teacher is simply one method of
lessening the efficiency of the school.
People generally do not realize that in
practicing parsimonious economy to-
ward the teachers, they are taking just
so much educational bread from the
mouths of the children.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-07-14

Our correspondents views on the
cultivation of coffee in Hawaii will be
read with profit by all interested in
the numerous coffee plantations that
are now well under way. At the pres
ent, the majority of the planters are
principally interested in how to make
the coffee trees grow. But that the
trees can be grown and that they will
bear paying crops seems to be settled
beyond a question. The point then
arising is the best method of car
ing for the crop once it is harvested.
Too much attention cannot be given
this phase of the coffee production
since upon the success Of the pioneer
planters, the first 10 put their product
on the market will depend in a large
degree the success of the industry.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-07-14
# it HFus.sT.EsETE

In DR.. Plummer's tract How to Use
the Bible" he says that in the thir-
teenth century two arches of the Lon
don bridge cost 25 pounds. At the same
time, a copy of the Bible with few ex-
planatory remarks, cost 80 pounds. At
that time the wages of a laborer
amounted to but nine pence week.
Still the pessimists say that the world
is slowly but steadily going to the bad.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-07-14
ASSOCIATED CHARITIES.

The advisability of associated chart
ties has for some time been a question
of private discussion among those who
have to do with the darker side of life
in Honolulu. AS a public movement,
however, there has been general apa-
thy principally on account of the fact
that no one has assumed a leadership
and taken the matter in hand in a sys-
tematic manner. As is the case in nearly
all tropical countries, the skeleton of
poverty does not stand out in the same
bold relief as it does in colder Chimes
1t is also true that there are very few
families in the country that have to
rely on charity for sustenance. At the
same time Honolulu does have its de-
serving poor, who are looked after in
one way or another.
The Hawaiian Relief Association,
the American Relief. the Strangers
Aid and the British and Portuguese
societies are all doing good work, and
many persons have been and are being
tided over the dilemmas that often arise
through sickness or inability of the
head of the house to promptly obtain
work While we can only speak in the
highest terms of the work that is being
done, it becomes question for serious
consideration whether or not these So
cieties could not carry on their labors
to still better advantage by combining
in a general charitable association.
At the present time, Notwithstanding
liberal contributions to various socie-
| ties, the business men often receive re-
quests for assistance. Unless he is per-
sonally acquainted with the case, the
average business man has little time tc
| investigate whether the request comes
from one who deserves assistance, and
he is at loss to know just what society
to present the matter to. He is willing
to give the money, but is in doubt as
to the manner in which it will be ex
pended if paid over to the individual.
Whatever else may be said of the
leaders in our business community
they are liberal in their contribu
tions to good work of any char
acter. With a general charitable
have good many unpleasant tasks Ia
ken from his shoulders. He could max,
his yearly contribution to the associa
i ton, and whatever the nationality o
those coming to him for assistance
they could be referred to the genera
association, where the individual case
could be taken in hand by those whit
have the time to give to the matter.
AS a general association, to Obtain
the best results, would possibly requir
one paid agent to devote all of his O
her time to investigating the differen
cases brought to notice, such an organ
ization might at first thought appea
to be an expensive affair. We doubt
however, if, when the amount of none.
that is now going out in different direc
tions, is taken into account, the actua
moneys put out for charity would rul
to higher figure than at present. Their
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-07-14
SPREAD FACTS ABROAD.

Since the political campaign excite
ment struck the United States, hardly
day has gone by that some hair
Drained orator of the South or West
has not proclaimed before his hearers
that the United States must declare
for free silver or go through another
civil war Possibly. there are 100000
men at the most who believe this, yet
we know of no country or of any COM
that believes that the American Union
stands any chance of being broken by
secession of States.
Now, in Hawaii we have these same
calamity howlers Some of them are
residents, some of them are tourists,
and few are men who draw their
money from the country and spend it
abroad. These people, for one reason
or another, are constantly airing their
opinions in the American and British
press, upon the lack of stability of the
Government, and telling their dear
friends and others who don't know
them as well as the people here do,
that Hawaii is on the verge of political
embroglio. Thereby is given the gen
eral impression that our conditions
are very much like a continual tenn
pest in tea pot Our securities are
looked at askance, and some poor in
nocents across the water wonder how
humanity exists in such turmoil. In
the United States the calamity bowler
is looked upon as a jackass and is
properly classed. But the Hawaiian
pessimist quite often gains hearing,
and good people drink down what he
says without question.
There are two causes for this. First,
there are mighty few people outside
the Pacific States who know anything,
or at least have clear idea, of the
conditions here. Second, they do know
it is a small country, and take it for
granted that political affairs must be
topsy turvy on general principles. Be
sides, all they know is gained from
some wandering political malcontent
troubadour who plays the sensational
newspaper for all it is worth.
Of course annexation, the American
flag over Hawaiian territory, will put
the Hawaiian bowler in the same cate
CORY as the American; it will do away
with the question of strength of Gov
eminent. Meanwhile, in view of the
fact that the country is seeking an
nexation, it is highly proper that the
Government should take a hand in
distributing authentic information
concerning the Islands. Literature on
Hawaii, reviewing is political as well
as its industrial condition, should be
spread broadcast throughout the
United States. If in six months from
now the citizens of any town or city
in the United States should say that
they know nothing of Hawaii, the
Government of this country should be
in position to retort: Then it is be-
cause they can't read" Pamphlets on
Hawaii should be pushed with the
same vigor as the campaign literature
of the various parties will be. Such
a course will cost money, but we know
of no better investment for this Gov
eminent. That such literature should
have the same political tinge as the
American political party documents is
of course out of the question, but a
straightforward statement of facts is
what is needed, and what should be
sent out.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-07-14

is an advantage in Capitalization. IL
the organizations were centralized the
money would follow in the same chan
nels. There seem to be plenty who will
fall into the line of associated charities
if the leader can be found who will set
the ball in motion.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-07-14

Should the leaders meet with temper
airy set backs, the small planter and
the prospective planter will, ten
chances to one, become more or less
disheartened.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-07-14

The Hilo Tribune speaks of the rap
idity with which the Asiatics are buy
ing I'D coffee lands in tracts owned by
some private corporation made up prin-
cipally of Americans. There is food
for thought in this simple statement,
if it IL -TUe.T Ets~v
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-07-14
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Wholesale Accents.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-06-04

RECENT archaeological discoveries
along the valley Of the Tennessee river
in northern Alabama have led to the
belief that the region was once inhabt-
ed by cliff jewellers, and an expedition
from the University Of Pennsylvania IL
soon to explore the caves in thatregion.
Prof. Mercer will head the expedition,
and It is believed that valuable dis
coveries will be made. Many speci-
mems of ancient pottery believed TO
have belonged to the cliff dwellers have
recently been found in the caves along
the Tennessee.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-06-04

THE new woman made good show
ing in the election ut fremont, Me-,
n few days ago. In several towns In
Maine this year there were women can
didates for places on the school boards,
and In most cases they were noten
aged strongly. Butln fremont though
party lines were drawn closely in the
case Of other candidates, all united TO
elect the woman member Of the school
board, and she went In at the head
OF the poll.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-06-04
eNGLAND'S PREMIER.
Lord Salisbury Is Well Up In Science a.
Well as Htatecraft.

Personally Lord Salisbury is a deeply
read and cultured man. He spends
good deal of time in his laboratory, is
very fond Of chemistry, possesses much
practical knowledge of electricity, and
has delivered more than one able adj
dress before such bodies as the British
Association for the Advancement of
Science. He is not physically as strong
as he looks, and the immense volume OF
work he accomplishes, coupled with
very little exercise, makes him in real
ity a somewhat delicate man. In ap-
pearhnce he is impressive without be-
ing handsome, and his ordinary de-
meanor is one Of apparent indifference
and aristocratic hauteur Like HIM
self in character, his oratory is imperl-
Gus, forcible and effective. At his ia
nous seat in Observation-Disclosures
house-Queen Victoria has been more
than once entertained by Lord Sails
bury, as in a past century his ancestry
entertained Queen Elizabeth, and there
he thoroughly enjoys, whether in or out
of power, the generous country life
and open hospitality of the historical
and typical "fne old English gentle
man.
n
Taken altogether, the present Eng
fish premier is an extraordinary and in
teresting figure in the politics OF this
period. His patriotism is strong and
sincere, but it rests upon the forms OF
The constitution and upon loyalty to
the crown rather than upon the mod
ern principle of loyalty to the imme-
date and changeable will of a popular
democracy And Lord Salisbury in
this case undoubtedly embodies the nat
ural hereditary and inherent conserva-
tism Of the English people,. Castell
Hopkins, in Chautauquan.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-06-04
Decay Of the Russian Nobility.

Some startling statistics of the decay
Of the Russian nobility are given in a
list of mortgaged estates, furnished by
the British consul at st. Petersburg.
At present more than 100000 estates,
or Al per cent. Of the entire area owned
by mobiles. are burdened by mortgages,
and the amount Of money advanced on
them has reached $685., 100000, of which
s5s6.OOO,OO0 remains unpaid. The No
bility Land bank, created by the gov
eminent to make loans TO stranded
landlords, has advanced nearly It's en-
tire capital Of $25O,OO0,OOO, and received
but little in return. - Chicago Inter
Or IN.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-06-04

ON the big, unfenced ranges OF the
west cnttle from one herd frequently
stray away aud join a herd belonging
to another ranchman, and for mutual
convenience and protection the cattle
men in the various states have associa-
tons which keep agents at the prin-
cipal cattle markets to watch for such
strays and see that the result Of their
sale Is credited to the proper owner, nc
matter in what shipment they reach the
market. During last year 1904 head OF
stray cattle belonging to ranchmen In
the Black hills country were picked out
in Chicago and OH head in Omaha, and
through the association their owners
received the money for their sale. The
cattle are identified by their brands.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-06-04
SPOILED THE PERFORMANCE.
Misadventuro That Befell an Actor In Z
Realistic Play.

Last winter a number of literary peo-
pie INDUCED from time to time in ANA
teur theatricals. During February
they produced q comedy. One Of the
actors, says London Tid-Bits, played
the part Of q burglar and had to climb
up the outside Of the house in which
the entertainment was given and en-
ter through the window, which was ct
the rear Of the improvised stage. He
hurried around from the dressing
rooms and valiantly commenced to
struggle up the wall, when policeman
grasped him by the neck, thinking him
veritable burglar. lie started to ex.
plain, but the minion Of the law would
have none of II. The audience was won
dering in the meantime why the play
did not proceed, and the young actors
and actresses on the stage were eagerly
waiting for the burglar to enter and
give them the cue, when they heard
shrieks, yells, oaths and threats from
the garden. Rushing out, they found
the amateur burglar thrashing wildly
about the grass, while brawny police.
man sat on his shoulders hammering
his neck into the mud.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-06-04

THE negro exodus to Liberia seems
to be assuming considerable proper.
tions. One hundred and fifty negroes,
from Arkansas and Oklahoma, passed
through Memphis recently for Savan-
nah, where they were to take ship for
Liberia. The society which is further
ing the emigration scheme is said to
have secured the good will and coop
Grafton of the negro preachers, and
great numbers Of negroes all over the
south are saving their money and sell
ing their little property preparatory
to going to Liberia. The fare from
Savannah to Liberia Is fixed at SAL.