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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-11-20
THANKSGIVING.

Proclamation Issued by the Pre-
sident OF the United States.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 4th.-
President Cleveland today issued the
following Thanksgiving proclamation:
The people of the United States
should never be unmindful of the graf
itude they owe the God of nations for
His watchful care which has shielded
them from dire disaster and pointed
out to them the way of peace and hap
piness. Nor should they ever refuse to
acknowledge with contrite hearts their
proneness to turn away from Gods
teachings and to follow with sinful
pride after their own devices.
ITO the end that these thoughts may
be Quickened, it is fitting that one day
especially appointed we should join
together in approaching the throne of
grace and duplication.
Therefore, l, Grover Cleveland,
President of the United States, do
hereby designate and set apart Thurs
day the 26th day of the present month
of November, to be kept and observed
as day of thanksgiving and prayer
throughout the land. On that day let
every people forego their usual work
and occupation, and assemble in their
accustomed places of worship; let
them, with one accord, render thanks
to the Ruler of the Universe for our
preservation as nation and our de-
liverance from threatened danger; for
the peace that has dwelt within our
boundaries; for our defense against
disease and pestilence during the year
that has passed; for the plenteous re-
wards that have followed the labors of
our husbandmen and for all the other
blessings that have been vouchsafed
to u.s.
And let us, through the mediation
of Him who has taught us how to pray,
implore the forgiveness of our sins and
a continuance of Heavenly favor.
Let us not forget on this day of
thanksgiving the poor and needy; and
by deeds of charity let our offerings of
praise be more acceptable in the sight
of the Lord.
Witness my hand and the seal of
the United States which l have caused
to be hereunto affixed:
Done at the City of Washington,
this 4th day of November, in the year
of our Lord, one thousand eight hun
dred and ninety-six, and of the indie
pendence of the United States of Amer
lea the one hundred and twenty-flrst.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
by the President,
Richard Olney, Secretary of State.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-11-20

an annexation delegation will leave
here on the next steamer was
founded on mere conjecture. The
Republic Of Hawaii is already very
well represented in the United
States by Minister Cooper, and it
goes without saving that he will
make the most of his trip in review
ING the annexation situation. As a
nation, Hawaii will act through its
accredited representatives; but it
would certainlyS< a most compli-
mentary and polite move for the
business men of the country to
send delegation to visit Major
Mckinley previous to his taking
the oath of Office. 1t would be an
act of courtesy to the President
elect as well as the Republican
party, which has placed the Ha-
waiian question among the prob
lens for immediate consideration.
Enemies of annexation will at
tempt to make light of the Inn
portance Of the Hawaiian declara-
ton in the campaign, but it is
useless for them to maintain that
sound money principles alone were
what caused the reins of national
administration to be placed in the
hands of the Republican leaders.
For our people here, the extra ses-
sion will be none too soon for roliti
cal union to be accomplished The
annexation campaign should be
opened Immediately.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-11-20
Merit
intrinsic value of Nc
Hoods Sarsaparilla. y ~ u MS

Merit in medicine means the power TO
cure. Hoods Sarsaparilla possesses actual
and unequalled curative power and there
fore it has true merit. When you buy
Hoods Sarsaparilla, and take it according
to directions, to purify your blood, or
cure any of the many blood diseases, you
are morally certain to receive benefit.
The power to cure is there. You are not
trying an experiment. 1t will make your
blood pure, rich and nourishing, and thus
drive out the germs of disease, strengthen
the nerves and build up the whole system.
Severe Case of Dyspepsia
81 suffered from dyspepsia 20 years. I
had feeling as though there was lump
in my stomach. / did not dare to eat
meat or warm bread, very few vegetables,
for fear of the great distress food caused
me. experienced relief right after COM
mencing to take Hoods Sarsaparilla. MY
appetite increased, gained in general
health and strength. can eat almost any
thing now without discomfort. Although
had been an invalid for twenty years,
can truthfully say that am better than
for long time. Inever weighed so much
in my life." MRS. EMILY r. BUMP, 45
Portland Street, Middleboro, Mass.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-11-20

The news that Governor Alt
geld intends TO withdraw from po-
litical life will not bring forth
many salt tears from the eyes OF
American citizens. Next in line
should come Senator Tillman, and
then Senator Hill might join the
throng, whereupon the political at
mosphere in the United States
would be cleared of some of its
disagreeable odors. About the only
good feature about the presence OF
these men, and others of their
stamp, in politics, is the opportuni-
tv given for the voters to show
that they have sense enough to
place them away on the shelf
Failure"
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-11-20

borders! No, of course not. They
want nothing but the dollars and a
fat thing from the reciprocity trea-
ty. From all appearances they are
unable to see farther than the end
of their nose. Mercenary as they
are, they cannot seem to appreci-
ate that the reciprocity treaty is
not a measure to which the virtue
of life everlasting is given. All
their hopes they tie as a tail to the
kite of contract labor, and the
country may 90 to the everlasting
bow-wows so lono as that kite is
kept flying. W. R. Castle and the
goodly number whom he repre-
sents have quite as much at stake
in the sugar industry as those alb
sentees who draw their dividends
ont of the Hawaiian till; possibly
not so much in dollars and cents,
but it is their little all.
For personal reasons and reasons
which find their source in the ma
tioanalitv of the individual, there
are planters here who will seek to
put off the day when the Ameri-
can flag shall float over this conn
try and insure the political stabili-
ty necessary to a complete realiza-
ton of the full commercial, indus
trial, political and educational de-
velopment of which Hawaii Is
capable. But these men are not
above conviction and reformation,
and we may hope to see the day
when they VIII view the SITUATION
in It's broader and more civilized
light. Meanwhile the large num-
Der of annexationists- there are
plenty of sugar planters among
them, too-should put their shout
ders to the wheel and demonstrate
to the people here as well as in the
United States that they are IN
tensely in earnest in their endeavor
to work ont what is the only sal
walton of Hawaii, and a boon to
the national strength of the Unit
ed States of America.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-11-20

said of the public spirit of Mr.. If
win in re-erecting the theater and
giving the citizens of Honolulu an
opportunity for that relaxation
which is so much needed. Let ev-
eryonemite in trying to so support
the coming season that Honolulu
may become a desirable stopping
place for all good companies en-
route for Australia.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-11-20

An evening contemporary compli-
ments the opinions expressed by Mr..
Isenberg in the meeting of business
men with the Executive to discuss the
cable. 1t was Mr.. Isenberg's idea that
there was no hurry about the cable,
because it could not give any informa-
ton concerning the cheaper produc-
ton of sugar. While Mr.. Isenberg is
good business man, and has made
not little money from the sugar in
dustry of the country, his argument
was somewhat on the plan of a farmer
who objected to the introduction of
electric lights in his town because oil
lamps served him well enough, besides,
electricity in lighting could not be de-
pended upon to increase the price of
potatoes. If the same principles were
carried out throughout the country the
people would still be living in grass
houses and riding horseback over brid-
lie paths, instead of spending money
for increased home comforts and a
steady development of public works
always attendant upon sound progress.
1t is not altogether improbable that a
cable would revolutionize the methods
of selling sugar and enable the pro-
ducers to take advantage of the up
ward tendencies of the markets and
possibly free them from the power of
the Trust. OF course, Hawaii can get
along without the cable 1t could get
along if there were no knives and forks
in the country, but the day has long
since gone by when progressive peo-
pie are satisfied with the customs and
disadvantages of previous century.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-11-20
THE HAWAIIAN EXPERIMENT
STATION.

Tn . ouiet way, which few PEG.
10 o,,+s;de Of those actually inter
asted know anything about, a greal
work has been carried on 1of 'it 4
advantage of our staple industry
,,,,or The results of the last year
,rorl, have been presented to the
trustees Of the Hawaiian sugar
planters Association in four aOle
naners by DIR. Maxwell, the Diree,
tor Of the experiment station ana
laboratories. These papers oe"'
With first. soil, second, cultivation :
third. fertilization, and lastly, man
,,factnre. OF course such exhaust
i've napers deal in technicahtleS'
b,,t It is we'll that the general pub
lie should know what is being done
for our great industry and how
necessary it is that practical sense
should 90 hand in hand with SCI
ence.
This country has progressed IN
the line of machinery as much as
any part of the world. Our mills
are superior to those of the Philip
pine Islands and many of those IN.
Louisiana. But our knowledge of
the soils is vet crude, and it needed
a man of scientific culture to give
information upon them as a whole.
This work has been entrusted to-
DIR. Maxwell and he has devoted
himself to it ICON amore."
Taking the subject of soils, they
differ in different parts of the Isl.
ands, and not only that, but similar
soils in different parts of the Isl
ands are differently affected by spe
cial climatic conditions. Thus par
ticular feature of the soils of the
Island of Hawaii, as compared with
the soils of Oahu, Maui and Kauai,
is their relatively low content of
lime and their enormous content of
nitrogen. 1t must be plain, then,
TO the veriest tyro in the art of ag-
riculture that methods of cultiva-
ton on that Island, and the use of
special fertilizers, must be different
in character from what is used on
the other Islands Again, Hawaii
depends entirely on rainfall, being
the wet Island" and the other
three Islands depend largely upon
elaborate systems of irrigation.
In former times when manager
was successful in one place it was
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-11-20
The approaching theatrical sea

The approaching theatrical sea
son win give Honolulu society a
fillip which it very much needs.
Situated in mid-ocean, we need tai
ent from abroad to give us the
much desired mental stimulus that
will have many of us up. An ener-
waiting climate and strong atten7
ton to business, which in many
cases is very absorbing, has its eff
feet upon the male and even the
female members of our communi-
~ All work and no play makes
Jack very dull boy indeed, and
it is extremely satisfactory to think
that Jack is going to have pretty
fair time of it. Enough cannot be
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-11-20

Nothing but politics pervaded the
counting room, social gatherings and
the street in the United States previous
TO the election. Now it is nothing but
business. The sudden change that has
come over the country is one of the best
evidences of the nations great strength
and the confidence in the wisdom of the
popular will. The defeated radical ele-
ment will undoubtedly continue to
marshal their forces in preparation for
the struggle four years hence. but with
the people generally it will be time
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-11-20
TIME TO BE STIRRING.

The letter from w. r. Castle
given in another column voices the
sentiments OF the annexationists
of the country. Notwithstanding
William Mckinley does not enter
the White House until March of
1897, it is true that the annexation
forcesmust begin to stirthemselve5
and enter upon campaign which
| is bound to be successful when rep
resentatives of the American peo-
pie and the broad minded citizens
of Hawaii settle down to an ear
nest consideration of the situation.
The officer of the Government are
bound by their own convictions
and the provisions of the constitu
ton to make overtures for political
union with the United States as
soon as the next administration
comes into power.
At the present time whatever
may be done by our executive body
must be a quiet LAYING Of wires
preparatory TO an open campaign
when the President-elect takes his
seat. 1t must be remembered that
for three months to come our Gov
eminent is dealing with an adj
ministration friendly so far as ma
tional affairs are concerned, but
decidedly touchy when political
union is agitated. As natural con
sequence, during the interval pre-
vious to the Inauguration, the pub
lie agitation must be taken up and
carried on by the people here. And
the Annexation Club is the proper
body to take the matter in hand.
A meeting of that organization
should be called at no distant day,
in order that the Governments shall
have, well prepared and thor
oughly organized phaIanx at its
back when the time comes for open
and more aggressive work. Mr.
Castles portrayal of the position
taken by men of Mr.. Isenberg's
stamp hits the nail on the head.
1t is all very well for the men
drawing fat dividends to attempt
to turn Hawaii into a money max
ing machine, and be fully salts
fed so long as the required mum
Der of dollars are coined each year.
They do not bother their heads
about Hawaiian affairs or Hawaii
an people so long as politics are
kept in a condition not to interfere |
with the annual income spent in
some foreign country. They are
willing and anxious to hold the
labor system down to the level of
degenerate serfdom provided sugar
pans out its usual quarterly profit.
Do they care for cables? No! |
Do they care for national develop |
ment! No! Do they care whether
the country goes to the Asiatics9
Mo- Do they care whether resi-
dents have TO carry guns to protect
the country from the enemies of
good order within and without It's
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-11-20
ANNEXATION TO THE FRONT.

The Washington dispatch in an
other column suggests that Ameri-
cans believe the citizens Of Hawaii
win not be slow to present their ap-
peal for admission into the Union
when President McKinley's adj
ministration opens. In this our Am
eriean friends have made no mis-
take, although the statement that
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-11-20

enough to think over the next Presi-
Dental possibilities when the next
campaign approaches. For the present
they have had quite enough of politics
and are happy to return to the quiet.
easy-going routine of earning their
daily bread. Like Hawaii, they want
stability, and having obtained it,. bust
ness will adapt itself to circumstances
and continue in healthy condition.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-11-20

a common thing for managers of
plantations with entirely different
climatic conditions and an entirely
different soil, to try and copy the
successful manager. Science now
comes in and says ''No! The sue
cess obtained is due to such and
such a cause, but the elements for
success on your lands are wanting
by such means; this is what VOC
should do, and | give you my rea
sons"
The report on soils goes into
great detail, into their capacity for
retaining moisture, and describes
some very clever experiments that
have been made to obtain data
upon this subject. From these data
DIR. Maxwell was able to show thai
the soils of the Islands vary very
largely in their capacity to take up
and retain water. From such data
the deduction is clear that one uni
form method of irrigation cannot
be followed throughout the Isl
ands. Once this was pointed out
there have been plantations where
il was that the poor appearance and
small yield of cane was due to the
excess of water, and the water hav-
ing been more sparingly used,
great improvement i'll the crop was
soon observed.
In this and in hundred differ
ent ways the experiment station
does good to the Hawaiian sugar
planter. DR.. Maxwell is able to
generalize; the hard worked plant
er has no time for generalization,
and only regards the particular
work before him, paying little at
tention to what others may be do
ing. Agricultural competition is
keen. The countries we contend
against are paying far less wages
than those we pay our laboring
classes. 1t is only, then, by the
very best methods both in manu-
facture and in cultivation that we
IAN hope to hold our own.
The reports furnished by DIR.
will of course interest
every sugar producer in the Isl
lnds, but they will be found Of III
crest by anyone who is interested
n the Islands and their progress,
they show that the Hawaiian plan
er is alive to the necessities of the
ines, and that he is willing 70 sup |
,ort with his purse an institution OF
,alue to himself and of value to
he outer world.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-11-20

Ii Hung Chang seems to be
playing in hard luck of late. First
that highly priced coffin was de
stroyed by fire, and then came
an order from the Emperor tlat
his salary for the next year would
be withheld on account of his hav-
ing violated some foolish Chinese
custom by entering the palace
where a number of the royal fam
ilv had died. Since the temporary
loss of his peacock feather and vel
low jacket, the noted Chinese
statesman has been in hot water
most of the time.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-11-20
A SWEEPING VICTORY.

rcluINc DIOuSAl from lhC '1CoOC1 y,
the Australia are most decidedly o
the character to indorse the view
that the great American people
have not gone daft; that notwith
standing the intense feeling dis
PLAYED throughout the hardest con
tested campaign in the history Of
the country, good sober judgment
ruled. and the magnificent MAORI
ties given Mckinley and Hobart
gives a clear outline of the strength
Of that ruling power
The election Is best characterized
as Republican sweep. In the
great doubtful territory, the Mid
die West, where both parties con
eenuated their supreme efforts, i'm
mense and almost unexpected ma
joihes were rolled up for the party
of sound money and protection. In
Illinois, which State the Republi-
cans were almost ready to concede
to their opponents, the Altgeld ma
chine was literally buried. The
Legislature Is solidly Republican,
which insures a Republican Sena-
tor. In New York State and New
York City, where the power of the
Tammany braves was held in
Wholesome fear, the sound money
party swept everything and insured
the displacement of David B. Hill
in the United States Senate. Ken
lucky, though carried by very
small margin, was drawn from its
place with the solid South, and it
is probably destined to remain
without that fold for years to come.
The vote of the farmers and the
mechanics, in which the Bryan
forces placed so much confidence,
was given to the party which stood
So. tho n,ain+enance of national
honor.
One of the most gratifying feat
ures of the election was the posi-
tiveness of popular expression,
which ought to put to rest the idle
talk of internal strife. With the
feeling running at a height quite
equal to war times, the people set
tied down quietly, recorded their
vote, and as quietly turned back to
the old time routine as if nothing
had happened to stir up discord.
The return of confidence has al
ready been made manifest by the
unlocking of money boarded up
against the possibility of an evil
dav. and the renewal of industrial
activity all over the country.
The point now in question IS
whether the silver craze has been
overcome for all time. Bryan and
his cohorts of course give out that
they viii not withhold from the
fight, but it is certain that they will
be unable to secure any repudi-
atory legislation from the Fifty
fifth Congress. They can only look
forward to what may be accom-
plished two years hence, and it is
time enough to think about that
when the time comes. The rulers
elect of the Nation will begin the
work of strengthening out financial
affairs Immediately upon coming
into power, and an extra session of
Congress is on the boards as an as
sured fact. About the only dis
thing Mckinley has on
his hands is the claims of the sound
Democrats, who hold about
the same position the mugwumps
did in Cleveland's second admins
tration. Mckinley, however, is at
an advantage in being able to profit |
by the mistakes of his predecessor.
ANNEX ALTON TO THE FRONT
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-11-20
Good Shoes Have More Sole

Than many men have, and Good Shoes get their
reward - not by immortality but by being worn by
the Good People of the land.
We sell only the Good Kinds of Shoes because
we have only the Good Kind of patrons We couldn't
sell the trashy makes, even if we did carry them in
stock. And that fact makes it certain that whenever
you come here you are going to get the right sort of
footwear, and hence our ever-increasing business.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-11-20

In former times when a manager
was successful in one place it was
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-09-28
SLAPPED A CHILD'S FACE.
Trivial Reason for the Shooting of
Two Negroes and the Lynch
ing of Third.

New Orleans, La, Sept 24-The
slarping of child's face caused the
death of three persons in Gretna this
morning. James Hawkins a negro,
slapped a 5-year-old white child on the
street last night. Officer Miller swore
out warrant for his arrest, and in
attempting to capture him about mid
night the officers fired at random into Il
crowd of negroes, killing Alexander and
Arthur Green, the former being an old.
inoffensive darkey. Hawkins was later
lodged in the Gretna Jail. and this morn-
ing Mt , o'clock mob broke down the
door took the man down to the river
bank and hanged him to q big tree
throwing the body in the river. Hawkins
pleaded for mercy and asked that he be
given two minutes to pray. Gretna is
in Jefferson parish, just across the river
from This civ