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The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-12-31

ANY one acquainted with the
working of political machines OF
"A low order. sees the great value
.of such an arrangement as the
opium matter in practical politics,
We make no alluSion or reference
IA il in connection with our own
Customs and Police adminiStra-
tion.
If Mr.. Richard Croker of \. \.
were induced. for health reasons,
no settle here. he would promptly
SAY: BOYS don't let the mission
aries repeal the opium law. 1t is
TOO valuable 10 lose. Make those
people believe as we make them
believe in New York. that sin
must be suppressed by the Police,
and then We can tax sin in our
own way. and make it support the
bows while they run the machine"
In the event of annexation our
own law prohibiting the importa
lion of opium must give way,
under the constitutional provis-
ions of the United States. al
though prohibition of its sale
would be legal under territorial
law But the matter should be
taken out OF politics. for it can be.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-12-31
signals to Coachmen .

Scientific papers contain the accounts
of recent invention. The luxurious
French. having tasted of the comfort
and desirability of electric lamps in
their railroad coaches and automobile
carriages, have now adopted it for use
on ordinary horse-drawn cabs. While
the storage batteries necessary for this
are quite an additional load for the
cabs, yet anything TO surpass ones
neighbor is fashions dictum the world
over. Added to this innovation is a
method of signaling the driver, instead
Of having TO twist ones neck into a
most uncomfortable position to speak
TO cabby through the little trap-door.
The proposed Partisan improvement
provides a small box in front Of the
driver, On which by pressing various
buttons inside the cab the following
words appear in a red light: Left .
right walk" faster" stop. y
turn" home and slower AS the
electric power is required for the lamps
this little signal box consumes but an
inappreciable amount Of current and
is OF the greatest assistance.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-12-31
NORTHERN SALMON.
British Columbfans Have Been Pros
perlu>.

British Columbians Have Been Pros
peruu>.
Nearly 100, 600 cases of salmon, valu-
ed at $1,000. 900. have thus far been
shipped from British Columbia TO
England alone More ships are to fol-
low as they were getting their cargoes
at the time the following statistics were
furnished: British bark Balmore ]. sSS
tons; sailed from the Fraser for Liver
pool on October 5th, with 6S.177 cases.
valued at S272, 7OS: British ship Irby.
1.4S0 tons. sailed from Victoria for
London on October Sth with 90, $40
cases. valued al s24s. sss; German ship
Kehreveider, 1855 tons, sailed from
the Fraser on October 18th for Liver
pool with 54.471 cases, valued at s272.-
355; British steamer Tekoa. 2.646 tons,
sailed from the Fraser river for Lon
don and Liverpool on October Goth
with Ill 600 cases, valued at $40, 900
British ship Silberhorn, 1853 tons. sail
ed from the Fraser river on October
18th for Liverpool with S4,017 cases,
valued at 1886. 06S; British ship City of
Benares, 1,499 tons, sailed from the
Fraser river for Liverpool on Novem-
Der 9Th with 70.7O7 cases. valued al
S295, sos; Swedish ship Lady Lima, l.
363 tons, sailed on November 10th from
Victoria and the Fraser river for Liver
pool with SO SIC cases, valued at s239.-
264; German bark Seestern, LAS tons.
sailed from Victoria for London on
November 18th with 65, 40 cases, val
ued at s2S7. las; Danish bark Irvine, 612
tons, sailed from the Fraser river for
Liverpool on November 18th with 81
0ST cases, valued at sl15,090; British
ship Iolanthe, 1888 tons, sailed from
the Fraser river for Liverpool On No
yember 23rd with 81, 4S0 cases, valued
at s26S, $50; German ship Adelaide and
the British bark Labu are now loading
al the Fraser for London. The rates
paid TO the vessels OF this feet range
from q shillings and pence to 40
shillings for the Tekoa and 81 shillings
and pence TO some Of the last Of the
sailing vessels chartered.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-12-31
The EN-QUEEN.

4 Some exception Is taken To oul
statement made Yesterday regard
the morals of the ex-Queen. Ht
I Is an arrant fool who believes that
/ the westward movement Of the
American star Of Empire cau
b. affected by the MORALS Of a
ruler. He who believes that he
can laSSo thar star. with a string,
and pull 1t out Of its course h1>n' I
dealt largely in aSJronomieal
forces.
As TO the ex-Queen. her poiiti-
cal conduct was more than Suffi-
eient TO justify the action q the
men who had the courage TO over
turn the Monarchy Her conduit.
in its political aspect only, vas
merely a part Of the general drift
Of things. inevitably working to-
wards reconstruction and chang
- It Is a story that has been ~
peated a thousand times in his
tory. and there Is nothing unaS-
uaI or strange about IT.
For ourselves. We have an abid-
ing faith in the necessity for
truth, politically or otherwise. As
for the ex-Queen's morals in the
sense in which il Is used. the wi
dence against her rested on SuS-
picion only. There was no evi-
dence which any court would en-
terrain as conclusive or even pre-
sumtiye- so the late Charles L
Carter told Us He had examined
The matter carefully The issue
raised in thar direction was of 20
consequence. when there was IN
OF the most convincing.
testimony that she was ready, had
tried. and would again Try, TO de-
stroy stable Government here.
She had committed political sins
enough TO warrant the events CT
%. and II was not necessary TO
suggest other matters which
might b. true, but the legal proof
Of which was lacking
II is precisely this kind of ir-
responsible testimony. based en-
rumors, that leads a large number
Of influential American papers to
affirm constantly that the present
Government Of Hawaii is compos-
I'd Of missionary thieves and pi-
rates.
Errors about facts make a poor
cement in the foundations of d
moral structure. They are sure 10
dissolve and endanger its stabil-
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-12-31
Now a Corporation.

h HzekfeId & Co, Ltd, having as
sumed all the assets and Liabilities Of
the old firm as Of September l, 1897,
has elected the following gentlemen a.
officers Of the corporation: Paul Isen-
berg president; J. F. Hackfeld, vice
president; VIM WoIters and Ed Suhr,
directors; n A. Isenberg. secretary;
C Bose. treasurer; W Pfotenhauer,
auditor
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-12-31
~ IMPORTANT COMMISSION.

We alluded Yesterday To Jh'
'hfrh value Of sworn evidence Il
Hawaiian matters which Nigh
hsv- ben taken before a Commits
SION appointed by the Provisions
Government. OF by It's >ucce>Sor
the present Government
For four year. the most absurd
~umorS- malicious IieS. and exag
zrarz,f statements have been IN
active circulation here regarding
political and social matters The
authors Of them were and are,
v-rv irresponsible people and
have deliberately intended 10
make mischief Correspondents
and tourists have been fed on this
stun. Much injury has resulted
View II the Provisional Govern
ueut had followed the British
Government. in IL appointments
Of ROYAL Commissions 10 examine
Important social and political
matters. or followed the American
Government in appointing Com
n-f>=ou> ro examine public mat
ter and had appointed COMMITS
sion II three men, representing
both sfdes 81 the political queS-
riou- and had given IT the power
10 send for persons and papers
ana examine people under oath
We would have q mass 81 direct.
carefully Sifted-our evidence, OF
ncaIeuIabIe value now. and here
after There are not barn doors
enough 0n the Islands To which II
could nall all The Lee IN active
use The bIatherskiteS who tell
Infamous yarn> 10 tourists. would
become extremely modest before
. Commission We have seen the
working of many such Commits
si0us Their capacity for nail
ing IieS i simply marvellous The
men who shout fraud out
rage sviudIe-- when brought
befor- such body and ara
asked 10 tell what they do
know. AT once show what they do
NOT know Nor do they know any
one who does know anything on
1he subject They arr all dealing
IN the e0unterfeited money Of 80
cfaI life rumOrs and not facts
There are men and women here
who for many years have eircal-
ated old standard lies about mis-
sioRaries. Put these people und-
~ oath and examine them On that
subject and they would simply
stand dumb Pull up some mis-
si0naries7 before such a Commits
sion and aSk them 10 give auy
competent evidence TO sustain
the charges made. not against the
political bat the moral charae-
Ter Of the e1-Queen. and they
would remain dumb or venture 10
give testimony which any Court
would instantly strike out as II
relevant and incompetent"
a man under oath, With a law
yer laying for him. on the cross
examination l. rather careful
about what be says
We arr informed BY one Whose
life has been devoted 10 the IA
tives- and who knows them we'll
that Ihe larger part Of the natives
have been and ara now. misIed BY
The grossly malicious statements
Of irresponsible whites. and IA
tives also One Of the usual state
meuts i that the NATIVES have
teenrobbedof their lands BY mis-
si0naries- and other white people
II lot u these slanderers. tand
many Of them are well known
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-12-31

The bzsso Of prominent church in
indianapolis recently had an annoy
ing accident happen to him. small
gnzr few into his nose and caused him
to sneeze violently. which ruptured one
Of the snail blood vessels near the
vocal cords and prevented the utter
ance Of a note.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-12-31
N8uvE FEuTloNs.

>suz- N---e "a --~s'> s--l-sA
az. Xxx D. >z> % admit thai
car tSsrs1zz- l1> rhe power Q
-~ ~re-Zry- O-hsrS 81
~ -e o. cgafu>s-i - 70
z slus of the natives,
W v u,l1- 90 Fuo1elr any
~ they have
--> i s. r=-r -n--1lniJs- tern
cV -al ri-a-s- 1r moral
~ rights virh many li11i-
S % -a N men Who
s-E IL Noua-lhy never
Rl nor vr-id rh=F permit
-zr ~ ---rl--ll rl-1-S q Iae
natives -l5 b-z l--alrs-i- II any
~ar wzr~a=vz- uz III contrary
-rr h- and tn evidence
zs r a-=ie- 11a- The Men.
tr va --zI-v 6eS-roylns
re -r1I rights ~ rhe natives
zSE an o-hr 5uh2b5tanJz-
Nr- s--5tz> ar u-=Ssur-.
--sS-r-sr7v-S
r--> r--.5Sdou 10 an
rer- ~ -u=Sro1 : asked
ar -hr -zusnze W=-e
a-r 49, AKA - -h= friends Of
z-zzra-- with v5ew 10 PIE
Fe-- s=-=crfz- -6 n rbe
~ NJ Ttu-s-o1 and lIr.
H a-n51-rlr able To
-t a-r S-<acs r- suuar-
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-12-31
CARPETS GOING OUT.

Oriental Rugs Largely Taking Their
Places.
The New York Tribune says that
one Of the most noticeable changes
IN the furnishing Of modern houses
and apartments may be found in the
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-12-31
Can't
This is the complaint of IN
thousands at this season. m ~
They have no appetite; food - e. u

thousands at this season. n q -
They have no appetite; food - e. u
does not relish and otter fails to digest.
causing severe suffering. Such people
need the toning NJ of the stomach and
digestive organs which course of Hoods
sarsapa-illa VIII give them. 1t also puri-
hes and onriches the blood, cures that dis
tress after eating and
Internal Misery
Only q dyspeptic can know, creates an
sppetite, overcomes that tired feeling and
builds up and sustains the whole physical
system. 1t so promptly and effectively
relieves dyspeptic symptoms and cures
nervous headaches, that it seems to have
almost a magic touch"
Distress After Eating.
al have been troubled with Indigestion
for some time. After eating anything
that was sweet was sure to experience
great difficulty and distress. Last fall
began taking Hoods sarsapariIla and am
glad to say that my stomach trouble has
entirely disappeared. / can now eat a
hearty meal Of almost any kind of food
and have no trouble afterwards. Hoods
Sarsaparilla has also cured me OF nervous
spells" JOIN h HoMRIGHAUsEs,
Wheatland, Iowa. Such cures prove that
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-12-31
I'd Mont Blanc Vow.

The French are TO build a railway
up Mont Blanc that is to be finished
within three years. The road will have
five tunnels and eighteen bridges. 1t
is expected that it will surpass in en-
cheering the famous Junfrau road
which is eight miles in length.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-12-31

No freight train viii be run on the
railroad New Years Day.
The herald., 1897-11-28
A GREAT Oil WELL.
Its First Days Flow Was ID 4,5oO,OCC
Gallons.

The flow of oil from Kirkbridge No.
l we'll in Madison township, Sandusky
county, Ohio, began Nov. is, 1884. The
spectacle was one Of the most mag.
niticent ever witnessed in that part cf
the country. First appeared a column
of water rising eight or ten feet into
the air. This was followed by a blac K
stream of mud and sand which grad
ually changed to yellow. Then, with q
dcafening roar, the gas burst forth in
an immense column, hiding the derrick
from view.
AS this cleared away solid golden
column a foot in diameter shot from
the derrick floor 100 feet into the air.
there breaking into fragments and fall
ing in a shower of yellow rain for 4
quarter of a mile around. For period
of five hours this great column of oil
shot upward. In very few minutes
the field about the well was covered
several inches deep with petroleum.
Within three or four hours the bitches
for miles around were overf1owing with
oil Dams were constructed in order
that the product might be estimated.
but these We're overflowed and swept
away as rapidly as built.
Some persons living in the vicinity.
alarmed at the spectacle, packed their
household goods and fled. The Buck
eye Pumping station, mile distant.
was compelled to eXtinguish it's fires on
account of the gas, and all other fires
within the district We're put out. It
was a literal flood of oil, the estimated
production for the first twenty-four
hours being 14.560.OOO gallons.
The herald., 1897-11-28
GAME TROPHIES FOR FURNITURE.

bly, goes down on his hind legs to make
the hall porters a chair. 1t is the baby
elephant only that can be used in this
way,-though huge 'cosy-corner' has
been made by an enterprising taxider-
mist out of a full-gro elephant
This, however, was done more to show
the skill of the mounter than for prac-
teal purposes.
The skulls and bones of large ami
mails have many uses in animal furni-
ture. The sculs of lions and tigers are
highly polished and mounted with open
jaws on shield-shaped mahogany
boards In the jaws the dial of clock
is inserted Others are mounted so as
to form letter boxes for garden gates,
the letters being dropped between the
jaws.
From hippopotamus SOULS easy
smoking chairs are made, and from the
sides of some hang tobacco pockets
made from the ears of elephants or
wild asses.
Bent-iron hall-stands with snakes
twisted in and out through the pat
ten are another phase of the fad.
Almost any animal may be fitted up
so as to form a card receiver; a very
elegant one is made from the flying
oposSun. There is concern doing q
flourishing business in London which
keeps on hand a large variety of birds
so that customers may choose what
they like in the feathered line; and the
manager says that very often ladies
come with bits of silk or tapestry COW
erng that they may match it with a
poll-parrot or cockatoo of the same
shade. Such is fashion.
Copyright, 1897 by Bacheller Syndicate.
The herald., 1897-11-28

lamps. They are stuffed and mounted
on a stanC with rollers, and the bird
carries the lamp on the middle of it's
back
There is in the possession of Sir Rob-
ert Harvey horn hat-stand designed
by Sir Edwin Landseer. 1t is con-
structed from the horns of stays shot
in 1nvermark Forest by Sir Robert and
his father. a largo number of hat
stands have been made from Land
seers design, the original of which he
made for his own home; but Sir Rob-
ert Harvey's has the distinction of be-
ing the largest and having the finest
set of horns in England.
Among the most valuable big game
trophies now in existence is one COM
posed of the head and shoulders of
pair of American Bison, which were
shot by Landseer and arranged to form
an ornament for his study wall These
and an otter chair We're the favorite
trophies of the great painter.
But the East Indian ''man-eater" is
the treasure of treasures. The sports
man VINO brings that home in his
game-bag has made his reputation be-
yond all peradventure, and will always
have an admring audience for his
sporting yarns. There seems to be no
limit to the number of useful and orna-
mental ways in which this beast may
be disposed of. A tiger-skin rug will
always bring a good price; and if the
skin happens to be NANCY or discol-
ored the head can be mounted as a
foot-stool and the claws can be pol
ished and made into articles of jeWelry
One of the most striking of all articles
of animal furniture has just been pre-
pared by a London firm for an Indian
prince,-a huge easy chair made from
the skin of q man-eater. The seat,
back, and arms are covered with the
skin, and the head and fore paws ap-
pear over the back. So realistic is the
crawling attitude of the beast, as it
appears to be coming over the back of
the chair that at first glance it is
startling.
An elephants foot seems, at first
sight, to be about the least useful and
most hopelessly unornamental thing on
earth, but a clever taXidermist has hit
upon a plan for making it into an ar
tistic piece of furniture. The larger
feet are carefully stuffed, and mounted
as liqueur stands, the covers being
made of undressed alligator skin. They
are lined with either crushed satin or
plush. The smaller feet are made into
foot-stools and door-stops, and some
into cigar and tobacco boxes.
Innumerable funny things have been
done with the smaller varieties of mon
keys. They manage to look absurd in
almost any position in which they are
placed. Nothing could look more gro
teSQCN than tinV nj
end OF a mantle holding pair of light
ed candles, or a couple of these funny
little animals chasing each other up the
stem OF lamp; but since they have
become the slaves of fashion, these are
their ordinary duties
| Even the cumbersome elephant hum
The herald., 1897-11-28
ALL ABOUT THE
WOMAN Of FASHION.
The Horse Show as an Object
Lesson in Fashionable
COlOrs.
ORANGE AT NIGHT.
Ihe Correct Picture Hat for
Athletic Girls With
Square Faces.

There is nothing like an object les
son 10 NIX fact in ones mind. In mat
'ers OF dress we have always two an
nual object lessons from which to learn
The ways of fashion for the ensuing six
inonths-Easter for spring and sum-
'ner, and the Horse Show for fall and
winter
FROM the horse show we have learned
that yellow in it's various tints is to
oe the fashionable evening color. 1t
would be a little far-fetched to say
that the popularity of the golden color
mas anything to do with the craze for
getting the yellow metal. but the coin
cidence remains, and there is no deny
ing that it is all very appropriate. Two
shades are the really correct thing, and
those to whom the color is not becom-
ing need not lament this fact, for one
cannot look worse in two unbecoming
shades combined than in one by itself
Deep orange and pale gold look much
better in fact than in fancy. They are
used in hats and capes for evening
wear, and the horsiest and most swag-
ger swells of New York's horse show
have been paradirg the combination
for the past week.
The most gorgeous example appeared
in q cape which was so made that 1t
showed to best advantage when the
wearer was standing. There were long
stoles of deep orange velvet which
hung nearly to the bottom of the bro
caded silk skirt. These stoles were
yelled with fine creamy lace and edged
with white Thibet. The orange velvet
also formed the broad, Medici collar.
with a lining of white Thibet. that
stood up around the head and face.
Tha pale. gold velvet formed the capes
that hung down over each arm. An
evening hat to match this handsome
wrap was made of two shades of yellow
velvet. with white lace and aigrettes
for trimming.
A fetching hat which could easily be
copied by woman of taste. graced a
box ut the horse show for more than
one evening. 1t was a large hat. but
fortunately the boxes at the Garden"
are so arranged that those behind are
not disconnected in the least by any
kind of headgear. however monstrous.
The hat in question began with Tam
O'Shanter crown of jetted velvet.
Around this was gathered a frill of fine
white lace about three inches wide
The herald., 1897-11-28
Stuffed Parrot the Queens Fruit Stand,
and Bear Dumb Waiter to the
Prince Of Wales.

The fad for Transforming big game
trophies into useful and ornamental ar
ticles of furniture, has for some time
been prevalent in England. Deceased
pets, also, are no longer buried and for
gotten, but are sent to the taxidermist.
who Shortly returns them stuffed and
mounted to again take their places in
the family circle.
When the Prince of Wales visited
Russia, he brought back with him a
huge black bear which he had shot. 1t
was his intention to have the skin alone
preserved, but at the earnest entreaty
OF the Princess he was prevailed upon
to have it stuffed; so it was sent to a
taxidermist. A few weeks later, when
the Prince entered his smoking room at
Marlborough House, he was surprised
to find the big animal standing before
him with tray on which We're a bottle
of spirits and a number of glasses.
Since then it has been the aspiration
OF every sportsman to have bear in
his hall or Smoking-room. One of the
largest stuffed bears is in the possess
sion of the Baroness Eckhardstein 1t
was shot in Alaska and mounted by
ROLAND Ward, who gave it to the
Baroness on the day she was married.
In Its paw it holds an electric torch
which floods the hall with a soft red
light.
When the pet parrot belonging to the
Prince of Wales perished in the claws
OF his favorite cat, it was considered
TOO beautiful to consign to Mother
Earth; so it was mounted as a flower
and fruit stand, and presented to the
queen on her SEVENTEEN birthday, and
is now useful ornament in Windsor
Castle.
AS usual with all fads, this one has
been run to an extreme. Some animals
were never intended to be turned into
furniture; and the giraffe is certainly
one OF these. Still, one of the most eX-
penslve, ugliest, and most uncomfort-
able chairs ever constructed is made
out of giraffe. 1t belongs to Mr. ].
Gardiner Muir by whom the animal
was shot: evidently Mr.. Muir did NOT
mean to be left, even if he had no
bear.
From the argus pheasant some beau
tiful fire-screens have been designed.
The first was made for the Countess
Mayo from a bird shot by the late Earl
of Singapore, two weeks before he was
asSassinated. few very exquisite
fire-screens have been made from pea-
cocks, and they are by far the most
gorgeous, but owing to the supersti-
ton that peacock feathers bring bad
luck it is hardly likely that they will
ever become popular.
Bird lamps, too, are becoming fash.
ionable. A very handsome and extreme.
ly expensive one is made out of tbs
black swan. The bird is stuffed and
placed in the position in which il
swims. The neck is. curved back unit
the head reaches the center of the
back, and in the bill is held the stem OF
the lamp. This is mounted on a heavy
mirror. The ostrich and the emu are
much used for piano and staircase
The herald., 1897-11-28
THE BEGINNINGS
OF CHRISTMAS.
New Design in Rings That
Button Around the
Napkin.
STRIPS OF LINEN
Embroidered With the Initial
of the Individual Who
Will Use 1t.

Thrifty and provident souls who are
always on time with everything that
is expected Of them have doubtless fin-
ished all their Christmas presents and
folded them carefully in tissue paper
to await their day of triumph. The
plain. everyday. procrastinating NOR
tai. however, who never for any con-
sideration does to-day what she can
possibly put Off until tomorrow, Is at
this moment cudgeling her brains to
decide upon what she will make for
Christmas just as soon as Thanksgiv-
ing is over. For such as these a de-
scription of some dainty novelty may
be helpful in solving the vexed prob
The herald., 1897-11-28
Sarah Bernhardt.

When Sarah Bernhardt began, she
worked for year and a half for $40 a
month, and even that amount was un-
earned. as 1t was paid to her, although
she did not know it, not from the treas
ury of the theater but from the pocket
of friend. The box office considered
her absolutely worthless. That Is the
story told by the friend who paid the
money, in signed article published in
Figaro; and there isn't the slightest
doubt Of its truth.