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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-12-21
P0LYNESIAN NAVIGATION.

Mr. S. Percy Smith in his sever
al very interesting addresses on
the origin and migration of the
POlynesian races, insists that the
inhabitants of islands lying some
thousands of miles apart, fire.
quently visited each other in ca
noes. The question arises at once,
how did these early navigators lay
and keep their courses, without
the compassionate did they have?
If they steered by the stars, how
did they do it?
Fernandez agrees with Mr..
Smith in the belief that there
were many long voyages made in
the early days. He and Mr.. Smith,
therefore, having assumed that
these long voyages were made,
believe and claim that
there must have been a sufficient
and correct method of navigation.
Those who disagree with them
claim that if there was any suffi-
cient art or instrument of naviga-
ton, there would be evidences of
it at the present time, or at least
tradition about it. Fernandez
says that the Norsemen visited
Iceland and Greenland without a
compass, and therefore the Poly
nesians might leave Hawaii and
reach Tahiti, without a compass.
But Iceland and Greenland are
barn doors in comparison with
which Tahiti is only a needle ris-
ing out of the ocean. A Morse
man, sailing north would invari-
ably hit something, and then
coast. The Polynesian would hit
the needle point of Tahiti or be
lost.
The theory of migration by
stars seems to be unsound, be-
cause there is no way of correct
ing the courses, when currents
and winds prevail. A drift of a
few miles in one day ON a voyage
to Tahiti, could not be corrected.
lOnly the sextant and quadrant fix
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-12-21

derstand thereal conditions of our
social life, willrealize the supreme
Importance of making the Grimm
al class understand, that he who
maliciously kills, must quickly
step on the scaffold.
In the case of the japanese con-
yicted of killing a woman and
child, the Government furnished
the prisoner excellent counsel,
and betrayed the expense of OBJ
tanning testimony for him. Neither
the japanese officials here, nor the
japanese residents offered to as
sist their countryman, ON the
ground, we understand, that they
believed in this mans guilt.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-12-21
SWIFT JUSTICE.

The conviction of Kamalo at La
haina. of the murder of a Chinese
woman is another case which
shows the rapid and admirable
work of our Judicial and admin
istrative service. He was charged
with the crime on November Doth,
and was tried, convicted on De
.cember 18th. There is no sugges-
ton whatever that his rights were
not protected, or that the speedy
trial had prevented him from
making a proper defense.
The conviction also of the Jap
anese who killed a japanese wo-
man and her child at Waikapu,
was another instance of speedy
and dignified justice. The faith
full work of Judge Kalua, of the
prosecuting officers, and of the
jury, all of whom kept the Court
in session and at work during
many days, and far into the nights
should be appreciated by the com
munity. OF course, they simply
discharged their duties, but they
discharged them with unusual di-
ligence.
Apparently, there is an epidemic
of crime. 1t is rather only coin
cidence that so many murders
have been committed within a
short space of time. Those who un,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-12-21
An Ordination.

AT st. Andrews Cathedral, Sunday
morning, the Bishop of Honolulu, held
an ordination service, when Mr.. VIM.
Ault, assistant teacher at Iolani col
leg and who recently came out from
England. was ordained deacon. He
is now the Rev. VIM Ault. The CATH
edral was presented to the Bishop by
the Rev. v. H. Kitcat, and the Rev.
John osborne preached the sermon
The Revs. Alex. Macintosh and L.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-12-21
TIMELY TOPICS
ALAUGHING CAMERA!

Did you ever hear of
such a thing Or, better
still, have you seen one?
The idea is enough to make
one smile. but a glance
through the camera itself
will make the holder scream
with laughter. Every object
is caricatured and made to
appear utterly ridiculous.
There is more real fun to be
secured through the posses
sion of one of these Cameras
than in a whole heap of
comic picture books. Get
one and see for yourself.
The price is only 75c.
A GOOD THING to have
about your house is a TEA
BALL. This is a decided
novelty; dry tea is enclosed
in pretty, solid silver, or
silver-plated perforated ball
attached to a very fine chain.
All you have to do when you
want a cup of tea is to steep
this ball in a cup of boiling
water and allow it to remain
for a few minutes and the
results a beautiful cup of tea
free from leaves. This makes
a really handsome as well as
a useful Xmas present.
From the very heavy list
of Xmas presents, we may
mention a beautiful Solid
Silver Child's Dinner Set
(knife, fork and SPOON with
real mother of pearl handles
"a really exquisite present.
CARVER SETS, single or
double, in case complete, in
many patterns and prices.
ALCOHOL LAMPS, with
kettle. Invaluable in a home.
TOILET SETS in beautiful
designs and at low prices.
LAMPS. All kinds, from
the most elaborate high art
lamp down to the common
or garden lamp. We have
them to burn.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-12-21
THE KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS.

Men and women. informed by
much travel, visit these Islands
and on looking at the Kameha
meha schools say: Here in these
distant parts are found the de
signs and best thoughts of the
Iold civilization. Within those walls
we see the facilities and the in.
structors which may make young
men and women equal, so far as
knowledge and training 90, with
jail other young men and women
in the world" A thousand com
Imunities among the great civiliz-
led races do not have this rare OPP
portunity. The final belief that
in manual training is the best So
luton of the problem before the
average boy and grid is dominant
in these schools. In the manual
skill is found the arsenal which
holds the best weapons for the
battle of life among the common
people.
These institutions are probably
the last and browning effort of
philanthropy to equip the native
Hawaiians with the means of
holding themselves against the
and in some respects
cruel tide of foreign
invasion. The invasion itself
is natural, just, and in accordance
with the growth of the world. But
it is a thoughtful and splendid
that offers to equip the ma
tive with the means of standing
up against it.
In the social history of these
Islands, students hereafter, will
mediate upon the curious evolu-
ton, by which a wise and thought
full foreign" brain and heart,
with quiet and subtle influence,
in domestic life, moulded and CO
with the native founder
of these schools, in providing for
the Hawaiians the most valuable
gift that the wisdom of man, with
his present knowledge, could be
stow.
The dedication of the chapel,
yesterday was, in the language of
Mr.. S. NJ. Damon, speaking in the
name of Mr.. Bishop: "The crown
ing work of this effort for Hawai-
ian progress"
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-12-21
THE JAPANESE MATTER.

When President Mckinley says
in his message that: ''the questions
which have arisen between Japan
and Hawaii by reason of the treat
ment of japanese laborers emigrat-
ing to the Islands under the Ha-
waiian japanese convention of
1888, are in satisfactory stage of
settlement by negotiations" he
makes a curious error. All of the
correspondence between the Gov
ernments of Hawaii and Japan,
makes little reference to the Con-
vention of 1886 (not 1889. That
convention regulated immigration
to these Islands, and provided that
the Government of Hawaii should
send to Japan for laborers, and the
agent of the japanese Government
should supply them. After a while
the planters went behind'' the
Convention and secured laborers
in another way, and the japanese
emigration companies also went
behind" the Convention. Both
Governments stood aside and
ignored it.
The chief point now made by
Japan, in the dispute is, not that
the Convention had been abandon
ed but that the treaty of 1871 has
been violated. The chief point
made by our own Government is,
that we have the 'Einalienable"
right to violate it, under certain
conditions. The arbitrator must
decide the question.
The curious inaccuracy of the
Presidents message seems to indi-
cate that the State Department has
not very carefully studied the case.
There is no special reason that it
should, after arbitration was agreed
upon. But the historical error re-
mains.
In the event of annexation, if
this dispute is not settled, the State
Department will master the sub
ject.
The negotiations regarding the
dispute viii probably not be trans
ferred to Washington, because
there is no occasion for it. If the
japanese can get better terms from
the United States, with the consent
of Hawaii, the matter might be re-
moved to Washington. We have
some reason to believe that the Jap
anese Government is quite satisfied
with the situation as it is.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-12-21
Six Months.

Jack Thompson, after whose scalp
the Police have been hunting for many
moons past, has been convicted at last,
after many narrow escapes. Arraigned
in the Police Court yesterday morn
ing he defended himself against the
charge of vagrancy, preferred by De-
tective KAPPA, but his ability as law
yer did not show to very good advan-
tage, and Jack was sentenced to six
months at hard labor on the reef An
appeal has been noted.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-12-21
A GRAND ANNIVERSARY.

Thrty-rWo wears ago today
the r.eaGle 81 the United States
strurk from their Federal cOnsti-
tuion that provision which recog-
uizsd and maintained human
slavery. Lincoln had by proclaim
alton emancipated the slaves as a
var measure. but only a handful
81 them were free. Ii was ray
81 sunshine over a vast glacier,
melting mererly the edges. For
the war was oonfned to the bord-
er lands The Amendment re
moved d curse which injured the
white man more than it did the
black II yon put a chain around
sae neck % q slave. the other end
fasfanS itself around yOHr own"
Bur the abolition could not be
done AZ once. The instruction
81 theurh1 proceeds 10 insurrec-
rion 81 arms. Abraham Lincoln
IN IS62 said II he could pre-
ssTFe the Union without abolish
INK slavery he would do so.
Ol,edience Ia law was stronger
than conscience II took up the
sword 10 maintain the Constitu-
non. but the sword struck
through the Constitution. and cut |
Of Tn ferrers Of the slave. The ma
tion eravitated towards the right /
slCuly bur surely. The South is
sill struggling IN the debris of
IL social wreck Thirty-two years
IN the life Of a nation is only
81 time. For the penalty i
u compromising with wrong. the
Divine Court sentenced the North
10 yieid up $4,000 lives and pay
the largest hne. known 10 authen- 4
nc history Already a billion of
dollars has been paid. and each
yeare 81 now pays sl5O.OOO,OOO in ;
dischar-e Of the penalty.
Tf7e negro was the gamer from
Tn beginning. for he was brought
under some civilization. But
gradually improving in the mass. Il
b. = still a standing menance to !
good government. The lesson out
q all This j. written in bold char !
arters across the sky above this
community But the wheels Of +
oouscience. clogged with sugar. 4
move slowly.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-12-21
Sales
With Hoods Sarsapa- UR M
rilla, "saIes Talk" and AHX
show that this medi- n 80 J ~

cine has enjoyed public confidence and
patronage to a greater extent than any
other proprietary medicine. This is be-
cause it possesses greater medicinal merit
and produces greater cures than any other.
1t is not what we say, but what Hoods
Sarsaparilla does, that
Tells the Story.
All advertisements of Hoods Sarssparilla,
like Hoods Sarsaparilla itself, are honest.
We have never deceived the public, and
this with its superlative medicinal merit,
is why the people have abiding confidence
in it, and buy Hoods Sarsaparilla almost
to the exclusion of all others.
Customers Want Hoods.
"We order Hoods Sarsaparilla in large
quantities and it is the only blood purifier
which druggist can buy in large quanti-
ties without risk. 1t is selling very rapidly
and customers who buy it once are sure
to call for Hoods the next time. We be-
lieve Hoods Sarsaparilla must possess
true merit in order to retain its popular
ity. Its sales exceed all similar prepara-
lions and its praises are often heard"
L. SoMMER & Son, Springfield, Illinois.
Thousands of druggists say the same.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-12-21

Byrde also assisted in the service,
which was interesting and impressive.
The newly ordained deacon is young
man who has already made a very
favorable impression.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-12-21
A SHARP TRICK

When the U. S. Commissioner S. C.
Hurlburt attempted many years ago, to
obtain from the Congress of Columbia,
an exclusive right for the United States
to construct and own canal across the
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-12-21

The Kinau is due from Maui and
Hawaii ports early this afternoon.
The Press., 1897-09-02
A Typical Kansas Town,

Mir. William Allen White, in the August Atlantic, has paper entitled "A Typical Kansas Town," in which he says :-
 Women shape the public sentiment in a Kansas town. In most towns in other states the corners of the principal streets are occupied by dram-shops. . In the town where this paper is written, the in- huence of women has been exerted so forcibly that three of the four corners where the two main streets cross are retreat on the fourth corner stands a bookstore. Here the boys and young men of the town find meeting place. Here they make their appointments. Here they browse through the weekly illustrat- ed papers and the magazines and look through the new books. In this bookstore the football games are bulletined, the baseball games are talked over and poli- tics finds its forum. Among all the boys and men who frequent this resort there Is no habitual thinker; there Is not one whose name has been stained with soan- dal. These young men are business men, real estate brokers and college students. They are clean, shrewd, active young men, who have been brought up in town where the women make public sentiment, in town of "pettfcoat government Where in a woman has never held an administra- tive municipal office. It Is a town of eight thousand inhabitants, without a saloon, without a strange woman, and without town drunkard.
The Press., 1897-09-02
HER REFORMED O4ET.

Mrs. Newligh& Makes a Series of As4ound-
 tng Discoveries
 It's just awful bow crimtnally ta- norant I've been regarding our food" said Mrs Newlight to her husband the other day. II can never be thankful enough that joined Professor Scarems s class in domestic science. My! It's @ wonder we're not all dead, ignorant as I've been. There's one thing sure. George Newlight-thege'n be DO moae tomatoes on my tabIe'
 "Why7''
 Because Professor Scarem explained to us today how tomatoes cause mark ed arrest of vital activity in those who eat them, and he proved that the acid of tomatoes acts almost like poison on the membrane of tbe stomach. Then I'm done with any berries thas have seeds in on my table. '
 "I'd like to know why?''
 You wouldn't t ask If you d heard the professor talk on appendicitis and its cause A single dish of raspberriee or strawberries may bring on that awful trouble It's fearful to think of the risks people will run just to gratify the palata And here we've always allowed our children to have sugar and cream on their oatmealf'
 What of it7''
 Well. you'd say What of it?' if you could bear the professor explain how the combination of oatmeal and cream aud sugar causes dreadful gases to arise in the stomach and utterly retards diges- tion- I've not the slightest doubt that the awful spasm our little Mamie had last year was due entirely to this cause New1ight, they're simply rank poisonl And you'll get DO more white bread at my table"
 "Why not2'
 Because there's no more nutrition in it than there would be in bread made out of pure starch. Every bit of the nu- trittve element has been refined ost of it Itmakes those who eat it thin blood ed
 Do look thin blooded or as If ! lacked nutritiong' asked Newiight who weighs 199.
 ''That doesn't signify. You don't know what day you'll begin to break down under such bread We'll have nothing but graham or whole wheat flour hereafter And I've done with coffee too. If you could see and hear Professor Scarem demonstrate just how poisonous it Is to the whole human sys- tem you'd shun 1t as you shun opium. He says that cocoa shells is the only real safe warm drink.
 "I'd as soon drink dishwateB, said Newiight
 You'd better drink dishwateY than your poisonous coffee. If you'd only take httle time to study domestic sd- ence and look into this food business a little, it would be good thing for your health and the health of your family. There's lot more things we've been 1eopardizfng our lives by eating tn our criminal ignorance, and I'm going to cut all of them of our list ' And she did, which Is the reason that Newlight is taking most of his meals down town et present. nt.-Detroit Free Press
The Press., 1897-09-02
wasbsneton puzx,es Him.

''I have found my way across path1ess prairies where had never been before, and even through the tangled ma0es of a chaparral thicket, without getting lost, but Dever come to a strange city without getting absolutely bewildered, " said MT. H. M Barker of New Mexico
 "I have been to Washington at least 8 dozen times in the past three years, and yet 1t Is just as strange to me now, aft CT sojourn of two weeks, as it was the first time ever set foot in the district If get one block away from my hotel l lose my reckoning, and find myself wondering continually whether I am going toward the capitol or in the di- rection of the treasury. get sore with myself for being so slow to find my bearings, but hear other men owning up to the same difficulty, It certainly is queer that there should be such a difference between people, for know plenty of men that can go anywhere they choose in a city few hours after landing in it, but take them out into the country, and they would get lost like the babes in the woods Wash ington Post.
The Press., 1897-09-02
The Tent Business In Wintep.

Winter is dull season in the tent business in this latitude and devoted chiefly to making up stock for summer. Some tents are exported. though not a great number. They are sent to Mexico. Central America and the West Indies Such tents are sold the year around They are used as quarters for laborers on railroads, canals and other works
 The few tents sold in winter for use in this region are sold mostly to gyp- sies, who buy in winter for summer use. They buy usually secondhand tents, and, buying in winter, they get good tents cheap. But little is done in rent ing tents in winter, though occasionally large tent is rented for 8 cornerstone laying or some public ceremony, and in these modern days such tents are some- time steam heated. the pipes being sup piled with steam from portable boilers New York Sun.
The Press., 1897-09-02
TALE OF 4 RUNAWAY PIG.
His Fondness For Potato Patches Led Him
 Into Trouble

Into Trouble
 In the old home we once had funny little pig. He was generally to be seen In the act of running away. Hardly ever do remember seeing his face toward ma He also had knack of getting away from all the other pigs
 The field next the hOuse-the "home 6eId," as we used to call it-was kind of common for the hogs, cattle and fowls The next was potato field, and the little pig had taken 1t into his head to get into that one, How be got in DO one could tell, for the field was well fenced and there was DO opening through which be could enter. How did he get in?
 One day watched He wandered in a sort of unnoticeable way toward a crooked old log, across which the fence had been buih
 Suddenly, though closely watching. ] lost sight of my little friend. But before had recovered from my surprise was astontshed to see him in the potato field
 Well. DOW. that Is very strange" I said How did be do itY''
 went to the old log. and, 10, 1t was hollow The whole trick became quite clear to me.
 went into the potato field to drive him out, intending to steer him toward the end of the log so that he might get out the same way be got in. Here he had the best of me entirely. He either could not oz would not see the log and maintained such an air of ignorance on that point that had to give up the task in despair, drive him out by the gate and bring him home by @ long, round about way.
 The next day made up my mind to play trick on him, and 1 did went out very early and moved the log just 0 little so that both ends would be in the ''home feld.''
 Then 1 stood at some distance off and watched. never was more amused in my life He separated himself from the other pigs and then went toward the old log and got In and through 1t and Gas potato field. I could understand this by the way he immediately began to sniff for the potatoes But. finding none, he seemed somewhat puzzled.
 Somehow 1t dawhed on him that be was still in the home field, and he con- oluded that he had not gone through the log. So he went through it once more, but only to find himself again in the ''home field"
 This seemed to puzzle him more than ever. He looked around in astonishment. could clearly see that expression on his face. For a moment he stopped and was evidently thinking very hard. Once more be got through the log, with the same result of finding himself in the ''home field.
 This time, am sure. if he could have talked he would have cried out, ''Spooks"
 He stood quite still for few seconds, sniffed the air. and could distinctly see the bristles on bis back gradually rising up on end Suddenly be uttered peculiar kind of "bock" and ran with all his might toward the other pigs
 The little pig was never seen in that part of the field again. Many time we tried to drive him to the old log, but we could not get him to go.-Ladies' Jour- nal
The Press., 1897-09-02
HE ATE AT HEADQUARTERS.
A Hungry Newspaper Reporter Who In
 Vtted Himself to Grants Table.

A Hungry Newspaper Reporter Who In
 vtted Himself to Grants Table
 After the officers at headquarters had obtained what sleep they could get, they arose about daylight, feeling that in all probability they would witness before night either a fight or a foot race-a fight if the armies encountered each other. a foot race to secure good posi- tions if the armies remained apart
 General Meade had started south at dawn. moving along the Germanna road. General Grant intended to remain in his present camp till Burnside arrived, in order to give him some directions in per son regarding his movements. The gen. eral sat down to the breakfast table aft CT nearly all the staff officers had finish ed their morning meal. While he was slowly slipping his coffee young news paper reporter. whose appetite, combin- ed with his spirit of enterprise, had gained @ substantial victory over his modesty, slipped up to the table, took @ seat at the farther end and remarked, Well. wouldn't mind taking cup of something warm myself if there's no objection. Thereupon seizing coffee pot be poured out full ration of that soothing army beverage, and. after help ing himself to some of the other dishes, proceeded to eat breakfast with an appe- tite which had evidently been stimulated by long hours of fasting.
 The general paid no more attention to this occurrence than he would have paid to the flight of bird across his path He scarcely looked at the intruder, did not utter word at the time and made DO mention of 1t afterward It was & fair sample of the imperturbability of his nature as to trivial matters taking place about him-General Horace Por- ter in Century.