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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-10-06

Japan spends a considerable amount
upon her education. According to a
recently published report it reaches
15,526,101 yen, being an increase of
2,S52,2S1 yen over the previous fnan-
cial year. This at the present rate
of the yen is about S7,7O0OOO. Of this
amount S,249,65s yen goes in salaries
and 7,27G,443 yen in school buildings,
school equipment and so forth. In
this country we spend S4S2,S0 for all
salaries and $136,500 for other eXpen-
SEES including school buildings, school
equipment and so forth. Our popula-
ton is now probably 10000; that of
Japan over 100000. We spend at
the rate of over S. per head of our
population, Japan at the rate of seven
fortieths of dollar per head.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-10-06

ties upon certain specified goods in the
treaties. The statutory tariff will
vary at the will of the Japanese leg
islature. The United States will have
the benefit of the conventional tariffs
through the most favored nation"
clause in its treaty.
Our trade with Japan is compare
lively nil, the value being O.Os per
cent of our total exports so that it
will not directly effect us, but it is
interesting to see what the duties on
some articles that come from the Unit
ed States will be. Alcohol will be 40 per
cent, red and white wines will be 35
per cent, this affects California;; beer
is charged at 25 per cent, tobacco in
leaf 35 per cent, cigars, cigarettes and
cut, 40 per cent; boots and shoes 20
per cent, raw sugar per cent and re-
fined 90 per cent. OF course there is
a far larger list than this, extending
to some 1870 articles in all.
The new tariff provides that rice,
raw wool, and raw, waste and spun
cotton should be free. With the con-
slant communication that we have
with Japan there is no reason why
we should not find a market for our
wool there, though of course the prin-
cipal exporter of wool to Japan is
Australia. The new tariff comes into
force just at the time when the Unit
ed States is seeking to expand her
manufacturing trade and it will be of
the greatest interest to see how it af-
fects this expansion.
Next year Japan definitely takes her
position as the equal of the western
powers, with rights and privileges
similar to them. The old foreign res
idents in Japan resent the change
very much, but that is ever the way of
people who have enjoyed special i'm
munities. They dislike to see them
swept away. 1t is for the advantage
of progress that they should be swept
away.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-10-06
ABSTRACT ARGUMENT.

One of the marks of our insularity
and our narrowness is that every
question discussed is applied personal
ly. This we shall lose when we be-
come an actual part of the United
States, taking an active interest in the
questions which agitate that country
as whole, and cease to hang in the
air like Mahomet's tabled coffin, being
of the States but not in them. Criti-
cize the action of the government in
any direction, and it is at once argu-
ed that the critic wishes to down some
particular minister, and nine times
out of ten one of his colleagues is
credited with having inspired him.
Use the case of an appointment as a
pivot for argument and the average
insular mind thinks that the object
is to injure the appointee.
In the case of the constitutionality
of Mr.. Loebenstein's being granted a
contract to do work for the govern
tative of the house, that gentleman's
personality and qualifications are not
in question. The Star has expressly
stated that Mr.. Loebenstein is one of
the foremost in his profession, and
that he is amply qualified for the
work. The question is not Mr.. Loeb
enstein at all, it is one of mere alb
stract right. According to the con-
stitution is such a contract legal? If
there was no clause AZ in the Consti-
tuition it would certainly be legal and
eminently proper, but that clause be-
ing there, is it right or is it not (?
The reasons for the whole action of
the trainers of the Constitution have
been given, and it only remains to de-
eide whether the section applies in
this case. 1t is the duty of a public
print to call attention, because a pre-
cedent might be established for the
future, which might be misused.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-10-06

Marching a contingent of the men
of the New York regiment, around
the Island of Oahu, is good
move on the part ofsthe military au-
thorites. 1t will give the men eXer-
else, will harden their muscles and
give them a very pleasant outing. For
the officers, besides the experience of
taking care of their men on the march
and the pleasure of seeing a new coun-
try, there will be the opportunity of
becong acquainted with the topogra-
ply of the Island, and the usual prac-
tice of making plans and sketches of
the country marched through. 1t is
to be hoped the detachment will find
fine weather on the other side.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-10-06
THE JAPANESE TARIFF.

The new tariff in Japan brings that
power into entirely new commercial
relations with the western powers.
When the treaties were concluded to
go into full effect on July 10 of next
year, it was also provided that the
tariff might go into effect on Janu-
airy LIST of that year, and as a conse-
quence the publication, piven in these
columns yesterday, was made. Four
countries, viz: Great Britain, Germa-
ny, France and Austro- Hungary,
have now conventional tariffs which
will last as long as the treaties are in
force; these consist of advalorem du-
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-10-06
GET YOUR STRENGTH BACK.

We all like to be strong. We like
to feel our muscles creeping under
the skin, as though they wanted us to
call them to act and TO work. But
what is strength? What creates It'll
In five words-Strength comes from
digeSted food. When this vital pro
cess is retarded, what should you
expect to follow? Why, weakness,
to be sure, and by and by Torpid Liver,
Loss of Flesh, Mental Dependency,
then a Hacking Cough and, very
likely, either a slow Consumption
that may make you miserable for
years, or a quick one that will send
you to the churchyard in six weeks.
That's how strength goes and what
happens afterwards II there is any
power to help in such cases it is
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-10-06
WAMPOLE'S
PREPARATION,

of the nutritive properties Of Pure
Cod Liver Oil, extracted by us from
fresh cod liyers, rendered tdSteleSS and
odorless, combined with the Syrup Of
Hypophosphites Compound, Extracts
of Malt and Wild Cherry Bark. 1t is
a medicine made in the light Of
modern science, with all experience
to go by. 1t has no rival; its merit is
wholly its own. 1t is no out of date
mixture, but an effective remedy
squarely up to the times and in
fact ahead Of them. Genuine gives
results from the first dose. Palatable
as honey. You cannot be disappointed
in it. Sold by chemists everywhere.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-10-06

The Panama people are beginning
to agitate about their canal again.
The Panama Star after a silence of
years, is now vigorously putting for
ward the claims of the lsthmus as
against the Nicaragua route. 1t is
rather too late in the day to bolster
up lost cause. Most people have
completely lost faith in the Panama
canal scheme.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-10-06
nORRIS K. KEOHOKALOLE s.
LOUIS K. McGREW.

OFFICE: No. IS Kaahumanu street,
Honolulu; formerly A. Rosa's office.
United States Custom House Brol-
ers, Accountants, Searchers of I'll
ties, and General Business Agents.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-10-06
Sulk.y Flows
to the smallest
Rice PlOws
But it is on our
Plantation
Breaking and
Double Mold
Board Flows.

that we chiefly pride ourselves.
These are in use on nearly
every plantation on the ISL
ands. Only within the last
three weeks we have sold a
number of the large plows to
take the place of place ofplows
from other firms which had
been returned as unsatisfac-
tory.
The great advantage of the
Perfect pillow is that it requires
less animals to draw it, and
cuts an excellent furrow with
out digging down.
HAWAIIAN HARDWARE co
FORT ST., opp. Spreckels' Bank.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-18
Words to Be Remembered.

Several weeks ago President MoKrnNY,
In declining an invitation Of Gen. RREoKnE-
RrDon to review the troops at Chickamauga.
took the occasion to cay that the highest
tribute that can be paid to the soldier IL to
cay that he performed his full duty. The
field Of duty is determined by his Govern
ment, and wherever that chances to be 10
the place Of honor"
These words should be borne In mind by
all our volunteers to-day. Some Of them,
who are destined to garrison duty In Cuba
Porto Rico or the Philippines, do not like
that work, and would prefer to be mustered
out. Some who are In camps OF forts, with
q prospect Of remaining there for q time,
also chafe under the yoke Of the service.
They enlisted from patriotic motives, and
still desire to serve the country. but now
that active operations against Spain are
over, they do not see why they need DO
detained, and they desire to resume their
ordinary life.
But not until the treaty Of peace is signed
can the war be said to be ended. There 10
always q possibility that Spain may reject
some condition which we hold to DO essen
tial, and that she may find an ally In up
uOluuQk uoT EcJ0COiOu. AOONo ALI NO OdLuOb
discharge the obligations we have entered
into regarding Cuba, Porto Rico. and the
Philippines without the employment Of .
great body Of troops, and at least some Of
these must be volunteers.
The greatest mistake In this matter Ia to
suppose that there Ii N longer any chance
to render service Of o high character to the
Government. Those who went first to the
field, and were viotoriousth there. have already
Harnered t~heirlsurels. butwe can assure the
youth who are still to remain under theoolorS
that they viii be proud Of their service In
after life, even II they may never fire q hos
tile shot. As the President has well said,
"all nave helpedin the great cause, whether
In camp or battle, and when peace comes
all will alike be entitled to tho nations graf
itude." In this respect the volunteers will
be like the regulars, who do the duty as
signed them, whether In peace or war, leav-
ing the Government to determine what
that duty shall be.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-18
The TrOtters Moving Again.

After several years Of stagnanoy in the de-
velopment Of great trotting speed. Alix and
Azote having been gone for that length Of
time, the spark Of progress has been Lit
again by Tho Abbott, from Buffalo, and
Maud O., belonging to Mr.. BONNER.
Maud O. lately covered the mile on Mr..
BoNHER's slow track in 2so7H. and at Port
land on Wednesday, in the third heat Of the
ace won by Blngen, tho Boston Herald de-
scribes The Abbott as having "trotted from
the quarter to the three-quarters In 1901,
and the last half In 1902" which leaves 1t
an open question whether the three-Quar-
ters were done In 1893, at the rate Of
2:o4 for the milo, or In 1892, at the rate
Of 2.o9H, which is better thar the record.
The Abbott Ii not, in the general under
standing Of the trotting track, Of the tough
est "~race-horse" stock, and he lost the heat
In 2:osN but he has given pleasing evil
dence that the trotters are again advancing.
Three seconds and three-quarters still
divide the trotters from the goal Of two
minutes, and Star Pointer, the ludicrously
named, has given the PAGERS a lead over the
trotters Of four seconds and q half.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-18
TIE AuTHoRsH1p OF mD111En
The SONG That Stirred the Southern Heart
IN 1861.

The Song That Stirred the Southern Heart
IN 1861.
To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Formany
years the authorship Of the Southern words Of
Dixie" Live and die In Richmond" has
been disputed. 1t has been q mooted question
who was the original author Of the words.
/ can set the matter at rest with q certainty.
as / am the man who gave the words to the
press. as taken from the authors own lips, writ
ten down by my wi hand privately In his tent.
and sent to the Richmond Disqualification James
town Island. Va. I think in the last OF juno or
the first part Of July. 1851. The exact date I
do not remember at this time.
Those words were composed and set to the
tune OF Dixie" by E K. Harris. Q brilliant
younG man who had just entered the profession
oflAw. He was the son OF q prominent physician
Of GAINESVILLE. Va. The author was q member
OF the GAINESVILLE Blues. Company E. Four
teenth Virginia Regulars. underiCapt. Findley.
/ was q member Of the same company and q
close friend Of the author. There were three
companies formed in Mecklenburg county. Va.
at first call. the, Clerksytlle Blues. the Cham
9 Sisss S Sof. 4. o. aoo ods heckienoufe cavalry
We left the county for the camp Of instruction
II May u II fsSi. A1 Z T (. Aa %Hs's 'eoap 5ose ds "shoss
were y Played BY our band In camp long before
or our arrival i9 Richmond, at camp Of in;
sst IgSs onS 9q BIB band n K RilSSysd Spd e PRE- y w0s H.
and the sentiment Of t5em created quite
soldiers in eamp, from privates to the heId
officers, y, you'd paI collect az the quarters OF Com
Of INSTRUCTION. and thousandso Of citizens gath
cred to hear our band play It. IN e few weeks
our march to camp our band struck up Dixie"
and We were warmly greeted by oil the soldiers
PGSy baHd ypl stSsi0n aSl1 te'Fs and Al fte SFsss ga ssSs
manifested for the sentiment, Many wanted q
as ssp the aS Il was very dibfident and ' In no way
DESTROYS to become notorious. he managed to
SeeinG the interest manifested in those words
and the anxiety TO hear them byall. l asked the
fStm r. to bs be w kina e TSnsSt K fSs allow wb me to to COPY COPY
tent when we were in, private and no one else
WITCH Carried i1r az the Roi Sentiments Mas f9 q alv the en sou MGrd To-
the, public and let the world know, our feeling.
public. -'
e coli NM on %9t he Af hPSt page r. an! and n tSsy " we sRs r RaSi
old, It was never Known who sent thew the Words
to the press. neither did any one know the
eompanieS which We're IN camp toget6er from
ClarkBville, Va,
The song was copied By hundreds Of papers
South. stopping With our family. had the words
IN her scrapbook; clipped from 2 paper in
the Dispatch.
The author was q valiant soldier, and after
the war he returned home. married, and was
He was respected and loved by all who knew
him.. His high social character and legal ability
won for him hosts OF friends. He died before
arriving at old age. X. @. POWELL.
WILMINGTON. Del, Sept. 10.
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OUR FRIENDS IN GERMANY.
The Society of Ceramic Corporations Do,
Plores Hostile Feeling Toward Us.

The Society of Ceramic Corporation Do
plores Hostile Feeling Toward Us.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 1.-THE War Depart
ment has received from the Department of
State the following resolutions OF the Society
OF Ceramic Corporations tyerband Kera-
mischer Gewerkel:
From the record OF the twenty-frst gen.
eral assembly. 1893. OF the Society of Ceramic
Corporations. held at the Palast Hotel, Berlin.
June sc. 1898:
M Philip Rosenthal- Sell called the socle-
tvs attention to the fact that. according to his
personal knowledge. an unfair feeling exists
not only among the general public, but also In
business circles against the United States OF
Amerieai ana That a large majority Of the Ger
man political daily papers have taken a very
e1eltea ana unfair tone against the military
and naval operations OF the United States
would. therefore. be very desirable that
the Verband, keramischer Gewerkei In German
should publish Z, declaration that the above-
named society disapproves of these hostile
qualifications OF the German press and peo-
pie, and regrets their unfair actions exceed
ingly; as the, society thoroughly agrees with
the imperial government. which promised a
I b motion found a warm and unanimous
assent from the, full corporation, and IL was re-
solved 70 send the above 10 all ceramic papers
In the United States for publication"
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and botanical department for the Brit
ish West indies, which was TO cost $4,000
this year and $4,000 annually In future.
Improved communication would be Of little
utility, 80 long as the principal product OF
the islands, to wit, sugar, could not be ex-
ported att profit, Byimproved machinery,
some reduction In the cost Of producing
cane sugar might DO made, but this would
not avail to Offset the effect Of bounties,
which, It must DO remembered, may, at
any moment, be inoreaced. The sole aim
OF an agricultural and botanical depart
ment, devoted exclusively to the British
West Indies, would be, Of course, q diver
sion OF the energies Of their inhabitants
from sugar growing to the production OF
other commodities. This would be, at best. q
allow process, and It Is questionable whether
any other crop except the sugar cane would
meet the e1igenoies Of the case In over
poopled islands like Barbados. There sthis
to be said, however, for Mr.. OHAMBERnArNs
proposals., that they attest the absence Of
indifference upon his part, and q determine
ton to arouse the attention Of Parliament
to the necessity Of doing something to re-
vive the moribund industries Of the West
Indies. Once aroused, the House Of Com
mons may be persuaded to adopt q radical
solution Of the problem.
Unquestlonsbly, the solution is TO be
found in annexation to the United States.
Once convinced that in this way only can
the former prosperity Of the British West
Indies be regained, the British Government
would, probably, pay but little heed to the
unreasonable objection Of It's negro sub
jects to o change from which they would
receive material benefit. The fact that the
blacks In Jamaica have been deprived Of the
power Of selE-rula and are now governed
as subjects OF o Grown colony, is q recog-
milton Of their inability to discern and
further their own best interests. No n
knows better than the present head Of the
Colonial ONCE that, politically, the West
Indian negroes would be quite as well of
under what Is termed o Territorial Govern
ment In our Union as they are now, and that,
from an economical viewpoint, the change
would prove their salvation 1t is true that,
for strategic reasons, which are destined to
acquire great Importance On the opening Of
the Nicaragua Canal, the British Govern
ment might desire to keep certain fortified
stations for coallng and repair in or near
the Caribbean. But these purposes could
be answered by the retention Of st. Lucia
and the Bermudas.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-18

before Christmas. Tho first run will
probably DO to Bahia, the next TO Rio, the
next to Punta Arenas. BY that time some
thing more will be known of the real eitua-
ton at Manila. It has been suggested That
a run could be made thither by way Of our
coaling station at Pago Pago; but tits fully
expected that the real move will be from
Punta Arenas to Honolulu, where further
instructions will be found.
The progress OF events makes It clearer
and clearer that these are all the reinforce
ments which we shall need for the present
In the Pacific. To begin with, the over
hauling Of his ships which Admiral DEWEY
undertook, as soon as he was able to
do 90, has put them In fine condition,
and made them ready TO last out the
winter ct least on the station. Then the
great fighting capacity Of the Iowa and the
Oregon leaves him perfectly at ease regard
ing any emergency that might arise
through q change of attitude on the part Of
other powers. But each day seems to mako
our way clearer In the Philippines. The
assurance just given by Gen. OTrs that he
needs no more troops, and that the insur-
gents are likely to listen to reason, is M
Of several Indications that the path lies
open for US there.
1t IL wise. however, to send out the Iowa
and the Oregon. The news Of their going
will inform the world that we intend to
stand by our rights and to keep what be-
longs to us, while not far from the time
that these vessels may reach Manila we
shall have the Kearsarge and Kentucky to
supply their places on the Atlantic coast.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-18
Golf.

The great or ~non-great game Of golf, ac-
cording as 1t is Viewed by its two schools OF
critics, has flourished during its few years
Of life In this country like q castor oil plant
with the roots Of the oak. 1t has grown
with tropical speed, but It is believed
that 1t is planted to stay, and to stand all
tho competing attractions Of other games.
Golf enjoys the qualities which should
make 1t endure throughout civilization
until all the ~stillsvacant fields are needed
for the population, and some day, we are
sure, this particular country will boast the
individual known as the "open Champion"
Golf has not been with US long enough as
yet to develop q set Of professionals, and
we nave still to struggle to win u ANA
teur championship with a native player.
In 1894 the deciding game in the am
ateur championship was between two
original Britishers, MCDONALD and SToD-
DART. In 1895 American skill, In the per-
son Of SANDS, was represented in the final;
again in 1895 by THORPE, and again in
1897 by BELTS. This year there Is 40
retrogression, the final being again between
q Britisher, DOUGLAS, and the American,
SMITH. The standard of American play has
not only broadened but risen greatly. Not
only are there ten players where a few
years ago there was one, but on the aver
age the ten are better than was the one.
The obstacle that still bars US from cham
pion honors is that we have not yet evolved
a player in whom a free and finished style
has become so firmly established that 1t will
hold throughout q long tournament and keep
its owners best foot foremost from start to
finish. Form" instead Of being second
nature with our leading players. is still q
matter Of care and forethought, hampering
the muscles and disturbing the nerves.
1t would have been an extraordinary
honor for the "old men," among whom
must be classed all the still youthful
Americans who first saw a golf club after
the attainment Of their physical maturity,
to win the amateur championship against
the veterans entering from COILS British
home; but the probability is that the first
winner Of the amateur championship will
be one who when the championship was in
stituted was a boy.