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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-08-26
CHEAP LIQUOR.

We shall take lively interest in
the Interstate commerce. as 1t will,
N soon as the permanent territorial
laws are passed. affect our own trade.
The Supreme Court Of the United
States recently decided that the sale
of Oleomargarine could not be inter-
fered with by any State, when the
article was imported from another
State. The case arose In Pennsylvania.
where the defendants were indicted for
selling oleomargarine as an article OF
food. They received 1t from other
States and sold it in the same pack
ages in which II came to them, I'M
broken, as agents for the manufacture
ers. The trial courts decided In their
favor, but the Pennsylvania Supreme
Courts took q different view, holding
that "a manufacturer who puts up his
pi oducts In packages evidently adapt
ed for and intended to meet ths re-
quirements OF an unlawful retail trade
In another State and sends them to
his own agent IN that State for sale to
consumers Is not engaged In inter-
state commerce, but is. engaged IA On
effort to carry on forbidden business
by masquerading In a character to
which he has no honest title" The
punishment OF such sales was there
fore declared 40: to he an interference
with the powers OF Congress or with
the commerce between the States watch
II protected by the Federal Constitu-
tion. The Supreme Court OF the United
States. however, thinks otherwise.
deeming the Pennsylvania statute in
valid, as an attempt to regulate inter-
state commerce. The same question
was involved and the same result was
reached in an oleomargarine case from
New Hampshire.
The importation OF whiskey and all
other alcoholic liquors from the States
to these Islands will. therefore. be free
and cannot be controlled. The use Of
these articles may be forbidden or reg
hiated' as a police or sanitary meas
ure' but the importation OF them can
not be restricted unless Congress en-
acts a law forbidding the traffic in
whiskey from every State to every
other. This 1t will not do, az the max.
ing and sale Of whisky is one OF the
great industries, and the internal rev.
enAe from the sale is enormous.
Our danger lies in the importation
OF cheap Whistles, high wines" m
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-08-26
RACIAL HABITS.

As another instance OF the strength
Of race habits and prejudices. the West
minister Review discusses the attitude
Of the Mexicans towards the Ameri-
cans during the late war. 1t includes
all Of the South Americans in the same
category.
Although Mexico and the South Am
erican republics threw of the Spanish
dominion only after cruel war. there
still abides the race feeling.
"The ties and traditions Of race are
seen to be stronger than the abstract
love Of liberty and equality"
Even the suffer1ngs of the Cubans
could not remove these racial feelings
In favor OF Spain.
We have endeavored to show. in our
columns, that the racial habits and
ideas OF the Hawaiians were, and will
be, strong political factors in their at
titude towards the alien races here.
They cannot be censured for possessing
them. This statement Of the appar-
emily unreasonable attitude OF the Mex
leans and South Americans confirms
what has been said. and especially en-
dorses the views on the racial Ques-
ton Of Professor Shaler, which were
published in this journal several
months ago.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-08-26
THE DOG AND THE LAW.

Since the Bishop Of Honolulu applied
the Mosaic law to women's dress In
this city, and 1t was discovered that
he had, himself, violated the same
Mosaic law in his own dress, and
therefore had incurred the penalty of
being stoned to death, according to
Moses, the following anecdote, with
some bearing on this subject. has been
furnished to us, with the usual, II not
legally authentic, vouchers of its cor
rectness:
The late Charles Spencer Of Hilo pos
sessed dog that ne had trained to
gather and bring stones to his hand.
whenever a person or animal appeared
In sight that, in the opinion of the dog
ought to be stoned.
On one occasion a certain Prelate
appeared in Hilo, whose dress was not
in accordance with modern fashion,
or with the Mosaic directions, as indi-
Gated in Deuteronomy. The Prelate,
while guest OF Mr.. Spencer, became
extremely offensive to the dog by rea-
son Of the peculiar dress. While the
Prelate was officiating at a morning
service in the house, at the request Of
Mr.. Spencer, who at times had a rare
sense Of humor, the dog busily gath
cred in the yard and brought into the
house, and laid at Mr.. Spencer's feet,
heap Of large pebbles suitable for
being hurled at repulsive or hostile
persons and animals. On rising from
his knees, the reverent Mr.. Spencer
perceived this accumulation of missiles,
and also noticed that the dog was
waiting for him to begin action. But
the Prelate was spared, and the dog
was disappointed when the stones
were thrown out OF the window.
The question still remains unansw-
cred: Was the dog through some occult
process, so far unknown to man, in
stigated and directed to enforce the
Mosaic penalty OF stoning to death up
on one who had violated the law?
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-08-26
THE FARMERS AND THE LETTERS

The farmers Of Harvey county, Ne
braska have started a Letter relief
fund" in order to relieve Papa Letter,
OF Chicago, who has lost SO much
money in aiding his sons operations
In the wheat pit, and is now embar-
rassed The farmers say that the spec
ulations Of the boy Letter put up the
price of grain SO that they have be-
come prosperous, and even rich.
Besides, the high price Of wheat
raised the price Of corn, and served to
educate the bigoted Europeans in the
use OF 1t. So the farmers propose
with much enthusiasm to tax them
selves one cent per bushel this year
and create fund for the relief Of "old
man Letter."
Charles Dudley Warner says that in
the Western States one may look for
all sorts Of experiments in social, po-
litical, financial and philanthropic az
fairs. The winds and the birds carry
the seeds OF the new fads over the
broad prairies and they fall on rich
ground.
1t is natural enough that the farm
ers should consider the Letters. as
benificent benefactors Of mankind, that
is Of themselves, although It was not
so intended, and the Letters no doubt
grind their teeth at results Of their
own operations.
Good people in Europe, and the cor
respondents, picture the want and mis-
cry all over the civilized world. be-
cause of the high prices OF wheat. In
the European homes of millions OF
peasant farmers. OF mechanics, OF poor
ly paid teachers and professional men.
the Joy Of eating wheaton bread has
been checked. Gloom for many months
has pervaded the homes OF the poor on
the continent, because the Letters had
cornered the market and raised the
prices. But the prairie farmer paid OF
his mortgages and has money to
lend" 1t is year OF curious DISPENSE
tons. Three hundred thousand
starved Cubans are in their graves.
and by the touch of a Providential
wand a shower OF gold, in the high
prices OF sugar, arises from the burnt
sugar cane fields Of Cuba, Is driven
across continent and ocean and de-
sends like beautiful snow flakes on
Hawaii.
The people Of the prairie and OF Ha-
wall have much to be truly thankful
for" even II 1t takes the shape Of ma
tional misfortune to others.
II 1t should happen that the farm
ers Of Nebraska contributed consid-
cradle sum to the relief OF Mr.. Letter,
1t will surely prove that the plant
gratitude finds good soil west of the
Missouri river.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-08-26
1.-THE CROWD"

A book titled The Crown; study
OF the Popular Mind" was pub
lished in France about two years ago,
which has attracted unusual attention
In Europe and America. We present
a brief review OF 1t in another column.
1t describes the motives and actions OF
men, and Of popular assemblies OF all
kinds and descriptions, and shows the
difference between their actions and
the actions Of single individuals.
Anyone who has often stood as a
looker-on in public meeting, either
religious or secular, or who has
watched mob in the streets, or has
studied legislative proceedings, Is
aware OF the queer things done by
groups OF men.
Jurymen constantly present the
most curious phases of these crowd"
alterations. Judges with long exper-
fence are repeatedly surprised at YER
| diets which are opposed to sense and
reason. At the same time verdicts as
rule are just Col. Higgenson in a
recent sketch of his legislative career,
speaks OF the moods OF the Senate and
House. A bill would be rejected one
day, and within week would be
passed with enthusiasm.
The author of this valuable book re-
fers to the crowd" in politics, and
the instructive power that certain men
have to move the masses. As he says,
1t is usually found that only men OF a
low order of morals have this power.
They appreciate, themselves, the value
OF catch words. The curious rise and
fall Of the American party in the
fifties, a party that for time dominat-
ed the country, was largely due to the
watch word: Put none but Ameri-
cans on guard"
| In the Taylor presidential campaign,
II we are correct, regarding the date,
the boundary line between the United
States and Canada was in dispute. Our
Government insisted tina: the true
boundary was the fifty-fourth degree
and forty minutes parallel of latitude.
Great Britain disputed II. A clever ora
tor coined the phrase: "ffty-four forty
or fight" Used as climax in a political
stump speech, it aroused an enthus-
iasm that rejected any reasoning on
the subject.
Bismarck had an abiding contempt
for the opinions OF the masses OF men,
because, in his experience, they were
irrational and changeable. But his
views were extreme.
The crowd OF American voters has
been profoundly excited over the sill
YER question. But 1t has strangely ne
elected, on the other hand, the SUI
premely important questions OF build
ing up the American marine, the con-
struction Of the Nicaragua canal. and
1t hesitated about the annexation Of
these Islands until Dewey's guns Set
1t to thinking. The profoundest essays,
the ablest speeches in Congress did
not stir the God given intellect" OF
the people SO quickly as the elliptical
dance of death by the American squad
ron of the vessels and batteries of
Cavite.
After reading this book. one feels
like emphasizing the aphorism that:
I'VE are fearfully and wonderfully
made"
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-08-26

they are called, which work vast In
jury.
The Chinese and Japanese merchants
will become the importers OF this cheap
liquor. While they may be. forbidden
to sell It, by our territorial laws, they
can not, as we understand the law, be
prevented from importing 1t. and us
ing 1t themselves It is in the right to
hold 1t in possession that the danger
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-08-26
THE PASSING HOUR.

The town Is hungry for theatrical
season.
Those Maui Spreckels boys are never
at peace unless they are In a row Of
some sort.
In the States they are finishing up
the harvesting of the largest wheat
crop the country ever had. The Bump
er crop" Of 1891 will be eclipsed BY
100000 bushels. And still there was
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-08-26

The Minister OF Finance is lucky to
get VIM. II. Wright to accept the posi-
ton of Registrar OF Accounts and Mr..
Shaw. the Tax Assessor loses most
valuable right hand man in the trans
fer OF his faithful and capable deputy.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-08-26

A coast survey steamer crew will
find plenty of work for many months
along the Hawaiian sea line.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-09-01
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

A petrifed oak has lately been dug
up in Cheshire, Eng. 1t is said to be
ut least 10000 years old.
Previous to the setting up of a clock
at Hampton Court, England, in 1910,
no English clock went accurately.
1t is very common sight, in the
streets of Paris, France, to see baby
carriages which are propelled by elec.
tricity.
A curious fact has been noted by
Arctic travellers. Snow, when at very
low temperature, absorbs moisture
and dries garments.
1t is a strange fact that injuries to
the tongue, whether of man or animal,
heal more quickly than those of any
other part of the system.
Large numbers of fintlock guns six
feet long are made in Birmingham,
Eng, at $1.50 each, and many of these
weapons find ready market in Dark
est Africa.
There are several varieties of fish
that cannot swim. In every instance
they are deep-sea dwellers, and crawl
about the rocks, using their tails
and fins as legs.
Skates made of hardened glass, in
various colors, are now made in Eng
land. 1t is said that they make it
easier to get over rough places than is
the case with steel skates.
The oldest piece of wrought iron in
existence is believed to be a roughly
fashioned sickle blade found in Egypt.
1t is now in the British Museum, and
it is believed to be nearly 1000 years
old
According to New Yorker who
recently returned from Rome prom
inent Italian newspaper gravely an
nounced that General George Wash
ington would take command of the
American army in Cuba.
Thin bamboo tubes are fastened to
carrier pigeons in China, to protect
them from birds of prey. When the
bird is in motion, the action of the
mir through the tubes causes whist
ling sound, which alarms predaceous
birds, and keeps them at respectful
distance. )
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-09-01

More than half of the early heroes
of America are represented in the navy
today. There are four generations OF
Selfridges, one Bainbridge,a a Stevens
a Preble, Truxtun, three Porters,
three Perrys, six Rodgerses, and in
looking over the list of American navai
officers farther back it is surprising
to observe how many Of them bear "a
nous naval names by inheritance.
The service appears to be congenial
one, though it is comparatively one
Of the poorest paid among the naval
powers of the world Heroism is ev
identity its own reward, since sons are
ambitious to follow their fathers, and
are indeed encouraged by the latter
to enter the service.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-09-01

So far Southern manufacturers OF
cotton have been mainly confined to
the coarser yarns and ruder fabrics,
but in this they have made astonish-
ingly rapid progress. To take the ex-
ample of single state, North Caro-
lima had in 1886 eighty cotton mills;
in 1897 it had 1910. In the first
named year it had 4071 looms, with
1919, 433 spindles; in the latter, "a. SIT
looms and 1,044, 3S5 spindles. Some
of the other growing states are
not far behind, and with abundant
water power, cheap coal and extreme.
ly cheap labor the development of the
business there is certain to continue
and to display results as surprising as
the last decade has shown. By and
by the mills there will be able to do
fuer work, and some time = who
knows? they may control the mar
kets of the world with their hom g.
grown and home-woven fabrics, thinks
the New York Tribune.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-09-01

The record of the torpedoboat
Porter is remarkable. Although not
intended for sea service, she was kept
at sea for three months and weathered
the storms with the best of them. AL
though not intended for long range
fighting, she took part in the bonn
bardment of San Juan de Porto Rico.
But if her record marks the utmost of
achievement of torpedoboat efficiency
it also marks the limitations of this
arm of the service. On neither side
has the torpedoboat done any harm to
the enemy, and single, we'll directed
shot at the Porter would have dis
posed of her as effectively as the
Spanish torpedoboat destroyers were
disposed Of off Santiago, before they
could get within double their torpedo
range of our ships.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-09-01

iashed out viciously and started to
run down the narrow path. Seeing
there was danger of being crowded
over the edge, swung on his back,
holding tight to his name, and let him
take his own course.
Fortunately for me the little beast.
although abnormaly bony and NANCY
i'll appearance, had retained his eve
sight and the wonderful sure footed
ness that all Philippine ponies pos
sess. He was evidently accustomed
to rider, for he picked his way down
the rough passage at a sliding sort of
trot, closely followed by the other
ponies aud Pete, who must have been
having a precarious time of it among
equine legs and noofs.
Far ahead could hear the clatter.
ing of the ponies that had gone down
first, while over all else were the weird
squeaks and piping of the savages.
They must have been in close pursuit,
but unable either to pass the rear
ponies or to get shot at me on ac-
count of the windings of the path. 1
crouched low and held on with all my
might, expecting at every step to feel
the blow of some barbarous missile.
Before l realized where we were l
found the pony crashing through the
bushes at the base, and we came on
the rocks where had first sighted the
iguana. The rocks proved too much
for my gallant but ancient steed, for
when halfway across he slipped and
pitched me off. l rose, uninjured,
just In time to grasp his name afresh
and run along beside him.
The leading ponies were well ahead,
and as they went pounding and thun-
dei-ing by the camp saw the fellows
who were lying about on the beach
Jump up and get out of the way.
Wild was their amazement to see me
tearing along the beach with ten-foot
strides, hanging on to the name of
bony and terrified horse, followed by
several more "caballos'' equally spec
trail in appearance. The villainous
fox-terrier scudded along in rear of
the procession, telling everybody what
jolly fun he had been having. I let
go the pony and tumbled into the
crowd, answering their frantic de-
mands for an explanation by pointing
to the bluff and gasping "Negritos"
The boys jumped for their guns, but
there was no need of warlike prepara
ton, for the savases had stopped just
outside of the bushes on seeing the
group. After gazing moment they
turned and disappeared one by one,
while the last of the ponies plunged
into the woods at the other end of the
beach and was lost to sight
All that night we heard the little
black men signaling to each other
around the camp, but saw them no
more. The next day we climbed the
bluff in body and found my rifle safe
and sound.
On the way back, by great good
luck, l shot an iguana four feet long,
which l had stuffed in Manila and af
terward sent home by a sailing vessel.
Its delivery, some four months later,
by a Mortified expressman at my fam
ily's home in a peaceful Boston sub
urb created scene of CONSERVATION
fully justified by it's appearance
Charles B. Howard, in Youths Com
panion.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-09-01

1t will require thousand millions
of dollars to measure the increase in
the farmers receipts for last years
produce over the values that prevailed
in 1895. The total return for staple
crops alone for this season is estimated
at 800, 600, 600 more than was re.
ceived last year. The wheat exported
from the United States during the
past twelve months sold for about as
much as the whole crop was worth in
either 1898, 1894 OF 1895. These sta
tistics tell the story of the farmer s
share Of the prosperity Of our great.
est commercial year. As result Of
investigations covering the entire
Union and running back as far as 1899
the Orange Judd Farmer forecasts
can industrial activity quite unpar,
alleled, with quick markets at home
and abroad for the surplus of American
farms"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-09-01

The Manufacturer of London, Eng.
comments on the exports of carriages
and cars from the United States to the
United Kingdom, which in 1897,
was valued at more than twice
as much as in 1887. The Man
ufacturer states that one OF the
reasons Of this increase is that
the United States have fundamental
advantage in their splendid supply of
lumber, and that American manufac-
turers have also the advantage Of the
brains of every nationality of Europe.
"In their workshops" the journal
continues, may he seen smiths from
France and Sweden, trimmers from
Germany, carvers from Italy, and gen.
eral artisans from England. The
wages are said to be treble those paid
abroad. Americans are famed for
their wheel making, in which they
employ second growth hickory" The
article quoted also states that there are
already several London depots for the
sale of Americanmade vehicles, and
there is plenty of trade for American
manufacturers, but the needs ond
tastes cf the people must, of course,
be taken into account. A couple Of
years ago firm of American carriage
makers shipped 1900 carriages to Ger
many in the white," e., ready for
painting, and all in one year. What
is possible in Germany, adds the
Manufacturer, is equally so in other
England, where there are no tarif him
dranceA.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-09-01
he DID HIS BEST.

One O'Neal, my next-door neighbor,
Irish born, but Yankee bred,
Has the U. S. fever in him
From his shoe soles to his head.
And though barred from fighting, being
Crippled by an accident,
To excess of patriot ardor
He increasingly is bent.
He has cheered our Cuban struggle
With enthusiastic vim,
Not n hero has arisen
But has won shout from him;
On his heart he has recorded
Name of every gallant son
That in cause of dear Old Glory
Has the crown of valor won.
Daily he would sound their praises
To the ever-listening wind,
Till chance to make his homage
More enduring he did find;
Destiny son did bring him,
Him he named with ardent ZEAL
Dewey Lee Schley Hobson Sampson
Bagley Capron Blue O'Neal.
-Richmond (ya.) Dispatch
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-09-01

New York is far ahead OF all the
other states in the amount of money
in savings banks, its banks holding
on the first day of this year $71S, ,176,-
$50. Massachusetts follows, with
453, 220, 257, and then comes Connec-
ticut, with $40, 496, ,556, and Califor-
MIA, with 1927, 929, ,281. The figures
of savings deposits of all the New
England states speaks volumes for
Yankee industry, economy and thrift.
Thus, the minute state of Rhode Is
land has S6S, 6S3, 69s; Maine, $57, 476, :
S96; New Hampshire, $49, 493, 056,
and Vermont, $50, 900, 627.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-09-01
How Lincoln Saved Thirty Dollars.

Still another story of Lincoln, illus
trating his respect for his wife's judg-
ment: While Lincoln was practising
law in Springfield, the fire-hose COM
pany, desiring to buy some new appa-
ratus, sent out subscription papers,
and our youthful collector called upon
the future president. He was closely
examined on the purpose of the sub
scription, and finally Lincoln agreed
to subscribe in this fashion; 'Well,
I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll 60
home to supper-Mrs. Lincoln is
generally good-natured after supper
and then I'll tell her I've been think
ing of giving $50 to the brigade, and
she'll say: Abe, you will never have
any sense? Twenty dollars is quite
enough. So tomorrow, my boy, you
come around and get your $40"