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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-06-10
OPIUM AGAIN.

He who insists on law that can
not be enforced. becomes an accom-
pliee of the law breaker"
Laws are vain which cannot be
defended or enforced" (Macauley).
We are all one in condemning the
evils of opium use. But we fear that
those who favor the existing opium
law have entirely failed TO read the
history of legislation Of this kind,
and unwillingly are cOnsenting to the
degradation of the Law. To save the
natives is supremacy important To
preserve respect for the laws of the
land is equally and indeed more i'm
portant A law that cannot be, or is
not enforced, is simply an object les
son to rascals, teaching that govern
ment is weak, and laws are trash.
1t is called Sunday school legislation"
by the reprobates, and by some wise
men too.
Minister Damon, among others,
warmly favors the present prOhibatory
law. Has not the community the
right to say to him: You control the
Custom House. Then enforce the law,
or step out Don't make any excuses
for failure to enforce it. If you don't
enforce it, you make laws vain, as
Lord Macauley said, and you are an
accomplice of the law breaker" Mr..
Damon replies: Il can't enforce 1t,
but I can make it a little difficulty
TO get opium"
Imagine a States prison with
thousand convicts in it, who slip out
day and night, run over the country
and frolic generally. You blame the
superintendent He replies: 4 can't
keep them in, but 1 make it little
hard for them to get out. The fact
is they can pick every lock 1 put on,
and they bride the guards" And the
convicts say: mo great hardship COM
ing here. We beat the Boss. Some
poor chappies can't make keys, and
stay in, but we get a good picnic
out of it, and the guards get rich"
The people would soon conclude that
no prisons are better than such
prisons.
In the eagerness to save the natives,
the majesty of the law must not be
lost sight of. 1t is not a pleasant sight
to see the Law the under dog in the
fight with the Law breaker. The boys
laugh at the under dog.
The wisdom of the hour is to try
and if necessary, experiment, until a
law is found which can be enforced
Read the biographies of statesmen,
and one finds that they constantly
consent to laws they do not approve
of. The great American statesmen
consented to constitution that al
lowed Delaware to have as many
senators as Pennsylvania. 1t was alb
surd But these men dealt with things
as they found them. They put aside
their conscientious convictions in or
der to reach a practical result.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-06-10

To every purchaser of a 80 cent box,
containing three cakes of EGG WHITE
SOAP, we will give free a beautiful
picture worth twice the price of the
soap.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-06-10
MORE RAILROAD.

No one can take a ride on the cars
of the Oahu Railway Company to its
present terminus at Waialua, without
being impressed with its great value
to the Island. And more than this,
with the unconquerabIe energy that
has constructed it. Circumstances,
situation, create men. Mr.. Dillingham;
is the man in this case. Fifty-fve
miles of track, in these Islands, means
more than it does in any other coun-
try. The men who largely called into
being the railway, the Eva planta-
ton, the Oahu plantation, and makes
other rich plantations possible is still
the same man whom other men sheer
ed at few years ago. They do not
sheer now. BY and bye they will talk
Of the day when it was a wilderness
beyond Pearl Harbor. and that one
man knew how to make it blossom.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-06-10
A VALUABLE OPINION.

( Prof. Hollis of Harvard University,
formerly noted engineer in the
American Navy. presents some valua-
BILE notes in the Atlantic Monthly on
the Uncertain Factors in Naval Con
ficts," in modern times. He does not
believe that the former wooden ships
were any safer than the modern iron
vessels. He thinks that it is sad
fate for the nation which is the latest
to build a navy TO be the first to make
a trial of it before the world No ma
ton he says, has had really decisive
practice with modern weapons at sea,
and all progress has been made on
theory. The feature. of the modern
gun is it's accuracy of aim. 1t is aim
ed by means of cross hairs in tele-
scopes, and fired by electric buttons,
which are instantaneous in action.
He says the iSpaniards have great
courage. He remarks that the ma
chinery of the Spanish ships has al
ways suffered in the hands of foreign
engineers, principally Scotch and Eng
lish, hired for the purpose"
Does any one know how many of
these foreign engineers have left the
Spanish fleet? 1t was reported some
weeks ago, that in Cadiz, they refused
to serve Nor can the Spaniards i'm
press them, because they are British
subjects.
1.-The difference between the Ameri-
cans and Spaniards is not one of brav-
cry. but one of mechanical knowledge
and force, and these seem likely to be
the determining factors in the present
war"
Regarding coal supplies, he cites the
case of the Charleston:
Just after the Baltimore affair at
Valparaiso, the Charleston was order
ed from Shanghai to Honolulu, and
before reaching the latter place found
orders to proceed to Valparaiso. She
took on 800 tons of coal, which was
sufficient under ordinary circumstan-
ces. to carry her five or six thousand
miles. She left Honolulu and headed
for Callao, but about three days out
she struck a very heavy gale of wind
dead ahead. After steaming ten days
against this wind and tremendous
sea- she was obliged to put in to San
Diego with coal for only one days
steaming left. The distance actually
covered was a little more than two
thousand miles"
This is an excellent illustration of
the value of coal stations.
Prof Hollis does not believe that
torpedo boats are a very grave element
of danger. The rapid firing guns
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-06-10
CABLE CUTTING.

Mr. Harold Frederick, of London,
writes regarding the status of tele-
graph cables:
1T is quite certain that Admiral
Colomb on Wednesday, after Sir Sher-
ston Bakers lecture on international
law before the Chamber of Commerce,
had to confess himself not altogether
enlightened by the utterances, lucid
as far as they went, of the accepted
authority OF this country on that deli
cate subject. Baker himself could only
plead ignorance when asked point
blank for a decision on what is really
the gravest question for immediate
solution, as to the right of belligerents
to cut submarine cables in time of war
so as to prevent an enemy's dispatch
es being carried through neutral terri
tory. There are no presidents, he
said, and no authority on the subject.
The law in this vital matter was still
to be made Now, although the learn
ed Baronet did not say so in so many
words, it is for our people, on this the
first occasion when the practical ques-
ton has arisen, to themselves create
a precedent in international law. With
out posing as a jurist or an expert in
a technical matter of the most intri-
cate kind, I find it difficult to resist
the common sense of the words used
to me by a distinguished seaman after
Bakers lecture: Clearly a blockade
leaves the enemy the free use of a
voice-pipe communicating with his
own headquarters at home Another
opinion reached me, perhaps not meant
for my ears: Cut the cable? Damn
ed if 1 Wouldn't The simple empha-
sis of this latter sentiment is, how
ever, perhaps hardly in accordance
with the stately tenets of learned ju-
rists."
The American Government has set
tied the question by holding that ca
bIes within three leagues of an enc
mics shore are to be treated as prop
erty within the enemies lines, and viii
be destroyed.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-06-10
Till Futher Orders.
HEADQUARTERS

First Regiment National Guard of
Hawaii.
Honolulu, H. l., June 9th, 1898.
Regimental Orders No. 81
The shoot for Marlin trophy, order
ed for Saturday, June 4th, per R. o.
No. "a, and ordered postponed to
Saturday, June 18th, per R. o. No. so,
is hereby postponed until further or
ders.
By order of Colonel Fisher.
(Signed) JNO SCHAEFER.
Capt. and Adjutant.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-06-10

should quickly destroy them. What
they may do against battleships re-
mains to be seen.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-06-10

The sales of these have
fully borne out our assertion
that the ALASKA is unsur-
passed, Our Ice Boxes are
equally good and amongst
these we have some only
large enough to hold the ice
and some bottles of soda
water, and one in particular
that can hold Ego pounds of
ice and then have room left
for enough provisions to feed
a squad of the Boys in Blue.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-06-10
The People Believe
What They Read About Hoods
SarSapariIIa
Their Faith in This Medicine is
Grounded on Merit
They Know 1t Absolutely Cures
When Other Medicines Fail

They Know It Absolutely Cures
When Other Medicines Fail
Hoods SarsapariIla is not merely a SIM
pie preparation of Sarsaparilla, Dock,
Stillingia and little Iodide of Potassium.
Besides these excellent alternatives, it
also contains those great anti-bilious and
liver remedies, Mandrake and Dandelion.
1t also contains those great kidney reme-
dies, iva Ursi, Juniper Berries, and
Pipsissewa.
Nor are these all. Other very valuable
curative agents are tremendously COM
bined in Hoods Sarsaparilla, and it is
carefully prepared under the personal
supervision of regularly educated phar-
macist.
Knowing these facts, is the abiding faith
the people have in Hoods SarsapariIla
matter of surprise? You can see why
Hoods Sarsaparilla cures, when other
medicines totally, absolutely fail.
MY little girl was afflicted with
eczema and suffered for seven years. She
was attended by physicians and tried
many different kinds of medicine with
out relief. After taking a few bottles of
Hoods SarsapariIla she was cured" Mrs
EMMA FRANKLIN, Honeoye, New York.
Hoods I ps7iiia
Is the Best-in fact the One True Blood Purifier
81; six for So. c. l. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass
f1OOQ 8 Pills easy to operate. 3 cents. So
HOBRON DRUG COMPANY,
Wholesale Agents.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-06-10

Perfumed with delicate odor from
French Flowers. Leaves a sweet re-
fined odor made from the sweetest ma
terials obtainable. The grandest soap
for the toilet and complexion.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-02
FLYING SQUADRON.
No Specific orders Have Been Re-
ceivod by Commodore schley,
hut the Fleet Can Move
in an Hours Notice.

Old Point Comfort, Va, May l Ton
board flagship Brooklyn off Fort Monroe)
May day on the warships of the flying
squadron found beautiful weather ana
peaceful conditions at Old Point, al
though all about Hampton ROADS eNl-
dences were seen of warlike prepara-
tions. The work of laying mines ana
torpedoes in the harbor continued all
day in charge of the army engineer
corps acting under Colonel Frank. Sto-
ries to the effect that Commodore Schley
already has his orders to move, are abb
solutey without foundation.
Communication between Commodore
Schley and the navy department is con-
stant and it is certain that plans have
been made and laid for this squadron's
work but no specific orders are here.
The squadron is in perfect and very
formidable readiness for sea and can
leave at an hours notice. The story
that the ram Katahdin is attached to
the squadron is untrue, The converted
yacht now known as the Scorpion and
which is in command of Lieutenant
Commander Mark arrived at o'clock
this afternoon and anchored with the
fleet off Old Point. 1t is understood that
the Scorpion is to be the despatch boat
of the squadron but she Is also equipped
for fighting and is very fast.
Officers of the fleet believe that the
Scorpion is a splendid addition to the
squadron. She can make eighteen knots,
is protected by side armoN and has a
fine battery of four five-inch and four
siX-pounders For torpedo destroying
she would be unexcelled.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-02
FIRST SHOOT OF THE WAR.
Fired at the Torpedo Boat FoOte on
April 23.

Key West May 1.-The United States
torpedo boat Foote, black and sinister as
only these little devils of the sea" can
he. will figure in history as the vessel of
the American fleet which drew the first
fire from the enemy in the Spanish
American war of 1898. The Foote was
fired on little after . O'Clock last Sat-
urday afternoon by a masked battery at
Matanzas. This fact, which practically
marked the opening of the war, has al
ready been Cabed TO the Associated Press,
but it may not have passed the censor,
who has ideas Of his own concerning
news This important information was
obtained exclusively by this correspon-
dent.
The Foote had been making soundings
close in To shore on Saturday afternoon.
When she had finished her work Lieuten-
ant Rogers, in command, took her back
to the Cincinnati He reported in the
most buSincss-like way in the world that
he had found the twenty fathom line,
which was easily disceTnible by the color
Of the water. Then he added, as if il
were an afterthought that when within
three hundred yards Of shore the masked
battery of MatanzIs fired at him three
times. All the shots went wild, Captain
Chester, of the Cincinnati, thought this
was too good a chance 40 be lost, and he
wanted to lombard the Matanzas bat
terry, but Captain HARRINGTON, of the
Puritan, commanding officer Of. the Ma
tanzas division refused permission
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-02
The First Real Victory.

1t is evident between the lines Of the
Spanish version of the naval engage
ment off Manila that Spain has suffered
a disastrous defeat. The fact that Spain
confesses to the virtual loss Of two
ships ana the injuring of two others
and does not possess the hardihood to
report an American vessel lost, but
simply falls back upon the thin expedi-
ent, as at Matanzas, Of alleging that
the American fleet retired badly dam
aged, is sufficient to afford complete
satisfaction of American expectations.
When the American version is re-
ceived via Hong Kong it will be found
to confirm our belief that Spain was
whipped to a standstll and that the
ships commanded by Commodore
Dewey hardly had exercise in doing it..
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-02
Higher Professio nal Standards.

The outlines of requirements for ad-
mission to the bar of Lackawanna
county have been prepared by the
Board of Examiners of this judicial
district, Messrs. T., c. Newcomb, John
NJ. Harris and James w. Oakford, to
be used as a guide in the prosecution of
studies preliminary to registration and
admission to the bar, and have been
published in neat pamphlet form.
The requirements, both academic and
legal, are based upon the report of the
committee on legal education of the
State Bar association of Pennsylvania,
which received the approval of the sew
eral representatives of the Board of
Examiners who We're present at the
last meeting of the State Bar associa-
tion, held at Bedford Springs last sum-
mer, The pamphlet contains the sub
jects for examination, in both prelimi-
nary and final examinations Accom-
panying each subject the text book TO
be used by the student is given, and
the name of the house publishing the
same.
The rules of court prepared 10 meet
the new and higher standard O. ofacadem-
ic and legal requirements are also
given. The text books and case books
are the best adapted to meet the needs
of the student, and have been approved
before adoption by the Board of Exam
iners and by the most eminent law pro-
fessors in the country, among them
such educators as Professors Thayer
and Aines of Harvard Law School. The
outlines are intended to make the path
leading TO the admission of the student
TO the bar clear ana well defined. Amy
person who may desire to pursue a
course in law will find the hand book
above mentioned very desirable and
hslpful. There can be no doubt that in
spreading the information the board
of examiners are doing great work for
the uplifting OF the standards of the
legal profession.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-02
They Know Their Business

1t seems to us that reasonable men
should give their cordial approval to
the campaign which our government
has thus far executed against Spain.
There have been only ten days of for
NAL warfare. yet in that time the
superiority Of the American position
has been established beyond question.
Some of the advantages which we have
won without the cost of a life are as
follows:
Cd. Neutrality proclamations have
forced Spain's fleet to sail out to sea.
That fleet must either come across the
Atlantic to meet our fleet, using up
much of its coal on the way, or it must
turn tail for the Canaries where it will
be useless.
(2). Prizes have been captured in
value more than $2,OOO,00O The only
American loss thus far confirmed is
that of the Saranac, a ship, with cargo
worth only about $4,000.
go. The Spanish army in Havana is
bottled up and every day reduces its
food supply and consequently it's
power of resistance.
(4. Our land forces have been put in
readiness and arrangements have been
completed for the invasion of Cuba, the
equipping of our Cuban allies and the
succoring of the reconcentradoes.
(5). In the neighborhood of the Phil
ippine islands Admiral DeWey's fleet is
in shape to seize port or engage the
spanish fleet, as the admiral may elect.
Possibly ere these words are read news
will have come OF the expected en-
gagement off Manila, in which case it
must be remembered that the Span
iards control the only cable nearer than
Hong Kong, which is two days distant.
90. At no point along the line has
Spain won any perceptible advantage.
BY continuing as we have begun, the
Spanish Atlantic squadron will soon be
forced to attack our blockade of Ha-
vana or doom Blanco and his men to
inglorious surrender. If Spain elects
to give Admiral Sampson a battle in
Cuban waters, she will be far from her
base Of supplies and we shall he near
to ours. The advantage, therefore,
would be with us. If she should pre-
fer to let Blanco starve that result
would overwhelm her with ignominy
and produce a revolution at home.
All praise to the men who are con-
Quoting the skillful American cam
paign. They evidently know their busi-
ness
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-02
WAR REQUIREMENTS.
Physical Proportions Necessary for
Applicants for Regular Army.

Washington, May 1.-The instructions
issued by the war department to govern
recruiting in the regular army in time
of war, give the weight required for
men enlisting for various branches of
the service, together with a table show
ing the physical proportions of the
height, weight and chest measurement.
For the infantry and the artillery
branch the height must be not less than
five feet four inches and weight not less
than 120 pounds and not more than 100
pounds
For the cavalry branch the height must
not be less than five feet four inches
and not more than five feet ten inches
and weight not to exceed 165 pounds.
No minimum weight is prescribed for the
cavalry but the chest measures must be
satisfactory.
The following is the table of physical
proportions prescribed for height weight
and chest measurement:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-02
MEN WHO FACED
BARCELONA'S MOB
Plucky Deeds Of Consul.GsneraI Bowen
and Norman Harrington.

SOCIETY MEN MOST ACTIVE IN ONE
OF THE EIGHT RABBLES THAT AS
sEMBLED TO AssA1L THE AMERI-
CAN CONSULATE 49, SHIELD AND
EAGLE SAVED-.THE MAN FROM
CHICAGO WHO DESIRED TO TAKE
A HAND IN PROTECTING THE
AMERICAN EAGLE.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-02
TO COMMAND THE PARIS.
Capt. Frederick Rodgers win Prob
ably he Assigned to That Vessel.

Washington, May 1-Captain Freder-
ick Rodgers, the president of the board
of inspection Of auxiliary vessels now
in session at New York, will in all
probability be assigned to the command
of the auxiliary cruiser Yale, formerly
the American liner Paris, which reach
ed New York from Southampton yes
terday.
At the time IL was decided to charter
the four flyers of the American line, COM
manding officers for the vessels were Sc
lected. The original intention was TO
give Captain Charles d. Sigsbee the ST.
Paul Captain A. S. Barker the New
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-02
THE TERRIBLE wEYLHR
lie Thinks $4,000 spaniords would
SpTice for nm Invasion.

Madrid, May 1.-General Weyler has
declared that while he was captain
general of Cuba he proposed to the then
prime minister. Canovas del Castillo, to
declare war against the United states
and to land $4,000 men on American
soil. lie still believed that force OF
this size would be sufficient to Invade
the United States
lie added that Spain might profit even
now by the disorganized American army
and navy to assume the offensive.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-02
Chest measure.
SIR CHARLES DILKE'S VIEWS.
Spain's Failure TO Take Naval Ac-
IiOn shows Imbecility or Weakness.

London April 30-In an interview with
New York Sun correspondent Sir
Charles Dixie, NJ. F., said today that
every days delay in action by the Span
ish fleet is an admission either of i'm
becility or weakness.
He added that if the Americans take
the Philippine Islands an arrangement
may be made for handing them over to
the japanese. He thought that the fears
of a bombardment of the coast towns
of the United States We're utterly
groundless
Speaking about the suggested Anglo
American alliance, Sir Charles said that
neither Great Britain nor the United
states was in habit of making alliances.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-02

governor demurred. Then Sir Lamb
ton poked out his big guns and threat
ened 60 shell the town. Thereupon the
numbering Of Yankee dogs" ceased.
A few Sir Lambtons in Cuban waters
today would exercise civilizing in
fluence upon Spanish methods OF war
faro
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-02
Topeka Arrives Safely.

New York. May 1.-The United States
cruiser Topeka, formerly the Diogenes,
commanded by Lieutenant Knapp, which
sailed from Falmouth, England, April 10,
arrived safely in port this morning after
a rough passage of twelve days. a few
days after the Topeka sailed from Fal-
mouth a report was prevalent that she
had sunk at sea with all on board as a
result of a collision with a merchant
NpGGal
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-02
cuban Brigade to he Formed,

Madrid, May IA dispatch from Hav-
ana says msny Cubans are Offering their
services to the Spaniards 10 "repel the
American attacks" and it is added chat
they will be incorporated into a Cuban
brigade, which is now being formed.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-02
OUR GUIDES IN CUBA.
Several Men Detached from Gomez's
Army viii Pilot Our Forces.

Key West, Fla, May Flour or FIVE
Cubans who have been detached from
Gomezs army as guides are here and
will go with the army to give any infor-
nation they can.
They know Cuba like a book and will
render valuable assistance
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-02

York, Captain S. +. Goodrich the st.
Louis and Captain Rodgers the Paris.
Later on IL was determined TO place
Captain Barker i'm command Of the New
ark, and the vacancy was filed by the
detail OF Captain g. G.. Cotton.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-02

Twenty-Five years ago a British war
ship visited Santiago de Cuba. At
that time the governor of the city was
numbering Yankee dogs" captured on
board the Virginius. The captain OF
the warship, Sir Lambton Lorraine,
advised the governor TO stop. The