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The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-02-17
MYNAH BIRD CIVILIZATION.

Miss Emma Thursby's bird Mynah is
dead, and every one who knows Miss
Thursby will condole with her on the
loss OF that marvellous creature, who
seemed to be more human than was
quite canny. Mynah was valued at
$4,000, but no money could pay for his
intelligence and accomplishments, and
he might as well have been valued at
ten times that amount. A bird that
can sing and talk in five languages, and
play the piano with one foot and show
such discrimination in his affections,
with gastronomic tastes that would do
credit to a man of the world, Is a
creature of heart and intellect, and If
that doesn't mean having SOUL
what does? The fame OF Mynah has
Travelled over both hemispheres, and
profound regret is felt in Cambridge
and Boston at his passing away. Who
knows but into the body OF some
human being higher in the scale this
soul" may still be marching on?
The above extract from the Boston
Herald Is published for the benefit OF
the mynah birds, who now occupy a
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-02-17

.arsfdfs hls sairsna, lotto ,bs Kiss
tom
IN adf 10 sffoW ~ fafagss q IN
iiahDp. ihit nrt sss.riailoh has been
fsfmsd
Ato1rainF 10 the .ihics ui con.
siderable portion ~ the peopie q om
great Repns,ic iynchins" u insih.
ab'r under certain proyoSing ,.r,bm.
siaures But anyon. Who will caimly
consider OIL the iscis IN the case sill
see that this would no, te al appro.
pirate rem.dy under the circumstances.
because u may be truthfnily said that
the bishop has nearly reached the end
Of bis rope. u woald not justify put
ting him on the end Of t
Tho Church Defense Association
by union and streng, will tr-
umph In the end. even u there are
temporary reverses Throughout the
history Of an Churches. there appear
many trials aud tribulatlons which
are PrOyidcniial ways OF whi ening
the soul Unuer ,he present trial aud
iribulation furnished by the Bishop
the souls OF the members Of the An
glican congregation should become ~
dazzling that the community will be
able 10 look upon them only through
darkened glasses
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-02-17

snafaIy Opposed 10 anassaiiDt a1a
ssspssi W. tfus. sis'smsnis thai ~.
isf d ihsf oen heilsi that a tss 30
a. rthe 80 dauH there Fffs sironl
uas1ns fuf taklne tote aitHuie iaks
ths Nsa Enalsndfs ihenssires pfe-
glous 10 the var ~ 1919 We we're
barely governed by selfish motlFes
ami The Neslthy Interests here t1os
narrow views Communities are nOi
philosophers. ana The greatest good
- she greatest number Is only 100
s.rytcs
During this unffiendly attitude ~
the New Englanders Mr Gilman his
BEEN the steadfasi and active friend Of
me Islands. There should H., of course,
spun public recognition Of HE un-
bought labor. a. there should be recJg-
milton of the unbought labor u othcrs
wuD save done us much service. But
fhor' Is a disposition here, on the part
o. those who have made great profits
Jnt ~ our relations with the United
States, to put these generous persons
On the back. and whisper In their ears.
Heaven vii. reward you Those who
kindly whisper these words would, II
In the place Of these persons, regard
the suggestion as rather dry pickings"
in this vale OF tears, when a bird in
the hand is worth two in the bush Z"
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-02-17
MRS. BOTKIN.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. S.-Sentence
OF life Imprisonment was passed on
Mrs. Cordelia Botkin by Judge Cook on
Saturday, February 4th. When asked
II she had anything to say, the prison.
err replied: Il certainly have. As /
said at the beginning, am not guilty
of this atrocious crime" Before pas
sing sentence Judge Cook denied all OF
the motions Of the prisoners counsel,
but avoided deciding on the point OF
jurisdiction on the ground that 1t was
not raised either on the arraignment
or during the trial. Mrs. Botkin has
not, however. been yet sent to State
prison, Judge Cook having consented
to grant certificate OF probable cause
for an appeal, which causes a stay OF
proceeding.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-02-17
TRIAL AND CIRCULATION.

The organization OF the Church De
tense and Extension Association -
evidently due to the rayuges of that
restless person, the Bishop of llonu-
auia. sstl
Many years ago Alfred Bishop Of
Honolulu conceived the project OF or
ganizing himself into Society for
the Suppression Of the Anglican Chu:cn
in Hawaii" Owing to psychological
deficiency in his brain, which scientists
cannot explain, he fixed indelibly in
his moral sense the perverted trdth
which declares, only the santanker-
ols enter the Kingdom Of Heaven"
lie was eminently endowed with rare
spiritual and physical gifts to achieve
extraordinary success under the in
SEPARATION OF this impressive truth
As a means of perfecting himself for
happy immortality, he has with in
dinite patience, and with surprising re-
sources, executed the scheme OF sup
pressing the Anglican Church. 1t was
a rather feeble organization when he
touched 1t. But his mastery blows OF
meanness, inspired by refined can
tankerousness have nearly destroyed
u. some men, in moments OF weak
mess, would have displayed some gen.
erosity or rather virtues, but he has
with infiexible consistency maintained
q middle OF the road" ohstinacy, as
he seems to have a living fear that any
.slaspeusSoa Of santankerousness will
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-02-17
PROF BRYCE

The sriici, on 'liawaunn Problems
written especially for the ). y. Chroni-
cle. by Hon. James Bryce. ~ q. III
swinted elsewhere In this paper
wnaicyer Mr. Bryce publishes Is
worth reading. Il could hardly be- 9th
srwlsc with the thoughts Of an Eng.
tlshman. who In his book ON the Am.
erican Commonwealth" has surpassed
40 many OF our own political writers
On describing, analysing and comment
ing upon our complex system Ut gov
eminent
while Prof. Bryce has stated the
faes he discusses with some iBaccur-
acy, he has presented the truth sub
stantially. He does not give enough
consideration TO our admirable school
system which is demonstrating and
harmonizing the rising generation OF
four races now residing here. Nor,
does he notice the evolution of the
Portuguese on these lslaivds, who may,
and probably will, be the dominant
race here, whenever the sugar indus
try becomes an industry which pro-
duccs only the average profit OF agri-
cultural industries. In the limited
space At his command. he deals only
with the general factors in the Ha-
waiian problem.
These problems are 10y no means
new to those living here. who have
made a study of political Institutions.
Prof. Bryce's suggestion that the Brit
ssh would have made these Islands .
Crown colony at once, is answered by
himself, that the Federal government
has no colonial Office through which
such colony could be governed. He
is opposed TO universal suffrage In Ha-
wall. "All Englishmen," he says, who
know India and the Crown colonies will
ing the suffrage in Hawaii " And he |
continues, Utterly opposed as /, NAV |
he to all democratic doctrine that 5000 |
Americans and Europeans, with per-
haps a smai. fusion of other races. |
should legislate for 100. 900 Asiatics. |
Hawaiians, and Portuguese. this is a |
less evil than that the 100, 900 should |
he granted power to injure themselves, |
and the Americans and the govern
ment as a whole"
The bref discussions in Congress
upon the Hawaiian bill, indicate that |
nhe views OF Prof. Bryce are shared by |
some Congressman. The Republican |
party tends towards a division into !
q left" and right" wing on the sub
ject of the elective franchise. The
left" wing containing the men who
are governed by the bitter lessons OF
universal suffrage. granted to the ne
gro. have secured in the committees,
a limitation on suffrage here in the
proposed organic law. They share
Prof. Bryce's views. which We're also
the views of the annexation party here
when 1t created the present Hawaiian
The right" wing of the Republican
party an Congress will oppose any
property qualification. What the re-
latiye strength of these wings of the
party as. has not been developed. This
right wing OF the party should not get
much IL any support from Republicans
in these Islands, because nearly all Of
these Republicans were annexationists
and heartily supported the adoption
Of the present constitution, with It's
high property qualifications.
The views OF Prof. Bryce have great !
value, for no one has better reputa-
ton for intelligeItly holding the
scales, and justly weighing in the bal
ances, the merits OF different political :
institutions.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-02-17
GETTING At THE HEATHER.

The Missionary Herald of February
hopes that the Gordon Memorial Col
lege 20 be founded at khartOum will
Dc put on thoroughly Christian basis,
In full remembrance OF the fact that
the true process Of lifting any people
Is first toGhristianize and then ciyilize
them.
The British. however, intend 70 al
low the faith OF Islam to dominate n
this college. just az II is allowed to
dominate in other colleges in India.
After a century OF experience, they
find that the substitution of one re-
ligion for another, is a serious and diff
cult matter, quite like swapping horses
in the middle Of a river. The theory of
the founders Of the Gordon Memorial
is tina, the enlightenment of the mind
should precede the enlightenment OF
the heart. Christianity, budded or
grated on Ignorance, produces scrub
fruit and flower.
But the Missionary Herald of Jan
uary Internationally endorses this the
DRY Of these founders. 1t says regard
ing the Chinese:
Mr.. Atwatcr OF Shansi calls atten-
ton to the wisdom and forecast of
Protestant missionaries in translat-
ing books OF science into Chinese.
The result of this work is marvellous.
At Fen-cho-fu, for instance, the dis
triCt and provincial magistrates and
the principal school master have just
purchased numbers of books from our
and have ordered others
that they have not on hand. The de-
mand for new books. even in this in
terror province of Shansi is so great
that some enterprising members Of the
Christian congregation propose tOI
start book store"
II the missionaries in China find a
marvellous result" in advancing Sc
cular knowledge in China, they seem
TO be in harmony with the founders of
the Gordon Memorial College who re-
fuse OlItwardly to attack lslamism but
destroy it by subtle methods
The prevailing idea OF the mission
airy has been for century, that
''heathenism" was a single root that
could lie drawn out by preaching the
gospel, and in its place Christianity
could be readily inserted. A better I'M
in these latter years
shows that "heathenism" Is a mass OF
roots and fibres, extending in every
direction through the souls of men,
and that true knowledge should he,
a measure. the forerunner Of the gOs-
pei, the gang pillow that runs deep IN
der the innumerable roots and libres
Of heathenism, breaks up the hard
soul, and lets in the air and light and
moisture OF Christianity.
This is the idea expressed by Rev
Sidney Gulick regarding the Oriental
religions. With Difference to the Al
mighty, he recognizes His hand in all
things, including the Oriental religions,
This is the idea OF the founders Of the
Gordon Memorial It seems to be inc.
lentally commended even in the Mis-
sionary Herald.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-02-17
CHINESE SOLDIERS.

While in Hong-Kong. Lord Charles
iiercsford gave his opinion about the
| Chinaman as a soldier
He said he did not know any nation
which had more OF the characteristics
required In soldiers. They were sober.
Obedient easily managed and quick
10 learn. II they were well led. II their
| contract wac kept as 70 their wages
being paid on the first OF the mon Al,
and they were properly fed and cloth
ed, he believed they would make splen-
did soldiers. In English troubles with
China, who were the people who fought
80 well and were mentioned 50 fire.
quently in the dispatches? Why, the
coolies. men picked up in the streets
hundreds while putting scaling ladders
against the enemy's ramparts." His
Lordship repeated that If treated fairly
and led properly the Chinese made just
as good soldiers A. any other nation.
The relative merits of the trained
soldiers of different nations are con
stanLiy discussed by those who are
partisans, or are influenced by national
prejudices. But, on the whole, the men
who have from close observation and
actual experience the best information
on the subject. do not make any wide
distinction between soldiers equally
well trained, and equally we'll ofiis cred
The advantage should De with Asiatic
troops as. by religious training, they
have no fear of death. At close quar-
tiers which seldom happens, the temper
aments OF different nationallties may
count. kinglake claimed that II did,
that the Spaniards should have easily
held the heignts of San Juan. But If
the men were not trained and the Of |
ficers were incompetent, as in fact they |
were, this event furnishes no proof OF |
the capacity Of the Spanish soldier On |
lie other hand, the conduct of the ne |
gro Regulars in attacking the same !
heights, is the very best proof of the |
general statement made by Lord Beres- |
ford. What the Rough Riders would |
have done. If left alone 10 capture the |
heights must remain a matter of spec
ulation. II goes without saying that a |
body of unframed intelligent men will |
be more than match for unframed |
ignorant men but that statement does !
not settle the relative merits of train |
ed men. During the Civil war, when |
veterans on one side met veterans on |
the Otner side, there We're many oc-
casions when these veterans refused |
to advance and fight, when they saw
that the order TO advance was foolish,
and involved useless slaughter. Long |
range guns restrict the exhibition OF
courage, excepting at critical
The use Of the disciplined
brain and hand seems to be OF more
effect on the battle field than personal
courage Lord Beresford has had many
opportunities TO estimate the value OF
as against personal courage. |
Perhaps no Drawer men ever lived |
than the Khaliia's troops at the battle |
Of Omdurman. But what is the value
Of personal courage against men who |
stand behind rapid firing guns and
know how to use them
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-02-17

II Is ventured to say that so soon as
the temperature OF passion is lowered
the judgment of the President in
showing mercy to Gen. Eagan will be-
commended. Gen. Eagan is an old man,
was worse than irascible, but he was
gallant soldier in his time.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-02-17

Mr. u. =. Dillingham; writes temper
ately OF kihei plantation. Every en-
terprise which has been promoted here
by this gentleman has turned out bet.
ter than he promised In the prospec-
tus. And he Is the father OF a number
of considerable concerns.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-02-17

Henry NJ. Whitney, whose views on
harbor Improvement are presented, is
familiar with the subject. 1t was in
the day of so long ago that he might
be embarrassed to have 1t stated that
he sketched Honolulu from the mast
of ship for the cut that still appears
in the heading of this paper.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-02-17

The new public school In Palama is
to have dancing classes. These will be
held after the hours for instruction as
laid down in the regular course. This
Is following out a recommendation
made by Col. Parker IL Is Americans
to Filipinos that there will be some OPP
position to H.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-02-17

Hawaii is the only new possession
that fails to number bull and chicken
fighting amongst the national sports
But the young men play base ball here
and job-chasers occasionally lock
horns, giving further evidence of gen.
uine Americanism as pictured in the
minds OF many
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-02-17
Hoods ss S.,;;;.
Hood 5 Pills yIoods saf.apariilA. ase.

Isthe Best-in fact the one True Blood Puri.
Der. sold by all druggists 81 sin for o.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-02-17

iabsaii. elsmrn, ~ ,hs ehllas saiufs
efs ishis 20 fuh sfoui - ssftaln
mvnihlg journal published IN the sl,t
Miss iNyo talks vsll ~ her tneshaas
ant she results desired
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-02-17

The petition for a grant or allow
ance to the Princess kaiulsni reads a.
II prompted by sense of justice and
In admiration and recognition of the
admirable qualities Of the young lady
concerned This Is the case az the
signatures evidence.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-02-17

There IL no report Of Aguinaldo hsy.
ing been seen on the firing line How
ever. he had made rather effective
placing Of his force. Il IL suspected
that personally he was In the rear
writing further proclamations.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-02-17

The creed ~ Rev ~ uills. the nsp
pastor " Plymouth. u Published No
lawyer fashioned that docnmeni u is
too brief and free from verbage ~
have emanaied from ieeai store ~ lore
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-02-17

II is certain that either that big sci
entific society at Philadelphia or tn,
Smithsonian Institute will send dow
here delegation TO study the cav
pictures. 1t may be that a connecting
link can be established between thes,
ancient artists and the gentlemen o
the pen who do cartoons for the Sar
Francisco papers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-22
TIE PRINT CLOTH MARKET.

Fall River Mass. Jan 2l (speciaD.-The cloth
market has been generally quiet during the week
the large buyers not having yet appeared. Trading
for the last few days has been confined wholly to
odd goods as manufacturers refuse 10 sell beyond
March al pa cents That figure has been fire.
ouenty offered and refused within the week ana
the trustees have few goods 10 sell anyway Prices
on many grades Of old goods are on a higher basis
than "a. cents and buyers quite willing 10 pay
all that is asked for short contracts
on some STYLES OF goods the mills are SOLD up
through April. and buyers have no choice IN TINS
market Fine yarn goods are bringing Detter prices
daily and some styles cannot be delivered untiI
after the first bali o. the year.
Manufacturers are showing much interest Ia 'he
wage agitation. but most Of them do not look LOT
a demand until spring. They argue mat ,holHIns
Will be done by the wage-earners unul values az =
more settled and the mills have hhq a chance 10
repay stockholders for the losses OF the Ihsl /" =
years The fact that steady "ork viii DC assu' %
on the present basis for the next TWO months II 20
them a matter OF some importance. ana lheS are
thankful that they run a day Wlthout los
There are manufacturers VINO are ready 70 take
the operatives side OF the wage question just as
soon as another move is made In prices conienolhs
that such o move is essential II good workers al -
70 be kept in this centre. The sales % the week
amounted TO about 10000 pieces The market Is
ouiet and firm at 23s cents
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-22
ENAMEL WARE TRUST ORGANIZED.
THE COMPANY INCORPORATED WITH A
CAPITAL. OF 100000.

The National FnameIling and Stamping Company
was organized yesterday at Jersey city. ana was
also Incorporated under the laws OF the state
I'm Trenton. The capital is placed at sS"W-
on OF which SO 900 600 wilt be per cent cumu-
latIve preferred stock and t2000000 common STOCK
The corporators are Wilson =. Marchbank. Charles
y. King and Albert s. King, who are identined WIN
the New-Jersey corporations agency samuel
Untermeyer counsel for the new trust, made the
following explanation for the union Of the several
prominent companies;
This consolidation Is tho outcome OF long lltl-
CATION over the validity OF patents which control
the manufacture OF one-coated enameIed ware
For some time the ST. Louis Stamping Company
owned by the Messrs. Niedringhaus. and the La
lance & Grosjeln Manufacturing Company have
been I'm litigation with the principal manufacturers
OF enamelled ware over the right Of the latter 10
manufacture one-coated enameled ware. owing 10
the recent discoveries in the art. the cost or pro-
ducing this kind Of goods has declined to about
one-third OF what Il five or six years ago IN
consequence OF this reduction in amount the con-
sumption has increased enormously
THE new company has now acquired the plants
OF the St Louis Stamping Company. owned by
Messrs Niedringhaus at Granite City. ILL.,. the
Kieckhefer Brothers Company, at Milwaukee WIS
Matthai. Ingram e GO. located at Baltimore ana
the fisherman Manufacturing Company whose fac
tories are at Berlin Village. Long Island and In
BROOKLYN. These four concerns will control the
bulk Of the output Of enamelled ware and are large
manufacturers Of tinware.
The company also acquires the rolling-ms OF
the St. Louis Stamping Company. and lease upon
the tinpate works. There Is no intention 20 In
crease the price Of the goods The savings in
freight on bulky articles in which the company VIII
deal and the economies in marketing the Soods
will IN themselves pay large dividend on the
stock without increasing the prices The policy OF
the company will be one OF great liberality 10 the
jobbers.
as 20 constitute ideal distributing points. The
officers OF the new company have not yet been
selected This will probably be done early next
week The consolidation Will do away with an
LITIGATION the patents. and VIII give 10 me
new company a lawful monopoly OF the business
through the ownership OF ali the modern nyen-
lions for manufacturing enameIed ware
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-22
POLICE SHAKE-UP PREPARING
OVER TWO HUNDRED MEN To LEAVE SOFT
SNAPS" FOR PATROL DUTY IN
TIE STREETS

II was learned at Police Headquarters yesterday
that the Police Board had abolished something Ike
two hundred detailed places and that the police
men who arc az present holding the details VIII be
rernanded 20 patrol duty The changes Will be m"de
early next week
At present there are more than thirteen hundred
policcn holding details IN all the boroughs IL was
decided 10 reduce the number OF details and put
more men on patrol duty where they are badly need
ed al the present time chief Devery reported re-
Gently that there were two hundred night posts
that had 70 be doubled up" in various precincts
because the commands short Of men. IL was
therefore determined cut the details but this de-
cison was kept secret because II II were known mat
this was 20 be done the Commissioners would have
boen overwhelmed by applications for mercy from
friends Of the officers holding detailed places Ihe
list Of places abolished was made mp at the meeting
Of the Police Board last Wednesday, when resou-
tions were adopted directing the Chief TO remand
N ratro duty the policemen Stationed al the places
mentioned The details dispensed with are princi-
nally in Manhattan and Brooklyn but there are
some I'm the other boroughs, too. In Manhattan
nearly one hundred details al street crossings pup
lie buildings ana posts along the river fronts are
done away with A number OF similar details IN
Rrooklvn are also abolished The Police Court
squads IN all the boroughs have been largely re-
duced and so has the Criminal Court squad In
some Of the courts about one-third Of the force VIII
60 back on patrol duty. The Commissioners "a fe
designated the number OF men 70 ne uftAHtu a., y,
eoob CONT and tho chief IL reducing me squads
accordingly The men left out will go on pauo'
T6e bic shift Will probably come on Monday. II
viii be the largest shake-up In years and VIII cause
great sir in the Dcp4Insh( anu rbe Srts win
have no chance 20 60 back, a. ne i,l.u ,n,,,ots
resolution fixed the limit = the Police court squa'S