The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-03-17
TINE PASSING HOUR.

TINE PASSING HOUR.
The news from Manila IL jus, k1ll.
Ing.
With Congress adjourned the ooun.
try still has Gems. Alger and Miles.
ooO
The Dill In not cancelled. Mr.. Smith
has just gone into the reserve force.
Will II now be men seeking offices
or Offices seeking men at the Exccu-
tive Building?
Aguinaldo will never yell enough
SO long a. millions Of ransom money
are rendered him.
And just as Hilo had come to the
conclusion that w o. was a pretty
good sort after all.
The oratoriO concert TO be given
next week should open the way for a
steady series Of such musical events.
The local Bradstreet's fails in the
latest issue TO give the customary foot
note in effect that collections are diff
cult
The CHEEKY Rev. c. II. Yatman, the
happiest OF all happy evangelists. will
be better loved than ever when he
leaves Honolulu this time.
Reports by officials Of the Beard
OF immigration are not lengthy or la
bored, though they tell a good deal
about labor
At San Francisco the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has
charge OF the City Pound. II might be
well to have here the same system.
The new Judd Building is smooth
and pretty in every way as a unani-
nous decision Of the Supreme Court
written by the Chief Justice himself.
The number OF people in this COM
munity who care to discuss finances Is
Amazingly small. When the national
issues wander down this way there will
be fun.
This scheme Of getting around the
world In thirty days. outlined from
Russia, probably originated in the
mind Of some note collector.
Those priests from the Philippines
told very interesting story, no mat
ter II they are subject to the common
heritage Of seeing things from their
own point Of view.
1t has remained for railway com
pany to put forth the handsomest hand
book on Hawaii yet produced. The old
reliable Union Pacific, the great Over
land Route, did this.
Italy has been insulted in the re-
fusal OF China to cede harbor and
a lot Of land and presents force. It
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suited by the lion.
II has been noticed that the tug Eleu
sometimes grunts. But. honest Intun,"
the captain, engineer and crew mem
bers serve yigils that are not simply
long. They are interminable.
To find a highly accomplished pianist
wearing the uniform Of an enlisted man
in the U. s. A. Is cumulative evidence
on the point that the personnel Of the
land and sea forces Of Uncle Sam is
simply unrivalled.
All should take a good look at the
little U. $. gunboat Wheeling, now in
this port. She is one Of the light
draught craft Admiral Dewey has
wanted and will assist in making his
tory in the Filipino group.
| Aguinaldo may soon be in the posi-
ton Of negotiating for exchange of
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for a few hundred Spanish prisoners.
The table will soon be turned and
Aguinaldo will be under It.
| The announcement from Europe that
monarchy Is on its last legs in Spain
is not given great deal of prominence
In the American papers. 1t is not In
what Spain now has, but in what Spain
formerly possessed that interest in the
United States Is now conferred.
Simpsons friends were the agrees
sors In the division that arose over the
merits OF the naval commanders prom
inent in Cuban waters during the war
Schley's friends did not appear to be-
maneuvering, but they have put their
man two numbers ahead OF the other