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Douglas Island news., 1899-11-22

Martin Olsen was over to Juneau Saturday.
 J.J. Beede, of Seattle, was in town yesterday.
 Stoves and Stove Pipes at lowest prices at Feusi's.
 Try the big Chicken Dinner at the Gem Restaurant on Sunday. Only B cents.
 The Douglas News Depot will have a full line of Dolls, Toys and Books for Christmas.
 Mrs. Vim. Schick leaves for Taco ma on the AI-Ki, and will probably not return. We will have William with us for a time, but he also thinks seriously of leaving.
 The new Martin Olsen Block is near Iy completed and will be one of the very best buildings in the town. George DeRoche is the contractor, and that means good, honest work and material.
 MT. Osborn returned from the east the first of the week and brought his family with him. He will make Alas ka his home, and we are pleased to wei come them to the district as perma- nent residents.
 Mir. Geo. Bach and his charming wife and her mother, Mrs. Hanilla, were in the city yesterday visiting friends. Mrs. Hanilla is from Seward City and has been down visiting the Geo. Bach family at Juneau.
 Mrs. Hubbard, Mrs. Howell and Mrs. Keeton, three of the most charming women in this city, will return to their husbands on the next Cottage City. This will be a relief to the News man, for we have had an awful time watching the three men.
 Dr. Treuholtz left for the sound last week and has bid Alaska goodbye. We much regret his departure. He is a thoroughly competent physician and surgeon. We wish him success wher- ever he may locate,
 Mir. Murray, owner of the Douglas City Water Works, went to Juneau last week and planked down fifty dollars l for a license to furnish water to the peo- ple. One good thing about the matter l is, that Mir. Murray don't do any kick ing about it.
 Capt. Tibbitts, the good natured com mander of the Flosie, says this month has been a hard one on the boat crew, on account of the unusually stormy weather. His gallant little ship has lost a few days on account of the high seas, but generally the Flosie is up and coming.
 We have received a letter inviting us to call at the s. Blum & Go. store in Juneau and look at the new fall and winter goods. We wish to say to that Prince of Merchants, that we have al ready been there, and it is daisy. MT. Blum is "onto" his job. He is a "hot number"
 Owing to their extensive mining in terests, which will from this on take the greater portion of their time, Batchelor S Bernard have concluded to close out their stock of Millinery, Gents Fur nishing goods, Boots, Shoes and Cloth ing on Seward street, between First and Second, opposite Alaska Furniture Co., in Juneau. This stock is new and well selected. and purchasers can rely on getting bargain, however small the :. purchase.
Douglas Island news., 1899-11-22
Try It..

Tracy and his horse don'tagree very we'll, even during this nice, balmy weather. When Tracy wants the horse to go, the animal don't want to. If Ira cy will send east and get some chestnut burs, and slip one under his horses tail occasionally, the horse will go whether Tracy wants him to or not.
Douglas Island news., 1899-11-22
Methodist Service.

The pastor, Rev. D. V. Smith, will preach next Sunday at o'clock, in the new Friends church. The Misses Lar sen and others, of Juneau, will sing. Every body invited.
Douglas Island news., 1899-11-22
VIII They Rush?

The News wants to put in newspa- per press, and we wish to do so out of the subscription fund. If you love your paper, help the press fund out with one or two annual subscriptions. Our office is not large, so don't all rush in at once.
Douglas Island news., 1899-11-22
Marine Notes.

The Cottage City arrived from the South last Wednesday and returned from the West on Sunday and slid out for the Sound the same day.
 The City of Seattle arrived from the Sound last Saturday night and brought up a large mail.
Douglas Island news., 1899-11-22
Cut Rates

At G. Roene's Hardware Sore Stove Pipe at 15 cents length Galvanized Pipe at 30 cents length Roof Plates for 50 and 60 cents Century Lamp Chimneys 10 cents Keys fitted for 10 cents
 Saws filed and set for 25 cents.
Douglas Island news., 1899-11-22
For Sale.

The Nessler property on Front street in this city is for sale. It is the prop erty now occupied by c. A. Lindstrom. For price and terms, enquire at News office. 2t
Douglas Island news., 1899-11-22

For Hardware of all kinds, from a PenIlnife to an Anchor, see Charles w ortman.
Douglas Island news., 1899-11-22
The Douglas Island News.

THE LOCAL FIELD. Items of Interest Dished Up in Brief for the Ben- eft O: Our Readers.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-02-24
The FLORIDA ORANGE.

The suffering people of Florida have
learned much since the severe breeze
of 1895, by which their citrus crops
were destroyed. At that time many of
the groves were abandoned-many
other groves We're uprooted, and the
land was replanted with annual crops.
A few close observers, however. no
ticed hat the large tap roots of the
orange trees were not injured. II uhe
trunk OF the tree, killed by frost. was
promptly removed, and only the root
bark graft inserted in the
stump which had been cut to a level
with the ground II would produce
fruit in the year following the graft
ing, owing to the enormous supply Of
fruit food in the large roots.
The CRAZE for orange groves has
passed in Florida. The reckless talk
of the newspapers about the fortunes
in oranges has ended. But with
knowledge and experience, 1t is now
settled that in spite OF frosts, the or
ange crop may he made TO yield a
farmers profit" And thousands OF
people are thankful that II is 50. As
time passes the people of America see
the illusions OF sudden wealth vanish,
and they are gradually accepting the
fact. that the destiny Of the great
majority OF men Is set at little more
than fair living. The history of
orange culture in Florida is that OF
a people, undertaking a new business,
becoming discounted by adverse cir
but with pluck and intel
ligence finding and taking a better
hold
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-02-24
4 LESSON LEARNED.

Gen. Ludlow now in command OF
Havana, in his testimony before the
War Commission, stated that as a mat
ter OF fact, the campaign for the cap
ture of Santiago was race between
the physical yigor OF the troops and
the Cuban malaria. His opinion is
that II the campaign had been carried
on upon purely military principles. as
Gen. Miles desired, the army would
have been on its back before the date
Of the surrender.
Uncle Sam had no experience in con-
Quoting campaigns in the tropics. He
now has it, and, after all, 1t has cost
him little, A months campaigning in
Cuba taught the officers what West
Point could not teach.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-02-24
JAPAN NoI CROWDED.

~ maah a. lpcn asld IN ihass ID
snsls alyut m. as~ire II a.. Japases
govtbment 10 promote e,lonisstIou
and acquire nex y.ssesslona. the =.
cnt LANGUAGE ~ count Okuma on N,
subject is ~ high value. lie says
"jaJsn has miliions NJ acres OF LAND
stall "a develop and Ne could xitb
Nse produce twice IA much a. ~e q,
nj the present moment therefore for
the present at any rate. We do not
need to oolonlze.
the Advertiser has isken this view
81 the Japanese policy. in spite Of as
s.rtion boldly made that these Islands
we're really desired by the japanese
government in past years.
The fact that the wages offered by
the plantations here, amounted to i've
fold the rate prevailing In Japan was
quite SUFFICIENT to attract very large
immigration. II China or Japan Offer
ed the American mechanic SIS per
day instead OF S.. and tempted the
American farmer with $3.50 per month
instead OF $50. the stampede to those
countries would have almost depopu-
lated some States. What was strictly
an industrial or economic movement,
fostered and supported by our own
people, was presented to the pubic as
a political move Some Japanese
statesmen so treated 1t. and created
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-02-24

ysamy wouiA b. ~ enlightened 10
tHnilon. is before Coogress
Desirable a. Etpansion u. how vi
hls serions aucs ion h. disposed II b
'onesws7 The laws u tho unitst
States positively forbid poiysamy 10
be- territories. while the laws " Grea
Britain permit, unlimited polygsmy w
he's tsrr .ori.s ~ the Philippine arr
A Part u American territory. viii Con.
g,y-s discriminate In favor Of the
phillpplnos' n ~ does not. and insists
that the rillplnos will BJi be fitted
for self government. or be htted to
live under the Star Of Empire. until
pplygamy ends. hos will u enforce
the laws7
From time immemorial the tolera-
ton 81 "heathenism' In India by Great
Britain has been bitterly denounced by
our religious press. What will say.
when a Malay merchant visits the
Eastern states with a reiinue of wives
Expansion means a change OF views
on our part. II in just and proper thai
there should be change. II Nc are
To have a foothold In Asia, We must
partially relinquish oaIr high and per
haps speculative standards of morals.
and allow the heather some standing
in court. John Morley says that the
British have found that the enforce
ment of high principles in the colonies
and dependencies is a political error.
We shall finally agree with the British
thai too much principle will require
too much bayonet.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-02-24
ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE.

The study OF animal intelligence.
should ~ given a prominent place In
the sohOos This can he done only
by making il a serious study Ia the
Normal schools, when teachers may
be made proficient In the knowledge
OF animal psychology Heretofore and
now. man relying on the Biblical au-
thonty for holding dominion over
beast and fowl and fish. has seliishly
assumed that he is under no moral
obligation TO animals. The most de-
vout men and women have persistent
ly ignored the rights Of animals. II
has not occurred TO them that animals
have feeling and reason, or that they
may, and probably do, hay an i'm
pOrtant place in the moral world.
Prof. Ribot has published an article
in France on the intelligence Of ami
mails, which throws some light on their
mental operations. He drops the word
instinct" that has most indefinite
meaning, and is loosely used by people
who have not studied animal thought.
He relies largely on the admirable
work OF Prof ROmanes which should
he used as IA tex book In every school.
Regarding the elephant, he says:
He will tear up bamboo canes from
the ground. break them with his feet.
examine them, and repeat the opera
ton until he has found one that suits
him: he then seizas the branch with
his trunk and uses 1t as q scraper To
remove the leeches which adhere 10
his skin at some inaccessible part Of
his body" When the late King Eala-
kaua visited the city OF RangoOn, he
watched closely the elephants employ
ed in the lumber yards. He noticed
that the flies had gathered on the belly
OF one Of them, and were annoying
him. After stamping with his foot
several times, he collected with his
trunk a lot of small stones widhin
reach of his trrnk. Then with skill
fu' movement, he threw them under
his body, and squarely hit the flies.
These acts, Involving thought and ex-
perience, Prof. Ribot attempts 10 ex-
plain But as we are sadly deficient in
the knowledge Of our own processes
OF reasoning, 1t is hardly possible that
We should clearly comprehend the
mental operations of animals.
II 1t Is finally settled that animals
as well as men are rart OF the
moral universe, a vast field OF mission
AIRY work will be opened. In addition
to the missionaries to the heather,
there will he missionaries to the kan
garoos, missionaries to the apes OF
Borneo. Perhaps some Of our restless
= Dliticians will be converted and open
n University Extension among the
ITramway's mules
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-02-24
POOR ITALY.

Some startling facts have come to
light recently, regarding uhe con-
dltion of The Italian people. Mrs. Da-
rio Papa states ia the North American,
that, each year in Italy a hundred
thousand persons go mad with hun-
ger, while thousands die of the pella-
gra, hunger madness" Owing 10 the
heavy taxation on salt, the consumer
pays about forty times more than he
should for it, and its price is the same
as sugar.
The people live in state OF despair
The government is SO well organized,
ii suppresses any uprisings. The peo-
pie seem TO have lost the power TO Or
ganize against abuses.
While the world IS indignant at the
massacre of the Armenians, 1t looks
stolidly on, while hundred thousand
people die of starvation in Italy, and
the whole population Is underfed.
Emigration allows many to better
their conditions, but the great major
ity of the people are unable to get
away.
The reasons why the people OF Italy,
the possessors OF very little do
main, should have degenerated rather
than advanced, are not clearly appar-
ent. Even II the influence OF the Ro-
manistic church has kept the people
in ignorance, that fact does not sufii-
GENTLY explain their decadence.
Mexico, still under the dominance OF
the Church, appears TO be advancing.
Chill, under the same dominance, and
the Argentine Republic, are advancing.
Is there national old age and decrepi-
tude in the order OF events?
One OF the writer's on this subject
insists that 1t is due to an acquired
racial habit; that nations like indi-
viduals may lose their grip; that the
presence of competition, of unwise
land laws may discourage any desire
for advancement. One writer says the
Italians are ignorant Ct their own re-
sources, and cannot make the best OF
what they have, and that the Italian
reformers have not taken any interest
in organizing the people into bodies
that could act with influence In re-
organizing their industries. This hun
ger nadness OF a nation is one Of the
most pitiable spectacles of modern
times.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-02-24
MUGWUMP

The ratification OF the treaty of Paris
is due To the vote Of Democratic Mug
wumps. II these Democratic independ-
esnts had a realizing sense OF the moral
depravity of Mugwumpery, they would
have kept within party lines, and de-
Seatsd the treaty. The bigoted parry
partisans w.,O denounce independence
I'm politics, become rather confused.
when Mugwumpery pulls them out Of
. deep hole. On the one hand the Re
publican partisans shake their fingers
at Senators Hoar and Hale, and shout,
'thOw dare you vote against the po-
licy Of your party At the same time,
an securing success for this policy,
through Democratic votes, they are
forced 10 say, thank you Democratic
Mugwumps for saving our policy from
destruction. Mugwumpery is an excel
2ant thing 80 long as 1t brings fish to
our nets"
There is no better illustration OF
the value of the independent in pol
tics than the action OF the Senate.
II there were no independents in pol
tics, what would have been the stu
alton of the treaty OF Paris, when Re
psblican Senators, in spite of party
obligation, refused TO ratify II? Fail
ure Of course, and with most serious
soaseqrencas. Democratic Senators
with their proyerbial narrowness and
hack OF wisaom opposed the ratification
of the treaty. The independence OF a
few Of their number saved II. II re-
Glires vast amount Of charity in the
Republicans TO denounce the treason
Of independence in their own party,
and then feel truly thankful for trea-
ton In the Democracy. The good or
thodox New England deacon holly de-
nonnced his Unitarian neighbur and
gave his personal assurance OF the
everlasting damnation OF all Unitari-
ans But when his Unitarian neighbor
saved him from being gored to death
by a vicious bull, he observed that he
guessed some Uniarians might be
saved. but he was ag'in saving mos,
of EN-" Both Republicans and Demo-
Gratis hate Mugwumps, but when a
Augwump gets them out Of serious
trouble, they take as confused view
of the service rs the Deacon did of his
neighbor.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-02-24
CUBA AND HAWAII.

several correspondents, with repu.
aSlIon Tor yeraci,y. state that the eS-
arume suffering and distress In Cuba
IN disappeared. u is believed tina,
su0ersng from hunger has ended. Food
6rm she States Is still given with
snMe or less discretion. The mild eli
mase Of the Island and SITS great iertili-
~ enables food to be raised quickly.
aAa chere is at present little comfort IN
diving, as the cash capital OF the ISL
and has been exhausted.
We, of Hawaii, congratulate the Gu
asans on the expulsion of the Splniards
Wa fssl deeply grateful to them for
rsl,eiling against Spanish rule. In
making such noble sacrifices for in
sSapsnuence, or self government, they
have suffered intensely, ruined their
ssinar plantations, and have lost sew
sral hundred thousand persons by star
walton, violent death, and disease. All
of this heroic action by raising the
priue Of sugar, has put several millions
Of dollars into the pocket of those who
are interesteu in sugar stocks in these
Islands.
Although thousands OF poor people
ON the Mainland have contributed
largely to aid those starving people
the heart of Hawaii has been cold
and unavoidable. TO have. given those
Cubans any aid in their tribrlaiions
and distress would probably have laid
ms open to the charge Of stimulating
rebellion against the Spanish govern
ment with which We were at peace
We did indulge in tears at their mis-.
cries, bu. to have acted the part Of the
good Samaritan towards them would
have made US accomplices in their re-
bellion. That Hawaii, with money to
amrn, by reason OF the Cuban revolu-
ton, steadily refused to aid the starry
ing reyoiutionists. was the best evil
sience Of her infexible purpose to be
right before she was generous The
people of the Mainland had no similar
delicacy Of feeling.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-02-24

cheap labor Of Asia with American
labor. The President Is rebuked for
encouraging such a movement.
While an honest and patriotic class
are shouting for the Flag. and the
need of more territory, the farming
class who do not have much time for
shouting, ask how they are going to
be protected aginst cheap labor. Con-
gress will not dare to refuse the far
mers a hearing. We repeat what we
have said before, the powerful tobacco
interest, distributed through many
States, will have even more influence
in controlling the action Of Congress
than the sugar interests. While the
mercantile classes see the opening OF
new markets through expansion, the
farmers will demand protection In
some form against Asiatic labor.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-02-24

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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-02-24
CHOATE AND DEPEW.

Chauncey NJ. Depew in the \. y. In
dependent, disconrses briefly on the
character OF his friend Joseph IA.
Choate. He relates this anecdote re-
garding passage of arms between
them
At a dinner of the New England
Society Mr.. Choate, speaking before
me, SAID that reporter had called at
his house asking him for copy OF
his speech, and declaring that he had
already secured a typewriter copy Of
the speech that was to deliver, with
tire laughter" and applause all
marked in by me. In the course of Mr..
Choate's speech he quoted, what WIS
for him very unusual thing, a
stanza OF poetry. II was rough news
paper poetry which came in pat, and
suited very we'll the thing taat he
was saying. -
When my chance came 10 reply,
said; Yes, the reporter had called n
me, and in asking for copy had
told me that Mr.. Choate had come to
his office and presented him with a
speech, which contained a piece Ct
poetry which, from its peculiar CHAR
acter lie judged Mr.. Choate had v. IL
ten himself" v
In the following number OF the In
dependent, Mr. Choate disoourses upon
Mr., Depew, Both Of these eminent
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-02-24
Off for Lanai.

The departure for Lanai last evening
OF +. II. Hayselden, A. v. Gear and 7.
+. Lansing may mean a second plan
tation for that island, or perhaps radi-
cal enlargement of the one now being
established by Hayselden, Paine and
others. Messrs. Gear and lansing. IL
is understood, have established fnan-
cial connections at San Francisco and
in tho east Tor the purpose Of engaging
in the cane and sugar business on, q
quite extensive scale.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-02-24
THE POLYGAMOUS PROBLEM.

The author OF "Festus" alluded 70
England as State 'polygamous of
Gil contermlnious territory" The Unit
I'd States has now fallen into polyga-
NOUS ways regarding territory.
Wmle petitions are now being sent
10 the House OF Representatives, from
many parts Of the country, protesting
against the admission OF Mr.. Roberts
al Utah to membership in the HOUSE,
the uestion 80 admitting several mil
Mons OF Philippine polygamists, and
Malay heaahen among whom even DO