The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-01-27

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ID will b. noticed tha, the companl.a
% the Alaska transportation business
ave made a uniform and. 81 course
. advance schedule Tor passenger
Ad freight u IL a wonder that thcss
cImpihies have not long since made
al rate for ordinary people coming on,
With percentage excess on the men
no have gold
Senator Perkins made a statistical
speech against expansion at a Bostou
function and then suffered himself to.
be pulled up to the bull ring by
california legislature. lie first spread
out his sentiments. then called for the
views Of his constituents.
The Seattle papers just at hand d..
not have so much to say In condemna-
ton Of Hawaiian courts and officials.
II may be that the old correspondents
are now idle or It may be that som.
truth has been learned In regard to-
maritime transactions here.
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A pretty close view of President Nc
kinleys everyday life is given In an
article this morning. II Hawaii gets
a cable within twelve months the peo-
pie Of the Islands will be favored with
a close view Of the President himself.
Private advices are to the effect that
Mr.. Mckinley is extremely anxious to
visit the new territory.
lt appears that It was beyond the
authority of the Bishop Estate Trus-
tees to purchase the Thrum Stamp
Collection. The Hon. Chas. X. Bishop
on learning of the limitation, at once
made a personal investment for the
Museum. Mr.. Bishop ever seems equal
to an emergency and ever intent on
forwarding the interests Of public in
situations of Hawaii.
The rule in the United States Navy
now is to enlist at least eighty per
cent. of citizens OF the country "A not
very close course Is held to the rule.
IL one may judge by the prevalence OF
twisted and broken and cracked and
shattered English heads when the jack
les gather in public places and talk.
They are all Americans all right. They
belong to the flag and the flag belongs
to them, but they speak better some
other language than the tongue of the
Greater Republic. There are any num-
Der of Swedes and Norwegians and
Germans in the way and good
sprinkling of Italians, while the Irish
are the backbone of the rank and file.
One Of the German jackies, a passen-
ger by the Doric, was up town when
the o. & o. liner was in port and was
peacock proud of the word Puritan on
his cap. In barber shop on the rialto
he became quite loQuacious and this
was about It: Dewey und dem fell
lers been wait now till us fellers vot
fight nit Schley by Cuba get by Ma
Mia oud. We been fight before und We
know vat. II any of dem tam Indians
or Dutchmans looks for trubbles, Wy
We Americans will knock de life out OF
dem. Dots vot. We been dere before.
We knows how. De Americans Is de
best fighters vat Is. You bed you. We
know how" A man standing at the
door whispered "sauer kraut" and ran
for his life.
When Gen. Grant was making his
tour of the world he was entertained
in one of the Japanese cities by E. ".
House, who had been an editorial
writer on the New York Tribune. The
late John Russell Young was with the
Silent Man and Prof. Scott, now Of the
Honolulu High School, was one of the
diners. At the cigars stories were told.
The General was interested. but 1t
seemed impossible to amuse him.
Finally he was pressed for a narrative
and was bantered for something COM
ical.- He said he knew but one funny
story and he was not quite certain OF
the quality. The General went on to
tell that at one time during the war
he was in rather barren southern
district where the rain was cOntinu-
Gus. The mud was couple of feet
deep everywhere for miles and miles.
The weather condition was worse than
billiards. and earthquakes mixed. 1t
made men heartlessly III and abso-
lutely nothing could be done. The
General halted up big Missourian at
dawn one morning. The soldier had
rueful face and ragged uniform,
frayed and faded. The man looked
cold and hungry and disconsolate. He
received a kindly inquiry from the
great captain and as had been anti
cipated unbosomed himself. Said he:
II understand the United States Is go
ing to give every soldier 100 acres of
land in the south after the war Is over.
l enlisted to fight for Uncle Sam till
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