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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-19
PROHIBITION IN HAWAII.

Rev. DR.. 8. z. Bishop, who usually
strikes a keynote In any discussion
which enlists his moral or intellectual
powers, says OF prohibitory liquor
laws that 1t is unwise to impose them
on a community where public senti-
ment Is averse to their enactment.
The reason why is that they could
not be enforced and would soon en-
cumber the statute books. With many
people there Is a superstitious fancy
themselves and that IL a morally de-
sirable statute Is put on the books Il
achieves a desirable end. Nothing
could be more misleading. Even a law
so basic as that which confers the Fed
eral suffrage upon the freed blacks Is
made a dead letter In the Southern
States OF the Union simply because the
white people won't have 1t. Various
blue" laws remain in technical force
but without legal efficacy. They are
to all intents and purposes dead be-
cause the people they were framed for
refuse to obey them. When things
reach that pass in a country where
moral legislation is not to be enforc-
ed by the bayonet, the only thing for
the law-making power to do is to bow
to the popular OBJECTIONABLE after
that to see that no more attempts are
made to fly in the face of it.
| II there is one thing the experiment
ing with prohibitory liquor laws has
proved 1t is that in no community
where the majority or even a large mi
nority of the residents want to use
spirituous or malt beverages can they
lie deprived of them. The drug
stores" of Maine, the blind pigs" OF
South Carolina. the "speak-easys" OF
Iowa tel their own story OF evasion
Speaking Of Maine, which has had
prohibition on It's statute books for q
great many years. the arrests for
drunkenness run from $4,000 TO 5000
annually despite the fact that every H.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-19

q The new armored cruisers OF the
United States are to be very powerful,
quite az much so, in many respects, as
first-class battleships. These vessels,
the California, Nebraska and West
Virginia by name. will have the speed
and staying powers OF an ocean liner
with ornaments Of sixty-six fixed guns
each and magazines to hold over four
hundred tons of ammunition. The Ma
val Construction Board has given
these ships $4,000 tons displacement,
% knots speed and a steaming radius
of 1000 miles. The entire superstruc-
ture from a point below the water line
will be armored. AS the cruiser will
rise very high, somewhat like the old
three-deckers, they will look larger and
more impressive than battleships OF
the Kearsarge class.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-19

.icit seller conceals as many o. his
.e,l-tale customers as he can. We ad-
nit that there are places in Maine ana
lther prohibition States where drink
If whisky or beer cannot be had for
owe or money. but they are generally
mail villages where the teetotal senti-
nent is sold and vigilant and possess
ed Of the great majority OF votes. In
he larger places where an active class
Of liquor men or their sympathizers
exists probably not much less liquor Is
drank than the average per capita
consumption in wide-open New Eng
land towns.
II Honolulu felt on the liquor ques-
ton as the small Maine towns do pro-
hibftion would be az practicable here
as 1t is there. But what Is the truth?
As DIR. Bishop puts It: Whatever
may be the case with Americans, the
British. the Germans and the Portu-
guese, who form a large element In
the community, do not recognize any
thing morally wrong in the consump-
ton Of alcoholic beverages" Nor for
that matter do a considerable proper
ton OF Americans and natives and
probably 80 per cent of the Asiatics.
What we have left in Hawaii Is a tee
total residue so small, comparatively,
that 1t could not reasonably hope to
enforce a prohibition statute for an
hour-no, not with Congress behind It,
| What then? We see nothing more
practicable than to urge the continu-
ance OF the present high license sys-
tenn. High license" says DIR. Bishop,
SIS the best we can DO here" Time has
proved that fact over and over again.
Whether this solution will always be
the better one depends upon the sue
cess OF moral suasion in changing the
character Of our electorate. II the to-
tal-abstainers can create a public SEN
timent here such as they have done in
some thousands Of small Mainland vii.
lagos and as may be found In 30 large
place as Pasadena, Cal, then prohibi-
ton will come to us or from us as a
matter of course. But anything which
omits that preliminary strikes US as Il
apparently does DR.. Bishop as being 8
waste of valuable time.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-19

The Emperor OF China has been COM
PEELED to sign an edict forbidding the
great dignitaries of the Empire to con-
graduate him on his birthday. Some
time before that he sent out decree
explaining. In a self-abasing way, why
he had made room for a successor. He
did 1t all at the command OF the woman
who has usurped his rights. How any
body can assume that such a fabby
creature, IL given absolute power
would prove to be pioneer in the civ
ilization OF China, is a question in psy-
chology which we willingly leave to
the Star.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-19

Today's political story Is both en-
pertaining and important 1t shows
that the natives propose to join hands.
when the Territorial bill passes. with
the Portuguese and carry on the func-
lions OF elective government 80 as to
exclude the American party and pun
ish 1t for annexation. That Is the way
the "Americanism" of those who
amended the Cullom bill may work out
In the wash. We have hopes. however
that the Portuguese will not consent
to 60 against their own best interests
simply because two or three OF theil
leaders have been promised jobs.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-19

The oHcial rat-catcher. 1t appears, Is
\ French gentleman who has, along
with q Parisian lady friend. been OF
much trouble to the local police. His
name n Duval; whether he Ia OF
Claude Duval extraction We do not
know. A to his capacity to catch
rats, there Ii yet no public knowledge
but from the ease with which he trap
ped q $50 per month salary we
imagine that the rats had better hunt
their holes. Likewise the taxpayers.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-19
OF CURRENT INTEREST.

The Lesser Deeus.
The memory OF a andy word
For long gone by,
The fragrance of a fading flower
Sent Lovingly,
Inc cleaning OF a sudden smile
Or sudden tear,
Inc warmer pressure Of the hand.
The tone OF cheer,
The hush that means, Il cannot speas
But 1 have heardi"
The note that only bears a verse
From Gods own Word;
such tiny things We hardly count
AS ministry;
Sucn givers deeming they have showr
Scant sympathy;
Bnt when the heart Is oyerwrought
oh, who can tell
The power Of such tiny things
To make 1t well?
st. Louis Republic.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-19

Tho Council of State did well to ap-
propriate SIS 900 for a hospital for in
curables, Under the terms OF Alexan-
der Ysuag's offer the rest OF the
money ought not to be hard to get. Lo-
cal philanthropy can find no more de-
serving object.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-19
Mark Twsin's Eir, i- ri "a.

Mark Twsin's Ei,, o.. ri e
Mark Twain related in a recent ad-
dress that he once set out to ride from
Hartford to Boston on a bicycle, got
tired of 1t after five miles and took an
express train. What time did you
leave Hartford?" asked a friend in
Boston. About T." What! And you
don't mean you've ridden all the way
on your bicycle" Enough OF it,
said Twain. Ito prove it could be
done"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-19
P'frb tie ran V'cc.

When Dan Rice was at a Phlladel-
phla theater in 1860. he sent passes Que
night 10 900 young men, and when
they arrived to see the show ne APP
peared without his makeup and read
them a lecture condemning the out
bursts which had been made In favor of
the South and secession al time
when the fate Of the nation hung In
the balance.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-19

The prrsIde~t'- rtn-- Noic~
President Mckinley Is said TO have
sung with vigor and evident enjoy.
ment at the Fifth Avenue Methodist
church in New York Sunday. His voice
Is bass. and he knew how TO use f.
He was a member of chorus in Can.
ton. o.. in his young days. and has al.
ways been fond OF singing. II is his
custom always TO sing in church.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-19

A recent New York Tribune contains
the surprising statement that trains on
the TraAs-Siberian road are more lux
urtoss than those Of America. Evi-
IDENTIFY Russia means to make high
bid ter tourist trade.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-19
His 50 81 Gold Piece.

His 50 81 Gold Piece.
Mr.. John Wheeler, night clerk In a
washington hotel, has a 50 gold piece
OF the mintage of 1854. Mr.. Wheeler.
considers himself in luck, as the coin
8 quoted at IS, while he took IL to pay
a debt OF 20. The other day a depart
ing guest threw the coin on the desk
saying he wanted to pay his bill. Mr..
wheeler handed him 81. The money
was returned with the statement that
the clerk had made a mistake. Mr..
Whee.er denied this, and was told to
.ook at the coin. AS 50 gold pieces are
not seen very often, Mr.. Wheeler plac-
ed it in the safe, and looked up Its
market value. The coin will be made
into a watch charm.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-19

The situation in China has the look
of civil war, to be followed. as a mat
ter of course, by European occupation.
The Powers are ready TO act and have
already notified the Tsung-.i-Yamsn Of
their purpose, unless disturbances are
quelled, TO send troops into the inte-
rior. Russia has already got control OF
Manchuria and In that quarter there
are few IL any signs of public unrest.
Trouble is brewing chiefly in Shan
tung and Canton and in the provinces
of the extreme South Each threatened
district Is under foreign espionage.
Shantung is held by the Germans at
Kiachaou and the British at Wei-hai-
Wei; Canton is not far from British
post and the foreign fleets menace
Shanghai. Hence IL war flames up 1t
will not be difficult for the Europeans
to apply the quenching flood. After
that we can hardly doubt that China
will be partitioned as Poland was and
gradually brought into the sphere OF
civilized propriety. To such benefit
may good fortune soon invite 1t.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-19

George r. Carter, in his address be-
fore the Associated Charities. states
that the sailors are complaining of the
methods of Lewis & Turk and de-
scribes these men as organizing local
System Of crimps and clearinghouse
masters" of the kind that has done SO
much harm to the shipping interests of
San Francisco. If the charge is well
founded the Marshal ought to recall the
special commission for waterfront po-
lice work he has issued to Lewis. To
make a policeman out of a man en-
gagged in a business which. in other
seaports, includes "shanghaing" as q
source of revenue, is to furnish him a
chance to do his illegal work under
the cover of law. Waterfront police
men should at least be free from the
suspicion OF wanting to arrest ss1mer
for Interior purposes of their own.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-19

There Il nothing in Admiral Dewey o
recent course which lessons the truth
of the statement he made at Manila q
year or more ago that his life training
had united him for politics.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-19
AS Promised.

ply each lot Permits for making water connect
will be granted on application. .,]
An inspection OF the attractive homes now buHtI
or the names of purchasers OF lots, will convince any
that PACIFIC HEIGHTS is the choicest and most u
of all the residence sites Of Honolulu.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-19
Electric Railway.

Contracts have been let for material. and the v>
of construction equipping and installation placed
hands of mpetent electrical engineer to be fully
pleted by June lst. Having an independent pow
plant we are prepared to furnish electric power
lighting heating and other purposes, to our homeMl
ers at most reasonable rates.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-19

Hoods Yilis cure liver us; the ncnArrisstine and
only cathartic TO take with Hoode s@rsaparllA
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-04-27
Fugitive From Justice.

In all the forty five States of
Union, it remained for New
Works Governor to defend or ex
cuse the hight handed wrongs
committed by Governor Taylor,
of Kentucky. 1t is perfectly
natural, therefore, that Taylor
should 60 to New York as a
fugitive from Justice. He thinks
the Rough Rider Governor will
give him protection and save
him from trial by his peers
If he did not know he was an &C
cessory of the murder of Goebel,
this usurper would go home and
stand his trial like man. 1t is
a guilty conscience that sends
him to New York to beg the
protection of the Rough Rider.
The mills of the gods grind
SLOWLY but the day is coming
when Taylor must stand trial for
instigating the assassination of
his successful rival. He may
hang around Roosevelt for a
time and save his neck, but as
sure as "murder will out" Tay~
lor must sit in the prisoners
dock and face a trial by a jury
of twelve of his countrymen.
Nothing except abidicating his
country will save him from a
fair trial, and it is believed by
the best men in Kentucky that
a fair trial would put his NECK
in the gallows.-Ex.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-04-27
A Life And Death Fight.

Mr.. w. A. Hines of Manches-
ter, Ia, writing of his almost
miraculous escape from death,
says; Exposure after measles
induced serious lung trouble,
which ended in Consumption
l had frequent hemorrhages and
coughed night and day. All my
doctors said | must soon die.
Then I began to use DR. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption
which completely cured me. l
would not be without it even if
it cost $500 bottle. Hundreds
have used it on my recommends
alton and all say it never fails to
cure Throat, Chest and Lung
troubles" Regular size soc and
$I.oo. Trial bottles free at
Standard Pharmacy Drug Store
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-04-27
THEY DIDN'T DARE.

The Messenger and Intelli,
gencer knows of many Populists
in this county who have already
signi6ed their intention of vot-
ing for the amendment, and it
believes that before the election
all of them, except some ten CT
fifteen, who are practically Re,
publicans, will do so.-Wades>
boro Messenger and Intelligent
Ger.
The Populist leaders, who
while criticizing the constitu >
tional amendment, were particu>
lar to declare in their platform,
OWE DO NOT MAKE IT "A
PARTY QUESTION:" knew
the existence of the sentiment of
VIII .ch our Wadesboro contem-
porary speaks. They were forced
to put that declaration in the
platform by the rank and file of
the party, out the cunning
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-04-27
April Showers.

Wash away the filth and waste
that have accumulated during
winter.
In like manner Hoods Sarsa-
parilla expels from the blood
impurities that have been de-
posted during the season when
there has been but little perspir-
alton and perhaps constant cons
hnement in impure and vitiated
air. It is a boon to tired mothers,
housekeepers, teachers aud
Others who spend their time in
doors.
1t gives the blood richnes and
vitality, fitting it to nourish and
strengthen the nerves, muscles
and all the great organs of the
body. 1t cures all spring humors
and banishes that feeling.
It is the best medicine money
can buy for all diseases caused
by impure or impoverished
blood. You should begin taking
it today.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-04-27
BRITISH AND BASUTOS.

The dispatches from South
Africa report that the British
have begun using the natives
and especially Basutos as allies
IN their war for the extermina~
ton of democracy in Africa.
Three thousand Of these abort
gines, it is said, have been given
the word to take the field in the
Orange Free State and on the
borders Of the South African
Republic. This is the same
method of warfare that John
Bull employed when he attempt
ed to repress the rising spirit Of
liberty in the American colonies,
and he is employing it now in
South Africa for the same pur
pose. The descendants of the
American colonists are estopped
from expressing their horror
and reprobation Of such a crim>
inal and inhuman policy by the
fact that our administration at
Washington is tied neck and
crop to the chariot of imperial>
ism. One hundred and twenty
four years ago our forefathers in
proclaiming their independence
and their reasons for asserting
it, charged against the then
ruling monarch of England that
"I1e has endeavored to bring on
the Inhabitants of Our frontiers
the merciless. Indian savages
whose known rue of warfare is
the undistinguished- destruction
of all ages, sexes and conditions. "
If our authorities at Washing>
ton have not abandoned the
principles Of the Declaration of
independence for good and all,
they might proftably apply them
to the British methods in South
Africa. Perhaps, however, the
british may unwittingly be adj
vancing the cause of democracy.
Their employment of savages in
America helped the establish
ment Of the United States. OF
their reported alliance with saw
ages in Africa a we'll equipped
correspondent of the Chicago
Record says:
There are thousands of loyal
British colonists who would find
their loyalty seriously shattered
if not wholly crushed out, the
day a black force entered the
field against the Beers. So aw-
full would be the consequences
Of a native uprising that the
colonists would rather see Brit
ish dominion sunk forever in
the sea than face that dreadful
apparition again.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-04-27
IN MEMORIAM.

Whereas, we the undersigned
committee, having been appoint
ed, at a called meeting of Un>
animity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. &
A. NJ, held at the lodge room,
in Edenton, N. c., on the 10th
day of April, 1900, to draft suit
able resolutions of respect to the
memory Ct our deceased brother
Andrew J. Bate man, who died
in Norfolk, Va, On the 9th inst,
and whose msrtal remains were
laid away by the loving hands
of his brother Masons in the
Episcopal Church yard by the
side of his wife, and
Whereas brother Bate1nan was
a man filled with love for our
ancient order and for his brother
man, and
Whereas he was kindness and
sympathy itself; and on many
occasions lin a practical vay)
gave evidence of the good will
and brotherly feelings which
characterised him, and made
him ever tender and thoughtful
of Others, no matter of what
station in life, and
Whereas his hands were ten>
der and kind. and always at the
service of the rich and poor
alike whenever needed or requir-
ed. We bow our heads and drop
a tear upon his bier and offer our
highest praise as his just deserts
and we shall (out of respect and
love) hold his memory dear.
Therefore be it resolved, that
in the death of brother Andrew
J. Bateman Unanimity Lodge.
No. 7 A. F. & A M. has sustain
ed loss which his brethren de-
p1ore and although absent from
our circle we will hold and
cherish his-memory (for his kind
deeds, loving hands and big
heart) in grateful remem brance.
Resolved, that copy of this
tribute to his memory be pubs
lished in the Eastern Courier,
FISHERMAN & FARMER and the
Friend, and that a
copy be sent by the Secretary to
the family of the deceased.
Resolved, that as a token of
respect, love and regard we hold
for the memory of oar deceased
brother We will wear the badge
Of mourning for thirty days.
VIM. 7. LEARv, SR.,
c. M. MURDEN, Com.
L. F. ZFIGLER.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-04-27

writer's OF the platform pretaced
it by as arrant a lot of falsehoods
and misrepresentation as were
ever embodied in a political
document. Still, with all their
falsehoods, they did not dare
make the constitutional amend
ment party question because
they knew it would cost them
the vote Of most of their white
men in Eastern North Carolina
to make opposition to the amend
ment test of party feaity. In
order not to drive off the best
class of their voters they were
careful to emphasize this fact,
Here are the declarations:
I. at must be determined by
the judgment and conscience OF
each individual voter"
2. 1--WE do not make it party
question"
3. "The question is above
party
Here are three declarations
that are put in to hold the hor>
est Populists who believe i'll
White Supremacy, but it is now
the purpose of Butler, Aver,
Thompson, Garrett, Peace, and
and the rest Of the Fuyionists
who hold State or Federal jobs,
to try to whip the White Sup
renlacy Populists into line to
vote against the amendment.
But these pap-suckers can't 90
it. In Arson and other counties
the Populists who believe more
IN principle than in office are
going to vote to remove the
"nigger question: from politics.
aud they know that it can be
done only by the passage of the
amendment. They know, also,
that Butler & CO. are opposed
to the amendment because they
depend upon the solid negro vote
for their election.
The bosses didn't dare to make
the amendment "a party guess
tion." They were forced to leave
1t to "the Judgment and con-
science OF each individual voter,
but (mark itD from now on the
Populist machine will try to
make every Populist in the State
vote against the amendment and
for its necessary adjunct, a re-
tutn to negro rule in North Car
DINA. And (mark it } they will
fail in the attempt.-News &
Observe
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-04-27
TUFTS Liver Pills

Senator Butler expresses de-
sire to meet any gentlemen who
may expect to be "candidates for
the Senate" and discuss the Con
stitutional Am endment.
Well, suppose he meets Gem
eral Carr at Lumberton, Colonel
Waddell at Wilmington, Mr..
Simmons at New Bern, Cover
nor Jarvis at Greenville and
Mr.. K1tchin at Halifax and tell
each Of these and other white
citizens that there has been no
such thing as negro domination
in those sections and that the
amendment, which will prevent
the outrages and public debauch
cry carried OIL by virtue of the
influence of the ignorant negroes
must be defeated. Mr.. Butler
could have regular hilarious
time convincing those white
people that they have not stuff
cred from evils he knows the
amendment will prevent in
future.-Raleigh Post.