The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-02-20

pofnisiieH a Hawaii 10 estimated ~
basa nae reached some 90 40. Rnf a.
atili intfcanlnH n u stated that q
cons |dffAhle numbef ~ free lsb8r~fa
ivmain Niihoui employment. aud somc
Anxiety N ~" matter y felt BY the
Japanese uoternment
vpnomoas Snakes at nonehong.
HuNuKON0. Jan 7i--The rrcas
saws That "sDake IN the arsss" Ia
siill an object to be feared and that
be- has a very real existence In Hong.
kong. sad occurrence on Sunday only
too plainly proves. Some residents Mt
the Peak went for q ramhle on sun.
day morning on Blacks Limb. taking
with them n blath cocker spaniel. well
known nj the Peak FOR his glossy coat
and sprightly ways. The dog, who
WAS young and fun OF spirits. enjoyed
himself to the top of his bent until the
party reached Middle Gap. shortly aft.
or passing that Joey ran down the
hillside a few yards and returned in
stantly barking shrilly with pain.
which he continued for some time, and
as nothing could be done for him he
died In less than a quarter OF an hour
In commissions. II was found. on ex-
animation after his deceRse, that he
had been bitten on the tongue by
some venomous snake tpither cobra or
the deadly green snake common on
the hills). and as he was hot with
running. the poison conrsed all the
more rapidly through his veins. The
dog was prized beyond money value
by his owners not merely for his bean-
ty. but for his intelligence and lovable
disposition 1T is very rare for dog
to fall n victim to a snake bite in this
colony. but IL is a danger to which
they are exposed, and the fact here
mentioned may possibly suggest TO
mothers precautions in the case of
children, and TO adults in climbing the
face of the Mills and up the gullies,
where the snakes find cover among
the rocks
Missions in Japan.
YOKOHAMA, Feb. 1.-The Japan
Advertiser has it upon the best of au-
thority that one of the American Mis-
sion Boards is next month to withdraw
from Japan its only remaining repre-
sentative. and is to leave it's work
henceforward entirely in the hands of
the Japanese who have become inter-
ested in it. The latter .tsays our con-
temporary are to have the use of the
building and property (of no inconsid-
cradle value), and some pecuniary aid
will continue TO be granted them, but
the work itself will be practically free
from foreign guidance. This result Isl
the virtual consummatlon of the pur-i
pose with which this special errand
was originally begun. 1t having been
by specifically liberal body
of Christians, who have never, in the
least, cared to make converts, but
have simply tried to let their views be
known, and taken for what they are
worth, the action row resolved upon Is
in direct conformity with its first in
tent
1.-The preliminary work here, under
foreign direction, has occupied only a
little more than ten years, and it is
therefore worthy of note that one OF
the very latest of the missionary bod
les to come into the field is the first
to abandon it in the interest of Japan
ese religious autonomy. The expert
ment will be watched with much in |
terest. While, of course, its success |
will, in large measure, depend upon
the personnel of the Japanese who are
left in charge, 1t may certainly be said
that, priOri, much must be expected I
from the intrinsic value of religious 1
thus left to make it's way 1
upon an alien soil. To the ordinary
ay mind, term which we'll describes
,he mental attitude of the intelligent |
Japanese, the presumption is in favor
If the truth which can fight its own
battles. rather than of that for the ad-
,ocacy OF which large reinforcements
If men and material have to be con
SANITY sent upon the field"
The Religious Bill.
YOKOHAMA, Feb. 1.-The Shin-siu
8 the most powerful Buddhist sect in
Japan at the present time. Its two
hief branches, namely, the Eastern
md Western Hongwanji (0tani-ha
md Hon-pa), share the same dogmas
nd traditions, and even perform the
anne rites. The separation of these
wo branches occurred some 300 years |
go, and during this long period a
ceiling of independence from each 9th
r. and even OF Jealousy and rivalry,
las grown up. The separation of the
is said TO have been part
I the policy of Iyeyasu, the founder
t the Tokugawa family whose idea
'as to weaken the Hongwanji by SO
ividing them. The result was as he
expected, and that secret jealousy
hitch has long existed between them,
oncealed under the cloak of friend I
hip and politeness, has now at last |
roken out into open war under the in G
itement OF the Religious Bill. "