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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-02-20
ACTION NEEDED.

President Dole wrote TO President
Mckinley several weeks ago concern
Ing losses arising out OF the destruc-
ton OF property by the Board of
Health and suggested the propriety Of
appointing n commission to take evil
dence and award damages with a view
to early settlement thereof.
He has now received telegraphic
dispatch from Secretary Hay approx
ing Of the proposition, the telegram
closing with the words: Such losses
to be paid out of appropriation made
by the Hawaiian Council of State in
conformity with Hawaiian laws"
1t Is suggested that this does not
give the Council of State authority TO
appropriate this money, because pay
ing these losses is not essential to the
suppression of plague.
This reasoning is the purest sophis-
try. It is not necessary to the suppress
sion of the plague that lodgings, cloth
ing or food be supplied to the people
who are being discharged from the de-
tention camps. Money has been APP
propriated by the Council of State for
this purpose, however, because it Is
direct incident connected with and
arising out of the suppression of the
plague. There is no difference in prin-
ciDle between burning up a mans
rLOthao opd raplooiuu than, and hurp
ing up his house and replacing that.
III the Council of State have the au-
thority to make good q part of the
loss. that settles the principle. Having
adopted that principle. there is no rea-
son why they should not make the re-
lief full. adequate and complete.
We believe that full power exists in
the Council Of State to appropriate
money for all damages caused by the
suppression of the plague, even with
out President McKinley's expressed ap-
prevail of such course; but now that
President McKinley's sanction has
been sought and obtained, the Gov
eminent will make itself supremely ri
diculous IL it still further halts and
asks for further directions from Wash
inston.
Action, and decided action, is what
is needed now, and not splitting of
hairs of technical authority.
Several thousand people have been
rendered homeless by the Government
for the public good. The least that
the Government can do is to pay to
them whatever may be found to be
due as soon as possible. They are
now suffering for need of the money,
and the entire community is suffering
with them, for, from being producers
and consumers, paying for what they
got, these thousands have been turned
into consumers only, existing upon the
charity of the treasury and the public.
Business is largely at standstlll.
while the treasury is running over
with cash. The financial statement
shows over million and half dol
lars in the Treasury withdrawn from
commerce. II losses which are rightly
due by the Government are promptly
paid, 1t will relieve not only the direct
claimants, but will vastly help the
general financial situation.
Action will be craftsmanship De
lay will be weakness.
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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-02-20

When the Aztec arrived at Hilo she
was charged just six prices for steve
doring. When Uncle Sam hears of this
1t is to be feared he will not appreciate
the superior advantages of Hilo as a
port of military entry. But the city
that boasts Colonel Little may as well
make hay while the sun shines, 1t is
going to rain again by and by.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-02-20
Health Board Meets.


afternoon the Board of Health held q
meeting at headquarters in the Judi
ciary building. Those present were
President Wood, DR.. Day and Messrs
Lowrey, Hatch, Smith and Brown
President Wood reported the cases OF
the Hawaiian-Chinese girl and the
Chinaman, All Chong. The Board was
at lass to account for the infection
in these cases.
President Wood said that he had seen
the reputed husband of the half-native
girl. The man said that she had remain
ed on the premises for a considerable
time and was not in the habit of going
around. President Wood doubted
whether the mans word could be relied
on. 1t was impossible to say whether
the infection lay in the premises from
which the girl was taken or somewhere
else. The doctor went on to say that
upto that time no buboes had been dis
covered in the case of All Chong and
that when he was removed he was APP
parently suffering only from high
fever. Bacilli had been found in parts
taken from the half-native girl and
hers was certainly case of plague.
In speaking of the woman DR.. Wood
said she had been sick since last Tues
day; that there was no physician In
attendance until DR.. Wayson had been
called in at o'clock Sunday afternoon.
DR.. Wood thought that letter ought to
be addressed to the Citizens Sanitary
Committee in regard to the case, as no
physician had been in attendance and
no report had been made by the in
spector, although the woman had been
sick for some timo.
Letter from Hongkong.
The following letter from DR.. Jordan
in Hongkong relative to the plague
in Hongkong and Manila was then read
by President Wood
Hongkong. January rs, 1900.
Hon. e. A. Mott-Smith,
Minister Foreign Affairs.
Honolulu
Sir: | have the honor to acknowl-
edge your note of the 9th December
last informing me Of the outbreak of
bubonic plague in Honolulu.
Iregret to notify you that plague has
now made Its appearance In Manila.
We have no official communications on
the subject, but reliable sources state
that batch of thirteen cases were sud
denly discovered in one centre and 1t
is known that six of these were dead or
dying when discovered. DR.. J. G. Per-
ry of the U. S. M. H. s. who was sent
out officially to this port, was ordered
down to Manila by cable to investigate
this and to establish some sort of quar-
antine or inspection station at that
port; he sailed about three weeks ago
and his duties are now performed by
me.
The outlook regarding plague in
Hongkong fear is. not very promising.
A few sporadic cases began to recur
early in December last and keep con-
tinually reappearing, although the
numbers are not large as yet. Still it
shows that the disease is amongst us
and only too ready to assume epidemic
proportions under favorable conditions
The figures are, three cases and three
deaths for the past two weeks.
| have the honor to be, sir,
Your obedient servant,
Il. w. JORDAN.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-02-20

The Kalulani, with DR.. Grace of Hilo
as the only passenger, got away last
evening about 8 o'clock. She was toot-
ed salute by the steamers outside al
anchor as she passed. About hun
dred Japanese for Kihei we're taken.
1t is reported that Lahaina has bar
ricaded itself against the encroach'
ments of plague germs by refusing te
admit any travellers from other parts
of Maui, excepting they can show clean
bills of health.
The steamer Claudine is expected to-
day from Maui and Molokai.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-02-20

The Senator Clark who is accused of
having bought his election has been
mixed up with the Senator Clark who
is useful friend of Hawaii. The twain
are by no means one flesh. The sus-
pected Clark Ia one of the old beet
sugar enemies of annexation while the
respected Clark, he of Wyoming, got
his toga on his merits.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-02-20
Sugar on Kauai.

There was an immense amount OF
sugar left on Kauai when the Makee
left. Following is a list: X. ). Co.,
$4,000; NJ. S. Co., $4,000; H, NJ, 1900;
l.. p. 10000; X. p. 10000; McBryde,
1900; Max. and G. & r.. 10000; X. s,
M. and W., 1000.
When the Niihau left Maui there
were 10000 bags of sugar at Pioneer
Mill,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-02-20

The departure of board of engineers
to plan for larger harbor at Homo
lulu is calculated to make Colonel Lit
tie go out behind Washington some
where and have fits.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-02-20
Death of Mrs. r. O. spalding

The James Makee brought the sad
news, but no particulars. of the death
of Mrs. r. G. Spaulding, the wife OF
the bookkeeper of the MAXWELL Sugar
Company.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-02-20
Letter From Molokai.

A letter from DIR. Schwallie, Kauna-
kakai, was also read by DR., Wood, as
follows:
Kaunakakai, Molokai, Feb. Is, 1900,
Board of Health, Honolulu, ii. L.
Sirs We acknowledge receipt OF
agents commission from Board OF
Health, and will endeavor to carry ont
your instructions to prevent the plague
getting foothold on this Island,
Mr. Hitchcock Is Ill, and / under
stand will go to Honolulu. Permit me
to suggest that Mr.. p. McLane be COM
missioned agent.
Several attempts, by Japanese from
Maui, have been made TO land. We
have six men under Sheriff Trimble 10
guard the coast. This number Is not
sufficient; squad or two of militia
would have a good moral effect.
| There Is no Improvement in the
number of cases of fever. The mortali-
ty Is small In comparison to number
of cases.
! Very respectfully,
w. A. SCHWALLIE.
p, S.-Let us know the ports and dis
tricts of Maui and Hawaii which have
been declared infected. w. A. S.
DIR. Wood stated that he had been in
the habit of turning over these contri'
buttons to Mrs, Fuller, who had charge
! of the furnishing and distribution oil
necessaries to the refugees. She made
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-02-20

With plague raging in Manila and
typhoid in Guam it is probably just as
well that the East-bound transports
give us the go-by for time.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-02-20
Donations for Sufferers.

A letter from Lahaina, enclosing Sc
in cash and notifying the Board of GER
tain dress goods sent for the relief of
sufferers from the Chinatown fire, was
also read. The Hon. J. w. Kalua sent
S.; Pilipo Pail, 81; Mrs. Poai, five
yards OF print goods; Auwae, five yards
and Tika Apo, five yards of the same
material.
The reading of the following com
munication was then in order:
Honolulu, II. l.. Feb II, 1900.
President Board of Health.-Dear
Sir; | am requested by Mr.. w. o.
Smith to hand to you the enclosed
check for $3.50, as a donation from him
to be used in aid of the sufferers from
plague and fire in Honolulu.
Respectfully yours,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-02-20

A Doctors examination
might Sho1U that Kidneys,
hUer andstomach are normal.
but the doctor cannot anaiySe
the blood upon sUhieh these
organs depend.
Hoods Sarsaparila rwiffcs, phafscs
and erriehes The b'ood. n cures you qufcn
"a BIZ off" or qphen seriously afflicted.
II never dsappodifs.
Eczema -" sNy mothers face, hands
and feet quere terribly szuoQen qpith
eczema. Used Hoods Sa,saparila al The
druggist suggestion and Il all disappeared.
l recommend II 10 my Pensioners.
Req. E. Z. Jenkins, 407 GoVernor Street.
E7,arSqtIfe Ind
The Southern herald., 1900-02-16
NO. -.
PITH AND POINT.

Yisitor--Have you ever seen he
sea serpent?" Boatman-~No. slrs
I'm a temperance man. Punch.
One loses his breath BY running.
and catches it quickest by standing
still.-Elliott's Magazine.
Ethel Mamma, aren't those SOL
diers delicate2" Mamma Delieaae,
indeed! No. dear" Ethel-eThsn
why do 50 many Of them have nurses
with them 2"-Sketchy Bits.
Hattie-"So you really think George
is in love with your" Edith-@Oh.
am sure of it. You should hear some
Of the mean things he says about yun
and the rest Of the girls in our set.
Boston Transcript.
Visiter-"What was the matter with
the man they just brought in?~ Dos
tor-"Stuck his head through a pane
of glass" Nisitor-aHow did he
look?" Doctor-"His face wore IN
injured expression. Baltimore News.
Deacon SANITY Ito wife. as eongre-
cation assembles)-"Where is Mrs.
Fashuns this morning? She is usual-
ly among the early comsrs." Mrs
Saintly-"She viii be late to-day.
saw her buying new hat last week"
Baltimore American.
"0ne word, Emiliel Would you
mind If tell you that love You 10
distraction, that I can't live without
YOU and that I'll kin myself il you
refuse to listen to me?" s'Yes,
should mind, for l can never care for
you!" Then won't say it!"-Lus-
tige Blaetter.
She-"To think that you once de-
clared that you would love me as
long as you lived! And now, hardly
a year married, and you care nothing
at all about mel" He-"But you see
when | told you would love you as
long as / lived / wasn't feeling very
well, and | really didn't think would
live long."-Boston Transcript.
The Southern herald., 1900-02-16
THE PARTING SALUTE.
Hew They Say GOOd-By In Europe,
Asia, the Islands of the Pacific
and other Places.

The Turk viii solemniy cross his
hands upon his breast and make pro-
found obeisance when he bids you fare
well.
The genial Jap will take his slipper off
as you depart and say with a smile;
"You are going to leave my despicable
house in your honorable journeying-
| regard thee!"
In the Philippines the parting bene-
diction is bestowed in the form of rub
bing ones friends face with ones hand.
The German 'lebe wohl' is not par
ticulariy sympathetic in its sound, but
II is less embarrassing to those it speeds
than the Hindu's performance, who,
when you go from aim, falls in the dust
at your feet.
The FIJI Islanders cross two red
feathers. The natives of New Guinea
exchange chocolate. The Burmese bend
low and say: "Hib, Hib."
The "Auf wiedersehen" of the Aus
trians is the most feeling expression
of farewell.
The Cuban would consider his good
by anything but cordial one unless he
was given good cigar. The South Sea
Islanders rattle each others whale
teeth necklace.
The Sioux and Biackfeet will, at part
ing, dig their spears in the earth as
sign of confidence and mutual esteem.
This is the origin of the term, Bury
ing the tomahawk."
In the islands in the straits Of the
Sound the natives, at your going, will
stoop down and clasp your foot.
The Russian form of parting saluta-
tion is brief, consisting of the single
word, "praschai," said to sound like
sneeze. The 0taheite Islander will
twist the end of the departing guests
robe and then solemnly shake his own
hands three times.
The Southern herald., 1900-02-16
THE GIRLS OF SAMOA.
They Wear Kilt skirts and Necklaces
of sharks Teeth and Are
Born COquettes.

The girl of Samoa is bern coquette,
full of romance and natural grace. Her
usual costume is necklace of sharks
teeth, some metal earrings an i a short
skirt. The number of sharks teeth in
her necklace is the measure of her popu-
larity among her admirers. The more
teeth the greater the belle.
From the time she is ten years of age
she begins to make eyes from behind
beautifully carved fan. AS usual with
eoquettes, she is tickle in the extreme,
as well as romantic. Her nature is as
fierce as that of the warriors of her
country, and she is a thoroughly
trained athlete as well. She is skillful
in the use of arms and re cruel and re-
lentless in wa-. She is equal in strength
to many of the Samoan warriors.
For dress occasions the older Samoan
girls wear the same costume as a man.
This is kilt or piece of drapery wound
about the waist in a manner which
seems to a foreigner nothing short of
miraculous. This is called lava lava, a
sort of mat material. A mere scrap of
1t wound about the waist of child is
considered dress sufficient. Ordinarily
the children wear no garments what
ever. The drapery is of the same gen
eral character as that worn by natives
of most of the South Sea islands and the
Indian archipelago, as well as the south
ern countries of Asia. 1t is called by
the Malays the sarong.
But the Samoan girl has been out in
the world more or less of late years.
The tourists from other countries have
visited Samoa; so the natural beauty of
the native Samoan girl is being spoiled
by her great vanity. She not only
spends great deal of time in beautify-
ing herself, but she adopts such incon-
gruous combinations as a fine mat lava
lava and ball gown waist or velvet
basque cut V necked, her hair done up
empire style and wearing, to complete
her toilet, string of ferns around her
waist and necklace of the inevitable
The Southern herald., 1900-02-16
UNIQUE CLOCK FACE.

colored black so as to distinguish 1t. A
minute hands by having the hour hand
in such position that it will pass di-
rectly over the numerals on the face of
the clock, and the minute hand so
placed that it will cover path further
toward the center of the dial, and,
therefore, although being on the same
level, the hands do not conflict.
The magical part of the clock is the
power which causes these hands to
move around the face of the dial, so as
to always tell the proper time. The feat
is accomplished by having the two imi-
tations of hands lined with soft iron.
Underneath the dial and lying on the
floor of the window are the works of a
clock, with very long, ordinary hands
attached in the usual manner. TO the
ends of these hands the jeweler has
joined two small magnets, so that they
will attract the soft iron on the backs
of the indices, and then over all this he
has pldeed a pasteboard dial.
After arranging the hands under the
proper numerals and placing the indices
over their proper hands, he has wound
the clock and set it going. Thus the
magnets are msVed with the hands of
the clock, SO that they are almost in
contact with the cardt GARD dial. As
they move around they carry the indices
with them.
The Southern herald., 1900-02-16
WERE REAL PERSONS.
Mother Goose and Mary Who Had the
Little Lamb both Lived in
Massachusetts.

Many suppose Mother Goose" to be
an imaginary parsonage, but she was
a real woman, and her maiden name
was Elizabeth Foster. She was born in
1865, married Isaac Goose in 1893, few
years later became a member of the
Old South church of Boston, and died
in 1857, at the age of 92 years. Her
songs were originally sung to her
grandchildren. They were first pub
lished in 1716, by her son-in-law, Thorn
as Fleet, of Boston.
The 'Mary" that "had little lamb"
was Mary Elizabeth Sawyer, Massa-
chusetts girl; the lamb was one of
twins forsaken by an unnatural mother
Mary took it home and cared for it
herself. They became fast friends, and
when Mary started to school her pet
missed her very much. So one morn
ing it followed her. At school she
tucked it under her desk and covered
it with her shawl, but when she went
out to her spelling class the lamb
trotted after her. The children laughed
wildly, and the teacher had the lamb
taken from the room. On that morn
ing a young student named Rawlston
was visitor at the school. The Incl
dent awakened his poetic genius and
few days later he handed Mary the
first three verses of the poem. He died
soon after, ignorant of the immortal
ity of his verses.
The lamb lived many years, and met
death by the horns of an angry COW.
Mary's mother spun the wool into yarn
from which she knit her daughter
pair of stockings. Years passed and
the stockings became yellow with age.
Finally Mary raveled them out, cut the
yarn into bits, fufted it out, sewed il
to cards, and after writing on them YER
flying the genuineness of the yarn, sold
them to secure money to help save the
Old South church at Boston. - Pitts
burgh Dispatch.
The Southern herald., 1900-02-16
QUEER-L0OKIEG ANIMAL
II Ts KnOwR 20 Naturallsts aA a 6ly D.
tOdOR, and Belongs to tAe Arm-
adillO Family.

Al young students Of Ratgral history
are familiar with the arnadillo, the
curious little animal which is found il
Central and South American countries
but no doubt very few OF them know
that once upon a time there existed a
gigantic armadillo as large as a rhi-
noeeros. A famous entomologist tells
how one day he saw a small armadillo
running around his garden with three
little monkeys perched on his back, but
had he seen a great armadillo, large
enough to carry three or more men,
tearing across his premises he would
have been more astonished than
amused.
This gigantic armadillo is known 10
naturalists as the glyptodon, and fossils
and remains have been found in the
bone caves of Brazil, Paraguay and Uru.
quay. Traces have also been found in
the Pleistocene deposits in these coun.
tries. The young naturalist may think
that Pleistocene is rather formidable
word, but when it is explained that il
only means the period just preceding
The Southern herald., 1900-02-16
WASHING THE FACE.
Ladies should Bathe with
LnIt VIrginaI.

Many skins will not stand constant
washing, a practice which indeed
tends to coarsen the complexion. Thor.
ough washing once day is sufficient
for most women, and is far prefer.
able to partial and careless ablutions
morning, noon and night. Instead OF
cleansing the face in water when com.
ing in from a walk. or when one feels
that a wash would be refreshing, ii
is capital thing to bathe it with lait
virginia.. 1t is an excellent purifier,
easily made and harmless. 1t is,
moreover, delightfully."- refreshing. l
give the recipe: Rose, orange flower,
or elder flower water, one pint; sim.
pie tincture of benzoin, two ounces;
tincture of myrrh, ten drops; gylcer-
inc, ten drops. Place the rose wa
ter in a bowl, and while stirring it,
with a glass or porcelain spoon, add
drop by drop the benzoin, then the
myrrh and glycerine.
Be sure you get the simple tincture
VI DtuLOll, dS bllC COliipOhhu blAlCbuAG
contains other ingredients quite un-
suited to the purpose. Some skins will
not stand glycerine. If this is the
case with yours, all that need be dons
is to omit it from the emulsion. Never
use pure glycerine to the skin of the
face, as it tends to induce hairy
growth.
The lait virginia. should be ap-
piled with a soft rag, and one is often
surprised at the amount of dirt, un-
suspected because undetected, which
is brought away.-Philadelphia Press.
The Southern herald., 1900-02-16
ONCE LIVED IN SOUTH AMERICA.

man he will not think the word so hard
to master after all. From having found
remains of the glyptodon in the Pleisto-
Gene deposits the scientific men know
that the great animal was living just
before the human species came into ex.
istence.
At the Cincinnati museum of natural
history in Broadway there is life-size
cast or restoration of the remains OF
the glyptodon, and very wonderful
thing it is, and something well worth
seeing. The picture gives an idea of its
appearance, but it should be seen to be
appreciated. The shell of the arma-
dillo, it will be remembered, is made
up of buckler-like plates, so that when
he wishes to decline himself to company
he can roll himself up and present moth
ing but his hard shell to the world. The
glyptodon, however, differs from the
armadillo in that his she'll, OF carapace,
Is composed of one solid piece, and a
very big piece it is. Indeed, If it was
turned over the she'll would make very
nice bathtub, large and deep enough
for several little boys to swim in. The
facial portion of the skull is very short;
the limbs are very strong and the feet
are short and broad, resembling, exter-
nally, those of the elephant or the tor
toise.
There are many entertaining things
to be seen at the museum of natural his.
tory, both for the student and the
casual observer, and the cast of the
glyptodon skeleton is not among the
least interesting.-Cincinnati CONNER.
eial Tribune.