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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-23
THE AMENT CASE.

The New York Sun, which has acted
towards the stories of missionary loot
ing in a judicial spirit, has the follow
ing to say editorially:
In the days when the May Annver-
saries'' of the various societies of these
denominations used to be a notable fea-
ture of every spring season in New York,
home missions excited feeble interest as
compared with that bestowed on foreign
missions. Visits of missionaries to this
country were so timed. that some of these
propagators of Christianity in Asia, more
particularly might be present to tell at
these meetings of the progress of their
undertakings and their trials in pushing
them forward; and great audiences al
ways listened with almost GREATNESS at
tentiOn to the relation of their expert
ences. In no other religious gatherings
was the enthusiasm so high and perva-
sive, and from it often came the impulse
to fervid religious revivals at home. The
test of the vital warmth of the religious
faith of a Church was the intensity of
its zeal to spread to "men benighted' the
story of salvation by these missionary
agencies.
1t is for that reason that for very self
preservation the societies for missionary
evangelization must remove the painful
impression produced on the religious
mind by the events ond proceedings of
which the Rev. DIR. Ament, a mission
airy in China has made the very unsat-
isfactory defence examined by us yester-
day The association of Christian mis-
s,onaries for the collection of pecuniary
Indemnity from Chinese communities and
for the imposition of penalties upon them
without warrant of civilized law and in
defiance of the spirit and precepts of
Christianity is opposed so radically to the
religious conception of the proper limi-
tation of evangelizing efforts that enthu-
siasm for Christian missions has been
chilled by it as never before in their
history
This may be a fact unpleasant to re-
cord but the missionary societies, for
their own welfare, need to be told 1t ex
actly as it is.
The trouble, as the Advertiser said
the other day, seems to have been due
to the fact that the missionaries per-
formed duty which should have been
by the military police. 1t
was not their business to collect in
demnity, but to assist in it's proper dis
tribution, If, asked to do so, after it
had been gathered by the military
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-23
HOME RULERS AND APPOINTMENTS

Senator Kalauokalani in an inter-
view with the leading evening paper,
measures his own capacity for states
manship and that of his fellows, as fol-
lows:
We will turn down the Governors ap-
pointees in toto. This will be done. not
because We object to all of them, but
political protest or presentation of a
claim that we have, as the majority, to
a portion, if not ALL of the offices. AS
you say on the Mainland ito the victor
belongs the spoil" We are the victor,
but to date have seen no spoils. AS the
official head of the Independent Home
Rule Republican party 1 wish to say
that we have no intention of presenting
officially to the Governor any list of
names that we would like to be appoint
ed in place of the persons not approved
by the Senate We had intended present
ing the four names published in the Star
on Thursday and Friday and they may
still be put in as recommendations, but,
although official in a sense, they must be
regarded as only recommendations. 1t is
up to the Governor as to what he will
do.
I. Turning down the Governors APP
pointments will accomplish nothing;
for after the Legislature has adjourned
the Governor may appoint whom he
pleases.
II. ITO the victors belong the spoils.
That doctrine has long since been dis
carded on the Mainland; but if it had
not been, the Home Rulers could not
claim any executive patronage under it.
They We're not victors in the guberna
torial fight, but the Republicans were.
Their success lay in the Legislative and
field and there if any
where, they must look for their
'tspoils.'
III. 1T is up to the Governor to say
what he will do" OF course it is. And
this means that it is not in any sense
up to the Home Rulers
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-23

he fact that the high price of beef
Maui has reduced beef consumption
ire about fifty per cent will not be a
i thing for the health of the people.
burning that substantial substitutes
~ be had. The beef-eating habit,
tuired in cold countries and inherited
pm men who did hard daily labor in
fields and woods, is one to be fol-
red with discretion in the tropics
are not among those who believe
gvegetarianism. When nature gave
h a variety of teeth, some for rend-
j tearing and grinding flesh, others
biting into fruit and chewing grain
vegetables, it intended that he
Fuld eat all the primary varieties of
81. But where the climate limits ex-
Sc and induces some form of seden-
y life, too great a tax ought not to
put on the digestion. A little beef,
re sea food, with fair amount of
ltry, eggs and vegetables and a con-
3rable ration of fruit, will serve the
sfte man in Hawaii far better than
I menu he has imported from north
4 ATTITUDES.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-23

We hope that, when the theatrical
season begins, ladies will be good
enough to remove their hats during the
performance. That is the law in San
Francisco, but a law ought not to be
needed to impel women to show con-
sideration for others. During the late
Morrison engagement some women
wore hats of unusual size, thus shut
ting off a view of the stage from be-
hind them. They might as well have
raised parasols.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-23

.inister Francis at Athens, Greece,
a recent report to the Department
state, says that sponge fishermen,
lie diving recently for sponges off
Island of Cerigo. the most south
possession of Greece, discovered
/, brought to the surface a copper
sue of more than life size, represent
Hermes, youth with uplifted arm
q extended hand. None of the parts
She figure was missing, and it is
to be a masterpiece of classic
.eian statuary. 1t is regarded by
as one of the most re-
skable of recent discoveries. The
IRIS also found in the same locality
&y pieces of metal and broken mar
3statues, and it is reported that a
fsive gold bracelet was among the
4 brought to Athens and placed on
Edition in the Central Art Museum.
j Government General Commission
sf Antiquities expresses the opinion
i the statue of Hermes, found by
sdivers, dates back to the fourth
bury B. c. 1t is said to be superior
he famous copper statue discovered
belphi, and in point of beauty and
yhction of art is fully equal to the
sble Praxiteles. statue of Hermes
Ia at Olympia. That it is an origi-
and not a copy is proved by the
that attached to the feet are
III pieces of lead, showing that 1t
been placed on a pedestal from
kh it was torn off. The generally
fpted theory is that long before the
stian era ship carrying this and
4 art treasures was wrecked off the
sed coast of the Island of Cerigo.
traces of the vessel have been dis
FED.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-23

If a stereopticon lecturer on Hawaii
S sent East for the summer he ought
to be kept at the Buffalo Exposition.
It will be cheaper to have people come
% him than for him to go to the peo-
Die. Besides, at Buffalo, his lecture
would be a foil for the hula hula Mid
way show, and that is one of the things
.hiefy to be desired.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-23

When the bills of the Printing com
mittee come before the House 1t Ihisnl
Ibe well for some inquiring MEMBER 10
TASK what Offices have paid ana what
or others have received
la ten per cent commission on the work
jdOue
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-23

! The. British Government will buy no
4ore American beef for army use. The
reason does not affect the quality of
he beef, but is based upon the demand
If Australia and Canada for prefer
nee. In other words, Great Britain is
a kind of protective tariff for
,he benefit of the colonies and the Do
t1inion, and as a means of identifying
hem more closely with the mother
Ountry
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-23

Several years ago a Probate Judge of
Nodaway county, Mo-, used 81 worth of
postage stamps in the course Of official
business, and the county authorities re-
fused to pay for them. Upon his retire
ment from the bench the Judge brought
suit against the County in the Circuit
Court to recover the 81. but lost his case.
Thereupon he appealed to the Supreme
Court of Missouri. which has just decid-
ed that Nodaway county must pay for
the stamps. The county will also have to
pay large proportion Of the costs Of
the litigation.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-23

His good wife: Gilbert-'I believe in
a man being the master of the house
He should have the say in everything"
Mason-"How about the naming of
that baby of yours?" GibertS"My
wife gave way to me in a very proper
and wifely manner. She said she did
not care what name I gave the little
fellow, so long as it was Henry. So
that's the name 1 gave him. You know
/ felt, after the hearty manner in
which she deferred to me. I ought to
yield single point merely out of ap-
probation to her humility. Boston
Transcript.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-23

There is said to be a chance that
tohibition of the liquor traffic may
I've a trial in the Hawaiian islands.
ne Organic law says that no liquor
fall be sold here except under such
,gulations as the Territorial Legisla-
ire may provide. Hence if no provi-
bn is made, prohibition will come by
tomato process. We are disposed to
ink that a great many people would
se to see the experiment tried; but
1ether majority of the Legislature
numbered with them is a question we
gard with doubt. Now that the tenn
rance people have shown their hand,
I Legislature will, we think, railroad
liquor bill through with all the speed
4 salary appropriation measure.
bitch their smoke.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-23

The China and Ventura, which left
San Francisco on April 18th, ought to
larriye today with heavy mails. The
town has turned hungry eye on the
bostoffice for several days past and will
turn an alert ear towards the water
front this morning.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-23

Inc of the veteran polygamiStS who
aade the Utah beasthood what it was
lefore the passage of the Edmunds
slw. Cannon was, like Brigham Young,
. bdul AZiz Khan and Sitting Bull, an
i'ble organizer, but his influence was
'gainst good morals and good govern
hent and his death will occasion no
.bgret where good morals and good
'bvernment are respected.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-23

Polo promises to have something of d
.1n in Honolulu, although the weather
hay soon get too warm for much of
he violent exercise for man and beast
Thich it involves. Polo is an ideal
port for the winter season here, and
may have the effect of restoring
bat healthful fad of horseback riding
,hich the bicycle supplanted. Time
Jas when HonOlulu's streets thronged
fifth horsemen and horsewomen who
Jade a gallant show and had a good
ime. If there was more horseback
Hding there would be less liver com
faint and general debility, the outside
a horse being one of the best pre-
4riptions for the inside of a man.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-23

If Great Britain ever agrees to abro-
gate the Clayton-Bulwer treaty it will
probably happen after the United
States has pledged itself to give Can
ada a port in Alaska.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-23

The House did well to indefinitely
postpone the gambling bill. 1t would
have done better to so dispose of it
before several Home Rulers had shown
the seamy side of their intellects and
given the community a pain
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-23

The statesman who has introduced a
bill Furnishing for crime any man who
permits himself to be cremated with
out having given previous written no.
tice to the Board of Health, ought to
go on the Home Rule slate at once for
President of that distinguished bouy
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-23

Little is heard of Mr.. Bryan CON-
rnoner, which seems to be meeting the
usual fate of a newspaper edited by d
man who was not bred to the ousl-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-23

Mr. Wilcox will be able to tell the
Research Club what he knows about
Hawaiian legislation, especially coin
age legislation, in about five minutes
What he doesn't know about it would
make an entertaining lecture course
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-23

The Governors birthday will brlns
him the general wish of many happy
returns.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-23

A noiseless alarm clock would prove
a boon to host of sufferers from I'M
seasonable din. The suggestion is made
that silent alarm can be given by
focusing an electric lamp upon the
head of the person to be awakened
and arranging a switch so that the
current to light the lamp would be
turned on by the clock at the desired
time. 1t is claimed that the flash of
light would invariably arouse the
sleeper
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-23

The mystery of poisoning from ar
senical wall papers has been solved by
the discovery of an organism that
feeds on arsenic. This is a mold, Pen
cillium brevicaule, and under it's infiu-
ence the paper emits a gas, dethyl ar
sin, to which the poisonous effects up
on persons living in the rooms are
found to be due.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-23

In the haiI-prevention experiments
in France and Italy, the acetylene can
non seems to have given the greatest
promise as a safe and economical ap-
paratus for bombarding the clouds. 1t
consists of a generator, in which the
acetylene is produced and mixed with
air. and a strong upright iron cylinder,
with a narrow iron funnel extending
upward. The gaseous mixture is fired
by an electric lighter near the bottom
of the cylinder. The force of the ex-
plosion reaches a great height, and
experienced vine growers are convinc-
ed of it's effectiveness in preventing
the formation of hail in the threaten
ing clouds. AS the gas is produced on
ly when needed, one charge of the gen
orator with calcium carbide, giving
more than 1000 explosions, is sufficient
for six months or more. A battery of
fifty or more somewhat scattered can
non being connected electrically, one
operator, on seeing dangerous clouds,
hastens to the central station, and in
a few seconds can release a supply of
gas and cause an explosion in every
cannon.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-23
The Small
of the Back

That Is where some people feel
weak all the time.
They are likely to be respondent
and IT Is not unusual to find them
borrowing trouble as if they hadn't
enough already.
The fact is their kidneys are weak.
either naturally or because of sickness,
exposure, worry or other influences.
81 am thankful to say" writes j. L. Camp
bell. of Sycamore. ILL.,. that Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla has cured me. For many years l was
troubled with backache. At times was SO
bad had to be helped from the bed or chair.
am now we'll and strong and free from pain"
What this great medicine did for him 1t has
lone for others.
Hoods Sas.Sapas.iIka
Promises to cure and keeps the
promise. Begin treatment with
Hoods today.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-23

The replacing of lost parts by new
growths is a power of some animals
that was given much interest by ex-
periments by naturalists in the eight
zenith century. Among the striking
facts now learned. Professor J. Arthur
Thompson finds that an earthworm
may regrow a head or a tail, or a tail
in place of a head; a starf1sh arm with
a fragment of disc, may become a
whole animal; crustacean may re-
generate a lost limb, and sometimes an
antenna instead of an eye; a snail may
replace its long eye-bearing horn many
times in succession; a newt may get
a new leg, or an eye. or a lens from
an iris margin; a lizard may recover
it's lost tail, and a cock the greater
part of its beak. What is known as
Lessora's law teaches that regenera-
tive capacity tends to occur In those
animals and in those parts of animals
which, in natural conditions, are most
liable to injury.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-23
NOTICE.

DIR. GEORGE HERBERT LEAVING
cor The Coast on the 23d instant, Dr.
st. d. G. Walters will have entire
charge OF the practice during his alb
sence. His office hours will be from
TO IL a. m, from to 3, and from to
p. 10.
DRS. HERBERT, HUMPHREYS &
WALTERS. 5s3s
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-23
SCIENTIFIC
MISCELLANY

a useful imitation ce1luloid is pro-
duced, according to a German method
by diSSolving in sixteen parts by
weight of glacial acetic acid 1 s parts
of nitrocellulose, and adding five parts
of gelatine. Heating and stirring are
necessary. After the mass has swell
ed it is mixed up with rs parts of Sc
per cent alcohol, with continued stirr-
ing. The sirupy product is poured into
molds, or after further dilution may
be spread in thin layers on glass. AS
an underlay for sensitive Photographic
films, the material has important ad-
Vantages Tot the least being that it
remains fiat in developing
1t is often inconvenient 10 use
camera in libraries. A new method of
obtaining reproductions from books
consists in placing a piece of cardboard
coated with luminous paint behind the
engraving or writing to be copied and
laying a photogra phic plate on the face
for eighteen to sixty minutes The plate
is transferred to the book and back to
a dark box under a suitable cloth
A book on the ears as an index of
character having been published by an
English authoress, a learned reviewer,
DR.. a. Keith, mentions his own elab-
crate study of the ears of more than
10000 people, including 500 criminals
and 2,0G0 insane persons, besides those
of 800 apes. He was forced to conclude
that the ears gave no clue to personal
traits.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-23

The belief that buildings over the
craters of slumbering volcanoes must
be in a state of constant tremor I'M
known in more stable regions is dis
proven by A. Ricco ond l.. Franco.
TrOmometric observations have been
made al the observatory near the sum-
nit of Mount Etna, at a height of
nearly 10000 feet, and at that of Ca
tania, at the foot of the mountain,
readings having been taken SIX times
a day for nearly eight years. The
crater station proved to be the more
quiet. The tromometer was in motion
in 81 per cent of the observations at
Catania but in only &c per cent on
Etna. During a rough sea the tremb-
ling is never absent at Catania, while
strong. wind has more effect than on
the mountain
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-23

The great problem before the engf-
neer, states Professor j. A. Ewing, is
the more efficient utilization of heat
energy. The steam engine of today
is more efficient than thar CT Watts
time, but much remains to be done.
One possibility is the use of steam at
higher temperature in the engine,
and a system of thus "superheating"
steam is now being introduced from
Germany, by which l Is pounds of
coal can be made to yield one horse
power one hour, as against about 2
pounds required by the best ordinary
engines. From gas engines again, one
horsepower per hour may be obtained
for one pound of coal. The modern
turbine engine, as developed by the
Honorable Charles Parsons, is remark
able, not only because balancing trou-
bles are removed, but also because, in
it's latest form, it gives a greater re-
turn for a given quantity of steam
than any other engine.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-03-09
THE HORIZONS DEFIANT.

1t was the hope sancty of the
ed House Representatives nearly
ago Brigham Roberts from membership distinct check
given the practice of poygamy Utah The election of
Roberts wives defiance challenge
part Their evident purpose make
the moral the House and OF the
country large could be tAed with The exclusion of Roberts
point but unfortunately appears that the rebukng the
them from their prac
tices.
existing Utah Rev DR. Wisard has recently
presented interesting though dscouragng facts He an
preudced gives gathered
dpasson but convincing He finds that the principal
superintendent
acinery government in of
Poygamy practced with of fear OF
ishment readily explained
wa single exception prosecuting attorney in the
Mormon Under such conditions violation of
ecutng officer likely attempt
believe regards imposition
just restriction liberty individual
Complaint against him and
his admission proved him living poygay yet
district making explanation
his naction county did
demand prosecution This simply goes
the Mormon power is still dominant defiant
suppressed problem Perhaps may ultimately nee
cssay power the Federal government accomplish
thing certain however long as poly
gams permitted so unwhpped by they will he
the anctity Utah but in every
territory Union
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-03-09
TAXES AND 1UNICIpAL REFoR1.

be bette
community owing
intoerahle
In he york OF reform
devised
plans do good, but they
in
OF
lngentc ctizcns
the
intettoned by assains the
radical and less well balanced
a a. the next Election
fins il regair rc,.
were me wealthy more honest IN their
those possessed OF their value ana a ,h
assd their
assai e,or n ,h
politicians or those 10 ~ '"'