Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-06-01
CURIOUSCRINKLES
By LANAI LOUNGER.

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1t is about as sensible to argue that,
because bad boys bet on baseball
games, a public recreation park is not
a fitting memorial for a good man, as
II would be to contend that sidewalks
should be abolished because tobacco
chewers defile them.
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| II the Bishop Estate exacts a real
estate boom price for bit Of desert
land wanted for a recreation park, the
people should insist upon that land.
holding trusts paying topnotch taxes
upon its unimproved areas. Could the
founder of the trust speak from the
tomb, there is little doubt her voice
would be for the most liberal construc-
ton Of her will whenever the benefit OF
the rising generation was involved.
| IL is an open secret, moreover that the
foundation is coming into larger reve-
nues than can be judiciously expended
under the terms Of the Will Of Princess
Bernice Pauahi Bishop.
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wrote the text for booklet on the Ha-
waiian Islands to advertise local con-
Germ. . Its printing was delayed so
that the proofs appeared only this
week. II anyone doubted the substan-
| tial progress of Territory and town in
the interval, he could speedily be set
| right by showing him the alteration
needed in the descriptive matter to
bring 1t up to date.
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Could anything be organized in Ho-
nolulu for the common welfare. with
out being handicapped with ineffective
figureheads. a City Improvement AS
sociation would come In well about this
time.
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There may have been something after
all in the medieval superstition that
there was life in touch Of the kings
raiment. Senator Carter returns home
looking years younger since crossing
legs under the table with President
Roosevelt.
II any lawyer can name legitimate
and moral vocation that is not hon
orable." the habitual Wanting Of the
legal profession in that regard by some
OF its members might not pail on the
community. The law Is honored by
ability and virtue, the same as the
trade of blacksmith--no more, no less.
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Speaking of blacksmiths, the Loung-
hag f.in s,T %
them for about thirty-fve years. When
he knew them first, one was a general
village, the other a ships blacksmith,
their individual FORCES being not more
than two hundred yards apart. They
were not content with the clsgs;c dis
tinction shed upon their craft by Long
fellow, but formed partnership to
carry on higher branches of iron work.
Instead OF the brawny arm forging
bolts and horseshoes. they were soon
using steam hammers to make heavy
shafting. etc. And so they forged
ahead until today they are at the head
of steel manufacturing corporation
with a capital Of many millions.
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Honolulu's health will certainly be
improved by the system OF drainage
slowly developing. II the water could
be drained out of some OF the coun-
try's industrial stocks likewise, there
might be expected an early revival of
vitality in the financial situation.
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Stock boom gambling, with its incl
dental swindling, night be prevented
II subscriptions for shares in any pro-
motion scheme were made nom negotia-
BILE. as likewise share certificates, I'M
til the corporation being formed had
money enough in the treasury to carry
on its legitimate enterprise for at least
one year.
An attorney at the courthouse yester-
day, to whom it was suggested that a
certain baseball dispute might be re-
referred to the Supreme Court, replied:
why, man, the national game would
be extinct before a decision would be
given"
Not until flying machine can be in
vented which will stay up when its
machinery breaks down will the inhab-
itants OF earth put their trust in aerial
navigation.
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1t is inscrutable truly, If cities de-
serving OF destruction for their wick
edness happen to be located where the
earth's crust is thlnnest and its bowels
hottest. The moralist who has placed
Martinique In the same category with
Sodom and Gomorrah ought to read in
mis- New Testament what Jesus said
about the tower OF Sloan catastrophe.
Verify, the self-constituted judges of
their fellow creatures are most Dersua-