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The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-10-20
DO NOT NEGLECT A BAD COLD.

Never allow cold to take it's course,
Too often at this season of the year
its course is toward pneumonia. Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy will promptly
cure your cold and counteract any ten
dency in this direction. You cannot
afford TO take such risk for the small
amount this medicine will cost you.
For sale by All Dealers and Druggists,
Benson. Smith & Co, Ltd, Agents for
Hawaii
The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-10-20
a,,c.,i1IIA CASE
RtMANDED

By n unanimous opinion of the SI-
preme Court. written by Chief Justice
Frear. the decree of Judge Matthew
man in the case of NJ. f. Scott and
Nettie L. Scott VS. III. Hackfeld & Co.,
Ltd, is reversed and the case remand
ed to the Circuit Judge for such furth-
er proceedings as may be proper.
Plaintiffs in person; Thompson & Glenn
ons and g. +. Maydwell for defendant.
The law of the case is thus stated;
" A clear case should be made out in
order to Justify the cancellation of
note and mortgage made in pursuance
Of part of an oraf contract, on the
ground of mutual misunderstanding or
mistake as to another alleged part of
the contract which was not intended to
be put in writing. A mere prepon-
derance of evidence is insufficient"
Defendant held two due bills from
NJ. +. Scott as collateral to one of two
book accounts aggregating $190S.27,
and on October l, 1902, with his wife
executed a note and a mortgage TO
secure the debt. On September 10,
1904, plaintiffs brought a bill in equi-
ty to annul the mortgage and enjoin
foreclosure proceedings defendant had
brought. Their ground of action was
that defendant had not returned the
due bills as had orally been agreed
it should before the mortgage was
executed. Defendant brought cross
bill for an accounting and a decree
requiring the plaintiffs to pay the
amount found due, and in default of
payment that the mortgaged premises
be sold and the proceeds applied to
payment of the debt.
The Circuit Judge decreed the note
and mortgage to be void and enjoined
the defendant from enforcing them, and
then to settle the whole business found
the amount then due from NJ. i. Scott
and entered judgment therefor, as well
as for one half the expenses, costs,
etc, the judgment amounting in all
to $939.41. Both parties appealed.
NEW TRIAL ORDERED.
A unanimous opinion of the Su-
preme Court, written by Justice Hart
well, has been rendered in the case of
W. r. Castle, trustee, VS.. Kapiolani
Estate, Ltd. 1t was an appeal from
a directed verdict for defendant in the
First Circuit Court, son the ground
that the evidence shows an estoppel by
former Judgment" The former judg-
ment was in an ejectment suit brought
by Kapiolani Estate against Castle and
his tenants, Weaver and Hoogs. Jury
having been waived, the court ordered
judgment against Castle and another
judgment against Weaver and Hoogs,
the latter by default. The Judgment
against Castle was set aside on error
on the ground that separate judgments
cannot be made in a joint action. Ka-
piolani Estate obtained possession of
the land by writ on the judgment
against Weaver and Hogs, and Castle
brought the present action.
The Supreme Court vacates the judg-
ment and orders new trial. Castle
& Wilmington for plaintiff; Kinney,
Mechanism g. Coop, Tor defendant.
MAUI COURT SUSTAINED.
The Supreme Court. in unanimous
opinion by Justice Wilder, overrules
exceptions from Judge Kepoikai IS
judgment for plaintiff, jury being waiv-
ed, in the eiectment suit of Nose Me-
heula VS.. Pioneer Mill Co. for piece
of land at Uhao, Lahaina. G. w. Ash
ford and James Il. Coke for plaintiff
d. II. Case for defendant.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-10-20

Lieut.. Cushman. U. S. N, ordered
to duty at the naval station as assist
ant to Captain Niblack, is expected to
arrive from the Coast today. He is
accompanied by Mrs. Cushman.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-10-20
H0RbUIa-DIenet Fire Insurance CO

The undersigned having been ap-
pointed agents OF the above company
are prepared 20 insure risks against
Ore on Stone and Brick Buildings ane
on Merchandise stored therein on the
aost favorable terms. For particulars
apply at the office Of
F. A. scHAEFER q CO., AEta
The Washington times., 1905-09-23
Marse Henry and Reason.

A few days ago The Times took oc-
casion to draw some morals from the
disclosures of campaign contribu-
tons in the insurance investigation,
and to suggest that corrupt prac-
tices acts ought to be worked for
by the decent men OF. both parties
rather than for the pot to call the
kettle names.
We note with pleasure that, while
the road to that conclusion was diff
ferent, the Courier-Jourpal arrives
at the same conclusion. Marse Henry
is never dull, he is as peppery as Ia
basco sauce, and he has a way of his
own that makes us glad whenever
we find him in the straight and mar
row path trod by The Times. He
said
But seeing the ghastliness of the rev.
elations wrought by this fiashlight into
the dark places and hidden recesses of
our public life. Is 1t not time that Re-
pubEcans and Democrats. alike, ex-
changing with one another that honest
confession which is said to be good for
the soul, should unite in the work of
making such things impossible in future
elections, municipal, State, and national
1t can certainly be done. Why shall
we not take the bull of corruption
squarely by the horns and back him
over the precipice and into the bottom
less pit where he belongs?
Not bit of party gain can be made
py Democrats out of this transaction.
They may say 1T told you So" and prove
1t. But the end will be speedy oblivion.
more money in elections, politics the
same old suppression of the good and
development of the bad. and all for the
penent OF gamesterS and tricksters
playing upon the credulity and profting
on the sacrifices of the great body of
the people.
Good for you, Marse Henry. and
may your shadow never grow less,
The Washington times., 1905-09-23
A Sad HOme-GOinq.

Rear Admiral Niebogatoff, General
SmirnOff, and other Russian prison
ers of high rank are to return to
Muscovy on parole, pending the pro
forma ratification of the treaty of
Portsmouth. Americans will not envy
them their trip. Going home beaten
is hard enough for any soldier. but
1t will be particularly so for these
Russians.
They will meet with scant well
come. The first named did not even
make q brave show of fight-though
1t was through no fault of his. The
second shares in the general sus-
plclon among Russians that the fall
OF Port Arthur was contingent, not
so much upon the success of the as
sailants arms as upon the failure of
the defenders champaign. The
others stand in the shadow of their
chiefs 1t is clear that as warriors
these prisoners until yesterday will
get precious little glory out of their
paroles.
Other worriers will press down on
this party more heavily still. Ad-
miral Niebogatcff, for example, looks
back on a cruise with fellow-Russians
which displayed them in a sorry
light-incompetent as mariners. re-
sentful OF discipline, ready to join in
open revolt against their own flag
at the very moment of meeting the
enemy His ships were rotten. His
supplies We're either adulterated be-
yond use or stolen outright. And
Niebogatof is powerless to prevent a
recurrence of it all.
More than this, the loyal Russian
of1cer must fear TO look on his
country in her present condition.
Thousands of his fellows are losing
their lives in riots; workmen are
starving; the Caucasus runs with
blood; revolution halts only for lack
OF real leading; and even the capitol
OF Moscow is a stamping ground for
organized robbers.
what could be more pathetic than
this-the return home of men past
their prime, stamped with failure and
disgrace, 1mpotent before the thiev-
Ing and incapability of their
superiors, dismayed by the sight of
their country in the throes OF
intestine warfare, and afraid for the
safe-keeping Of their own homes? II
is sad spectacle-even for Russia.
The Washington times., 1905-09-23
Bilious Luck.

A learned Hebrew, DR.. Chotzner,
has written a series of papers which
have been collected and published
under the title Hebrew Humor and
other Essays" In these papers DR..
Chotzner deals with the humor and
satire of both ancient and modern
Hebrew writer's. One of the best bits
of humor in the book is a translation
Of description of bilious luck writ
ten by Abraham Ibn Ezra during the
Middle Ages. 1t runs as follows:
Were 1 10 take the notion in my head
To deal in shrouds. the cerements of the
dead.
No man who lives on earth would ever
die:
Or should I try to make wax candles
pay,
The sun would shine by night as well
as day
Most people have met reincarna-
lions of Abraham Ibn Ezra and his
bilious luck. Truly the world looks
that way to most of us at one time
or another, but it is largely a de-
ceptive appearance and even Abra-
ham Ibn Ezra had a priceless pos
session in his cheerful humor. Even
bilious luck can't hurt us overmuch
If We preserve our cheerfulness.
The Washington times., 1905-09-23
ann Settlements

Mr.. Rider Haggard has made his
report upon the Salvation Army
farm-settlements in this country. His
opinion is favorable TO the scheme
developed by that organization, and
he makes many suggestions of value
for further experiments in getting the
poor of the cities in touch with the
land. The London Spectator, in a
long review of the subject, says:
THE principles of successful land
settlements are well enough established.
but in practice they are constantly
disregarded. AT the root of every
thing lies the economic problem. Is
IL possible by the expenditure OF a
modest capital TO make fair living
and margin from which the capital
may be repaid? This, again, resolves
Itself into questions of the adapta-
bility of the soil, the existence of ac-
cessible markets, the type OF settler
TO be secured, and the nature of his
tenure. Hence settlement cannot be
The Washington times., 1905-09-23

philanthropic; it must be run on bust
the bankruptcy of both society and
settler, since no enterprise can con-
tinue which does not pay its way,
and continuance is of the essence of
settlement All unsuccessful expert
ments will be found to have violated
some primary economic condition.
The land may have been too poor.
the water supply insufficient, markets
too far away, the terms of holding
impossible, or the stamp of colonist
bad"
Mr.. Haggard states the conditions
of success more tersely, as Sufficient
capital, obtained at moderate rate
of interest; careful selection of the
settlers and the land; skilled and
sympathetic management of both
after settlement"
The subject is not only a very in
teresting one but it touches crying
need of the times-how to relieve the
congestion of the people in the COM
mercial centers and get them back
to the farms.
This paper put itself on record last
May as favoring the Salvation Army
farm but it cannot re-
frain from noting how the matter
impresses Mr.. Haggard in his official
capacity as a commissioner of the
colonial Office, or from quoting the
comments of the Spectator. This
generalization of the latter is particu-
larly good:
TO turn paupers into farmers the
settlement must be carefully nursed.
and everything provided till the farms
yield a livelihood. Hence the land
and the management must be of
special type. The holdings must be
small, since the settler cannot be bur-
dened with too great an encumbrance
of debt, and the returns must come
early. The only type of colony which
fulfills these requirements is one in
which intensive cultivation is the
rule, and in most cases this will mean
irrigation"
With the English scheme of gov
eminent assistance to these farm-set-
Elements we in this country have no
concern. Our Government
has been generous to the extent of
wastefulness, parting with its lands.
But the farm-settlement idea is more
than merely placing the man on the
land, it is helping him until he is
The Washington times., 1905-09-23

on prompt cash terms. and that he n
completely satisfied with the manner of
doing business
The, consul of the United States at
Puerto Cabello submitted in Is9s to the
Department OF State an extended and
interesting report on the opportunities
for American enterprise and trade in
Venezuela. He states that the trade In
cutlery. glass. and eartnenware. tiles.
and kindred articles can be greatly in
creased. a medium and ordinary grade
finding ready sale. Owing to the high
tariff on all tobaccos and the CONSEQUENT
development OF native production and
manufacture, the Importation of that
commodity has become greatly restrict
ed. and ii is thought that Venezuela
VIII soon become an exporter
Within six miles OF Puerto Cabelfo
marble of a very fine quality has been
$4,000 has been erected for the develop
ment of the quarries
Southern Coal.
The coal used by the railways. comes
mainly from England. but II Is thought
that If proper efforts were made. the
coal from the Alabama and Virginia
regions might be introduced into the
country profitably
port bearing upon the intertrade of
venezuela and the United States, and
containing valuable practical sugges-
tions, is:
Our trade with this country
is greatly hampered by the absence of
American houses, banks, etc II is al
n,ost needless to sag that all large
houses have their American connec-
ticns, but Ii IS obvious that this does
not. supply the place OF intercommuni-
cation between American houses in the
United States and their branches here.
One OF our greatest trading difficult
ties might be more fully understood,
generally advertised. and acquiesced in.
refer TO the system of giving six. nine.
or even twelve months credit to en-
able the merchant to realize at crop
time Banks being limited and none
az all IN some places, merchants are at
the mercy of the money lenders, II
they must pay their bills IN sixty or
ninety days, as with us, which means
interest at the rate of I or TX per cent
per month. and not infreQuently more
Rates of exchanges could thus be mora
readily controlled, which though sell
dom burdenSone. sometimes reach an
unreasonably shign figure. The currency
is upon a gold basis The only notes
that circulate are those of the local
II am quite sure" continued Mr..
Gofticoa, tfl2t your American business
men would reap immense profits IL they
could arrange easier terms for our
houses That is the first step to be
taken toward assuring better trade re-
lations between the two republics The
other is in instructing American COM
mercial travellers to remember that
Venezuelan business men are not gifted
with the happy-go-iucky IL stiRct OF
their brother Americans. and that at all
times they would rather lose time than
money
The Washington times., 1905-09-23
THE BUILDERS.
A LONDON VISION.

Staggering slowly. and swaying
Heavily at each slow foot's lift and
drag,
With tense eyes careless of the roar
and thronE
That under jut and jag
OF half-built wall and scaffold streams
along.
Six bowed men straining strong
Bear. hardly lifted. a huge Intel stone.
This ignorant thing and prone,
Mere dumbness, blindly weighing.
A brute piece of blank death. a bone
OF the stark mountain, helpless and
inert.
Yet draws each sinew TIL the hot veins
swell
And sweat-drops upon hand and fore
head start,
Till with short pants the suffering heart
Throbs 10 the throat. where herceIy
hurt
Crushed shoulders can not heave, till
thought and sense
Are nerved and narrowed to one aim
intense.
One effort scarce TO be supported longer.
What tyrant will in man or Gcd were
stronger
To summon. thrall and seize
The exaction OF life's uttermost resource
That from the down weighed breast and
aching knees
To arms lifted in pain.
And hands that grapple and strain
Upsurges. thrusting desperate TO repel
The pressure and the force
OF this. which neither feels. nor hears,
nor sees?
Laurence Binyon, in The Saturday Re
view.
The Washington times., 1905-09-23
Americans Haste Kills
Trade With Venezuela
Charge d'Affaires of That Country SAYS Our
DrummerS Do Not Understand How to
Sell to CastrO's People,

Although you Americans find that
trade relations between the United
States and Venezuela are very dissatis-
factory" said y. yelz-Goiticoa. charge
daffaires of the Venezuelan legation
"I admit and maintain that n is &our
own fault that existing conditions are in
the present state
How sop he was asked
Because business men in the United
States have not yet learned the hest
manner of selling goods to our mer-
chants. In fact, IL seems to me they
are not very particular about IL. The
German and English commercial travel
ers reap the reward of their labor to the
detriment of the American, merely be-
cause they use tactics which capture
Venezuelan trade"
Asked to explain this assertion. he
said:
Everybody in the world-practicaIIy-
knows that the American business man
values his time more than his dollars,
because the more time he has. the more
dollars he will make But the yene-
zuelan business man is not made that
way. and doubt If he ever viii take up
American business customs.
American Too Busy.
For instance, an American CONNER
cial company will send a traveller to
Venezuela to boom its wares. A Ger
man firm, handling the same line of
goods will also send a man. What hap
pens? Your drummer looks up his pros
pective customer. makes a short
speech. in which he embodies all the
good points of the wares he wishes 20
sell, and if the customer shakes his
head, the American will say: Thank
you, good-by.' thinking that, as his time
is valuable, he has none to spare. Such
mode Of proceeding is all very well IN
America, but not in Venezuela.
The German or English traveller, who
knows what to do. will meet his Gus
toner, offer him a cigar, call on him
socially several times. and not until he
has won the confidence of the vene-
zuelan merchant does he mention BUSH
ness, what he has to sell, etc. An
American wouldn't dream OF waiting
a number of days before the psychoiogi-
cal moment for selling comes
That is why Great Britain and Ger
many get most of our commerce And
yet. we are perfectly willing-nay, glad.
to buy from you, il only you would
sell,
Besides. Mr. Goiticoa explained, 1.-The
credlt system or the American house in
so far as Venezuela is concerned is alb
solutely prohibitive- 1t is but seldom
that you allow our business men sixty
days in which TO settle their indebted
ness. Now. England and Germany do
better than that
Venezuelan Merchants.
what the British minister at Caracas
says in regard TO the integrity Of Fene-
zueian merchants in his report for 1895
TO the British foreign office is this:
81 I hear from the various British COM
mercial travellers that the Venezuelan
houses with whom they deal are thor
oughly trustworthy, and they speak
highly of their commercial integrity.
The gentleman from whom 1 have just
been quoting stated TO me that he had
had very large dealings with them dur
ing the last ten years He stated that
more than 30 per cent of the trade is
The Washington times., 1905-09-23
MUSICALE
IN DUCHESS HONOR
Mrs. Clarence H. Mackays Wonderful Orchids the Decor
atoms at Function Given for Member of English
Observation-Disclosures People Present.

the wedding will be a rather quiet at
fair, among those present being Mr.. and
Mrs. Oliver Hartman. the latter a sister
Of the bridegroom, and Mr. and Mrs
Oliver Perrin, of Baltimore Mrs Perrin
being a sister of the bride The newly
married couple will 1--we in New York
Lily. Duchess OF Marlborough, was
booked for the CuEarder Campania,
sailing for Liverpool from New York
today.
The Misses Goodman entertained at
luncheon at Yokun. Lenox, yesterday,
for Lord Claud Hamilton and Miss
Hamilton Those present were Mr.. and
Mrs. George Westinghouse, Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph S. Whistler, Miss Adele
Kneeland, Miss lone Page, Marshall r.
Kernochan, John c. Greenleaf, A. Du
Pury. and Charles Aston Bristed
Herr Robert r. Scheller-Steinwartz.
second secretary and counselor OF the
German embassy, arrived at the Curtis.
LenoX, Thursday night Other arrivals
included Representative William c. Low
ering. CT Taunton. Mass.
The Washington times., 1905-09-23
THE FAITH IN DOuRT

The peace Of God descends more softly
shed
Than light upon the deep,
And sinks below the tumult Of my
years.
Deeper than dreams or sleep.
And somehow. as Of dusk was born the
star
Whose fire is on the sea,
Another star from doubts profoundeI
dark
Is risen ard shines on me.
Henry Fletcher Harris Ia Harper 5
Magazine
The Washington times., 1905-09-23
FIRST GREAT DEPRESSION.

What. may I ask. was the keenest
disappointment of your ca-eer?- asked
the anxious interviewer.
The great financier stared coldiy at
the ink bottle. ''It-was when I was four
years old. l think he drawled, when
/ woke up on morning and found my
red balloon shrunken TO one-fourth the
size of the day before.'-Detroit Free
Press
The Washington times., 1905-09-23
JAPAN'S MINISTER
TOURS IN AN AUTO
Mr.. Takahira Spends Days
Swimming Around City.
MRS. PAUL MORTON HERE
Wife of Former Secretary of the Navy
Is Located at the New
Willard.

Mr.. Takahira. the aJpanese minister,
who spent yesterday in Washington.
most of the time in skimming about
the city in a big automobile, wearing a
spotless white linen suit, went to New
York this morning. He will return to
Washington before sailing for Japan.
The Washington times., 1905-09-23

Kotaka. "a town in the remote north
eastern corner of the main island of
Nippon" has the courage 10 celebrate
the signing Of the treaty of Portsmouth.
Kotaka, we take ii, is Japan's SPRING
field Mass
The Washington times., 1905-09-23

Thousands of orchids, costing, on an
average, 81 for each flower. decked the
great dIning-room and hall of Harbor
Hill. at Roslyn last night, for the din
ner and musicale which Mrs. Clarence
II. Mackay gave in honor of her old
friend, the Duchess of Marlborough.
The orchids. which have been brought
to great perfection in the Mackay green
houses through Mrs. Mackay's great
love for them. have been used IN So
many ways at Harbor Hill that they
have come to be called 1.-The Mackay
orchid" They are of an exquisite law
ender. shading into deep purple. and of
great size and beauty Of form.
There were sixty guests at the dinner,
and about 200 otisGrs at the concert af-
terward. Many of these were Mrs.
Mackay's friends. who have estates in
the Immediate neighborhood of Harbor
Hill while a number went there from
this city.
The list. of course. included the mem
bers of the house party, which Mrs.
Mackay has been giving in the young
duchess honor They are Miss Fred
ericka Webb a cousin of the duchess.
and her fiance, Ralph Pulitzer; Miss
Beatrice Mills, ]. r. Baldwin, and Mrs.
Maekay's father. William a. Duer.
The musicale, which was the most
elaborate given by any member of tho
New York smart set this season, was
under the direction of Nathan Frankie.
Many colored lights decorated the great
estate, and between numbers the guests
stroIled about on the lawn or sat under
the trees.
The Washington times., 1905-09-23

Miss Margaret NJ. HiidebrS2d, who
had been spending much of the season
at the Hotel Marlborough, Atlantic City,
has returned to the city Miss Hide
brand is the daughter of the late Frank
lin T. Hildebrand, and is considered one
of the prettiest young women in Mary
land society.
The Washington times., 1905-09-23

Up in New York they have a nom
chalant way Of adding insult TO injury.
masher tickled a woman under the
chin and when her husband protested.
the masher waved him aside with: ION
your way. Run along and sell your
papers" The point OF the joke Is that
the police arrested the rnasher
The Washington times., 1905-09-23

Mrs. Paul Morton, wife of the former
Secretary of the Navy. is spending some
time at the New Willard. She is ar
ranging to have the many beautiful
effects which adorned the Quay house
in X street. while she occupied the
home. sent to her winter quarters in
New York.
The Washington times., 1905-09-23

IT would be a funny thing II the
Southern Democrat should be so absorb
ed In his new industrial activity as to
forget TO go TO the polls
The Washington times., 1905-09-23

Chester Howe, with Mrs. Howe and
their two sons. has returned from
Niagara Falls and vicinity, where theT
have spent the summer, Mr.. Howe hay-
ing had important business in that sec
ton.
The Washington times., 1905-09-23

The mosquitoes OF reform have car
ried the disease from Philadelphia
across the Delaware 10 Camden.
The Washington times., 1905-09-23

A Wi!kesbarre druggist has been
killed by some OF his soda water. II
exploded on the outside.