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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-17

81 have travelled through the noun
tain districts of South America, North
America, and Canada, also through the
Lehigh Valley and the Adirondacks
and with one exception, and that is
the montains in Peru, know of no
more magnificent scenery which can ba
seen with equal facility than these
mountains on Kauai writes A. Cart
| lev to the Promotion Committee, in a
| letter descriptive of his trip through
the Kauai scenic sections, in which he
makes the suggestion that John Muir,
the famous mountaineer and writer of
California be invited to visit the
Islands as a guest of the Promotion
Committee in order that the beauties
of Hawaii g mountains may be fitting
" described in those mainland publi-
cations to which Mr.. Muir is con-
tributor, and in the pages of which
he has so fttingly portrayed the
charms and beauties of the Sierras.
As a result of the suggestion it was
decided at the meeting of the promo
tionists yesterday to forward the in
vitation to Mr.. Muir, and also to sug-
gest to the Inter-Island Company the
feasibility and the advantages of pro-
noting such excursions as Mr.. Gartley
outlines in the following letter. Mr..
Gartley writes:
NOWHERE MORE BEAUTIFUL.
81 have Just returned from a trip
through the Waimea district of Kauai,
including a trip to the head of the
Olokele ditch, which supplies water
TO the MakaweH plantation. | am also |
familiar with the canyons of Waimea |
and the mountains of the windward |
side. 1t is my belief that for equal |
area there is no place in the world |
where more beautiful mountain scenery |
obtains than in this section of Kauai,
and / believe that the Promotion Com
mittee should do everything TO pro-
mote travel in this section.
LAS a preliminary, my recommen-
lation would be to organize small par
ties of from eight to ten to make this
trip. If the Kinau takes the regular
sailing date of the Mikahala, leaving
lere Thursday and arriving at Waimea
Friday at about a. M, she could con-
.inue on around to Napah and as far
Is Haena, returning to Waimea. On
morning arrangements could
)e made with the Waimea stables to
lrive party up the Olokele ditch,
having saddle horses sent on ahead, the
'arty could proceed un the ditch trail
or five or six miles, returning to Wal |
aea Saturday evening. On Sunday a
rive could be taken to Halemanu. As |
he road is fairly good, a six-horse
cam could easily carry eight passen-
ers up and back in day. This would Z
i've view of the great canyon of 5
Vaimea, and the members of the party !
ould also go to the head of Kalalau /
.uleh, which is probably the third fin .
st view on the island. Monday they
ould be driven to Hanapepe valley, Z
where saddle horses could be waiting
o take them to the head of Hanapepe d
ulch to view the Hanapepe falls I
rom there they could proceed to Lii f
ne, and on Tuesday they could take '
n the special drives around Lihue, in !
luding a trip to Wailua falls and o
long the trail running under the $
lauai electric pole line. Taking the
linau on TUESDAY, evening, they would {
rive in Honolulu Wednesday morn 5
lg. +
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HOTEL FACILITIES.


H'Hotel facilities in Waimea are
very limited, but | understand that
Mr.. Baker has about six rooms and
fair accommodation, although | have
not seen them. At Lihue there are
very good accommodations at the. Fair
view hotel. For teams and land trans
portation arrangements should be made
in Waimea with the Waimea
stables. They perhaps could handle a
party as far as Hanapepe. w. III. Rice
of Lihue could meet the party at Ha-
napepe and possibly furnish saddle
horses for Hanapepe valley and teams
to drive them from Hanapepe to Lii
hue. He could also arrange the trips
in the vicinity of Lihue.
Il venture to say there is no part
of the world where the variety of
mountain scenery can be viewed with
equal facility. providing trips, as /
have outlined them, are taken. The
three gulches of Waimea, Olokele an
Hanapepe are absolutely different in
character, but | lack the descriptive
power to describe any one of them.
SIERRAS SURPASSED.
81 would further suggest that the
Promotion Committee extend an invi-
tation to Mr.. John Muir, the famous
mountaineer of California, to visit the
Islands and take trips through our
mountains, not only on Kauai, but on
Maui, Molokai and Hawaii. You, no
doubt, know his great reputation as a
mountaineeT, and know that his writ
ings have made the mountains of Cal
ifornia and Western United States IA
nous. / am convinced. however, that
if he once takes trip through the
mountains of Hawaii his much beloved
Sierras will have far less charm for
him. He has already been approached
by Mr.. Francis Gay, and has expressed
keen interest.
81 viii have some pictures made up
for the Promotion Committee of some
of the Kauai mountain scenery. and
one or two of the mountains on Ha-
wall, but these photographs can in no
way convey the grandeur of the scenes.
The Waimea canyons are from 5000 to
1000 feet deep, and resemble in char
acter and coloring the Grand Canyon
of Colorado The bottom of Olokele
gulch lies some 1900 feet below the
trail. and the pals on each side rise
about 5000 feet This valley is rugged
and rocky on the lower end, but as
one proceeds mauka it is covered with
rich, green native forests. There are,
several small waterfalls. The Hama
pepe guleh is entirely covered viii for
est almost from one end to the other.
This trip ends at Hanapepe falls, a.
large volume of water with a fall of
$50 feet. The bed of the stream is
very beautiful, and the trail crosses
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rs THERE TO BIZ 4 REVOLU-
TION IN ETHICSP

Y To the EDIroR or THE suN-sI: A
revolution in theology and in our concep-
ton Of the government Of the universe
such a. We arc undergoing Ia sure TO draw
with II a revolutionary movement In ethics.
There lies before me a review article giving
an account OF a number Of books on ethics
which are widely at variance, II appears,
with the ethics Of Christianity. The general
tendency Of the authors seems 10 be TO re-
Jet altogether the Christian type Of charac-
ter az artificial and weak, and 10 aim at
substituting for II something more robust
and, II Ia assumed, more in accordance
with nature. One theorist is represented
a. regarding humanity in its present form
only as transient material out Of which 10
to be wrought the 'superman.' In what
respect, 80 far as our conceptions extend,
has Christian ethics failedI II has given
birth 70 the warrior a. we'll as TO the martyr,
to the virtues Of the softer as well Al to
those Of the stronger ser. Communities
which have kept its rules, as we'll al in
diUduals, have been happy.
The Christian ideal Of character and life
went essentially unchanged through the
violence Of the Middle Ages and the vices
oithe Papaoy. Itws somewhat perverted
by asoetiGsm; but II was the same 10
Anselm. Thomas a Kempis and 81. Louis,
a. II 10 in their counterparts now. Nor
does II seem to lose by denunCaton Of
theological dogma The moral principles
and aspirations Of good free thinkers or
Po6itivsts remain still essentially Christian.
The ethical ideal which 10 now bang set
up against the Christian apparently IL that
Of the Greeks. In literature and art Greece,
or rather Athens, OF, 10 speak still more
correctly. a limited number Of free citizens
In Athens, was preeminent: but its pre-
sminenoe, IL we may trust It's own morahsts,
hardly extended to morals.
GOODWIN SMITH.
p, 81 have read the Pope's letter to
the Bishop Of Limerick, in which his Hoh-
ness denies that Modernism had any hold
on Cardinal Newman. l must not venture
to contradict infalibllty; but does his
Holiness r~ecollect that Cardinal Manning
accused Cardinal Newman Of minimizing
Catholicism There can be very little
doubt that there was a modification toward
the close Of Cardinal Newman's life, which
l suspect would have extended 10 the abso-
lute belief n professed by him in the
authenticity Of Papal miracles. Did New
man toward the latter part Of his life
take any active part In proselytsm1 His
Holiness, no doubt, can tell.
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made for q stan Of civilian detectives
for strict regulation Of p~awnbrokerS
Including daily returns Of transactions)
and Of the sale Of offensive weapons; and
most important Of all, for a ten year
term for tho Commissioner and his re-
moval by Governor or Mayor only on
publication Of The reasons for dismissal,
and not, as now, at the will Of either.
Why q civilian branch Of the detective
bureau Commissioner BINGHAM re-
plies that as the bureau Is now consti-
tuted all the members Of the police force
are we'll known, and can be easily known
10 criminals Of all kinds, as well as TO the
crooked politicians who are at the bottom
Of the present lack Of efficiency in the
Police Department He proposes that
the fund 10 maintain a staff Of civilian
detectives DO at the absolute disposal Of
the Commissioner, subject TO audit by
the Mayor, the Comptroller and the Pres
ident Of the Civil Service Commission.
Thus the head Of the Department would
be able to employ men who we're some
thing moro than rule Of thumb de-
tectives.
Opinions may differ concerning the
question Of a ten years term for the
Police Commissioner, and a civilian de-
tective stan, ~clandestine IN its methods
may not generally recommend itself
but the ioroe will never be reformed II
public sentiment does not vigorously
support a Commissioner who Is working
and fighting devotedly to give New York
. capable police administration. AZ
General BINGHAM says:
IN the last anilySiS II comes to this that the
poles are Just - rood or just a. bad ~ the oltlEons
make them, and II the better elemen OF citizenship
refuses To oonesrn itself about the guardianship Of
law and order It has no night to complain when
the crooked element does"
New York in our time has not had a
Commissioner as militant and indomita-
Die for reform as General BINGHAM. The
police crook, the political crook and the
professional crook are in league against
him, desperately bent upon his destTuo-
ton. II he suffers defeat in his ire
mendous battle for an adequate police
force it will be because the citizens Of
New York refuse or neglect 10 hold up
his hands. Do they deserve such a
fearless champion as THEODORE A..
BINoHAM7 The question is not to be
answered by saying that he has defects
Of temperament and ia not on all occa-
sions the wisest Of men.
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fered from the mania OF persecution
he hated mankind and 1ed to the heights
Of Sils-Maria TO escape, what Poe so
aptly described as the tyranny Of the
human face
As is known, in certain forms Of mental
delusion the patient turns against those
he once loved best. Perhaps this may
explain the disagreeable letters which
should never have seen the light Of day.
Legally or no, the sister OF the dead man
has a moral right to demand that such
painful matter shall be excluded from
publication. Her fight during two dec
AIDES for her brother has won her univer-
sal admiration. Nevertheless the whole
episode is ugly and has brought to the
public knowledge OF unsupported heart
burnings and personal chickering's. The
literary life, too, can be strenuous
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-05-03
The Color Of B.echsr,. Hair.

To rHB EprroR OF THE sUN-sr' The color Of
Henry Ward Beechers hair IL Of no great i'm
p~ortance, but II seems 10 be Of interest. as many
persons hsve spoken 10 ne about II since my casual
mention Of n In The sun a. black " and one cor
respondent corrects me by writing you: He was q
pronounced blond. that Is. bis hair was auburn
colored."
Well, Webster dehnes . blond" a. z person Of
very fair complexion, with lGht hair and blue eyes"
while auburn Is specified as reddish brown"
SO that tale discredits itself.
knew Beecher nom my seventh year, when be
eame to Brooklyn. until my forty seventh, when he
died, and for many years Jaw him not only Sundays
but every day In the week, and my distinct recol.
lection Of him Ia with VEN dark hair. although not
black like the Italian hair, This agrees with the
memory Of sundV friends Of his whom | have
asked, and 70 make sure I wrote TO his son. WIN.
lam c. Beeoher Of Brooklyn, who replies: To the
best Of my remembrance. fathers hair was dark
broWn-Almost black For the rest. his compiler
lon was not fair. but ruddy. and bis eye large and
pale blue. although darkenlnE 70 gray when he was
aroused. JONI r. HOWARD.
MoNrcLAiA, N, j., Nay l..
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Fried Oysters.

To rHI EpIroh OF THE sUN-SF' Jus, because
they can spnnkiO IN . few hot words 70 taste, such
40 -nuanees,T your correspondents writing about
fried oysters don't prove that they know beans
about the subject. | don't know what "nuances"
means: kind Of thought I did when ] hrSt came
upon II In q Sun dramatic review. elung 70 hope
when n popped up In a musical review, but lost all
hope when I struck II In = dramatic and then an
art review. End got mad all through when ] found
II IN q eo6ey letter, There are subjects which
should Be treated respectfully.
But what I'm here TO cay Is that II Is all fool
ishness 10 talk about comparative merit 10
fried oysters. because there Is no merit Whstever
In the least evil Of them. An oyster ls no more
designed 10 he fried than a strawberry 10 be brolled
or a cSntAloupe 70 be roasted. Angels on horse
back small oysters skewerSd with alternate but
tons Of fat bacon and lightly broIled, IL the nearest
the oyster will be subjected 10 the frying process
by any one having the slightest knowledge Of the
art OF cooking or a trace Of self-reSpect,
Not wishing 10 appear dogmatlc ] only add that
the above Ia not an expression Of opinion capable
Of successful contradiction; II lS merely an indis
putable fact, BLUE POINT,
NEW YORK. May
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highly civilized countries man iS de-
generating w should undoubtedly OBJ.
serve two things, namely, q diminishing
birth rate and a progressive shortening
Of TIE average human life, II We take
9 broad view Of the matter We find the
contrary TO be the case, In France II
must be acknowledged the birth rate has
declined 30 notably that the population
remains almost stationary from one
decade 20 another. Against this phe-
nomenon must be set the slgnally re-
duced death rate, the result being that
the ability TO Outlive the S%crptural three
score years and ten, and even TO survive
for a century, is much more frequently
exhibited In France to-day than II was
four generations ago. Then, again, Ger
many, where there Ia less illiteraoy and
where culture Ia more widely Alfused
than 1t Is In the French Republic, has at
once a high birth rate and q low death
rate. As for the supposed injurious in
huenoe Of the decay and loss Of teeth on
the stomach, it is notorious that the
extraordinary development Of the art Of
dentistry in the last half century and the
studious care Of teeth now ~inoulcatsd and
almost universally practised by highly
civilized peoples have brought about an
astonishing change. We scarcely ever
see now In men and women under age
mouths dishgured by the loss or decay
Of teeth, whereas this was q common
sight up to fifty years ago,
The official records Of Geneva, which
have been kept carefully for q long
period, prove that the average duration
Of human life is materially greater than
il was q hundred and fifty or a hundred
years ago, Not only the average length
Of human existence but the retention
Of physical and intellectual vgor, or
what is called the prime Of life, tends
to be prolonged. The age limit Of use
fulness has in practice been pushed
forward. Tho fruitful activity Of men
over sixty and ever seventy years Of
age Is q phenomenon far more frequently
observed to-day than it was q hundred
years ago. NAPoLEoS's career was over
at forty-siI; Won MoLHKE's can scarcely
be said to have begun, 30 far as great
achievements were concerned, till he
was nearly seventy. What is true Of
war is true Of diplomacy, Of law, Of medi-
cine, Of every field Of work in which
mental and physical energy is indispensa-
BILE. When, in a word, we examine i'm
partially all the data, weighing accu-
rately all the evidence pro and con, We
seem justified in taking an optmistio
rather than Or. KoN1o's pessimisto view
Of the effect Of civilization on the bodily
well being and longevity Of man.
As for the increased ability Of highly
civilized man TO Withstand the attacks
Of disease, this will be evident when we
recall the devastation wrought In medie-
val Europe blythe plague; las, for example,
by the Black Death, which in the middle
Of the fourteenth century is believed to
have destroyed in several countries at
least a third Of their inhabitants. No
such appalling mortality could now be
caused by any contagious mAlady.
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Old Cannon q Cioek weight.

From NJ ksnnebsc journal
The most unique clock weight In Maine 10 that
Of the Baptist church al Cheryneld, an old smooth
bore cannon. The old cannon was one OF the old
smooth bore type and was brought by Gleason r..
Campbell from Boston on one Of the return thps
Of lumber vessels. 1t vas brought TO hre SaluteS,
as the stirring days Of the civil war were at hand.
Aftef announcing many Union victories during the
war, Al the surrender Of Lee In iSS II was taken
out for q nnAl and great salute. Robert l.. Wiley,
q soldier OF the war. who was at home on f~urlough,
was In charge Of the cannon, and through some
miSmAnAGement q premature discharge OF the gun
threw Mr.. Wiley high In the air, nlled bis face with
powder and tore one arm on close at the shoulder
The old gun was then spiked by the angry citizens
and did no more salute service. When the Second
Baptist Church building was built In 1879, a weight
being wanted for the clock the old gun was used.
For thirty yearS II did clock duty until ipoS. when
II once more received a baptism OF IRE and fell In
the ruins OF The church connSgratlon that Decem-
Der. When the new clock was Installed In the new
church building In 1903 once more the old cannon
mounted the tower 70 do clock duty.
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tn, Police Problem in New York.

New York should have the best poles
force in the world because IL needs the
best police force in the world. Why thi1
is 20 Commissioner BNoHAM explains
in an article In the North American Re-
visv for May, which every citizen In
terested In the welfare and good name
Of this city should read. New York IL
divided by the East and Harlem rivers
and by the bay; on the East Side there Ia
a congestion Of population such as exists
nowhere else in the world, while the out
lying districts on Long and Staten islands
are 80 sparsely settled that police beats
are impracticably long, n Of them on
Staten Island requiring twenty miles Of
patrolling. But the problem is not
merely typographical and residential.
II there are thousands Of tenants In one
block on the East Side, there are as many
thousands in one downtown skysoraper,
and these business hives continue TO null
tiply. Furthermore, New York Ia the
most cosmopolitan and polyglot city in
the world.
in London the alien population IL not so large
as to cut a serious nEure In the Statistics OF crime,
while in New York % per centum Of all mAlsfactou
a~rralEued in the courts arc OF foreign birth, and the
S5= g5Ts SsAce. moreover. are compelled to deal
not only with the predatory criminals Of all nations,
includlnr our own, but with the fsuds Of the SicIran
mana, the Nesportah. csmorra, the Armenian
hunchakists. the Chinese tOngs. and With other
interneclne Quarrels Of the scum Of the earth
The police Of London, which compared
with New York is a compact city for
all it's size, deal mainly with an English
speaking population; yet in London there
is one patrolmAn to 400 inhabitants and
in New York one TO H7. Here are other
comparisons, all 10 the disadvantage Of
New York: Washington, one patrolman
10 IS5 inhabitants; Philadelphia one to
Sill; st. Louis, the same ratio; Boston,
one to 500; Liverpool, one to ~; Dublin,
one to $50; Berlin, one 10 $40; Budapest,
one TO 400. In the Ave boroughs Of New
York there are S,0oS miles Of streets and
1850 men'to patrol them, or there would
be as many II the following details were
not necessary: 800 policemen TO the
detective bureau, $50 TO traffic regula-
ton, IFS to the courts, 50 TO municipal
departments and Offices, 11o to Central
Park, rs 10 the Health Department, and
10 TO boiler inspection. As the average
number Of men reporting sick daily is
200, and 50 are absent on leave, 6,47S are
left for patrol duty, or 70 men TO each
Of % precincts. In view Of the topo-
graphical, residential, business and ra-
cial conditions in New York, General
BINGHAM thinks that the patrol force
should be increased to provide one police
man to every 400 inhabitants.
But augmenting the force would fur
ther impair is efficiency, in General
BIEoHAM's Opkion, unless Vroyisiop vere
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TBB UNREAD MESSAGES.
From ne Boston correspondence Of ne Spring
reid RspubRedR.

Prom ne Boston correspondence Of ne Spring
Reid RspubRedH.
A. the Treasury surplus decreases the
surplus Of Roosevelt special messages rapidly
Increases. There must be 900 pages OF them
ia the Government Printing once BY this
time, and tons upon tons Of unread copies
for the mar In the street has left on reading
this s~uperduous literature. IL no longer IN
terests him, partly because much OF u IA
simple iteration and TeiteTation Of what We
had two and three years ago and in prodiEious
abundance last year, before the panic came
and for a brief respite the dow Of White House
words ceased. II has begun again, and who
can say how far II will go3 There are mes
aARes TO burn-and that Is the best use TO
which they can be put. AZ q fuss maker Mr.
Roosevelt Gurpasses all recent Presidents
but his last spool Of message does not even
make q FUSE; II has fallen dead except 81
Washington, where II seems to have increased
the anger OF the Republican Congressman
and Senators, who declare with truth that
such documents help the Democrats and
prevent the ~do-nothlnR policy Of the ma
chine from running smoothly along u
could not even get read In the House, II seems.
90 tightly have the bosses and Speaker Can
non tied up the natural activity Of the Repre-
sentatlves. But that IL no matter, for ito
influence IL little or nothing. IL tiekles the
strange vanity Of Bostoniahs 10 md they
have abuses loud enough 10 be heard In wash
ington and get named In . White House
bundle Of sticks. big and little. But the
parallel To this message elsewhere Is that cry
Of the MussulmAn fruit seller In Constanu-
nople: In the name Of the Prophet. Hgs''
The President has brought hs crop to .
noor market lhla time.
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Our esteemed contemporary the Courier
des Etdts-Unis announced yesterday the
unexpected death Of its principal proprietor
and editor, Mr.. HENRY P, SAMPERs, and
said Of him: His unique preoocupation
every day and every instant was TO make
the newspaper indispensable to the French,
TO make II the organ par excellence Of French
thought in America His success has been
notable. Probably a deliberate p%reconcep-
ton OF a journals special usefulness and
limited province has never been pursued
more rigdly. more consistently and moro
ably than in the case Of this excellent "
paper published dnily in New York In one
Of the many languages OF this metropolis,
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De A~foFtuis.

When in the course Of an animated
wake the deceased sits suddenly up
right and proceeds TO participate in the
ceremonies, instead Of elidting cries Of
thankfulness and Joy from the company
he generally succeeds in creating a panic
and putting everybody to fight. A cor
tain analogy Ia more than intimated In the
circumstance Of Mr.. CHARLES W. MORSE,
Of financial memory, who incontnently
has Just paid to his l~noonSolable creditors
some six hundred thousand dollars.