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Year: 1879

We are pleased to see in the last Advertiser
under the caption of Imitation" an article
eouched in language that indicates the writer
TO be fully impressed with the Importance of
the subject, and who treats the views we have
put forth from time to time with that fairness
which the discussion demands. We have said
in former article that we are not welded to
the views on the currency question which our
articles contain; but that our object was, and
we repeat, still is, to provoke discussion as to
what is the best mode of promoting the best
interests of the Kingdom and people of Hawaii
nei.


There is always safety in discussion, be-
cause, by examination and argument, we may
arrive at proper conclusions, without which it
is next to impossible to do so. The writer of
the article in the Advertiser, who is evidently
q new hand at the bellows, takes exception to
our views, and in doing so, marshals an array
Of figures from the financial budgets of France,
England and the United States, to prove that
II is unwise to issue more than one dollar of
paper for one of coin, of which the paper is
the representative, and contents himself with
that declaration, and then rests his case. This
may appear all very well for the author of the
article, but We opine, the public require some
thing more than the reassertion of exploded
dogmas IN finance to satisfy them on so impor-
tant subject. at time like the present. The
Advertiser man acknowledges that there is
monetary embarrassment among the people of
these Islands, and seems to think that it would
be wise to adopt some measure of relief, but
utterly fails to suggest any better remedy, yea
indeed, fails to suggest any remedy at all, for
existing monetary evils. This Is not what we
expect from an individual who SO profoundly
talks about the experience of other countries
in financial matters, and who plumes himself
upon his superior intelligence, as to brush
aside as with the wand of magician, all theo-
ries on finance, whether founded upon the ex-
perience of other nations or not, just because,
be says thus and So When a proposition is
advanced on any subject, it is always in order
for any man who thinks proper to object to
such proposition, to do SO, but then, it is al
Year: 1879

THE outlook in Washington isn't very
pleasant. The Democrats will pass
bills repeating the test oath, abolish
ing Federal Supervisors and keeping
the troops from the polls. The Presi-
dents backers-he has many of them
lust now, headed by Stanley Matthews
and lack Chandler-say that he will
veto the bills. Then the Democrats
will tack them on to the appropriations
and a second veto will follow. Then
the Democrats will cut OFF all supplies
and appeal to the country to sustain
them. The President will appeal IN
lust the same way, and it then becomes
a question of which can do the most
appealing. This is the programme
LAID out. If it isn't broken by the first
Of June there won't be any money tt
run the government.
Year: 1879

lr Is EIGHTEEN years since the Demo
cratic party controlled Congress. The
RepuJl can party coming into power at
that time, crushed out one Of the most
gigantic rel ellions known in the world.
It has freed four million Of slaves, and
since the war it has steadily reduced
the national debt, incurred during the
war and made the currency issued to
sustain the armies, redeemable at par
in gold. Should it never rise again its
record is glorious one and has had
mere influence for good upon the na-
ton than all the other parties that
aver had an existence in any other
period of the government no matter
how long in power. There is yet a
work for the Republican party to do,
and at the next general election she
will arise from the ashes Of the past
and be more powerful than ever.
Year: 1879

FIRE IN THE CoUNTY.-A bright light was
seen on Saturday night between S and 8
O'Clock in the county in line between
Broad and Main streets. 1t is supposed
that there was fire in the county.
Year: 1879

New York, Sept. 22.-The Tribune
to-day saye the latest advices indicate
that Russia is about to make start
ling move on the political chess board.
The English and German press are
expendinga a good deal of anxious spec
ulation as TO what it will be. There
are strong grounds for suspicion that
the czar intends to take Napoleon's
recipe for keeping disaffected people
in subjection, VIZ, find somebody be-
sides their rulers to fight. There is a
rumor that the party in Russia which
organized the war with Turkey are
urging the czar to make an attack on
Austria, in which all the slavonic prin-
cipalities will join and be aided by
Denmark, Sweden and Norway.


The recent visit of the czarowitch to
Stockholm, and the haste with which
Prince Labanoff was sent to the porte
last week, tend to give credence to this
surmise. Another guess, anxiously
hazarded is, that Russia has Interior
designs upon China. 1.-The more sue
cessfully," says this mornings Post,
I'VE keep Russia at arms length from
India, the more she is drawn against
China" The recent bargain between
Russia and China for the province of
Kuldja is cited as danger to the taste
of victory for the czar. The English
seem to think now that the the Musco-
bear has tasted one drop of blood of
that fat, sluggish sheep, China, and
that nothing will content him but the
whole carcass, and that Russia, with
China as a tributary, would be as dan
gerous rival as Russia with India.
Year: 1879

Land Office at Grand Island, Seb..i


November 1st, 1872


NOTICE Is hereby given that the
IN following-nsmed settler has fled
notice Of his intention to make final
proof in support Of his claim, and secure
fnal entry thereof at the expiration Of
thirty days from the date Of this no.
Year: 1879

The way to reach to a mans heart Is to cater
90 his appetite \ girl who can claw piano
and agitate the atmosphere is good parlOr Orna-
ment, but one that can grease griddle and turn
two pancakes ut time is the kind Of a female to
tie 10 at this time OF year.
Year: 1879

special Dispatch TO the Register.


PITTSBURGH, October Ex-Governor
Mathews and Colonel Campbell visited
the Exposition tonight in charge OF
a committee OF prominent business men.
At the Exposition the Governor was
introduced to the crowd by Manager
Young and made neat speech, which
was we'll received.
Year: 1879

''What we all admire and how to secure
it. fine head of Hair in its natural color
is such an adjunct to beauty that no one who
prizes good looks should neglcctto use Lon
DoN HAIR Color REsToRER," the most clean
ly and delightful article ever introduced to
the American people. 1t is totally different
from all others. not sticky and gummy, and
free from all impure ingredients that render
many other preparations obnoxious. 1t thick
ems thin hair restores gray hair, gives it new
life, keeps the scalp clean and healthy caus-
ing the hair to grow where it has fallen off or
become thin, does not soil or stain anything,
and is so perfectly and elegantly prepared as
to make it a lasting hair dressing and toilet
luxury. octl4+eod&wtf
Year: 1879

Mr.. George William Curtis on Saturday
submitted his position to the judgment of
the republicans of his own county of Rich
mond, and they pronounced their condemna-
ton. The county Convention, of which he
was presiding officer, re-assembled from an
adjournment on a previous day, and he pre-
sented by letter his resignation as chairman.
He did it in order that, in his own language,
''the members may have an opportunity of
declaring whether in their judgment the in
tsrests of the party can better be
promoted by its acceptance" He thus
made the question a test of their ap-
proval or disapproval of his course. They
accepted his resignation by nearly
unanimous vote, and thus declared that
whatever may be their personal sentiment
towards Mr.. Curtis as neighbors and friends,
they reject and condemn his political action.


This expression from the immediate friends
of Mr.. Curtis who have hitherto sustained
him and who have sent him to every succeed
ing State Convention of recent years clearly
indicates the public feeling. In his letter
Mr.. Curtis states the grounds upon which he
justifes his action. He pleads that it is the
right Of any individual TO scratch the name
of any candidate whose election he thinks
would BE- I'M curious to the cause; and that his
right is not affected by the fact that the
..scrateher' participated in the convention
which made the nomination. Without stopping
now to discuss these propositions, one thing
is clear whatever may be said about the in
hcrent right of scratching" it cannot be
justified except upon grounds which will
stand the test of reason and patriotism. And
Just here the position of Mr. Curtis is fatally
defective.


lie cannot and does not deny that the State
Convention consisted of the chosen. delegat-
ed representative of the party, elected in the
usual and regular way. He cannot and does
not dispute that Mr.. Cornell was the fair
choice of the clear ma jority Of the Conven-
ton. He cannot and does not impugn the
personal character. purity and capacity of the
candidate. And since he cannot and does
not make either of these allegations, there is
no ground left upon which a refusal to support
him can be justified--no ground which does
not involve a rejection of the republican par
ty itself And when we come to consider
that to scratch" Mr.. Cornell is virtually to
vote for Gov. Robinson. with all that his
election implies-with its consequence of
throwing the government into Confederate
hands. with its strengthening of Tilden and
all his machinery. with its practical endorse
ment Of Gov. Robinson's prostitution of all
the exective powers-when we come to con
slider all this, the case against the position OF
Mr.. Curtis is made overwhelming.


The pen is mightier than the sword-but
the leg is mightier than the pen. The editor
of paper is satisfied with $1,000 year, but
the average pedestrian wants $4,000 for a
weeks work.


An exchange says that many woman dusts
billiard chalk off her husbands coat, and a
big tear stands in her eye as she thinks how
late he works nights at his desk by the white
v washed wall.
Year: 1879

DR.. HENION,
Believing that he has sufficiently made known TO the
readers Of this paper his MODE OF TREATING
DISEASE, will hereafter present In these columns
little else than


Reliable Testimonials
of cures already performed and references to those
NOW UNDER TREATMENT who have been bene.
fitted and still improving.


YOU WHO ARE SUFFERING
with a Chronic Disease OF any nature, matter of
how long standing will do well to read these testi
monals carefully, lay aside all prejudice, and use
you oga best Judgment In regard to consulting DIR.
iiENIoN yourself Do not ask for and be Influenced
by the opinion OF some friend who isin robust health,
and who cannot appreciate your condition, but act rs
your reason and common sense dictate
Year: 1879

WHAT TREASURER GlLlIl-LAN SA1S AbpNi Inn


GOVERNMENT WITHDRAWING.


GENERAL PRESS DIsPATCHl


WAsHINGTON Nov. 23-Thc United States
Treasurer has transferred $10,000.0G0 in gold to
the Assay Office at New-York, to be used in paying
for foreign gold deposited for conversion into
American coin. This makes total of Tdoooo,ooo
transferred for that purpose since August IL


Treasurer Gilfllan in reply to question regard
INC the withdrawal of the United States Treasury
from the New-York Clearing House Association,
saws that the matter has never been under consider
alton. In consequence, however, of the rapid
change from currency 10 coin going on III the pub
lie funds the Treasurer had thought it proper to
call attention to the possibility near or remote,
that the Department might be compelled TO make
larger disbursements of silver at New-fork, which
would make necessary a change in the rules of the
Clearing House or the withdrawal of the Treasury
from its membership.


MI GIlfllan recognizes the great advantage of
the relation with the Clearing House in the safe
collection of the nnumerabe checks payable TO and
by the New-York Office, and IN the rapid transac-
tion of the business. lie thinks that the question
of withdrawal will probably never arise. The
Clearing House is expected to make the necessary
change in its rules that the Government may DC
put to no Inconvenience III making settlements.
Year: 1879

CHESTER, July lathe most excit-
ing race ever sailed on this part of the
Delaware came off to-day between the
yachts Vixen and George G. The
course sailed over was from Chester and
around Hook buoy up the river to Tint
cum Island buoy and return. At NO
time were the boats more than one hum
dred yards apart, and most of the time
they were running within ffty feet of
each other. The Vixen won by about
one hundred yards.
Year: 1879

When the u. s. Court was opened this
morning there was no business to be
transacted. and as the cheated team" has
now commenced with its wonted July
vigor, it is likely that very little in the
way of litigation will be done around
che Custom House for some weeks to
come.
Year: 1879

fly appears In the form Of a little white worm and
eats the embryo grasshoppers. boxful of earth II
before us eeming with the little white egg eater ana
hiled with the husks shells of destroyed locust
Year: 1879

We all advise cheerfulness, and we all ad-
mire it-especially in other people-but we
do not always attain to it ourselves Of
course there are circumstances under which
cheerfulness is simply impossible-with a rag
ing toothache, for instance. or when you
have just upset the ink on the new carpet,
or have been caught in. a violent shower
without an umbrella and with your best
suit To be admonished to be cheerful at
such times is adding aggravation to misfor-
tune, and might exhaust the patience of Jol,
himself And there are many very small
annoyances too Insignificant to be classified
or remembered, and yet whose daily occur
renee may be and must be expected, over
which we have no right to lose our cheerful
ness for moment. There is no doubt that
the happines OF many a home, the charm OF
many freside, has been clouded and dis
PEELED by this want of, cheerfulness in the
elders OF the family group. Little vexatioas
were sufficient to chase the smile from the
fathers face, or cloud the mothers brow
with annoyance. and so the home gatherings
grew irksome to the children and the bond
of sympathy was forever broken. Let lis
cultivate, therefore, cheerful spirit, and,
like all efforts in the right direction, we
shall find that we cannot improve ourselves
without improving others-thet the reflex Of
our cheerfulness will shine out in the tenn
-pers of those around us and brighten the
darkest days.
Year: 1879

Quite a curiosity was found few DAYS
ago near the camp of the workmen on
the new toll-road, near Yankee Fork,
New. It is mountain rams head deep
ly imbedded in pine tree and about six
feet from the ground The right horn is
outside and curls partly round the tree,
while the front of the skull and most of
the left horn is covered with the growth of
wood The tree is a thrifty pine, fifteen
inches through How that rana's head
came there will always remain asinys-
terry to scientists, but men of the noun
tains. who are familiar with the fighting
propensities of the wild buck, can easily
explain it. The ram whose head is now
part of the tree stood on the upper side
Of the hill H..swhile his enemy stood near
what was then pine sapling. When
the present relic made a rush at ram No.
2 the latter stepped to one side, and the
old warriors head coming in contact
with the young tree split it wide enough
for one horn to. enter. and he was left
dangling at the mercy of his foe. The
rest is easily guessed. The survivor of
the fight deliberately butted his unfor-
tunate adversary until there was nothing
lett of him but the skull and horns fast
in the wood. Fred Myers, one of the
proprietors of the toll-road. will have the
part of the tree containing theram's head
sent to the Smithsonian Institute.
Year: 1879

After a trial lasting more than week
Buchholz has been found guilty of murder
in the first degree for the killing of the old
German miser, Schultz, near South Nor
walk last December. The conviction was
undoubtedly obtained through the evil
dence Of the skilful detective, Stark, who
having himself imprisoned as criminal
in the jnil with Buchholz wormed himself
into his confidence, and although not OBJ
tanning any direct evidence of the prisoners s
commission of the murder, yet got from
him the hiding place OF large sum of
money taken from the old mans person.


This startling and dramatic testimony, with
other conirmatory facts laid before the
jury, convinced them that Buchholz had
money recovered. It is extremely difficult
to draw the line where detective ingenuity
should be stayed in hunting down such a
crime as this, but it seems to us that the
revolving work done by Stark is very
close to that line. How information thus
much more practical question to answer,
and In this trial 1t seems pretty clear that
it required efficient support before being
acceptable to the jury. AS to the morality
Of the matter, if the end justifies the means
all is said that can be said. There
must have been something like false
swearing necessary to procure a COM
mitment of Stark on the charge of
attempted robbery, or else playing with
legal forms in which some judicial officers
acted farcical part. The whole procedure
has a disagreeable aspect and savors of the
uncleanly methods of governments which
we call despotic. Buchhoz is without
doubt despicable character, Lawyer Olm-
stead determined prosecutor and Stark q
clever simulator; but those who concur in
the verdict may still regret that justice had
to stoop SO low to secure conviction.
Year: 1879

his native land, and it is not surprising
that his own admiring countrymen emulate
the honors which have been paid to
him in foreign lands. The spontaneous
demonstrations of respect in the city
of San Francisco should be all
the more gratifying to General Grant by
the fact that they are not intended to have
any political significance. They are the
free Offering of independent citizens, and
not a Fictitious demonstration gotten up for
party effect. The proposed Grant ''boom"
which was projected by silly politicians and
time-servers several months ago fell
through long before his arrival, and
the present local demonstration at San
Francisco is one which he'can accept with
out any loss of self-respect. 1t is paid to
him in his character as an illustrious Amer
ican citizen and not as a Presidential can
didate. We believe that there is no por-
ton of his countrymen who are not ready to
join cordially in marks of respect to the
great soldier and illustrious citizen, hon
ored by SO many peoples and SO many gov
ernments in all the great seats of civiliza-
tion, provided they are at liberty to honor
the man without committing themselves to
any scheme for degrading him from his
great national reputation into the vulgar
arena Of party politics
Year: 1879

At one o'clock tomorrow morning begins
the fifth contest for the Ashley belt, which
will give the sport lovers of the metropolis
an opportunity to talk pedestrianism of
the 'go-as-you- please" variety for a whole
week. 1t will be the third contest for the
belt which has taken place in this city, and
will probably eclipse il interest all races
of the kind hitherto contested here. The
thirteen entries include Weston. the pres
ent champion. and Rowell, the ex-cham-
pion; the former with his clear record of
five hundred and fifty miles and more
work in him; the latter with five hundred
miles and no signs of wearing out.
Next to these stand in favor Hazael and
Guyon, but Ennis will be greeted appre-
ciatively, and others of the thirteen, now
unknown to metropolitan fame, will prob
ably be on every ones tongue before the
week is out 1t needs no recourse 10 super
stition to foresee that one or more of the
unlucky number will drop by the wayside
before next Saturday, leaving more room
for faster and better-staying competi-
tors. No doctor can find the weak spots in
a man as can a long-distance walk Ennis,
who generally upsets his stomach during
his first days performance. knows this, and
is trying to dodge that weakness by the
novel plan Of getting himself internally
upset and reset before the race begins.
The opinion among sporting men prevails
that the same amount of ground cam
not be covered in walking matches
here as in England, on account
of the climate. This is curious, if
true TO test it they are having dirt and
tan bark track laid exactly on the English
plan. Beside this belief it is curious to put
another-namely, that better scores can be
made in rifle shooting here than in England
because of the greater clearness and dry
ness Of our atmosphere, the foreign rifemen
shooting better here than at home. These
and similar questions we may expect to find
well aired during the next few days
Whether the managers have done wisely in
making the admission one dollar is their
business. They naturally desire to grab
all they can, for gate money and glory have
equal claims on the contestants, and if the
charge keeps too many away we may expect
to see it lowered There is good feeling oil
round among the men, and we have only
to wish that the best may win.
Year: 1879

If Russia has had no hand in the out
break ut Herat and did not instigate the
trouble at Cabul, things are working as
wonderfully to her advantage as though
she was responsible for all that has hap
pened to disturb Afghanistan. France,
which early in the century was believed
in England to have filled ''the butchers
shops with big blue flies" as we'll as doing
everything else disagreeable, has quite
First the Ameer was under Russian in
duence; now it is the Ameer's brother who
is suspected, because, like Yakoob, he es-
capped slaughter during the revolts. 1t is
hard to have such difficult masters that
they will only believe in servants
fidelity when he has bullet put through
his skull. However the question of
loyalty may stand, England must now
make not one but three expeditions if she
would reduce the Afghans to submission.
The ''dash to Cabul" via the Shutar Gar
dan Pass is o small matter beside the work
ahead in retaking and holding the road
from the Khyber via the Cabul River to
the Afghan capital. Still more inn
portant must be the movement on
Herat, and made in vastly superior force.
The worst Of it is that it will be extremely
difficult to equip force tor this purpose
before the snow falls, and the lam mentable
state of affairs at Herat may meanwhile
make it necessity. sin the name of human
ity," for the Russians to get there
ahead of the English. This would
be extremely awkward. The Persians
who are said from their airy polite
ness to be the French of Asia,
would scarcely like to see war on their
frontier between two such civilized Powers,
and would ask some status in the difficulty.
Is 1t thus that the two giants are to come
face to face to battle or make treaties that
will defer the battle for the Hindoo Kush as
the Muscovite frontier?