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Supplement to the Saturday Press, February 25th, 1882.
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The Reciprocity Treaty
lVliut Ms Opponents I'roposp to In
Miro ils Abrogation.
CLIUS SPRECKELS ANO THE EASTERN REFINERS.
From the Sptemt foi rrsrtinViif of ihe Fnimdtty
I'rett,
Sav riuNvjuco, IVb. lfi Until within
tho pusi few (lnjs, no further notion had
Wen tnkon in CongruM in refiTi-ncc to tln
Jlcciprocit-. Tho prcM'iico of Cltuit
SprccKi'h in Now York nml Wiiiliiiifjton,
howuvur, him cn-nti'il frfli nf,'itntwn
nmong tlio J'nstiTti minr cliiiiifb, nntl tin
Mondny n New York Bpicisil hud tlio fol
lowing in connection with his nrrivnl n
few dnyH preview", nil of which will un
doubtedly interest tlio people of tlio
IMnndi:
"Clnus Hpreckelf, the Unlifornin Bnpir
refiner, in now lit the Windfior Jlotol. J3
ndt'H being tlio principal owner in tho
--'',t Snn Tnincihco Hugar Itelinery, tho
enpitnl of which is 11,000,000, Spieckols
is eiigngod in putting up n now refinery
in San Francisco which will cost about
two million''. Twenty-seven thoiiHaud
iicrt'8 of lnnd undor cultivntion in the
llnwniiaii Islands pour their production
of raw sugar, freo of dutj, under tho
Ilnwniinn lleciprocity Treaty, into tho
ti.m Frnnci'-co market. Sprcckelt hnt4
l)on ablo to underholl all othei refiners,
but soiuo nierchantH out West have begun
to liny sugar from Eastern refinenes, mid
it ih understood that Spreckels lefiiMtl to
hell nnj more sugar to them. Tho East
ern refiners then commenced an orgi intil
nltnck upon Spreckels and his biibiiic-s
interest througli tho San FrancNco t.;i
trie JIunco .Mr Spieckels' tup East,
which, it is stated, is for tho purposo of
fighting tho Eastern relineiH on their own
giouiul. In oidcr to do thin Miccessfully
it is said that ho intends to puichaso tho
JJrooklyn Suji.i Eefinery, ami to expend
100,000 in enhuging and improving it, or
else ho will build a now rotinury, which
will hiirpa'-h in mzu an thing in tho coun
try. By his patentH and other advantages
it is claimed that Mr. Spreckels can pro
loco refined sugar at a rate which will en
able him to Fell at a piotit and for less
money thnn it costs Eastern refiners to
manufacture tho tamo article At tho
ollico of tho Urookljn Sugar Holinory, 1)8
"Wall htreet, jesteiday, it was ascertained
that tho linn tuo old friends of Mr.
Spreckels. "When ho wont to San Fran
cisco j ears ago, they bent him materials
whon ho was starting m businiss thore.
Olio of tho members of tho i'nm stated
that JIr. Spreckels had called to see them
a number of times since ho had arrived in
tho city, butthoy had considered his Msitb
ns almost entirely social. Ho had, how
ever, spoken of his intention of stnrting a
sugar roliuery in tho East. IJo had not
made a bid for tho Uiooklyn refinery, but
soiiio of his remarks might boconstiued as
indicating that ho would purchnso tho re
finery if ho could obtain it at a reason
able figure. Tho idea that 3Ir. Sjireckels
intended war against tho Eastern ireliners
wns not nvowed by hiiudunng his visits nt
.riB'ofllco. A prominent sugnr reliner said,
that Jlr. Spreckels. could not undertake to
undersell tho Eastern refiners with tiny
likelihood of success. The vnrious largo
sugar lelinenes in Xow York, Urooklvn,
Philadelphia, Boston and elsowhero
were backed by an aggregato capital of
over $75,000,000, nnd could easily light
him on his own ground. Moieover, tho
''statement that Mr. Spreckels has machin
ory and appliances for making sugnr nt
less cost than tho Eastern relineis wns
ridiculous, when it was considered that
tho plan of tho uuvv rofineiy which ho is
putting' up in San Frnncisco is nn oinct
adoption of tho methods emploj ed by tho
Brooklvn Sugar Itelinery."
Tho Chtomele of Monday published a
AViishington special to tho following efl'ect,
which had ovidently been doctored to a
considerable extent as in customaiy with
Hint out i prising journal:
"'Tho llouso Committee on Foreign
Affairs has appointed n dny next week
whon it will hear arguments upon tho
different resolutions before it which call
for tlio abrogation of tho Hawaiian Reci
procity Treaty. Tho movement in favor
of the abrogation of this treaty is very
much btronger in this Congress than it
was in tho last. It proceeds, as it did
then, from those cngnged in tho produc
tion and refining of sugar and in tho culti
vntion of u'co in this country. Represen
tatives of tho sugar interest ill o tho most
nctivo in tho matter. Tho opponents of
tho treaty may bo classified as follows:
First, ropreseutativ es of tho sugar-plant ing
iuterost in Louisiana t bocond, Now York
nnd Eastern sugar refiners; thud, tho poo
plo of tho Pacific coast States, as repre
sented in Congress by two Republicans,
and tho peoplo of tho whole Pacific coast
generally, so fnr ns they nio not repre
sented by Clans SpreckeN, tho great
bugnr retmer and dealer of tho Pacific
const, at whose instigaticn mid in whoso
interest it is charged that tho Hawaiian
treaty wiu. negotiated. It wan uiged nt
tho time of tho ratification of this treaty,
,iu lb7fi, that the wholo schemo was in tho
knturo of a plan to deplete tho Treasury.
Juinr is tho only important pioduct of
tho Hawaiian Islands, and the natural
conditions there nro eminently favorable
foi its production ut a low cost. It was
mguod at tho tinio, by David A. Wells
and others, that to admit tho product fieo
of duty, with a tai iff of at least two cents
per pound coutiuued on hundreds of
millions of pounds of other imported
sugars, would bo equivalent to voting nil
nnnunl subsidy out of tho Treasury to
homo twenty-hvo Auieiican gentlemen vv ho
live upon tho Islands and own plantations,
of at letibt SCOO.OtX) imiiiuillv. with a pros-
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H'ct that, with tlio toiitinunnco oi tno
eniv to tho exiuration of seven vcars.
tho profits would amount to very much
more than that Mini, while tho nrico of
sugar to the Auieiican consumer would
not bo reduced. Tho sugar passes, into
tho hands of one refiner, Chius Spioclols,
who owns n largo portion o tho biigar
plantations in tho Sandwich Islands him
lelf, and hns it leaso-hold interent m thu
moat of those which ho does not own.
Thoofftet of the treaty has been to givo
to that one sugar refining monopolist so
much raw inutciinl at 'J cents r pound
Ijss than other sugars, nnd has, in eilect.
Icon donating to liiin from tho United
States Treasury tho aiuouut of tho duties.
Tho same ugar-rolining niouoiory, by
weans which have been alleged to hiivo
been corrupt, has made u contract with
tho Pncifio railroad companies, it is baid,
to pay them a certain bonus annually,
either for not traiibpoi ting any sugar from
tho Eastern roliuenes to tho i'acitio coast,
cr for charging such rates of freight tiiiou
such sugar as to make it impossible for
Eastern refiners to sell sugnr at auy great
' alsimiilfVM r-''AjiV -ii Asal-
' distance wet of the MiVoitri river, while
at the same time tlio Pacific const moii
ojtolv received ndvniilngeoiH rates of
freight for the shipment of Sandwich
Islands 5tignrs to )K)iiits ns fnr east as
IJenver ith this double ndvnntnge
lint of the free importation of raw mato
rinl from the Sandwich Islnnds nnd of a
prohibitory tariff against Louisiana and
other sugars, obtained by the rnilrond ar
rnngement the I'nrifir coast sugar man
opoly hns been nble to demand such n
price as it was thought the people would
endure for sugar. 1 he consetpienco has
been that the Pncilic coast members stnto
Hint the pric(t even of an inferior grade of
sugar, is very considerably higher on the
Pacific coat than it is m tlio Eastern
States w Inch receiv e noeoinpeiiMiting bene
tits from the sale of articles which tho tieaty
permits them toetpoit to the Sandwich
Ilands dutj free In view of these state
ments, it is perhaps not surprising that
the report prevailed at the time tho Haw
aiian trentj was ratified that SIJOO.OOO was
used to frocuro its adoption The speech
of Judge Kelly in opposition to the bill at
that time ccrtiiinh indicates that there
was a suspicion prevalent to indicate that
money wns being used for such purpose.
The Pacific coast Congressmen at that
tune labored verj earnestlv forthe ratili
ention of (ho treaty Those who have
been returned to Congress are now quite
as earnest in favor of its repeal. It has
since been learned thnt King Kalakuua of
the Sandwich Islnnds was simply tent to
this countiy as the decoy duck of nn en
terprising San Francisco ring, which wns
interested in securing a ratification of tho
Reciprocity Treaty. This ring then own
ed, and now owns, sugar plantations m
the Sandwich Islands, and the same
Senate which laid aside tho Canadian Re
cipiocitv Treat v, that coveted nn annual
tra(licof nenrly $M),M)0,()00, rntitied this
Hnwniian treatv, which simph voted a
subsidy of from f.500,000 to ?L000,000 an
nnally to a sugnr lefining firm. Tho
Treasury Department is earnestly opposed
to a continuance of the treaty, nnd nlto
gether the prospects for its abrogation,
oven though it has but a comparatively
short period to run, are verj good."
A COSOIUSSVUn'h IIILV ON Tllh SUUJfCT.
Congressman Hardy, of the Ninth
Senatorial DMiict of sow York City, who
introduced a bill on Monday relating to
Hawaiian sugar, -which, by the waj, is
the fast actual movement that has been
made since Senator Hill gave notice of his
intention, over a month since, to do some
thing of the kind at the instigation of his
friend Mr "Welsh, tho Philadelphia sugai-refiner,-
has been interviewed in tins con
nection, and he is represent ns hav ing
relieved himself to this extent:
"There were 800 sugar plantations in
the Sandwich Islands, and about !!00 bo
longed to Clans Spreckels, and in v nrious
wiivs ho controlled most, if not all, tho
others. Ho had erected machinery there
and cijstnlhed sugar ready for our mar
ket, and ho imported it freo of duty. Ho
secured a great ndvautago over all other
unpoiters, who had to pay duty. In fact,
ho owns tho sugar trndo of tlio Pacific
slope. But upon examining tho treaty
with tho Snndwich Islands Government, I
found that its duratiou was limited, and it
could not bo abrogated until tho peiiodof
limitation had expired. It is a lecipiocity
tieaty- thnt is, wo have tho piivilego of
bending our products into Hawaiian ports
free, and, in return, they havo tho privi
lege of seuding some of their products, in
cluding sugnr, into our ports freo. The
treaty is a haimless enough document upon
its face, but if it was not concocted in tho
interest of Sjireckels, it has been turned
wholly to his advantage. I had almost
given up tho hope of defending New York
sugar dealers against tho monopoly, when
some gentlemen from San Fiancitco
(whoso citizens, by tho way, ore not bene
fitted by this peculiar kind of freo trade,)
informed mo that refined sugars were not
imported from San Francisco jirior to the
treaty, and what was known in tho markets
of the Pacific Coast at that timo as Sand
wich Island sugnr was unrefined and of a
low grade. This gave mo a suggestion, and
upon examining tho statistics I found that
about tlOpei cent, of all the sugar imported
from tho Sandwich Islands since tho trenty
was of a higher grade than whnt wns then
known ns Sandwich Island biigar, and con
sequently was linblo to duty. This bill, if it
hi comes the law, will subject nil rclined
sugurb imported from tho llnwaiian King
dom to tho regular duty, and tho imiwrtor
of every pound of refined sugar heretofore
reported freo under the treaty will have to
disgorge. To tho suggestion thnt in tho
event of the passage of tho bill Spreckels
would iiupoit his sugar in mi unrefined
state and prepare it for market in this
country, Hardy replied: ' That ho may do,
but ho will then have to loso the benefit of
tho machinery which ho has erected on tho
islands and the cheap labor which ho em
ploj s there, and besides froightngo will bo
greator. If tho bill pnsses, i do not think
the trenty will afterwards bo very piolita
bio to tlio sugar monopoly.' "
W1UT SI'IILCKLLH IS DOI.SO.
Another "Washington despatch savs that
Mr. Spreckels has a lobby at work already,
and that ev ory effort w ill bo made to defeat
Hardy's bill, and with this object in viuw,
neither tinio nor expense will bo spared. It
is tho opinion that tho bill will bo buried
in tho Committee, if it is possible.
The Clnvnulc, in alluding to tho pub
lished rumors in connection with Mr.
Spreckels' Eastern mission, sovs: Tho
Eastern refiners hovo an aggregato invest
ment or $7fj000,00() in tho business t Spreck
els only claims to havo or control if 14,000,
000. Under tho ciieumstunces wo think it
preposterous to assert that Spreckels has
any idea of engaging in n fight with them
on their own giound, or that his visit to
Now York is for any such purposo. Fnr
more likely is it with the view of seeking
tho co-operation of tho Eastern refiners in
n plan to defeat tho dibits of the Louisi
ana sugar planters for tho abrogation of
tho so called Hawaiian lteciprocity Treaty.
It is not to tho Fiistern letiuers that tlio
peoplo of this coast need look for any re
lief from that alKimiuation; but to the
Louisiana planters and tho merchant chixs,
"Wo do not now and never did think the
Eastern refiners a w hit In tter or less selfish
than the Pacitio coast monopoly. Thoy aio
corporitions who ami to do tho best for
their stockholders, and havo as little regard
for tho rights of tho peoplo ns tho railroad
corporations; none whatever for the inter
ests of tho domestic producers of sugar.
They would blight every plantation in
Louisiana, if by so doing they could insure
to themselves an increase of 1 per cent, on
their dividends. In this thu Hawaiian mo
nopoly is doubtless in full sympathy w ith
them. But these are not the kind of peo
ple who ought to influence Congress in the
adjustment of tho tariff on an in tide which
is tho foremost source of revenue from
itibtoms. Tho duty on sugar is primarily
for tho protection of tho planter, to eu
courage homo production, and uot iu tho
iutereot of tho refiners, w ho always maungo
to bccuro to themselves tho lion's share of
tho profits on sugar, whether the duty bo
high or low, Spreckels will never bo
drawn into a fight with them:
.. w&.ti
The New York flm h is of the opinion
that the attempt to work up a hostle feel
ing agninst the licnty on the ground thnt
the Pacific Railroad corporations and San
Francisco impoiters have made a combi
nation, tho result of which was that the
transcontinental freight was put so high
that the Sandwich Island sugar could be
sold nt as high a rate as any other on the
Pacific coost. The Chranielt, however,
ridicules this idea, nnd denies that Son
Francisco importers mndo nny such com
Intuition with the lailroad company, but
asserts thnt tho sugnr monopoly did, tho
object of the combination being to pro
vent our local importers bunging Eastern
sugar here This is its stereotyped wor
whoop, and it furthermore ventilates n
fiesh dose of its ancient ideas btv sir ing:
" The elfict of this combination cii the two
monopolies wns to compel the wholesale
grocers to buy all of their sugat from
Spreckels' refineries at prices fiom two to
three cents )or pound higher than tho
same grades of sugar which had paid duty
were sold for by Eastern refiners If it Ts
true that tho subject does not take any
hold of Congress, it is probablv becntr-e
there is a poweiful lobby in Washington
doing all it can to sfrille inquiiv "
Hardh a day pnshes now but "the Chron
fit treats us to one or more editorials
directed against the treatv, and in this
connection I understand that ono of tho
best liifoimed commercial writeis hns been
specinllv engaged for the puiposo of mak
ing the and treaty interests a poininiiont
feature of tho paper whilo Congress is in
session. Taking it for granted that ov cry
thing thnt has a bearing upon tho tieaty
interests all intelligent people on the Isl
ands, and to indicate tho material that is
liable to bo used against it, the following
oxtract, from one of Monday's editorials
may not be out of place:
"The iiccession of Kalakaua wns nppar
entlynwisostioke in returning tho ascend
ancy of the Atneiican element in the
Island., and the pioiimlgation of the treaty
gave the finishing touch to tho realisation
of their hopes, under such ciiciiinstances
it would bo supposed that King Kalakaua
and all his peoplo would harbor none but
tho utmost feelings of friendship and
gratitude towards those foreigners who
were friendly to theii cause, nioio espe
cially tho Americans. But wo find thnt
instead of retaining foreigners in tlio ad
ministration of the affairs of the kingdom,
as heretofore, his sable Majesty has of lato
been on an electioneering torn of the Isl
ands, and instructing his peoplo to return
none but natives to the next Legislature.
Viewed in the light of recent events, the
double dealings charged against King Kn
lnkntta,a involving weighty pecuniary con
siderations, and other matters that havo
been well ventilated to his discredit, this
action i significant of more than really
appears on tho surface. Term it conniv
ance, or by whatever namo would seem
most applicable to the case, this newniovo
must weaken the King's influence with his
former supporters among the foreign resi
dents, and cannot bo regarded otherwise
than as a scheme looking to his own ng
giiiiitli7cinent, nt the instigation of thoso
who are reaping colo-sal fortunes out of
the operations of the treaty, and to enable
them to put in puppet law makers, with
strings wholly m their own grasp."
The article is headed '' Kalakaua's In
gratitude," but is altogether to rough on
His .Majesty for reproduction in its en
tirety, and my principal object in making
nso of this portion of it is to show how the
King or his advisors aro liable to furnish
"tho sinews of w ar," so to speak, to tho
ojiponents of Hawaiian interests. This
samo iu tide created quite a lively discus
bion in tho vicinity of the Merchant's Ex
change among businesb men, journalists
and others, soveial of whom were former
residents of Honolulu, nnd in this connec
tion it was commented on as a peculiar
oversight on the part of tho L'lnomtlt that
tho mission of Colonel Judd to Euiopo for
pin chasing furniture, etc., for tlio now
palace had not received somo attention. I
hnppon to bo aware, however, that this
matter has already been noted and will bo
nuido nso of, with other material, as a for
midable point against tho treaty by this
extremely virtuous journal. Tho recent
administration of Hawaiian postal affairs
has also been the bubjcct of homo discus
sion in business circles hero, and in fact,
but littlo ti (inspires that h.is a mercantile
interest botw eon tho Island kingdom and
ourselves that is not thoroughiy ventilated
hero in somo shape.
Sir Henry Parkes, tho Australian states
man who arrived here by tho hist steamer,
en routo East for tho purposo of seeming
bonio sort of legislation for the freo aduiis
biou of Colonial wool, remained hero about
a week, and was accompanied on his over
land journey by General W. H. Dimond,
tho head manager of tho Pacific Mail
Steamship Company, by whom ho was in
tioduced to homo of tho leading merchants
of Now Yoik, and through them presented
to tho Chamber of Commerce, to tho uiein
bois of which ho dovolopod tho objects of
his mission and was treated with courteous
consideration. Claus Sprockols and Col.
Judd also wont East about the samo timo,
all of which was duly noted by tho Chronicle
as a suspicious coincidence.
There aro now four bills before Con
gress for tho pin pose of securing tho abro
gntion of the tieaty, of which Senator
Jons and Representivo Gibson of Louisi
ana, Senator Hill of Georgia, and Con
gressman Haidy of Now Yoik are tho
champious, which indicates a lively war
faro against Hawaiian commercial inter
ests. m:vs items.
Washington dispatches of yesterday
afternoon sny tho House Committee on
Foreign Affairs would begiu hearing ar
guments on the 17th against the Hawaiian
Reciprocity Tieaty. Representatives Boiry
and Faeheco, of California, aie represented
as saying they were confident tho treaty
would bo abrogated. Senator Miller is
a to represented as being in sympathy
wiu tho-o who favor its abrogation.
It is i moored in political circles that
General Grant's influence has cousidei ably
lessoned of lato with President Arthur,
and that his recent opposition to ox-Sonn
tor Sargent's npiKiiutmoiit iu the Cabinet
accounts for a partial weakening of Presi
dential confidunce. Giant is also accused
of being vacillating, avaricious and specu
lative. Senator Miller, of California, gave no
tice that ho will move to take up the
Chinese Bill for action as soon us tho anti
Polygamy bill had been disposed of.
Tho Sonato took up tho Judiciary Com
mittee bill on that date for the suppression
of polygamy in Utah, One now section
was adopted which provides that any man
cohabiting with moro than ono woman
shall bo lined $1100 or imprisoned for six
months, or both, for each and over' of
fense. There was no opposition to the bill,
mid its early pasbago is u foregone conclu
sion. It is asserted on reliable authority that
Chandler and Sargent will soou enter tho
Cabinet. Tho delay in Sargont's appoint
ment is attributable to his connection with
tho El Sobrnuto land grant in California,
regarding w hich a decision has been ex
pected for some time past.
The trial of Sergeant Mason, who shot
nt Guiteau in Ins cell during the early
poitionof his incocerotion, will begin on
th i!0th.
Scoville still entertains hopes of scour
ing n new trial for Guiteau, but his brother,
John W. Guiteau, considers that he has
had a fair and impnrtinl trial, nnd thnt
justice nnd popular opinon demand tho
execution of Garfield's assnssin. Guiteau
shot Goriield on a Saturday, nnd he is to
bo hung on Friday, Juno UOth. Somo one
has facetiously suggested that as Guiteau
interfered with the lost Fourth of-July
celebration he ought to bo kept until the
next Fourth and then Bent out of tlio world
amid a terrific explosion of fire-works, so
that not a vetige of his miserable corcoss
could be found.
Mrs. John W. Mockoy, the fashionoblo
wife of ono of the Bonanza Princes of Ne
vada notoriety, who has taken up her per
mauent residence m Paris, is tho possessor
of a famous lai o dress that took fourteen
oars to complete, and which cost O.OOO
It is said the father of tho lady was once a
barber m Virginia City.
LOOM. NOTFS.
There is somo tnlk of a first class daily
paper being started in San Francisco be
fore long, which will bo a joint-stock con
cern with a capital of !100,00(). E C
Macfarlane. the enterprising publisher of
tho )'tfp, has been spoken of as tho prob
able business manoger.
Tho steamship Mtiico, tho largest vessel
ever built at San Francisco, was success
fully launched from the ship aid of the
Dickey Brothers on tho 15th. Sho is about
lfcOO tons measurement, and is intended
for the coast passenger trade. Her cabins
are fitted up iu magnificent stlo and
finished with soveral varieties of polished
wood, including koa. The same builders
aio also constructing a steam whaler for
San Francisco and Oakland parties.
't'ho schooner Jlomrlo arrived at Son
Francisco from Kahului on tho l!lth, in 21
da s, and tho brig J. 1). isjireckilt on tho
15th, 22 tlnj s. J. F. T.
Late Publications.
Tho Februnry number of Jfarper't has
an unusually largo number of illustrated
articles, all interesting. "A Clover Town
Built by Quakers" is a clover description
of old and now Philadelphia. " French
Political Leaders," illustrated with por
traits of noted Frenchmen, is n veiy good
skotch of tho recent political history of
Franco. " Tho American Life-Saving Ser
vice," withprofuso illustrations, describes
tho working of this voluoblo corps on tho
sea coasts nnd tho northern lnkes. " Tho
Wilson Industrinl School nnd Mission " is
an account of a philanthropic movement
in Now York City. "Henry Irving at
Home," illustrates thohomelifoin London
of this onco favorito actor. " Commercial,
Social and Political Mexico," is au instruc
tive view of tho Mexico of to dny. Other
interesting contributions nro "The Ro
mance of tho Spanish and French Exploi
ers," and " Garfield " a poem a message
to America from Rugby bdiool, England,
where it was writton immediately after the
receipt of tho news of tho President's
death.
Tho Century, for February, has a now
design for the cover of tho "mid-winter
nuniber." For tho frontispieco is a por
trait of Geo. W. Cable, a rising Southern
novelist, of whoso lifo a sketch is also
given. "Tho Tile Club Ashore " is an en
tertaining narrative of tho rambles of n
number of artists, and is illustrated with
numerous engravings. "Brother Stolz's
Beat " is a picture of tho past and present
of n Pennsylvania town. "The Fhidian
Ago of Sculpture," on essay on " Daniel
Wobster," and tho use of " Tho Superla
tive," aro other interesting articles.
Tho February CaUforman is larger than
tho January number, nnd is one of tho
best yet issued. It is tho first illustrated
number, and unless that department can
bo improved; wo hope, for tho good name
of tho magazine, that it will be tho last.
Capt. Hooper begins n -vory interesting oc
couut of "The Cruise of tho Ooruin." Two
of tho illustrations acconipon ing it aro
passable, but tho others aro simply atro
cious. The engravings may bo improved
in time, but wo aro sure tho readers of the
Californian would rather havo none at all
than such os aro published with tho pres
ent number. "The Sweet Chestnut," a
study of tho varieties of this tree, is also
illustrated. " A Whito Medicine Man " is
an interesting und peculiarly Western
sketch of n whito man who made his homo
among tho California Inians, und rose to in
fluence among them. " Gaspor Froucia" is
a bhort biography of this littlo known Par
aguayan despot a second Neio. In the
table of contouts will ulso bo found " How
Boliofs aro Mode," "Shall Foreigners
Vote," which is answored in tho aflirmiitiv e,
'A Swedish Scholar" Erik Gustaf
Geijer, a poet whoso writings did much to
mold tho stylo of Swedish literature. "Ono
of tho World Builders," by Joaquin Mil
ler, is concluded, and "At Cobwob and
Crusty's " is continued. Two other short
stories, " Jnnoy " and " A Soto omo Ev oil
ing," nro excellent.
The Atlantic for the current month opens
with n poom by Whittior, ontitled "The
Bay of Seven Islands." "Somo Traits of
Bismarck "is a btudy of tho peculiarities
of tho gruff andjwiso old chancellor. There
nio two other life studies, ono of Daniel
Webster, tho otlior of Richard Grant
Whito, tlio noted American journalist and
writer. " Studies in tho South" is what
its namo implies it to lie, a sories of obser
vations in tho Southern States. "The
Refunding Bill of 1881" nnd "Origin of
Crime in Society " aro two other papers
well worth reading.
Tho first article in Lipincott't, entitled
"On tho Gulf Coost," is descriptive of
scones at Ponsacola und other places along
tho Florida Coast. "More about Pets,"
illustrated, is continued. "Tho Capture
of Dei uo " gives n full account of the
taking of this place from the Tripoli tans
by an American lleet co-operating with n
small land force under General William
Eaton. "For Lifo" is o well written
frontier sketch. " Bummer and Lazarus,"
by Margaret Hosmer, is u sketch of tw o
notable dogs with whom all old residents
of Sun Francisco woro familiar. In addi
tion to the uliovo aro tho usual number of
poems, stories, etc.
" Now South Wales in 1881 " is n pnm
phlet of Hi pages, accompanied by maps
and plans, compiled and edited by Thos.
Richards. Government Printer. It is a
statistical and descriptive account of the
colony up to tho end of tho year, extracted
chiefly from ollicial records, and contains
a fund of valuable and authentic informa
tion. The Sydney Kitty Telegraph of Dec. 20th,
1881. snjs: "Mr. Georgo Robertson hns
in the press u book of travels by the
'Vagabond. It is entitled, 'Occident
and Orient: Sketches on both sides of the
Pucificj' and is tho outcomoof tho author's
recent voyage to China, Japan, British
Columbia, California and thenco back to
Sydney, via Hawaii and New Zealand.
This is but tho first of a series, und will
include the vovago to and sketches in
China."
A Voice fiom Kansas.
Wo nro indebted to Mrs. 13. P. Church
fjr the following loiter from Gov. St. John
to tlio Woman's Chrintinn Tempcnwico
Union in convention nt Washington, I). C,
which was roid before that body October
27, 1881, and refutes n itntcmtnt recently
mndo by a correspondent of tho Pnrss, that
the Kansas law wns virtually a dead letter.
Tovika, Kavsas, Ocf. 22, 1881.
Woman's Ciuiisni.v TntPi.nAcr Uniov
Knowing tint you nro noon to pirticiptte
in the proceedings of tho Woman's Na
tional Christian Tuuipernnto Union, shortly
to convene nt Washington, 1 hive thought
propor fo briefly stnto to you the resnlt of
prohibition mi f ir, in this Stnto.
As you nro nwire, our constitutional
amendment prohibiting tlio uiniiiifiictiiro
nnd file of intoxicitiug liquors in Knmip,
was adopted by n vote of the people nt tlio
Setieml election in November 1830, and tlio
Inw to enforce it wi pited by tlio legisla
ture in Februnry, 1881, nnd took eflcct the
first dny of lust Mny. I hnvc repoitRfrom
nearly every comity in Ihu St Uo, which
show tint, with the exception of the cities
of Atctiitisoii, Leavenworth, Topokn nnd
Dodge City, tho Inw is not only working
well, hut ns a whole, is n grand rucccu.
Tho wliiskey-iing pay for, publish nnd cir
culate reports to the effect tint prohibition
in Kntisns is n fnihire, and point to Leaven,
worth, Topekn, Atchiiison nnd Dodge City
ns proof of tho fact. Thcs reports fni! to
Rtnte that tho rilicR nbovu named cuntnin
only about one-twetiticth of the population
of Knnsas, nnd that in the other nineteen
twentieths prohibition ngnitist the mnnu.
fnctiiro nnd silo of intoxicating liquors is
ns effectual in suppressing tho evil nt which
it is iiirned ns is nny other law prohibiting
critno.
Wo nro gotting n splendid immigration
now ; tho best in qunhty that the State Ins
ever hnd. The increase in the nssciRed
vnluntiou of peronnl ptupcrty in this State
is n little over four millions greater for the
year 1881 thnn for nny year previous, nnd
our peoplo were novcr ko prosperous nnd
happy ns they nro to dny.
Newton, n city of o,0U0 popnlntion, nnd
the comity-scat of Harvey county in this
State, hns not hnd a case for drunkenness
iu tho police court cinco the first of last
May, .and tho district court for Hnrvoy
county that wns convened there InBt week,
for tho first timo kiuce tho county was or
ganised, 1ms not n single criminal case on
the docket. Every city officer in tho city
of Olntho has signed n statement setting
forth that under prohibition, which has
really been in force in that city Binco Jnn
unry 1, 78, tho financial nnd moral condi
tion of tho city hns grontly improved; tho
streets nnd sidewnlks nro m n much bettor
condition; the trade of the city hns greatly
increased, and thnt with n population of
nt least 2,500 tho city bus no policemen,
nnd needs none, tho city marshal nlono per
forming nil the polico duty of the city,
which does not occupy half his time. Thcio
is rarely a caso in tho polico court; the
calaboose it without inmates, and thnt any
proposition looking to n return of tho old
systom of licensing dram-shops would bo
defeated by n voto of nt least 2 to 1 . This
tntcment of the city officers is indorsed by
all tho ministers nnd nlaigo majority of the
business men of tho city; nnd the county
attorney ndds that what is said of tho suc
cess of prohibition in the city of Olntho
holds good throughout the county of John
ion. Ottawa mnkes substantially tho samo
showing. In Parsons, with 5,000 popula
tion, the records show 47 cases for drunk
enness before the police court during tho
last fivo month under the old liconso sys
tem, against only ten cases during tho first
fivo months under prohibition. Winficld,
in Cowley county, a city of 3,000 popula
tion, shows 21 cases of drunkenness in tho
polico court during tho last fivo mouths
under tho liconso system, nnd only 3 cases
during tho first five mouths of prohibition;
nnd it is snfo to sny thnt Parsons, Wiuliehl,
Ottawa, Nowton nnd Olntho are n fair rep
resentation of a largo majority of the
towns and cities of the State.
Even iu tho runi-cursed cities, prohibi
tion hns been n blessing. Tho last four
months under liccm-o shows 102 cases fur
drunk oiiuosR, iu the Luvonworth police
court, ngninbt only 78 cases during tho
first four months under prohibition. Dur
ing tho same period iu Topekn, liccnso fur
nished 159 cases for drunkenness, nnd only
02 enses were befoie tho polico court under
prohibition, while in Lawrence, whoro tbo
law hnR been only partially enforced, thoro
were, of nil grades, 21-t cases in tho police
court during the Inst fivo months of license,
ngninst only 109 cases during tho samo
period of prohibition. But the record iu
our penitentiary, it scorns to mr, is conclu
sive proof of tho benoficinl results of the
law in this State. For ton years or more
the population iu that institution continued
to iucrcaso uutil it reached 725, on Decem
ber 30, 1880. I havo compared the num
ber of prisoners sent to the penitentiary
dining tho first oight mouths of 1880 un
der license, with the number sent thcirdur
iug tho first eight months of 18S1 under
prohibition, and hnd tho following to be tho
result:
Jiiumry, 18S0
1 27 1881 7
17 " a
a " in
u " M
ns " i
, ai " ai
so " 8
8 " 3
i eliruiry,
March,
April,
May,
Jiintt,
Julj,
August,
Totvl .1t '60. lW-'Sl.
My opinion is thnt nny proposition to re
turn to the old system of licensing dram
shops would bo defeated in this Stnto by nt
halt 75,000 majority, mid if the women
could voto nnd I wish thoy could the
rum power would bo buried without hope
of resurrection.
Truitiug that God may abundantly bless
the good cause everywhere, I am
Very truly yours,
John P. St. Joiix.
A streot gnmin was overheard in n crowd
nsking: "Billy, how mauy Sundsy schools
do er belong to now r" "I've joined two
till after Chriitmns," Billy replied. " Well,
I've joined three of thco heaven
gclicfll ones, but if them Christmas tries
don't pau oat more for roe this year than
they did last, I'll jine tho Universilurns
next year. They h'leuve all fare nlike, and
if any suoozer there hntius n btaUkin frock
ou the tree for bis girl, I s'pose tbey man
age to give sealskiu all round. A pair of
sealskin gloves would tit me bully 1" After
this speech (be younsters dispersed.
Wlist is that which no man wishes to
have and no man wishes to lute? A bald
bead.
-e.
Our Musical Monthly.
Note. It frequently happens that mnleal stn
uents coino nrrmn sumctlifnit that Is not qiilt
rlinr to them, therefore o Intend In thU drpntt
inent to try nml ninwer all iinestluns sent to ns re
IntiiiK to mnslc. Questions shonlit be sent in not
Inter than thn Dili of each month, nccomirttilwl liy
the full iinintft of tho writers.
"There's music In all thing, it men hail ears;
I heir earth Is tint an echo of tho sphr res "
Doehm the celebrated fluto player is
dead.
Dr. Arthur Sullivan is nt Cairo, Kgypt.
His health is improving.
Signer Dodero, the oldest vocalist in tho
world, died recently nt Ocnovn. He had
nttniued his iiincly.second ear, nnd ranked
ns a singer before Ha den died.
Great ns .Mendelssohn wns ns a com
poser, he wns far groater both ns n pianist
mid nu urgntiist.
When students begin to tnko lossons
upon the piano or any other instrument,
thoy must nnko up their minds thnt hard
work nnd pcisovcrcnce will bo tho only
means whereby they can nccomplifh much.
To play occasionally in concerted music
is n necessity for overy musician. Tho
person who is ncciistumcd nlwnys to piny
nlonc at ill soon develop ccccutricitios of
time, nnd will generally bo n poor accom
panist, 1'our.hnnd practice is veiy bone
llcinl. It is said flint ten years honco tho violin
will bo fnr more common iu tho hands of
young ladies, than ever it wns in former
dnya nmong their fathers and uncles.
The $1,000 prize offered by the Cincin
nati MumciiI Collcgo Association for tho
best original composition for chorus nnd
orchestra hns been nwnrded to Mr. W.
Oilchrist of Philadelphia. It is n setting
of the " furty-suth Psnlm."
Carolina Itichings-Bcrnard died recently
of small-pox nt Richmond, Vn. Sho wns
for several ears tho principal exponent of
Ihiglish opera in America.
Mdle Adelinn Pntti, the gifted songstrcsR,
is having unprecedented success in America.
An ctchnnge says: "The ring of hcrvoico
is like the ring of pure gold, and the
clearness of her intonation like a bluo sky
without n cloud, tho evenness of her
rtgistcr is like n necklace of diamonds of
tho finest water without n flaw."
QUESTIONS AND ANSWir.S.
T. It. What is tho difference between a
Waltz and n Gavotte?
AhS. A Gavotto or Gavot is a lively
danco written in common timo. A Waltz
is a dance originating in Germany, tbo
music of which is usually iu or jj
measure.
KUI.tS FOR MUSICIANS, COMINUED.
40. Never neglect to hoar good operas.
'II. Judgo not n composition upon n first
hearing. That which nt first pleases you
is not always the best. Mnsters must bo
studied. Many things will only become
elenr to you in nfter yenrs.
42. It is very well for you to nttompt to
ranko littlo melodies whilo nt tho piano;
but if they coma of themselves, without
tho piano, you should bo yot moro pleased,
for the inner musical scuse is awakened in
you. Tho fingers must work as tho head
diiccts; not tho contrary.
43. Should we nil wish to play first
violin, wo should never becomo nn orches
tra. Set every musician, therefore, iu his
position.
44. Cherish your instrument; but do
not in your conceit, imagine it to he tho
best or unique. Remember that there nro
others equally good. Remember, too,
that there nro singers; nnd that in chorus
nnd orchestra tho noblest of music finds
expression.
Humorous Paragraphs.
Parapets Tw ins.
Long ment-cr The tall butcher.
Circus mules nro educated because they
exhibit bray-in.
A man is like nn egg. Yon can't tell
whether or not bo's good until he's "broke"
" A fellow feeling makes us wondrous
kind " but nut when the fellow is feeling
for your pockot-book.
The best description we have ever heard
of a very slow man was that ha was too
slow to.get out of his own way.
An ingenious Colorado man called his
cow " Sciiid," because the brief portion of
tho tail sho had needed "to ho coutiuued."
Boiliug hair in n solution of ten will
darken it, says nn exchango ; but some
folks don't like to havo their tea darkened
that wny.
" Too much nbsorbed in his business,"
was tho comment of n Western newspaper
on the death of n brewor who was drowned
in n tank of his own beer.
During the ninth waltz Oscnr, pointing
to his hoots, remarked to Felicinna, "Yuu
can't say I havo no polish." "No," said
sho, " hut you shine nt tho wrong end."
Tho chnnces aro that Lieutenant Flipper
will never sit under n trio, altera battle,
iu tho uniform of the United States officer,
and comb the cannon-balls out of his hair.
" This is n picturo of Freddy's rabbits."
"But it is n pictnro of a fox." "The fox
is very fat." "But where aro Freddy's
rabbits?" Freddy's rabbits are in the
fox."
Physicians who say that it is not healthy
to sleep in tho dny. timo aro rebuked by n
religious journalist ut tuo rvoystono btntv,
who says that people who attend chutch
have remarkably good health.
The Spiritualists in Burlington usually
open their services with a tune on the
uccordeou. After n man has sat througli
a whole tune on tho accordeou ho is then
icady to Ixlieve anything and becomes an
easy convert.
Next timo you shiver at having n tooth
pulled think of Joseph Brooks of Colorado.
He lay still ntid let n bear chaw his arm
off, and thereby saved the rest of his body.
Come to read the item over again, it wits n
wooden arm, hut Joseph wasn't to blame
for thnt.
" Whew ! Coming up these stair takes
the wind out of me," reuurks the geutle-
man vvho climbs to the editorial rooms to
givo ndvico about running the paper. "So
glad," says the editor, shaking him by tbe
Imiul, and the gentleman thinks the editor
i delighted to see him.
A lecturer was ouoe in a dilemma which
he will probably never forget. While talk
iug about art, ho ventured tbo assertion
" Art cau never improve nature." And at
that moment some one in the andieuco
cried out in a grub? voico : " Can't be ?
Well, then, how do you think you would
look without your wig ?"
A naval officer, for his courage to a
fierce contest wluire.n be bad loss leg,
h.ul been pt offered tho commnnd of n good
ship. In the heat of the next engagement
n cannon hall took off his wooden deputy,
so that ho fell upon tho deck. A seaman,
thinking ho had bcoti wounded, cnllod out
for n surgeon. "No, no," said the cap
tain, " tho carpenter will do."
Pestered with " contributions in verse "
from a persistent rhymstcr till his patience)
gavo out, an American editor wrote to his
correspondent thus : "If you don't stop
sending mo your sloppy poetry, I'll print a
pirco of it somo day, with your nnmo
appended in fall, nnd sond n copy to your
Mvcolhenrt's father." That poetical foun
tain wns spontaneously dried up.
At n church in Scotland, whero thcro
wns n popular cnll for a minister, ns it is
termed, two cnnihdntcs olfercd to preach,
whose names were Adam nnd Low. Tho
latter preached iu tho morning, nnd took
for his text, "Adam, where nrt thou?"
Ho made n very excellent discourse, nnd
tho congregation were much edified.
In tho afternoon, Mr. Adnm preached
upon these words: " Lo, hero I nm."
The impromptu nnd tho sermon gained
him the nppointtncut.
Incident in tho mnrket: Yonng house
keeper " Hnvo you n nico calf's head ? I
think John would liko ono for dinner."
"Yes, wo havo ono nicely cleaned. Shall
I sond it up r" "And have you nny qunil ?
I think qunil on toast would please him."
"Somo just in this morning." "And lot
me sco n loin of beef. Is it quite the
soason for venison yet?" "No. Shall I
send tho cnlf's head, qunil and loin of
beef?" " Well, no, I guess not. You can
givo mo half n pound of porkstenk."
Plnces of 'Worship.
SrAiirx'iiniiTiiri-ICrr S C Dumot,, Chnilaln, Kirn
itreu, near the Nillir' Home Trt aching at It a ,
s. at free Nntilulh Srluxil lieforc Ihc nitirulni; ncnlce.
rrayiriiiLctlnitnii Weilnedsy etinius t ! o'clncck
iiiitSthi rTUiiuncn IterJ A.Crurju l'a.Ior.corner
of hurt ami Hi rrlnnln rtrt'cln. l'ruchlnic on Hnnilar,
at II a h ami 7'i r m .SiiIiIikIIi bchcul nt 111 a k.
St AniiiikV Uatheiiual hngllrh stnlccai lit Iter
the lllihiip of Hiinuliiliiiiiiil lie 1 Ii.m lllacklmrn. II
Mallan nirlcn! Klv Alex Macklntouli il u, Ilulr
L'nmniiinlnn;!! si, .Vtitlna ami ft mum (Hawaiian); 11,
Mating l.itany anil -irinon (I nglMi); I, rnoni
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Human Catmdiio Ciiuiicii- Umler the charge nf It
Ki lllaluii Mslgrtt.aaalatcil li) Her llltlmp llirmnnn;
Fort alrict, ntir llirtlanlu inn leu every Sunday at
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KAWAiAHAdCiicnrii Her II II Parker, Tailor, hlng
Mrcit.aiHJvo. the l'alaci MmIcik In llaallnn ocnr
Siinilny at II a i sabbath N.I100I at III a . Kreiing;
i-inlcta utS, o'clock, alternating with Kanmiikaiili.
lltstrlct meeting In nrlonn chapi Is at J U r 11 Prayer
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