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I he future ortlic Hawaiian race is
not altogether hopeless. To In: sure,
the dictum has gone forth "that sootier
or later in tins century the closing
catastrophe must come," antl the un
thinking foreign resident and the im
Tin: no.titn or iik.ii.tii itKinnr. tliouylu of such a change is contcmpla-
ftcr one month of waiting, the legis-j '
laturc has at last been treated to a
sight of what (to those who understand
the president ot the board ol Health and
the way sanitary measures have been
handled by him) was expected would be
an extraordinary document -" The Re
port of the I'rcsidcnt of the Hoard of
Health." The long delay attending its
appearance led some to believe that the
president, realizing his awkward posi
tion, would not report at all ; others,
that the unusual time was being occu
pied in fabricating a document so pon
derous as would effectually frighten
awav the common reader. The latter
apprehension has seen its realization in
the immense affair we arc alxuit to
criticize.
It would seem that the statements
of Docter Stallard been have somewhat
overdraw n, and that he has spoken too
often Upon half information. His ob
servations, though in many instances
shrewd and logical, should not be al
lowed to go for gospel. Mr. Myers,
the agent of the board of health, who
answers Doctor Stallard, we know.
pressionable native alike have accepted president arc concerned they seem to
The report of Mr. Fitch is only on a
par with the former literary productions
of that gentleman for imprudent as
sertion, vulgarity and want of logic
and grammar, they arc unsurpassed.
He says, as nearly as he has been able
So far as the remarks of the to keep the record during the last 15
the dictum as the voice of fate. AH
abroad among t'le natives it is tacitly
understood that the race is decaying
and that its years arc numlcrcd. The
popular conviction among white resi
dents Is that the extinction of the race
is merely a matter of time. The out
side world holds to very much the same
opinion. After a week's sojourn in
Honolulu, a sentimental contributor to
to the Washington Republic finds
that "the gentle Sandwich Islander is
passing from lesidc us as the frost
llakc melts away before the all too
sultry breath of spring." So too, after
a five hours stay in our miniature me
tropolis, the great Monday lecturer of
lloston, fresh from the teeming hives of
Asiatic iKinuIation, as the " majestic
steamer drops off shore into the scented
dark " hears " many voices call out
Aloha !' the wail of a race about to
be exterminated. Mortturi Salutamus
' We who are alnjut to die salute you.'
be generally, fair and candid on their
face, although in certain particulars ill
designed, if intended to establish public
confidence in the man, in regard to
cither his ability or disposition to deal
honestly or intelligently with so great a
question as the physical well-being of
this people. The almost utter absence
of egoism in the rcort, and the want of
invidious rcllection ution the work ot
predecessors is in marked contrast with
the spirit generally shown by the
" premirc" when discussing such subjects.
imvi: rut: m-rt.uoK the bank fails is liable for his propor-
writing six days since our tion 01 tne ueuis 01 111c concern, or mat
tiii:
t this
last imblication -the attitude of the the second purchaser of the stock shall
community towards the proposed Ha- be liable. If the purchaser of stock
wa an Nationa Hank s nractica vi who noius snares wmie ueuis are con-
Has all this sentiment above "the
sensitive, sympathetic, swcet-souled is
lander of the tranquil tropical Pacific
who lie down and die of such trillcs as
mumps and nicasels and even influenza"
sufficient basis in fact ? It is according
to fact that the process of decay is
rapidly decimating the race ? We all
know that the outlook is dark enough ;
but thinking men among us are be
ginning to question whether the era of
decay has not already given place to an
era of growth. Certainly we are not to
conclude that the causes of past de
cline and deterioration have not spent
their force, and that the forces which
contribute to race growth have not al
ready set in. It will not do to pre
dicate what has been the past, of what
will be in the future. Hesides there are
signs of better things already in the life
and habits of the native race. To-day
thev represent the best muscular de
velopment in the land. They afford
the best examples of physical endurance.
The scourge of leprosy and liquor is
abroad among them but who does not
believe that ricid seereeation would
check the one, and enforced abstinence
prevent the ravages of the other ?
What nationality now inhabiting the
islands could have stood so well the
fearful exposure in which this so-called
" dying race " have lived now these
many years ? Violations of the plainest
rules of physical care, the practice of
infanticide, the reliance on the crude
remedies of native doctors to stem epi
demics and contagious diseases, the
low, damp, unhealthy grass-houses, the
poisoned blood of generations, these
have proved baneful enough but not
nearly so disastrous as might have been
the case with any of the other races
among us subjected to the same condi
tions. It is a popular delusion that the
race of Indians in America is another
dying race. The encyclopedias even
give the belief currency. Hut the
census returns afford very little ground
for tins belief. " In 1829 the entire
Indian population of the United States
was estimated at 313,000. According
to the estimate of the Indian depart
ment in 1871, the total Indian popula
tion of the Union was alwut 350,000."
This increase was due to the accession
of new territory having an Indian popula
tion. No account is made however of
the losses to the Indian population in
the bloody wars of the last forty yers,
one of which lasted seven years and
cost the United States fifteen million
dollars. If the figures can lw made to
show that the Indian population has
actually decreased, the decrease can be
shown to be small, and not an evidence
of the dying condition of the race. In
fact a very encouraging increase can be
shown in the population of the less war
like tribes.
The generalization is altogether too
broad that "every' dark-skinned race
must disappear when brought into con
tact with the whites." History records
the practical extinction of other than
dark-skinned races. And because a
race has suffered alarming decrease in
numbers, it docs not follow that the
best blood may not recuperate and re
establish the race in the very face of
the forces that have decimated it Is
all the progress being made by the bet
ter class of natives to count for nothing
in our estimates of the future ? The
race was never better housed than to
day. Habits of care are gaining
'ground. The family instinct is being
awakened. The value of protection
from contagious disease is hcing recog
nized. The instinct of race preserva
tion is seen in the preference of those
of their own kind in marriage. Intelli
gent natives are beginning to feci that
their race has gained nothing in physi
cal vigor or intellect from the mixture
of the blood of other nations. The
pure-blooded Hawaiian is naturally
vtrong in body and ready in intellect,
and now that there seems to be an
statement in the decrease of the )opu
lition, may we not hope that the day of
better things is dawning for this natu
rally vigorous and heroic people ? I.et
thinking and influential men stop the
current talk about "the oor Hawaiian
hurrying to his fate" and let there be
some brayc words of cheer and ample
governmental protection against disease
and liquor. Let all the facts project
whatever of hope may be in them into
the present life and struggle of the na
tive race. If the race U in a fairly con
valescent state, and there are not a few
nans that it is. w ho w ill withhold the en
couraging word or the helping hand or
the hopeful smile? Instead of a dying
race, there are some who belie c that a
New Hawaii is cominu into lcirtK,-
not a Young Hawaii with its visions of
glory and its vices, but a new race out
of the old with its houses, and families,
and honest aspiration for all that it can
reach in genuine happinc and pros-
We hope the legislature will rea
Kwble next Monday with a united
determination for the hot good of
Hawaii ni
Hut, it is scarcely to be expected of
a man who has been remiss in the cr
formancc of a public duly that he
should not attempt some excuse in his
own justification, however poor that ex
cuse might be. The way that Mr. Gibson
attempts to excuse himself in the mat
ter of his neglect to properly carry out
the law of segregation presents him as
a hypocrite and a turncoat before those
who have known his professions in the
past. We might say just here, that
strong language towards persons, we
would avoid when it is possible so to do
without altering the nature of facts or
destroying the relation between ideas
and their expression, in matters connec
ted with the public wcaL Uut " hypo
crite and "turncoat are mild terms
of reproach as applied to a man who
once wrote : " Leave not a leper loose
in the land " (vide Niihoti), and who
more recently (in his "Sanitary Instruc
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lions 10 riuwaiiiiiis ), vincii ui3iuiii
the subject ol Leprosy, tells his read
ers : " You cannot rub against an
abomination and go unscathed"; yet
who ndw tells them, that there is no
danger from the ordinary contact of the
leprous with the healthy, and who
would cite exceptional instance of im
munity to prove a rule, against a muitr
tude of facts utterly opposed thereto.
It is a grave accusation that one has
tampered with the public health for his
own personal ends and sought to make
capital out of human misery ; but in
the light of tacts, and modern research
on the subject of leprosy and no man
better than Mr. Gibson, is acquainted
with these can we find another ex
planation of hit attitude in the matter.
When wc have seen a disease in the
short space of thirty or forty years,
spread from a single case to thousands
in a sparse population before unaffected;
when we have seen numerous instances
where from a single case in a family, it
has spread to all jts mtmbtrs living
together, and where it has exempted
only such cf them as have lived apart,
shall we say the disease is not conta
gious? because, forsooth, the esteem
ed Father Damien.at Kalawao, has not
become a leper, or the kind sisters of
charity at I racadie, or other places,
have not, as a rule, become infected?
That sisters of charity, engaged nursing
lepers, have become infected, there are
instances to prove, and related upon
the most resectable medical authority,
If it is safe for the leper to "pass the
healthy in the street, or frequent the
same room with them in the ordinary
intercourse of life, or shake hands with
others, or even render services to the
sound," then the man, who, believing
this, must be either a hopeless fool or
an inhuman villain, would even
ask their segregation at all.
months, the evetage daily attendance
at the dispensary has been about 36
patients; but thinks, in reality the num
ber per day was ittle short of .(O and
that the total numlcr of visits to ia
tients at their homes, was 185.1 j but
says ; "Mere again many visits nave
escaped registration, there being such a
press of work that minor points of ser
vice escape record." Such guessing
at statistics is anything but satisfactory
in matters relating to so important a
matter as the public health. Accord
ing even to his own guessing, the aver
age number of patients attended by
him, at the dispensary and at their own
homes, could not have been much in
execsssof .15 per day, and yet attention
to this small number induced "such a
press of work," that it disabled linn
from keeping a correct record of his
doings. Hy these statistics, if such
thev can be called, it would appear that
the ability of Mr. Fitch for work has kept
pace in rapid decline with the number
of patients presenting themselves per
day, from what used to be the case but
a short time since. At the libel suit, in
July last, ha testified to having treated
over three hundred patients in a single
day, during four office hours, besides
recording them all. Hutnotwithstand-
ding this rapid declinedin physicalabil
ity, his affection for the Hawaiian
abatcth not a jot or tittle, and he tells
again of their "kindly loving nature;"
the beauty of his picture, however, cf
this kindliness and lovingness, is some
what spoiled by an indiscretemanipula
tion of the details, and he has forgotttn
himself so far as to apostrophize as
follows : "Ask them "to do anything
for uny, not a friend or relative and see
how much you would get them to do."
He speaks of the "immoral condition of
Kalawao;" but not of such a condition,
as having been under the late manage
ment, existent at Kakaakornor has he
offered any explanation of that myster
ious disturbance at the lazaretto, where
in revolvers and policemen were nec
essary to the protection of the then
steward ; or why he was removed so
soon after. Mr. Fitch does not be
lieve in the infection or contagion of
leprosy, but does believe 111 segregation.
He would enforce the forfeiture of hu
man liberty in leprous cases on the
principle that no ugly or deformed
person " has any right to be at large in
a community." He winds up this
rambling, senseless, brutal and untrust
worthy report, by assuring his readers
of his belief that, with another two
years of his valuable labors spent here,
"every one will be able to see that this
dread scourge has spent its fury ;" nor
does he forget to laud the "faithful
services" of the one man after his own
heart Mr. J. H. Van Giesen.
unchanged. If there be any change it
is that an intenser feeling exists against
the cranting of exclusive privitcees to
any cororation which may become an
injurious monopoly. It is unde
niable that feeling has run high, that
unkind, unwise and untrue statements
have been carelessly or recklessly made
on both sides. The measure was too
important a one to be read, digested
and decided upon at a sitting. Vet that
was what had to be done in the first
editorial discussion of last Friday and
Saturday. That so little idle rant was
indulged in is an astonshing fact. It
proves that the evil ofcontingucnt mono
poly has not been under-estimated. We
tully agree with those who insist that
discussion of this great subject shall be
carried on in n calm and dispassionate
manner; that principles VU be con
sidered and men only when they be
come exponents of those principles.
Hut we agree quite as fully with those
w ho denounce men when they seem to
represent measures which arc dangerous
to the public welfare ; and, if every ap
pearance points to the connection of
men with such measures, that those
men ought to be challenged 6 show
their reasons for taking the action they
have taken.
traded is not liable who is? surely
not the innocent after purchaser. The
only safe rule is that the shares carry
the liability; but the language of the
section docs not enforce that idea. The
language may not be intentionally equi
vocal but it is certainly ambiguous.
We might excuse the suggestion by a
man like Mr. Fitch, that lepers should
be segregated, not because the disease
is infectious or contagious, but because,
as deformities, they should be removed
from sight : but we nave no rignt
to excuse even a hint of such a prox-
sition from a man ol even superfi
cial culture and refinement Hut
we are not here going into any dis
cussion upon the contagion of leprosy.
Suffice it to say, no doubt Mr. Gibson's
views, as expressed in his report, while
utterly at variance with the views of an
overwhelming majority of the medical
profession, and with those ot thctoreign
community generally, will no doubt find
favor amonn the natives, who are eager
for any semblance of an excuse to retain
among them their leper friends. Any
man can gain popularity among the
natives by declaring against the conta
giousness of leprosy and the necessity
of isolation. Mr. uioson and Mr. Htch
both know this ; and it is the mystic
link which has bound them together.
We civc Mr. Gibson all credit for
having adopted the suggestion of Dr.
Hillebrand relative to the employment
of Dr. Arning as an investigator in the
field of leprosy, and also hit efforts to
secure the services cf sisters of charity.
The rctort of the president emlxxlics
the reports of many of the district phy
sicians as well as those of Doctor
Arning and Mr. Fitch ; also the reports
of Mr. Meyer, Doctor Stallard, and Mr.
Van Geisen. What object there was to
have been subserved by the official pub
lication of the reKrt of a strange doctor,
or a person as little known in the com
munity as Mr. Van Geisen, is rather
oliscure unless there might exist a re
mote relationship between this design
and a suggestion offered sometime
since, in the Advertiser (when owned
by Gibson), that a general leer hospi
tal be established on Oahu at some dis
tance from town. The agreement be
tween the statements of Dr. Stallard
and Mr. Fitch in reference to the de
plorable condition of the suffcreis at
Kalawao, and the recommendation of
the latter, that Kalawao lie abolished,
and a leper settlement on this island be
substituted therelor, lends further color
to the probability of such an hypothesis.
The movements of Mr. Van Geisen in
and about this district, " not more than
ten nor less than five miles from town,"
under the silent auspices of the board
of health, are also $ujajestive,x notwith
standing the fact the president' himself
It wnouy suent on inc suujcci in nu re'
port. We tincerely hope that our tut
pkbrtt we unfouwkd, and that no
From the noisome production just
considered; we gladly turn to the report
of a philanthropist, a scholar, and a gen
tleman; but we regret that the lateness
of the day when we first could get a
sight at the report, prevents us from
giving it in that full consideration
which it so eminently deserves. At
another time we shall endeavor to deal
with it more at length. The report of
D. bdward Arning is brief, but to the
point. He begins by expressing his
surprise at two things That leprosy
here should have been represented to
him as of an "exceptionally malignant
type,killing its victims in from three
to tive years, when he finds its dura
tion equal to that of the disease in other
countries; also that Mr. Fitch's wonder
ful hypothesis should have found cre
dence anywhere. He speaks of it as
being "so extraordinary and self con
demning" as to "need no refutation,"
were it not for the fact, that it has been
so "energetically brought before the
public, and found believers." But in
view of this fact he says: "I consider
it my duty to support with the full force
of my opinion, the endeavors of other
members of the medical profession
who have already, some time ago, re
futed this idea. He considers that
the misleading effects of such a theory,
upon the public mind, may be attended
with grave results. He briefly de
scribes in a plain and untechnical way,
the nature of the work he has already
found bacillus in every case of tuber
cular leprosy so far examined and has
been unable to find the same bacillus
in any other disease. He says : "As
regards, treatment of the disease, I
consider it altogether unwarrantable to
call leprosy incurable, and simply to
remove the afflicted out of sight; ' and
speaks of such trcatement as a rem
nant of medixval barbarism which
every professional man ought to oppose."
He says there are "numerous cases"
of initial leprosy among the rising gen
eration in whom there is hone of cure
and recommends the establishment of
a special asylum forthcirscgregation and
treatment, witiircgaruioineqiicsiionoi
contagion, he says: "We know that
leprosy is dependent on the invasion
of the human body by a microscopic
germ which has the power to increase
indefinitely in the tissues. Therefore
we must look upon every single leer
as a hot-bed of disease, quite indepen
dently of the exact condition under
which lie can transmit it to others.
He, at any rate, breeds and multiplies a
ixiisonous germ; and is, on this ac
count, dangerous. A similarly infested
locality we would hasten to quit, as we
arc not able to remove it from us. But
in the case of leprosy, which is bound
to individuals and not to localities, it is
more expeditious to remove the in
fected individuals from the unaffected
members of the community."
Our objections to the bank bill as
framed were very clearly expressed
last week. Hut we have not objected
and do not object o the crnntine of
a bank charter on equal terms with
those granted to any similar institution
or open to any similar institution
always provided objectionable features
be removed from the charter, upon lull
public discussion and careful legislative
consideration. Many honest people say:
"This country docs need cheaper capi
tal. Some risk must be taken by both
borrower and lender, or there can be
no extended agricultural develop
ment on these islands. At the same
time, agriculturists cannot pay high in
terest and pull through. We must
have more money in the country and
at cheaper interest." I here is some
superficial truth in this perhaps some
genuine truth. Hut there is a right
and a wrong way to encourage the in
troduction of capital. Read this from
the Planter's Monthly for June :
Aliankislheindispensablc organ of a mercan
tile community, by means of which its money
capital Hows freely where required. It is the
distributing rcsersoir of the irrigant fluid,
whereby capital is placed in ready and access
ible relation with production and trade. We
therefore heartily welcome as many banks,
representing solid capital, as the amount of
business in the country may encourage to set
up their vaults and counters among us. Some
scrutiny, howeser, seems called for when, to
the functions of banking, It is proposed to add
the creation and multiplication of currency by
the issue of bank notes. A powerful company
are demanding of the legislature incorporation
as a bank of issue. They propose to secure
their notes by government bonds deposited
with the registrar, after the fashion of the U.
S. national banks. The objection at once
arises that the security is scry inferior to that
of U. S. bonds no belter at any rate than the
average city or county bonds in the smtes. A
commercial flurry in Honolulu which might
disable a bank from keeping up payment of
specie on demand for its notes would be very
apt to so depreciate- the market value of the
bonds on which they were secured ns to make it
impossible for holders to realize except at a
serious lois. Unquestionably, Hawaiian bonds
must be liable to fluctuations of value such as
those of a first-class nation will not be. Hanks
to issue are more or less unsafe anywhere;
Tiir.Tisr.n.txit tiik nnTorv.i.
We welcome the new regime in the
Advertiser office, tf the plan of action
outlined in last Monday's cditoriat be
carried out, the community will be the
gainer. Monday's leader was a vigor
ous and spirited exposition of concen
trated common sense. We commend
the Advertiser's position on the bank
charter bill. Its insistence that any
issue of notes ought to be backed by
gold goes to the root of the matter.
c commend also the tone of
its criticism. We firmly believe that
dignified opposition may be just as firm
ns that which is more violent. Wc
wish the Advertiser had not so swce
ir.gly condemned what had been pre
viously written and said on the topic.
So startling a measure challenged an
instantaneous answer. Men felt
strongly and spoke strongly. The
bill was distributed on Thursday, .Mr.
Macfarlanc, writing on the following
Tuesday, had a manifest advantage
over those who had written before hint.
The criticism upon the chamber of
commerce, also, was not just. Hut, so
far as outlined, the general policy of
the Advertiser is sound and commends
itself to the community.
And now a word on local newspapers
in general. Has not the hour come
when a united effort should be made
to purify the administration and to
agree upon some plan for the harmo
nious developement of Hawaii-nci ?
Whomaysowelldothisasthenewspaper?
If wc all insist that no good man shall
be misrepresented and that no rascal
shall go long unmasked the aggregate
power for reform must be immense.
Hy such joint action we may justify our
right to exist and gain from a gener
ous public a support that shall not be
a grudging one. We have most of us
made mistakes. We shall doubtless
continue to make them. Hut captious
correction of each other is not going to
make things better. Kindly criticism
of misstatements or misconceptions is
helpful. Mere scolding is harmful.
The public may for a while take the
same interest in newspaper bickerings
that it does in a street brawl or a dog-
tight ; but decent people become very,
very soon disgusted at any of all three
uninstructive spectacles. The foreign
and native press with the exception
of the unspeakable Elele are united
against even the appearance of monop
oly. Long may they remain so.
hj.sk ..v oTiir.nirinr,.
Messrs. Promoters of the New Hank
ing Scheme, a word with you. Is it to
go on record that you lather the re
publication of last I hursday ? bhall it
become part of current history that you
announce your iletci initiation to coerce
whom you cannot persuade, bully
whom you cannot coerce and bribe
whom you cannot bully? Your action
of Thursday implies that you purpose
to stop at nothing to accomplish your
ends. In some of you the community
has not yet lost all confidence. It will
be well that those of you who have
character to maintain, and reputations
as yet unsmirched, separate yourselves,
now and for always, from the social and
business contamination of the persons
responsible for last I hursday s repub
lication.
Men do not fight with the weapons
of the libellous anonymunklc and the
slanderous insmuant " Jhtngs do.
We unhesitatingly accent Mr. Mac-
farlanc's assurance that he was no party
to the distribution of the republished
circular. Wc think we know him well
enough to be sure that sort of fighting
has his unqualified contempt.
It will perhaps be quite as well that
no one stirs the comparatively "ancient
history" of twenty years ago. It is not
every tub that can stand on its own
family bottom. In this connection
would it not be well to remember the
adage : " That those who live in glass
houses should not throw stones." The
republication of the dead and buried
record 01 a purely private ousmess
transaction with the intent to injure
the. present reputation and hurt the
family feelings of a leading citizen, is a
piece of dirty business that only very
contemptible persons would have any
thing to do with.
(rtttD bbtrtiotmtnto.
cJleto
Jsbbtrtiecntcnts.
H
OLL1STER A CO.,
suppl)ing the promise for the substance, and
when the substance must be had, often disabled
by the very strait and pressure of the day from
affording it. In the broad connections of a
continent an issue system may be perfected
that the danger of suspension of specie pay
ments is reduced to a minimum. In our isola
tion and narrowness the peril is great. The
example of California is a wise one for us to
adhere to, and avoid bank notes.
In addition to the sections of the
United States Banking Act, issued as a
supplement tc the Gazette and circu
lated by that paper in pamphlet form,
the following sections deserve consider
ation, and need no comment :
"Sec 5159 Every association having com
plied with the provisions of this title, prelim
inary to the commencement of the banking
business and before it shall be authorized to
commence banking under this title, shall
transfer and deliver to the Treasurer of the
United States any United States registeted
bonds, bearing interest, to an amount not less
than thirty thousand dollarsand not less than
one third of the capital stock paid in. Such
bonds shall be received by the treasurer upon
deposit and shall be by him safely kept in his
office, until they shall be otherwise disposed
of, in pursuance of the provisions of this title.'
"Src. 5160. The deposit of bonds made
by each association shall be Increased as Its
capital may be paid up or increased, so that
every association shall at all times have on de
posit with the treasurer registered bonds to the
amount of at least one third of its capital
slock paid in. And any association that may
desire to reduce its capital rr to clfwe up its
business and dissolve its organization, may
take up its bonds upon returning to the comp
troller its circulating notes in the proportion
hereinafter required, or may take up any etces
of bonds beyond one third of Its capital stock,
and upon which no, circulating notes may have
been issued.
P. S. The " communicated " article
in yesterday's 'Tiser reads very like the
" suggested articles in the old-time
'Tiser when Mr. Gibson was its in
spiration. The article tells some truth
about Mr. Spreckels. But even that
truth needs to have the word " not
withstanding" written after it. Much
that is said is halt truth which is often
worse than brazen falsehood. Vide :
" In '78 the 'monopolist hand' began to
work by investing money in a desert
common on Maui." It is claimed that
$3,000,000 have been spent there by
"the monopolist" and his friends.
But this enterprise never had anything
in it to warrant so large an expenditure.
It is true the money was spent there ;
but, in a sense, it was spent to the in
jury of every other plantation on Maui.
Every planter understands this. It is
very true that Mr. Spreckels advanced
$20,000 taxes evidently for a con
sideration. It is now in order for Mr.
Spreckels' apologist to give us the de
tails of that bargain, by the terms of
which Mr. Gibson was retained in
office after Mr. Spreckels had given
his word that the Gibson cabinet
should go out. The attempted "point"
that "the sails" of vessels driven away
from this port " arc crowding the ports
of Kahului, Hilo and Mahukona " is
so glaring a misstatement that the man
who wrote it evidently meant to deceive.
That is the polite language of it last
year. Up to this writing there arc 34
vessels short of the arrivals during the
same period. Some say we will be 100
vessels short this year and just what
this means ask every mechanic, store
keeper, restaurateur and longshore
man; and they will answer in terms too
plain to be misunderstood. Wc admit
Mr. Spreckels' good offices in helping
on .Portuguese immigration, but we
know also that with a respectable min
istry in office just as favorable credit as
he furnished could have been arranged
otherwhere. 1 here is much more that
ought to be punctured in the article.
We are glad the editor is not responsi
ble for it.
At another time we will notice the
statistics contained in the general
report, and also Mr. Gibson's previous
and proposed work relative to our gen
eral sanitary condition, and especially
the proposed sanitation of Honolulu.
The citizens of Hawaii, native, natur
alized and dcnUenized, want no "Bel
yian contract" in their.
Some stress has been laid by the
promoters, the well wishers and the
would-be-just critics of the proposed
National "? Bank upon the so-called
unlimited liability clause :
Sec. . Each shareholder shall be individ
ually and personally liable for such proportion
of all ihe debts of the corporation contracted
during the time he was a shareholder as the
amount of stock 01 shares owned by him bears to
the whole of the subscribed capital slock or
shares of the corporation.
Of this section, Mr. Preston says:
Sec. 5. Limit of liability The liability of
the stockholders U not unlimited in the ordin
ary and legal meaning of the capreuion.
The section merely provides that each stock
holder is to be liable for his proportion of the
debts, and it may be that only a few of the
stockholders woulOturn out to be solvent to
thai the creditors would surfer to Ihe cattnt of
tkt; ttcfrcertcy occasioned by the Insolvent
minimum.
tiill further objection may be
rWhat mean the words "con
tracted during the time he was share
holder." Do they mean that a thare
holder who buys ttock when the bank
It Incorporated and telle ju before
.?
JAVANESE A HOUSE HBHVASTH.
From an advertisement by the min
ister of the interior, we are all informed
that those desiring Japanese in the ca
pacity of either house servants or of
plantation laborers, must apply for
them to him, at as early a date as pos
sible. We think a word of advice to
whom it may concern in regard to the
matter may not be amiss. A trained
Japanese servant is the best in the
world, tie is polite, loyal and intetli
gent. He is not, however, accustom
ed to general housework in his own
country. Labor is there so cheap
that people who have servants at
all, have sufficient that, as a
rule, one servant docs one thing. Many
house-holders of Honolulu keep from
two to live servants. We have no hesi
tation in saying that to all such afflicted
persons the Japanese would be a boon.
For those who have lawns and flowers
to look after, a Japanese gardener would
be a delight. There is a class of men
known as bettos (grooms), whose ances
tors for pcrhatts twenty generations
have been accustomed to take care of
horses. Then the attentive and polite
house-hold servant we are sure would
turnthe heads of many of Hono
lulu' jtbw-afilicted women. We notice
that two, a man and his wife, can
be had for $2 1 per month, a great
saving on present' rates, besides the
comfort We would (larticularly advise
all intending to order to particularize
the kind of tenant The women make
excellent nurses for children or indeed
general house-hold servants. It costs
much lest to feed Japanese servants
that to feed Chinese. Rice, vegetables
and fwh is their diet, and they care
wc nouuef eee.
Art to Hrgulattthr Currtnep.
The following full text of Mr. Dole's mr
rancy bill Is printed for the benefit of other
Islands n-aders ;
He It enacted by the King and the Legts
latise Assembly of the Hawaiian Islands, In
the Legislature of the Kingdom assembled :
Section 1. From and after the first day of
October, In the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-four, the gold coins
of the United States of America shall be the
standard and legal tender, at their nominal
value, in payment of alt debts.
Section 2. The standard silver coins of
thn United States of America, and those silver
coins of like respective fineness and weight
therewith, which were lately coined In the
United States ol America and imported into
this Kingdom, bearing the impress of Ihe Ha
waiian coat of arms and of the profile of His
Majesty Kalakaua, shall from and after .the
said first day of October, be a legal tender at
their nominal valnc in payment of all debt!
not exceeding five dollars.
Section 3. For the more effectual carrying
out of this act, the minister of finance shall at
all times during the month of August A. 1.
18S4, receive all current silver coin that shall be
offered at the treasury, to any amount not less
than ten dollars and issue therefor, certificate! of
deposit of the denominations of ten, twenty,
fifty, one hundred, five hundred, one thousand,
five thousand and ten thousand dollars, accor
ding to the amount of silver coin received, pay
able to bearer on demand on and after the first
day of October, in United States gold coin
without interest. The said certificates shall be
signed by the minister of finance and counter
signed by the registrar of public accounts.
All silver coin received in exchange for such
certificates, excepting Hawaiian silver coins
as refered to in Sec 2 of this Act, shall be
used without delay for the purchase of United
States gold coin, which shall be held at a
special deposit to be used only for the can
cellation of the said certificates. And the
minister of finance is hereby authorized and
instructed to take from the treasury sufficent
money not exceeding the amouut provided for
that purpose in the appropriation bill, to make
up in United States gold coin, the numerical
loss in dollars suffered in exchanging the said
silver coin for United States gold coin, and
to deposit the ssme with the said special
deposit as a part thereof. All Hawaiian silver
coins received in exchange for such certificates
shall be held as a special deposit to be used,
if it should become necessary, for the purchase
of United States gold coin for the cancella
tion of the said certificate; in which case
the numerical loss suffered in exchanging the
said Hawaiian silver coin for the United States
gold coin, shall be made up, in the same man
ner as provided above in the case of other
silver coins.
Section 4. On and after the said first day
of October, the minister of finance may, at hit
discretion, receive United Slates (old coin on
deposit ta any amount not less than fifty
dollars, and shall issue therefor certificates of
deposit of such denominations at he (ball
deem to be for the public interest, payable to
bearer on demand without interest. The said
certificates shall be signed by the minister of
finance and countersigned by the Rtf istrar of
Public Accounts, and the money received for
such certificates shall be held at a special
deposit to be used only for the cancellation of
the same.
Section 5. This act shall become law frota
and after the date of its approval ; and an act
entitled " An Act to Regulate the Currency,"
approved the uth day of September, lt;6,
and Section 479 of the Civil Code as amended
by Chapter 41 of the Laws of U74, and all
other acts and parts of acts inconsistent with
the provisions of this act are hereby repealed,
such repeal 10 lake effect en the said first day
of October.
i.iriTK rnr attkxtws of riic
rVBLtC Jt COVSTHT MKHCBASTI
In tonlculu, to Ihtlr Urf and
viritd auortmnt of
Juit mtivtii. This It aelDowltdffd
10 l ih ftnMt prrfumt In tttt
wotld. All of on quality.
(Jrcst vtritlr of odors its Im
and irtlctt, also
Celluloid TrsNHt,
(allhaft and fttyl)
mrgioaJ IssetrmssteHts,
Pfcotosraykera aysslle,
ana the larifat and moat compUu stock of
DRUGS,
CHBMtCALS,
PATENT MHDICINSS,
vtr kr In this KlnfJom. A
larg tnTotct of
WASHED MKD1TKMBAHKAK tPOttOK,
direct from Euros, frte froas
sand or dirt. AftnU for
VAKKE DAVIS OOV
Phaimacautkal Prtpaiatlou,
D
1LL1NGHAM ft CO.
l!arjut trcrlttd an
la ! ot Nam ssd Daatimfcla
Suiird 10 lh ant of this nuuVri,
comprUlnc
BulHtr'l itrrfrnr,
MfthttnU't Tlt,
and a good Una of
AGRICULTURAL IMPLUt
Wa would call ih (racial aittntton
cf Planters to our
Pnttnt Double .WomM Moonf Tlnr,
which hat tn rronouncad tha btit of
Ihe ilnd tKrnwdlnthUcountiT.
V hae alv rtcttvM a
naw lot of the
DILLINGHAM BRBAKtNO PLOWS.
10, II, 14 In., which arc llvlnt paifnt
ulitfactlon whrcvar thtr
at utcd
DBMAlfil 1 NCtttIA $1X0.
The fnJIrn Mriftr of foods which
w art now conitamly re-
otMnt ara now eaing
OPENED FOR INSPECTION AND SALC
AT TUB LOWEST PIIICE.
Dllltmilusssi A Oo
toatf
9. O ATXR A GOV
Pataat Uailcloaw.
Morteferd'a Acid Phoaphataa,
Gretn'a Auenit Flowar At Oenaan Strop,
Alleock Porema Plaster Co.,
Murray ft Laxaaia'a Florida Water,
Yatba Buana Blttart.
QPBCIAL NOTICE.
(far MaJily lha Quran, aailalrd rjr tha Ladlat a
tlonoluld proswvsra to live an enlanaininnt oa lha
aftth Intl., tha proceeds Trom which ara lo he kaad far
thabanafiiot tha Lrpcra. Then will also be faaay
aniclri and rrftaahaiants for ami. ComribotUo at
auch artlclat Cakca, lea Cream, ate., an aolicUoe.
Due notice will be alren of lha place where thla eracr.
talnaaeni la to ha held, and of tha programBM.
PKK ORDER or THE COMMITTEE.
IJ7-II
LOST,
A Satina'a Hank Pan Book In tha nam of C N.
Biahop. The Ander will pleaae leave same with Meeara
Bishop k Co, aa payment has been slopped.
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hipping.
VCBANIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY!
H
OLL1STER A CO.,
The Magnificent, New, and Eleeenl Staaaaklaa
MARIPOSA and ALAMEDA
Will leave Honolulu and San Francisco
on the
let aa lSt of Eauk Moatk.
Pawencrrt by this line are hereby notified that ihey
will be allowed ajolbt. of baicaia free by lha Over
land Railway, when travelling Cart.
are also Proprietors and Manufac-
factuxere of tha celebrated
Rheuautlc LtnUacot
EUCALOFORM.
w
Agents for Win. S. Kimball & Co-.
Pragrmnt remits fair, -
Tetacee anal CiaaraelM
which have no rivals. The
largest aaasnneat of
PLUO TOBACCO AND CIOARS IM
THE KINODOM.
OUR GINGER ALB cV SODAWATBR
baa always been recegaired aa tha
beat la tha saarket.
OUK OINC.ER Alt MXTKACT
being maaufaaurea) froas our enra
private fovsaaU la
New York.
AERATED WATERS la PawM or Cork
Stoppered battles as de aired.
WHOLESALE ft RETAIL, NUUANU ST.
RETAIL, Coa. FORT MERCHANT ST
axctrasioM tickbts roe. bound Tt', lias.
good to return by any of the Company's Steamers erUb
in ninety days.
Paisengeti may have their names hooked In advance
by applying at the office of the agents.
Merchandise intended for shipment by this lloe, will
be received free of storage In the company's new ware
'loute, and receipts Ivtued for same. Insurance oa
merchandise, whilst in the warehouse, will baas owners
risk.
'77-CS'
WILLIAM G. IRWIN A Co.,
Aiems, O.S.S. Co.
TNTBRISLAND
TEAM NAVIGATION OOKaTAinr
LINE OF STEAMERS.
The Planter
Bath'.
Will run regularly for KONA sad KAU,
Leavea Heaorala at 4 P. M.i
Friday
Tuesday
Friday
Tuesday ,.
Friday.,..,....
.April 4
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.May 0
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Tuesday..,
Friday....
TueJay..
Friday..,,
.May ay
.Juae
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Friday..
Tuesday
Returning, Teaching a Maalea
April
Friday
Tuesday,.,..
rriday
V
Tueeday.. Jeoe
Friday..
Tuesday..,,...,. "
Friday July
Th Iwalani,
Cameron, comaaandar. leavea Hoaotuhs eneryTtaav
day al 1a.m. for NawQiwill, Kotos, Eleek. and Wal
sea, Kauai. Returning leavea NawiMwili tear
Saturday evening.
The James Make,
FrMBun,comniafider. leavea Heneluia every Tnart
day, at p.m. for Kapaa and KUawsa. Ream
Ing leaves Kauai every Tuesday as 4 svaa,, assa lowest-
lug aa yr aianaa potn ways.
The C. M. Biehop,
Davit, commander, leaves Honolulu rrery Twaaiaf
at 4 r.M. for Kukuihale, llenokaa, asd Paasilaa, ft.
turning arrives at nonowia every aaaaay aatwaaaf.
T OFFICE of lha Company, bat af
Street, near lb P. M. S. S, Woart ill-
J9C JvUthorUn.
Wednesday, the nth day of June, lha
tion of Kamehamcha I, will be obened.at a pablic
Holiday, and all Governatent Oakea thraughout the
Kingdom will be closed.
CIIAS. T. GULICK,
Minister of the Interior.
DtrAaTiiim or larraaioa. May is. 1M4,
James II. K. Kaiwi it this day appoint District
Judge (ad Interim) for tha District of Kawaihau, Island
of Kauai SOLOMON NAAUAO,
Acting Governor of KauaL
Office Governor of Kauai Lihuo, May 11, 1M4.
S. K. Ilapuku, Esq., is this day appointed District
Judge far the District ut Lihue, Island of KauaL .
SOLOMON NAAUAO,
Acting Governor of KauaL
Often Governor of Kauai. Uhue, May 10, iM.
BUTTIRICICS CUT PAPER
PATTMXKH.
n iw mmyfj w 11 v v.ys J" imih. vw vm -
planished each era h and for tale at their marked
priceat THOS. G. THRUM'S
er-iaa Foer Br, aVroasv
c
PARTMBRtHIP NOTICE.
leeara. M. H. Pteurar end I. C Ptaaar. 1. have
been adnulled aa sikrat panaenwow Iraasa pence at
M,J - --- .UCEFELD ft CO.
Heaolalu, May sa, 1M4.
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1 BMOVasD.
TMat ENTERPRISE PLAMIMS MILL.
N
OTICB.
A meeting tf tha Stockholders tf the Paciac Sugar
Mulwillbe Uld at the oftc of F. A. SchaesVaCo.
to-day. Saturday, tha rth wal., at to a. m.
ttruder, H. RENJES.
June a. Ills- lot.it tWceeaarv
OTICE.
N
A semiannual meeting tf ike Board at Trustee tf
the Queea'e Hcepttal will be held at the Room of the
Uvajabat of Oaaiawrca cm Thafeaav neat, aba tatA kv
lss. Par ordar.
stent, at iiA.lt.
t. A. tJckUEFBB,
Itt-M
The EMernrlas Planing Mitt beat 1
To Austva St., ksai Qvatw Sr.,
C. J. Maraea, Pe;rktr,
Tsta-aemg.
pACl
IPIC If AIL STEAMSHIP GeMaWAMV,
FOR SAN FRANCISCO.
The Snlnadea Hlnanmla
KKALAtMA
Webber 1,
wiU leave HonoUU tar San Ftisnliai
efaa
COR SYDNEY Via AUCKLAND
Thi lellntli e. .
AVSTMAL1A.
Gil EST ,,. ., ft.
Oa .tot ...mfef IW
The agents bar ara now preessead a states l) baa t
Saa Frmndtco ami return far leaf, the rasas) aria.
Goods tor ihlpanent per teasanaa
free of charge, la (be araewaf
steamer whatf.
Far sreiajhl or pa range, aaaiy t
lit M. HACXFELO ft Co., t
nLANTERS' LINE
FOR SAN FEANCISCO.
C BMMWmm at C9MVAMT, AfmH.
Mettkaadue received binatae Free, aaa
advaacaa saaat aa thlameatt by this baa.
DteMt,!
MOLDINGS AND FINISH,
Alwaaaaabaaa.
Ateraeraaamaasabaataallct.aaaJ l atainalle
MsBaatsEatVl Mb MaSaawsftaal tmtMeuf M Mff aTstalMafaat tsyaaaarlmBf
ImiimataitW arnWas, Mea at ElaMMta fa-eat,
fxaatfjieMksac, atyai
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pACl
:IPIC NAVIGATION 'CO.
(Mf.fl)
Cx setae- autat Ceatatstaatea e
QVKKN eV NUUANU ShmH, Mi
Regular veaatlt tar ihe pent of
Makke and Maaa aa Meal,
I aataboabas, Mtaaam, Paaltaa eat Mite aa
Hawaii.
Koine, Hanaaepe and Watmaa aa Kaaal. aatt
WalaamaaCataa,
And aay other pans when Uaatanstats after.
fmwmUnktt-tliluUtftmttftimUtmUie
beawaajaatraaalee Fiaactaaa by way af Haaaaaas,
or e-arett iHattmi from HoassWkt wJ a ayatj ta
ausfjaire Am tf she Mrsafc Nleigaliia) Cm aatamP.-i
bees af caw vmenam
raeeteaa ana atarmi aaa cf charge laaar licananf
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