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King George of TphgaT
Tub thoi'iilks ok a South Ska
Island Sovhiekn.
DwipcuAcyutoNuv,,' jSimim.e and
Iunokant Pkoi'i.e."
The crown of a monarch is in these
times planted with thorns, even, it
would seem, if he is only king of n
Squth Sua Island. There is some
thing vovy icomiu in tlu way in which
the troubles of monarchy in these
days face to face, as it otien finds
itself, with demands which it can
neither concede nor refuse arc re
peating themselves in the case of
King George of Tonga. This Poly
nesian' sovereign has 'hitherto been
regarded as among the most success
ful and fortunate of his class. But
the wave of oli.-inge seems to have
reached Tonga. Aggressive democ
racy seems, judging from the report
brought back' by II. M. S. Miranda,
to have raised its head at this hitherto
peaceful isle, and has made the
position of sovereign no longer worth
having. The burden has for some
time made itself too heavily felt by
King George, who, wo arc told, has
"refused to have anything more to
do with his subjects." The tone of
this statement encourages us to ex
pect that the retirement of the aged
monarch to another group to spend
the rest of his days in quietness was
the cause of general lamentation
among his deserted people. But, so
far from this being the case, we are
next told that the Tonga people have
determined "to destroy by dynamite,
or do some other violence to the heir
presumptive should he attempt to
ascend the throne." This is very
distressing. "We have lately been
assured by high spiritual authorities
in this community that it is the spread
of materialism which causes the
conspiracies against authority by
which .Europe is honey-combed. We
may, therefore, fairly assume that
the same cause is at'work at Tonga.
All this makes the case the more
deplorable. The spectacle of the aged,
disgusted monarch in retirement,
the' lawful heir terrorised so far as to
fear to assume the crown, and a
population of materialistic and un
clothed savages dividing their time
between the study t of irreligious
scientific works and experiments on
the explosive properties of dynamite
regarded-as a political weapon,
shows usMhow the troubles of the
oiu worm are. repeating: tuemseives
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in the Arcadian islands oi
Pacific. Australian paper.
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PROSPECTIVE )SUCAR COMPETITION.
Adolpli Spreckels,"of the firm of
J. D.pi'eckel8 &, Co., in conversa
tioriSvima Call reporter, j'esterday,
said, that he anticipated a rivalry in
the sugar, business in the northwest,
in the introduction of Eastern sugar
by the Northern Pacific Railroad,
and the firm of which he is a mem
ber proposed' to hold the fort against
allcomers; that u (reduction in prices
there would in all prpbability be
niatle in the article manufactured
here. .This is merely idone, to hold
the trade, but California would reap
but little benefit, as no reductions
will, be,made here. The rumors that
Eastern sugar would, be brought to
this coast in clipper ships Mr.
Spreckels scouted, saying that, in
the first place, ,it could not bo made
to payt, while, again, the sea trip in
jured .the sugar. He isaid that the
establishment of a refinery by his
firm, in Portland, was simply a ques
tion of time, how far distant he
could not ,say. In reference to the
report of the, committee appointed to
investigate the charges of. Congress
man Belmont in the matter, of the
treaty existing -between Hawaii and
the United, States, he said .he was
not surprised, as the charges could
not be substantiated. 8. J?, Call.
The Japanese Government, somei
little time since,' sent a mission to
Englandi to enquire into the working
of the Christian religion ; that mission
has reported to the effect that it
found so much drunkenness, crime,
and misery generally,, that it most
emphatically set its face against the
adoption of any portion of the Chris
tian belief, as the latter was infinite
ly inferior to that at present prevail
ing in Japau. Flattering, is it not,
to our State religion? I remember,
too, t)iat a like estimate was formed
of our manners and cqstoms by the
Japanese Commissioners to our late
exhibition. , Owing to some intimate i
literary business relations with these
little gentlemen, they wore perhaps
more communicative to me than they
othenyisc woidd have been. Conse
quently,, iu the cpurse of various con
versations, I learnt the humiliating
fact ttyat some, ,o pur people were
the rudest, they had, seen in airy part
of thq.wprld And now they despise
our vc)gipri,rMelbpurHe Paper.-
A reason 'w.liy '" p'umo was mot
saved,, iun fli;o wasltbecauso none of
the ttrcmen could play on,it. u
; THEMOTGOOS.
TniUTY-StX TAIltS KOU THE SANDWICH
1 ISLANDS.
, JOHN, TUCKER' 8 VISIT TO JAMAICA.
John Tucker," Manager of one of
the large plantations on the island of
Hawaii, of the Sandwich Island
group, arrived from Panama Thurs
day on the Pacific Mail Steamship
Co'lima, bringing with him thirty-six
pairs of that curious and useful
animal called the mungoos. The
animals were brought from Jamaica,
and were taken to Honolulu by the
City of New York to-day. Mr. Tucker
was sent by the planters of Hawaii to
Jamaica to procure the animals at a
cost of about 1,300. The mungoos
is similar to a weasel, and has proved
of incalculable service in the island
of Jamaica, in ridding it of rata,
which are so destructive to sugar
cane. It has freed that island from
the rat pest, and has also acted as a
modern St. Patrick, and has dc
stroved every snake. One of the
growing troubles in the Hawaiian
Islands is the rat pest. Cane is de
stroyed in the fields and great losses
are entailed on the planters. Noth
ing seemed to be able to put a stop
to this wholesale destruction, and it
was detci mined to import the mun
goos. Ten of the plantation, com
bined, and Mr. Tucker was sent to
Jamaica. In that island the mun
goos has multiplied to such an extent
that they arc to be seen every where.
They run across the roads, swarm in
the fields, and arc found everywhere.
They are caught in box traps, as
squirrels are, and are sometimes
caught when young and tamed. The
tame mungoos lives around the
house like a cat. They are about the
size of an ordinary rat, with" a longer
body and a tail similar to that of a
cat. The untamed animals are savage
little creatures, having a large and
ugly mouth tilled with sharp and
gTistenning teeth. They arc fierce
fighters, and their movements are
like a lightning flash. When two of
them are fighting in a cage it looks
as though there were simply a shadow
Hitting about within.
DESrKUATE FIGHTERS.
It is said that whenever their teeth
meet in flesh, they cannot be made
to let go their hold until either they
or their prey is dead. They are the
natural exterminators of rats, enter
ing every rat hole and killing its in
mates. They then make the rat's
abode their own, never preparing a
shelter for themselves. They live
on animal food, and in Jamaica, now
that the rats are gone, and they have
exterminated many of the other pests,
they kill many of the negroes' chick
ens. Mr. Tucker obtained 100 ani
mals iu Jamaica, and put them in
cages, in each apartment of which
were placed a male and a female.
He lost twenty of them before he
left Jamaica through their proclivities
to fight among themselves and to
suck each other's blood. On the
Panama Railroad the employes trea
ted the cages and their occupants as
if they were cast iron and several
more were lost. But seventy-two
were got aboard the Colima, and
since then none of the animals have
died.
cane currum: in Jamaica.
Mr. Tucker examined very
thoroughly the system of cane culture
in Jamaica, and states that no where
there have the planters cane that can
compare with 'that of the Hawaiian
Islands. It is all of an inferior
quality, and the methods of manipula
tion are very crude. The plantations
are all in the hands of Englishmen,
who are just about making a, living.
One of the great troubles there is
the impossibility of getting labor.
Of the 080,000 inhabitants about
005,000 are' blacks, and they are so
black that they make a back night
still blacker, and so lazy that- they
will not make a new suit of clothes
when their gunny-sack garment
gives out. Wlien they want any
thing to eat they cut down u banana
tree, or knock off a cocoanut, and
then go to sleep in the bushes. Thoy
cannot be made, to work, and the
paternal character of the Government
encourages them in their laziness.
In consequence the plantations are
not making much money There were
formerly magnificent sugar works
all over the' Islands, the buildings
and aqueducts being masonry of the
most solid character, some of wtiich
was architecturally beautiful. But
they have been so loug abandoned
that they now appear as grand ruins,
long lines of arches reaching over the
plains like the remains of Roman
works in Italy, The Island does not
appear to be very prosperpus, but
recently a considerable trade in fruit
lias sprung up with New York, and
a line of large steamships are engaged
exclusively in this trade. 8, F.
Bulletin. ...
When Adolphtis placed his arm
.around thq nock of Angelina he said
it was for a neck's press purpose.
LATE FOREIGN NEWS.
" From S. F. papers to 22d Sept.
The Bulgarians are to have a new
Constitution.
An increasing number of mari
time disasters are imported from the
North Atlantic.
Rochcfort has seriously irritated
the Italians by charging that King
Humbert has misappropriated the
funds for the Italian sufferers.
Lord Lome and the Princess
Louise have returned to Ottawa.
The Government of Batavia has
voted 5000, and the Government
of Java 1000 for the relief of suf
fered by the volcanic eruptions.
Brussels, Sept. 4th. The "illage
of Baltincourt, near Arlon, was to
tally burned yesterday, 110 houses
being destroyed.
Stcalners arriving in England from
America report very severe weather.
One of the qUeer incidents at the
Java disaster was the sudden rise of
fourteen new volcanic mountains in
the Straits of Sunda, forming rt com
plete chain in almost a straight line
between Point St. Nicholas, on the
Japanese side, and Iloga Point, on
the coast of Sumatra, almost on top
of what had been Mer.tk aud Mid
dle Islands, which went into the sea
last Monday.
The Alta California has been
sold for 605,000-
Colonial dispatches from Austra
lia exhibit the highest indignation at
the condiict of the government with
regard to New Guinea and the Pa
cific islands. It is hard to say
whether Gladstone or the governor
of Noumea is at this moment the
most, abused person in the colonies,
Gladstone for refusing and the go
vernor for proposing to take posses
sion. The rivers of Tonquin will soon
fall, and the French forces in Hanoi
may then be placed in a dangerous
position, as their gunboat will be
unable to steam up to town.
Prime Minister Ferry has for
warded a request for English media
tion in the case of the pending nego
tiations with China. Granville, the
English Foreign Secretary, is in
clined to accede to the request.
Reports are received in London
from Montreal that another Cana
dian bank is in dillieultj'.
The war in passenger rates be
tween Chicago and Louisville has
resulted in reducing the fare to one
dollar.
Advices from Prof. Nordenskj old's
Expedition to Greenland are received.
Thcj' state that the expedition star
ted from Antleikvich the 41h of Sep
tember, and reached a distance of
300 kilometres inland, attaining a
height of 7000 feet above the sea.
This is the first time human beings
have penetrated so far into Green
land. The whole region is a desert,
proving open water inland. Very
valuable scientific data was obtained.
There has been considerable ex
citement in San Francisco about the
arrival of Miss Marie Nicholas, a
leper who went there by the City of
New York. She has been sent to
the Pest House.
Adolph Ilartmann, secretary and
cashier of the Humboldt Savings
Bank, being 15,000 short in his
accounts, has committed suicide in
San Francisco.
Mace wants to try a boxing match
with Sullivan.
The Oregon, a new steamer of the
Guion line, made 20 kuots an hour
on her trial trip.
Laycock, the Australian sculler,
has broken his leg.
Maiune Casualties.
The steamer Protons was crushed
by a floe of ice at the entrance t
Smith's sound July 23d. Captain
Pike, his crow and the scientific
party are passengers by the Yantic.
The sidewheel steamer Queen Vic
toria, which has been running be
tween Chatham, Ont., and Detroit,
was burned at Clemens' wharf. The
flames spread so rapidly, that the
crew had barely time to escape with
their lives. The loss is estimated at
813,500; insurance, 810,000.
The schooner Wild Gazelle is a
total loss.. Crew saved.
THE CZAR DETHRONED.
There was a company of gentlemen
engaged in a little game of poker in
a prominent gentleman's parlour one
night lately. It grew late, and fears
were expressed by the party that they
were trespassing upon the kindness
of the mistress of the house, who,
by the way, was not present. "Not
at all, gentlemen not at all. Play
as long as you please. I am Czar
here!" said the master of the man
sion. "Yes, gentlemen, play as long
as you please!" said a silvery voice,
and all rose as the mistress of the
house stood before them. "Play as
long as j'ou please, gentlemen ! But
as it is nearly 1 o'clock, the Czar is
going to bed." And he wcnti
American Pajw.
, To save a dollar is the easiest
thing iu the worlddon't spend it,
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0FFICE RULES.
Don't wipe your feet, it soils the
mats. Those having no business
should remain as long as possible
(short visits will not be tolerated.)
Walk around behind the desk, exam
ine our books, and papers carefully,
(they are written up as u public rec
ord) and if such books or papers as
you desire are not in sight, demand
them, they will be promptly pro
duced! ; wo keep a servant for that
purpose.
Look over the bookkeeper's shoul
der when at work on the books, tell
him a few jokes, punch him in the
short ribs with your elbow, talk very
loud, or whistle, and if this docs not
have the desired effect, why sing.
Put your feet on the most convenient
desk or table, it will greatly assist
those who are writing.
Spit on the lloor, the spittoons aic
for ornament
Persons having business with this
office must call daily or send a writ
ten excuse.
The employees of this establish
ment are daily instructed to spare
neither pains nor expense for your
comfort or pleasure, and you will
confer a great favor by promptly
reporting any neglect in this respect.
NOTICE.
Our office hours for listening to
solicitors for church subscriptions,
are from 11 a.m. to I p.m.
Book agents 1 to 3 p.m.
Advertising agents all day.
The balance of our time we devote
to miscellaneous calls.
We attend to our own business at
night.
Please take elevator above.
SAME OPINION STILL.
A lawyer, not over-stocked in the
upper story, and noted for verbosity
and shallowness, was trying a case
before Judge Gray. The case was
plain, so there was little use of
argument, and Master Shallow had
the strong side, but he was deter
mined to "improve the occasion.''
The judge leaned over and said,
"Mr. , the Court is with you,
'without argument.' " "But will you
not hear my argument?" "Oh, cer
tainly," said the judge. Then
ensued a characteristic harangue of
an hour or two. At its conclusion
the judge said, "Mr. , the Court
is still with you."
SPRING TERGIVERSATIONS.
A Massachusetts whopper:
The manuscript records of
Georgetown, under the date of July
5, 1046, note a northwest wind that
"lifted up their meeting-house at
Newbury, the people being in it.
It darkened the air with dust, yet
through God's mercy it did no
hurt."
From Wales, and none the less
hard to believe:
A centipede caught a lizard and
began making a meal of it as it ran,
but not relishing dining on the wing
it formed its body iu the shape of a
hook and caught on to a stout weed.
The lizard was not strong enough
to break loose and the cannibal
reptile ate its fill and then allowed
its victim to crawl off and die; so
says Prof. White!!, a reliable Welsh
naturalist.
A dubious story from Hartford,
Conn.:
Mr. C. Dunham has been troub
led with rats for some time. Mr.
Dunham thought he would see if ho
could get his cat to kill a rat. He
caught one and shut it in a barrel
with a cat. The second day after
he looked in, aud the cat was sitting
on one side of the barrel and the
rat on the other. The next day, in
the afternoon, the cat was sitting
very contentedly with the rat
perched upon her back, apparently
enjoying himself.
Even Boston is not beyond sus
picion: A lady had a pet dog and cat
that were very fond of eacli other
and never1 quarreled. When the
dog wished to go into the kitchen,
he would stand by the door, and
puss would jump up, catch one paw
over the latch and press the other
on the thumb piece, and, as the
door swung open, she would drop
down on the dog's back and ride in,
in triumph.
New York will not be forgiven
for this. Note the clumsy attempt
to play at punning with the words
feet and feat:
At noon on Saturday Col. Law
rence Kip's black mare Lady Gris
wold, attached to a top wagon,
dashed down Seventh avenue at
full speed, leading a cluster of
trotters. Near One-hundrodtiind-twenty-fifth
street the team collided
with a furnituro truck, Col. Kip
turned a complete somersault and
landed on his feet, not oven losing
his hat. It was a fpat wliioh would
have turned somo of the best acro
bats green with ejivy. The mare,
although sho was trembling and
nervous, never offered to move.
Tlio only damage was a. split shuf t,
and getting inio his wagon again
the Colonel drove off.
The South invariably runs to snake
stories, which may be readily ac
counted for. This is from the
vicinity of Amotions, Ga. :
A gentleman from the country
reports a snake light which he wit
nessed a few days ago, where a black
snake was endeavoring to swallow a
snake of the moccasin tribe. The
snake was half way down the black
snake's throat, aud its squirming
was ludicrous to witness. The black
snake was speedily killed, and when
the moccasin was liberated it was
found to be but half of its original
dimensions, smooth and sleek as if it
had been just taken out of an oil
can. After being liberated it became
twice the size that it was when taken
out of the snake's mouth.
From Rhode Island we have, as
might bd expected, a small and very
modest story :
While men were at work on North
Main street, Providence, Thursday
they had dug a hole down to the
depth of twelve feet when they
struck a curious find, namely, two
huge mud turtles, both of which were
thbn alive. One of them was acci
dentally struck with a crowbar, how
ever, and killed. The other was taken
out alive. This turtle measures six
teen inches in length and fifteen
inches in width. The tail is twelve
inches long and the legs nine inches.
It is a large specimen of this class of
turtle, and how it has been kept alive
buried beneath twelve feet of earth is
a mystery.
Another proof that the water of
Georgia is very bad may be found in
this biggest of all spring snake stories,
from Sylvania :
Mr. W. D. Livingston tells- the
latest and loudest snake stoiy. He
says that as he was crossing the Lit
tle Ogccchee Creek, on his way to
No. 0, about two weeks since, he
saw about two dozen snakes all twis
ted and plaited together, and that
the variety was the most wonderful
feature in the case, there being rattle
snakes, black snakes, moccasins,
garter snakes, rat snakes, coach
whips, adders, gopher snakes, king
snakes, chicken snakes, pilot snakes,
and snakes of all colors in the twist,
and seemingly in a good humor,
affectionately embracing each other,
and that when they were disturbed
by him the whole lot slid into the
water together and disappeared. He
says that if you don't believe that
this is a fact just call on Josie
Singelton, as he also witnessed the
sight.
Each of the above stories, however,
becomes a high moral truth, contain
ing useful lessons for children, com
pared with the following carnivorous
dragon romance from California:
Last fall, in the month of
October, three hunters from Lake
City made a pilgrimage to Cook's
Lake, northeast of this place, in
quest of deer. They succeeded in
killing and capturing four fine ones,
and one of the paily succeeded in
wounding a fifth, which made for
the lake. When the pursuing hunter
arrived at the shore the wounded
deer was about fifty j'ards from the
brink, and while Nimrod was in the
act of aiming at the fleeing buck, was
suddenly seized from below by a huge
monster. This incident occurred in
the twiukling of an eye, and the whole
matter so surprised and astonished
the bafllcd hunter that the descrip
tion given by him to his two com
panions was necessarily confused,
and it was mutually agreed that
nothing should be said about the,
occurrence on their return to Lake
City. The incident referred to had
nearly passed from the minds of. ilie
three hunters until one of the three
was returning from Camp Bidwell,
on Thursday last. Arriving at Goose
Creek his attention was called to the
lake by a fearful roaring, hissing
noise, and looking, across iu the
direction of Cook's Lake he saw a
frightf ul monster cutting the placid ,
bosom of the upper lake and wending
its way like an arrpw towards the
west shore, its dragon-shaped front
ten or twelve feet out of water, drag-1
ging its ponderous body at a fearful '
rate. When within about a hundred
yards of land this strange monster
turned suddenly and swam rapidly
down the lake for a quarter of a mile
and suddenly sank from view. The
narrator says that when the monster
turned he had a fair view of it, and
pronounces it to be at least fifty feet
in length, the entire body seemingly
covered with large glistening scales,
each particular one of which was ns
large as the "dollar of our dads."
Ho thinks that from the front twenty
feet back would average six feet iu
diameter; about six feet from its
horse-shaped head it was mined with
two legs about eight feet in lengthy '
Altogether, it looked a monster
capable of great destruction to men
and beast, Detroit Free Press.
The greatest composer-slcep.'-Blidington
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