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r5w33rr v - - vjm n-r - "T$rrT TOT pjSHJTT,-- jjr "; J v'ffVJP -f- """'Vr V V '"'"V 3T ; V "T"'' -''.e -3 --.:? y 5 V 1 , 1 y&JMtiKSr DAILY BULLETIN: HONOLULU, II. L, MAJtCIl 22, 181)0. iW'wrvwaia Tiijs Pledged to nrtthrr Sect nor Party, lint established for the benefit of all. SA'LTHDAY, MAIL 2l, 18'JO. Among other reforms nii'aineiHletl libel law Is required. Some coun tries have lately adopted a law re quiring the prosecutor of libel to give security for costs in the event of his losing the case. Another de sirable object is the prevention of prosecutions beingturned into perse cutions. Thi9 is another of thoso offenses for which summons should be substituted for warrants of ar re3t. The questioning of printers to elicit olllce secrets anywhere off the witness stand is nothing short of outrageous. With reference to the "wetting down" of a prisoner animadverted on by a correspondent, the Marshal on being seen by a reporter said that the circumstance had been duly reported to him by the Deputy Mar thai. The prisoner was very noisy and obstreperous and the turnkey, contrary to orders issued against the process, turned the hose on him. The matter is to be further investi gated when, front what is heard on the side of the police as to the character and conduct of the prisoner in ques tion, the occurrence may assume a different aspect. THE VOLCANO ROAD. The Hilo Record of the llth Inst. Kiys: "The work of freeing the vol cano road from the nuisance of such overflows as occurred last week has been commenced by Mr. Marlin, and in a short time there will be no danger of the road being laid under live or six leet of water, in any rain storm that may happen here."' The Advertiser of the 10th inst. tried to deceive tiie public into the belief that there were natural difficulties absolutely preventing precautions against floods on that road, saying: 'The mistake made in building the volcano road was in the failure pro perly to drain the gulches. These ought to have been moved away al together, or at any late the water should have been di vetted from them and made to flow up some conven ient hill." This is supremely funny but the humor will have a grim as pect to the people when they find they have lo pay two or three times over ior parts of what was going to be an economically built road. There is likely to be a startling pro portion of the next Appropiiation Hill occupied by odds and ends 01 public works whose cost was esti mated deficiently, or else their con struction so bungled as to unneces sarily increase the expenditure be yond adequate estimates. bably bo established In the near future. It will be an outcome of the great modern development of machinery, combined with the con temporary advance of popular in telligence, which has fitted the work ingman for a higher social plane than he has occupied in past times. There has been n great deal said about the modern mechanic devel oping into a mere machine, through the more minute subdivision of labor and the automatic nature of an In creasing amount of the work done by the machinciy he tends. While Ihero is much truth in this view of the mechanic's position as regards his woik, it would be ridiculous to assume that his intellectual capacity lias been paralyzed through want of brain exercise in his avocations. Not only has industiial progress opened up innumerable opportunities for developing his inventive skill and executive ability, but, while the shop has been revolutionizing, a revolution has been proceeding In the social conditions of the mechanic, lie is now in a position lo claim more leisure for the cultivation of mental and sociable qualities, and the adop tion of the eight-hour system is in the line of the world's progress that skilled industry lias done so much to advance. There may be some dis turbing of balances in the labor market for a while after the change, but these things would not be long in adjusting themselves and would, perhaps, occasion no more unsettling of values than the periodical fluctu ations now incident to the law of supply and demand in its effect on botli labor and the products of labor. COMING LABOR CONTEST. Elsewhere appears an interesting interview with the President of the (Anieiican ) National Federation of Labor. Jn his preliminary remark?, too lengthy for copying in full, the interviewer tas that the public ut terances of the tedcialion ''have been maiked by a sti iking degree of conservatism: its arguments in favor of the eight-hour day have appealed lo common sense and Immunity, and the statements of its case, have been touched in language indicating an unusually high order of intelligence on the part of its leaders." One thing is becoming clear, that is, that the methods of woikingmen to attain improved conditions have themselves become greatly improved. The dock laboiers ol London last year, in the largest strike the world has seen, eariied their points by sheer torco of united fidelity to their common cau-o and indivi dual good heluuior. .Something to be feared, on their own account, is 1 hat the laborers will not 1 est satis tied with their great success they raised the nice of labor thiity-tive percent but renew the strife on the same line instead of striving to sc enic the best fruits of their llnanciul advantage through measures of inter nal social improvement. There must be ionic limit naturally to what labor is actually worth to its employers, and when that is exceeded the em ployment will necessarily cease and the lal'oiers bo worse off than ever. It is said, for instance, that the (ieneral Steam Navigation Company of London, which lost by the btrikc a sum equal to a dividend of ten percent, would in case of a' renewal of the contest be compelled to trans fer its shipping elsewhere. The eight-hour system for which a determined struggle is about to ensue In the United States will pro- THE LABOR PROBLEM. The Minister of t lie Interior, through the Advcitiser editorial columns, invites all iuteiestcd in the supply of plantation labor to meet the Cabinet and the Hoard of Immi gration at the Foreign Office, Mori day afternoon at two o'clock. His Excellency estimates that 10,100 additional laborers will be required during the ensuing biennial pcnod, exclusive of what may be needed on projected tail way and other works outside of plantations. Mr. Thurston presents the follow ing as questions for consideration: 'Where are these 10,100 laborers to come from? "Can the country or the planta tions witli safety, add such a large number in so short a time to the number of Asiatics already here? "Is there any other source from which laborers can be obtained? "Is there any method of co-opera tion which can be engaged in, by which so large a number of laborers can be prevented from leaving the plantations each year, and thereby preventing i necessity of such a large immigration to fill such vacan cies?" The Minister has omitted another very impoitant question, that has engaged much public discussion, as well as earnest thought of planters themselves. That is. whether any means can be devised for putting the thousands of idle laborers, gen erally admitted to be now in the country, at work on the plantations. AN ESSAY ON AFTER-DINNER SPEECHES. Ity .liilUlinmiiH. Wherever the fashion of after dinner speeches had its lise, it lias spiead to the four winds ol earth, until all civilized nations catalogue it among their popular institutions. It is ai hard to escape as clawham mer coats and black hats. Perhaps it is thought more of and is more slavi-hly followed by English-speak-ing people than by any other. Why, to abolish after-dinner speeches from tho llritish Empire and the American Republic would be next to the downfall and utter destruction of those two great na tions would, at least, create "an aching void" which nothing yet dis coveted could possibly (ill. It is not possible where there avo so many Americans and Englishmen as in this kingdom that after-dinner speeches should not be the correct and regular thing. Of course, these people in a foreign laud, where they have everything their own way, aro not going to lag behind the civiliza tion of tiie country of their origin. Have we not telephones, and.elec tritt lights, and tranicnrs? Y03, and we have banquets and feasts, and the indispensable accompaniment, "spouting." Indeed, it is astonish ing, considering the indolence breeding nature of the climate, what vigor and activity the speechilying mania assumes among our people 011 all occasions of association for citing and drinking. Tho toasts calling for responses, usually the world over, such as "The Ladies," "Our host," "The Press," etc., aro thoroughly accli matized in the "Paiadise or the Pa cific," and crop up on all occasions. The Sovcieign, to lie sure, is never forgotten in fact, is ticatcd with a certain kind of consideration not usual in monarchical countries ; for here someone '19 expected to respond for Ills Majesty. This in an Inno vation purely Hawaiian. In John Hull's dominions the only response to the Queen's health is the national anlhcin. Her Majesty is not con sidered a proper subject for after- dinner discussion ; and for the very good reason, that in her public ca pacity her acts and doings aic sim ply those of her constitutional ad visers, by which relation she is re leased from accountability, and her name thcrefbrc held sacred at a ban quet. The toast is introduced as an expression of loyalty, and not as a topic of talk. The same icason for the same custom exists in this king dom. Then why not be induced by it to adopt the same course of pro cedure? Was the innovation consid ered by its author to be an improve ment and gcncially accepted as such? Or, was it made intignor'ancc by someone who didn't know any betcr, and in the same way became the regular custom? Probably the latter. Anvhow, we had better drop it, il only because it makes us ap pear a little ridiculous in the eyes of foreign visitors. Occasionally, and very occasion ally, we hear an after-dinner speech that is really instructive and enter taining, or entertaining without be ing instructive. Hut geiicially speaking these pioductions aic made up of stuff that is simply sickening, and would disturb the stomach of a jackass, unless well tot tilled with strong drink. When men have thor oughly well dined, and filled the in terstices with beer and champagne, so that they arc utterly tight and full to ovcillowing. their heads alone empty, then is the very hour of in spiration, when words of stiange wisdom seem forced out of their un derstanding by the pressure of strong meat and th ink. Their minds disdain the common drudgery of cveiyday-lifc, and soar far aloft into the blue empyrean of bunkum. Men ordinarily sensible and reticent take on a state of involuntary fizz, and effervesce with volubility Irom top to toe. Then comes the fluent gusli of emptiness, the clatter of conventional phrases, the silliest vaiiely of fiddle-faddle, and hogs heads of maudlin compliments ; and eveiybody hammeis the (able, plates, and glasses with knives and folks, and stamps the floor like a maniac. The roll of rhetoric and tiie rush of eloquence may now ami then, at rate intervals, get a chance to take wind liv the inspiration affectum a subject in a peculiar way. The un billed spirit moves him to make a speech. He rises lo his. feel, but only says, "Mr. Chairman and gen tlemen, gentlemen, Mr. Chairman," gets red in the face, stares hard at the lights, and sits down again. If lie is a well-to-do man, or as the vul gar say, "some pumpkins," the company cheer greatly. Never mind if lie said nothing; they know what ho intended to say, and ap plaud his view of the question ; and no man nt the table can deny that the genllenian'ssentimcntsarc unob jectionable, and such as to do honor to his feelings and credit to the occa sion, and so 011. It must bo conlessed that the in tellectual sterility of the talking on these occasions is sometimes in a measure agreeably relieved by a good song acceptably sung. Yet that is a commodity not exactly to he expected. It may conic, or it may not. If it should turn up, all the better. Songs and singing, yes ; they aro plentiful, and always to bo had ; hut seldom of the class com ing under the above description. The power that generates vociferous and empty speechifying is not gen erally prolific of the most musical vocalization. Tho singing is mostly too much of a kind with the talking horribly agonizing, setting scdato people's teeth on edge, and frighten ing till the pigs into convulsions for miles around. Now, all this sort of lliing may be fjxtreinely enjoyable to tho good people of cities. It must lie, or it could not bo so popular. Hut it is not to tho taste of an Arab of the desert, to whom the ways of Ihu Knlllrs arc an abomination ; and he. would ask why some moro profitable way of conducting banqueting occa sions cannot be devised? Why something cannot bo introduced moro interesting and belter calculat ed to improve than Idiotic vocifera tion and the constant repetition of trash? Is it not mote profitable to pick up a litllo rationfd pleasure in a quiet and moderate way, than to imbibe from an ocean of champagne a splitting headache that lasts all the next day? TnE TO. LIF uUip yj? TVIT-W YOEK 5 I AUCTION SALE Is issujng a new form of insurance which provides, in the event of death, for a return of all premiums paid in ad dition to the amount of the policy, or, should the iiisiued survive n given number of yeius, the Company will return oil the premiuuin paid with interest ; or, instead of accepting the policy and pioilts in ens.li the Iciral holder may. WITHOUT MEDICAL EXAMINATION ami WITIIOIT FURTHER PAYMENT OK PREMIUMS, lake In lieu thereof the amount of policy and piollls in FULLY PAH) UP insurance, participating annually in dividends. Remember, this contract i3 Issued by the oldest Life Insurance Company in tho United States, and the Lar gest Financial institution in the World, lis assets exceeding One Hundred and Twenty-Six .Millions of Holiais. tGr For full partlculais call on or address S. 33. .liOSJE, l)ec-'2l-R9 General Agent for the Hawaiian Islands. -Of- Crown Land. Tqq( ItuuuOij 100 15y oriler of the CommfcilonciM of Crown binds, tiie lue.et nf the follow. ing lands for u TERM OF TWENTY YEARS Will be sold at Public Auction, at tlic Ailttlinn llnnim of L J. Levey, Honolulu, On MONDAY, March 24, 1890, XT I O'CLOCK XOOX. 1 I ftlfC'e BAKERY nnr mill MIU UUH rai L 3 Bs3 IVUUANU, S'JFJEl'ISIiyX'. ALWAYS ON HAND AND TO ORDER Fresh Cakes. Pies, Buns, Rusks pj 'j 'j Mill. Iliend, French Giuliani Hi end, Family Hi cud, Hyo lireail, lb end, Twist m Sain Bread && Iliead, J Doughnuts, Picnic Rolls, Soda Ciaeker.", Holler Ciackcr. Huston ('rnehent, Water Crackers, Graham Ornckoii", Shoolly Ci acker., Si Cnflce ' And will be Tim, Chocolate & I UUU1U1UUJ UiUUJ. MUUIUj DELIVERED FREE of CHARGE lo any pail of the oily Gates, BIB, Hie. 3 The FMiimml known n I'.'iilmla, -liimtu at WnlUule. Dltiiet ofEwa, Oahu. logi-lher with a Ptilp of Inml Lid fed wide hoi del hi" along :dd I'i-dipoud; Miliji'i-t lo right of way gr.mtcd Oiiliu Railway t; Laud Co. A I ea 2!l neroi. lriv(t price I.') per minimi. ti. All of tin1 1'iila l.mil adjoining I lie above PMipoiid ami miming up lo Ihi1 Ciovui'iiliR'iil Road to Valnn:ic, containing -lit neie. I'psot SI 00 per minimi. iS. Tim land known as Malciwal, m liiMte at Kooliiupolio, Oaliu. eM-ept-ing die lire lauils ami a mall peti tion of the ICul. i. (iooil ipalujj laud and well wnlcicil. Aiea l'JJ'2 nrii's more or lo". L'p'-tl J'.'.'ill per minimi. J. Tilt! Almpii.in of llonokawai. in Kaunnpa'i, Maul, except the Taio lands mid f lot-, of Kula laud liy -uivey'JO I2-1P0. Principally gra h g liiuil, and comprises an area of .1.'J!!0 acres mine or les. Pp-et ."..'Oil per milium. n. The Almpiiii.i of Walilkuli or Mala, -iliiale in t.alialiin, .Maul. Craiiig l.iud. Aie:i:Vn7 aere. Ppel -V-'OO per annum. The Lea.e of the land-. Ilonoknwai and Walilkuli will lie sold subject to .1. i;plnda'. leases which explm .(miliary 1, ISlii!, and Febuiarv 1, 1M.1, lospce tlvelv. It is leipilied Unit paities pur chasing the lease of the Mild lands will, not later than l'- n oaths after the ex I lratiiiu of the present leases, lemovu all cattle, goats and animals tioin the w mills, and during die remainder of the new leuo keep the finest flee of a 1 tattle and milnial- of all kinds. ESrMnp-s of all the above lands may be seen and paiticiil.irs obtained upon application lo the Agent of tiown Lands. Altlolaul Hale. (TRTIS P. IAl'KKV. Agent of Crown Lauds. 12iiflt-S()l lw Auction Sales by Jamss F. Korgan. nir.dL, Milk, Soused Pig'. ol FAHK: Feet, Cold Hani, Spiced Tongue, Spiced Reef, Salads, Etc, FINE HAVANA, MANILLA AMERICAN CIGARS ! A l.AI'.OK ASSOItT.Mi:XT OP IMjXi & CijyarotU' Tobacco, Pipeft, Cigar & Cigarette Holders, Cold Drinks, Etc. iffiT Oneii I'ii in 'A '.) A. m. iinlil 11:110 l. M. Snliiiilnv niirlit. imen nil nitdil. Hell Ti'lenbone 82. C" I ---- -. , or I O -1 . Mutual Telephone " . Tost () co o ITH lT-T"T7VT"f i-.T ft-? -,r"rz&nmjmmejuavjwxxs:Mjmzzii.wm nawwawwi IS7 lni B. r.L JLJAJULfttSY, .Ijinsngoi. TAHITI MANUFAOTUKEKS OF LEMONADE, esMi-: rum . hum, n Solo Proprietors of BAILEY'S SARSAPARILLA & IRON WATIR, Giiiioi' Mb, Hop Mb, Grniiilin, RaspBerryade, Sarsanaril, Mineral Waters, Etc. l2r 389 1m IgLEPHONE 297. O All comimmiontloiiB and orders should bo addressed to BENSON, SMITH & CO., Agents. i. i if.egiaeMEyiiajii.uu'ijjAumiLi h-jmimbi'hjm'emou.'wj 1311' OUT A NT Credit Me Sale ! Vy oriler ol JIcdhT. II PAVIKl & CO., I will liultl nn inipoiiiiiit Credit Sale of Staple Goods nt my Balesio un, C'lecn stioi-i, on "Wednesday and Tiniraday. M till 211 h :iiid'i7tli, Coii.ineiieiiig at 111 o'clock c.k li day. Tlic nwirtineiil tmbiaees a lame line of tuple (iontls jiifI leeelwtl mid cpcf! ally FOleeted tin this market, as lullinw DRY -:- GOODS ! M Tinoi, Drerfi (J odt. While mill lljottii C'oUouh, Dji imi I'linf, etc, liv, ec., Tall line of 'I'AILOIS' GOO ow: rants and Suits L'injj li, GROCERIES -:- HARDWARE ! comprising Kol'li"-, Smre l'.w, (5 ilvan'.i-il It IRM Gale City Stone Filter ! gs?fe J ihs nnd liuekotR, ele., t'l-es. of Soipj u vciy Kito lull lino of !IirtHll Vi'rK KrBSSMHia KW 'WiiJHBI .' ) ' riiirJCjM HUB LINE of DRESS GOODS ! Mew Styles of Wash Material JUST OPENED AT Chas. J. FDSHEL'S, Milliociy it DresFninl;iiig Establishment, Corner Fort it Hotel sIb. Mini! SIocK of INDIA GHALLIES at 10 fits for $1 soAN croirar --fl6 Ls' Tlicce 1'lllcis are eisllv cleansed, and NRVKK beeome (MtACKKD or UKA.ED by'ehantiO of !"inpeiatiiie of 'J ImTIltei iiii; Mrdiiiiii is a N'ATl'KAL 3-TOXi:, iniiiiil from llioenilb. It Is 'luillki! any other stone. Ti, Docs Not. Absorb and Jleconie 1'oul I IMPURITIES never PLXLTRATE it. but lie on the Mitfne and Internally ilm Mono i cumins as nuts and wjiito after years of 110 a when t.iken fioin lhf it'll in'. HAVE JUST RECEIVED Ex AUSTRALIA A. Choice Line of Dry & Fancy Goods,' INRI.UniNtl I vll tJlovt-H from n lo UO IIutloiiM. Hosiery, Salines, Scotch Ginghams, latest patterns; Wooleu Dress Goods, ALSO, A CHOICE LOT OF Boys', Youths' & Children's Clothing, Trunks, Bags & Valises. OUOOH 12 TT2, "Y .lu?l opened, comp is'u; All sd'cs of Xnpplo3 and IJjwIi1, Piteliorfl and Hisinc, (.' ps unit SiiieciR, 1'lutiH, itc, eie. Special attention Iseallel lo tli'h Bile of new and Stuple Uoucu. TI-JISMte laiSKIt.Vli. H..' J AS. F. MOIiGAX, Aueiloncur. CAiMKIJA FOK SAL15 Tin-finte Clly Mone Miter is a per fect Microi.. It K llin only real tiller I liao ever wen. I would nut bo without out) foi anv eoii'-ldeialion. II converts our lake water Into the best drbiKlnj; water In the woild. IIi:.nuv.M.1aman,M.T., i'i.i!t Wi'ht Adaiiis St , ClileiiL'o. "TEMPL -OU1- FASHION" COllSER HOTEL & TOUT STREETS. n S10 Ctmcia willi At Dirlo lt'ii, thrfc pliiK'linldurs and tripod, will tell elui.ip. Willi) "11. U. V. J-," llamllion llmue. .'()!) !it CST For Sale by HAWAIIAN HARDWARE Co., Op od'e fprwkuls t Co.'s Haul;, 1 II if Fort street, Honolulu. 500 GALLON A WANTED WOMAN Servant ei Servunt Old to partly atleml to 2 ehildien, and do Iinlil lioutiowcrU. tor n gentlenmn h fatally on Iuiuai. No heiubliiuj.', lamp eleaninij to licilono; olhfrtorviintukcpt. Applv lo .1. E. llltOWX it CO., non tl Merclnnittrecl. HE WEEKLY BULLETIN JL yd coluninH, iiirely local mattoi Mailed to rnrclgu eountrles, $5 pur ttlllllllll. i iWaterTanks! ? Creat Reduction Sale MANY LINER OF AFTER TAKING STOCK I HAVE REDUCED GOODS. .JUST RECEIVED! -ion saw: nv Tin: UNION FEED 478 lm CO. NSE BARGAINS ARE OFFERED OF THE FOLLOWING GOODS rjrill letorwary 15tl, Only. 124 pair of Undressed Kid Gloves ! (1 and 8 Huttons in perfect order at -lil a pair Great Daigainc. All my DUESS GINGHAMS about 110 pieces to select from aro ou'ered at Uoat Trice. A hiuall lino of Scotch Ginghams at a Great Reduction ! HEAD THIS A largo assortment of HEAD THIS WHITE IXOJEfeSS GOODS, Such as PiqueR, Embroidered Swinpcs, India Linon, l'lain Swjpc, Nainpook and ninny otbor lines of Wliito Goods. I will coll at melt a piico tliat overybody will buy them. gjO" Homember, February 15tli will closo tbla Salo, -O' ! -ml i,v Feb 1-00 S. EHRLICH, Corner Hold & Fort Hhfto(. -:;jife',.' MjiU-lo'1 Ai iUk