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fsm $ t ". ,,t,r,!,Wll HVMNtNCl HUMiHTlN, AUOUBT I), 181)!, I I ; - I i .. I" 5 Eusplf Bulletin Willi ulilcli I liMoriMii'iilcit Ihr 'Illi1ririnlrllt." DANIEL LOGAN, Editor. KUIDAY, - AUG. 1), 1805. IT IS A SCHEME, Elsowhcro uppoutH a compro hoiiBivo ubfltrnot of Colonel Spal ding's cablo proposals, wliioli wrro hcraldod as "tlio first prac tical Bohemo" proscntcd to tlio GoTcrnmont. Tlio Govornmont had bolter wait for n second, or avon a tonth "prnctical" Hohcmo beforo closing with this ono. it is without doubt tlio moat pro postorous of nny proposition Hint has ovor boon proposed, in tlio nature of public works, to any Government of tlieso islands. There is not n pruatical proposi tion in it, excopting conditions favoring tho acquisition of frosh wealth to tho promotor from fran chise jobbing. He has obtained praotical information, indeed, for which he will charge nothing. It has probably cost him little or nothing beyond cur faro from his hotel in London to tho oflico of tho greatest cable construction company in tho world. Colonel Spalding does not, oven according to his own showing, roDrosent any company in exist ence which is prepared to con struct and oporato tho cable. Ho merely says he has made condi tional arrangements for getting the money, and hints that tho monoy is to bo had in England. At tho sumo time ho intends to organize a company in tho United States to "control" tho cablo between San Francisco and 'Ho nolulu, and a o inpany in Hono lulu to "control" tho inter-island cable. How can these companies oxoroiso control unless thoy fur nish the money thomsolvos ? Then tho financial arrangements are conditional at best. And condi tional upon what? Anybody could lay a cablo if ho woro to ro coivo a gift of the Pacific Ocoan, with all that floats on its surfaco and swims in its depths, and a Jones lockod wiro fonco niouud tho whole pond. Colonel Spald ing wants $50,000, tho interest at five peroont on ono-quurter of the whole cost of tho cables and tho wording capital added. That from this littlo country and an exclusive privilege of landing cables horo for twenty years bo idos. Then ho is going to got all ho can from tho Unitod States in addition, but, although littlo Hawaii is to make infinitely tho greater sacrifices for tho enter prise, in proportion to populution and interests in tho cable, sho is not offered evon a consulting voice in the negotiations for ratos of ttufBo. If tho United States con tributed a subsidy proportioned to populution with that asked Irom Hawaii, sho would pay not far from forty million dollars a year to tho project. This oalou' lulion will staud all allowances and thon reduce Coloael Spald ing's proposition to au absurdity. It may bo admitted that tho United States may bo more in diiforeut to communication with Hawaii, than Hawaii can be to communication with that groat country. Yet tho Unitod States, exorcising as sho does a control over theso islands, has a greater than a mero oommoroial interest in tho proposod oablo. Sho possesses an additional in terest of no small inomont in tho cable from tho fact that sho is rapidly assuming tho position of a firutrato naval power. In view of these considerations tho United yiitUn choilhl at lim'sl ho propuCti! lo pny a Hithftiily ot 41 76,000 n yt'itr lo Hit nylMn. This would lemvo $2I5,000 to bo oniihibulod by Hawaii, both subsidies amount ing to live porcont interest on all the capital required. Colonol Hp.tldlug'n scheme in stamped with immaturity ami un pruoticalnoss on its face, In that it is Hubmitlod without ono inU of intelligence as to what tlio United States in likely to do in tho mat ter. His request for n twouty years' cxcluslvo privilego for land ing cablos on thosn islands is tho most untenable proposition of all. it ought not to bo entertained for ono moment. With tho develop ment of the Oriont and tho ex pansion of Australasian com raorco, it is probablo that half a dozon cablos will be demanded to issuo from tho North American Coast, across tho Pacific in differ ent directions, long beforo Colonol Spalding's monopoly would oxpiro. Tlioso cablos would requiro way stations in this group, which would givo tho islands all tho benefit of competition. Bottor do without a oablo than pay this part of tho price askod by Colonol Spalding. His companies will have ndvuntago enough, and time to got solidly established in a lucrative business, by being tho first in oporation. Evon the sub sidy, whatever it might be, should not bo grantod for so long a term. It should bo conditioned to coaso when tho cables becomo self-sustaining, as thoy doubtless would in a few years. This Government will hardly have to expond tho nearly a thousand dollars a woek for its own messages which Col onol Spalding allows it in return for nn equal subsidy. Tho ex clusive privilego would seem to be scarcoly in tho intorost of the cable companies thomsolves. It might shut out a oablo from tho Australasian Colonios which would increaso thoir own busi ness in a manifold degree nt a bound. Space at this timo will not per mit further roview of tho extraor dinary propositions of Colonel Spalding. But, in case the Gov ernment ond Legislature are dis posed to be procipitate, one moro objection must bo stuted, and it is not tho least one. The eighteen months' option for concluding tho contract, and tho three years' option for completing tho cable, involve tho indefinite postponomont of cable com munication botwoon Hawaii and tho outsido world. Lot Colonol Spalding bring his "conditional" backers into competition with tho whole world of capital, under the new Cablo Aot, unless the country is to bo stigmatized as a republic of fools. Protectionists of Now South Wulos are using as an argument against free trade the liability of a dolugo of cheap goods from Japan by the steamers tho Japan ese Govornment is about to sub sidize for the Australian trado. Labor loaders aro crying out in alarm at tho prospoot of hordes of Japaneso laborers coming by tho samo steamers. L. B. Kerr will receive by tho Australia a new lim of Scotch ginghams, whito and croam orepons and whito cotton duck for ladies' and children's dresses. Tliat Tlrd Feeling Is n dangerous condition directly duo to depleted or impure blood. It should not bo ullowod to continue, as in its debility the system is especially liable to serious attacks of illness. Hood's Sarsaparilla is the roinedy for suoh a condition, und also (or that weakness which prevails at the change ot season, climate or life. fully prepared from tho best iugredlouts 25o. 03-ti pmely Jopie5 Most people make their wills before they die, and some of them ate great curiosities in their way. Among the many curious fegc-ies made lately is that of a Christiana man who directs that his whole fortune shall be expended in bicycles. A Norwegian newspaper which does not give itsell up to the comic element relates that a Dutch lawyer, named Nikolson, bequeathed the whole of his property to trustees, to be em ployed m the purchase of bicy cles for the use of children at tending school, while part of the money is to go towards paying the teacher to train the boys in bicycle riding. The validity of the will has been disputed by the sons of the testator, who refuse to ac knowledge it, so that it is still a question of doubt whether the children will reap the benefit of the strange bequest. That the testator was sincere enough, and that he recognized in the wheel untold blessings which might have escaped the ob servation of minds of less acumen, the concluding portion of the will should go to prove. It says :- I have always found a bi cycle capital protection against the importunity of those people who persist in stopping you in your walk to spin a long varn in the hot sun or in the biting east wind. Ay machine, unlike a horse, nevershied once; and in my drives I have had no need to intrust life and limb to the tender mercies of a coachman." Now that lawyer had good hard, solid sense and plenty of it, in fact, a good deal more of it than most lawyers are credit ed with, and yet not more than many boys and girls in Hono lulu have, for are there not many of the latter who are spending their whole fortunes in purchasing a bicycle and thev are wise in spending their money on something that will give them their money's worth every time. The bicycle of the Khedive of Egypt is a gorgeous ma chine, almost entirely covered with silver plating but if anyone wants a duplicate of it we can furnish it, or if something "English you know" is wanted we can supply similiar ma chines to those used by the Prince of Wales' boys and girls, all of whom are expert riders. But for common every day people like those who reside in Paradise, we mean the Hawaii an Paradise, the Monarch is the machine to buy. It gives you better value for the money than any other make, and we can furnish it in any style and price. We have received by the Australia the largest con signment of wheels ever brought to the islands, and also a complete line of extra fittings. If any portion of a Monarch wheel gets broken or out of order we can replace it at a moment's notice at factory prices. Mr. T. V. King, who arrived by the same steamer, will have charge of the mechanical depart ment of our bicycle business. His large experience in that line enables us to guarantee satisfac tion in all work entrusted to him. The Hawaiian Hardware Go. Ltd. Oppoolt Hproelcels Slock, OO XTOSKV tBTSXIOBTJC. TO rtffWB- WAiANAE. SATURDAYS .... .... SUNDAYS. Train will leave Honolulu nt HilSa.m , mid 1:4ft p.m. lleturnlm? will arrive in Honolulu Mii.'ii n.i p.m. und A:.V p.m. ROUND TRIP TICKETS: 1st Class $1 75 2nd Class 1 25 F. C. Smith, Gon'l rasa, and Ticket Agent. 58-tf E. B. THOMAS, CONTit ACTOR AND BUILDER ""Estimates given on nil kinds of Stono, J3rick and Wood work. King Btroet. 47-tf $5.00 Per Week. THREE OR FOUR PEOPLE CAN BE accommodated with excellent board In a private rurally; apply at 84 Bcrctnnla trcct. C'J-tt O. R. & L. Co. BONDS. PEOPLE HAVING O. R. & L. Co. BONDS. JT or shares lor snlo will please address "CONFIDENTIAL" uu-ai I'. O. Box. 308. Notice. All those who hnvo tho privilege of a lot in tho R . Cntholic graveyard arc kindly invited to bo present at said oraveyard next Tuesday, Aug. 13th, at 10 o'clock A.M. C7-lw F. VALENTIN. To Let. HOUSE of ton rooms, bath, eta, situated on Punchbowl street, between Falaco Walk and Boretania street; also cottage in same blook. Dn. J. S. McGREW, 08-0t Fort street. Notice. ON ACCOUNT OF DEPAUTUItE, N S Sachs requests all outstanding accounts duo to be paid boloro August 15th. AU no count due ami not piiil beforo that time will handed for collection. N. S. SACHS. 03-lw August 6, 1895. Money to Loan. THE UNDERSIGNED 18 MtEPABED to loan money in sums of ono thousand to flvo thousand dollars, on approved secur ity at a reasonable rata of interest. J. O. GARTER, Campbell's Block, 203 Merohant Btroet. M'lw Honolulu. August 1, 1805. Notice. DUniNG MY ABSENCE ON KAUAI during the next two months all orders for milk or wood from Walanae Ranch will have the careful attention or Mr. Sculelsser who will beat the ranch oillco to receive telephone messages from 0:80 to 8 p. m. All orders for cither milk or wood will be promptly filled. D. P. R. ISENBERG. C9-2w BORROWERS. WHEN you placo a mortgage on your homestead you want to see some wny of paying off that inortgago and clearing your Sroperty. Monthly payments in tho 1 B. ;L. Assu. not only pay your intorost but also pay off your mortgage. Oflico Hours: J :8 . m. Chambor of Commerce Booms, A. V. GEAR, C3-tf Secretary, ESTABLISHED IN 1858. BISHOP & COMPANY, -I HAN'KEUS, I- Honolalu, Hawaiian Islands. Transact a general Banking and Ex chanfjo Business. Loans mado on approved soennty. Bdis disciuntod, Commercial oredlts grantod. Deposits received on cur rent account Bubjoct to oheok. letters of credit issued on tho prinoipal cities of the world. Agents of Tho Liverpool, London ond Qlobo Insurance Company. 05-lm Money to Invest. $20,000 Trust funds to inrest in bonds or stock of the OAHU RAILWAY AND LAND CO., bonds preferred. Purtios mean ing businoss uddroos, giving low ost cash prioe, J. W., Bulletin Office. G9-3t ?nflrT aPffw fj X w NOTICE. All miWHptioimfor tlio Jndii Hivnu.vr Mill bPoniWml out faith fully by Ihu atnalmiiiiatcd pnpor, TIioho who hnvo paid for both piipois in advance will bo c milt ed in full according (o tho amount. 1). Ii. Finney, buslnofiH Munnor, ' If. l en r I Stf Ifl Pi MiS H CD Si C2 0 CD r-H a CD i-H CD r-H O o c3 THE LARGEST WAGON ? IN TOWN! t I am now prepared to Move Faroitmo in bottor enapo than any other expze a concorn in tho city, as I furro a WAirGliI largo enough to inovo a whole hoasofqU ot Furniture at ono load. I havo tho latest PIANO MOVING APPARATUS and guarantee to movo Pianos without soratehing, to nny part ot tho city for 82.fO. I am a rustler and w don t care who known it; om always to bo found at my Stand, Cor, Nuuanu & King Stroots, Telophono 'JA5. 4 fUtSTl movo my Furnituro SO FAST that it makes my competitors SWEAT to evon look at mo. Yours (or Business only, WILLIAM LAESEN. a 1' iiMwiraiw - '"i" afaav. vimuiitomwmi wmM'uy r -'n uti 4m