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Vol. III. No. 583.
HONOLULU, H. I., TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1897.
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indigestion
Loss of Strength
And Appetite.
The testimony of Mr. B.
Dennis, Adolaido, South Aus
tralia, who was cured by Ayer's
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many thousands of others. Ho
writes:
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received Irom using your wonderful
blood-purlflcr. 1 was a stufcrer for
years from indigestion, loss of
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parillo. I followed his advice, tliough
feoling discouraged at the fruitless
results ot other treatment, and I am
thankful to state that a few bottles
completely cured mc."
Tho medicine that has curod
others will cure you.
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BKr.uipatlUu-.1 prominent on tU KhCMT
u& kUwn In tha tiN ol each bottla.
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Bolo Agents for the Republic of Hawaii.
Just Received
AX INVOICE OP
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Tailor Goods
INCLUDINa
Suitings, Trouserings, Kam
gams, Serges, jining, Etc.
ALSO
White Linen and Cotton
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By the Yard or by the Piece.
p. tf . $c5mid onj!
Von Holt Block, King Street.
4li Fort Btreot.
Jeweler and "Watdimaei?
af" Having bought out the entire
took of J. E. Gomes I am prepared
to furnish First-class Jewelry at rea
sonable prlocB.
WatcliMlsg a&i Repairing a Specialty,
Ifir Native Work cf all kinds. Also
Wire OrnaineuU.
. FRANCIS DUNN,
; Arcititocf and Superintendent
Kfc. Office: 300 Fort stroot,
SnreoUols' Block, Room 5,
MOVING THE YEAR'S CROP
AIIOIIT sr.VI'.NTY THO UNA ND TOXN
foil m:v York.
CIiiOii Mint lhl flu llciirllln hy Hlilp-
mt'iilM Itotmd llir lliiru Abuul
Hie Trim.
In conversation with a goutlo
man who hns much to do with the
handling of sugar, a Bulletin
reporter was informod that the
total shipments to Now York this
season will probably exceed 70,
000 tons. Including that already
shipped and that ongagod for tho
big sailing vessols now in port
about 10,000 tons may bo said to
bo alroady on tho way. Ten other
big vessels will bo roquired, of
which tbo Honry Villard, Susquo
hanna and four others aro already
known to be on tho way horo.
Speaking of tho shipraont of
sugnr to Now York, the same gon
tleinan said ho thought Honolulu
benefited by it, becauso of tho
largo amount of money paid out
here in tho sbapo of wages to
natives. Said he:
"Coutnwt the money puid out
in tho handling sugar on Coast
vessels with that on vessels
for Now York and you will
see what I mean. Tho work
of loading tho San Francisco
fleet, with the exception of
tho Spreckols' steamers, is dono
almost entirely by men
in tho employ of the inter-island
steamers and tho crows of the ves
sels. Shoro hands gets little or
none of tho work. On tho other
baud, with the Now York fleet tho
shore hands got all tho work,
oven to stowing the sugar away in
the bo!ds of tboveasel8. Have
you any Idea wLiit this moans to
Honolnlu merchants? Lot mo
toll you that during tho sugar sea
son Win. G. Irwin's, pay roll for
native labor alono omployed in
handling sugar is not less than
S5000 por month. Yestorday thoy
had 1G0 mon at work and today
nearly as many, and last week
thoy had as many as 350. Of
course this work is not steady but
it is a class of work that just suits
native laborors, who aro willing
to work hard for a fow dayB and
then lay off for a day or two or
oven a week. The wages are good
for tho times and there aro plenty
of chances to make ovoitimo, and
night work at extra pay is not in
froquont. If it woro not for Wm.
G. Irwin & Co. and the Honolulu
Iron Works I don't know what
the natives would do for employ
ment, uud if it woiii not fui tLe
imtivo laborors I don't know what
either of those iirms would do.
No other class of laborors can
handlo sugar like tho natives. I
have seen it tried with all nation
alities and they have all failed ox
copt tho natives. Handling sugar
is as easy to Hawaiians ns hand
ling cotton is to tho colored
labdiois along the nhurvos of
Now Orleans. It comos natural
to them, but with other races it is
diiforont. Try a gang of fifty
Portuguoso, for instance, you
won't find half a dozon of them
that will stand up to tho work,aud
thoy aro not as easily handled ub
tho natives.
"And that brings up another
question. Nativo labor is gotting
scarce. This may seem a strange
assertion to mako but it is tr.uo,
nevertheless. Evou now there is
difficulty iu gotting an extra lot of
mon to work on tho wharvea,
whereas only a year or two ngo
ono could pick them up by tho
hundred aB wantod. Somo of the
best of tho mon formerly relied
on for dock work bavo found
steady omploymont ut the Hono
lulu Iron Works, probably fifty
of thorn, but that doou not account
for tho scarcity. It is ti mystery
to mo whore they have gone, If
this Kcnrcity of labor continued at
tho prosont rato tha sugar mon
will havo to look for somo other
moans to handle tlioir enrgooa
tliaii by nativo labor."
iu luBpoUBO to a question tin.
Bulletin's informant said furth
er: "Tho Boanoko will not
coino horo this soason. She
has gnno to Hongkong with a big
curgo of kerosene. The shapo of
hor hold is peculiarly adaptod for
carrying oil and sho can stow I
away more cases than any vessel '
afloat. That is tho reasou sho '
doos not come hero for sugar. Do i
vou remember that nnwnnannr I
yarn about the Sugar Trust losing j
$oU,UUU on that vessels cargo last
year. Of course it was not true.
The cargo waa damaged just$1014
and the underwriters paid it
cheerfully, stating that it was.'
occasioned solely by tho vicis
situdes of tho voyage and not
from bad stowing of the cargo.
That yarn is on a par with an
other that is going the rounds now
to tho offect that the Sugar Trust
lost $3,000,000 last year on Bhip
niontB to Now York on tho drop
in tho price of sugar and loss of
polarization. They lost $700,000,
no more and no loss, and as they
cleared $2,000,000 tho year boforo
they are still $1,300,000 ahead on
shipping sugar to Now York. A
good deal of thia talk about loss
of polarization is rot. There is
an allowaueo of 3 per oont made
for it always and it seldom exceeds
that."
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That I the Ponlllon or People Mini
TriMted lUtvklnt.
0. H. Hawkins, paintor, lit out
of tho country in the Maripoda
on Saturday. It is believed that
ho had borrowed a lot of monoy
around town shortly to prior de
parture. This ia rather surprising,
too, for Hawkins was vory gen
crally rcgaidud as an adventurer
of a slippery typo. Ho failed
somo time ago in a secondhand
store at King and Alakea streets,
and thoso who had advanced him
money woro total IptfaH. After
that failure Hawking applied his
wits to gaining ad oaey living
without a profuBO flow o tho'
sweat of his brow. Ho had ovon
while in business been reputed to
be in the secret service. Now ho
drovo about town a good deal in a
brako, and it was said he was
recruiting patients for tho Hagoy
Institute. From early in his
Honolulu career, that covered tho
past fow years, Hawkins had boon
an exploiter of roligious circles.
When ho loBt casto recently and
waa relieved of a Bible tlass in
Contral Union church, ho succes
sively tried tho Mothodiat
and Christian churches in
which to shino as an exhorter.
Theso societioB did not
accept Hawkins at his own
spiritual valuation, however, and
ho went out sorrowful into tho
icfoj world, ip gui uilib uib
counleJ for raising tho whoro
withal to go away tind dovelop
fresh fields and pastures now. A
son of Hawkins who was a driver
for Poppleton's Homo Bakery ac
companied him in his flitting. This
is the reason that customers of
that concern got bread on Sunday
that should have been dolivered
on oftliuday It viu common
talk that tho "kid" had got away
with a snug sum of collections
and sales mado on the wagon tho
day ho loft. Mr. Poppidton, how
ovor, claims to bo tho wiunor by a
small amount, as he hnd taken tho
precaution of keeping back a por
tion of tho boy's wagoa from month
to Inonth. Thoro aro probably many
besidea direct lenders who will
Bigh whon they think of tho senior
Hawkins.
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The Temple of Fashion was
crowded yestorday tho untiro day,
the attraction boing tho oponiug
day of tho ribbon and laco sale.
Thcs prices woro quoted so low
25 per cent bolow adtual coat
that evory one who ontorod mado a
Curchase. Still "after tho dorks
ad sold ovor 5000 yards you
would hardly roalizo'that tho stock
had boon touched. Mr. Silra has
a Htook of 50,000 yards and your
chance of Bocuring just what you
want will bo juat bh good tomor
row or noxt wouk as it was yos
t' rtlny.
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GET A LARGE SUBSIDY
aiiK toio ran HABimmui
l.l.NC AH THI HVr.X VANAI.
Alnerloaa or riillili Slrnm.lilp
ronipsHy Cm Compete Willi
Am4M Mew Llnr.
Tho thieo.new G000-ton steam
ers which' Mr. Aeano, presidont of
the Toyo lisoo KabuBhiki steam
ship company, recently contract'
od for ia IJBgland will be of about
tho siao and cpoity of the China,
bo handepaely fitted and will
have a speed of seventeen knots.
The sorvioo will bo well calculated
to invito patronage.
Tho line -will hove other advan
tages, however, on which its suc
cess will be mainly calculated, ac
cording to a late Call.
"No American orEnglieb steam
ship company can keep to tho
ocean in competition with it," is
what Captain W. L. Merry, secre
tary of the Chamber of Commerce,
said recently about it.
That liberal subsidy offered by
tho Japanese Government for the
foatoring of Japan'd maritime
greatness is the chief thing to
look at. Captain Merry has well
informod himself about tho Jap
auoso Bubeidy law, and ho recent
ly compilod a statomont which
Senator White used on tho floor
of Congress. Mr. Merry has cal
culated the subsidy which the now
lino will receive as follows:
On each' 5000-ton foreign-built
steamer with an average spoed of
fifteen knots, thore will be a ton
nage payment of $1250 per 1000
mites. The round trip between
Yokohama aad San Francisco ia
about 9Q0O miles, giving a tonnage
premium per kip of $11,250. An
extra premium of 10 per cent on
each 500 tonr. over 1000 tons
yiolds $9000. A speed premium
of 20 per cent additional for eaoh
knot over 10 knots adds $11,250,
making $31,500. An ambiguous
passage in the law soema to allow
an additional speed premium,
which would make the total sub
sidy per trip $40,500. At eight
round trips per year the annual
subsidy would bo $324,000.
This subsidy 'appears to bo
smaller than will bo earned by
tho lino, as the steamers aro an
nounced to have more tonnage
and speed than Captain Merry
has assumed. Thia advantago is
Bomething for ocean carriers of
other flags than that of the rising
buu to gravely consider. Tho
Japanese line will have a further
advantages of cheaper wages and
cheaper supplies.
Tho Toyo Risen Kabuahiki is
greedily Watching the Suez busi
ness between New York, Europe
and the Orient, and that is one of
its fields of conquest. Tho silks
and the teas which are diverted
irom the Suez route thitherward
will give that much more to the
through commorco of this port.
In this carrying trade tho South
ern Pacific, with its Sunset route,
and tho Morgan lino of steamahipa
from Now .Orloans to Now York
can offer a more advantageous
connection than can its rivals.
"Mr. Asano has had two con
foronces with President Craig and
myeolf," saya Captain Merry, "but
all wo know is that San Francisco
will bo the terminus of tho new
lino and that he will bo ready for
operation in about a year. Wo
havo told Mr. Asano that tho
Chamber of Commorce would do
all it could to secure the company
proper wharf facilities, and no
other aid has boon aaked of us.
Tho operation of this new lino
must add to tho maritime com
merce of this port by its ability to
bring mors business this way. It
will undoubtedly tend to establish
closer commercial relations be
tween SanFraaoisco and Japan
and steadily incroaao our busi
ness thore."
Niooly furniahod rooms at tho
Popular Hoiibo, 151 Fort Htrnot,
from .fl.OO por week up,
MODEL GIRLS SEMINARY
WHERE Tilt: CUP1LN ABK TltAINKO
JIN MISD AND nilllV.
Avoomit nl a VInH In Kntueliniiirlia
hool 'for ;irl Foiinilrd by
!tr. lUahiip.
(Written for the Btiuxri.vt
We Jiavo many public institu
tions' among ub, and wherf.tourists
and distinguished porsons come
to visit the Paradise of the-Pacific
they aro generally shown ono or
more of them with a sort of half
oxprcssed pride that in this out of
tho way corner of tho globo-thoy
should be bo good of their kind,
considering tho deficient oppor
tunities and resources thoy rcpro
sont Tho visitors usually expreBS
their appreciation of this by Bay
ing: "Very good indeed almost
aB good aa I havo seon in such
and such a place," varying this
occasionally by tho remark
"Quite characteristic,"or in lieu of
that commendation affecting to be
charmed by tho scenery, or tho
hoalthfulness of the surrounding
couditioub. Quito oflon this is as
great commendation as the insti
tutions in question really deserve.
Thore is ouo local institution, how
ever, which docs not stand iu this
category. In fact it is unique in
this respoct, for it may challenge
comparison with anything of its
own class abroad and not fear to
suffer an all-round defoat. I refer
to the Kameliaineha School for
Girls. Founded undor tho
Erovisiona of the will of tho
onored and lamented Mrs.
Bishop, it aims to provido a home
training as well as' literary and
manual education for about sixty
girla of Hawaiian birth and
parentage. Very little ia heard
publicly of what it does on theso
linos. Whethor it is that the pub
lic is only attracted by outside
show or only deigns to interest
itself in self-advertising teachers
who promulgate their .adherence
to some revamped fad of bygone
days which they havo heard of for
tho first timo, and therefore imag
ine thomsolves glorified by dis
covering and displaying to an all
admiring but equally uninformed
public of would-bo culture I am
not aware. Suffice it to Bay that
apparently little attention has
been given to this most excellent
institution and it has caused al
most no discussion. It was thero
foro with no practical idea of what
I should see that I decided on
visiting the school last Wednes
day. If I had any thought on tho
subject at all it was that I Bliould
probably bo shown tho samo little
exhibitions that I have seen in so
many of our Hawaiian institutions
for teaching childron; somo nat
urally smart pupilor pupils would
bo asked to do something, or sing
something, or exhibit somo handi
work or results of manual or mus
cular dexterity, or acquired facul
ty of exciting the risible nerves of
tho visitor. And then tho dazzled
visitor would bo oxpoctod to say
"How charming! " and to go away
bolioving and repeating that tho
whole school was about equally
export in displaying theso accom
plishments, and that theroforo
their real education was boing
thoroughly attondod to, and kopt
up to if not far beyond tho
mark set in other lands. Nothing
of tho kind occurred however. In
this rospoot I must say tho visit
waa a uniquo ono in my experi
ence hero. On arriving at tho
Eorch of tho building which haa
oon formorly described in your
columns I inquired for the princi
pal, Misa Popo. Sho waa engaged
in tenoning olemontary Greek
Hiatory to a senior class.
I was, howovor, uahorcd into
tho room and asked to bo Boatod.
Tho hardly interrupted Iobbou
wont on and I received my first
shook. Horo wero girla actually
Hawaiian girlB conversing in
ladyliko English with tlioir toaoh
or and, moro astonishing, actually
talking sonsn ami reasoning not
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repeating words and sontoncos
like poll parrots. No effort was
mado to show off anybody or any
thing. No astonishing foata of
memory or elocutionary display.
NotDing but plain question and
answer, and tho answer not always
ready, and not always tho right
ono, or tho one expected. I
thought,howovor,thatthiB woh pro
bably not the show clasB and that
whon 1 got farther down tho cur
riculum I should see the old fam
iliar impostures trotted out for
my special dolectation. So the
lesson over I prepared mysolf as
a lamb for the slaughter, and
uide ready to enact tho part of
victim. Being offered my choice
of classes to listen to I chodo a -junior
reading lesson and said I
would spend ten minutes or bo
with it and then go to see somo
othor classos, expecting thus to
evade as much of tho usual circus
as possible. 1 was taken to the
clasa room and thoro left for my
ten minutes of purgatory as I ox
pec ted. I may aa woll Bay that
whon tho principal came on timo '
to tako mo to tho othor olaBS I had '
chosen I rofused to go. I was too
interested in tho lesson, tho class
and tho teacher. Horo was a
teacheractually touching her class
in reading to reason and to think
for themselves, and enjoying it,
and tho girls wore doing the same.
Not a trace of forwardness, mock
ahyncsp, or practised ptafjinossto
bo Been or hoard. No apocial
preparation to show to visitors.
Only plain, honest, earnest work
by a live teacher and an interest
ed class. Plenty of mistakes, be
cause both teachor and class woro
human, but the wholo thing was
genuine and natural and,
more, it was good not merely
good enough for the Hawaiian
Islands, but for'anywhero else in
my oxperionce. My intorost was
now aroused and 1 thought that
If tho rost of tho classes wore
equally good I should be satisfied
that at last I had seen some real
education being impartod in the
Hawaiian Islands. So I chose no
more-classes. I simply took sub
jects and went to the first room in
which tho subject I wished was
going on. First I took arithmetic
Naturally, I am interested in this
and most frequently it is tho sub
ject whose teaching on those isl
ands contains moro defects than
any othor. Somo toachora prepare
surprising jugglcr'B tricks with
figures and mako their pupils
expert in tricky and rapid results;
which leave tho pupil no wiaor
than ho was beforo, but impress
the chanco visitor with tho idea
that tho pupil is an expert calcu
lator. Others aro so carolebs that
years after whon tho pupil has
grown up much timo is wasted
and much pecuniary loss results
from tho inexact and incorrect
habits the toachor has allowed to
be formed. Almost any business
man in Honolulu as well as olse
whero will confirm this. Othors
still seem to bo undor thotimores-
sion that arithmetic has no con
nection with the reasoning facul
tioa, but consists of a nnmbor of
arbitrary rules which havo to bo
committed to momory in ordor to
solve certain probloms set down
undor them iu books called arith
metics but which have no othor
oarthly valuo and should bo for-
gotten as soon as that set of pro
bloms aro solved. Somo oven
propound probloms of thia Btyle,
"Johu bought 507 apples at Sl'J
oach. How much had ho
to pay?" Nothing of thia kind
did 1 find. Tho lesson was in
fractions. Tho examples wore
practical. Always appeal
was mado to tho reason. And this
was not unusual or unexpected.
It was ovidently tho ovoryday
practise Hore again was tho teach
ing with a view .to making tho pu
pils think for thomsolves. And
what ia more thoy did think and
showed that they enjoyed tho pro
cess. As all healthy uiiudod and
properly brought up human be
ings will do if tliey aro only shown
how and put on tho right road.
Spaco doos not pormit extended
mention about tho othor lessouu
except to say that in ouo grammar
loBson thoro was practical demons
tration that those gills, wIioho
homo tongue ia Hawaiian, woro
capable of reasoning ami did roi-
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