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SATURDAY I'RESS A Newspaper PaLUihtd WeeWlj IL11D jnWBIPriirtJ $5.00 l IF.IR, l WUCK 4.y lo Sf.jo. ' u -r 11 tlwtt destmatlrm lATURDAY Snp-IEMDBR , il4 thi: .w;ir vulvmiu The fourth volume of the Saturday Press closed with last Saturday's issue. The year just past has been an exciting one in local newspaper annals. It his seen the Advertiser change hands twice, the Bulletin change editors three tunes, and the Hawaiian bud and Mobsom. The Press has prospered, has had its share of public approval and of public patronage, and now it sneaks, as it did a year ago to-day, for . that same approval, that same patronage 1 and as much more of each as it may I diserve. At no time in this paper's career has it made many promises ; but we think all that have been made have been kept except where some! modifi cation ol an original plan was found to be to the better advantage of the read ing public. Whether the course of the Press has met the approval of its read ers cannot be fairly judged. There are too few I-'nglhh readers on the islands to give a weekly newspaper a large circu lation. Divide that circulation among four newspapers and no one of the four makes a very extensive showing If we have any right to quarrel with the reading public it is that too hiany of our renders are not subscribers ;-and the only it-quest we have to make is that every man who endorses the stand of the Saturday Press for honest and economical government and for the use of newspaper English that is vigorous without being inelegant shall emphasize his endorsement by sending a cheque for the amount of the subscription. As we had occision to state last Thursday through the medium of the Morning Guide, there is before the privv .council an application for n charter of incorporation of the Bulletin-1 PrcbS Publishing Company. I here are enough subscribers to the company to Insure it a -good start in life if the chariot be granted. In case it is granted, the Press will become, in part, the weekly edition of the Bulletin and will he published on life day found most advanta geous in supplying other-island sub scribers. In case the charter be not obtained and no unforseen contin gency ariie the Press will keep on the even tenor of its way, content to be read, appreciated and supported, by the most intelligent in the community. i.ii.uifiu.i rio.v. The gentle angler of the Court Jour nal, in his desire to further advertize Tort Street Church, in which body of our citizens-he takes a lively and appa rently perennial interest, says the ob jixtion to Portuguese comes from the Poit-Strcct congregation for no better reason than that the Portuguese are Ro man Catholics. Those of us who re member when Truthful Waller drove the editorial quill of the P. C. A. cannot forget a paragraph that ran like this; "We find a member of the 1'ort-ijtrcet Church ioininc hands with a Jew to import a Roman Catholic population." This was when Walter considered tne present - minister at 'Washington the prime offender against Hawaii-nei. As to Japanese immigration, .the fact is that a. member of the Bethel Church took up Japanese immigration where the astute foreign minister laid it down, and by persistent and well-directed effort suc ceeded in getting the scheme into favor with the assembly and secured $50,000 to start the enterprise. The inconsis tencies of the Advertiser arc becoming glaringaltogether destructive of that continuity of thought and purpose which ought to animate so fearless and high-minded a journal. The fact is that the employment of previously-un-instructed Hessian labor does not pay. Mr. Editor Webb knew his duty bet ter. His copy went to the foreign of fice for revision. Gentle Angler, go thou and do likewise Much has been and much may be truthfully written, in favor of Portuguese immigration." The best that-has been Mid for it has been said in these columns. But our support of Portu guese immigration for plantation labor was based upon the profitable condi tion of the sugar industry then existing. There were too many unmarried -Chinese in the country for the country's good. The planters recognized thin lact and willingly paid more for Port uguese than they had to pay for Chi nese partly because good prices for sugar enabled them to do so, and partly because the general goodpl the conn try was'conidercd of the highest im portance. With Portuguese laborers at $100 a" head and sugar at $130 a ton, the Portuguese immigration was desira ble lor population nnd may have been nrofitablt: ns labor. Now, with Japanese al $ss per head and sugar at only $90 per ton, the latter immigration is s.er talnlv the more desirable, as labor. "The Portuguese laborer at $100, su gar at $t3o;the,Japancse laborer at$55, sugar" $90." This is the question in a nut shell. Possibly the econ omy studied at the Tiscr office is not of the sort to fit it to grapple with .iny economic question. But the Tis cr must remember that the wealthy backing it enjoys is not enjoyed by all Hawaiian plantations, anu mc uoiiar andcent (trgument must have weight, Portuguese immigration for popula tion is as v desirable now as ever ir mh kteji it hen. But so general ts the movement of Portuguese laborers to California, so soon as their contracts expire, that a certain facetious plant.! tion manager speaks of Hawaii at "California's labor incubator." No, we want Pottugucse immigration , but e cannot afford it, al its present cost. When aty friend of Portuguese immigration can show a reasonable plan for bringing Portuguese here at a cost the planters can Hand, and for set tling them on the soil, we thall advo cate that plan as earnestly as any one and so will the planters. At for the hostility of any one to Portuguese im migration on religious groundt, the statements to thai effect arc limply tilly. Another of the gentle angler's pretty little Inconsistencies saw the light this week, "h it not population we want but labor tayt the Titer, If that be not treason to king andrcountiy, it is because hta muciVraore consjiicu cuily treason to common ieiuc. shall 111: ru: mart .iir.iir In the symposium of citizens who imc been considering over their own. signatures the important question1 "bhould, or Should Not the King be I r-. .. n .. . I' ijisciis'cj, .Mr. m. .m. uamon's ts so . far the only negative voice. It is true that one newspaper has come to his support its principal argument being that the Magna Charta incident in English history Is not a sufficiently good illustration to enforce the Bul letin's argument because the illustra tion is "threadbare." Hut Mr. Damon's is supported by no other ally--not one of the "many sober-minded and intelli gent citizens of all nationalities, who would in common with himself depre cate all attempts to impeach the honor of the sovereign," having stood beside hint in the breach. c said last week th.ii we rrititlrlrrcrl tlm Hirflctiti'i rmtv 10 j,r Damon unanswerable. We ! flunk so now. and. not withstanding the ability of the others in the contro-. vcrsy, we think that what has been said since has been at best merely plcmcntary. The essence of Doctor Emerson's letter is found in the follow ing paragraph ; "In this country where wchavc got from the method of divine appointment to election by the people through their representatives, surely it is out of date to deny to the elector the right of discussing the one whom he had appointed to office." Ex-Judge Hartwell's letter contains the following concise statement of the affirmative position, from the standpoint of public benefit ; " It would be a public mis fortune, to the ruler as well as the p?ople, to refrain from open and manly discussion of his public course. If the criticism is unfair, the ruler has plenty of means at hand to show the unfair ness, besides coming out with news paper articles signed by himself. If it is intemcraie in tone, it loses its force. If it is libellous, the public law can be enforced against its author. But within its proper limits, such criticism is a capital conservative of law and or der and of popular rights ; a safety valve too, which England would no sooner dispense with than would America. It h far to be preferred to it, alternative as illustrated in autocra holding tic Russia." Mr. W. R. Castle that Mr. Damon's letter raises two questions, as to the right and as to the advisability oftliscussing the king s acts cannot agree with Mr. Damon in that gentleman's view of cither question. The Hawaiian discusses Mr. Damon's position in the light of history and for tifies its own agreement with the ma jority opinion by citations from English history, and hngliMi literature generally. The Gazette alone among Mr. Da mon's critics treats the question in a vein of flippant personality which would come with better grace from a journal less truthfully characterized by the adjectives it employs in stigmatizing the letter criticised. As we said last week the public is indebted to Mr. Damon for stating the king's side of the argument. And it required some courage on his part to write as he did in the teeth of public opinion. But we consider Mr. Damon unjust to himself in declining or at least neglecting to re-state his posi tion so that it shall not be misunder stood. Mr. Damon's clear-headed ness as a man ot business, and nis knowledge of both the principles of law and the outlines of history, must teach him the folly or stilling free and mil discussion of every department (and every official of every department) of government whenever may be ne cessary. But Mr. Damon and in this he has many supporters believe that- the king's acts ought to be discussed in a different tone, even in a different spirit, from that employed in discuss ing other men. Mr. Damon believes in studied courtesy towards the king, as much in the public prints as in the interchange of official courtesies; and he may very consistently.think so with out having any absurd ideas about "the divinity that doth hedge a king." But certainly if Mr. Damon believed merely what we think, he believed he should have said so clearly; and should not have sent to press a hastily-prepared letter no matter how strongly lie may have felt. But while we consider Mr. Damon's letter the manly utterance of a gentle man whom we believe, in the language of the Bulletin, "to honestly differ in opinion with us as to the proper course to be pursued concerning this matter," we disagree with him almost in toto, whether his position is merely what we have stated it to be, or what it has been considered to be by others. We do not believe that mere courteous dis cussion of the kine's acts, unaccom panied by strong denunciation, is going to accomplish any thing in this clearly outlined fight for good government. Calm, cold, dispassionate, "courteous" talk no longer jibes with popular opin ion. Men are thinking earnestly, arc talking outspo'tcnly and are feeling deeply. The popular indignation no longer contents itself with wishing the king would reform and give us a safe cabinet. The popular indignation uses stronger language than any Hawaiian newspaper has ever uttered. If the king could know by actual hearing and observation just what is being said by his subjects of all nationalities, Ha- waiians no less than haolcs, he would be a belter informed perhaps a better man for the knowledge. 1 he reeling against the present government is more intense than many ol those in power begin to reilirc. The (resent government holds office at the .'e.isnie of the king. So long as that lact is, so long is tne king ruling in defiance of public opinion ; and that means whatever you please to call it gentlemen : "An unfortunate condition of affairs," say some ; "a wrong that must be righted," say we. There arc two hitherto-unsuspected gentlemen In Honolulu who will bear watching Hon. S. D. Dole and Rev. J, A. Cruzan They have unluckily fallen under the ban ot tne Lourt Journal's appreciation each having wen praised by it within the patt ten days. Anxious menus await an ex ulanation. The morbid state ol the Dally Hawaiian It to be pitied, if, in the selection of foreign items cf lowiest, it can find nothing more clcsaling to prcur.l to its leaden than was done on the 41b. Instant, when, in a half col uma of sixteen Pacific-Coast iem. fourteen related 10 suicides, murders, ciltat, drownings, and fatal or aarloui. accidents, one to death by apoplexy ad the cthc related 10 ctatelitn RU Colorado. EntWalnlnc retd'02 this for Jowotl aspltusaj ! aUct la Um host Ttnvirl MrCartttrj, ,r. 'Nvne knew him but ttf f-jve Mm, s'one nam,,m t w- So mote r-itzOreen Hallcck of John Rod. mn Drake. So one might truthfully write of Davit McCartney Jr. If one might fairly write of any man'a part by the record of three lirief ears. This much Is known to all of us. He came here three jears ago with good rec ommendations, not one of which was toostronfj, and made himself a teput lion that needed no recommendations. lint to few In Honolulu the slory of poor Mr, McCartney's tempest-lost life is known at least In part; and I beg lease to tell it now as the hailing tribute of one whose life hat known many friendships, yet among then not one better wnrlh hating than the friendship of David McCartney, He was born In Allegany City, Pennsylva nia, May 21st, 1857. lie was the second of fire sons and before he was ten years old they '... mii,..i,... a, .i. s,. !.., , .. his own living and up to the time of his death ktot on earning it. with vaivinc forcinr hut unvarying persistence, honorably ambitious al ways, prudent always, yet unswervinRin his con- sup-j,c!entiousness, unflagging b his pursuit of duty, undiscouracetl by the frown of fortune or tin unkind cuts of malice. He educated himself and well. He mastered his specialty, step ty step, and five years aeo owned a drug store' In PittsbutE. He was doing well, earning a good living and accumulating a competence, until the knife of an aisasln threw him on a bed of tin- gerlng Illness. He arose in shattered health. It seemed wise for his health's sake to sell out and "go west at least for a season, His friends thought so and he agreed with them. West he went and came at last seeking the lountain of youth to Hawaii. He travrlled to HHo and the volcano, to Maul, and (I think) to Kauai. The climate of Honolulu seemed to suit his health and, obtaining employment with Jno. A. Palmer & Co., and then with Hollls- ler & Co., he settled down with his accustomed energy to the exacting duties, the toilsome round of his profession. Methodic, exact, scrupulous to a nicety, he was oil that an apothecary should be and more than many ate. There were few weeks In which he did not burn the midnight oil In studying his profession. His own advancement, the Interests of his employers, the better protection of the public, held equal places in his thought. "One cannot be unjust to one's employers, or to the public, without being unjust to oneself," he told me once. The remark was !t key to his nature conscientiousness ingrained, Socially, Mac as bis familiars dubbed him was quiet to llic verge of reticence. Vet his quiet had no touch of haughtiness, not the ghost of a shadow of a suspicion of "airs." He was grave beyond his years, quiet because his experience had made him thoughtful, reserscil because he had learned to weigh men before he took them Into his inner confidence. IJnt. when one knew him, there was no better com panion than he in. all Honolulu. He had a fund ol the sott of humor we call "dry" for tack of a better word ; and some of the best thing the Tress has published during the past fouttecn months wrre suggested by that same dry humor. He was an intense American, in love of his country, in pride of its greatness, In sorrow over its faults. He was an ardent admit er of James C. Maine, and the only pro nounced regret I ever heard him utter was that circumstances presented him from being at home to vote for president. A little over a year ago he married Miss May Fanning, recently of .Santa Roa, California a congenial union. 1 heir little home was as nearly an Eden as homes ever become in this world where "Man mut work anj women must weep." And there can be no more pathetic chapter In any life than this the death knell sounding from. a new-formed home like that : a good husband, a good wife, a life of useful happiness opening before them to be closed again in the twinkling of an eye. David McCartney died a victim of overwork and a martyr to his own conscientiousness. He had been in harness three years without a vacation. A more robust man might have stood It without danger. Not so he. Two month:' vacation taken a year, six months, even three months ago, might have renewed his strength and fitted him to cope successfully with the hard work he had to do. But there was no 'one 10 fill his place while he worked for Hollister & Co., and alter he entered upon his duties as one of the firm of Benson Smith 4 Co., there was no time up to the week before his death with the exception of three we:ks on Hawaii that he felt he could be spared from his post. His partners urged him to take a vacation on many occasions during the past few months. Had they realized, had they even sus pected, his real condition they would have forced him away at the point of n physician's certificate. They ,did not, could not know; and next to the chief mourner and the father and three brothers who survive him, theirs Is the ercatest loss. The functal took place from St Andrews pro-Cathedral on Bcrctania stieet, street Wednesday. The exercises were accord ing to the service of the Protestant Episcopal Church, Uev. George Wallace officiating. Many were present, and the hearse was fol lowed to the-gravc by many sorrow ful and sym pathiilni; friends. He wa-, buried in the cast disislou of the Nuuanu Street Cemetery, in Walklkl otner of the mauka side, next to the grave of poor Le Fas or whom be had follow ed to the grave only seven weeks before. R.S.S. Many Hawaiians know that the de struction of the sugar industry of these islands would injure, directly or indi rectly nine out of every ten Hawaiians. It it true that if an Hawaiian tells a member of the Imposition this, the member replies: "What nonsense! is not Mr, Spreckeis the biggest sugar producer on these islands: and is not he one of us?" "That is so" replies the thoughtful Hawaiian,"but Mr. Spreckeis is Tar less a producer than a purchaser. He can altera to lose on his sugar in vestments because he makes so much on his purchases. And adds the thoughtful Hawaiian, "I notice that Mr. bpreckels is smart enough to let, other people do most of his losing for him." Spreckclsvillc was built largely by other people's money, Spreckelt ville is heavily in debt Sprcckelsville is in debt partly to Spreckeis. By and by Spreckeis will foreclose on Spreck clsvillc and then Sprcckelsville will be long to Spreckeis at about half its cost on which investment it might be made to pay something. So, if all the plantations on the islands should go to the wall, Mr. Spreckeis would have a better opportunity than any one else to play over again the pretty little came of bnreckelsville a strictly legin mate anu lawful little game, not tut ject to the ret trictiont of the gaming act. .1 ..... - The band will play the following pfogrsBiBtt at 4 1 P r, St., to-day at Emmroa Square. Ovnt. VabuaU..... ..,,,,,,,..,.,,...jrvw Cornet FoBt. Lav &&i froth ...Walakav INnala, aVlxaac ,tf .,,, Hjialaa hcWtwo, Jaftwaka. r.W 1c. -" waia. iu waaim.. ,.,.. 1 QiaaatoU, ft a law fair. I I f ( Of tripi. Til tree, that In W aipWs shady tale, tn olde n-lime. there rNelt Hawaii a kings Tor mil their glory to the valley ilinge fa legends old, and oft repeated late; And still the long pr-xetuonof the pale O'to, warriortina;i hoM fame at til rmci In weird old chaunts, is seen by omt wh.i Ing, Ofdarknee brooj the land. And then a wr! Is heard of waters, where the opn gates orMiltTs realm, receive them to their fates. We backward trace the stream of lime in ram, For soon wt reach a wall, that towers high, Whit o'er It falls the stream, at from the iky And then It vantihes in mitt and rain. S. E. MANN Honolulu, August 30, tile. Our tornl Jlontlittr. The Hawaiian Monthly for September opens with a paper entitled The Volcanic Problem, taken from Captain Dutton's report on Hawaiian volcanoes. Cyril the Sulpician is pan. Night on the Praiiie is a taking bit of verse wilh only one faulty line in it "again plain." Madeline is pleasantly continued. I , . ,,. V. , ; KPn,"",:"P:'ve'ucn"al-" I Idling UllB VI LllatIllCII.ttlUU III lUC JJICSCIH instalment. So far. Madeline is a deal bcttei than Mrs. Wymans' pre ious story, The Five Dollar Gold Piece. Some Rtndom Notes on the Hawaiian Language is an interestingly In. structlve ankle. In the V. litoriat Comment the following paragraph Is timely, the editor of the monthly being an authority upon the new library and its needs i "The opening of the new building of the Honolulu Library and Reading Room Associa tion Is an event deserving more than passing notice. The completion of a structure of th;t kind, substantial, spscious, handsome, ar ranged throughout with special reference to the wants of the association and fully equipp?.! In all respects for the carrying out of its Work, Is something in which the people of Honolulu can take an honorable pride. 1 he most satis factory circumstance about the whole enter prise is that the association have been able to complete this structure entirety free from debt, and to take possession of their new and beau tiful home with a balance In the treasury. Of the seiviccs of the officers and lrutees of the Institution j the editor of the Monthly being one of the number, does not tlc-cm It .fitting (to speak at length. We may be permitted how ever to say that the work that has been accom plished hii only been rendered pos sible bv the moit unswerving faith and the most unflinching persistence the part of those who had the enternrise t charnc. Tor the kindness and liberality of lit public, by which the efforts of the officers hive been supported and made elT.-ciivc, ao praise is too high. The list of those who hafe at different and in various ways aided the en terprise, includes the names of nearly the whole community. We feel, however, tltat we should not be doing our duty were we rapt to mention Hon. C. R. Bishop and Mr. J. T. Waterhouse, Sr., the two largest contribuj ots, and His Mijesty King Kalakaua and Mf. A. J. Carlwriglit, the two next largest. These four contributions together amounted toabotil one-third of all the money raised by subscrip tion; the balance of the funds having come from two grand fairs and from the loan ex hibition. Il was the liberal subscription of the first few gentlemen to whom the Hit was presented which acted as an encouragement to others and made succcs certain. In speak ing ot the fair we must make special note of the services of Her Majesty Queen Kipmlani, whese collection of goods was very large and valuable and whose table rcalired consider ably the largest sum of any at the fair. Tile vjljableassiitance of Dowagir Queen Emma should also be acknowledged. All who have contributed many way, cither In monsy or in work, to the erection of this beautilul and appropriate structure, have a right to feel that they have done an honor to the town In which they dwell and that they deserve the thanks of their fellow citizens. AH honor then to those who have provided for Honolulu this temple dedicated to ' the att preservative of all arts- In the Friend for September the Editorial Jotiingi of Rev. S. C. Damon have something to say of Peking. Among other things Mr. Dimon says : "No one can, even In a limited degree, understand and appreciate Chinas greatness unless they come north , Pe king Is the spot of all others In the empire to read the history and study the peculiarities of this most singular people." Writing from. Shanghai, July 8th, Mr. Damon says ; "Our plans now are for Mr. Damon and myself to sail for Japan to-morrow, while Frank and his wife return to Canton, and join us in Japan August 18th, en route for San Francisco and 1 1 onolulu. I do not see how we shall be able to reach Honolulu until about the 7th of October." The address of the new secretary of the V. M. C. A., Mr. C. S. Mason, Is printed in this number of the Friend and ought to be generally circulated. The Planters Monthly has, besides Mr, Jae ger's thoughtful paper, articles on Diffusion which are well worth the consideration of plan. lets who are, It Is understood, devoting much study and some experiment to this most Import ant sugar topic. The annual meeting of the Planter s Labor and Supply Company, on the 201I1 proximo, Is spoken of and a full atten dance asked for, the following suggestive para graph appearing : "The dangers which threaten the chief industries and property holders of the country, from the reckless ten dency of the government, Is prominent before the mind of every thinking man." The Anglican Church Chronicle is out to daytoo late for more extended notice. The first anniversary of the Young People' Temperance Union of Honolulu was celebrated In the Fort-Street Church parlors last Thurs day evening. The programme included music and recitations, and an anniversary address by Miss Breete, which gave a clear and concise, yet full and very interesting review of the year's wotk. Secretary Swain and Treasurer Chapman read reports, showing a satisfactory condition of affairs. The membership a year ago was twelve, at present it is one hundred and twenty-five. No more worthy wotk has ever been undertaken here, and Miss Brecse deserves much credit for carrying it out. The "International Congress for the Location of an Universal Meridian " will begin its de liberations in Washington during the first week of October. In common with other nations. Hawaii has been Invited by the United States government, which is holt of the occasion, to send representatives so this congress, bach country it limited to five representatives, each ol whom will have the title "commissioner." Hawaii will send two. It It understood that Prof, W. D. Alexander and Judgi Luther Aholo will bt our representatives 1 mmI Will leave for Washington by the Mariposa on the 15th Instant. BaBBHaasBBMBaMaaaM Rev. E. C. Oggcl, who hat been tunrif the patt week froaa a acvert coU, has to far lecovarcd aa to aaneuBct hit intention of cob- ducting (be Bethel Miriest to-morrow, m usual. Hia morning aubjact will bt, What do Wt Know about Jttut CtwUt, and it ChiU liiaity Tr? aad in ta tvtaiag a bible itad lag oa Tlaf fufcM tad UM WatfOM. if PtiKttr tpfirnr of th T.fffotrttttre f tSSI. Al tsrvon ts-lldfittf Atiti-it'int INI. rtnaaonl.! UWI miw,uii Wlillll V I'lV'VIHVU an appearance of bustling expectation. The mauka balcony was crowded with Hawaiian ladies, and the mauka colonnade thronged with newspaper men, ushers, islanders, mali hlnis and local notables, Including Ministers Gibson, Culick and Neumann in full liter) and the Hawaiian Dandy In the new regula tion uniform of an Hawaiian admiral, swallow, tall coat of Turkey red, In graceful compli ment to the new cabinet, blue trousers wilh red stripes, gilt buttons and edging for coat, gold-slashed waistcoat, and red cocked hat, plumed m 1th flowers. The audience room was pretty well filledby 1 1, 30. By that hour the following four companies of the House hold troop, commanded by Major Hopiili Baker, aided by Adjutant John Baker, Ma malohot Guard, Captain Kahioj Royal Guard, Captain Kalolii; Prince's Own, Captain Kahl) escorted by the King's Own, Capaln Know The troops were preceded by the band, who occupied the half circle mtkai the statute, the troops being drawn up along the driveway to the right and left. Among the distinguished arrivals were the following gentlemen t United Slates Consul Mc KInley, Peruvian Consul Cattwrlght, Chinese Agents Alee and Goo Kim, British Commissioner Wodehuuse, British Vice Consul Davlcs, Italian Consul Schacfcr, Spanish Vice-Con sul and Mexican Consul Lane, Swedish Con sul Schmidt, American Minister Resident Daggett and Bishop Willis. Mrs. Daggett And Mrs. Schmidt were the only lady represen tatives of the diplomatic and consular corps. About twenty other ladles were present. At twelve the royal party left the palace. Rushes were st row n from the palacesieps to the entrance of Allioltnl I ate and strips of carpet w ere laid across the colonnade from step to vestibule. The party was proceeded by fourteen kahilis, carried by retainers in black suits, high silk hats and feather cloaks. Before the king and queen was Chimbetlain Judd, following him Brothers In Law Cleghorn and Dominls, ac companied by Colonel Iaukea and Majors, Pur vis, Rosa and Boyd. Intheaudienceroom tricking and queen sat while prayer wasoffered by Rev, J. II. Waiamau. The king then read the follo.v- ing speech first In native and then In English. Nobles and Representatives; I coneratulate you at the close of the session of 1884, on the completion of your legislative duties. Vour legislative action for the promotion of immigration and the regulation of the currency, in the enactment of sundry laws, calculated 10 be of prcal benefit to the community, In voting liberal supplies lor sanitary and educational purposes, and for the encouragement of com merce, have my hearty approval. I thank sou for the e:ncrous vote in support of the clvii list. -I am happy In slate that my special .envoy abroad, Hon Curtis P. Iaukea, whose mission I announced at the opening ol the legislature, has satisfactorily accomplished the object of that mission in Europe, and was most success ful at the Court of Japin In having obtained from the government of the empire a liberal concession to promote emigration from Japan to Hawaii. I am well pleased that the subject of ocean telegraphy to unite the kingdom with the Continent by cable, has been favorably con sidered bv.vour bodv. My relations with the United States of America and with other powers, continue to be ol the most satisfactory character. Vou have voted supplies for the biennial period largely in excess of the estimated revenue of the kincdom, but mv government. recognizing that your authorization is to a large extent permissive, win not mane expen ditures beyond the receipt of current revenue, except for Immigration and important works ol Internal improvement. Nobles and Representatives : " On the occasion of separating to return to your homes, I trust thaL vou will, when amone vour consti tuents, invite them to strive conjointly with myself in the promotion of the peace, progress ami weuare 01 my Kingdom.. I pray that the Almighty will have you in His holy keening. I now declare the legislative assembly of 1SS4, prorogued. The La it liuy'i Work. On Saturday last, the enrollment commltee reported the following bills as signed by the king: An act to regulate proceedings in bank ruptcy. An act to indemnify the minister of fi nance. An act to regulate the practice in suits for the recovery of personal property. An act relating to the powers of sheriffs. An act to faciliate the acquiring and settle ment of homesteads. An act to amend section 11 37 of the Civil Code, relating to costs In civil cases. An act to amend the act to regulate the sale of spirituous liquors. An act forbidding the organizing or assem bling of unlawful secret societies. An act to establish the Hawaiian Postal Savings Bank. An act to amend section 1280 of the Civil Code, relating to costs of court. Ad act authoriziaR the minister of the interior to purchase lands on Molokai. An act appointing a deputy and second deputy clerk to the supreme court and defin ing their duties. An act lo regulate the pay of laborers serv ing under contracts. An act fixing the compensation of pilots for the port of Honolulu. An act to regulate the remission and col lrction of tuition fees In public schools. An act to amend section 8, chapter 79, of the Penal Code relating to the registry of births, marriages and deaths. An act granting permission for a steam railway on Ihe Island of Oahu. An act regulating the issue ol patents. An act granting to W, R. Austin and as soclatcs a franchise for a stieet railway in the ciiy of Honolulu. An act to encourage the production of ra mie and other fibrous substances The same committee also reported that his mijesty had wlthcld his signature from the following bills 1 A bill to consolidate and amend the law relating to commissioners of private ways and water rights. A bill to amend sections 38 and $3 of chap ter 4$ of Session Laws of 1 88a relating to tucs. A bill to suppress lotteries and other games of chance. A bill to amend sections 56 and 59 of Ihe Civil Code, relating to licenses. A bill to amend section 18 of chapter 5 of the Civil Code relating to the carrying of passengers between the islands. A bill to prevenl.tht roaming at night, of minor children In the streets of Honolulu. A bill lo repeal sections 6, 7 and 8, of chapter jo, Laws of 1878, relating to the carrying of passengers between the Islands. A bill to create a board of prison Inspectors. A bill to abolish th Intermediary court of the Island of Oahu. A friend noticing what yesterday'. Guide aald of Mr. R. W, Laiaa's old copy of lha Hallowell Guettc, loJcxrM tht Press that .Mr. John Paly has a copy of th Ulster Couoty Catena for January 4th, I Sax II la t four. page paper, its pagea ease eclutan let than the Guide peg 4 about m long. Tbe paper aria yelleib oriftaally, end Is do yallow-, brown Uh age. It coatalm aa eeceual ot live death aad battel Mnleie al Waabingteei, ai Met) poee la bi beset. r or n .; nr.ir.irr. I .iitriitl Xmitlrnt itriilrytn n Shnri. I. Tl-Nt On barJeftkt Artlhuta." Come, all ye jolly Hessians bold, Whose hearts are cast In a free lance mold, Hawaiian glory I unfold, Huzza to the KIpikona I ? The dear old tub is a free lance brave As ever stemm'd Ihe dashing wave, Her men are staunch In gullet and paunch And when the grab gong sounds, ah, then Come sec the valiant trencher men On board of the Kipikona I II. Tl'.Nt" Yht Minult Gun at Sta." When, on Oshu's coral shore, The bilious Kona maketh roar, To fret the placid lea, m We mark our war ship's dusky form, And hear, above ihe howling storm. The minute, gun at sea. And oh 1 what rapture fills each heart To know that Neptune's fiercest dart May never harm our pride. Because in Hades, long ago, Lame Vulcan forgrd, for weal or woe, The armor on lis side. III. TUNE" IV Mariners cf Engtjiut," ' Ve mariner Hawaiians, That guard our native seas, Whose flag has braved so many )ears The battle and the breeze 1 Vcur glorious standard flaunt again To taunt another foe. The traitorous opposition, Stately and grim nnd slow, aaynf Comes forth to do us battle. Comes forth to work us woe. The spirit of your leaders Should breathe from every plank ; This white deck was their field of famej Here stood, tn serried rank, Convivial contractors, Bridge builders and their ilk 1 Contented sinecurists. Their manners fine as silk j And honey-voiced place hunters, With records white as milk. The flag of Kipikona Is floating at the fare The free lance flag of public loot Salute It, Jads, once more. " For King and Constitution " The traitors dare to fly. Our guns are double-shotted j Hurl back the dastard He, In flame and smoke and leaden hall; " Loot, loot I" our battle cry. IV. Tune" The Battle efthe Baltic.'" Ninety-six days we fought Each day fought hand to hand. And the lesson we have taught Belongs to all the land, a And this the lesson true : Maik well, nor fail its ken, " One welt-drilled pirate crew Is a match for more than two Of honest men I" V. TUNE" The Pirate's Reflection." Kipikona is my name, Peerless " primacy " gave me fame Aha 1 ha ah 1 whal sound is that ? Is ii the cat the nine-tailed cat ? I hear It whistle down the wind, It can't be very tit behind I I hear can it be but the wind ? I wish that Eve had never sinned 1 Had never marked the rosy dapple Upon that golden Eden apple ; Had never stooped, so frailly fair, To bless the man and damn the pair. For had she not I might have been A little cherub without sin. I might have been, I might have been Outside this harsh world's horrid din, A little cherub, plumply fair, Withnild blue eyes and flaxen hair, And lily brow and rosy cheek, And dimpled mouth most sweetly meek. And yet, and yet I might have been So apt am I to spy out sin I might have been lhat special cur Who biles the heel of Lucifer. VI. Tune" The fognc's March." Bag and baggsge he drums them out, The lean and the lank and the stout. John and Walter and Charley and Paul, Satan watch tenderly over them all I For full on each bulging brow Their master has branded " Pau." MORAL I 'Tis a long, long lane that knows no turning; TL a mighty big log that's never done burning; But he laughs beat who laughs the last, When the fight is won and the peril is past "Johv Thanks." Honolulu, Scplcrulier 6, 1884. Mom, Remknyi t The undersigned officers of the "Strangers rriend Society," desire to express to you, and tbe members of your company, in behalf of the Society, our grateful acknowledgements and sincere thanks for the liberal aid you have given us, by placing the entire avails of your last grand concert in our treasury, for the re lief of sick and destitute strangers. ve cats,, poorly express in words, the great pleasure, wc In common, with this whole community, have enjoyed, in listening to the rare and exquisite music you hate given us, on every evening of your conceits. This, together with the agreeable intercourse we have en joyed with you socially, would have ensured for you our lasting remembrance, but you have added the crowning act to your beautiful ser vice, by this graceful and generous gift to the poor and sick it rangers,, or whose car and comfort this society Is pledged. May the memory of it add a pleasnre lo your own reminiscences of your brief stay tn Hono lulu as it surely will to ours. ElRNtCE R. Bishop, 1'AUUNE McGmW, Mrs. L. Smith, Alicc Mackintosh, Mrs. ScRi.s-p Bisuor, Officers of the "Strangers Filend Society." RESUNVI ALOHA. Rettenyi's farewell concert, last evenlnc, for the benefit of the Stranger's Friend Society, scored another triumph for this master violinist, He played throughout In excellent spirit and took the prolonged demands for encores very good naiurcdly. Ills accompanyist Mr, Luck stone, as wcli as Miss Downing and Mr. Him mer I'quitled themselves creditably also. All were recipients of numerous floral tokens of appreciation. The attendance was not ao Urge as it should have been, though all tbe lower part of the house waa full. The gallery was spatsely occupied, while the absence of tbe noisy, hoodlum element In the tear, al lowed the audience the thorough enjoyment of a full and varied programme without distrac tion. Neiat ! MmMui. iy the steamer Llkcllke, the Frew teavna tUt Ml, M.,E. Xewtoa, Custom booae guard and inspector at Xaaultl, Maul, iammkui suicide oa Wedoeeday ftnaooon leer, by abet laghttntelflo (belief arlsiiApietel Al (naan waa bald ca tbe b4 by h4if CvateM,' m takat -- "- tJ ik MahS dtfaJT. kill ' MA gasajlgba) BBBBBaB BBBBBBJBBBBTBrBBBaBBBBJ BBBBJ B)BBBrBB; fBBBBBBBfBBB BBBBBBBV , fBPBBBBJ ffBBBB, VJepSBBBBB laetory e-tplana'iin was obtained as ta th,; causes which led him to commit the act, though the evidence showed tliat his mind was unbalanced, and thai he was partially In sane, He was from Marlboro, Mass., 41 jcara of age, had resided on these islands ome fif teen vrrui, was married, and leaves a wife and three children. Those who knew him, slate lhat he was a quiet,; modest and (empeiate man and greatly devoted to his family, who deeply mourtThii sad death. DIED. McCARTNUV. In this city, Sept. a, David McCartney, Jr., nged abjut 27 years. !.' JUtihorttt. COUXCTOR OCNEl-AL'JOrriCE. llointi-LV, Sept, r, lllf Mr. H. R. HriDnrUir-ilinrd'ilit poiillenof Dp uty.Collectcr cf Cuttftmi for tlia Port of Honolulu. W r ALLEN, Collectot-GaneraL tla cflctD bUcvtbcmcntB. TVR. N. FOLDI, M-aetCHTItQ MESSRS. HOFFNUNG & CO., Of Sydner, N. S. W. Has Arrived with a SpleadiJ Assortment of CHRISTMAS GOODS, SADDLERY and GENU MERCHANDISE. ALSO Diamonds, Watches and Jewelry AND will, orai at , .vn. loyy, ronr STitnr.T, ftrr htjius), Rooms fotmrly occupied by lha Honolulu Library anj Reading Room atc-at hippmg. PLANTERS' LINK TOR SAN FRANCISCO. 0. unr.nnii .t cajtrAxr, Aatnt: Merchandise received Storage Free, and libaraJ cash f advances made on slilprnpnti by tl.ls line. ' W1 LDER'S STEAMSHIP CO'S ROUTE AND TIME TABLE Till! K1SAV Kins Commander Leaves avery Tuesday at 4 t. St., for Lahalna, Maa. laea, Mlltena, Mahukona, Kawalhae, 'Laupahoclioe and Hilo. Leaves Hllo IT.uridiji, tombing at the ' same ports on rtturn, arrivira back Saturdays iitr.N tin; LiKr.LiKK. LORBNZCN. Commands. Leaves Mondlvs at 3 r. M. for -Kaunalcakal, Kabu lut, Keanae, Hueb, liana, Klpahulu and Nuu. Re turning will stop al the above potts arriving back Satur. day mornings. -f or malls and patstngtrs only. TltK LEIIVA. WllSOARTH.. . COMMANOSR Leaves Mondays al 5 r. M. for Taauhau, Kontlalek, OokiU, Kuktlau, Honohina. Lupahoehoe, Hakalau and Onotnea. Returning; will arrive back each Satur day. TUB Kit. A OB A HOP. McDonald Command Wi'l teava each Wednesday for uma ports aslht Uhua. . TUKlIOKOLtl. .cOCO,... CoMMANDa Leaves each Wednesday br Kiunakakal Kamttoo, Pukoo, Moanui, HaUwa. WVJau, Piltkumi end Ka laupapa, returning each Monday evening! -piME TABLE OF STEAMERS OF THE INTER-ISLAND STEAM NAVIGA TION COMPANY. Steamer Planter, ,; Dates. -.i... Commander Will run regulatly for KONA and KAU, Leaves Honolulu at 4 P. M.t Tuliy., -July rridety.t Aug 1 Tuesday ij Friday M at Tuesday., Friday,. r TuevUy., ..Scpl I Returning:. Touching at MaJa Tuesday . ...July Tuesday . Friday... Tueiday. ..Scut r riday, , Tuesday Friday. Friday. . .. .. Artuuit & njti Tuesday ig 9 SfejfTMter Iwalani, Cameron, commandt r, leaves Honolulu every Tuet day at s. p n. (or Nawillwili, Koloa, bleele, and Wai roes, Kauai. Returning leaves NawilitvUl every Saturday evening. Steamer iTamea Sfakee, Freeman, commander. leave, Honolulu everv Ttmrt- day. at 3 p.m. for kapaa and Kilauea. Return in leaves Nauat avers .Monday at 4 p.m., and touch n at Walanaa both vavs. Steamer C, It, Bishop, Davis, commander, leaves Honolulu evenrTuevJav ar 4 r.M. for Kukulhale. Honokaa, al r-'jlui. Re turning arrives at Honolulu every Sunday rooming CTOHItE or the Company. Tool of KUijca Street, rear the r M. S. S. Wharf. .,. PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY. FOR SAM FRANCISCO. The Splendid Steamship will Icave'Honi lulu for San Francisco G1TY OF SYpXEl' Dearborn. Me.,,-.aeCoroiu.dtr Oa or about.. .ae.pt. 8 F OK SYDNBY Via AUCKLAND. - .. Taa Style adM Siaamahip v AUSTJRAZIA, Oaovkhemt IcFteHssto 6 Chert,, . CommaoJei The atrentt here are now Bienare-t ,a ntue tLkefa ta San (rtneisco and retui a for In;, the round trip. ' Goods for shlpaseni per steamer can now Ve novel. . fret of charge, In tht firt proof warthouM Mat the ' utauier wharf. j For freight cr passage, apply so I T H. HACKreLO as Ca, Aitals. B EAVER SALOON, II. J. yOLTC PROFRIITOR. (eft ta aanouac ta Us friends and the puMU U (tn er-"fSt lha aVav Saloon provides rirt-CUa Fro j a. u., tOl tt r, M Tea beat "aeW WejBBBBBBB. Wert,FI,vee 4 eaCatefe SeaVtaa cevvTAMtsv eat suns. Oae af rVasa lak ts lekVe'i aalaeteaai aw It eeaatcsW Ua ' k S'iayel?s4lte THaCASMf. at lUriasiai Faass .tBvaaVBBBjeaa aaaVaebadai a Jef aeee tJaSf , aftiiaaatmattMi aa. f. IfeafTC, jrtetajeeBf. "5 '.. -( -, General bei-llotmento". O BREWER A CO. Offtr for Sal the carfo of tVe Wit "MAtintA, B Iris," i ' -' Jmt arrlTtd, thi followfna tut of Mifthandlia t i , f ' . ' Ox Carln, '":'f$. Extrntlon Tip Carrlngt Snam Coal, ''-ST.' CmHbrfamt Con, "' , J., -KKHOSEXX till., Curamoa Wood Ch'ui Matcher. - at"--ilt VA -5r(n Barrel ShooVs. remix;'' it x - '. ' Sosp, let Caeiit, Not. t, ), and 1. Hoe Itindlae. Lobittri, t-tb. Tina, Boars, lb. Tint, S nice Plankl, Hay Cutlers, N'oi. t, and 1. ja AaliGteaM, V- i riitilankt' Seal ft, So: ?,$, W, It, ltl.9, -, Iithtr DeUInf, ' Cntrifual Ltnta(i, 14 tnchw Comr-M.ilon Nails i Inch wxl H nch Mammoth Rockers, Haiti Exeattloe, t- . tK Manila Cordaft, Ataocted, .t) Escaltlor Mutraaa-l, Oalv. Feoc Staplat, vl Farraar's Bottert, ta and as Coda Siul Rope, Assorted Ash l'lanlts, . Dump Harrows, Ames' Shovels, Jjjp- , ' Xtllotv Metal ShHithlng, Hair Mattresus, ' t Grind stones. Rubber Hose, Hide Pot von; v 'Si. IU,bW&VJM .- :,; Refined Iron, . " ,' -.5 Annealed Fw Wirt ...- - Cl. Screw, and Wa.ba .o ' be, c.', ..e." ' D ILLINGHAM-& CO. . T1" Hawjuat rtccivtd sw Iarrolo of Ncnr naA De-tlraU Good Sulud to flu want of thli m-uk-at, compmmf VuUdtr nardutanf JejcAflNiV ToqU, and ft food line- o-t AGRICULTTJRAI. IMPLEM ENT8 Wt would call ihe special atwntlo-u of riantcii to our Patent DoubU Motittl Hoard Pftw, which has Uen prono-unc-td lha bm of the kind everutod In this country. We have ftUo teoe.vad a Mff lol Of tht DILLINGHAM BREAK I NO PLOWS, 10, it, 14 tn,, which era living perfect taiufactlon whtrtTtr they re UVJ DKXAjtn rxcMtEAaixa. Tlit end. Mi variety of foods which we art now cootuntljr re eel ring are nowbelm OPENED TOR INSPECTION AND SALE AT THE eLOWESTiPRICE. D.Ultkm Co HUSTACBV .' . Has Just received per Matiiwta and other lata arrivals! Viukr Star llam, tirtakfast Cacon, CaKrorota Cream Cheatr, Fairh. n't's Laid, Table Fruits, Me Frutu, CronMrry buc. Anaear Sauet, Salad Dressing. Jams and JalltBt, f-uklel OUv OJ, Comtt and Oolong at, s Boxes; r.nlii)i Breaklau lee, 5 lioaea 1 Japan 'lea. Honed Chkken and Turkey, Curried Fov,l,(lrollcdChKkca Koast Chicken, Crushed Indian Meal, American Orcaafaet Canals, White Oats and Wheal, Buck sheas Flour aad Maple Syrup, Graham Flour. Oar Meal, Cora Meal. Wheal.. (Son, Darter. Potatoes, CU, rowdeiej and Crann kued Sugar, Freeh Soicea, Fish Chawuer, Clam Chowder, Atinores Mince Man, falaca KarstaM Oil, Crackers ot all kiods, fee., ex., at, tcl Freaea OressaA CtaW erreary amBkr i -X ,LBAVZ YOUR ORDIM,, OR , RING UP sataneoeia sto.ua.? m GOODS DtUVtRip TO ANY PART OF TMS CITY." FUMS OF CsVARGS. , - , ' C. MVMTACB, T' HI MMUINa'AeUtCLS-- COIVMSU MYX eVAlMOM &7 tjM. -a. - ffrav' j ' VmiY i,rijuii T91 hm ' '"" - i CiaJSJUa & Peak ajMStoaeeM ,r if- P .V" -; 1H 1 ai m J , '1 c. er- . ' A' Ai- S H ,W- ' fc'l P ". ' i W fe 4r f h i K -r!J &