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THE PACIFIC. COMMEKCIAL ADVERTISER, DECEMBER 30 1884.
ADVERTISING,
The snarling critics who are always
reviling the King and the Gibson
Ministry are especially nasty and dis
agreeable in their comments on any
effort that is made to spread in other
countries a knowledge of Hawaii, its
condition and its resources. In other
countries that need population and
capital to develop their resources, a
better knowledge of the duty of their
governments in this respect obtains,
and money is spent freely to adver
tise to ail the world the capabilities
of the land and the inducements it
offers to settlers and investors,
whether it be that the planters und
merchants who are already here do
not want any one else to come to
compete with them, or whether these
ill-natured and absolutely foolish
strictures are made for pure malice
only, we do not pretend to know.
Whatever their origin, they richly
deserve the epithet of "absolutely
foolish," which we have just given to
them. Those who write these criti
cisms are either dishonest or igno
rant, in other words are . either
"knaves cr fools." If tbey want to
prevent people in other lauds from
knowing enough about this country
to induce them to come here, they
are knaves, and should be hounded
out of the Kingdom; if they make
their nasty criticisms merely with
the intent of injuring the King and
the Ministry, they are still knaves,
and deserve to he kicked; if they
speak conscientiously and to the best
of their knowledge and belief, they
are foola, and would be better in an
asylum. They may take which horn
of the dilemma they like best. For
our part, whether they be knaves or
fools, we have no patience with them
we are tired of their nasty person
alities and their Djinnish policy of
injuring the country to spite its
rulers.
These remarks have been occa
sioned by. a letter we have received
from New York, which gives pain
ful evidence of 'want of informa
tion about the Hawaiian Islands.
He writes as follows: 4tI beg to en
close you a cutting from the news
paperese Vieuxcorsaire," published
at St. Malo, Brittany. France, con
taining an allusion to a dictionary
dedicate to Queeu Pomore, which i
thought yoi might like to see." Evi
dently our unknown friend thinks
Queen Pomare reigns in Hawaii, or
once did so. Here is a translation of
, the article In question.
'My father" (the editor speaks) "in
ormer times made a voyage, which
may almo.-t be called one of discovery,
to the Sandwich Islands, and aided
by his really astonishing faculty to
acquire languages, wrote a little dic
tionary of the idiom of that country.
"Thinking that it might be,usefui
to scientists and to mariners I have
offered it to tbe Minister of Marine.
M. Lebean (Chef dc service) . has
listened to my request with his well
known good nature, and has sent my
offer aud the little 'Tahitian Dic
tionary by Captain "Albert Bourdus
(1835) Queen Pomare, reigning, to
tbe Minister.
Here is the acknowledgement uf
receipt:
"Office of theMinister of Marine and
of the Colonies.
" The chief of the Marine Service at
Balnt-Seryin has sent me from you a
man user pt vocabulary of the words
chiefly in use among the inhabitants
of the Saudwich Islands, which you
have been so good as to present to the
library of the Department of the
Marine.
I thank you, Sir, for your courteous
gift and beg you to acrept the ex
pression of my distinguished regard.
"E. Dorassier,
" Librarian of the Department."
Here are, the son of a whilom navi
gator of these seas, the learned editor
of a country newspaper, the librarian
of an important department of fcjtaie
in the French Republic, and our rew
York correspondent, neither one of
whom appears to know Tahiti from
the . Sandwich Islands. Can any
efforts we ruake to mitigate such ig
norance as this be other than well
directed, and worth all they may
cost ?
CONSISTENCY.
We havo sugg8ted, in a former
article, that this is the season when
.good resolutions for the coming year
are in onier. By common consent
the twelve months that go to make
up a calendar year are permitted to
goby without any special effort, as a
rule, being made to reform our ways,
and if, at any time, the persuasive
voiceof our pastor, the warnings of
our physician, or the still, small
voice of conscience check us for a
while, aud urge us to better living,
they are put off until the close of the
year, vhen, with the annual squar
ing up of our business accounts, is
apt to come a lowliness and meek
ness of spirit, an overwhelming sense
of the vanity of this world that puts
us into the mood of preparing for a
better.
But, as has been before hinted, the
revulsion of feeling is generally too
great, and we are apt to overleap the
straight and narrow path in which
we fain would walk and fall on
t'other side, where, if not the same,
other temptations await us. So, to
avoid falling entirely into a second
state, which shall be worse than the
first, we should not despise small be
ginnings, but try one thing at a time,
and, besides politeness, the practice
of which we have already recom
mended, we.wouid suggest the prac
ticing of consistency.
In all things, little and great, let
us practice what we preach. -If we
feel that the use of stimulants is hurt
ful, and to that end condemn the sale
of stroug dritiLs, let usguage our own
appetites for coffee and tea, and use
them in that moderation whicli dis
tinguishes the temperate man from
the intemperate. If we find, upon
self-examination, that our two cups
of coffee at breakfast are needed by
us to sot up our nerves, then, to be
consistent, we must abstain from de
nouncing him who attains the same !
result through the medium of a glass
of bitters or other alcoholic com
pound. If we are fierce in our opposition to
the use of tobacco, then we should on
no account encourage its use or help
forward its sale. If we are interested
in a retail store, for exampleP where
we keep a variety of gooda, ws should
not keep tobaccoor sale in any form,
or pipes. If we are running a news
paper, and think the use of tobacco
sinful, Consistency demands that we
should not advertise its sale.
If it is. our solemn belief that horse
racing is only a rapid method of
going to the devil, then we should
not'permit ourselves to tighten the
reins over the back of our favorite
horse and try to speed him by some
other team on the road. If the circus
ring is to us a moral Maelstrom,then,
to keep our record square for consis
tency, we should hold ourselves
aloof from the round of pleasures that
eacli year bring, and avoid the circles
of gaiety that form on the surface of
all society. If it is our honest belief
that holding a Christinas festival with
in the walls of a church is wrong,
then we should (consistently) stay
away.
To be consistent in all things is,
after all, not so easy as one would
think, but if .we practice it faithfully
in any one particular we shall do
very well.
POLITENESS.
The few days that intervene be
tween Christmas Day aud New
Years are none too many for those
who would review their shortcomings,
peccadillos, sins and general wicked
ness during the past twelve months,
aud make solemn resolves to do bet
ter in the future. But, brief as that
time" is7Ytis generally found to be
very much longer than the period
that elapses after New Year's Day,
before most of those good resolutions
are broken, aud the same old easily
besetting irregularities are indulged
in again.
Perhaps this may be, in part, at
tributed to the suddenness with
which the resolves are undertaken,
the trausition from gay to crrave,
from lively to severe is to abrupt.
People do not so to speak taper off
gradually enough to make the thing
lasting. Still the motive is a good
one, and if we find ere long that
most of our "good resolutions" go to
fill up the ruts and hollows of that
locality which we are told is paved
with them, there are a few that pass
from intention to practice, and we
are so much the better off.
It happens, fortunately for the most
of mankind, that we all have the
privilege of
"Compounding sins we are inclined to
Dy damning tIio.se we hare no mind to."
And he. must be a desperate ruffian
to whom some particular form of
deviltry or dissipation is not ab
horrent, and comparatively easy to
abstain from.
However,all this is introductory and
intended to preface the remark that
the resolve to practice a iittle more
politeness one towards the other, is
a good one to commence the New
Year with, and quite easy. The
world generally does not stop to
question why it is tuat so-and-so is
always ciil, if not polite. It recog
nizes the fact that he is so, and that
his being so, makes intercourse with
him more agreeable, and life easier
to bear. There are those, of course,
that one feels he would prefer to give
up tobacco, stroug drink, betting,
horse racing, everything that goes to
making existence more endurable,
rather than be on friendly terms with,
but even if those we abhor are ex
cluded from the list, there remains
many others to whom we can be
polite. For instance, there are our
wives, and daughters. How many of
us meeting or parting from one of
those ladies in the street think of
lifting our hats to them? If they call
on us in our offices, how often do we
bounce from oiir chairs and offer
them a seat, as we would a chance
female acquaintance? .
In our homes, when do we rise to
give them a seat as they enter the
room.
In short, how many.of us are really
"polite" to our nearest and dearest
relatives of the gentler sex?
Here is our opportunity. jLet us
with steadfast resolutions begin to be
polite, and begin, top, wjuere all good
resolutions should commence, in our
own homes.
JAPANESE IMMIGRANTS. !
Commenting upon, the fertility of
the Sandwich Islands, the Buhka
Shimpo says:--" The principal pro
duct of the Islands is at present sugar,
but such are their abundant resources
that the available industries are half
neglected for scarcity of inhabitants,
and, despite the cheapness of com
modities, wages are extremely high.
It is, indeed, the best place for work
men to establish themselves. Over
400 Japanese are at present in the
Islands, and now . they are now all
men of some means ; The natives
have a strong leaning towards the
Japanese, and the Government is
eager to secure. the immigration of
our countrymen. In the agreement
recently entered into'by the Japanese
and Hawaiian authorities with res
pect to the emigration of our people,
the latter are made responsible, it is
said, for the passage of every emi
grant, his wife and two children, and
are obliged to furnish dwellings and
food lor them,, aud employ them for
certain wages for three years in cul
tivating sugarcane or manufacturing
sugar. Thus one can go over to these
rich Islands without spending a cent,
and work along with his family at
very reasonable wages. There are,
we think, not a few farmers who are
extremely embarrassed through the
recent depreciation of rice, and we
would advise them to spend some
years in these rich Pacific Islands."
Japan Mail.
From the above it will be seen that
the newspapers in Japan have a very
; fair idea of the condition of things
here in respect to the prospects for
agriculturists, and it is to be hoped
that a goodly number of that class
will take advantage of the opportu
nity afforded them of coming to these
Islands. The remark made in the
paragraph quoted above, to the effect
that the Hawaiians have a strong
lea. dug towards the Japanese, is true
iu the main, aud there is every reason
for believing that the two nationali
ties will assimilate in many points.
It cannot be very long now before we
will have the first instalment of this
desirable addition to the population
of these Islands.
Christfmas at Iiakaako.
The inmates of the Branch Hospital were
not forgotten on Christmas Day, but were
made happy by the kind gifts of thoughtful
people. Mrs. Paul Neumann sent over a
lot of toys and dolls, and to the spectator it
was avouching sight to see the children
bugging to them, those ideals of (doll)
beauty. Mr. W. O. Smith sent in two large
wagon-loads of sugar .cane, that was largely
appropriated by young and old. Mr. W. N.
Castle contributed two or three hundred
applet, and Mrs. Perry two bags of tine
oranges. A quantity of candj. too, was dis
tributed by Dr. Webb, and others ent small
articles that were all appreciated.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
One of Messr. Ii. W. Laine & Co's lino
horses died last Sunday night of lock-jaw.
He was valued at $350.
The public will do well to take notice that
the Alameda will sail at noon sharp on Dec.
31st that is to-morrow.
The O. P. M. B., corner of Fort and Mer
chant streets, will keep open during the
Holiday season until 9 r. m,, Saturday eve
nings until 10 o'clock.
The trial of lawyers J. W. Kelukoa and J.
H. Baremba, and district judges S. K. Mahoe
and II. N. Kahulu for mal-practice is set for
Friday, Jan 9th, before the fall bench.
Messrs. A. W. Richardson fc Co., corner of
Fort and Merchant streets, will keep their
store open for the Holiday season until 9 p.
m., Saturday evenings until 10 o'clock.
Mrs. Hampson desires to meet all the
Christian ladies of Honolulu this afternoon,
at 3 o'clock, in the Vestry of Fort Street
Church, to arrange for the special services
of next week.
In accordance with the request of several,
another exhibition of the fire-extinguishing
powers of the Hand Grenade will be made
on Thursday next at 2 o'clock, and on Sat
urday evening at 8 o'clock.
There are some very fine etchings to be
seen at present in "Wiseman's office. They
are tho work of French artists, and being
mounted oa white satin the delicacy of their
finish is well brought out.
No. 46 current volume of The Signs of the
Times has been received, and, as usual, is
filled "with instructive, . thoughtful articles.
The publication is one that Rhould find a
place in all Christian households.
Oahu College has secured ono of those
series of splendid astronomical views which
have been on exhibition here for a while
past. They are fine things in themselves,
and will prove valuable aids to students of
astronomy.
Not having heard of any relapse in the
condition of the "society editor" since last
Saturday's health report,, it is taken for'
granted that he did not essay the hazardous
feat recommended in that day's issue of tho
Hawaiian.
The brass guns of the Shore Battery
looked yesterday as though thoy had : not
been cleaned for some time. Their muzzles
and bore were very black, and tho outer
surface needed a" good dressing down to
look respectable. Major Haley has not
been "inspecting" in that region since tho
rain, probably. j
The auction sale yesterday of horses,
mares and colts, "Island bred," by Mr. "E.
P. Adams, was well attended and fair prices
realized. Fifteen head wcre"sold at prices
ranging from $15 upwards. ''Flora," a fine
mare, brought $185, a saddle horse $150, n,
dray horse the same amount, and so on
down through $120, $112, $75 and 850.
i Mr. George Beckley, Purser of tho Kinau,
on her last trip down "took the census" of
fall on board, over 200 persons, getting all
?the particulars required. No small job
when it is remembered that it was done in
the night, and in addition to his regular
i duties, which are by no means light. If all
made as complete returns of all "under
i their roof" as Mr. Beckloy.J the task of com
piling would be much lightened.
The combined concert given on Christmas
Day at Emma Square, by the Royal Ha
waiian Band and that belonging to tho
Reformatory School, was listened to by a1
largo audience, and was a great success.
The performers were stimulated by a laud
able desire to please, and also to win the two
watches annually bestowed by Mr. Broglie,
the jeweller, on the one throwing the highest
number (for which they played with tho
bones"). Mr. William Aylett, of the
Royal Band, and Maunaloa, of the Re
formatory, were the winners.
Happening aboard the Alameda while the
"boat drill" was going on, under Mr. Fur
geson, tho 2d officer, it was refreshing to
see how rapidly and systematically tho evo
lutions were gone through with. The
orders to "man the tackles, cast off gripes,
down chocks, hoist and swing out the
davits, lower away, stand by to jump iu,"
were all given and executed in about &
minute and a half, the boat being in that
time ready to cast loose from the vessel.
This drill is but one of the many precau
tions taken to insure the lives and safety of
all on board the O. S. S. Co.'s splendid ves
sel. As Mr. Hayselden, Secretary of the Board
of Health, was coming out from the Govern
ment building, yesterday morning, he met
Dr. Fitch and asked him if he (Dr. Fitch)
bad stated that he (Mr. Hayselden) had
requested Dr. Fitch's resignation? Dr.
Fitch said that he had ; and then Mr.
Hayselden asked the Doctor how he could
say such a thing, when he knew it was a lie,
whereupon the Doctor called Mr. Hayselden
a liar, and, upon his retorting, struck him
in the face with his fist. Mr. Hayselden was
quite unprepared for such an assault, having
in one hand a bundle of papers and in the
other a bag containing $100 in silver. With
this coin he struck Dr. Fitch over the head,
and followed him up some distance and
struck him over the head again with the
same weapon, whereupon the Doctor re
treated into the building, and that termin
ated the affray.
Thrum's annual ban made ita appearance,
and compares favorably with previous issue
of the same publication.
A bundle of keys was picked up on the
Likeliko wharf on Tuesday. Tho arc now at
the Water-works office. ,
Mr. James Campbell', with his wife and
family, Major Bender and Mr. Myron Jones,
have returned to the islands.
At 5 p. m. the steamers Kinau and ifall
were abreast of each other off Diamond
Head, tho Kiuau having gained on her rival
since the start.
The W. II. Dimond, Capiain Houdlett.
sailed for this port on the 13th inat. The,
W. G. Irwin arrived at San Francisco th
day before the Dimond sailed.
, Colonel Geo. W. Macfarlane returned by
tho Alameda on Tuesday, looking well and in .
good spirits. Mr. George Gray Macfarlane,
of steam plow fame, was also a passenger.
Tho Wasp of Dec. 13th, contains a notice
to tho effect that in its Christmas number
will appear a grand and realistic picture ot
the burning lako at Kilauea by Jules Ta ver
nier, done in fourteen colors. It will, no
doubt, bo a splendid picture.
Tho tableaux exhibited at the Y. M. C. A.
nail last Monday night were fairly pretty.
The entertainment was witnessed by as
many as could crowd into tho hall, and the
Christmas trco displayed, at tho close of the
programme afforded much delight to many
youngsters.
Amongst tho passengers by the Alameda
was Mons. Jules Travcnier, tho celebrated
French painter, whoso works havo attracted
so much attention in Europo and America.
Mons. Tavernier visits t,hese islands for
"studies," and hopes to visit tho other
islands of tho group during his stay.
Tho finest and richest of pound cake and
mince pics can be found at Messrs. Me Her A
Halbe's, on King street. ' The confectionary
and candies made by this firm cannot be?
excelled by any establishment on the Coast, '
and they deservo a . liberal patronage for
their efforts to produce first-class goods.
To Piiror Sutton of the Alameda the
press of Honolulu is always under obliga
tions for courtesies extended. - Upon' this
trip down he has conferred still' another
favor, and has brought his wife and
daughter with him, to show them what
Honolulu is like. All will wish them a
pleasant visit.
Tho Alameda was kept ' back nearly 24
hours by a heavy gale from the southeast
and southwest. What is a little remarkable,
the Alameda passed (from tho ICth to the
22d) no less than six vessels, including the
steamships Mariposa and -City of Sydney,
th e British ship Argo, .front Glasgow,, the
bgtne Consuclo, a tern, and a schooner.
The mail brought by tho Alameda is thfc
largest, in bulk, ever received hero from
abroad. It was contained in 3G bags, and
somo of the packages were huge. There was
no less than 308 registered packages, mostly
for Portuguese, It will not be- long, at .
this rate, before tho Postmaster-General-will
havo to fit up a Portuguese window. ;
A nc7 stylo of vehicle was seen on the
road on Friday. It had five wheels, four
being in the usual position, and one being
attached behind the wagon. The wagon
itself was an ordinary ono of the "hay
wagon" type seen here. Tho wheel in tho
rear was considerably smaller than tho
rest, and tho question now arises, what was
it for? Can any one enlighten the public on'
this matter?
f" The many friends of "Mr. Charles Eckel,
formerly connected with tho firm of Mc
Chesney & Co., in this city, were pleased to
to welcome him among the passengers per
Alameda. Mr. Eckel has returned to Hono
lulu on account of his health, which is very
poor. He has accepted a position in the
store of Srcsovich, Gray & Co., where ho
will try to regain his lost health and amuse
himself " wrestling " with grain, etc. Give
him a call.
A Hawaiian by the name of Thomas Palu,
returned on tho bktne. Discovery, from San
Francisco, after an absence of nearly 26
years, having traveled extensively through
out Europe, Africa and America, both by
land and sea. He left hero when only eight
years of age on the whaling bark Bella.Capt.
Brown, bound for tho Arctic. Since then no
word has been heard of him until his re
turn. 7Jo has forgotten entirely his mother
tongue. He was born at Hilo, Hawaii.
j The annua sale of tho choice of fish-stall
in the market took place yesterday under
the auspices of Chief Clerk Ilassinger. The
bidding for "first choice" was quite fipirited,
resulting in its being knocked down to Ii.
Waller for $400. Besides the one cold to
Mr. Waller, there was 1 sold to McCandles
A Co., 2 to Chinamen, and 17 to natives.
Twenty stalls averaged $205 50 each, the
total turn paid being $4110 50. Last year
me staiis sold for $2040.
Last Thursday, "Christmas Day," was.
duly celebrated by all in the town and out
the day being ushered in by twanging of
numberless monotonous guitars fingered by
exceedingly amateur performers. A slight
rain that fell during the morning did not
dampen any of the. festivities of the fseason,
or extend beyond the city limits. The
favorite mode of celebrating the day here
was the giving and partaking of good din
ners, and many there were who enjoyed that
pleasure to the "uttermost.
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