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THE PACIFIC COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER: HONOLULU, JANUARY 11, 1S90.
THE . PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
W. N. ARMSTRONG EDITOR
WEDNESDAY
JANUARY 11.
EDWARD ATKINSON AGAIN.
Certain of Mr. Edward Atkinson's
statements at the late New England
dinner given in Springfield, Mass.,
which were republished in these
columns yesterday also involve the
question of historical accuracy. Mr.
Atkinson said, alluding to the landing
of the missionaries in Hawaii, "we
found there a large number of happy,
contented people. They enjoyed their
lands, and lives."
This is the statement made by an
educated writer, a man who unques
tionably prides himself on his accuracy
in the research for facts. He is clearly
tinder some strange spell that prevents
the use of the ordinary intuitions of a
student. Excluding the relations of the
missionaries with the people of these
Islands in the early part of the Cen
tury, as an affair involving bitter dif-j
lerences of opinion, the actual social
and political condition of the natives
has a scientific interest, as the condi
tions of other nationalities have.
The early voyagers, the traders, the
whalemen, have generally agreed upon
the social condition of these "happy
and contented people" as Mr. Atkinson
calls them. Not a native owned a
square foot of land. Not even a chief
owned land. The population had great
ly diminished through Avars. Cook's
and Vancouver's men had spread loath
some aiseases among the people. The
cure of sicknes3 was in the hands of
soothsayers. Ignorance and supersti
tion were universal.
Whether the people were "contented
and happy" depends upon the definition
of these words. In one sense the naked
savages, with a good digestion, with
leisure to bask in the sun, or to in
dulge in the sweet pleasaire of burning
their enemies alive, are quite as happy,
and indeed may be more happy than a
modern millionaire who takes no en
joyment in books and art and nature,
besides being confronted day and night,
if he is a Christian, with the distress
ing apparition of the camel trying to
plunge through the eye of a needle.
There is a school of radical philoso
phers who believe that the true savage
has nothing to envy in the lot of his
civilized brother. But Mr. Atkinson has
not, heretofore professed this creed.
A fair inference from all his interest
ing writings is that the institutions and
customs and social arrangements of
tho old Bay State, are on the whole
preferable to the state of the "un
tutored" savage.
Perhaps Mr. Atkinson's knowledge of
the joys and sorrows of the savage life
are derived from such works as
""Typee," by Herman Melville, although
we strongly suspect that he is the
guileless victim of Capt. Julius A. Pal
mer's "Romances from the forecastle
-or among the 400 on a cocoanut
island."
As it was the custom among the na
tives, before the advent of the mis
sionaries to neglect the aged and fre
quently to bury them alive, when they
tsecame useless, and infanticide -was
penly practised, 'Mr. Atkinson may
have seen In these usages the sources
' of true social contentment, and mourns
their' absence in the country within
sight of Bunker's hill.
Mr. Atkinson's statement, if correct,
is certainly a powerful argument
against the need of any evolution or
improvement in man.
CAUL SCHURZ.
Carl Schurz is the President of the
Civil Service Reform Association. The
professional patriots despise him. He
is opposed to Expansion. The profes
sional politicians and patriots hate
him. He opposed Hawaiian annexa
tion and persisted in making incorrect
statements regarding the conduct of
the men who led our revolution. So,
many of us especially dislike him.
Schurz was a refugee from Germany
where he had, when a young man,
preached democracy. He mastered the
English language with rapidity. Dur
ing the political campaign of 1S60, he
made a series of speeches in the West
on behalf of Lincoln, that arrested the
attention of the country, by reason of
their vigor and eloquence. He did
more than any man, during that period,
to influence the great German vote in
favor of the rising Republican party.
When the Civil war began, Mr. Lin
coln gave him the rank of general. He
did much to fill the army with German
recruits. The Republican leaders, after
the war, relied upon his great influence
with the German population, to secure
their votes for the Republican party.
President Hayes made him Secretary
of the Interior. There his influence
began to decline. He was not a poli
tician, and refused to allow the "boys"
to conduct his office. The machine
hated him, because he was impracti
cable. He had done a vast service in stand
ing "by Lincoln in the dark days, but
-the party mistrusted him, because he
would not take orders from the bosses.
His habits of thought are now too
strongly fixed to allow him to swiftly
accept the theory of expansion. He
was a great and loyal actor in the
crises that involved the division of
the nation. He placed the united na
tion under the deepest obligations to
make him for all time, one of its great
benefactors. He retains today the love
and admiration of those who know well
the history of their country during the
last forty years. But the professional
patriots and politicians read only the
history of "today," and have no rev
erence for his great work as one of the
nation builders.
AT A BANQUET.
At the annual banquet of the New
England Society held in Charleston, S.
C, on December 21st, Senator Hoar
was the principal speaker. This con
servative representative of New En
gland thought was received with much
enthusiasm. He said that he believed
the white and colored races in the
South were on the whole dwelling to
gether in peace and harmony, "under
the silent and sure law by which al
ways the superior leads, and the in
ferior follows."
The occasion of the speech and the
trend of thought in the speech show a
marvelous change in the public thought
of the north during the last fifteen
years.
Senator Hoar witnessed some of the
advanced thought of the South on the
liquor question. The wines selected for
the banquet were seized by the State
dispensary constables, and the des
cendants of the Puritans with their
friends would have had a "dry" feast,
if Senator McLauren had not persuaded
his "brother-in-law, the governor of the
State to order a release of the pro
hibited stuff. The luxurious descend
ants of the Pilgrims decline to honor
the memory of the father by using that
venerable beverage known in ancient
days as "applejack" or "Jersey light-
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THE PASSING- HOUR
What will the Chamber of Commerce
do?
On the score of being first in several
details required of an illuminant, the
Washington light, lately introduced
here, is well named.
Convention calls are in order. Shall
there be the common Honolulu specta
cle of a mean squabble with nothing in
particular at issue?
The chief allegation of a recent ima
ginary campaign conducted here should
have an anchor sent after it, for it
has undoubtedly reached bottom.
Now that Annexation has been ac
complished, every paper 'on the Main
land is in favor of a cable to Hawaii.
The average American wants all the
news of his own country at least.
There is a vein of Julien D. Hayne
all through the "confession" contri
buted to the New York World by "Jas.
D. Hallen." He always had a weakness
for "fin de seicle."
.
In looking over the United States
mule transport ship Tacoma, now in
this port there wells up the strange
regret that the greatest Government on
earth failed to make nearly as good
travel accommodation for its soldiers
as it has for its pack mules.
All of the aldermen of Chicago have
been summoned before the grand jury
to tell what they know of purchase of
franchises from the officials of the mu
nicipality privately. It is added also
that calls are out for the ex-aldermen.
It is too bad that the Astor Battery
did not come back from Manila this
The
THE BALANCE OF THE STOCK HAVING ARRIVED, WE ARE NOW PREPARED TO SELL AT THE FOLLOWING PRICES
Fine White Dress Goods, ccts. a yard; Fine Printed Nainsooks, ?cts. a yard; French Organdies, 10 cts. a yard; Heavy Flannelettes,
new patterns, iocts a yard; Fine French Organdies, 1? yards, $1.00; Victoria Lawns, 32 inch
wide, 10 yards 7?cts. All other goods at proportionate Prices.
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TREMENDOUS BARGAINS IN
SAILOR FIATS, the Latest Style, $1.25 each.
TABLE LINEN AND NAPKINS at Bargain Prices.
Ready Mad CLOTHING, COLLARS
uon Street,
naear
way. A number of Honolulu people
wanted to inspect the braves and see if
all of them had saved their manicure
sets through the season of service.
Aside, the Astor Battery men showed
fighting quality of the highest order.
At a recent meeting of the Panama
Canal Company tnere was held an ex
ecutive session to consider whether or
no Uncle Sam might be induced to, buy
a gold brick in the shape of the
shaaowy property of the French cor
poration. -
A pleasing prospect is unfolded to
the Englishmen in Boer land who have
thoughts of rising against the oppres
sion with which they are ground down
and hampered in commercial pursuits.
The official organ of the Boer Govern
ment advises that when the clash
comes the Britishers should be thrown
into the deep shafts of their mines,
with the debris of their machinery for
costly shroud3. "This is from a paper
of the people who shout that their
Bible is their hand-book."
Drink
USE
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If the advice given in those three
words is heeded, good health will fol
low. City water is not good for many
reasons, principally, because it is con
taminated with vegetable and putrid
matter of all descriptions. A simple
analysis shows this to be a fact.
EXCERC1SE
Our doctors are busy
treating
pa
tients who are suffering from com
plaints, more especially malarial dis
orders, which will be materially bene
fitted if they drink a water that is pure
and possesses curative features, as does
Bartlett Spring Water.
DUE
Ask your family physician about the
water, and if he is honest he will en
dorse its use.
All who have drank the water speak
in the highest of terms for it.
This climate demands the use of
such a water and you cannot afford to
be without it.
VIGILANCE.
We will serve free of charge a glass
of this wonderful natural Spring
water at our Soda Counter to all who
caro to come and test its virtues. We
deliver the water to your home in case
lots at $6.50 for 50 pints, ?9.50 for 50
quarts.
SOLE AGENTS.
Grta
TOYS- At your own
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and CUFFS, NECKTIES and a Com
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II ill
ra.
Clearance
Em pure Blood
Rheumatism, Kidney Troubles and
Sick Headache the Results Doc
tored for Years Without Relief.
'My blood was out of order, and I be
gan taking Hood's Sarsaparilla. It has
purified my blood and relieved mo of
rheumatism, kidney trouble and sick
headaches. I have been afflicted with
these difficulties for years. I am now able
to do a good day's work. Rheumatism has
troubled me since I was a child, but I am
now entirely well." Miss Pheobe Bai
UEY, Box 445, Pasadena, California.
" I have suffered from the effects of im
pure blood, boils, pimples, etc., for five
years. I have tried various remedies with
out relief and finally purchased six bot
tles of Hood's Sarsaparilla. The boils
and pimples have all disappeared since I
began taking this medicine. I am now
entirely cured." Louis Thomas, 1412
11th Street, Oakland, California.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Is the best in fact the One True Blood Puri
fier. All druggists. $1, six for S5. Get Hood's.
VAAi r:il are purely vcgetabK re-
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liable, beneficial. ic.
TIMELY TOPICS
January 2nd, 1899.
The rush and turmoil at
tendant upon the approach
of and during the holiday?
being over and peaceful
quiet having once more set
tled, now is the time to con
sider the necessities of home.
In making out your list of
goods to replenish the house
hold stock, do not forget
your wife when driving likes
to feel perfectly safe as well
as comfortable and up-to-date.
Nothing so detracts from
the appearance of a horse as
a shabby harness and equip
ment. Nothing so attracts and
adds to the appearance of a
horse as a fine harness and
equipment such as we are
displaying.
We have received by the
late steamer a full line of up-to-date
Single and Double
Harness, Buggy and Carriage
Harness, Carriage Whips,
Laprobes and Whips, Ex
press Harness, Mule Team
Harness, Dump Cart and
Sherwood Steel Harness.
We pride ourselves on
having a thorough complete
stock of reliable and attrac
tive carriage and heavy
equipments.
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Limited.
307 FORT ST.
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000
price. The whole Stock must
being the very latest Styles
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-j LIFETIME. EMBRACE IT.
plete Stock of UNDERWEAR will be
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Sale
HONOLULU, OAHU.
BRUCE WARING & CO.
Dealers in Lands.
Investment Brokers
Fire Insurance Agents.
CHOICE BUSINESS and Residence Properties for Sale.
ELEGANT LOTS on Punchbowl Slope with fine marine view.
A BEAUTIFUL MODERN RESIDENCE on Green street. Terraco
grounds. Splendid view. Choice neighborhood.
A CHOICE RESIDENCE AT PUNAHOU. Large grounds convenient to
Tram Cars.
LOTS AND HOUSES at "Buena Vista," Nuuanu Valley.
BUSINESS PROPERTIES Centrally located.
Lots on Makiki street.
HOME LOTS IN KEWALO TRACT. Houses built for purchasers cn th
installment plan.
STORES AND OFFICES (single or in suite) in "Progress Block."
RESIDENCE LOTS at Puueo, Villa Franca, and Reed's Island, Hllo.
"We invite Inspection of properties.
LOANS NEGOTIATED. Insurance Written on Residence
and Mercantile Risks.
We Invite Inspection ol proprtles.
BRUCE WARING & CO.
Offices: 7 and 8. Progress Block
Occident and Orient I
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BOTH ENDS MEET AT
HOLLISTER & CO
TOBACCO
Havana and Manila ig
Just Received ex. Stmrs. Belgic
and Australia. ... .
Corner Fort and
For a Christmas Gift Select
Maile
(WITHOUT
FINE PERFUMES, TOILET SETS, TOILET WATERS
From American, French and English Makers.
Benson, Smith & Co
LIMITED
Fort and Hotel Streets.
Goes
be cleared.
selected from a fashionable
TOWELS, BEDSPREADS AND
j SHEETINGS AND PILLOW CASES
cleared at any price, as we are going
HILO, HAWAII.
STORE.
are
Merchant Streets.
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and DO
Regent Street, London, Stock
BLANKETS, must be sold at any prte,
will be Bold at a sacrifice.
out of the business.
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