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THE PACIFIC COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER: HONOLULU, AUGUST, 7, 1S99. THE PACIFIC Commercial Advertiser. W. N. ARMSTRONG EDITOR. iMONDAY : : : : : AUGUST 7 AN IMPORTANT OPINION. Senator John T. .Morgan gave to the Press at Selma, Alabama, on the 14th of July 'his views about the political situation regarding the newly acquired territories. He said: "The Congress that assembles in De cember will, in providing for the gov ernment of our new possessions, have to modify the tariff, which will "ma terially strengthen the Democratic po sition. Sugar will give you issue enough. We can no more place a tax on sugar from Porto Rico, Hawaii, and the Philippines than we can- from Louisiana. "Then in providing for the govern ment of the Islands, will come the ar ranging of a financial system. Silver has been the only money there, there fore the remonetization of silver will be again demanded by the Democrats. If we can'.t get free coinage we will eay "give us five hundred or a thousand millions. Once we make an inroad, the rest of the party way will be cleared." Whether it will be fortunate for Ha waii, if Congress adopts his views, is a grave question. . So far as Hawaii Is concerned, it is a sound doctrine. Bat, there may be a menace to us in opening wide the door. Our prayer is that of the old farmer: "God bless me and my wife Mary, My son John and his wife Sairy, God bless us four, and no more." We ask Congress to bless U3 with the free sugar laws, out When it comes to blessing o&her people, we believe that the line should be strictly drawn against .them. Senator Morgan is one of our best friends, but we hope he won't become too friendly towards other tpeople. AN ALAR3IING VIEW. The New York Observer is the oldest organ of the Presbyterian church in the Eastern States. It has this to say about the observance of Sunday: . "Is Sunday to be In no sense a fore taste of the heavenly world to which we profess to be hastening? Is it merely a day for heavy dinners and more or less aesthetic enjoyment, in a half operatic entertainment in the churches? Is Sunday to be a mere show day for one's best clothes, or for one's turnout in the parks and on the houlevards? Are we to avoid all the most serious books and all the most .serious thoughts? Is everything that tells of our weakness and of the short ness of human life so much fanati cism? Is lit a gloomy thought that we are seeking another country, even an lieavenly? Are the harps that we shall then tune a myth? Has the end of the nineteenth century revealed It ios a fact that Scripture is so much poetry, a soothing opiate when it tells of the joys of Heaven? Is it a mere gloomy delusion when it tells of the doom of the wicked? Is the church prepared to sound a final truce with those .who have steadfastly tried to IeilU It IU lUlCU tsasO' fe-lllti ininyov.o. Even if we are arguing on mere politic and sociological grounds, the whole voice of ancient and modern history would sound with one note to the ef fect that self-restraint, the fight against temptation, is the sole safe guard of any individual or set of in dividuals. Rest and abandon are dif ferent things. You will hear nine men pleading for license where you will ' hear one pleading for more rest. We have downed Puritanism in this coun try, but. at a fearful cost. lany a . premature grave is being dug on Mon day for the man who would take no Puritanism on Sunday." If the Observer cannot exhibit any better outcome of the work of the Church during the last thousand of years, it makes the case a discourag ing one. At least, it suggests the query whether the Church has really discovered and preached the natural, the proper, and, at may he called, the "scientific" way of observing Sunday? There may be no "scientific" way of observing it, but if there is none, then what is to be done to correct this al leged error in observing that day? Is there not something wrong, radically wrong, in the traditional methods of observance, if the Church, more en lightened now than ever before, does not keep its members in order? It is a serious charge to make, that we have downed Puritanism in this coun try?" Have not the intelligent body of Christ5ans "downed Puritanism," because it ought in many respects to be "'downed?" The charge is made, not by the unbelievers, but by a powerful organ within the Church itself. A FALSE DISPATCH. In another column is republished a sp'ecial cable dispastch to the N. Y. Sun from Rome regarding the ci-uel treat ment of Italian laborers in Hawaii. As there are only a few Italian labor ers in service here, under our penal contract labor law and they do not complain, the dispatch to the Sun is not true. In the tables of the last cen sus, which was carefully taken, the number of "other nationalities" in cluding both men and women, was GOO. There are possibly thirty Italians in this class. But there are none of them on the sugar plantations. ALGER A SACRIFICE. In plain language Secretary Alger has been offered up as a sacrifice for the sins of the people. Some one had to be put on the altar for these sins, like the Jewish atonement made with bulls and goats and the people had their eyes on Alger and caught him. He was no better or worse than the aver age politician. His appointment was due to the system of spoils. The War Department got into trouble and he was at the head of it. Congress had failed to create a good army system. The members crowded their political favorites into the ranks of army offi cers, rne army was starved in its equipment by insufficient laws, and when an increase from 25,000 to 250,- 000 men suddenly became necessary, no living man could, at the head of the War Department, have given satis faction. So Alger had to suffer for the sins of the people's Representa tives. No one expected that the mem bers of Congress would rise up in a penitential attitude and say: "We have sinned." But when the people became angry, and proposed to lynch Alger, they stood aside, and said with pity: "There goes poor Alger, he is the creature of circumstances." Be- sides, Alger was an inferior man, and did not have brains enough to meet the many embarrassing conditions. In his management of the War Depart ment, he generally took a course directly opposite to that usually taken thirty-five years ago by Secretary Stan ton, who kept the politicians at arm's length, after the people had discover ed that war was a serious business. His retirement is not a triumph of the people, but a step in the self-educa tion of the people. There ds nothing that shows this so clearly, as the ap proval of the President's action in the selection of good officers for the new regiments, and his positive refusal to accept volunteer regiments. THE FRENCH PEOPLE. Senator Depew 'has recently return ed f no m his trip ito Europe, and gives to the press his opinions. He says that in t'h'e desire to avoid revolution in Paris, President Loubet made up an extraordinary Cabinet. A similar Cabinet made up in Washington by President -McKinley would be as fol lows: .Secretary of State Thomas B. Reed. Secretary of Treasury Wm. J. Bryan. Secretary of War Theodore Roose velt. Secretary of t)he Navy Edward At kinson. Secretary of Agriculture Jerry Simpson. Secretary of the Interior Gov. Pin- Attorney-General Simon Buckner. Food Prepared With "Calumet" is Free from Rochelle Salts Alum, Lime and Ammonia. "Calu met" is the Housewife Friend. M Powder NONE SC COOD. "J" RT? Baking OEPHRTOR 1 CM- 1 CM e5 On August IStb I am going away and the WH0LE STeK IS T BE S0LD At prices that will make competition impossible, a large and complete line of the . -1 1 - - - est 1 M BEST QUALITIES Of imported Dry Goods, purchased from the Eastern Factories. Now is your time to bny at the right price. a. est Millenaud, the French Secretary of Commerce, is a rampant socialist, and General the Marquis de Gallifet, Secre tary of War, shot 35,000 of the Social ists in 1S71. Senator Depew quotes the statement of an eminent Frenchman which bears on the influence of racial heredity in thought, and illustrates the point re peatedly made in this paper that the natives should not be blamed for their racial dislike of our small Republic. He said: "The French know nothing, and do not care to know anything of other countries. We have been only thirty years trying, under the form of a republic, which is not a republic ac cording to Anglo-Saxon ideas, to break up the traditions and eradicate the heredity of a thousand years of auto cratic government. It took you in Great Britain, and continuing in Amer ica, hundreds of years to accomplish this." The force of heredity is the first lesson to be learned in the study of political evolution. Nothing So Bracing Everyone enjoys it; your health de pends upon it. You can just as well have it as your prudent neighbor. Old and young alike endorse it. DIS1NFECTINE With the heat of summer comes the foul and disease producing air from the ceespool, vault and cellar. You must be on your guard against the ac cumulation of trash, garbage, etc; it is dangerous to have around. INSURES No skill is required to have the air about your home pure. The cost is tri fling and effect is wonderful. Disin fectine as prepared by us will serve the purpose. PURE We have it prepared in quantities to supply any or all demands. We will deliver to your home,, if within the city limits, a trial bottle at 25 cents. Don't neglect to order a bottle at once. AIR Those who are familiar; with the article order it by the gallon, which proves beyond all doubt that it is the I proper thing. Manufactured only toy SOLE AGENTS. - -v PORE MR SEATTLE BEER AT THE CRITERION SALOON, QUEEN STREET, Gould Not Sleep Suffered With Dyspepsia and Un able to Do Her Work Completely Cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla. "I suffered with dyspepsia and could not do any kind of housework. I was very nervous and could not sleep. I heard so much about Hood's Sarsaparilla that I bought a bottle. I found it gave me relief and I bought six bottles. When I had taken them I was cured. I can now do my housework and can sleep well at night." Marie IIames, 1730 Prospect Avenue, Helena, Montana. "I have found Hood's Sarsaparilla ex cellent for building up and strengthening the system when it is in a run down or exhausted condition." Mrs. Sarah M Shook, Red Lodge, Montana. If you have decided to take Hood's Sar saparilla do not be induced to buy any other. Get Hood's and only Hood's. Hood's parilla Is the Best in fact the One True Blood Puri fier. Sold by all druggists. $1, six for $5. y r;n act harmoniously with nOOCl S PUIS Hood's Sarsaparilla. 25c. TIMELY TOPICS June ist, 1899. Now that spring time is here' have you given a thought about renovating your home. The nasty, wet weather we have had for the past month 'has delayed the usual spring work, but bet ter late than never. We kindly ask you to read this list and then call Into onr store and get the prices. We have just received a large shipment of the following: WHITE LEAD in Oil. paint on;. MIXED PAINT, assorted colors. - COAL TAR, in barrels. ' CAR BOX OIL, in barrels. CARB0LINEUM, in barrels. STOCKHOLM TAR, in 10 gallons and barrels. METALLIC PAINT, ground in oil. , MIXED COLORS, in ilb. tins (Masury's or Fuller's) . YAMISII of various kinds for carriage and house build ing purposes. FLAT PAINT. BRUSHES, Adams. - - VARNISH : BRUSHES, Adams. WHITE WASH BRUSHES, cheapest and best. These goods have just arrived from the East and Perfectly Fresh. li Hi ui Limited. 307 FORT ST. IF YOU LOVE your wife take her to the ORPHEUM tonight S - - --J- -O- - -v " -- L-O L IB SRLE KERR SUB-DIVISION OF THE I I to f Lot o f 1 I 7.4 ee$$V fr5 I k n g These finely improved Lots for sale. Location excellent. Lots planted with choice treesandr shrubbery. Prices reasonable. Lots 1, 2, 4 and r; are. sold- Lot $ a Beautiful Lot. Best bargain in town.. Easy terms to purchasov tfm&&ffiB5SKiB& oo ' Inquire of Bruce Waring & E. JOHNSON. President. DR. W. S. NOBI.ITT. deneal Manager and Midical Director. Hiawaiflflaoii IViledlflcoiroe Cn KING- ST., NEAR ALAKEA. IF A CHILD is so unfortunate as to be fed on artificial food great carer should be exercised in feeding it. First, It should have two bottles anS half a dozen nipples. While one bottle is being used the other should h& rinsed out, filled with water and a little Pearline dropped into it. XTbec when ready to use again, pour out the Pearline water and rinse with fresh water two or three times. Soak the nipples in a glass of water to which fcas been added half a teaspoonful of bicarbonate' of soda (ordinary cooking soda). When ready to use rinse in pure water. By so doing much colic ancD stomach trouble will be prevented. Still a baby will have colic occasionally and then use PAUEHA COLIC MEDIC INE the, only colic medicine that con tains no paregoric. f MosqiuintoHinie Will Drive Mosquitoes Away. Cures the ! 1 i -OWLY AT- Benson, Smith & Co LIMITED Fort and Hotel Streets w irars, WEEN IMPORTER. BICKERTON H0ISTEA1 sz CO. P4SS LEO. SOHELLBEKli Assistaut Mgr. Bites! Brings Comfort I STREET It now comprises Everything must go.