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THE PACIFIC COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER: HONOLULU, AUGUST, S, 1S90.
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser
W. N. ARMSTRONG - EDITOR.
AUGUST 8
is valued at $260,000. The price paid
' for the Custom house premises is
$3,203,000. This price would leave.no
profit to those who pay it, if a "sky
scraper" could not be built upon the
land, rising to a dozen stories.
ALASKA UOUNDAKV.
EMANCIPATED JAPAN.
Nearly all of the new treaties made
between Japan and the European na
tions went into effect on July YJth,
but the consular jurisdiction did not
ond until August 4th.
Japan is now by the voluntary act
of civilized nations, placed on the com
mon footing of all nations. The ar
bitrary, despotic and, in many respects,
the unjustifiable power assumed over
Japan by the foreign nations for near
ly forty years, gave way to an ack
nowledgment of international rights.
During these years even the most con
servative Americans have made no pro
test against the despotic act of the
Federal government, an act entirely
contrary to the spirit of American
l6litical thought. The nation has been
doing for these many years in Japan
just what it is now doing in Luzon,
dictating to an alien people what they
should do.
There is much misgiving as to the
conduct of the Japanese, under the new
condition of affairs. The old European
residents predict that they will con
stantly do acts of injustice to foreign
ers, and there will be no practical
remedy for any wrong done.
We cannot expect the Japanese to
change at once their racial methods of
dealing with offenders. We refuse
ourselves to abolish absurdities in the
administration of our own laws tow
ards ourselves and other nations, and
yet we demand that the Japanese
jshould be measured by the highest
standards of the world. Besides, there
is a strong ieeiing amoug iuc
are subjects of powerful nations that
they may impose on the Japanese in
many ways, especially lin minor mat
ters. It has been the (habit of the
great Powers to treat the Asiatics
arrogantly. The United States alone
have been considerate.
The ruling class in Japan are alive
to the necessity of avoiding any fric
tion -with foreigners. They have al
ready gone so far, in several places,
-ea to provide better jail accommoda
tions for foreign prisoners than they
do for Japanese subjects. While they
have justly insisted on the abolition of
Consular jurisdiction, they have been
ready to show the world, that they
could be just in the settlements of dis
putes which involved foreigners. There
will be, of course, more or less friction,
tinder the new conditions, but it will
aiot be serious so long as the represen
tatives of all nations, as well as the
Japanese rulers, are resolved that quar
rels shall be avoided.
If the dispute between the United
States and Great Britain regarding the
Alaska boundary had taken place
twenty years ago, the air would have
been full of war cries, the blood would
have been up on both sides, and war
preparation have been made on an ex
tensive scale. The delicate situation
today is not realized.
The vast territory of the British
east of the Alaska shore line is in
terior land. The Americans claim the
entire shore front, and refuse to let the
British have any outlet whatever to
the sea. It is the case of a man who
has a long strip along the highway,
and refuses to let his neighbor, who
owns an enormous tract of land in the
rear of it, have any right of way to
the highway. Among private persons!
the State steps in and compels a right
of way to be given. Among sovereign
States only the war power can secure
it. Great Britain insists on an open
ing to the ocean of her immense ter
ritory, and wishes to leave the case to
arbitration. The United States says,
"We will not arbitrate because we
have exclusive right to the shore."
What an individual would be forced to
do, a nation refuses to do, and the
people applaud. "Let us keep all we
have, give the Britishers nothing,"
shouts the crowd. And so we would,
if it were mot for the fact that the
British -have us "on the hip" in the
Clayton-Bulwer treaty, which prevents
us from holding an exclusive right in
an Isthmus canal.
Both governments however are
avoiding friction. The- Washington
government delays sending troops to
Pyramid bill. The British government
keeps its Customs men and mounted
police well in band on the frontier.
Both governments discourage war
talk. The good people in both coun
tries insist on amicable adjustment,
and concessions if necessary. But the
men in both countries, who go about
with "flags" in their pockets, may whip
them out at any moment, wave them,
and insist on the nobility of another
war for the sake of national honor
Twenty years ago they would have
promptly flung tiheir respective navies
at each, other. Today lines of con
servative men stand with locked arms
before the irrepressibles, and tell them
to keep their flags in their pockets.
EUROPE'S TALLEST QUEEN.
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland has
lately been objecting to being called by
the press "the little Queen," although
she in no way objects to the term "the
young Queen." As to the adjective
"little" she says: "This certainly can
not have reference to my stature." In
this she is right, for she is one of the
tallest of women rulers of the present
day. She measures 5ft. Sin. The
Queen of Spain measures 5ft. 5 2-5in.,
while the Empress of Germany and
Queen Victoria are still smaller. Not
only is Queen Wilhelmina of good sta
ture, but she is of proportionate build,
for her waist of 21in. is in admirable
keeping with the bust, which is 42in.
"Be mine!',' he cried in a voice sur
charged with anguish. If you refuse
me I shall die!" That was 40 years
ago, and the heartless girl refused
him. Yesterday he died. Girls beware!
Nothing
NEW BILL at ORPHEUM THEA
TER tonight.
In March, 1S81, King Kalakaua was,
-with his suite, the guest of the Em
peror of Japan. The King voluntarily
offered to revise the Hawaiian treaty
with Japan, so as to exclude the un
usual right of Consular jurisdiction.
The Emperor and his Cabinet regarded
such a revision as an entering wedge
in their efforts to secure similar re
vision in all treaties. The offer was
accepted, and a draft of a revised
treaty made. But as soon as the Eu
ropean governments heard of it, they
insisted on the suspension of the pro
ceedings, and an indefinite postpone
Tnent resulted. Before this had occurr
ed, the Imperial government in return
lor tliis voluntary offer of King Kala
3taua, gave to him entertainments and
receptions, which seemed to tax the
resources ' of N; he Empire, and now,
eighteen years afterwards, seem to
have been unreal in their spendor,
and equalling the most gorgeous spec
tacles ever presented to Royal guests,
in the history of the Qrientals.
What Hawaii offered to do, and was
restrained from doing in 1SS1, has now
been done by all of the Powers.
The good will of the Japanese gov
ernment towards Hawaii continued un
til 1807, when in the promotion of its
own policy, the government of Hawaii
violently terminated this desirable
friendship, and committed what the
Japanese regarded as an unpardonable
insult, in violently returning its sub
jects to Japan. How far the Japanese
government has the right to resent
this act, or how far eny nation has the
Tftght to resent an alleged grievance,
is a question in morals that it is idle
to discuss.
Japan ceases to have any direct re
lations with Hawaii. She now deals
with the greater America, and her re
lations with us will be arranged at
Washington. .
Calumet" Does Not Belong to a
Baking Powder Trust, but Con
aumeraare Rapidly Learning
to Place Their Trust in
Calumet."
NONE SO GOOD.
NEW BILL at ORPHEUM THEA
'ER tonight.
So Bracing
-AS-
Swollen elands, Scrofula Sores, Hip
Disease, Boils, Pimples, Erup
tions Tell the Story Dreadful
Consequences of Impure Blood.
Certainly scrofula, if anything, may. be
called the advertisement of foul blood.
It is the scourge of the world offensive,
painful, debilitating, stubborn. Outward
applications do not cure. Emollients
may palliate, they cannot aboliah the evil.
There is one sure way out, and that is to
eliminate the taint from the blood. For
this purpose Hood's Sarsaparilla is abso
lutely without an equal.
" I have taken Hood's Sarsaparilla for
scrofulous humor and impure blood and
am now almost entirely cured of the erup
tions with which I have been afflicted for
the past year. My face, chest and back
were badly broken out." Feed B. Ord
WAY, Woodstock, Vt.
parilla
Is the best in fact the One True Blood Furifler.
j DSllz are best after-diunei
nOOU S r'lUS pins, am digestion. 25c
TIMELY TOPICS
June ist, 1899.
I SUM OF IE BICKERTON HOMESTEAD-
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PURE A
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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.
DISINFECTINE
With the heat of summer comes the
foul and disease producing air from
the cesspool, 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 oDce.
AIR.
OPERA HOUSE.
IMPORTANT A8K0URCEHERT !
....Season Tickets for the....
11. i mm
k ink
Those who are familiar with the
article order it by the gallon, which
proves beyond all doubt that it is the
proper thing.
Manufactured only by
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SOLE AGENTS
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
our store and get the prices. We have
just received a large shipment of the
following:
WHITE LEAD in Oil.
PAINT OIL.
MIXED PAINT, assorted
colors.
COAL TAP., 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 Fullers)
VARNISH of various kinds
for carriage and house build
ing purposes:
FLAT PAINT ' BRUSHES,
Adams.
VARNISH :
Adams.
WHITE WASH BRUSHES
cheapest and best.
These goods have 'Just arrived from
the East and .
Perfectly Fresh.
BRUSHES,
K N O
& Z
These finely improved Lots for sale.
I oration excellent. Lots olanted with choice trees"and'
shrubbery. Prices reasonable. Lots 1, 2, 4 and 5 are. sold.
Lot 3 A Beautiful Lot. Best bargain in town. Easy
terms to purchase
-O9O-
Inquire of
Bruce faring & CO.
PROGRESS BLOCK,
HONOLULU.:
E.JOHNSON. DR. W. S. NOBl.ITT. LEO. SCHELLBSKU.
President. General Manager and Midical Dirfctor. Assistant Mgr.
BHawaflDami Medldcomie Co
KING ST., NEAR ALAKEA.
IF A CHILD is so unfortunate as t
should be. exercised in feeding it. Fir
half a dozen nipples. While one bottl
rinsed out, filled with water and a lit
when ready to use again, pour out tn
water two or three times. Soak the ni
been added half a teaspoonful of bicar
soda). When ready to use rinse in pu
stomach trouble will be prevented. St
and then use PAUEHA COLIC MEDIC
tains no paregoric.
o be fed on artificial food great care
st, it should have two bottles and
e Is being used "the other should bo
tle Pearline dropped into it. yhen
e Pearline water and rinse with fresh
pples in a glass ' of wjater to which has
bonate of soda (ordinary cooking
re water. By so. doing much colic and
ill a baby will have' colic occasionally
INE the only colic medicine that con-
Mosquiitoliinie.
Will DriYeHMosquitoes Away
COMPANY
Will be on sale o:a Thursday next at 9
a. m., and four following days, at the
store of Wall, Nichols & Co., Ltd.
Price, tickets for season of eight
nights, $10.00.
JOSEPH FYXNEY,
5305 Representative
SEATTLE BEER
AT THE
CRITERION
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IN.
Cures the Bites!
Brings Comfort!
iiie Si
Limited.
307 FORT ST.
enson, Smith & C
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-LIMITED-
IF YOU LOVE your wife take her to
the ORPHEUM tonight.
Fort and Hotel Streets.
!
I 'DEPARTURE SHLE i
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KEKK'S, WEEN
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On August lSth I am going away and the
WHOLE STeK IS T BE SOLO
At prices that will make competition impossible.
It now comprises
A LAND VALUE.
Those who liave visited the city of
New York, will remember the massive
United States Custom house in .Wall
street. After many years of negotia
tion, dt has -been sold by the govern
ment to private parties, at the. rate of
$104 per square foot of land. A new
building will be erected. The price
paid indicates the value of land in the
business parts of the city. As the
standard dimensions of city lots are
25x100 feet, it appears that at the rate
paid, a city lot in that neighborhood,
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a large and complete line of the
, BEST QUALITIES
Of imported Dry Goods, purchased from the Eastern Factories. Now is your; time to bny at the right price. Everything must go.
QUEEN STREET, Lo Bo KERR, IMPORTER.