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THE PACIFIC COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER: HONOLULU, AUGUST, 19, 1S90. THE PACIFIC Commercial Advertiser. W. N. ARMSTRONG EDITOR. SATURDAY AUGUST 11 THE UUKAN ORPHANS. It is estimated that there are now over r0,000 orphan children in Cuba, who are destitute, and suffering. Path etic stories are told of hoys and girls not over eight years of age, wander ing about in search of food for younger brothers and sisters. One correspon dent of an eastern journal says that he saw a small boy, a mere child, trying to cook some food in an old tin can which he had set up over a couple or stones in a small forest grove. He was bright eyed, ragged and dirty. Two small, haggard looking com panions sat by him hungry, patiently wa-iting for him to make the water boil. This correspondent says that if a picture of the scene were boldly put on canvass, and it was exhibited through the United States, it would secure large contributions to the Cu ban Orphan Fund. The sight of suffer ing and misery stimulates sympathy. Several of the leading American journals comment on the small contri butions made for the re'ief of the suf fering children of Cuba. Not a voice has been raised in opposition to the scheme for aid. 'Miss Clara liarton and the newspaper correspondents urge an the strongest language the relief of these suffering little waifs, but only the sum of $16,064 has been furnished up to the 1st of August, and only a few people, hardly a hundred, have contri buted this amount. The American people cannot be accused of lacking generosity. They responded richly to the claims from Johnstown, when only a few hun dred suffered from the flood. They raore than compensated the sufferers from the earthquake in Charleston by sending them about $1,000,000, and over one million of dollars was given to the starving peasants of Russia. But public sympathy is a quick sympathy. It gives instr.ntly or not at all. The moralists say that this is not the highest order of charity, because it 5s not the act of well regulated minds with steady habits of giving. The nation gave three hundred mil lions of dollars, for "the sake of humanity" by driving out the Span iards from Cuba. No citizen pai directly into the fund one dollar. But after the nation has done its work, the duty of the individual citizen as apparent. It begins with the after math of war and pestilence. But we have the curious phenomena in tne case of Cuba, that a generous people permit these orphan children, together with the sick ard decrepit to suffer when almost within sight of "the rich est nation on earth." and an out of door life. He will scent j out a uenorous community, just as j cattle pick out water holes. It is now pretty well known that the hordes of tramps who infested the east- I ern States, after the Civil war were j :1k results of the abnormal conditions of that war. The nature of" military service draws out of men the habit j and desire for monotonous and peace- j ful labor. It was a singular exhibition ' of the social conditions, during the i seventies, when, for instance, the towns on xne nignways between Boston and j New York, and the highways between I New York, Albany, and Philadelphia. I AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION. were infested with able bodied men. who slept in the barns, asked and asked and even demanded food at the farm houses, and finally created a mild reign of terror, until laws were passed which grossly insulted the tramps, and prompted them to withdraw their patronage of the housekeepers. For the same and other causes, the tramp is about to infest this city. There is but one way to dispose of them, so far as they make personal visits to residences. That is, to refer them at once to the office of the Asso ciated Charities, and decline to give them aid. If any one desires to iriv'e aid to any particular tramp, because he tells an uncommon tale of woe, it should be done through the Associated Charities. If the tramp does not move on, the police station should be rung up, and the case stated. The police department should have a qurck and special service for this purpose. For the outlying districts, a mounted ser vice should be ready at all times. Unless citizens, and especially house keepers, act together, our social life will soon be made annoying. The As sociated Charities should, and will, act for the entire community, and no doubt they will be sufficiently provided with funds. j SYDNEY, Aug. 3. Mr. Haynes : moved an amendment to the Federal ; Address, setting forth that the vote against the Bill was not against Fed eration, but against the adoption of any constitution which could not be amended by a majority of the Austra lia people. Mr. Barton's amendment was nega- i lived, and the debate on the address to ! the Queen, praying Parliament to pass the Federal Enabling Bill, was ad- ! journed. TTAT 4 T" "1 .1 1 . j iio.vxw, .Aug. . i ne rremier an-! ticipates that the Federal Parliament! i will meet in July next. ADELAIDE, Aug. 3. Air. Kin the Premier, submitted 9 croffuDa sob -DIVISION OF THE BICKERTON HOMESTEAD. :ston. Swollen Glands, 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 abolish 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- i lutely without an equal. I have taken Hood's Sarsaparilla for scrofulous humor and imrure blood nnH the Federal am now almost entirely cured of the erun- Address to the Queen, which passed the ! tions with which I have been afflicted for the past year. My face, chest and back were badly broken out." Fred B. Ord wav, Woodstock, Vt. Assembly unanimously, the members singing "God Save the Queen." ; One member predicted that New Zealand would join the union. THE HON. .1. McKENZlE. LONDON, Aug. 5. The Hon. J. Mc Kenzie, the New Zealand Minister for Lands, is improving slowly. (rOoodl Sarsa S parilla Is the best in fact the One True Blood Purifier. Hood's Pills are the best after-dinnei pills, aid digestion. 25c Only the highest grade of RED RUB BER is used in the Stamps made by .he HAWAIIAN GAZETTE CO. Nothing So Bracing AS COMMERCE OF CUIJA. The following statistics of the num )er of vessels that were entered and cleared from the several ports of Cuba or the month of May last, as well as the tonnage of the vessels entered and cleared, have been prepared by the War Department: Number of coasting vessels entered. PUBE AIR 93J number of coastwise vessels The same strange moral phenomena appeared after the Civil war. One of those who gave themselves to the work of elevating the negro, often said that the phenomena appeared to defy analysis. For, the Constitution had" protected slavery, and under the slave codes of the'Southern States, the old, the infirm, the disabled, and the children were cared for by the slave owners, and as a rule, they were well cared for, and the cost of this care made slavery an expensive affair. Then the sword- freed the slave, and absolved the ruined master from v all legal obligation 4 to maintain the dis abled. The nation that freed the slaves, then turned them, landless, ignorant, penniless and disorganized out into the woods to shift for themselves. The story of the sufferings of the aged, the sick and the helpless children has never been adequately told. The Freedmans Baaik, organized under the authority of thot Federal government, gathered in about $3,000,000 of the money of the emancipated slaves, and then went into bankruptcy. At the same time, the American peo ple were generous and sympathetic. Four years of war hrd however dead ened the feelings of the people. The law of the survival of the fittest worked with terrible energy. No doubt, large numbers of negroes suffered and died through want, caused by the act of Emancipation. But the story of human suffering was an old one, and the quick sympathy died out. cleared, 878; number of foreign vessels (entered. 397; number cleared, 381; to tal number of coastwise and foreign vessels entered, 1,330; total number of coastwise and foreign vessels cleared, 1,259. Total coastwise tonnage entered, 140,501; total coastwise tonnage cleared, 133,821; total foreign tonnage entered, 487,837; total foreign tonnage cleared, 479.G69; grand total of tonnage entered, 628,338; grand total of ton nage cleared, '613,491. Havana leads in both tonnage en tered and cleared, her tonnage being 305,680 entered for the month of May, and 288,738 tons cleared, or practically one-half the entire tonnage of the isl and for that month. Santiago is sec ond with 50,718 tons entered and' 47,552 cleared. Cienfuegos ranks third with 49,075 tons entered and with 49,164 tons cleared. Matanzas looms up a fairly good fourth with 34,399 tons entered and with 31,618 tons cleared. Sagua la Grande follows with 29,024 tons en tered and with 2S.823 tons cleared. Car denas crowds Sagua with 26,966 tons entered and with 29,671 tons cleared. Only the highest grade of RED RUB BER is used in the Stamps made by the HAWAIIAN GAZETTE CO. "CalumetV makes the light ost, sweetest and most wholesome bread and. pastry. Bakincf U Powder NONE SO GOOD. Everyone enjoys it; your health de pends upon it. You can just ae well have it as your prudent neighbor. Old and young alike endorse it. DISINFECTING With the heat of summer comes the foul and disease producing air from the cesspool, vault and cellar. Ycu 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 TIMELY TOPICS August i ith, 1899 The Burglar Is enjoying a regular picnic here just now, and no matter how much he may be hated and despised, he cannot be blamed for "taking things as they come." It is nature his own peculiar one, no doubt. The nature of the po liceman is shown in the speedy man ner in which the burglar is sought aft er we were almost saying, caught. However, "Safe bind is safe find," and the VICTOR SAFE FIRE AMD BURGLAR PROOF Is the best of the bunch. We have them in various sizes. Fisher's Steel Ranges Give satisfaction wherever used. Our stock is a large and well-assorted one, "ranging" from the "Small Family" to Hotel and Restaurant sizes. From "Pele's" heat to "Klondyke" cold is but a step, especially when one of our Refrigerators l & " i JU Lots L 5.1 1 .5 Lot 2. I K 7 N G S T jb -. Is kept in the home with one of aforesaid ranges. Our the Ice Chests 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. 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 L Are built on the latest and most ap proved styles and are as useful for "keeping" things in as a safe. Food is always fresh and sweet when one is used. OO Aermotors Will catch every breath of wind, run easy and need no attention. We have Pumps of all sizes and Fittings for them, also. Hand Pumps Just the ideas for watering stock and for irrigation purposes. STAR KEROSENE OIL. PETROLEUM, MACHINE OILS, BUILDERS' HARDWARE, WATER COOLERS, For Steamers; sizes from 2 to 12 gallons. BLUE-FLAME OIL STOVES, O. K. LANTERNS And Globes and Chimneys for same. TUMBLERS At from GOc. to $2 per doz. ROCHESTER LAMPS, Nos. 2 and 3. SCISSORS (Seymour's) in great variety. These finely improved Lots for sale. Location excellent. Lots planted with choice treesand' Qhrnhhprv Priroc roocnnoWo 1 ntc - on o ro crtlrf a. 1 m m m. s a v& a m a i fA.m mm asia fit 1 - 1 w r 1 1 k. . w w m. m. m m Lot 3 A Beautiful Lot. Best bargain;iri town. Easy terms to purchasr ' . . Inquire of Dintn Wnirf Or riA PROGRESS BLOCK HONOLULU.: E. JOHNSON. President. DR. W. S. NOBlilTT. v LEO. (Jeneral Manager and Medical Director. CHELLBERG. Assistant Mgr. KING- ST., !NEAIt ALAKEA. 0- TELEPHONE 363. We make a full line of '; ' Famnifily Remraedies. Among these we name: . , PAUEHA COLIC MEDICINE, PAUEHA LINIMENT, PAUKDNU COUGH MEDICINE. For sale by the Honolulu Drug Store and in some of the surburban general stores. A trial will convince you that these are far better than, the usual cod v pounds made by druggists who are not supposed to know the effects of med icines upon the human system and by patent medicine companies. Mosquitoline ' 1 Will Drive Mosquitoes Away. . : 1 Cures the Bites! Brings Comfort ! lUIFliill'fittliiii tell enson, Smith & Co, LIMITED- SOLE AGENTS. 307 Limited. FORT ST. Fort and Hotel Streets. S-ff.jy.ji- - -o -j- ' o Jy - - -- jj -j. - tt- -o- - -T- -j- " - g It it not the "gift of the waste drops from the cup overflowing," that reaches the ideal charity. It is the gift that comes from the best measure of re sources and duty. It is perhaps for tiinate that Nature gives but little sus taining power to these toddling Cuban infants, wandering about the highways and towns. Their sufferings are sooner ended, and the hand of the Master gently takes them as they leave a world not deficient in sorrow. TRAMPS. It is true, beyond question, 'that we are entering the "age of tramps" in these Islands. The tramp is a saga cious animal, is fond of a genial climate 'I - - - t i 3, If H ATL B. IKEKK'S, QIUEEN On August lSth 1 am going away and the WHOLE STeK IS T BE S0LD At prices that will make competition impossible. a large and complete line of the BEST QUALITIES Of imported Dry Goods, purchased from the Eastern Factories. Now is yoiu time to bay at the right price. It now comprises K ve r y t h i n g pi u it , go. Lr. 1C PT Ik? Ilr? IMPORTER. AITCHM OTDI?rT