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The Honolulu TimesTHE HONOLULU TIMES.

ANNE M. PRESCOTT,Editor and Propr.

All communications to the Hono-lulu Times should be sent in at leastthree days before publication signedby the author, to the ofllce, 82 Mer-chant street.

HONOLULU, DECEMBER, 1902.

"And when the)' had preachedthe gospel to that city, (Paul andBarnabas) and bad Irtught many,they returned again td Lystra, andto Iconium and Antioch. Confirm-ing the souls of the disciples,(strengthening them) and exhort-ing them to continue in the faith,and that we must through muchtribulation enter into the kingdomof God."

Speaking of Poetry as the great-er, art of every ageand clime, appealing as it docs toall that is best in man, the writerwould say, and with all reverencethat the Lord's Prayer is thciuotsublime epic ever written ; and af-

ter that one must turn to thoeglorious Psalms that forever singthemselves in one's car- - and thenonto the stately rhythm of the Pro-phets. But, if one would seek asolemn requiem and warning, thenmust he look for the Revelation ofSt. Tohn the Divine. The Bible,the Word of God, is the only poet-ry that can meet all needs or- - sat-

isfy the human heart.

It is said of Gray's "Elegv''that it is that perfect not a wordcould be taken out and anotherinserted in its stead without mar-ring the transcendent beauty ofthe poem.

What is there about gold moneythat so attracts, outside of its in-

trinsic value the color?

"fgtycoiisncss $nillcllj n fyiltoii."

HONOLULU, DECEMBER, li)02.

A very tiny and clever Japaneseboy of four years, but a wholeKindergarten in that mite of hu-

manity, has his time spent in ashop, and often given, in a purseof his very own, silver coin to playwith and to count. But, he toldhis father the other tlav, that "heliked the red kind!"

Ah, the Japanese ! We shall needto look to our laurels presently:

commercial interests.

Guess that's all right Tommy,don't you fret.

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"If a man cheats you once it'shis shame; if twice, (Legislature)it is your ."

Saturday, All Saints' Day wcare writing to the cool music of thesoft-fallin- g rain lovely indeed !

The sea is dead still, except foi-ev- er

the murmur of those breakersas they curl over the reef. Nocraft is to be seen today toothick. The country is lookingfine. We get plenty of mulletthese days. My big Japanese girlcan both catch and cook it.

Buildings on the same plan andat the same rate of cost as theschool-cottage- s for teachers, all

.over the Territory, are quiteenough good for the "IndustrialSchools," and the pine tables andcommon chairs and shades forwindows, arc also, just the thing.Boxes also can be utilized andhome-mad- e closets, shelves- - book-cases, etc. But perfect sanitationand cleanliness and orcjer andthrift and economy, down to apiece of string are what will helpto make such schools a successmorally and financially. Theywill need, call for. no polishedfloors or palace furniture. It is"character" we are seeking to build

No. a.

up life and health and all thatgoes to make the truly Christianman or woman. Lacking truthand industry all is in vain. Now,we contend that it doesn't need afortune to start these schools. Theyare to be for the children of thepoor that they may learn, early, tobe self-helpf- Look at the loadsof finest melons and vegetables thathave been passing Wailupe forweeks- - raised, nor by a Professorneither at the instigation of one,but by a Chinese coolie succeed-ing by industry and vigilance, withbut rudest appliances at his com-mand! We can learn from thatOrient-barrin- g we are too proud

how to make money ("red")and how to "purse" it.

In England, (yes.I'm an Am-erican) "Charities" of all sortsand kinds as you may know arestarted often, with some little be-

quest that is accruing interest, andgrows in time to be a mighty in-

stitution for good. But, those whoovcrlookl like things are, let metell you, adepts in finance andwhile there is no lack of the es-

sentials, not a penny goes to waste,or to the "waste," or to any waistof "vanity."

It is plain, sweet, simple, whole-some living that the native childneeds today; and sandwiched inbetween, certainly, music and flow-

ers and pictures, yes and rich poet-tr- y!

Shall he have all? And shallhis life be made a poem and not aharsh, painful discord? Let us"look alive," Captain.

MILTON'S LAST POEM.

I am old and blind!Men point at me as smitten by

God's frown,Afflicted, and deserted by my mind ;

Yet I am not cast down.

1 am weak; yet dying,1 murmur not that 1 no longer see :

Poor, old, and helpless, I the morebelonging,

Father supreme, to Thee.Oh, merciful One!

When men are farthest then Thouart most near:

When men pass coldly by myweakness shunThy chariot 1 htar.Thy glorious face

Is leaning toward me, and its holv

Shines upon my lowly dwelling-plac- e,

And there is no more night.On bended knee

1 recognize Thy purpose clearlyshown ;

My vision Thou hast dimmed thatI might secThyself Thyself alone.I have naught to fear.

This darkness is the shadow ofThy-win- g;

Beneath it I am almost sacred:here

Can come no evil thing.i mat i

Oh, it is great, and there is noother greatness to make one nookof God's creation more fruitful,better, more worthy of God ; tomake some human heart a littlewiser, manlier, happier moreblessed, less accursed. Carlylc.

There is but one vital questionbefore this Territory today and forall future time.

Shall we be ruled and dictatedto, in legislation or out, by thecanaille? Or, from the lowest of-

fice to the "highest shall it be aman who makes for righteousness

one who is seeking by every actand word to help up-lif- t, up-bui- ld

our beautiful, unique country?That is the questionto put before the President andCongress in December. Shall thepower be granted to the Governorof Hawaii to sec that good men

are in office, and that bad men arcwhere they have a right to be ? Af-

ter that is settled, in the right way,true prosperity will attack us witha firm and healthful grip and theTerritory will move on, at a steadypace, to Statehood. We can'twrite what would be the darkside, if our enemies were to prevail.We have faith in an over-rulin- g

Providence and look forward to"stirring times."

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"We shall meet the people whoare coming to meet us from manystrange places and by manystrange roads; and what it is setfor them to do to us, and what itis set for us to do to them will allbe done." G. P. R. JAMES.

Serene I fold my hands and waitNor care for wind, or tide, or

sea;1 rave no more 'gainst Time or

Fate,For lo! my own shall come to

me.1 stay my haste, 1 make delays,

For what avails this eager pace?1 stand amid the eternal ways,

And what is mine shall knowmy face.

Asleep, awake, by night or day,The friends I seek are seeking

me;No wind can drive mv bark as-tr- y,

Nor change the tide of destiny.What matter if I stand alone?

I wait with joy the comingyears ;

My iieart shall reap where it hathsown,

And garner up its fruit of tears.The waters know their own, and

drawThe brook that springs in yonder

heights ;

So flows the good with equal law,Unto the soul of pure delights.

The stars come nightly to the skyThe tidal waves unto the sea;

Nor Time, nor Space, nor Deepnor High

Can keep my own away fromme. Burroughs.

"There's a Divinity that shapesour ends, rough-he- w them as wewill." Shakespeare.

It is, to-da- y, a widely-sprea- d

and known fact that nowhere in'

the world can be found a race morelovable and more loving, fonderof the truly beautiful in color andin scene, fonder of music and of

song, fonder of peace, of quietand of comfort than the nativeHawaiian. They would seek atall times the cool and shady spotsfor their home, the lovely valleysand resting places near to clearstreams and trees of their ownplanting. How more than sadthat so many of them, to-da- y, are

but vagrants and wanderers intheir own Hawaii.

The crying, neednow is to do the best, the verybest, for the children that theymay take an honorable place inthis Territory which will becomean important State,

Let us anticipate a number ofManual Training Schools, FarmSchools or whatever name youwill, provided they do not evensavor of the country school of to-

day. We know we shall makeenemies in what we have to savon this subject of vital, paramountimportance to the native child anddear to our heart, but we waive allthat, having no ax to grind, andrepeat what we said in the Octo-ber issue : let us have an industrialschool on, at least, five- - of theseislands as soon as possible. Ex-

pensive in th ebeginning but inco-

me-bringing in the end, andmore than all money, a saving oflife and of character.

THE HAWAIIAN LIFE-SAVIN- G

INSTITUTIONS.

"What do I mean by that?" I

know to the last letter of the Al-

phabet what I mean.As things are going now, and

I do not say that our teachers arenot faithful for they are, from Sun-

day morning to Saturday night;but as things are, the children willnot as a rule live out half theirdays. True it is they swim, butthey do not bathe, do not washproperly every day with soap andwater. They are not groomed ina wholesome manner not at all.

True it is they eat; but, it :i.too much to-da- y often, and thena scarcity for days together.

True it is they sleep; but how,and when and where ? It is some-thing, that alone, worth lookinginto.

Oh yes, I know perfectly what 1

am talking about know myground and wish it were pleasant-er- .

It is indeed a bitter truth.Now, some these native, children

under ten years of age know thetaste of liquor, they smoke, theychew tobacco, they use profanity;often idle for hours and on the

road, which is the best place theyknow.

Formerly, the native cultivatedhis taro and make his poi for thefamily, the children helping. Thisin itself was no mean occupationand was of vital interest. Theydid far more weaving of all kindsthan is done to-da- y. They wentvery often to the mountains forroots and herbs and fruit and forpleasure, and the children withthem and all was in good time.They made their own boats, theirhouses, planted trees and flowersand lived comparatively innocent,self-helpf- ul lives. As a rule theydid not drink azva to excess andwere healthy and happy. But nowdrunkenness too often obtains,and poverty and wretchedness fol-

low in its wake. A native told usthe other day how bad the poiflour was too often, and the po;

too is unfit to eat. It is wickrdto cheat the natives but they arecheated every day.

Too often these poor boys andgirls are on the road as soon csthey give up school, and what theyhave learned is of no practicalbenefit to them indeed it is to a

certain extent soon forgotten, forknowledge is of little value if hcannot be applied. In the East,the writer visited one institutior,for poor boys, where only broom-makin- g

was taught. It seems themater'al is quite cheap and yetbrooms tire ever in demand. Whatis more acceptable to the goodhousekeeper than a handsome newbroom? "A new. broom sweep;clean." Let the natives learn Lo

make brooms for one thing; andin learning that, they may be ableto sweep down and out, some ofthe vile dust and cobwebs that arenow despoiling their once happyfamily life.

When we question the "littlechap," who has trotted for milesover the sunny road and who per-sists in wearing that wretched, lit-

tle hot cloth bag on his head, whvhe docs not prefer the light, coolshady hat of his mother's weav-ing? he will reply that he "wantsto wear haolc style all same Eng-lish." There are two words thatwe really wish could be blotted outof use: "style" and "popular."

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Instead of. the comfortable Iwlokuso easily made, so cheap that onecan have' a couple for every day,so easily laundried, the slip of agirl, wears a tight, warm waist;and if she can put over that, ingoing down the road, a cloth cape ;

her skirt hitched most any way tothe waist and her petticoat hangingbelow, a few inches, oh then is shehappy, and the envy of that school

"haole style," again!Often, these children are in the

yard by 7 o'clock and it is not un-

common for them to get up andrun to school not having eaten amouthful sometimes, a drink ofrank coffee with black Island su-

gar. They lie down to sleep inthe same clothes they wore toschool, likely.

Do you wonder their poor headsare on the desk by noon-tim- e;

where would yours be, my dearreader? and do you fancy theyknow anything of the terms:"breakfast," "dinner" or "supper,"name s so dear to us ! They donot. They cat, literally, what-

ever they can catch, at any timeor place the poor little bairns.

lie it understood that I am wri-

ting never of Honolulu nativechildren, but of what I know ofcountry districts of three islands.

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THREE WTSE STATESMEN.

"C'est (Utblc en renter."ED.l

Our committee, composed ofSenator Burton of Kansas, SenatorFoster of Washington and myselfas chairman, being a

of the CommiUee on PacificIslands and Porto Rico of the Uni-

ted States Senate, spent twentv-tw- o

working days on the Hawai-ian Islands, twenty of which (in-

cluding also manv night sittings)were occupied in taking testimonybearing unon the several subjectscommitted to us for investigation.

We visited four of the principalislands of the Territory, Oahu, Ha-waii, Maui and Molokai; also thecities of Honolulu, Hilo, Lahaina,Mountain View and several smal-

ler towns and took the testimonyof several hundred individuals wit-

nesses of all classes, some at all ofthese different places.

We also heard the representa-tives of various commercial bo-

dies, chambers of commerce,hoards of trade, planters' associa

tions, builders' and commercial as-

sociations, boards of health, bank-

ers, maritime boards and bodiesrepresenting the native Hawaiian1.

We also visited and carefully in-

vestigated the quaraitine station,near Honolulu, and the proposedsites for a military post and navalstation at Honolulu.

We also visited personally Ho-

nolulu and Pearl harbors, on theIsland of Oahu, and Hilo harbor,on the Island of Hawaii, and tooktestimony bearing upon the con-

dition and wants of each, with aview of determining as to the ne-

cessary improvements for theseharbors.

Our investigations extended tothe financial, commercial and eco-

nomic conditions generally of theTerritory, to the status, functionsand operations of all territorial of-

ficials, including the executive, ad-

ministrative and judicial officersas well those appointed by Feder-al as by local authority.

We also carefully examined intothe condition and value of the pub-lic lands (these include what wereformerly known as the crownlands) ; the Torrial land laws andand the manner of disposing ofthe public lands, all of which is atpresent under Territorial control"the General Government neverhaving extended any of the laudlaws of the United States to thisTerritory.

We required carefully into tlios'econditions more particularly afftct"bv the organic act, with the viewof determining what, if any,

should be made to thatact of Congress.

We also made diligent investi-gation of the local laws now inforce in the Territory, and of theoperation of the Government there-under, with the view of deterr-minin- g

as to the republican char-acter of each.

We also made investigationtouching several official defalca-tions by Territorial officials, someof which occurred before our ar-

rival and others dluring our visitto the islands.

We made a careful and tho-rough investigation of the manage-ment of the leper settlement onthe island of Molokai and the con-

dition and mode of life of theseunfortunate people, with the viewof determining whether the controland management of this settlementshould rcinin as now under the

Territorial government or be trans-ferred to the Government of theUnited States.

We also made a careful investi-gation of the labor question, therelations of labor to capital, wagesetc. ; also of the question of res-

tricted immigration of Chinese la-

borers, of the cost of producingsugar on the different plantationsin the different islands; also as tothe adaptability of the islands forraising coffee, and the feasibility ofbuilding up that industry on theislands: the condition of trade andcommeica generally between theislands and the mainland were tak-en into account by the committee.

We also made a careful inves-tigation of the fire claims of theterritory, amounting to considera-bly over $i,ooo,ooo, arising out ofthe fire incident to the plague inDecember, 1899, and January1900; looked carefully into themanner in which these claims hadbeen investigated by the territorialofficials, as also into the conditionsthat led to the destruction of pro-perty at that time, the reasons forand the manner of such destruc-tiontio- n

all bearing upon thequestion or should not assumethe payment of these claims.

We also took a considerableamount of testimony bearing uponthe question of the proposed irri-

gation ditch in the Kohala district,Island of Hawaii, and of the con-

flicting claims of the HawaiianDitch Company and another com-

pany represented by the Messrs.Gehr and their associates: Thistestimony bore, first, upon thequestion from an industrial andeconomic standpoint as to the feas-ibili- tv

and advisability of this en-

terprise, and secondly, as to therespective rights of the two claim-

ant; for a franchise.Our investigations extended fur-

ther as to the necessity of publicbuildings for custom-hous- e, court-houses and postofficcs in Honoluluand in Hilo. Also into the neces-

sity for the recoinage in the UnitedStates mint of some $900,000 ofHawaiian silver coins. Special at-

tention was also given to the ques-

tion as to the advisability ofamending the Organic act as to re-

quire the organization of countyand municipal organizations, andmuch testimony was taken bearingupon this question.

The late Queen Liliuokalani

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(Mrs. Dominis) having presentedto our committee a claim for lossesalleged to have been sustained byher by reason of the loss of thecrown lands when she was depos-ed, we made a full investigation ofthe condition, character and valueof these crown lands at the timeof her deposition as Queen, andof the revenue arising therefromannually.

Our whole time during our stayin the islands, with the exceptionof a very few hours, was closelydevoted to the investigations inwhich we were engaged. We havea mass of testimony bearing uponthe several subjects of inquiry.

As yet the committee has had noopportunity whatever to discussany of the subjects into which wehave been inquiring, much less tosome to any conclusion in regardto any of these subjects, and willnot take the same up for consider-ation until we reach Washington,which we hope to do early in Nov-ember. Besides it would be quiteimproper, even had we reached anyconclusions in regard to any ofthe subjects of our inquiry, tomake the same public before sub-

mitting the same to the full com-

mittee and the Senate.It may, however, not be impro-

per to refer to the present busi-

ness and industrial conditions.Contrary to the conditions of greatcommercial and business properitynow prevailing on the mainlandthroughout the United States, weregret being compelled to say wefound the islands in a state of verygreat commercial and industrialdepression, caused, as it is gener-ally claimed, by the low price ofsugar and the scarcity and highprice of labor.

I embrace this opportunity tostate on behalf of my associatesand attaches of the committee andtheir ladies accompanying themand myself, that our reception onor arrival and treatment while inthe islands by both people andpress were of the most cordialcharacter. Not a word of criticismcame from the press as to the man-ner in which we conducted our ex-

aminations, which were open to all,nor from any other source so faras we know.

On our arrival at Honolulu oursergeant at arms, Senator Foster'ssecretary, Thomas Sammons, wastaken ill with typhoid fever, and

was compelled to go to the hospit-al. He was gradually improvingon our departure, but will be un-

able to leave Honolulu for a coupleof weeks. Aside from this and aslight attack of rheumatism whichannoyed Senator Foster somewhaton the some-boun- d trip, our iartywas blessed with good health. Iam also gratified to be able tostate that throughout our stay inthe islands a spirit of harmony inthe committee has characterized allour proceedings. Althopgh we en-

joyed the beautiful islands and theproverbial generous hospitality oftheir people, irrespective of raceor condition in life, we are all hap-

py to be once more on the main-

land soil.I am authorized by my col-

leagues, Senator Burton and Fos-

ter, to say that they fully indorseall the statements I have just madein this interview.

"All good things go in threes."1ED.

Wish we know to run a news-

paper as well as that Starmanknows. Why, if you wanted onlyhalf a Star (too much), he'd makeyou pay 3 cents . Fancy !

The little child was beseechingher father to take her to visit hergrandmother, who lived at a dis-tatn-

To get rid of her, he said :

"It costs $10 every time we go toseer gandmother, Florence, and$10 don't grow on every bush.""Neither do grandmothers growon every bush," answered the littlegirl promptly. They went. Hu-

mane Journal.

It is difficult for us at home toconceive the many difficulties anddrawbacks of colonial life. InMashonaland the locusts seem tocause considerable trouble, and theRev. A. S. Robins of Salisbury,Rhodesia, describes his trying ex-

periences of this pest while walk-

ing from Panhalanga to a farmthree miles distant. 'We had tofight our way going and comingback through swarms and swarmsof locusts. The whole of poorAlexander's work for the last fewmonths was all 'scoffed' (eaten) inless than 24 hours, although weall did our best to keep them offby making noises and putting boy?

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ill the gardens and fields with tincans and baths to make as muchnoise as possible something likethe 'Augustinian Rag' on Mar-king day but it was all of noavail. And I feel it somewhat asa personal matter between myselfand Mr. Locust, because I hadspent several afternoons plantingout seeds and tomato plants andwatering the seeds and youngplants, but now it seems that I sim-

ply watered them to make themgrow for the locusts to eat. Inparts they were so thick that byjust hitting into the air with anordinary sf'ck you could bringdown three or four at each stroke.We also heard they were all theway from here to Umtali, twel.'emiles by road." St. Augustine'sCollege Occasional Papers.

Make all you can, give all youcan. J. Wesley.

A BRAVE BOY.

When the cruiser Boston wentinto action in the battle of ManilaBay, one of the powder boys tookoff his coat hurriedly, and it wentover the rail into the water. Heturned to the nearest officer andasked permission to jump over-

board and recover it. Naturallythe request was refused ; so theboy went to the other side of theship, climbed down the ladder,swam around to where the coatwas floating, and came back withit. The action was noticed, andthe officer ordered him put intothe brig. After the battle, theboy was court-martcial- ed andfound guilty of disobedience oforders, and he made no defense.Being in command of the fleet,Commodore Dewey had to review

'the findings of the court. lie sentfor the lad and asked him in a

kindly way why he had riskedpunishment for an old coat. Theboy burst into tears and explainedthat his mother's picture was inhis coat pocket and he could notbear to lose it. The gallant Com-

modore fairly picked the boy up inhis arms, and then ordered him tobe instantly released and pardon-ed. "B6ys who love their moth-ers enough to risk their lives for

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their pictures cannot be imprison-ed in this fleet," he said. Selected.

A letter was read from Secre-tary Wilson of the Department ofAgriculture at Washington re-

garding the establishment of anagricultural school in Honolulu,in which he says :

"Without doubt institutions foragricultural education should beestablished in Hawaii as soon aspracticable. It is, however, aquestion well worth consideringwhether an agricultural institutionof college trade is at present need-

ed in Hawaii. Exycricnce undersimilar conditions elsewhere wouldseem to indicate that it would bebetter to establish agriculturalschools of secondary grade inwhich along with the studies or-

dinarily pursued in high schoolsa considerable amount of instruc-tion in the theory and practice ofagriculture may be given. Suchschools should have farms wellequipped with live stock and farmmachinery, and instruction in agi

should be along practicallines, with special reference to lo-

cal and agricultural needs. Theprincipals of such schools shouldbe men trained in our agriculturalcolleges and in thorough sympathywith industrial education."

Another "wise" man! ED.

JOURNAL.

This country, Territory, will be-

come a State and will be one ofthe richest, most prosperous, mostwise of all the States. Why? Be-

cause the Banks and the Commer-cial houses and the sugar baronsare veritable salt-lick- s, and Iknow whereof I speak. This little"community" of Hawaii-ne- i is acompact, unanimous body forrighteousness, and makes for thatalone. Disaster of any sort cannotsubdue it while it may sadden fora lime. It rallies, as one man,stronger, for the coming attack.It laughs at trouble and sings andsays its prayers and goes tosleep, safe-fold- ed and watched byAngels. Of such is this Territoryto-da- y, November, A. D. 1902,and All Saints' Day at that. Whatdate? Oh mv! don't vou know?

have to do, is 'far morally strongerthan before the "great fire." Yes,far stronger since Annexationof course it is. Do you fancy thata few thousand dollars or evenmany, say one hundred or so, canthis startle men of calibre? Thereis a great lot of money in thetreasury at Washington ! but morein the treasury of France, whichsame is the richest country in theworld to-da- y, as to cash-in-han- d.

Unless, it may be but I hope not,that a few have had hands in the"crib" since I last read. But it'sa war that depletes a money-ches- t,

eh? We want no war to take offour money, or, our handsomeyouth.

Go in to any of the Banks orHouses of Hawaii and see theyoung gentlemen employed menon whose faces are stamped honorand kindness and good-wil- l. It isa joy to know that they are a partof this splendid heritage.

Our conscience be it said is ourown, together with a good steelpen, and we purpose to write; butit is not to our gre to explain toany one why we do this or that.If we fail in everything else, wedo try to mind our own affairspetite.

November 3.The glare and heat of summer

are past. How glad we were tohear the warm, soft shower ofyesterday and to see the sunlightdancing in between the big, heavythuds of rain. It was most charm-ing to sit on the veranda, thesea so calm under the whippingof that sky that sa;d to it : "Who'sthe mastcr-of-ceremoni- here atthis beach to-da- y, you or I ?" Andthen another small but furiousflood dashed on its face. "There !

take that and that, and that oldsalt sea, and how much do you likesky water?" And so the Rain wason the rampage all the day long,and until the small hours of thismorning. That sea, to-da- y, isglorious just the murmur of thebreakers and the brilliant sunshineon its blue surface. The fields arecoming on green as never was,and the trees are bursting withnew leafage. In one week moreevery hill-to- p will be a velvet car-

pet fit for the footsteps of a queen.

You are a stupid. Well, to resume :

this "community" with which I

There is the twitter of birds in myear every minute as I write, andsome of them feeding at my feet.The air is balmy and soothingand the earth is satisfied with thecool drink of yesterday. We arcmost thankful, like Mother Earth,to have done, for another sixmonths, with the brassy glare andheat of this tiresome, wearisomebeach ! Let those have it who likeit not I. We are of those whowould dare to die tor Truth'ssake.

That "new road'' from Wailupeto Niu is pan, and looks like goodwork. We are now cut off theroad, and our nearest neighbor,when resident for a brief time,one-eigh- th of a mile distant andinaccessible when, as now, theroad is deep with mud.

Our next neighbor is Niu, onelong mile off. We shall not pleadguilty of gossiping too much.Two line horses feeding in frontof me. all the day, have twicewashed one another's faces, vigor-ously neck and face for ten min-utes.

An old man, a laborer, who own-ed a mule but never groomed it,complained to a gentleman ofstiffness of the joints. The mantold him that if he would groomhis mule every night for one hour,rubbing him down well, at thestream, it would cure him, likely;and the mule would lie able tocarry more grain into the bar-gain. He was enough wise totake the hint and groomed bothhimself and his mule.

I grew to have great admirationof a poor heathen Japanese fisher-man. Rough, ignorant and un-

tutored as he was, coming in froma tough day's work that youngman would make his fire outside,cook his meagre meal of rice andfish, and only a drink of water,and then day after day groom hishorse, with as much care, as onewould a royal steed. He wouldwash it, and rub it and smooth itdown, comb it, and polish itshoofs ; and that horse would fol- -

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low him like a dog, and come athis call !

A lady born and bred in England, but who had been in the Isl-

and for a number of years, wenthome for good. She told us, theother day, that when she againsighted Honolulu she cried forjoy; and she added in, what weshould term, rather a

tone: "Not theywon't get us out of here again ina hurry." But we said, soothing-ly, I wouldn't fret about that. Ofcourse, they (Steamship Co.)won't.

November 7.

It seems almost too good to betrue doesn't it?

First the Senate Commissionand now the Prince!

Surely the tide is turning in ourfavor and the country will risequickly, like a young politician !

We shall have work for theworking-ma- n and eight hours atit, at a time.

We shall have our Chinese, ourmoney, for improvements needed ;

capitalists will come and Hawaiiat last, will be on top.

We said so. "Republican."S.C.

SOME SERIOUS SATURDAYMUSINGS.

November 8.

Life is often very short-cu- t offwithout warning as we see. Whichway are you travelling, my dearfriend? There are really, but thetwo paths the path of the wickedand the path of the righteous. Youmust prove by vour daily life; yesevery day, not Sundays only, whichpath you are walking. You can-

not deceive yourself, your neigh-

bor, or your Maker. "Righteous-ness" is simply a logical term andincludes soundest reasoning with-

in its borders. You prefer thethings of the world. Very well.We must part company. ThePreacher.

"JAMIE."

Jamie seemed impelled, con-

strained to go out to meet, in buta few minutes' rowing, his deathby drowning. The mountains ofwater swept over him and he was

gone, lie loved the sea and hedied in it.

No lad ever loved better to rowand to fish to swim and to keepin the sea. He knew no fear forhe had been used to it all of hisshort life, and he looked upon itas a friend and a friend he dearlyloved. To him the roughness onlysuited his love of exertion andfun. He was all alive with action,he loved to work and to seek em-

ployment good-nature- d and hap-py. He was never more satisfiedthan when he had gone withwilling feet to do a neighbor akindness.

Dear d, handsomeJamie, we miss indeed, his pleas-ant face and cheerv voice.

BETHLEHEM.

The poor little Christmas baby,With no cradle for its' own ;

Not even a wicker basketOf rudest reeds is shown.

All in a hard cold manger,In the cattle-she- d He lay;But, Angels ministered to Him,And led Kings on their way.

The shepherds heard the Angels'song,

And saw them in the skyThen followed, wonder ingly, along,To find the Christ-chil- d, nigh.O new-bor- n Christmas baby,Thou gift to every child;Thv sacred heart can hold them' all,So loving and so mild.

The bells are rung in ev'ry clime,The Angels' song is sung;And that God came from Heaven

to Earth,Is told in every tongue.

Anne M. Prescott.

November 4, 1902.(Republican and Righteousness.)

There's the great man at the topof our Territory, Honev. Even so.

The revolutionists are dying out !

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It has been a "stern chase," in-

deed.5 i5

Labor is what we need.0 v w

If the Federal Government will'help us!

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Hawaii is unique.

Hawaii is just Hawaii.

It will fit no other mold.t t$ (J

IJecause Hawaii since the da)' ofAnnexation, and long before, hasbeen subject to the influence of theRevolutionist in all legislation andoutside of it, has been bothered bythe rag-ta- g and the wicked hurry-ing in here to get in their deadlywork, is that cogent reason whywc should not have help from theFederal Government? Hawaii isunique as a country and in all therelations of life. She cannot bemeasured or governed like Alaskaor Arizona not even the State ofMassachusetts or the District ofColumbia. Hawaii she is and Ha-waii she must remain if every Sen-ator of our country were to makea visit here. I Jut with the neededhelp for Improvements and for La-bor she will become one of therichest and most powerful of land.

Tt is the work of our last Legis-lature the work of the Revolu-tionist cohort that has been themeans of breaking up hundreds ofgood homes, and sending honestmechanics out of the country.

Surely the Federal Governmentis enough informed to know whatmakes for Hawaii's future pros-

perity or for her desolation andruin. A port of entry for the world,a splendid sugar country, a com-

pact community for Righteous-ness: and shall it stand and begfor needed help of its own Govern-ment and sue in vain ? Every hon-

est kamaaina man or woman, yes,even the school children can relatewhy the country has been hamper-ed and hindered ! Ah, guess weall know!

THE QUEEN HOTEL.

Mr. and Mrs. Heine who arenow conducting the house arcthorough Germans, and kamaainasat that. The table is abundant ingood home-cookin- g and of greatvariety in meat, vegetable andfruit. The place does not savor in

the least of the Hawaiian or theMoana, nor docs it pretend that :

but the prices for rooms andboard are reasonable, and it cer-tainly is a far more comfortableQueen Hotel than has been knownin times past. Ed.

That Starman is fov the nonce

THE HONOLULU TIMES.

interested, apparently, in "bugs;"he, therefore, takes no live inter-est in the cruelty of the "baggingof doves, plover," etc., not tospeak of the great power all birdsare in destroying pests. Everyschool-bo- y knows that fact inNew England, and indeed through-out our whole domain. But "bugs"arc the hobby of the hour thefad. What's o'er the steer, Kim-mcr- ?

What's o'er the steer?"If the friends of the Star, those

renowned hunters, would but fol-

low this coast and "bag" a few ofthe rats and mongcese they wouldincur obligations from the Gov-ernment, and really earn a fairincome.

To slay the few of the featheredtribe, in these Islands, is culpable,indeed. Hut intense cruelty to ani-mal, bird, and fish is evidently"nobody's business." Fancy eatingyour fine, fat mullet that has beentossed on the beach to die whenso-ever it may, or to die a lingeringdeath on the road to market! Wecare not for our enemies where wehave a principle to maintain."Righteousness."

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SANITATION.

In former days, every poorestnative or Asiatic could make afire to burn up his weekly trashand garbage: and the smoke andfires in the town were a greatpurifier of the atmosphere des-troying germs and pests and foulodors. 13ut now, wc must "followthe fashions" of every body else,whether the baggy, co;itfits us or not ; we must have stand-ing iu the sun, in our narrowstreets, the repulsive garbage cartto look at and to shy by we mustsee and smell the vile odors ofevery shanty the trash at everygate. Is it not all most disagree-able? Neither the native, nor theAsiatic, not even the white manever burnt up his house or thatof his neighbor that we recall inhis trash, and wc always liked tosee the smoke rising, particularlyon Saturday, for it looked as ifevery body would have his placetiday for Sunday. But look at itnow always waiting for that de-

testable cart !

It is not surely anyone's affair,in the press and hurry of daily lifeand work, to stop and remonstratewith every brutal driver, withevery mangy-cu- r owner, to receivebut insolence and likely cursing,

does not take us too long, that i

child is a three-fol- d liar either fromheredity or home-educatio- n, weavoid questioning that "little one,"but try to cure its weakness. So,whenever wc meet these tigers inour path, pulling and yanking andbellowing at a poor inulc, or horso,we wait until wc can work outsome way, some day, a preventive.The brutality and the cruelty whichis so oppressive in the Islandsto-da- y goat-shootin- g, "bird bag-ging," mule-beatin- g, dog-starvi-

and all the rest is partly due to themixed class of coolies and peasan-try, for no gentleman will descendto cruelty or one who has the in-

stincts of a true man in him.

Why is it, we have asked fortwenty years, must the poorer na-

tive have dogs at his heels? Heis not raising them for food for allwe sec are big, bonybrutes ; they do not love him, hedoes not love them, for he kicksthem, but they have a canine con-sciousness that the one they arefollowing is, in some wav, tlvirowner. They arc not fed, nevergiven water and sleep anywherebruised, hungry, tired brutes,running from yard to yard to hunta bite of anything that they canswallow. miscreants in-

deed often lame and half-starve- d,

its very breath contamin-ating, and its hair foul with germsand "bugs." It would be a mostmerciful mercy to shoot suchdogs giving them a rapid andspeedy exit. But, personally, wchave never had a fire-ar- m in ourhand and shudder at the sight ofone. When another turn of cho-lera or plague shall come, as come

. it will, this being the world's portof entry at all times and seasons,the country will rise from its leth-argy; sick, mangy animals will beexterminated for the time, garbagewill be daily destroyed by fire andstreets and corners and "lanes dis-

infected. We pray that this landmay be spared from harm ; thatcleanliness, beauty, kindness, mer-cy, throughout, is a consumationfor which wc most devoutly wish,over and over, but do not see.

No, we confess to having verylittle of what the world, todayterms "pluck" and must try togo without the same.

What a pity it is that the word"pluck" has so degenerated. Old-fashion- ed

folk in New Englandused to tell a ch'ld "to run and

pluck a posy for Grandma."Slang is contemptible be it used

by clergy or laity! And now wcwill say, finally, that wc like theword 'slang" no whit more thanits fellow-companio- n, "pluck 1"

Let us return to sweet Englishthat "well of English undcfilcd"

and stay by it.

SOME- - LESSONS OF CHAU-

TAUQUA ON THE SUB-

JECT OF CHRISTIANUNITY.

(By the Bishop of Tennessee.)

(Continued from last number.)

The times are indeed ripe forgreat changes in the ecclesiasticalworld. Our own opportunities forhelping forward the better under-

standing and the surer unionamong Christian people arethronging upon us week by week,andyear by year. We may refusethem. We may be tempted toblock the way and disregard thesigns. Or we may, by God's grace,emphasize and encourage thosereal and essential principles forwhich the Anglican Communionstands, so that they shall becometo all our people the great andtrue bonds of religious union andconcord, in this day of the newbirth and the new life of Americanpatriotism and American powir

Therefore, "For Zion's sake willI not hold my peace . . . untilher righteousness go forth s

brightness and her salvation asa lamp that burnetii . . . Ye, th.itare Jehovah's remembrancers, takeye no rest, and give Him no rest,till He establish, and till He makeJerusalem a praise upon the earth... Go through, go through thegates ; prepare ye the way of thepeople; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift

up an ensign for the peoples . . .

Behold thy salvation cometh; be-

hold His reward is with Him an.l'His recompense before Him.'"(Isa. Ixii. I, 7, 10, u.)

THE HONOLULU TIMES.

"THE CHEERFUL GIVER."

A lady being asked if she tookan interest in Woman Suffrage,replied that she had been elevenyears trying to learn to make agood pickle. We have sometimesfound ourselves in a "pickle," butnot of our own making. We havealways had enough faith some wayin the other side of the family tobelieve that the country was safein them and that in the end Right-eousness must and would prevail.And to-d- after many tabulating,we see the victorv. "Salt."

As this is sweet Saturday to ped '

agogues, we shall be able to writea few "quips and wiles" for ourPaper, and no "boiler plate" Mr.Starman. That's a huge joke asbig as "Larnak." You never usethe same! Turn the barrel, dear;turn the barrel ! Why we couldwrite a peck at a sitting, and nothalf try! We don't have to ponderand think over a paragraph, likethe likes of you. Avast, ye land-lubber !

The Castle Home needs help.Give while vou live not look backfrom the spirit world to see a lotof lawyers putting castles on Mt.Tantalus, out of the "settling" ofyour stocks and bonds. And whocan say it would not come to that?or, that you would not look back?We fullv believe in ghost stories,of the right sort, and in hauntedhouses. Of course there are suchthings. We positively knew ahaunted house. Wait.

Now, if you did look back atsuch things, I'll say in forty yearsfrom this, you would not feel tooangelical eh ? That's whereghosts and haunted houses (cas-tles) come in !

T'll go on. In the future I maywrite a few lines not "cheap po-

etry or boiler-plate- ," O Starmanthat will make your ears tingle toread.

The Free Kindergartens neverought to gasp for breath, it is toobad when uVrc is so much moneyin the world and they make somanv little ones happy all the day.Don't buy that costly lace!

Have vou given one picture orono book or one flower or onepound of coffee or one cent to theSailors corner of Nuuanu andQueen (upstairs) ?

Have you joined the Y. '' . C.A ? Why not ? It's a mighty pow-er in the land "Righteousness."

Who says we can't and shan'tcrow, if we like? We can whistleand do, not in "meetin" but inschool. We've taught a lot of chil-dren how to whistle. How now,Horatio! Laugh and whistle andcrow if you please. We alwayskeep shy of Mr. and Mrs. Geu'mGeoom. "But the Israelites hadlight in their dwellings." Ha, ha !

Good-by- e Tommy. Don't you fret.

We simply write a boy's nameon the blackboard with N. G. afterit. Calling the little band to orderwc explained in very lucid and for-cible terms that, if those letters(just those two) were said to be-

long to any one's name that nereally owned them, and had earnedthem and no mistake, the exacttruth, everyone would wish to avoidhim. No one would care to try tohelp him or to have his company.It would hold good in London orNew York or at the Coast indeedin China or anywhere among hon-est, worthy people.

"Sh-h-h- "! N. G." they would say.Now, children, what does it allmean stand for?

That lad (15) had given me noend of trouble and I failed to studyout a cure.

One said at once that it meant,"Naughty Girl."

When I had done explaining,thai boy's face was very grave; anentire change came over him andfor the rest of the day he fairlybecame terse in his effort to pleaseme and to be courteous. He leftthe school-ground- s, quiet and sub-

dued. And I had simply stated afew facts. Mind over matter.

We would advise all journaliststo use the "Eagle Draughting" pen-

cil. No charge for advice of anysort. It is a perfect comfort. Tryone.

Do you care to sec remarkablesights in the cloud-lan- d of Hawaii ?

You must be at the beach now andup an hour before the sun. Try !

One poor Japanese fisherman toldme: "It made him scared." Itdoes look ominous indeed.

The showers are bringing outsome shades of green we did notknow. The carpet is dazzling.