The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 13, 1898, Page 19

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1898. 19 wut Wfoney in Your Wouth. B e ko o o SR B B e o R o e e S S Sk o o o o o N order to ascertain just what germs and material are carried about by coins in [ + eneral circuiation The Sunday Call ha< had a number of gold and silver coins carefully examined and the germ c: ture placed under the microscope by emi- nent specialists. The results are astour ding. Germs of nearly ail the diseases comuon to this section of the country were found except those of consumption. What strange foreign matter was also found is told in the accompanying article. D otk Sk o8 B B B e e e e e e e e R D 4 + + + + + + + + P R s MICROBES :ND OBJECTS |.|[EG OF SMALL [NSECT. 2.MCcrRoBE. ~ 3.PIECE OF HAIR. 4.STOMACH BACTERIA .. 5.TyPHOID GERMS. 6.VEGETABLE FIBER PROBABLY TOBACCO.. 7.GERMS OF LOCKUANY-- 8..CoLLi COMMUNARID 9 MICROBE METHOD OF INFECTING A SAME PLATE AFTER=8 HOURS PETRI PLATE WITH A 50 CENT PIECE. IN THE INCUBATOR... 4 v ..GERM OF EITHER DIPTHERIA OR LEPROSY ... 2.-MEAT GERMS.. {.CHEESE MouLD 2. GERMS oF YEAST PLANTS. T/PHOID GERMS -BL0oD CELLS. . NicRoBES:. ", YEAST PLANT. = 28 S= 4. 5 6. o 8.. gold and silver coins are with deadly as well as any amount filthiest kind of fi y Dr. Gustav Academy nd Sur ons. and at the head | harm will be don. GERMS OF DECAY EDM coLtLt (onmUNARls AT GERMS OF DECAYING FISH.. 9.. GERMS OF LOCK JANV.. | | College of | rub off or come in c | METHOD OF houses quicker by the medium of coin: disease | than any other way. “If a sick person as much as touche a coin,” says Dr. Pillsbury, t‘ chances are that the germs of the dis- se with which the person is afflicted Perhaps the germs may yntact with some sterilizing medium, in which event no But the chances are in favor of the germs lying dormant on 11 infect it. DISINFEC VER}’DOD)’ SHO! THIS AS OFTEN A - + + + + + - T 4+ would grow and produce the disease that might result in the person’s Dr. Eisen’s Opinion of the Germs Found on Coins. HE disease germs on gold and silver coins are of the greatest danger to human can be pro~~wated in a gelatine media shows conclusively that they are alive. came into contact with the stomach or blood of a human being the result would be the same—the germs death. MICROBES. Scentz J O e R R e S S S S SRR SRt s beings. The fact that they If in any way the germs Banks and large mercantile PO COMMUNARIS \ 10.. BLoOD CORPUSCLES.. DECAXISC 3. LockIAW ; s EAT GERMS..) 3..MISCELLANEQUS 4. coLLt The tiny particle of black dirt scraped out of the crevices, when examined un- der the microscope, proved to be filth. In one crevice was found the leg of a tiny insect. There was also a piece of badly decayed hair and any amount of stomach bacteria, plainly indicating that somebody had at one time placed the coin in his mouth. There was & piece of vegetable flber, probably to- 4+ hoyses should disinfect all coins in their possession at least twice a week. GUSTAV EISEN. bacco; a small piece of meat, a few ot + P 4+ | blood Corpusr(i:l]eli as Or“ tl(!!e $1 silll\'er piece. Other filth was found, as well as v*#####t#t###¢++4»4##+_¢¢++¢;;4+¢4*¢¢+#¢4#4#¢4¢09+#¢++#¢ B e b off colly co A1 e) 0K jaw, typhoid, decaying meat, etc., a G rms | 40 living on Mission street. As he | posited were then stained with differ- | existed plentifully and to incidentally | deadly combination. This coin was K2 2 went up the steps of the house he saw | ent dyes and examined under a micro- | isolate those not so numerous. carefully soaked in corrosive sub- the Silver Dollar Could Cause Serious Sickness. nercantile houses to disinfect their oins at least twice a week. In this ‘ay the danger of their spreading dis- ase would be reduced to a minimum. “There is no doubt whatever,” says Dr. Eis “about of zold and zerms more or less deadl hat germs taken from coins in general irculation can be ' propagated in a selatine media shows conclusively that the man's little daughter with a ten- cent picce which she was amusing her- self with by sliding it between her lips. “Don’t do that,” he said; “it’s not nice.” “Yes, it is,” the little one answered; “my mamma geve it to me.” A few days later the child was laid up with diphtheria and subsequently died. There was no’other case of diph- theria in the neighborhood, and while there is no positive proof that she caught it from the ten-cent piece, the chances are that she did. She could easily have done so, for diphtheria germs have been found on coins. In order to ascertain just what germs are lkely to lurk on gold and silver coins a sét of cultures and miscroscope slides taken from coins in general cir« culation were made for The Sunday Call. These have been carefully ex- amined by well-known microscopists and the results are both horrifying and disgusting. Germs of nearly all the diseases com- mon to our section except consumption were found. And also filth. In making the slides Petri plates with a breeding medium of bouillon and gelatine were infected with coins obtained Indiscriminately. The infec- tions were brought about simply by laying the coins on the plates for a few minutes. The plates were then placed in ap incubator for forty-eight hours. At this time the smooth brown surface of the gelatine where the coin had lain scope. Three slides were made from the cul- tures of a $20 gold piece. The coin was a new one of 1898 and was as bright and polished as any coin in circulation. The most noticeable feature of these slides was the enormous amount of the germs of decaying meat and fish. They fairly reeked with them. These mi- crobes are not exactly a deadly poison, but should they get into cut the chances are that the victim's blood would be sadly disarranged, if not dangerously contaminated. How these microbes came on the coin is not an easy matter to answer, but most likely they came from the hands of some butcher or possibly the hands of a restaurant waiter. They may have been harmless at one time. but cer- tainly developed strongly toxic quali- ties by the time they were examined under the microscope. The germs of Colli communaris were also very thick on this coin. These are the tiny filthy microbes that spring in- to being in horse refuse. Should they get into the human blood they will cause fevers and blood poisoning and other derdngements likely to lead to some deadly disease. They are very dangerous to health, to say nothing of their disgusting qualities. A few germs of lockiaw were also found, as well as different microbes not possible to identify under the circum- stances. Although the coin was a new one, it is readily apparent that it was The Petri plate of the silver $1 piece of 1874, after forty-eight hours in the incubator, was almost concealed frofn view, so plentiful were the colonies of microbes. As on the $20 gold piece, the silver dollar was covered with the germs of decaying meat. They were found on nearly every part of the coin and in the greatest abundance. One side was so thick with them that they looked like a piece of flesh tissue. Yeast plants showed up in abundance. The most startling microbes found on this coln were the germ of typhoid fever. There was only one little group of them, but they would be enough to start an epidemic,if they were given the proper opportunity. Only one was gbtained direct from the coin, but in proper contact it would have multi- plied itself into a dozen inside of forty- eight hours. On this coin was also found a group of blood cells. Whether they were hu. man or not it was impossible to ascer- tain, as the cell structures were badly broken through the coin being handled. The size, however, seemed to indicate that they were from a human being. Perhaps the coin may at one time have been handled by some one with a cut finger. It is not a pleasant thing to contemplate, though, when you con- sider that you may be carrying around even so small a portion of your neigh- bor’s blood. This blood on the coin would also serve as an admirable {a positive statement as to limate before being sent out for duty agaln among the people. An examination of the smaller coins revealed about the same microbes as were found on the others. A 25-cent piece showed up with a tiny colony of cheese mold of its own in addition to a nest of other dangerous germs. Cheese mold is not particularly dan- gerous, but it is not pleasant to think of where it might have come from. A 10-cent piece was nearly all de- cayed meat germs, the commonest mi- crobes found on any of the coins. The 5-cent piece examined was the most dangerous of all the coins, for on it was found a germ that was either diphtheria or leprosy. Under the cir- | cumstances no microscopist could make the true identity of the microbe, as the two are very much alike and become visible with the same stains. However, the chances are that it was diphtheria, and that it was lying in wait for the throat of the little one who should ~ut it into its mouth. This coin was a most filthy object, fairly reeking with dangerous germs. To kill these germs and clean them of filth is an easy matter. Put your coins into a wash basin and pour a Kettle of bolling water over them. Leave them five minutes and there will not be a microbe living to tell the tale. If everybody would make a practice of do- ing this every night with the money in their possession there would be little and their state- i ra long 5 i " . | they are alive, and they would breed 1 :d upon. f},‘:ec‘:,‘n‘{’(,.fi” 2 lons time until they come | ey are ALNS 7 ey came In contact | had become covered with tiny specks | loaded with clements dangerous to the | breeding ground for any microbe that | danger of deadly diseases heing com- , The Sunday | nishes the proper conditions for, the | with the blood of a human being. It andasee ARG of e noil e Kri‘(“"’h- public health. came in contact with It. municated by the germs on coins In d coins in general circula- | propagation of the disea Then they | one kind of germ will adhere to a coin These were rnvnnlas‘ o ]1 erent kinds | Five dollar and $10 gold pieces re-| Colli communaris showed up in seve- | general circulation. : Nined and the germs | will soon multiply, and the ~erson will [so Will another. The harmless veast of microbes. Possibly only one of each | vealed about the same microbes as the | ral portions of the silver dollar. A few — amin s ot plant might lie beside a germ of bu- [ kind had been obtained from the coin|$20 gold piece. It was found upon an | germs of lockjaw were found, as well| Guy U. Lee, a student in one of Wis- n propagated. The re. | be laid up with a deadly disease. The | bonic plague and nobody be aware of that lay on the gelatine, but these had examination that the gold cof 1S were as other microbes-not possible to iden- consin’s universities, has started’in a ca- and Droves conclu- | STatest canger comes T Loc K e omee of eithor, even after dead- | multiplied to thousands under condi- | not nearly so badly infected with germs | tify. Such a coin could not fall to|noe from Madison, Wis.. to Brazil. He edly spread | coins in their mouths. This is almost | vk had been done. I believe the | tions similar to the tissue of the living r coins. But they were bad | prove extremely dangerous to any |crossed Lake Monona, and followed the Sl e e it ea duse of DOL- s 3 ynsible for a | human body. f | enough. Tt would be the work of|thoughtiess person who might put it in | Yahara River south to the Rock River, to be the | son, only it is not likely to kill so|& and a number of These colontes of microbes were then | months to find all of the germs on a | his ‘mouthe through which he will pass to the Miss- r DC this end | quickly.” ; " |deaths.” .| picked up on the point of a piece of | coln. A 50-cent plece, as well as' being ex- | that Guir ot Nariey mricans and across " th Isolated | Dr. Gustav Eisen thinks there should e months ago a well-known busi- | platinum wirc and spread over micro-| In these investigations it was only [ amined by cultures on a Petri plate, | Sea. “Thie ‘et OF The tap dios Sopean cases of d out ufJbe a law to compel banks and .arge | ness man made a business call on a|scopic slides. The thin coatings de-lposslme to examine those germs that| was also examined by being scraped. | South Atlantic coast to }{’io de GP?ePiréhe 00GOL--.--’."00000OOOOOOOOOOO-‘)GO0OOOOOOQOG0000000000000000000 | MAKE A BOTANY BAY OF THE PHILIPPINES? ‘““CERTAINLY.” Says Professor Van Buren Denslow. cal consequences of our indus- numerical and financial as- ncy among the nations of e world, call upon our Federal tria ce th fortunes of war and the logi- | earnings of the convicts pay the cost their support. How intrinsically wasteful of human fort must any system of convict la- bor be which, after reducing the cost ot ce of the prisoner to the usually to another part of the same country. Considerations of cost and conveni- ence -to society are at best merely eco- nomics, and therefore mean and even belittling. The true contrast is be- (4] | clety for the 00000000000OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO0000000000000OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOGOOO006000000 SHALL WE KEEP THE PHILIPPINES? competition among the members of so- possession not of mere land or space but of these in conjunc- tion with artificial and social opportu- nities arising from the nearness of so- ciety which gives rise to rent and land values, and these must be paid for like all other values at prices regulated ul- timately by protection and immediately by competition. What the land reformers of this school want is not natural opportuni- ties at all. They want artificial oppor- tunities—i. e., locations and relations of nearness to exchange production and the general movement of society with- | able. ‘“CERTAINLY,”” Says Charles Denby, ex-Minister to Dewey’s victory has changed our at- titude before the world. - We took no part in international questions. We had no standing in the councils of the nations. We were a quantite neglige- So far did the idea that we ought to take no part in foreign questions ex- lie at what are called the ‘“cross roads of the North Pacific.” They are near the center of the great lines of com- merce from the East to the West. There is little dissent from the policy of their annexation. It is not imagined that their peaceful people will require China. more important to us than the Atlan- tic. San Francisco, Seattle and Ta- coma are in their infancy. They are destined to rivali New York, Chicago and Philadelphia. If we give up the Philippines we throw away the splendid opportunity Government to control the Phil-| of A tween a penitentiary system that never s f 40 cents a day, cannot e ¢/ and fr out paying for them the price which % tppines, Ladrones and perhaps other|get even that retur all of our | brings repentance and a new and free v tend, that some of my colleagues at|a great army to control them. If it|to assert our influ in the 2 D U i e eaeinc | Bet e it I oy |life which saves by giving spontaneous | competitars are it d éfit",‘;"fifir‘:g‘ Js| Peking, when I undertook to make | could be ascertained to-day that no|We do this I ater e T amountiig, it is said, to nearly two|part of his support on the-taxpayers. I,’ymwfib }:ql:gshrex;or:&rnf;‘\;\:; seESc‘s x;; the essence of crime, which is getting pff;ce 111:;1;;“,1;:1[;;0:nd“.;:x;;a?,erdep;;ca!tig i g;g‘;l%tb;o:;:e;fa;%“’” ‘hl?; 3 “'xi‘ll’}uush at us. Why did we take®Ma- ; s = This, too, in a ¢ y hi ve- | is whic ch - ; g any v thatev s would be | nila? Why did w o tox el S Bl Rl rhich Ve~ | observers of crime. Through this only | values gretis. new name -viz, land| pnited States i the affairs of the Far | sufficlent, to safeguard the Philippines, | Luzon? EES s edn L Some of these islands are as large a3 ’oris® * | we begin ourselves to learn right from 2 : East! opposition to thelr annexation would | French King who marched his men wp chusetts, others as Manhattan or even d. Some are thickly Illinois Mas: small, perharp or 'xi-;mge at from one to four dollars per ay! In New York the hostility of trade unions to any employment of prison wrong in the management of crime. Frequently have I heard Judges just- ity themseives in letting very suilty criminals, if young, g0 unpunished by reform is the scientific theory of hav- ing without paying, of which all crime is the “business end.” There i8 much American testimony, The position of absolute indifference to what is happening in the world is difficult of maintenance; arnd when it is maintained it is humiliating. be greatly diminished. It is simply the dread of a large standing army that causes the body of the people who op- pose annexation to withhold their ap- the hill and down again? There was no purpose in the conquest of Manila unless we intended to hold it. The Philippines are a foothold for ated and productive; oth-|labor in competition with the local y i the | but I confine myself in this paper to % = without hum: populations, but | trades workmen drives the Lesislature | Saying: ‘1 1 end that DDV aw find | the testimony of those who have not| I recognize the existence of a na Proval by Dot belleve that o large|us In the Far Kast. Their possession equally fertile, and all are enchantingly | to forbid its employment in any trade D ofber ygua, lan. for him he may |the interest of hobbyists or partisans, | tional sentiment, In accordance with ey aadit o ot Imltotins b, | Blves us standing and influence. It Ti*h In every gift of nature, with luxur- |10 Which it can produce more than one- Possibly be saved.”” | and who are familiar with the working :he suprporsed lt]each:lnlx;'zssur ‘:}(::rllflngi; D ites of Dheiaa T Fot Thain s gives af a&so valuable trade both in 2 Ve e i - 5 ‘ewel addr: 3 ” X twentieth of the product of that article The female con- | of both systems. on’s al troops’ would serve all purposes. exports and imports. jous forests without limit, mountains, made in the State. The new constitu- Says Dr. Allison: vict on arriving in New South Wales Finally, criminals will exert a better against the acquisition of foreign ter- ritory; but the world has moved, and ‘We have the right as conquerors to Should we surrender the Philippines what will become of them? v lakes and plains, vegetation unstinted, | tjon reduces even this small field of 2 th i rill Spai. @ es e 8 arried; ere |influence among the native populations < Ve Will Spa ard birds, quadrupeds, reptiles, in a|labor to zero by providing that the |iS almest tmmediately MWEERESE S0 of the Philippines than many other | circumstances are changed. We have hold the Philippings. ~We have the|ever conquer the insurgents, and, Siversity, variety and beauty which al- | prisoner shall not be hired to any priv- | 10n€ the male, it he |8 MERT I Bie | classes of our population, because they | become a great people. = We have 8|, Svar indemnit R Py e o | should she do so, will she retain the e 4 are more nearly on a level with the|great commerce to take care of. We 24 Policy may be|islands? To her they will be value- most bewilder the imarination to con- ate employer; he must work only for so. Regular habits then come to sup- have to compete with the commercial characterized as unjust to Spain, but less, and if she sells them to any con- cen when guided through |the State. Prisoners are also by the ; tur: ffections | Fllipinos themselves. They would be 3 . v S elightul maze only by the calm | BUIDOr of our legislators graded into e he et With the crea | more democratic with them and more | nations geithelyrorla i s e diatant e s S BRI OR S tinental power she will, by that act, o Szl e view apparent- | . ts on which they are |popular than our clergymen, capitalists | markets. ‘om 3 3 di h ght the torches of war. pages of an encvclopedia. ly of rendering the prison afolytechnic | 101 of the objects | D ants, and would be tmmediate. | king. The manufacturer and the | queror may dictate the terms of peace. | 34 45 perfectly certai . ) 5o 6 ‘ar- 2 7 5 - L : e 2 ertain, ago the Philippine ar to be exercised The solitary tenant merchant dictate to diplomacy, and The first answer I received to a tele. Eng“mg s nz’( Sla:cinby!utnhdmske'e :;1:; Forty year: chipelago was thought to hold four or institute to one class, a gymnasium to another and a comfortable hotel to a of a cell, the dissolute frequenter of spirit cellars and bagnios, acquires a 1y understood by them. The vices of our criminals are mainly control elections. The art of arts is the extension of commercial relations-— gram sent by me, asking on the part of China that, peace negotiations should other European power take the Philip- five milions of people. To-day the| thirq. In class A work shall be sub. : ’ n 18 es a o b ¢ o tions of the fireside | the habits, customs and even the vir- : e ands Tatts Bapiant tas ooy E:fi;‘h; is ,xstl‘,(,..;al;?imzons'c(i_r;‘t:;n ST:Y:: m-dun?te lohilr:sgrm,uo?, :]n class B in- ;‘3:?:‘3 u:hiez::sce a fireside is ob- | tues of savage life. A part of the dif- | in plain language, the selling of native ?sfdec?'r?é“fi’&?}dénfié‘:ce°oflg"’;‘é‘o‘m“;nfi"?o tralia and India. ' England eha: stouosd g sixte struction sha e made dominant over ference between clvilization and savage | products and manufactured goods. pay a reasonable war indemnity, wa: by and seen ‘' Germany, Russia ' and even under the Spanish compound of love of ease and impatience over lib- to have grown in population at a ra‘e something like our own. What shall we do with this paradise of social sweets, the haven of easy phy- sical maintenance, “What? Dump our our feebleand defective classes criminals and work, and in class C neither instruction nor work shall intrusively interfere with repose. The ultimate thesis established by our New York Legislature is that it is better for the State to saddle the support of its prisoners on the taxpay- evs than it is to allow their own labor tained.” In short, men become criminals where crime promises immediately to bridge the abyss between them and the grati- fication of their desires, and they re- vert to goodness and morality when these are the shorter and straighter roads to the same end. Immediate in- terest is the key to both crime and life lies in the absence of capital in the latter, but another and larger part lies in the hostility to capital. In both re- spects our criminals think, feel and act with the barbarians. The prime need of two populations, if both are to be saved, is that they shall intermarry, or at least hold fam- I leapned what I know of diplomacy in a severe school. I found among my colleagues not the least hesitation in proposing to their respective govern- ments to do anything which was sup- posed to be conducive to their inter- ests. There can be no other rule for the government of all persons who are “Japan is willing to enter on peace ne. gotiations, but she will dictate the terms.” I am in favor of holding the Philip- pines, because I cannot conceive of any alternative to our doing so, except the seizure of territory {n China; and I pre- fer to hold them rather than to oppress France seize portions of China. There is not an Englishman nor an American in the Far East who approves her policy. The taking of the Philippines by any European power other than Eng- land would create an expiosion in the latter country, and, if unresisted, would lead to the destruction of the Ministry, and, perhaps, the throne. auper: Ph them?” asks the Hon. Mr. Stay-as- | t0 support them. virtue. It is the change in the envi- | ily relations with each other.. In the | charged with the conduct of affairs|further the helpless Government and ! By Now, in deep surprise, “‘to their eternal| Fortunately, however, about nine-|ronment which makes the difference in higher class of Americans there is great | than the promotion of the welfare of | people of China. I want China to| R0lding the Philippines we avert the disadvantage and to our disgrace? How | tenths of all criminals, probably to |the conduct. pride. We have wholly failed because | their respective countries. If it be as- | preserve her autonomy, to become {)artluon of China, and we postpone at least a general European war. can you propose it without a blush?” The transportation of convicts to is- Jands was prevalent as a measure of social convenience and economy thou- sands of years before penitentiaries or gang systems or penal servitude or prison galleys were known, and even before the world ever purposely sought =0 to treat a criminal as to reform him. Its mention in the Book of Job proves that it is nearly coeval with historic man. avoid the expense of a trial, instantly upon committing a crime seek to avail themselves of the practical benefits of transportation by running away from the scene or the country. This is ab- solutely the best and wisest thing they could do, and the serious wonder is that the government should expend great pains and treasure to bring them back when it has no better use for them than simply to deprive them of all pos- sible opportunity of further usefulness. At this stage of the argument a class of land reformers jump into the ring with their hobby, and say: “Your col- onization - scheme 1is only annother name for giving to man his natural opportunities—viz., the right to the use of_the soil.” % Not tru The romance of ‘“Robin- son Crusoe” ig made the most thrilling in literature by showing by what a miracle of good fortune one man’s life can be maintained where he is placed of this to save the savage races whom we have driven westward before us in our march over the continent; we would not intermarry with them, make them citizens or divide with them, ex- cept to take the turkey and leave them the crow. When the whites began to settle the country there were, by esti- mate, 3,000,000 of natives. They are now reduced to 200,000, and in the cen- turles that have intervened the Indians have neither voted nor held the small- est office. The French in Canada, the certained or believed that the acquisi- tion of the Philippines would be of ad- vantage to this country, then mere sentiment must give way to actual benefit. It is well known that prophecies of evil have preceded every acquisition we ever made, from the Louisiana pur- chase to that of Alaska, and, judging by the results of the various annexa- tions, these prophecies have been mis- leading. There is no reason whatever why we great and prosperous; and I want these results not for the interests of China, but for our interests. I am not the agent or attorney of China; and, as an Amerjean, T do not look to the promo- tion of China's interests, or Spain’s, or any other country’'s—but simply of our own. The whole world sees in China a splendid market for our native prod- ucts—our timber, our locomotives, our rails, our coal oil, our sheetings, our mining plants and numberless other ar- There is, perhaps, no such thing as manifest destiny; but there is an evi- dent fitness in the happening of events, and a logical result of human action. Dewey’s victory is an epoch in the affairs of the Far East. We hold our heads higher. ‘We are coming to our own. We are stretching out our hands for what nature meant should be ours. ‘We are taking our proper rank among the nations of the worid. We are after markets, the greatest markets now ex- Tn the United States, out of nearly a| As nine out of ten criminals escape, | in possession of all the natural oppor- hundred penitentiaries, only two or|the age actually practices transporta- | tunities afforded by an abundance of | Spanish in Central and South America | cannot administer the Philippines in a | ticles. We are closer to her than any | isting in the world. ~ Along with these tion in a very much larger land and is cut off from all the artifi- | and the Portuguese in Brazil have all | manner satisfactory to their people as|other commercial country except | markets will gosour beneficent institu- three, under men like Pillsbury of Al- bany, or the famous wardens of the De- troit and Joilet prisons, have made the roportion of instances than punlshmen&:ith the difference that the transportation i cial or social opportunities due to the presence of human society. It is the done better than the Anglo-Saxon in saving the Indian races. well as to ourselves. We have recent- ly annexed the Hawailan Islands They Japan. There is before us a boundless future, which will make the Pacific tions; and humanity will bless us. CHARLES DENBY, in The Forum.