Nuhou, Volume I, Number 25, 21 April 1874 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

To hunt the ottor would pay somc of our ■young inen far better thau to " figlit the We mean the sea o(ter, or marine lutr;i, whosf g-|ossy hlaek skin has been for a.u f es in very hi<;h repute iii Ohina, and iā now. mueh p'ized _as a fur in Europe and America. A fitie otter skin is woith about as mueh as an aoie of stigar eane, and you wh" don't li e cultivating in (he hot suii, ean eomhine pro(it and sport by hunting otters aJong the shores of tlie Northern Seas. You eun fin<! them pretfy plcntifully betsveen 5G C and 60 ° nonh longitude, cspecially along lbf sh«»rps «f ihe Aleulian, or Fox Islands. Vir«i re(itiife a good ,marksman that ean always hit the head, and not damage the skin by pe>f'>rating the body. We know of a y<»ung man who ean piek a squirrel out of a tree top at ,''*>igh"ty paces, and ahvays hit the head ; and of course he would be dead sure of his otter, whieh is about the size of a sheep weisihing. seventy pounds, and always hii him in the skull. Now, two or three more like him, with other assistanec— s v a company of fifteen, ought <o.get one thnus nd dollars a pieee out of ■ a : season's hunt. wiih sonWhing to pay for tlie ship. We are wilhng fo invest a two hundred do!l r share, and that young man, in an o ier voyage. This is the kind of sea husbandry to btxii«i us up. up you young who are getting weak in the loins, dr.tp your billi.rd and ofl" wilh a rifle and u re>ohiic heart, to where some profU ani a nobler tn uihood may bo won. li' the peo.ile of >his Archipeliigo wcre anitnated < wtth a sjurit'of maritime enterpj«. a g!onous |ittle State it tnight h^e^ie. H waUAN. SoCKi>.—" W.- hnve receiVf>d a \t ry uilerestiflg eommuuieaiion from 'nieomu, Washu.gton Terriiory, >kned hundred and fiftysix k:in ikas living io the Territory, ani Hriti,-i.h C"luinhia. Tiic iloeuinenl expresscs the p<.ii,K il syuip;ithy of emain Ha\vaiirt«fe. resident oii the poast, who had aaseui^ e J tog>'iher i t) hc»»ring of the death of K> n g Luunlilo, āiid the probable election of a new ]

King: and in it they express their of j Kalakaua as King of Hawaii, and give vest| to a hope that they may retarn to live undey* 4 'His Majcsty ? s sway. They express grem| conteiit lvhh their new honies, wherc thcs*j get' : a libcral pay for their labor ; and whspL* mauy lra,ve iiianicd and have families ; st'|ll for all t\iuty they yearn for the mild skieb pf their nktive isles. The last census of United States sho\vs that aboyt Hawaiians are now in the Kepublic, but we j believe that one thousand \vould be nearer thc truth| i and how happy for the new reign" ! aiid the of Hawaii* if this thousand of Ha\vatians could be induced to return with tuejir accumulated means and e.xperi* enee to t|ieir nativc soil. We iV|LutST Saye OußS£LVii6?.—'This is a ■■tr.uth> as japplicable to States, as to individuals; and particularly applicable to our Hawaia iat- this time. We are in a low moral, physical and financial condition, an(j| | have been looking abroad for help,—havlrjg. j lost hope|in our political doctors and remedial agepcies at home. But it is no iise liopiilg \ū any foreign wind-falls; —we pust! just buckle to and fight out the ba|lle ofj Hawaiian independence and salvutioij with, \vhat brains and means \ve ; have goL One { thing is.jcertain, our Archipelago is not as big a thing as \ve onee thought it vvas. We| used to harp a good deal on its j as a strategic position and coa!jng station ; but now ; that steamships caft cross and recross this big oeean \vith steam from one supply of eoal on board,—/he bottom has. rather drqpped out of our c/)aling station,—: as a J>ine ;qua non to any marjtime poweri \vhatever. And as for strategic position, we believp it will be r£served for a long time, as field upon whieh the Hawaiian u army " shall conti»ue to win its laurels, So \ve miist light our battle by oursclves ; — and the chtting of expenses,—say at j least 550,000 for a start, —will be the begin- | niug of oi;r politkal and Ananeial salvation. |'i— . * — I~ I '

Mediocile du!lno& is tlie average eoudition of humatijty.. And a close obscrvcr says, that " the |world in general is suspicious of a brifht man. 'Ho has pe\y \vays of looking at, I and saying (hings, His reasoaiug may be vcry cleavt hjs conclusions very conclubivc} his methodl bright aqd to the poini but his clearness nnd precision aud brilfiancy of and ?tatement are against lum. goneial average of humanity does isoe clcarly, /?xpress itself clear|p \And therefore dulhu*ss, cspecially that e whicr| is esteemed as u <jood and respecfahle,*jhates bnghtness» *)uHness likcs to excuse ( jts aversion by saying, that brightness ;is dangcioutf f " aud will cver harp upou |some o!d story, alniut whioh it has not a pprticlo of proof to substantiate its coridemuati|on ; —but the real ground of oppo?ition is jealou^y v If a man would succeed with a modiocrc crowd, he must bc, mediocro, or affoct n)eJiocrity. There is a certain po\\ler aud weight in dignified dullne*s \vhich| prudem folks of ability will do well to consider. 1 i