Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 261, 13 July 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

It is nothing new to the readers of Ihe Star whenevur that cong!omeration of ignorance, liee, and malicious »landers. whieh is under eontract to fill its columns for a year, throws out his cowardly and vile insinuati<>ns against resuectable jeople, men and women alike. The latest victims of the Star’s 8currility are Prince Kalanianaole and Mr. Thomas P. Cummins, whom the patent-alanderer tries to make apl>ear in the light of smugglers before the comraunitj’. The fol!o>viug appeared in Tuesday’s Star: Some curioeity h»s heen developed among loeal riflemen as to where Cummins Jr. and “Prince” Cupid obtained the Japanese nfles and ammunilion they have heen uaing at Ihe range, The weapone, whieh are uew, have not heen through the Custom House. Anybody reading this would of course imraediateiy notice the slur and insinu?tion whieh it waa intended should be conveyed against the two young gentlemen.while the Star, if it haa any elaim whatever to be called a dec«nt journal could have asked and obtained all the information on the subject—but the truth never did suit that gutterrag. The Japanese rifle (not rifles) uaed on the range by the two gentlemen referred to belonged to the late King. who received it as a gift from Consul-General R. W. Irwin. Perhaps the old gossips and ignoramusea who are *uffering from curioeity willthen understand why no entry of the weapou has heen made in the Custora Houee. We are tired of constantly being called on to correct and illustrate the ignorance and maliee of the Star editor to whom we finally will say that he will soou get there where the poet say*; Frotn the world of foe« woaldfi’t thou hve exempt, Then 8helter thyeelf in the wor)d’« couteaipt. T’is a fortan»>, by »11 creatnres for thee, Go tr»de on lt —safe —if yon are only a tiea!