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Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-03-12
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

nynr wus NO business in the Police Court last
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-03-12

Tug Chinese in quarantine the reef are said
% quarrel good deal among themselves.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-03-12

SrnEoKrIs' mill near knhului, Maui, IL running
at full blast the yield Is FIVE tons 10 the acre.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-03-12

TuE mosquitoes have been more numerous and
active Of late than we have known them TO DO for
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-03-12

| A SMALLPOX patient discharged from the hos
pita on the reef informs us that they have good
accommodation, good food and everything that
| cDulu be pYpectpu.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-03-12

A RACE which was To have como of to-day Mt
Kapiolani Park has been postponed ON account Of
4. .u.,.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-03-12

ONE COTTAGE AND LOT, COR
~ ner OF Lunao and Pikoi Streets, to be had on
easy terms For pint eulars enquire OF the owner.
H. W. GRANNls,
On the premises or OF
su :. H. DOLE.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-03-12

WE are informed that Mrs Dejean is 10 reopen
tho French restaurant soon.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-06-01
LITERATURE FOR CHILDREN.

The authorities of the Indianapolis
public library are inquiring into the ex.
pediency Of preparing a special catalogue
of novels and juvenile books for chill
dren under sixteen years of age. 1t is
proposed that no other books of this
sort outside the catalogue shall be
issued to such children. This is q
course which may be iudiciously recon-
mended to the management of other
public libraries. The average 'juven-
ile." it must be conceded, is apt to be a
mass of maudlin twaddle, morbid, un-
healthy, and entirely unfit to give
proper views of life. In this connection
It ought to be said that children read
altogether too many Juveniles" They
are simply devoured by the tifties and
hundreds until the habit OF rapid un-
thinking and indiscriminatc reading is
so fixed that it can never be broken up.
Fathers and mothers are sometimes
heard to say, that in their day, authors
and publishers took no pains to provide
such attractive matter for them. They
may be accounted fortunate in this;
they had few thoroughly wholesome
books, and these were read and re-read
so often that they had perceptible in
fuence upon the character and taste.
In these days the flood of weak fiction
is so great, and children are allowed to
read so much, that the natural result is
incoherence and faccidity OF mind.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-06-01
WHAT'S IN A NAME.

A Hungarian gentleman, G. G-s,
occupying prominent official position
in an association of his countymen in
San Francisco, relates an amusing story
of singular contretemps attending his
debut in this city. His first name is
Cornelius, which in Hungarian is
spelled Cornell, Like any business man
and stranger he found frequent necessity
after his arrival in the city to act as his
own master of ceremonies, and introduce
himself which he did after the foreign
custom. stating his name in fnll without
astounded at the free and-easy manner
which characterized Americans. "Cornel
G-s," he would say on encountering
stranger, perhaps the father of n fam
ily. "Ah, Cornell G--s," would be the
genial response, "happy to make your
acquaintance; Cornell, ladies, Cornell
G--s," and the bold California girls
would take up the refrain and address
him as familiarly by his Christian name
as if he had been their brother. Some
times inquiries were made which per-
picked him. "Did you participate in
the late war between France and
Germany, Cornel?' mo, sir "Ah
In what companies have you served?'
'In none, sir. l have never been u
soldier" The confused expression of
his interlocutor and giggles from mis-
chevious young ladies only served to
mystify him more and more. At last
he grew Observation-Disclosures. One of
his new acquaintances, an elderly gentle
man of considerable dignity, met him
on the street and hailed him loudly:
'How are You to-day, Cornel?" "How
are you oday, Johnnie?" returned the
irate Hungarian gentleman. The old
gentleman looked murderous at this
affront. "How dare you call me
Johnnie, sir?" "How dare you call me
Cornell" Explanations ensued, and
when it transpired that the name had
been naturally mistaken for the sobri-
quet of Colonel" both parties had a
hearty laugh and shook hands over the
mistake, but the foreigner now resolute.
ly writes his name with an initial only
before it.-Sm Francisco Chronicle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-06-01
ODD BURDTg,BEARERa

The South American liam. will bear
neither heating nor ill'lrca,ment, The
animals 90 In trOo i, an Indian walking
o long distance ahead asa guide, II the
llamas arc tired, they stop, and tho
Indian stops also, II the delay be too
great, the Indian, becoming uneasy
toward sunfet, after all due precautIon,
resolves on duplicating tho beasts to
resume their journey, lie stands about
ilfty or sixty PAGES Of, IN an attitude
Of humility, waving his hand cOayinmy
towards them, looks At them with ten,
dernesa, aud at tho same time, In tho
soltest tones, reiteates, "ic ic 10 /" II
tho llamas are disposed TO resume their
course, they follow the Indian In good
order aud NJ regular pace, but very
fast, for their legs are very long Int
when they arc In ill'lumOr, they do not
even turn toward the speaker, Int
remain motionless, huddlcd together,
standing or lying down, The straight
neck and It's gentle majesty Of hearing,
tho long down Of their always clean and
glossy skin, their supple and timid
motion, all give them IN air at once
sensitive and noble,
Tho llama II the only creature en-.
ployod by man which ho dlaros not strike,
II II happens which is very seldom the
case-that an Indian wishes to obtain,
either by force or even 10y threats, what
the llama will not willingly perform,
tho instant the animal finds itself
ailronted by words or gesture, hc raises
his head with dignity, and, without
making any attempt TO escape ill'trcat.
ment by flight, lies down, turning his
looks toward heaven, Largo tears flow
freely from his beautiful eyes, sighs
issue from his breast, and in half or
thrcc'quarters Of m hour at most hc
expires. Tho respect shown these ani.
mails by Peruvian Indians amounts
absolutely TO supcrstitious reverence
When the Indians load them, two up.
proach and carcss the animal, hiding
his head that he may not see the load
on his back, II is tho same in unload.
ing. Tho Indians of the cordillcas
alone have sufficient patience and gentle
ness to manage the llama.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-06-01
SEASIDE FOAM.

Long Beach, n Y, regarding which
there are very brilliant expectations-is
to have an Episcopal church on the
grounds of the Long Beach hotel
This indicates commendable intention
to cater to the spiritual as well as the
material welfare of patrons.
Still another new resort on the Jersey
coast This one is named Seaside park,
and it is located somewhere near Barne
gat.
Spring Lake beach and Sea Girt, the
twin resorts on the Jersey coast, dozen
miles below Long Branch, grow in favor
every successive season, and the hotel
accommodation have necessarily been
from time to time increased.
In all probability Cape May will have
an encampment this summer OF the 9th
Maryland regiment of Baltimore, and
there will be the usual ball at the Stock
ton Hotel.
Oakland Beach, r. l., nine miles from
Providence-far nearer than some othel
resorts can ever expect to be-is place
that is coming rapidly to the front by
reason of its many genuine and really
beautiful attractions and its handsome
hotel.
1t is not improbable that the disputed
boundary questions between Chilmark
and Tisbury, to settle which a com
mission has been appointed under a re
solve of the present Legislature, will be
determined by hearing in Cottage City
this summer.
The Martha's Vineyard railroad wa:
treated rather severely by the storms ol
last winter. Workmen are now repair
ing the damages.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-06-01
HOW TO CATCH RATS,

A most ingenious device is the barre
trap which possesses great advantages in
its capabilities Of securing an almost
unlimited number Of rats in quick sue
cession, IL also takes care of itself
requires no re,baiting or setting aftci
once put in working order, and is sure
death to its prisoners. A water.tight
barrel is the first thing required. Into
this pour water to the depth of n foot
Next dampen piece of very thick
paper, and stretch it over the top of the
barrel, tying it securely below the upper
hoops. When the paper dries, it will
become thoroughly flat and frightened.
It's surface should then be strewn with
bits Of cheese, and the barrel so placed
that the rats may jump upon it from
some neighboring surface. As soon rs
the bait is gone, a fresh, supply should
be spread on the paper and the same
operation repeated for several days,
INT 'htlte frt "unrnt regurhr mtiohs idai.
lessly and without suspicion. The bait
should again bc 81. .cad as before, and a
few pieces Of the 'heesc should be at
tached to the paper with gun
1t is n good plan to parts Of the
paper with gum-arabic, sprin nkling the
bait upon it. Whom dry, cut cross in
the middle of the paper, and leave the
barrel to take care of itself and the rats.
The first one comes along, spies the
tempting morsel and with his accus-
toned confidence jumps upon the
paper. He suddenly finds himself in
the water at tho bottom of the barrel,
and the paper above has closed, and is
ready to practice its deception on the
next conner. There is not long to wait.
A second victim soon tumbles in to keep
company with the first. A third and Il
fourth soon follow, and dozen or more
are sometimes thus entrapped in very
short space of time. 1t is most excel
lent and simple trap. BY some it is
considered an improvement to place in
the bottom of the barrel large stone,
which shall project above the water
sufficiently to offer foot-hold for one
rat. The first victim, of course, takes
possession of this retreat, and on the
precipitate arrival of the second, con-
test ensues for its occupancy. The
hubbub which follows is said to attract
all the rats in the neighborhood to the
spot, and many are thus captured.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-06-01
WOODSTOCK, VT. WEDNESDAY,, JUNE 1884,

less You Try to help yourself, and the
only way IN which you can help yourself
IL 10 keep far OF fTOm danger, While
you do this, no uneOnlueable desire Tor
liquor will be ielt, but II you taste II you
are lost"
Uncle Phll stool listening with bent
head while Mr., Osborne was speaking
~ viii never taste II again." he an
swered- oneyer 10 long ~ I live"
A thing happened that evening which
had not happened Tor months-uncle
rhil made one Of tho family circle At tea
time.
Ito came IN with q sober face and quiet
ar, giving ALA pleasing surprise, john
who had spoken 10 freely In the morn
ing, aud who had been thinking about
all iay-for lp was pretty sure Uncle
Phil heard his plain talk-eould not
keep his eyes from his lace, Uncle
PHI soon became aware that John was
observing him with keen interest,
All at once, breaking the embarrassed
silence OF the tea'tabie, hp asked, lock-
ing at tho boy
"What are you for, john
Fora moment John heaitated, while
his cheeks grew rod, Then heanswcred
firmly =
'I'm for temperance"
There was an uneasy stir around the
table. and an inQuiring look from face to
face,
$50 am |, too, John and that makes
two ON the right side, and We don't care
who knows It !" spoke out Uncle Phil, In
q clear, ringing voice,
Oh. what a fearful happy time came
then, Aunt Susie cried for Joy. and
Johns mother cried aud huggod her
little son when Uncle Phil repeated Sthe
brave, strong words that went like mr.
rows TO his heart,
Uncle Phil never drank again. Before
many years had passed by, he and Aunt
Susie were In house OF their own, In
dependent and happy.
So you see how much may bc done by
q little boy who stands up for temper.
ancc, and is not afraid to speak decided
words in good cause,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-06-01
WHOLE NO. 202l.
INDUATRIOUa AnIMALh.

Beavers arc remarkable animals
They use their skins for making huta
and their tails ~ trowels, On many
points they have an instructive SYM
patty with man, for they build houses
10 keep OF tho rain, though allowing
tho cellars 10 be constantly Hooded,
They work hut when IN company, ana
have all tho human fondness for mud
pies, An American humOrist las told
~ that dirt II the earliest % II Is the
purost Of our instincts, Men make mud
pies when they arc young, and when
they grow up they even take to digging
aud messing about In mud, II being, IN
deed, their ambition 10 buy some Of II
for themselves and heirs forever Tho
beaver never grows out Of this weakness
for dabbling IN mud, II II forever maxi
Ing II into little heaps and pattlng II
Hat with it, tail It's tail was evidently
designed for this purpose, or II not II "
q wonderful example Of development
on the Dawlnian theory, II would bo
difficult for beavers 10 buy such tails
roady,madc they have to grow them.
For they are handy, never go missing,
are flat below and rounded above, heavy
yet conveniently weighted; something
like good iiyos bat, with all the wood
in the right place and sprnRy in the
handle,
One iudicious flap with q beavers tail
will settle as much mortar rs an average
mason would spread with his trowcl In
q morning, iiwOrlIing by the hour, Yet
this does not make them proud, They
are too matter rofiact TO bo vain, Though
they arc doublo.barrolcd, as II wcro--a
carpenter at one end and mason at the
other, and mNstcr,mcn ut both-thcy
are always Os diligcnt as an apprentice
in his first week and as intelligent Os his
employer. Nothing puts them out II
they want q log Of wood they 90 out in
family party all together and get II,
Propping themselves up on their tails,
one on each side Of the tree they have
chosen, they begin cutting their way
into tho wood with their wonderful
chiscl teeth with an industry which is
so inspiritng to watch, that the specta-
tor feels half inclined to go down on all
iours himself and help. And when they
see the tree is going to fall they get ont
of the way. In this they are rather
more sagacious than monkeys and some
men. For there is no instance on record
of beaver ever having had tree fall
upon im.-Londom Telegraph.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-06-01
FEMALE NIHILISTS.

They arc mostly daughters of poor
army officers, or petty civil officers, or
even of shopkeepers, who, feeling the
influence Of modern times, are anxious
to rise above the level of their parents,
coarse, ignorant people in the main.
Either by their own talents or by the
aid of influential patrons, the girls gain
scholarships, and enter some high
school where their brains are crammed
with a heterogeneous mass of knowledge.
At 10 they leave, and in their turn be.
come teachers. Finding their parents
uncompanionable, they abandon home
for some wretched lodgings, and exc
out a miserable existence by giving
poorly paid lessons. Food is scarce,
the feminine pleasures of dress are i'm
possible, the restraining power of fam
lily affection is absent, they grow hope
less and discontented, when some day
they form socialistic acquaintances
rapidly adopt their ideas, and, having
found an object for their life, will
feminine rashneos devote themselves tc
the cause, even to the very DEATH
Paris Frgdyo.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-06-01
POISONING BABIES.

Additional cases are reported from
Germany of the poisoning of children
through the use of American oil.cloths.
The oil-cloth is used largely for cover
ing the tops of baby carriages. When
exposed to the sun, the pigment with
which the cloth is painted parts with
that which is volatile in its composition,
and loses with it some of the white lead
used in preparing the cloth. The vapor
thus heavily charged with lead is inhaled
by the child, and death results from q
sort of paralysis, or, as sometimes hap
pens, from disease resembling painters
collie. Analyses Of the substance with
which the cloth is coated have revealed
forty-two per cent. of metallic lead, and
our manufacturers are distinctly charged
with iecklessness."
A New York exporter says that such
goods are not manufactured for tho pur-
poses to which the Germans put them,
and that it is careless for a baby. carriage
manufacturer to use any fabric for mp
holstcring of which he does not know
the chemical composition. He says,
moreover, that the cloths spoken Of are
designed to be imporvious to water, and
that, in order to keep them so and make
them retain their elasticity, a certain
amount of white lead must be used in
the manufacture. 10 the question as to
whether similar complaints had been
made before, he replied; "Complaints
bovn honn n,nIo hnth 90 IN !, nj con ono nj :
cloths and dangerous dyes, but to my
mind accidents arise from these sources
only when those who use the goods di-
vert them-usually from motives of
economy-from the uses for which they
were manufactured. Chillrcn's car
riages should be covered and lined only
with leather or plain vanished cloths.
These are not only wholesome, but are
preventiycs Of contagion."
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-06-01
SOCIAL DECEPTION.

Sincerity is the first and most essen
tial element in all conversation. If that
be absent, though it may glitter with
brilliant sayings, I'll vitality has depart
ell from it. The habit SO common
among men in the fashionable world of
weaving some form of tlattery into oil
their conversation with the other sex, is
one which every woman of true feeling
will resent as an impertinence, showing
only the low estimate he places upon her
self-respect and powers of discernment.
OF all small.talk, it is the smallest and
most contemplate. Real esteem and
regard have different ring, and she is
to be pitied as feeble dupe, who cannot
distinguish between the true coin and
the a l,e.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-06-01
SWORDS.

The sword has been made OF many
sorts of matters and metals-o stone, OF
wood, of bone, of copper, of brass, OF
bronze, of iron. 1t has assumed devi-
ating shapes and profuse sizes; it has
been short and long, heavy and light,
straight and curved, wide and narrow /;
pointed, round or square tapering or
expanding; sharp on either side, or on
both, or on neither. There have been
in each European language at least
thirty different names Of breeds of
swords, from the horseman's huge espa-
don of six feet long to the garter stylet
of six inches. The catalogues OF
armories and the special books on
weapons contain so many details, so
many descriptions, and so many distinc-
tions of types and sects and characters,
that no enthusiast can pretend to know
them all.
There is the Greek sword, so curt
That it was little more than large knife,
pre-. eminently fit for scrambling, hack
ing, strenuous stabbing at untlinchingly
close quarters. There is the Roman
sword, of different lengths, almost as
varied, indeed, as the countries it con.
ouered. There is the Gallic sword, OF
such soft plant metal that its users had
to stop in fight, after each hard blow,
in order to straighten it under their
feet, thereby enabling the enemy to
knock them over uncontestedly. Ihere
are the hooked cimeters of the Turks,
with an inside edge, and the curved
Arab yatagLans, with the edge outside.
There is the cross-handled sword OF the
Crusader, with which he prayed and
slew alternately. There is the weapon
whose pommel served for seal, like
that of Charlemagne, who said, when he
used it to put his stamp on treaties, 81
sign them with this end, and with the
other 1 will take care that they are
kept" n
There are Dutch, Russian, Portuguese
and Moorish swords, each one OF them
with a type or detail proper to itself.
There are the glaives of red-clothed
headsmen of the middle ages; there
are Malay krises, and the notched blades
of Zanzibar, and old sabers (the parents
of our contemporaneous tribe) from
India, Armenia, and Khonssan. There
is the espada Of the Spanish matador'
the schiavona of Venice, the Albanian
cutlass, the Kabyle Hissa, the Turkish
kandjar, the court sword OF a century
ago, the claymore of Scotland. There
are all the incalculable assortments oil
German, Spanish, and italian swords.
All these, and thousand Others, are to
be found in the collections, with their
capricious varyings Of blade and handle,
of pommel, spindle, and hilt. of inlay
ing and engraving, Of complicated bas.
ket guards, of every sort OF ornament
and complement and supplement that
can be added to an implement.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-06-01
The following is said to be the method

The following is said to be the method
of the Naga tribes for crossing deep and
narrow streams too rapid for their feeble
powers of swimming: Taking large
stones in their hands, they waded in up
to their necks, and throwing up their
legs and lowering their hands. the stones
carried them to the bottom, along which
they crcpt on all-fours till they reached
the shadows on the other side. The
rough bottom afforded them sufficien,
hold to withstand the modified currcn'
and resist flotation.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-06-01
NEW FLOUR.

Broom corn is likely at no distant day
to revolutionize the bread-stuff supply
of the world. A process has been dis
covered by which the finest and most
delicious flour can be made from the
seed to the extent of one-half its weight,
and leave the other half a valuable food
for making beef and milk. The aver
age yield per acre is three hundred
bushels, and in many instances five
hundred bushels, or thirty thousand
hounds, have been secured. Nor does
Il exhaust the soil as Indian corn, from
the fact that it feeds from the deeper
soil, and assimilates its food from a
cruder state. 1t belongs to the same
genus as the sweet cane, commonly
known as sorghum, which as an article
of food is growing rapidly in public
esteem, and from the seed Of which a
most nutritious -four can be obtained.