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Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-04-16
SMALLPOX and Vaccination.

1t is extremely desirable that the nature of small
pox and the effect of vaccination should be more
generally understood. Such knowledge rs cal
culated to diminish the scare which constantly
prevails the of few cases of small
box, and also to moderate the senseess demand
FOR sore which invariably succeeds the scare.
Everyone is supposed to know that smallpox is
caused by a SPECIFIC poison germ which emanates
from the bodies of the sick, adheres with great
persistence dust and articles of clothing, Is car
ried to a distance by the wind and Is usually COM
municated To fresh recipients through the lungs
So potent and penetrating Is the poison, that 1t
frequently attacks unborn children without any
disturbance to the mothers health, and numer-
ous cases are recorded in which the poison has
been conveyed by letters through the post. Once
lodged in the blood OF a susceptible person, II
grows imperceptibly for eleven days. This Is the
period of incubation. Fever then commences, and
the characteristic eruption soon breaks out. There
may be only few pocks, when there Is little or
no disturbance of the general health. There Is
then no fever, and no danger The patient goes
about unconscious of his disease. Or, ON the
other hand, the whole body may be affected with
the poison. The entire skin may be disorganized,
and in such cases, the natural course of the dis
ease is suddenly cut short by death. Like other
exanthematous diseases, yariola occurs but once
in a lifetime. Many exceptional cases have been
reported but very few have borne this test of close
investigation. Chicken-pox occasionally leaves a
few pits upon the skin, which are mistaken for
smal-pox. Louis XIV, of France, was reported TO
have died of second attack of smallpox, but il
was subsequently proved that the first Illness was
of chicken-pox. The story OF the Worcestershire
doctor, who was susceptible that he took small
pox as often he visited patient laboring under
the disease, is purely mythical During the first
century of the smallpox hospital in London, dur
ing large part of which vaccination was not
prlctced. and smallpox was fatal to over 10000
paople in a year, there ~ no instance of any
patient having been admitted a second time. And
during the great epidemic of lsd9-70, when great
attention was paid To this point, only two cases
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-04-16
Places Of Worship.

FElssHs bsrnE, itey = rsmoh Chaplain gihg
street usaf the sailors UpfHr. Preaching Al 80
Hrats free fabbsih heDg before the morning ssfgits
Prayer meeting 81 wednesday egenIuEs 81 - 1ripst
Pgtu fTBEEf CHnwlH aftsY ~ Pfssf pastDt esfnas
~ Pint and BafsfAHia streets Preaching HgNdaJs
~ u = y sud 7HgE. sabbath gshco atigts
~ AHbHENfs ClTeEDAli,- EnRtsb t~fpitsss - Re-
toe Bshop u HDH9iBig and Rev The Blaskbgfn H4.
Yallan ser5isesf Hsy Aier HasklntJtb. an ifpi1
Communion IN Mathis and fefuVn 1isosiisnJt 10.
Nauns, Iiiany sHd Sermon fBnyishl; g. EgeHspng
liaBaiianys IN. EYensDny sud b ffn1n fHHailsh)
Hymns fEn2iishj morning; ~. m. ~ eyehings ~
~. ~.
KlvtnBl0 CnuUB- Rel ~ " psfkr,, Psspgf. King
street abggs the Palace. ksfYcEr ~ Hawaiian sfsfg
sunday AZ ii,R Fabbslb Echooi a. VIZ. EysnIBg
services AZ "a orleek alternating With Eantuskapb
Disic, meetings IN yari0Bs chspeis ~ 3pH. PfsYsf
meeting every Wednesday at7hPN
KlUNAEtPri cncEen- tey " Husea. psstor Befs
tania street SHHaHu Services IN Hawaiian syefy
SUNDAY a; ~ sabbath school st9I,s Ryen-
Ing services At ~ ococs alternating with Ksesjsh&o
Prayer meeting sFsfy "wednesday a. mr.
g0y,s c,TgoLpc CBrwH- Under The ehsfgs NJ ~
Ksy Bishop 6sigisi assisted w Rev Paihef Hermann
Port street Befstans. ferYcst sYsry Sunday al
10 n aud 2Ps
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-04-16

that contingent ~ Egyptian trogpa may w. ssnt
for service IN Turkey. II war is declared.
CLpgTONs, March Dsth.--News hAs been re
csiyed ~ dag from Basutoland reporting ~.
supntion ~ Possibilities between the Bas,.tos aud
The colonial forces. A severe battle has been
fought between the batter under Colonel Caring
ton aud the enemy, but without decided success
81 either side Colonel Darlington Was somewhat
severely sounded during ths fight
81. PgrERsBuHD March 18th. The funeral ~
the late Czar took place to-day
IJsDoE, March 9th. Ar. PANEL b npw
actively engaged IN the formation ~ Land
League In England, and " organizing branches
in various parts of the country through The me
dunn NJ syinpatbizers with the Irish land aRita-
ton.
BucnAngsT, March 18th. The two Houses ~
tn. Koufnaniau Parliament Senate and Chamber
III Dcputies-baye passed a resolution prDclanibP
the principally Of BDumania Kingdom.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-04-16
April 18th, 1881.
n. UObDinJtH, VI. d.,

h.. HobDid,tH, VI. d.,
DEAR SRI: At your request have made close
and careful examination of the chest and heart OF
Polua at the prison.
do not find him suffering from heart disease
of any kind, stated 10y party in one OF the
papers of last week.
There are no abnormal sounds, and the hearts
action is smooth and regular, the pulse ranging
from ~ 10 76 according To the different. positions
that he was placed III when being examined.
have no doubt but that any powerful mental emo
ton such as the long continued anxiety IN his
case, would produce intermittance of the pulse
occasionally, and that this fact would to q casual
observer or to a party who wished to make little
capital for brnk"m, give them a basis 10 work
upon.
| will say III conclusion that whatever heart
symptoms he may have had, they were merely
functional and not depending upon either iniiama-
tioris of an acute chronic character or struc-
tural LESSONS Respectfully JSo. S. McGREw.'
''HoSoLULU. April 18th, 1881.
"Dy. H0GnaHi-DEAR SIR: BY your request OF
{; few DAYS ago, visited Polua in prison yesterday
and made "A thorough examination of his heart.
failed to detect anything abnormal about 1t; The
puse-rate was amply within the normal limit, and
the changes of posture which subjected him to,
together with my examination of him, failed to
excite it t an abnormal degree. Both sounds were
clear and perfectly natural. The area of dizziness
and position of the apex beat were both normal.
Every truly, D. BBoDIE
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-04-16
April 18th, 1881.
Doctor HoTJtaHn.

TIV'IUJ HOV MINNIE
DEAR Sn: In compliance with your invitation
have this morning called and made verge
ful examination of the prisoner, Polua.
While sitting, after walking from his cell to the
Office his pulse was SO, but on moving to another
room and lying down IL at once fell to H.
After talking with him while still recumbent
and asking few exciting questions, his pulse
quickly rose TO 80.
After a careful examination by palpaton, per
cussion and auscutation hnvc failed TO discover
any organic or functional disease Of the heart
am my dear doctor, yours truly,
N II. EMERSON.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-04-16
"HoyoLuLu. April 10Th, 1881

az. u. HofDttna, B.D.-MY DEAR DoOron At
your requeat went 10 the prison yesterday and
anw the prisoner Polua, whom ] examined very
carefully with reference 10 the state Of his heart
aud may state cateCorically that failed 10 de
tcct any disease Of the heart whatever.
Yours faithfully,
FHscfs Il. HuTCnIgsos."
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-04-16

~ have carefully examined the heart of Polua,
and fail 10 find any organic disease Of that organ
RoBgRT MCKInms."
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-04-16

Appended are The reports Of q number " ply
acinns who have examined the prisoner poua at
the prison during the present week
"hpril 18th, 1891.
'' 10 M Hotot. q. Z. HaytiH, Chief Jhstice etc.
SIN; AZ the request Of your Honor W examine
the prisoner Polun IN regard to n diacaac OF the
heart etc. have the honor 10 reply that cannot
after repeated examinations discover any organic
disease OF the heart. The action ~ the heart is
regular, and the pulse from 7b 10 ~, ~ uniform.
Only when polua becomes somewhat mentally eI-
cited the rate of pulsations increase which under
auch circumstances is quite common, aa have
frequently experienced the same thing even in the
ordinary examination Of healthy and robust men
for life Insurance, etc IL would not bc surprsing
10 me II tho 40 often repeated examinations IN
various ways and by different persons, which Polun
undoubtedly considers vitality important in regard
Ia his future fate, combined with solitary conflne-
ment (thc least cndurnble puniBhment to Ha-
waana, according 10 my obscrvation), should
produce n change in the circulation Of blood, as !
cannot help observing that he rs, most probably
for the above reasons not 40 strong a man MS he
when first Jaw him.
90 have the honor 10 inclose the examinations
Of some other medical gentlemen.
Every respectfully,
1 ID
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-08-04

terry only few months, any way, did
,"No." Hannah. replied. rather con-
temptuously, "'twan't no business for
her, NO waH.s She. done pretty well at
it, though, for: all "-and she goes out
to the front doorstep the Others fol-
lowing. S,as.d svea ta.s. ~,
How awful rusty them lsylocks
does look, ~ Hannah remarks, looking
disapprovingly up at the bushes. T
yes, but Abe syringass have blowed
out Jest In time, says Mrs. Bush. s,.t
"iAnd them red pinies, too,p adds
Hannah, "they're han some now."Toi9'
At that moment they heard . shrill,
prolonged locomotive whistle from the
direction of the station. ~ Esoi st1 80
sThere's the train now!" exclaims
Mrs. Bush. - !" . i"'n9h "iil ~
eyes. and there's your Mary, Jest in
time, with the sweet.brier," SAYS Han
nah, as a girl OF, twelve with q handful
''Thank you, Mary / wouldn't have
You must come over tomorrow; there'll
be somebody for You to play with. I, =
"Yes'm," Mary replies with shy
| SMILE 4 r..f. an t-.-.f I'D :.
"What is it about those brier-rosesP'"'
Mrs. Robbins asks of Mrs. Bush as they
walk away together, leaving Hannah to
receive the travellers alone. idf fyg
/ "Why, Elder Dale told Hannah very
particular, that he wanted her to have
some sweet-brier roses on the tea-table
when they got here-no other flowers -
only just them. Funny notion, ism t itP"
|-ETdminer and Chronicle. iii..9ua iAI.l
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-08-04
/, A Georgia Fish Pond.

One of the most lovely places in
Spaulding County is the carp pond of
Mr.. A. A. Wright in North Griffin.
Those of our readers who have never Wis.,
tied it can form little idea of its beauty.
Mr.. Wright, who is a genius in everything,
has devoted to the Improvement of this
place his best skill and energies. We
must confess to some neglect in not CIV
ing more prominence to an enterprise
that has attracted 80 much attention and
favorable comment in Georgia, and
which has even filled columns in influ-
entail Western papers.
The pond covers an area of nearly an
acre, and is supplied with water by
large, cold spring that boils up in the
center, and water conveyed by under
ground pipes from a number of springs
several hundred feet distant. The dam
Is constructed in the best manner, being
planked up on the inside, of the best
heart pine lumber, with clay backing,
on which is planted Bermuda grass. In
side the pond, near one corner, is dry
well, eight feet in diameter and ten feet
deep, octagon shaped, at the bottom of
which is a large hydraulic engine, or
ram, that forces water through pipes all
over the residence of Mr.. Wright, where
it is used for the various purposes needed
kitchen, bathroom, etc.-keeping up
a constant flow of water'without the use
of tanks or reservoirs, having the same
pressure of an elevated tank thirty feet
high, and also keeping beautiful foun-
tain continually playing seven jets of
water fifteen feet high. Around the top
of the dry well is a strainer or seive of
wire cloth made to order in New York,
through which the waste water escapes
from the pond (thereby preventing the
escape of the smallest carp), thence
from the bottom through water pipe
which conveys all surplus water and
waste from the pond and rain. Two
large weeping willows stand in the CEN
ter on an island built octagon shape, and
sodded with blue grass.
The willows are the largest and hand
soonest in the county and are exceeding
Iy ornamental. Around the pond, on
the dam, are other large weeping will
lows, which make the place look cool
aud pleasant. On the upper side IS
planted row of magnolias and weeping
willows, and in the pond, spread on the
surface, bloom the beautiful yellow wa
ter lilies, yellow lotus, curcutian recur-
rata, calladiums, esculantums, and a
variety of other ornamental aquatic
plants. In the depth of the pond swim
the largest and finest carp in the State,
ranging in size from the tiny ones to
those 90 and "a inches in length. Of all
sizes there are a million of carp in the
pond, and in them very handsome
profit for Mr.. Wright.--GriEn (Ga.)
No,ge 8 .r.t N i'fI- IH.H 1895. lI
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-08-04
A 80 BOOK AGENT" AT THE PAR.
SONAGE.

The Wednesday evening prayer-meet-
ing was over. The fifteen or twenty
parishioners, mostly women-folk, who
had been in attendance had scattered
up and down the quiet rural street in
the direction of their homes. The Rev.
Amos Dale, who had that evening to
perform the double function of sexton
and pastor, the sexton having hired out
to q farmer at some distance from the
village for the planting and hoeing sea-
son. fingered behind his flock to put out
the kerosene lights in the lecture-room
This done he came up the basement
stairs and out on the stone steps, where
he stopped to lock the door. A tall,
awkward man, the Rev. Amos Dale,
with straight, iron gray hair, trifle too
long. and deep, rugged lines in his face.
He IS extremely near-sighted, and has
much ado to see the key-hole in this
doubtful light. but at length the door is
locked. and with his hands clasped be-
Hind his back and his head bent little
forward. he strobe away up the street,
The most absent-minded and biggest
reared man you will see in many day.
walking thus toward the post Office
or his evening paper, with no eagerness
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-08-04
Musical Ants.

A correspondent of Nature, writing on
musical ants in Sumatra, says that near
ly two years ago he found musical
species of Polyrachis, which makes It's
papery nests on the under side Of bam-
boo leaves. The noise, which resembles
very heavily falling rain, Is caused by
the insect striking the leaf by series Of
spasmodic taps, both with its head and
with the extremity OF its abdomen, which
1t bends inward while so doing. He
came upon o second species of large
brown ant in Sumatra, the noise of which,
as in the case of the other ant, rescmbled
heavy rain and could be heard long
distance of. What struck Mr.. Forbes,
the observer, most about this species
was the singular synchronism Of the
movements. '.These ants were spread
over . space perhaps o couple Of yards
in diameter on the stem, leaves, and
branches Of o great tree which had fall
len, and not within sight Of each other;
yet the tapping was set up NJ the same
moment, continued exactly the same
space Of time, and stopped st the same
instant. After the lapse Of . few SEC
ends, oil recommended at the same in
slant. The interval vas always Of about
the same duration, though did not
time it.. Each ant did not, however,
beat synchronously with every other In
the congerics nearest TO me. There
were Independent tsPpinKs, 20 that
sort OF tune was played, each congerics
dotting out its own music, yet the be-
Rinnings and endings Of these musical
parties were strictly synchronous."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-08-04
PIN AND POINT.

The girl who blackens her eyebrows
wishes to keep her imperfections dark.
Boston Transcript.
-" Never" says an Irish orator,
sswrite an anonymous letter without
signing your name TO it."-LotceH Citi-
zen. g,s. ...I....t ttt...ff|y. .fIf...-ri 'ff ,.
Scientists assert that an angleworm
on a fishhook suffers no pain. We now
understand why they squirm so-they
merely want to take little exercise.
An exchange speaks of q new fashion
in gait for girls, but stroll along some
of our streets In the soft summer twilight
will convince any one that the old gate
yet has tenacious grip on public favor.
Detroit Free Press. 500 '-'
An Austin doctor met old Uncle
Nose aud said pleasantly: "How do you
feel to-day. Uncle MoseP" 81 amt gwine
ter tell yer until I knows how much you
am gwine ter charge me."-7sras Sitt-
tngs.
-"Had drank" is not good English
grammar, says a high authority. Ii
certainly is not. "Was drunk" is better
grammar and more in accordance with
the facts, nine times out of ten.-NeU
Hduen Register. r
What aftyranny fashion has be-
come, to be sureP Here comes an item
to the effect that "Japanese shoes have
been adopted for casino wear" II
man can't play casino without a certain
brand of shoes on, it were best relegated
to obscurity; and we, accordingly rele-
gate.-Yonkers Gazette.
! He was a veteran topper with fiery
red proboscis, but most kind-hearted
and amiable man, and when the flies
gathered on his nose he used to say 'Oh,
don't drive 'em away; they're having .
good time, and IL they can get the liquor
without paying for it / don't mind. -
Brooklyn Eagle. no. rn.l. i.
Two Masked Robbers stopped an
Honest Editor one night and placing
Revolvers at his head, Demanded his
Money. al have no Money" he said,
s'but I will give You a Puff" Upon
which the Masked Robbers .smote him
thrice with Dray Pin and passed on.
Hec fabula docets that there Is such
thing as having too much cheek
li,sgton Hawkeye. ....t. ,..
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-08-04

"A French inventor has patented a
application of the electric light TO the
bleaching of textiles and other sub
stances. -----.
\, "A photograph Of IN improved con-
struction is to be tried at Paris for teach-
Ing pupils tina pronunciation q dimcult
words in foreign languages. kyr7
Recent experiments show thak the
light of an electric lamp travels 167, 200
miles per second. Blue light travels
over one per cent faster than red light.
I 1T Is intended, IL possible, TO run
trains ON . railway through st. 0othard
Tunnel by electricity, which ID TO bePro-
duced by machines now employed IN
pumping the air into the workings and
for other purposes. .'.i '.fi p.
DIR. Gehring, Of Landshut, Bavaria,
has invented an enameling liquid, which
is said to render ordinary stones and CO.
ments harder than granite and to facil-
itate the limitations Of marbles and other
valuable minerals. When applied to
metals he claims that Il will be found
an excellent preservation against rust.
[ -Anhydrous phosphoric acid Is be-
ieved to be the most powerful desiccat-
ing agent known. When air from which
moisture has been removed rs far -
possible by the ordinary means, and In
then carefully dried by sulphuric acid at
temperatures not exceeding % deg. c.,
it Is still found that the two-millionth
part Of tho weight of the ar In the form
ofmoisture will be removed by anhydrous
phosphoric acid.1a oi o'.'lisi-aI
The most notable object of its kind,
at the Brussels National Exhibition by
the Seraing works, was q remarkable
casting. As described, It consists Of
what Is practically the whole cast iron
works of Q marine engine, with pair
OF cylinders about twenty inches in
diameter by twenty inches stroke, cast
in the most perfect manner in one piece
bed, plate, condenser, air, and feed,
and bilge pumps, standards, cylinders,
and exhaust pipe. aan. ra7rr. o.
The discovery'of a portable electric
force has caused a great fiutter among
the aeronauts. Some of them believe
that here is discovered the means that
shall make ballooning not only fine art
but an everyday undertaking. It II
believed that il a balloon can carry with
il in portable shape q reserve force such
as Sir William Thomson found in the
famous box sent him from Paris, bal
looms can be fitted up with steering APP
paratus that will enable the aeronaut to
control their passage through the air,
and go withersoever he will rather than
whittier the wind listeth. Ameeting OF
the Aeronautical Society Is to be held
forthwith to discuss this new factor.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-08-04
A Talk with Girls and Their Mothers.

Rev. Washington GLADDEN. says, in Sc.
Nicholas, with regard to some of the ele-
ments which 60 to make up a beautiful
womanly character:
"The first, is industry. Willingness
and ability to work lie, as have said
already, at the basis of all good charac-
ter. The moral discipline, the patience,
the steadiness of purpose, the power to
overcome, that are gained in work, and
only in work, are just as necessary to
women as to men; and the girl who is
given no chance of learning these traits
IS sadly defrauded. After industry
comes thoroughness. It is not enough
to be busy; we ought to do well what
ever our hands find to do, else we may
be forced to say what Hugo Grotius said
when he came to the end: ALAS! have
spent nv life in laboriously doing moth
ing To be thorough in study, to be
thorough in all work, ought to be the
aim of every girl, not less than of every
boy. Our methods Of female education
have encouraged superficiality rather
than thoroughness; we have given our
girls smatterings of many things, and
mastery of few things. After thorough
ness, independence. A habit of relying
Ou yOuI OWA yuuS hAOhoS - AsOAs Va cAAhA-
ing for yourself, not selfishly, but in q
true womauly fashions habit of taking
responsibility and bearing it bravely, is
one of the habits that women as well as
men need TO cultivate. Your parents
ought to give you some chance to form
this habit; it IS "a great mistake to shield
girl from all care, and then, by and
by, when the helpers on whom she has
leaned fall by her side, toleave her with
Judgment unframed and powers undis-
ciplined to carry the burdens of life.
:" Respect for character, for manhood
and womanhood, more than for money
or rank, or even genius, is another Of
the first lessons that every girl ought to
learn. Virtue, truth, fidelity, these are
the shining things that every true wo-
man honors, and she who values above
these b coat-of-arms or bank account
degrades herself"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-08-04

- Ten per cent. of the entire Fortune
Bay award has gone to one of the coun-
sci in the case.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-08-04


He reached the station Just in time to
see the train coming in sight around tho
bend, f1inging showers Of sparks, and
CHANGING colored lights into the quiet,
dewy fields. There was brief pause,
then the train swept on again, and the
Rev. Amos Dale was peerng shout in
the dark, with near-sighted eyes. for tho
person he had come to meet. Aas.@ s~a
/ A slight little woman, dressed in deep
mourning, who had been the only per-
son to alight from the train, came to-
ward the door Of the .aiti1g- room;
then stepped timidly up to him.
"Ah!'' said the minister, sis this Mrs,
Emily PayneP''-he spoke each word
slowly and distinctly. - il "a
eyes, sir,' was the reply, in q quiet,
clear-toned voice. ''Mr. Dale, !
thinkps, "a - go S. AAAA.