Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-10-08
Our San Francisco Letter.

ys EDIron SATURDAY PREss. We have Ind
EFmnny cxcitemcnts lately and more than m
kavcrage crop. And the papers scarcely
Hinore than commence to get in their work
eSon one, till another rcd.hot one starts up
Esit is only few days ago that the news
sslwas wired TO us across the continent that
II here was n great forest fire in Michigan.
" Ten or twelve towns burnt up, thousand
iHpcoplc burned alive and ten thousand rem.
!,a,dered homeless, houseless md destitute.
&And many mon lost wives, children and
&all that was dear. And most unusual
Hthng is that so far there has been no steps
,2taken 10y the citizens Of San Francisco to-
l4allord these destitute and unfortunate peo.
Eple substantial relief. IF some bowling
$fcnan fresh from the boys had co nc here
&1nnd called meeting to assist some tenant
Ethat had been trying to beat his landlord
Eout of tho rent and been evicted, there
Nwould have been no tronble in reaping al
Ngolden harvest. The inconsistencies of
4 his world becomes apparent at every
Eiump.
Our President who was shot by fanatic
that can give no reason more than he de-!
Hsired notoriety, (Which l hope he will get!
Eof the highest kind if some of the soldiers
that are guarding the jail he is in don't!
4give it to him sooner) has suffered as mol
9mnn over suffered, and has been and is nowl
Enear deaths door; but if there is is any.i
thing in good solid praying and good,
CONSTITUTION he is going to pull through
frhc wound was So deep it commenced TOT
Hheal and close and retained pus that should;
b have been discharged and was taken up iuI
lihe system and caused all the trouble of
hblood poisoning. But if he does recover,
suppose no country in the world will ever.
or over did have, such u Thanksgiving and;
i general rejoicing as we will have.
There is n singular case that now fills up.
columns of the daily papers, and that isl
he trial Of Mrs. Cooper for hcresy befores
fnn inqnisition of old meal bags, that is a.
2disgrace to religion, Christianity and COM
mon sense. The chsc is that Mrs. Cooper,l
who is Presbyterian, had charge of a;
Kindergarten school and taught the BibleI
Gclass.
But her teachings were not sulphurousS
&enough; she did not let out enough enternnlS
ELIMINATION and sui phur on those that dd3
sns they should not have done, and thisy
Fcame to the cara of Brother Roberts,
;!whose church Mrs. Cooper bolougeda
ITO, and he sent spies to drop on what she3
sIsaid. The result was that he brought %
Ischarge of Heresy" against her and said
2;he would like to put keg of powder UNDER
SMrs. Cooper and her class and blow thems
Cup; of course, all this was ventilated by the.
Hparties who nre keeping cases for this lit!
Etle game, and it certainly is calculated to,
Feast more disgrace on religious denomina-G
1tions than to get converts.
I This old lunatic Roberts is going to be-
athe subject of everlasting ridicule, while
ssMrs. Cooper, who now has the sympathy
a,of the community and is good Christian
Ewomau, is going to come out of it with
;.sgay and flying colors. There was report
eesout that Mrs. Cooper said that if she would
ahave to associate with such men as Roberts
Min Heaven, sho would rather be in the
sother place in the company of such men rs
ssIugersoll.
9 If she did say so perhaps she had right
n TO, for this Roberts is an old officious fool
Nthat is constantly hunting up something to
Eiind fault about. The case has already
Rcreated great deal of bad feeling and
Mfilled tho papers for several weeks. Mrs.
is convicted, but will probably
aSappeal.
a The 10th annual Mechanics Fair has
Eclosed md the immense pavilion is to be
d taken down. The institute have purchased
&a piece of land to erect fine building on,
Hand | suppose there will be no more fairs
SSfor two years. Financially the 10th In.
Industrial Fair was success, the receipts
Il pmounting to over forty Thousand dollars
Irhe exhibits Of this Fair did not come NJ
Ito those previous; there was very it'll,
A new in the way of inventions. 1t certainly
" was not so much noted for its mechanical
y display as It was for such things AS soap
wine, yeast powder, candy and pop corn.
u The music was the greatest feature, ex
e3cept the fair sex, which is always til,
atiraction any and everywhere they visit
1t would take too much time to describ,
the different styles of beauty and dress bu
r there was all conceivable styles in both
What noticed more than anything elst
Twas the way that the hair of the bewitch
ling creatures is fixed up, banged and il
Ncurls. The banging business is takeI
from the Chinese, 1t is simply smearin,
the hair all over the forehead down TO tn
|uose, and the other style is tho same ms
wreath of corkscrews from ear to ca
r around the forehead. Styles in clothes
n will not attempt to describe. They are lik
.! the style in head goar-legion-n tw
! alike. 1t appears to me that the bushes
of the ladies who attend tho pavilion is t
a mash and be mashed.
$ la the garden alongside of the paviio
4 noticed the effect Of the electric lightiu
h on the plants aud some Of the large
shrubs. They shrivel up as if they wer
h burnt. think it would not do to try t
3 use the electric light in place of the sun
propagate hot house plants.
\, The smallest exhibit that made the mos
!, noise was little locomotive aud train {
cars that run on au elevated track some 3
}. feet above the floor, bridge APO feet Ion
n in one piece supported with wires. Til
o engine has 4 inch diameter driving wheel
!. and cylinder Ii in diameter and 2 inc
d stroke. This miniature locomotive run I
/ . speed Of 5 to . miles an hour aud
y made fully as much noise as large fort.
d ton engine something like small men
o they show OF and make mp for the
d insignifoance in Size by noise. There wei
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