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Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-07-02
The "Water-mark' in Paper.

recent number Of the Printers Regis-
Ter of London, England gives tho follow
ing interesting information in m article
condensed from n lecture on Paper and
Paper Making, by Henry Pitman:
One feature Of paper remains to no no.
ticed, namely, the water-mark, tho
origin Of which explains some Of the names
by which papers nre known. In the days
when few persons could read, pictures and
symbols were commonly used as signs or
embems of employment, such as the bar.
ber's "poo, THE woolstapler's fleece, "
the "checkers. on the tavern and inn
signs generally. Every trade had it's ''trade
mark. The new trades of printing and
paper making naturally followed the Gus
tom by inventing emblems for different
makes of paper and the title pages Of books.
The marks on paper used by the early
printers consisted of an OK head and "A star,
dogs head and collar, n crown, shield,
n Jug, etc. The last mark originated the
the name Of spot" paper. The picture of
a fools head, with caps and bells, gave tho
name of " fool's-cap, often shortened into
"cap" paper. Post and bath post "
are supposed to have originated from the
""ih W. 81 poSluOIH. n inquire vi ipIibuUHIh
or lion rampant supporting the cap Of
liberty have replaced the fool's-cnp and
posthorn. The term "imperial is sup
posed to have been derived from the ancient
name given to the finest specimens of
papyri. Modern wator marks are conspi-
cuous on the paper used in printing the
Times, bank notes, checks, bills and post
age stamps. The marks can be seen dis
tinctly when the paper his held up to the
light. The commonest marks are the pa.
per makers name and the date Ingenious
water-marks have been contrived as pre-
ventives of fraud and forgery. Bank and
legal paper is sometimes treated chemically,
SO that any tampering with the ink can be
forgeries of Ireland and Chatterton' pre-.
tended discoveries Of old poems, would not
have imposed SO long upon the learned had
not cunning been displayed in the use of
ancient-looking paper. The mode of Ire
lands deception is disclosed 10 his Soon
fcssions. He says: 81 discovered that
a Jug was the prevalent water.mark of the
reign of Elizabeth, in consequence of which
inspected all the sheets of old paper in
my possession, and having seecl ed such as
had the jug upon them, | produced the
manuscript upon these" Cations Game
of the Cheese was printed on paper bear
ing an old English letter surmounted by
star. This book was reprinted some years
ago as tribute to Cations memory, and
paper was made expressly for the purpose,
Initiating the original even to the water
mark. An old method of producing the
water-marks was to fix a strong wire on
the gauze of the hand mold in the form of
the object to be represented. The numbered
water-marks on bank of England notes are
produced by u more complicated process.
Any person who can afford so distinctive
luxury, may have paper made expressly
for him, bearing his name, crest orany de-
vice IN the form of water marks. "-L.c
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-07-02

was no great difference in the batting, the
latter wero most expert on their pins, aud
won by their fielding.
A PARisrkS RoNAScE.-Durinp the last
year ] was in Paris (vritesa correspondent
of tho Ph,iadeLph,a BuiietjD) / heard
very pretty story. A party of merry
bright.oycd American girls were at win.
dow looking on to courtyard. Soon
seemingly old man crossed the yard
" That's the Marquis Of H." said one Of
the girls. +" He lives in n gnrrot Of the
honsc, and lives by giving French LESSONS"
" I'll begin lessons with him tomorrow,
them" said One Of the youngest girls. And
she did so. She soon perceived that her
master was one Of the most polished men
she had ever met. He was not over thirty.
Want and grief alone had bent him into
premature old age, for ho had an aged and
sick mother TO keep, which his earnings
could not always do. What did our little
American girl do9 She quietly proposed to
marry tho Marquis need not tell you
how readily he accepted. This is the hap.
piest marriage between poor French
noblemnn aud n rich American girl that
know Of ] can give the number OF tho
house and the street where the first act Of
tho comedy took place. The Marquis walks
now as straight rs any one, aud tho dow
niger Warehouses mny frequently be seen
nj the Bois sitting by the side of her bril-.
liant dnughfer.in-law, whom she worships,
as well aho NAV.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-07-02
A Lawsuit Extraordinary.

While Mr.. Seward was member of the
New York bar in active practice in l649,
the Postmaster Of Syracuse refused to de-
liver newspaper to Miss FELTON,, to whom
it was addressed, without the payment of
letter postage, the sender having placed
upon it the initial letter of his name Miss
FELTON, thereupon sued the Postmaster for
the value of the paper, and the case was
tried before justice of the Pence, who
held postal instructions illegal, and const.
quently gave six ceuts damages and costs
of two dollars and eighty-niue cents for the
plaintiff The case was carried by the
Postmaster to the Court of Common Pleas,
which affirmed the Judgment, with add.
tional costs of So 30. From there it was
carrid to the Supreme Court of the State
which added S37 Us to the Judgment be-
fore rendered, and the Postmaster then
appealed the case to the Court of Appeals,
where the judgment was affirmed, and the
additional sum of S75 ia, making 1856 10
in all. Not satisfied with this measure of
justice in the State Courts, the Postmaster
went with the case to the Supreme Court
OF the United States, where it was elabor.
ately argued by Mr.. Seward, and decided
in very labored opinion of the Court,
affirming the finding of the other Courts,
and rendering judgment accordingly, bat
with what costs the record does not show;
The case as decided by the Court of Ap.
peals IN New York is reported in the first
Comstock, 537, aud as decided by the Su-
preme Court of the United States, in the
twelfth Howard, 2S4, in which volume it
occupies nine pages.
SELF MADE.-In foreign settlement
east OF the Cape Of Good Hope there lived.
not many years ago, person whom the
rude public called "the self-made man"
They always assisted that he put himself
together in the morning inserted his glass
eye and his false teeth (some said added an
artificial nose), adjusted his wig, strapped
ON his wooden leg-and sailed forth. 1t
happened that trouble broke out between
the country to which he belonged and the
one in which he was living and it was
then aud there reported that he had gone
to the United States consul and claimed
protection. On being asked on what he
founded his claim, he was said to have
promptly replied that his leg was made OF
Oregon piae, and an American dentist
made his teeth.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-07-02

COLUMBIA RIVER SALMON, IN
~ barrels and half barrels. For sale by
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-07-02

OUTER AND CHEESE,
~ Received by the " City OF sydney" For sale by
BOLLEs a Co.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-07-02

ROILER LlNSEED OIL IN BBLS.
III aud gallon cans Raw Paint Oil, the pure linseed
For sale by BOLLES 60.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-07-02

Extra 1sss Beef
= 7ss BoLLEs Co.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-07-02

was no great difference in the batting, the
latter were most expert on their pins, aud
won by their fielding.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-07-02

DAINTS AND MTG
L Lend, Hubbuck's Lead, Hubbuck's Zinc,
Nerdigris, Black Paint. Chrome Green,
Chrome Yellow. Par. Green. and a
Full assortment of Fancy Paints.
For safe by BOLLES & Co
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-07-02

PROVISIONS.
4DRiNE PORK. EXTRA MESS BEEF IN
barrels, Extra Family Beef in half barrels Extra
Pig Pork in "a u and y barrels Butter in ~ Id kegs
and Id glass jars Hams and Bacon extra nce Lard
For Sale by BOLLES x Co.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-07-02

BLOCKS AND MAST HOOPS.
HlATENT IRON STRAPPED B,OCkS
u Metallic Iron Strapped Blocks Patent Bushinc
Plain Bushins, full assortment OF sizes,
els HOLLIS A. Co
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-10-07
Whv unclA Pleasant Married.

Uncle Pleasant Batkins is 60 and his
wife ~. The other day . friend said:
"Uncle Pleasant. why in the mischief
did you marry q woman old enough to
be your mOtherp' '.YOu see, boy" he
replied with q sigh, II was wurkin' for
Long John FreemOn, in Hanover, when
l was jest IL. and Sara Ann Russ. old
Mrs. Russ only daughter. was 80 If she
wur day. At every quiltin' she used
to chuse me for partner. and every
body said it 'peared like she wur
cOurtin' me. She gimme four pair cot
ton socks and heap Of things, but still
didn't have no notion of her. Well,
one Christmas eve / went to the old
woman's and had hardly sot down be-
fore Sara Ann brought me some sweet
potato pie, which she knOwed l was
monstrOus fond of. While l was eatin'
it l heard the old woman upstairs
a-countin' silver dollars. Now, thar
was no plaster to the ceilin'. and the
upstairs foo had cracks in it as wide
as my finger. s.. you see. could
hear the jingle of the money jest as
we'll as if l had been up thar myself
When she had counted 906. l drawed
up to Sara Ann and popped the ques-
ton. In course she said she'd have
mo, and the next Thursday we was
married. Now, what do you think l
found out the next dayp Why, that the
old woman didn't have but thirty Mex
lean dollars, and that she counted them
over and over jest to fool me. Don't
marry for money. boy. specially for
silver dollars. "-RicltmOnd Express.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-10-07
The Indian Who Did It.

A dealer in hardware on Jefferson
avenue, says the Detroit Free Press,
has had a straw cutter standing on the
walk in front of his store for some DAYS
past to catch the public eye, and yes
terday forenoon two boys discovered it
and had considerable sport feeding
papers under the knife. They were
still at work, one at the wheel and the
other feeding all the old papers he could
find, when along came three Canada
Indians with something less than a
thousand baskets hitched to them. They
were evidently father, mother and
son, and when they saw the straw-cut-
ter at work they came to dead halt
and exhibited great curiosity to know
how the old thing chewed up papers in
that manner. After some conversation
between them the Indian put down his
basket and made o closer inspection.
The boys fell back to give him fair
show, and rs he picked up long strip
Of paper the squaw began turning the
wheel in about 4-6 time"
Tho machinery worked beautiful, and
a grin of quiet delight had just COM
menced TO spread over the red mans
face when the end of the paper was
reached and the knife sliced off the
end of his forefinger. There was just
one howl. accompanied by jump three
feet high. When the Indian landed he
was as silent as the grave and as
straight as bean pole. He looked
from his finger to the straw-cutter and
back. took in the general laugh from
the sidewalk without giving himself
away. and with the dignity of a Sultan
he walked over to his baskets. resumed
his load, and marched off with his
wounded hand in his pocket and his
nose set Oh Decline for home.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-10-07
A Deadly Weapon.

The Supreme Court of California has
set aside the verdict in a murder case
because the court below refused to give
the jury u definition Of the term ''dead-
ly weapon" The testimony in the
ease went tt show that the deceased,
when he was shot. was about To strike
the defendant With pck-handle. The
Judge charged the jury 'that if they
believed from the evidence that the de-
ceased assaulted the defendant with u
deadly weapon, they should consider
the intent with which such assault WAS
committed; and il they should find that
there was reasonable ground of appre-
hensiOn that the deceased designed To
commit Il felony or do the defendant
some great bodily injury, and that there
was imminent danger Of such design
being accomplished, and the defendant
acted alone under the fear that such
design would be accomplished, then
justified in killing the deceased" The
jurors, after dcliberating some hours
on the ease. asked the Judge To instruct
them Us to what is meant in law by the
term "deadIy weapon" The Judge
said it was for the jury to determine
what is n deadly weapon. and the court
could not assist them. The prisoner
being convicted, this point was taken
to the Supreme Court where it was
held that the court below erred in re-
fusing to say what is meant in law by
the phrase "deadly weapon" aud a
new trial has been ordered. The SUI
preme Court undertakes to give de-
iinition of deadly weapon. but it is SO
general in its terms that il is difficult to
see how it could be of any assistance to
u jury. "A deadly weapon" says tho
California Supreme Court, ''is one like
ly TO produce death or great bodily in
jury"-a definition which is no moro
definite than the term itself.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-10-07
Wbv Che was There.

The latest thing at Long Branch, says
an exchange, is an adventure of Miss
Verona Jarbeau, whom you will remem-
Der as the heroine Of opera bouffe at
the Standard. A large party were sit
ting. after dinner. on the wide piazza
of John HOey's magnificent residence.
when they beheld Miss Jarbeau driving
about the grounds in an elegant turn
out. She wore a lovely lace dress her
pink silk stocking peeped from out her
skirts in short, she was a picture of
case, beauty. and taste. But how did
she get into the. grounds. aud why was
she driving about as il they belonged
to herp Tue guests asked these qucs-
tons Of the hostess and of each other,
and at last Mrs. HOey touched the bell
and said:
"rll send servant to ask her who
gave her permission"
swat moment" said John Hoey,
rising Il gave her permission.
"You" was the general exclamation
of establishment.
yes" replied Mr.. Hoey. "and I'll
tell you the story. was amusing my
self in a big straw hat. the other MORN
ing, trimming some plants down yon-
der. when Miss Jarbeau came driving
past. knew her from having seen her
on the stage but she didn't know me.
Are you the head gardener p she in
quired. very prettily. Well. l have
charge of this place. I answered, hui
moring the mistake. Would you give
me permission 10 drive in and look
aboutp' she asked. Whenever you
please. Miss said l. Whereupon she
threw me gold piece. which I wear
here on my watch-chain. and l think
that. having tipped the gardener, the
lady is entitled to her drive"
81 think so. too" said Mrs. Hoey,
and there was unanimous chorus Of
ACCENT
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-10-07
Pacific Islands Folklore,

When in the Tonga-tabu group was
amused by curious custom the natives
there have of saying. when one sneezed.
"Ofa," which means love. l asked the
reason for this, and was told that when
a man sneezed he was thinking of his
wife, and that when a woman did SO
she was thinking of her husband; so
that they consider it only polite little
attention to say ''Ofa" to ono at those
times. Hero in Samoa I find very
different phrase in vogue on similar oc-
casiOns. and, on account of its likeness
in meaning to one still used in England.
of much greater interest. Here when
one sneezes, they say. "Soefua." whose
meaning is, as near as possible, ''GOd
bless YOU" It is strange that in two
countries so far apart as England and
Samoa there should be custom so very
much alike.-NOtes and Queries.
Capt. Isaac Bassett, the veteran door
keeper of tho United States senate.
and who will complete his half century
of service in the Senate chamber in
December next, is now busily engaged
in preparing his forthcoming volume,
entitled .'SEetches and "reminiscences
of the United States Senate-183l'
1881"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-10-07
An Exciting Battle With q Deer.

Dan Halleck. veteran hunter. who
was with party camping out at High
and lake. Sullivan county. N. Y. re-
Gently, is the hero Of All exciting chase,
fight, and capture Of deer Mt that
place. The party was warned Of the
presence of deer by the baying Of
hUlndl. and Halleck said: 'lf that
deer crosses the river here III capture
him." None Of the party imagined for
a moment that ho could do 80, as they
were on fishing excursion. and were
without firearms. Presently. however,
the deer made his appearance, and
rushed into the water to swim across.
Immediately Hallcck jumped into q
rowboat. and then began an exciting
chase after tho deer. Halleck at last
reached il. and rowing the boat close
upon the deer. grabbed him by tho tail
and hung Oh. The deer continued to
swim despite his heavy load, but his
tail began to slip away, and Halleck
found it necessary 10 grab him by tho
leg. This tho deer objected To. and
letting fly his heels. kicked Halleck and
the boat out Of the water. The hunter
was not thus to be frustrated, however,
and, hastily swimming after the weary
stag. he dealt him heavy blow with
o knife which ended his life. When
dressed the venisOn amounted to 100
pounds.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-10-07

Of the OLD seaman, 'rhat he Will never
leave that bed but to be sewed up In his
hammock. Look here" and the old
man raised his hand and pointed To
one small. dark spot on the water
.'that is sure sign Of death"
The soldiers looked.
"Faiih and don't SEQ anything but
an empty bottle the steward has thrown
overheard"
THAT il no bottle" answered tho
gray-hcaded mariner, with the low, i'm.
prcssivc voice of superstition that is
II shark, and il is its fin that you see
above the water. As sure as we three
stand here, Palmer is u doomed man.
Those creeturs well know the smell Oi
death; no is waiting for your COM
rade."
"A shark! a shark! now burst from
fifty voices.
Hooks were baited, but to no pur.
pose; he was not hungry, and would
take none of them.
Gay. ny. you may try, you may try"
cried the same old man-''he is wait
ing for daintier food than that. liz
smells a corpse" continued the sailor.
forgetting he was standing close Ia
poor Palmer's hammock.
A look of agony and despair crossed
the features Of the dying man. From
that moment he became rapidly worse;
at 3 p. IN. he was dead. and p. IN. he
was buried.
lie had scarcely been an hour in his
watery grave ere the clouds began to
move across the sky from tho north
west. at first with slow and almost
imperceptiblo motion; gradually they
increased their speed; then came a
slight ripple on the water, and the YES
sci yielded slowly to her helm. The
sails are trimmed to the light air. stud
ding-sails are crammed on the ship. the
air freshens to breeze, the foam be-
gins to fly frOw our bow. a streak of
white water is seen in our wake, and
away we 90 seven knots an hour, for
getting our dead shipmate and the calm
at one and the same time.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-10-07
A Whopper,

An Eastern tourist in Nevada had
been spinning some incredible fish
yarns, when one of the party, turning
to an old mOuntaineer. said:
"Bill. that gets away with fishing N
this country, don't itP'
oval, don't know about that"
"Do you mean to say that you have
caught more and larger !ish?"
Mo: but | have caught some purity
big fellers."
."Come, now. tell us the weight of
the largest trout you ever caught"
"Wal. can't exactly tell as to the
weight, but you folks can ligger on it.
Now, you know it is over POO miles
around this yer lake. Put that down.
As | said before, don't know the
weight of the biggest fish l ever yanked
out, but did haul one up on the beach.
and after l landed him the lake foil
three feet. and you can see by the
water mark over yonder it hasn't riz
Siuceb
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-10-07
How Salmon Are Caught,

Salmon are caught bv what is called
'.the fishing wheel" This device con-
sists of jetty of rocks built out from q
point on the shore of the river, outside
of which is a planked sluiceway, in
which an understood wheel with large
taak buckets revOlves. The sluiceway
was built when the river was at its low
est stage of water, and tho wheel is
hung so that it can be raised or lowered,
as may be desired, according to stage
of water. The instinct of the salmon is
to run up the river alongside of the
banks instead of mid-channel. BY this
the fish can take advantage of the cd
dies below jutting points of land. On
the projecting points the Indians have
been from time immemOrial taking sal
mon in large numbers by using dip-nets.
The jetty built out from the point above
named makes larger and longer slack
water behind it, and the salmon round
ing the point rush into the sluiceway
to get up the river. In the sluiceway
the wheel, which revOlves inf the cur
rent, is gagged SO as to sweep within a
foot of the bottom, and the salmon arc
scOoped up in the tanks or buckets,
which latter let out the water as they
ascend. On the wheel descending the
fish are thrown out into trough or
gutter leading to pen below. where
they remain until taken away to be
canned. The arrangement of the sluice,
wheel, etc., is most successful one.
tho catch of tho adult salmon. which
are the only ones canned. running from
1900 to 1000 per day. There is vir-
tually no expense in taking the fish
save attending TO the pen.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-10-07
Speaking the English Language.

There are few people in Omagh who
do not know Mr.. John Robinson, who
emigrated to America some months
ago. ! see the following paragraph,
relating to him. in the Columbus Times,
published in Kentucky: "Mr. John
Robinson, at present Of St. Johns. but
recently from Ireland, is paying his
nephew, Mr.. Harry Robinson, a visit.
Mr.. Robinson only arrived in America
about eight months ago. and speaks our
language brokenly. He is q hale,
hearty old gentleman. and converses
upon different subjects with youthful
ardor and interest" l nm sure that
everyone who knows Mr.. Robinson will
be glad to hear he is enjoying himself
50 well In America. But the question
Is, do we in Omagh speak the English
language or do we not. Mr.. Robinson
had uncommonly good powers Of voice.
and a great command Of words, yet the
Kentucky paper says he speaks the
language ''brokenly." 1t is evident
that the people of Kentucky and the
people Of Tyrone have very different
ideas Of how English is spoken.-Iy-
rome Constitution.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-10-07
A Neglected Parrot.

At Jackson, Mich, lives q venerable
parrot. near the depot shed, q very wag
and vixen Of the deepest dye. Polly
amuses herself daily on the arrival Of
the trains. when the "lie-over" passcn-
gers are waiting in the reception room.
by uttering the most frantic and tor
turing screams, like two-year-old ba-
by being pitilessly logged by Its low
ing mamma. So natural are these
screams that you feel sure that you can
hear the accompanying blows. and
many sympathizing man and woman
are often taken in, done for and ''s0ld
OUT by this wicked bird.
"What a hOrrid mother" said ner-
vous old lady one day last week, ITO
beat her child that way. l can't stand
it; I'll 90 and stop it."
The old lady made her way to the
room. opened the door, and was salut-
ed with fiendish laugh and an injunc-
ton as Polly swung In her ring:
''Oh. lordy. lordy; damn it all. mind
your own business."
The old lady thought Polly was o
very bad bird and had had her morals
sadly neglected, while everybody
laughed at the good dame, who had
gone out on q 'fOOrs errand" to med
die with somebody else's business
Louisville Courier.