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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-12-22
Buying Second. Hand Ancestors.

saw the other morning in the win.
dow of small shop on one of the
avenues an old mahogany cabinet and
secretary. marked $3.50. A placard set
'orth its antiquity and pedigree in
terms something like these: "a rare
ba gain. Genuine antique, with secret
drawers, etc. Warranted as repre-
scented. Has been in one family over
200 years"
In week or two this respectable an l
ramshackle piece of furniture will dis
appear from the shop-window. 1t will
figure thenceforth among the ancestral
belongings of some family which twenty
years ago was eating cornell beef and
cabbage of pain pine-top table in the
Kent reg. on of New Hampshire or the
Hesse-C asset district of Pennsylvania
The fine old Tory squire from New
Hampshire or the well-Eorn PennSyl-
vania La:on whom a rise in Colum us.
Chicago & Indiana Central has enabled
to take advantage of the "rare targain"
will say to his visitors with justiiiable
pride: Eyes, rather a fine old piece,
isn't it? 1t has been in our family over
two hundred years.
This growing affection among the
newly enriched for the ancient posses
sions of other peoples ancestors is ono
OF the social phenomena of the day.
Every dealer in old furniture, or old
Silverwear, or old lace could tell some
very interesting stories. There are
downtown engravers who have eXecut-
ed book plates in the style. of the last
century and stained them yellow; and
in private libraries uptown these same
book plates dignity volumes which not
many months ago ipcumbered the
shelves of Nassau street or Aston place
secondhand bookstores. There are
cellars OF fine old port and fine
old Madeira imported by the alleged
fathers and grandfathers OF cit.
zens whose real fathers and grand
fathers asked nothing better of Bacchus
than Medford rum and molasses. There
is fine old silverware on certain tables
which was bought because its initial cor
responded with the initial OF the pur-
chaser's name. You now see in some
very recent establishments fine old fam-
ily retainers, with white hair and a gen
eral look of being tolerated on account
OF long and faithful service. Foster
brothers and foster sisters are expected
to come into fashion soon.
What is money good for if it cannot
purchase these evidences of lineage?
Nothing but the scarcity in this coun-
try of mansions with well-equipped
family vaults prevents the last genera
ton of Shoddy from buying its fine old
ancestors themselves along with the
rest of the real estate.-N Y. Letter.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-12-22
A Reproach to American Hotels.

The Lancet of London, one of the
foremost medical journals in the world.
warns all travellers of the danger which
it says attend a heightened stay in an
American or a Canadian hotel. The
plumbing arrangements are declared to
be defective in many cases, and con-
spicuously bad in others. Frequently
there are no traps at all under the ba-
sins, or, where there are traps, the pat
tern is said to be such as to afford no
safeguard against the introduction OF
sewer gas into the apartment
Indeed. it would seem that even a
short sojourn in hotel of this descrip-
ton would suffice to sow the seeds of
disease; and a correspondent of the
Lancet AYERS that he was made serious
ly ill by sleeping only one night in a
room where there was a fixed basin
communicating directly with the sewer
without any intervening trap. He kept
the windows wide open. and filled the
basin with water on retiring, but the
whole of the water was sucked out
through the waste pipe during the night.
and the presence of sewer gas was plain
in the morning. 1T is dangerous"
says the writer, "for any adult to re-
side in hotel with such imperfect sani-
tary arrangements, and the air of the
room would not improbably cause death
to delicate child"
Now. this is matter about which
American hotel keepers should be very
sensitive. We do not mean that they
should resent these statements as being
untrue or exaggerated, for we believe
there is q good deal too much truth in
them. But our landlords should be
sensitive enough to such criticism to re-
form the evils thus pointed out. 1t is
no answer or excuse to say that we
know of scores of hotels in Great Brit
ain which are no better or very much
worse; or to point to the numerous no.
tells on the continent of Europe whose
sanitary condition is shameful. The
question now under discussion concerns
our own hotels; and there ought not to
be a single one in the United States of
which the statements of our distin-
guished medical contemporary could
be true.
As matter of fact, we have reason to
believe that there are many hotels in
this very city which arc anything but
health resorts--hotels, indeed, which
people had better Keep out of, if they
want to keep their health. Y. Sum
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-12-22
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCAT1ONAL>

Three hundred and three school,
houses have been built in Indiana dur.
ing the present year at q total cost Of
s35, 44Q ~, 4
The new census shows 90, $50 Pro-,
with 1862 ministers and 9,003 $50
members. u
One Sunday school in Kansas, or.
ganized by missionary of the Ameri-
can Sunday-scho Onion, reports that
twenty-four members of the school have
been received into the church during
the year. 4
The Living Church (EpiscopalianG
alludes to the "Bishop of Rome" having
issued an encyclical letter to the
Latin Church." holding up Francis Of
Assist as model The Bishop Of
Rome" is Pope Leo XIII. |,
This is the testimony of an English
journal. "Mr. Moody's evangelistic
campaign will not be forgotten while
Scotland stands" It regards his work
in that country as one Of the greatest
events in the history of Christianity. i
The Christidn Intelligencer says that
''making frantic rush for the door the
instant the minister has pronounced
the final amen is q bit of indiscretion
seldom seen in Episcopal churches, but
too frequently witnessed in those OF
other Protestant denominations"
Tho following is verbatim copy
Of letter received by q Boston school,
teacher from the parent of q pupil:
''teecher hattie has gut the crop, and
her throte is so bad she can not
come to scool and as soon as She gifts
Better am going to take her to new
York for the winter" ~,
The American Baptist Home Mis-
sion Society has just completed fifty
years of its history. During that time
It has paid 81, 100000 for actual mis-
sionary services, $1,000, 900 for educa.
ional work among colored people and
Indians, and over $500. 600 have been
loaned to 331 churches for the erection
of edifices.
The whole amount contributed by
the churches of this country annually
for benevolent and congregational pur.
poses is S1O6. 962, 900. OF this large
sum the amount collected for purely
benevolent purposes is SS1, 339, 140.
The amount contributed for church
purposes, meaning thereby the main.
tenance of the church. sustaining ths
ministry, ETC., is $75, 352, $3.50.
In New Zealand the Presbyteriaiis
have dash of worldly wisdom the ex.
ercise of which has made three societies
strong financially by the exercise of
wise business policy. In all new settle
ments they send agents in advance to
buy plot of ground before prices have
advanced with settlement. BY the time
they are ready to build their church
they are able to sell part of the pur-
chase for enough to pay for building.
The Presbyterian says: "One Of
the best missionary speeches we have
read for long time was made at the
late meeting of the American Board.
When men of wealth were pledging
thousands to meet the increasing needs
of the Board. venerable man rose in
the audience and said he had no money
to give, and SO he couldn't double on
that; and he had no more children to
give, for he had already given them all;
but he would promise to double his
pray ers.'"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-12-22
Savages' Notions Of Nightmare.

One, however, of the most popular
notions of nightmare is that it is de-
MON or fiend, who takes advantage of
the hours of darkness, when special
license is supposed to be given to be-
ings of the ghostly world 10 take their
walks abroad, to ride through be-
nighted districts, in order either to
throttle some snoring peasant, or to
make itself actually present in his
dreams, and thereby intensity their
grim reality. In Iced, this idea is found
even among savage tribes. and may be
traced back to a very remote period.
Thus, by way of example, we are
told how the North American In
dams, after night of debauch-
cry and excessive feasting. are said 10
be visited bv nocturnal visitors of q
not very agreeable kind, who, with
threatening gestures, scare their sleep
ing victims. The Caribs, when SUBJ
jected to hideous dreams, often on
awakening have declared that the
demon Maboya has ill-treated and
beaten them in their sleep, affirming
that thew could even still feel the effects
of his rough treatment. Hence, in the
early days of Christianity. the idea
found favor in many eyes that the
demon of nightmare was one of the
means which Satan employed for mo-
testing and seducing human souls. Per-
sons, therefore. whose slumbers had
been broken by impure and unholy
dreams were believed to have been un-
consciously under the influence of
Satan's sway, and to have INDUCED in
sinful desires and inclinations.
Among the many tales which illustrate
the theory of the nightmare as beng a
demon, we may briefly relate Neither
landish one which is fair example OF
Others of similar kind. Two young
men were in love with the same lady.
One of them. being tormented every
night by nightmare, sought advice
from his rival, who took advantage OF
his act of confidence, and gave him the
subjoined piece of treacherous advice:
"Hold a sharp knife with the
point toward your breast, and
you'll never see the Mara again"
His comrade thanked him. but on re-
firing to rest he thought it as well to be
on the safe side. and SO held the knife
handle downward. Consequently, when
at midnight the Mara made her accus-
toned visit, instead of forcing the KIN fe
into his breast she cut herself badly, and
escaped from the room making terri.
BILE noise. The legend unfortunately
does not tell us the issue of this tragic
affair, but we can only hope that the
Young man revenged himself on his
false and malicious rival by promptly
marrying the young lady.-Gentleman's
NuoU,iDp
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-12-22

OF stores, including canned plum-pud-
ding and boned turkey. As he drew the
travellers arm in his. and assisted him to
the place where breakfast was awaiting
them, he said: "I wish you q merry
Christmasr'
1t was the merriest Christmas the
traveller had ever known, and when he
returned to England with more new
rakes and two private sources Of the
Nile, he said that all his honors could
not give him the delight which he had
known during his last Christmas in
Central Africa after awakening from his
terrible dream of the twelve native
Kings.-W L. Alden, tn Harper's Mag
lzine @
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-12-22
CHAPTER XIV.

Miss Blanche Arnold was suffering
some pretty severe pangs of jealousy.
Mrs. Bugbee, who naturally sympa-
thized with a woman in love, felt it her
duty to tell her that Captain Anderson
had come home the day before. IF
Ned had been gone nobody knew how
long, size shouldn't like it if he didn' t
come a-near her." she argued.
Mrs. Bugbee had succeeded in haul
ing Ned safely in. and felt little SYM
pathetic interest in others love affairs
Just at this time, as matter of course.
Happiness loves company as well as
misery, you may be sure 1t was only
the evening before that this delightful
crisis in the Bradlee-Bugbee case had
been reached, and he had tod OF Ralph's
return, using II as a sort of lever to lift
his own cause. ~ -. IA "
al see the young Capting's come"
be had said land l reckon he Was down
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-12-22

Judge: What cannot understand
is how you could kill man with sin
gle blow" Culprit: "Shall l show you
how?n-FRegeade Blatter.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-12-22

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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-12-22

rage--for it could not grow any darker
than it was--and he turned to his
brother Kings. and conversed with them
rapidly in the Mjambwe tongue. They
were evidently discussing the fate of the
traveller. for presently the middle King
cleared his throat, and said:
Prisoner, You have forfeited your
life, but we are disposed to be merciful.
You ought properly to be baked alive.
and afterward eaten, but we shall pro-
nounce lighter sentence. You will
listen attentively while we sing the
opening chorus and the favorite planta-
ton melodies, and you will guess every
conundrum and laugh at every joke.
Say not wisely, Brother Bones?"
A unanimous Yah! yahn' from the
other Kings expressed their approval.
mo! nor cried the traveller, in an
agony of fear. "Give me some little
show. Burn me. if you will. but do not
torture me on this oily Christmas morn
ing with your lawful songs and Co
nundrums. I've 'eard them all at
'omen And in his desperation the
wretched man fell on his knees before
the native King who had pronounced
the dreadful sentence. That monarch,
indignant beyond measure, raised his
guitar and struck the traveller terrible
blow over the head. The whole earth
seemed to reel. and the doomed white
man became unconscious.
When he regained his senses he
found himself sitting on the shore of the
lake where he had sat the night before.
A young man neatly dressed in Euro
pean clothes stood before him. and re-
marked, in graceful way: g Mr.. Jones.
l believe"
land you are Mr.. Smith. dessay,"
replied the traveller. Gave you got
anything to heat with your
The young man had been sent to find
the traveller. He had with him all sorts
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1882-12-07

WE have received copies of
Messrs. Dillingham; & Co.'S Christ
mas cards, one of which is printed
in Chinese. They are nicely illus
trated with cuts of their silver ware.
The reason for their late appearance
is that the cuts were specially order
ed and only arrived by the last
steamer, SO that it was impossible
to get them printed before. The
whole appearance and finishing of
the card is neat and artistic, and re-
fleets great credit on the enterprise
of the firm.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1882-12-07
A BREWERY FOR HONOLULU.

We notice that petition is being
circulated to obtain license for the
establishment of a brewery in this
town. Some years ago, we have
heard, brewery was started but
failed from various causes such as
impurity of water, &c. Now, how
ever, those troubles are obviated as
artesian water can be used. 1t is
urged that the establishment of a
brewery here ought to be supported
as the liquor brewed would be of the
best quality, and Hawaiians would
more readily drink 1t than whiskey
or other spirits and thus would be
less liable to injure their health from
drinking bad liquor. We under
stand that the countenancc and APP
proval of several of our wealthiest
and highest citizens and others have
been given to the project.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1882-12-07

Hotel add library and reading
to the many existing advantages and
convenienccs of that indispensable
institution: a good idea, and worthy
of consideration. Mr.. Cruzan's S
answer to criticisms on the opening
services at Fort Street Church, is
calm and sensible, and ought to be
read and digested by all church,
Uoers.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1882-12-07
THE FRIEND

Pays MS another Of its regular
monthly visits. AS usual, it comes
frcightcd with a good variety of
useful, entertaining, and.instructive
reading matter, relating to things at
home aud abroad. This number
closes another yearly volume, and
subscribers are asked to hand in
their annual dues: quite reason
able request. A suggestion is made
that the proprietor Of the Hawaiian
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1882-12-07
DEMAND FOR BED GRASS.

Among the indigenous grasses of
this country is one which the natives
name Pill. Its natural element is
moist, marshy soil, where it grows
very rapidly and ordinarily reaches
q height of four OF five feet. When
young and tender it is not bad fod-
der for animals, particularly for
mich COWS. Formerly it was much
used by Hawaiians for the walls and
roofs of their huts. 1t is now, how.
ever, not much in demand for that
purpose, civilization having super
seeded it by imported lumber. Its
chief use at the present time is for
making mattresses and it is by no
means bad material for that object
probably the best the country pro-
duccs. When properly dried it be.
comes tough and springy, and
retains those properties for a long
time. For these reasons intelligent
upholsterers use it in preference to
rice straw or any imported straw.
OF late pill has been more in de-
mand than at any previous time, not
merely because its good qualities are
becoming better known, but princi-
pally because of an increased de-
mand for beds. And why this in
creased demand for beds? Because
plantation owners and managers are
becoming more concerned for the
comfort and happiness of their
llborers, and along with better
dwellings they are furnishing better
sleeping accommodation. Shortly
after the arrival of the last lot of
Portuguese immigrants, some hun
dreds of pill mattresses, single and
.QOuDlCS WClO iluttC HSIC 0ilti oSut W
various plantations, for the use of
the new comers. The majority of
our sugar planters appreciate the
fact that little extra money eX-
pended on the lodgings of their en-
ployees is money wisely and pro-
fitably invested, because of its being
promotive of contentment. But if
any are forgetful of their peoples
comfort, or negligent of Govern
ment regulations and requirements,
the periodical visits of the Inspec-
tor, the Hon. A. S. Cleghorn, oper-
ates as wholesome reminder. 1t
is part Of this gentleman's duty to
inspect laborers' quarters, and to
insist that they conform to the
requirements of law. We believe he
is neither backward nor timid in the
performance of his duty, which may
largely account for the increased
demand for pill grass.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1882-12-07

OK Monday the clerks of the III
terror Department presented Mr..
John Hassinger with n silver cake
basket, and wished him many happy
returns of his birthday.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1882-12-07

SOMEBODY broke into the Office of
w. o. Smith, SO Merchant street,
Tuesday night, and carried off look
ingg lass. The books, papers, etc.,
were tumbled about, but the glass is
the only thing missed, so far.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1882-12-07

WE are told that the contents of
the excavator are now dumped down
on the rubbish heaps near the foot
of Alakea street-Kuloloia is the
Hawaiian name of the place. The
inhabitants complain much of the
stencil.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1882-12-07

WE have had left at oilr office a
a bottle of concentrated cider which
the inventor states will make three
gallons Of good cider by merely mix
ing it with water. A spoonful in a
tumbler of water will make refresh
ing and notwithstanding drink.
The agents for these islands arc
Messrs. s. j. Levey & Co., Fort
street.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1882-12-07

YESTERDAY morning quite n num-
Der of people had view of the last
transit of Venus they will ever in
all probability sec in their lives.
Many viewed it through the tele-
scope at the Government buildings
and others saw it through Mr.. j. w.
Robertson's fine telescope, which he
generously brought in for the occa-
sion.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1882-12-07
LOCAL AND GENERAL ITEMS.

The transit was clearly observed
yesterday. The time of contact at
egress was about 3 minutes later
than the time previously calculated
and published by us yesterday.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1882-12-07

Where did the Gazette get its i'll
formation that the transit of Venus
would take place this morning instead
of yesterday morningl 1t surely
cannot have gone to person well
posted in astronomy
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1882-12-07
Notice.

TNHE undersigned gives notice that he
Il has been appointed by the Court
of Commissioners of Alabama Claims a
Commissioner to take the testimony of
such witnesses as may come before him
to be used in the investigation of any
claims which may he presented before
said Court.
ID. A. MCKINLEY.
Honolulu, Nov. 25, 1882. $50 2w
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1882-12-07

Mrs. Strong the wife of recently
arrived artist and who is an artist
herself, will open a drawing class in
the kindergarten this afternoon, from
3 3to5. We can heartily recommend
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1882-12-07
ship Hope F" For Sale.

r~;jSeA The good ship "HOPE,"
e, ,qi;.scA with all her inventory, stores,
.,,s.s, ,s.s =, &c., is offered for sale. For
''s'' s-s-i-A- terms, &c. apply to
1858 ats a. W. PEiRCE N Co. ACTS.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1882-12-07
Water Notice.
Office Sup't Water Works,

Office Supt Water Works,
Honolulu, July 3, 1882.
A LII persons having Water Privileges
IN are notified that their Water Rates
are payable semi-annually, in advance,
at the office of tie Superintendent of
Water Works, foot of Nuuanu street,
upon the 1st day of january and July of
each year. CHAS. B. WILSON, ~.
Sup't Water Works.
S. X. KAAI, Minister of Interior. 2O4
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1882-12-07
Alabama Claimants.

NHE following named persons are
l. hereby notified that their "Alabama
Claims require their immediate personal
attendance at the Office of the under
signed
All claims, whether mentioned below
or not, must 80 forward by the steamer
Suez on Dcccmbct %, or they will be
too late:
Kimo, N'srs Kumealani,
Puhau, Kamai,
Kekaha, Manohaka,
Keoni, Kalumokuliilii
Kalua, Keliilclepa,
Kahananui Kalulu,
Domingo Lopcs John Kauwc,
Kimo Nuolc, Jack Hou
Kanehclua, Kanakaokai
Ikaaka, Makanui,
Honu Louis Montay,
Oi, Hookahua,
Hoaiki, Kekipi,
Mocino, KalawaiQ,
Kamaka, WI, Pika peter Nowlcin
Geo. Washington, Kalue,
Wm. Moses,
ALFRED S. HARTWELL,
No. Is Kaahumanu street
Honolulu, Dec. A. 1882. 2G2 1w
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Notice.

Turing the temporary absence of
~ Mr.. w. G. Irwin from this King
dom, Mr.. w, NJ. GIFFARD will attend to
the business of our house.
2s0 2m WIN, q. IRWIN g. co.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1882-12-07

Number of arrests for the month
of November, 255; remanded from
October, 6. Natives, 1G5; South Sea
Islanders, 4; Chinese, Al; all other
foreigners, 38. Number convicted,
233; number acquitted, 25; ; remand
ed to December, 3.
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sSslGar Boiler,

NI'rli good recommendations, looks
w for employment. Apply TO
26o 1w" II. A. WIDEMANN.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1882-12-07

MEssRs. Hackfcld & Go. are now
showing very fine lot of statuettes
and groups in Parian marble and
porcelain. The subjects are we'll
chosen and make excellent objects
for the decoration of parlors. They
just come in to supply want for
this approaching season of giving
and receiving presents. The moiol-
lea pots and jardinicrcs are really
pretty. They also show an assort-
meia of rocking horses which will
afford amusement and exercise to
all those youngsters who are FORUM
ate enough to get hold of them.
.-r~-s
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parents to send their children to
obtain lessons in this art which is so
useful and necdful in every walk of
life. The class viii he held twice q
week on Mondays and Thursdays.