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The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-09-09
FIRE ESCAPES.

EDITOR BULLETIN:- My attention
was drawn to the subject of fire es-
capes by the recent fires and it seems
to me the Fire Department is not as
well equipped in this matter as it
might be. At the fire which burnt
Mr.. Dias's store the occupants of
the building would probably not have
escaped with their lives if there had
not been easy means of communica-
ton with the balcony of the next
building, and from that with the
ground. Now without meaning to
cast any reflection on the prompti-
tude with which the Hook & Ladder
Company responds to fire alarm, l
would suggest that it is quite possi-
bic, nay, even probable, in many
cases that building would be burned
to the ground before that company
could, with all its promptness, arrive
at the scene of the disaster. In that
case what would become of the in
mates of the upper story of the
burning building?
In other countries there is q regu-
lation requiring the keeping of three
ladders of graduated sizes, and
capable of being joined together to
form one long ladder, at each corner
of block of buildings bounded by
A streets. These are kept locked up
and keys to unlock them are in
charge of the policemen on that beat,
and duplicate keys are in the posses
sion of each fire company. Would
it not be well to have some such
regulation here!
Again, the laws here require
buckets to be kept in an easily ac-
cessible position at each house and
place of business in the town. Would
it not be an advantage to require
also that these should be kept con-
stantly filled with water? 1t would
certainly save great deal of time
being wasted, which in the early
stages of fire is a great consider
alton. FOREBoDING.
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mentioned can be easily reached by
travellers on horseback and almost
everyone can bc attained on The
ubiquitous break or light carriage.
Provisions can he had locally in sulll-
cicnt quantities and Of q quality TO
suit any but the fostidious. But
the latter can bring such extras rs
they want with them or have them
sent down by schooner from Homo
lulu. AS for houses, many of the
places mentioned have vacant houses
which could be rented, in the others
some native or foreigner can always
be found ready to grant the use of n
room or two or more at q fair price.
And many, perhaps, would prefer to
take along tent and camp out.
Some of our most sensible citizens
have already adopted these plans
and to them we refer our readers for
further details.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-09-09

The Rev. Mr.. Beckwith, of San
Francisco, who visited these Islands
in June after an absence of twenty
five years, has been lecturing in his
church upon what he observed and
the changes that had taken place in
that period. Among certain things
that he said, which have excited the
ire of the advertiser, was that,
whereas, twenty-five years ago,
when the sale of liquor to natives
was prohibited, native was rarely
seen drunk, now, since the restric-
ton has been removed, "thc streets
of Honolulu reel with drunken
natives" This our contemporary
says is downright lie," and as
sures its readers, upon the authority
of a resident for over thirty years,
that there were fifty drunken natives
to be seen III the streets then to one
now. Until other old residents give
their evidence upon the question,
we can only remark that, if there
were fifty times as many drunken ma
tives on the streets twenty-five years
ago as to-day, Honolulu then must
have been the most drunken place
in the world. Whatever the rela-
tive state of affairs is, however,
there is no use in hoping for any
reformation in the habits of the
native race until more stringent
measures are taken for the reduc-
ton of the abounding intemperance
among all other nationalities.
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porory calling himself nuisance,
as may be demonstrated by the fol-
lowing formula;--l. The editor
and the lcttcr-writcr are one person.
2. The editor boasts of his pure
English. 3. The lctter-writer says
the fellow who thinks he writes pure
English is nuisance. Ergo-lIc
declares himself a nuisance, and he
ought to know best. Our painful
duty is to call the attention of the
authorities TO the case, that must
needs he dealt with under the Act
passed at the late session, entitled,
"An Act for the Suppression of
Nuisances."
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NOTICE.

GEE WO TAI & Co. composed of Ho
- Yee, Ho Pa Yat, Ho On and Ming
Wa) having bought from Lo Sam Sing
the Rice Plantation, with the house, cat
tie and implements, at Waimalu, Eva,
Island of Oahu, which the said Lo Sam
Sing bought from the Sam Hop Com.
pany composed of Lo Kau Fook and
All Chun), hereby give notice that all
claims against the said Plantation TO
date are to be settled by the said Lo Sam
Sing. All persons are warned against
cutting trees on the estate at the follow
ing Lands; Kaulu, Alma Loi; Kahalaa,
Alma Loi Kaumiumi, Alma Loi; Paa-
kea-iki, he Puuone Loco; and Kapou.
wela, Alma Kolu.
SEE WO TAI & co.
Waimalu, August 27th, 1884.
800 I'm
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Some Chinese merchants in San
Francisco are credited with believ-
ing that n good thrashing from
France would do China good. 1t is
held that it would take out of the
nation the conceit its rulers have
always cherished that it is invulner-
able. y thorough trouncing by the
French would teach them that they
could never hold their own against
foreign aggression until rapid COM
munications between all parts of the
Empire by railway were established.
The railways built with that object
would have the effect of civilizing
the country according to modern
ideas and thoroughly developing its
vast resources.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-09-09

The most youthful boats crew
of Honolulu-the Eclipse boys
performed signal service the other
night in providing speedy commune
cation between q stranded ship and
the shore. Boat-racing might be
made more interesting if capacity
for such usefulness were recognized
as q chief point to he sought in
racing craft.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-09-09
SUMMER RESORTS.

The vacations arc nearly over,
and the steady work of the year is
gradually being resumed by the
sturdy toilers of our city; but few
words on summer resorts may not
be out of place as preparation for
the next season of rest. Many, in
deed, of our toilcrs never have occa-
sion to visit such places, for, they
say, they cannot find 4 suitable spot
without leaving the Islands. Much
money, that ought to be spent here
where it is earned, is boarded up
and then spent on trip to the Coast
with far less beneficial results, and 4
larger expenditure of time and
money, than would have followed
from trip round this Island, or a
visit to the other Islands.
How many there are in this city
who know literally nothing, from
practical experience, of the tropical
beauties of our Island homc--its
densely-wooded valleys, fairy falls,
silent pools, cool submits, mystic
rious caves, or fiery furnaces. How
few have enjoyed rcposing on the
glittering sandy beach under the
shade of palm and watched the
surf rollers, giant sea-horses, come
in to the strand with their musical
thunder and bearing on their rolling
bosoms the duslly forms of the
skilful surf-riders.
Some have enjoyed these pleasures
face to face with Nature in its most
beautiful and soothing aspects, but
many have contented themselves with
reading about it in books or hearing
tales of it from the lips of those more
fortunate than themselves in worldly
goods who have been able to afford
the time and money to 90 on such
excursions.
Why is this! Why have not more
enjoyed the numberless pleasures
with which bountiful Nature has
endowed our happy Island on every
hand-every spot presenting some
fresh beauty, some novel delight not
to be found elsewhere.
The answer is simple. 1t is be-
cause they fear the expense and pos
sible discomfort, and do not know
where to go. But these objections
are easily disposed Of. To take the
last one first, in this Island alone
there are hundreds of spots suitable
for parties and families wishing to
spend the summer vacation: Niu
with its steep cliffs and beautiful
mountain rayines, Waimanalo with
its busy life and myriad bathing
places, Kaneohc with its lovely bay
and islands, Waikane with its cool
gulches and pleasant streams, Kaa-
ava with its beautiful beach, Kahana
with its unending valley, Waimea
and Waialua with their diversified
scenery, Waianae, EVA, Waipio,
Pearl River and its archipelago.
Aye and others unnamed, none of
which are over 80 miles away from
the city, are full of delights which
even the oldest kamddin0 can take
fresh pleasure in.
AS for the expense, that will be
found trining, unless the tourist
wishes to carry along the contents of
his own home or to be served as in q
fully-equippcd hotel. Every place
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-09-09
CORRESPONDENCE.

Correspondence is solicited on the TOP.
les cf the day, or what may become so.
We reserve the right to excise purely
personal matter.
We do not hold ourselves responsible
for the opinions expressed hy our cor.
rcspondcnts.-ED.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-09-09
A HOuSEBREAKER CAPTURED.

Last Wednesday, q young man
named Thomas Grant, aged about
twenty years, came to Mr., r.
Gerke at Moanalua, said he
was starving, and begged for
work and food. He was supplied
with the latter and told to come to
work next day, which he did, On
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-09-09
LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.

I'M LII tOhhbON NLVOs
Foreign Secretary Frelinghuysen
has been in receipt of private adj
vices showing that there is an imme-
diate danger of the importation of
the cholera into the United States
unless the most stringent measures
of prevention are at once adopted.
A man in the last stages of yellow
fever was found wandering aimlessly
in New York, and his death in hos
pital has been followed by panic in
the tenement district where he was
found. Great Indignation is ex-
pressed that the Health Officer of
the port and his assistants allowed
such a malignant case of yellow
fever to reach the city. 1t is argued
that if the system is so poor that a
man 50 far gone in such n dread
disease could be admitted, there will
be little hope of keeping out the
cholera when it begins to spread
from Europe.
The British Government has found
it necessary to adopt decisive meas
ures in Egypt. General Wolseley
has been sent thither, it is believed
with full powers to put an end to
anarchy. This action has been fol-
lowed by rumors of bitter feeling
against England in continental cir
cles.
The cholera still RACES in France
and Italy.
The second Bennett-Mackey At
lantic cable is being laid.
Robert Bonner, proprietor of the
New York Ledger, wants to buy the
trotter Jay-I-See, as well as Maud S.,
which he lately bought.
Striking coal miners in Ohio were
engaging in serious rioting the first
of this month. The Sheriff of Hook
ing county telegraphed the Governor
that there were five places in his
county where the riots were beyond
his control. A bloody conflict be-
tween the mob and the military took
place at Snake Hollow on the night
of the 30th of August. The captain
of the Snake Hollow Guards was
killed and two of his command were
wounded. The miners left neither dead
nor wounded on the field, and it was
not known if any of them were hurt.
They had ropes with them to hang
the Blacklegs," as they call those
who remained at work against orders.
The Sheriff Of Hooking county, tele-
graphed for troops on the night of
August 3lst, and it was feared at q
late hour next night that there would
be great loss of life and destruction
of property before the troops could
reach the scene.
The New York Journal of Com
merce states that 4,7G3,000 cotton
spindles have been stopped for two
weeks in the month of August, maxi
ing deficiency of 1924, 100 pieces
of cotton cloth, and the number of
idle spindles was being increased
every day.
Since the Chilians have taken them
selves off Peru, after reducing her to
the last extremity, bands of marau-
ders identical with the Monteneros
who harassed both sides during the
war have been depredating, under
the lead of one Cacerist. The Gov
ernment is getting them well under
control now, having captured over
500 of them up to the last of August,
including 20 chiefs and officers.
DEGREES have been issued that all
arms and munitions of war must be
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-09-09

The Dojly HocaiidR talks of the
degeneration of the practice of
giving offerings of flowers to singers,
from the original spontaneous shower
of such fragrant, materialized ap-
plause to the artificial, stupid and
ludicrous mode of sending boy on
to the stage with the floral tributes,
according to arrangements made
beforehand. The latter is the style
adopted here, but how it holds is q
wonder, for it is only laughed at in
Music Hall. What often adds to
its Righteousness is that the flower
bearer comes on the boards after
efforts that the audience show less
appreciation of than anything else
on the programme.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-09-09
TO-M0RROW'S DOlNCS.

MORNING.
Sale of furniture, etc. OF Lyons
& Levey's, at 10.
Meeting Stock Exchange, at IL.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-09-09
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The letter on "Fire Escapes,
commented upon yesterday but laid
aside for want of room, appears
to-day.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-09-09

The San Francisco Merchant has
an article impressing upon Califor-
mia the Importance of the CONNER
cial treaties with Mexico and Ha-
waii. 1t says: sour exports to
the Islands have increased in ten
years from less than 100000 q
year to almost S5,000,000. The
carrying traffic is done almost ex-
clusively by American vessels. A
return to the old-timc 100000 ex-
ports with the decrease of $4,000
600 would be sorely felt in Califor-
mia, and it is the Reciprocity Treaty
that has built up the steady growth
of this very important trade" The
Merchant emphasizes its plea for the
Treaty by showing how American
influence of men and money in these
Islands is identified with their in
terests.
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Ths 9ailg 8MllRtin
TUESDAY, SEPT. ., 1884.
THIS EVENINGS DOlNCS.

Excelsior Lodge, I.O.O.F., 1880.
Hawaiian class Y. NJ. c. A. 1880.
Bible Glass at Lyceum at 1880.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-09-09

Look on this picture: "The only
request we have to make is that every
man who endorses the stand of the
Saturday Press-for honest and
economical government and for the
use of newspaper English that is
vigorous without being inelegant-
shall emphasize his endorsement by
sending a cheque for the amount of
the subscription. "-E'dHoriol IN
saturday Press. And on this:
"There is one other nuisance I'd
like to dissect. 1t is your verbal
critic-the fellow who thinks he
draws his scribbling inspiration from
n "pure well of Saxon undefled"-
and generally draws it from a taro
pond. ."-Honolulu letter IN .Satu'-
day Press. The combination picture
represents the editor of our contem-
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-09-09
The Steamer i" kinau"

ee. WILL LAY UP for repairs
Lffr3SSsneXt week. The steamers
SzSslE Lehua and Kilauea Hou will
leave Honolulu Sept. 1G, at p. m
taking passengers and freight for ali
Kinau ports; and also for regular ports
ON the Hamakua coast.
S. b. ROSE, Secretary.
Wilder's S. S. Co.
Honolulu, Sept. \, 1884. 81 3t
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TO LET,

A COMFORrBLE ROOM with privi-
IA lege of parlors to man and wife
without children or to two gentlemen,
centrally located.
800 1w. APPLY THIS OFFICE.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-11-26

A diver said in recent newspaper in.
tcrview zone of the most remarkable
sights that | Observed remarked the
diver, ''was the coral beds. From a
boat they present nothing unusual-a
brown mass of pointed stems or branches
but one day had the boat placed on
the edge of channel, and gradually
walked down into it until L attained the
bottom, and | tell you the scene was i'm
pressive. seemed to be in the streets
Of city. The bottom upon which |
stood was a pure white sand, hard and
firm, and perfectly free from coral; but
on either side rose a perpendicular wall
of the branch coral nearly forty feet
high, all the points extending outward
or toward me, and presenting Il magniti,
cent unbroken surface of rich olive
brown hue.
"Hidden, and only noticed when the
coral was broken away, were myriads OF
sea eggs of echini of all shapes and col
ors Some were jet black with spines
like needles. Another kind had short
splnes, and were albinos, or perfectly
white They are eaten in some parts oil
Italy, and considered great luxury
but they are not used in Florida. They
have no HOLSTERS there, but their place is
taken by what they call the ray.fsh. II
looks like lobster, only it is a yellow
hue, and instead of having two large
claws, has two enormous whips or feel
ers. The great mass of coral was per
rettly undermined by these creatures
their whips projecting and waving t.
and fro continually"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-11-26

Clara Belle writes in one of
her New York letters: "There is char
acter in every step Il person takes
said a man who thought he knew it
all, so far as the science Of gait was
concerned. "When ! saw you pass our
house the other day, Miss Clara, | was
impressed by the easy, independent
freedom of your walk. Such firm yet
gentle strides betrayed the dominant
unconvcntionality Of your character
lie was Il Doctor Of Divinity, and
didn't care to sass him, but felt bound
in Christian honesty to ask him: "Nas
| wearing my brown and black plush
suit?'
He believed so.
Then | was making special effort
to take long, swinging steps" | said,
"because that's the only way | can
make the drapery swish right. That
meant cXigcncy, not character. See
Inc in my new darll-Dlue street cos
tune, with its narrow skirt and in
ternal strappings, and you'll say I'm Il
mincer from Mincevillc."
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-11-26
Baboons that FIGHT like Soldiers.

The country of tho Upper Nile was
par excellence, tho wonderland of the
Roman world, as it is still the grand
est outdoor museum of natural curios.
tiles. Zoologically there is no more
denscly populated country. All the
wild beasts and birds, made homeless
by the devastation Of Northern Afrl.
Gu, seem to have taken refuge in Nu-
Liam highlands. In the tcrrace-land Of
the Nubian and Abyssinian Alps
there roam herds Of elephants, bulfa'
los, wild goats, wild sheep, and four
teen or fifteen different species Of an
tclopes. Further below the hippopot-
anus and white rhinoceros haunt the
river swamps. Prof. Blanford EMU
merates 200 species Of water birds.
With these harmless settlers less de-
slrable guests have crowded in, the
spotted hyena, the jackal, the black
and yellow lion, four species Of small
er cats, wild dogs and, above all, the
cynocephalus, the willy and mischiev-
Gus babooI. Three varieties of these
Darwinlan pets inhabit the rocks Of
Southern Nubia; the little baboon,
the cynocephalus proper, and the
celada, or mantle baboon a fierce and
powerful fellow, whose shaggy name
his body like u CLOAK, and enables him
to brave tho climate Of the upper high
lands. Profs. Kuppel and IIotten
agree on the fact that troop Of these
brutes, in ravaging corn field, will
not only hold their ground against all
corners, but on the slightest provoca-
ton take the offensive in a way not
likely to be forgotten by the Unarmed
natives. Dogs haveno chance what
ever against a full grown baboon. The
old males do not wait to be attacked,
but charge them at once with an en-
crgy and skill Of cooperation that
would do credit to a troup of we'll
drilled soldiers. The hyrax, a queer
pachyderm, allied to the European
badger cO-inhaJits the rocks with a
alternating marm0t, and the coast
junglcs swarm with wild hogs that
multiply undisturbed. for the Abyssin
ian natives share thcpork prciudices
of Their Mohammedan neighbors.
The Eastern Caucasus was formerly
a similar hunters paradise, but the
hungry Muscovites clean out the for.
ests at the rate Of eight square miles
a year, and when the irrepressible
conflict between the bison and the pot
hunter of the Great West shall have
made our happy hunting-grounds a
tradition of the past, the Upper Nile
will, perhaps. become Il rendezvous for
the sportsman of all Caucasian nations.
--CilcjnnaI Enquirer
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-11-26
THE HOME DOCTOR.

Tcaspoonful doses three times a day OF
acid mannate will keep the bowels in q
soluble condition, favor the secretion oil
bile, and gradually remove the 'conges
ton and torpid condition of the liver.
For rheumatism take new coarse brown
paper and bind over the parts affected
let it remain on until well worn, and
then replace 1t by another sheet Of new.
This is said to be very simple but sure
remedy, if followed up.
The effects of the inhalation of fumes
of strong ammonia on the system are
deafness and catarrh. In some instan.
ces the troubles are very serious indeed,
1t will induce lung disease if there is
any tendency to weakness of the lungs.
The most valuable remedy is to inhal,
the fumes of strong glacial acctic acid,
which reacts upon the alkali ammonia.
We read that certain Dr. D. E.
Evans explains the relation between at.
mospheric influences and rheumatism in
these words: Not only do cold and
dampncss carry away calonc and cleo.
tricity, but they arrest exhalation-
causing retention of waste matter in
the system. Humid atmosphere roba
the constitution of its electricity: hence
the great depression felt in rainy season.
in England, especially by Americans"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-11-26
A Fortune from n Flower.

The gorgeous Gahllas which so bril-
liantly ornament the gardens, and are
so effectively used in decorations, are
of Mexican origin. They were first
introducedinto Germany by Dahl; their
name was then "Bidens Magnilica;'
afterwards they were called dahlias,
in honor of the man who found them.
They were, when discovered, quite
single, having only one ray of petals
about golden disc; the colors were
scarlet, yellow and white, the latter
being distinct from the others, having
smaller flowers, and being of dwarf
habit, with leaves much divided and
fernlike in character. The English
were the first to attempt the doubling
of the Dahlia, which was priced by
royalty, and so jealousy guarded that
those in ch rye of them were sworn to
secrecy rs to their cultivation; it was
considered a great privilege even to
sec them growing. In a few years
semi double ilowe:s appeared, and I'll
timately the perfect double dahlia was
obtained, which sold for five guineas a
plant. One grower nettcl G26,OOO III
Two years from his crop.