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The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-07-09
How to Wash Blankets.

Since the introduction of sulphur into the
process of finishing and bleaching, many blau-
kets are damaged from the want of knowing
the best mode of treatment in washing them
The first time blankets require washing, put
them into cold water and allow them to remain
about twelve hours, then rinse them well in
clean cold water. By this simple process, the
sulphur (which is used BY the manufacturer
in bleacling) will be removed, and nothing
will then be required but tepid water, pure
soap, and labor to produce a perfectly clean
aud uninjured blanket. Allow no securing
liquors, washing powders, soda, or hot water
to be used, as these are calculated 10 produce
muddy, blotcby color-to impoverish and
tender the fabric-giving the general appear
ance of an old, worn-out blanket Dry quickf
ly, Immediately after washing. These instruc-
tons apply equally we'll to the washing o.
1annels.-CdsSePs Saturday Journal.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-07-09

A party of merchant travellers in passen-
ger coach were talking over their travelling
experience and the danger of accidents, and
finally the question arose as to tho safest part
of the car. Failing to settle the question
among themselves, they called on the con-
ductor and one of them said to him:
" Conductor, we have been discussing the
matter of the safest part Of the car and want
to know your opinion"
WANT to know the safest part, eh ?" re-
piled the conductor.
" Yes, that's it."
"Well, continued the conductor, borrowing
a chew of tobacco, and looking disappointed
because he didn't get cigar, "I'ye been OIL
the road for fifteen years, and have been turn
ed over embankments, busted up in tunnels,
dumped off of bridges, telescope hin collisions,
blown off the track by cyclones, run into open
switches and had other pleasant incidental
advertisements of kindred nature, and 1 should
say, gentlemen, that the safest part of the car
was that which happened to be in the shop
for repairs at the time of the accident. Bloc
-m-ah-unl Change cara for Chic-a-a
-mu-go and Nor-um-un -
Merchant Trdreler
The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-07-09
The Possibilities of Speed

In recent article on the limits of speed of
ocean steamers, we took the ground, substan-
TALLY, that their enlargement depended upon
improvements-and decided Improvements
in the generation and application of power.
II is not little curious, however, that, as to
at least one of the cardinal factors in loco mo-
ton, the possibilities Of speed should be SO
much greater on water than on land, since
both the average and highest speed made on
the railway leave these of the ocean steamer
far back in the distance. We mean what is
commonly called friction. This signifies the
rubbing of the moving body upon or against
the ground or water, as the case may be, when
in motion. 1t results from the action of gra-
witty pressing vertically down upon the body,
and thus causing it to adhere to whatever it
rests upon. And since gravity also enables
the moving body on land to exert its own
force against itself, and thus to move from
place to place, it has passed into trite say
ing that gravity is at once q main impeachment
and the Indispensable auxiliary to locomotion.
Now, the degree of potency of friction de-
ponds always on the weight Of the moving
body; then, on land, on the manner of its ad-
hesion to the ground and the smoothness and
grade Of tue ground. Hence a smooth, level,
straight steel railway and we'll oiled, freely
moving rolling gear Of car reduce friction 10
the minimum. On water, depth and placidity
and proper shape of vessels do the same.
Now, to determine the relative potency of
friction between water and land locomotion,
the common incidents of canal navigation and
railway freight car propulsion by horses
furnish at once accurate and conclusive data
Two horses tow all day a loaded canal boat,
of total weight of as much as 800 tons, at
speed OF two miles an hour. An equal load
transferred on the railway would make up
freight train Of is loaded cars, car and load
weighing 10 tons each. Now, these two horses,
pulling on that train with the same force
which they exerted in starting and towing
that canal boat, so far from propelling it at
the above speed of two miles an hour, would
not move it at all. But load, power and ap-
plication of power being the same in both inf
stances, the difference in the result is evident
ly due to the difference in the degree O.
potency Of adhesion Of the load, which is thus
proven 10 be greater on land than on water,
therefore requiring greater force to be over
come Now, assuming that the ratio of in
crease of power With increase of speed is the
same on wtter that it is on land, since it takes
so much less power at low speed to move
load on water than it does on land, always
provided the application Of pewer Is the same
in both cases, il follows that the increase of
power demanded by the increase of speed
must remain within tue same original propor-
tions, aud always be much less on water than
on land. And this being so, it follows that
friction must also be equally less on water
than on land. As to this important factor.
therefore, the ocean steamer has greater DOS
abilities Of speed than the railway express
Bosom Herald
The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-07-09
Aatuaiialt 6azette.
WEDNESDAY. JULY .. 1854.
supreme Court OF the Hawaiian Ialands
In Banco.
THE KING VS.. EnIcKsox.

Before JHdd, c. j., McCEHy and Justin. }. j.,
0pHion Of The Court By dustin, J.
The defendant was convicted on February
18th, 1884, before Chief Justice Judd, at the
Fourth Judicial Circuit, Of an attempt TO COM
nit rape and presents his bill Of exceptions
here to obtain new trial.
The only exception argued before us is that
the counsel for the defence asked the court to
instruct the jury: "That to convict it must be
shown that the prosecutrix made known the
assault Immediately after it was charged to
have been made;" Also, that it must be shown
that the prosecuting made outcries if others
we're in hearing; also, that by law female
over ten years Of age is presumed to consent
to an assault, unless there is proof of resist
ance, outcries, and immediate complaint;"
which instructions were refused by the court,
and the defendants counsel excepted.
The prosecntrix was ~ years DID, She
swore that when the. defendant made the re-
peated attempts to commit the crime Of which
he was convicted, she made no outcry when
others might have heard her because the de-
PENDANT kept his hand over her mouth.
The act was done on Sunday, and sne did
not make it known until Tuesday, but she was
told not 10 tell.
By the English Statute of 81 aud % Vic, to
carnally know a girl between 10 and IL years
old is misdemeanor and under ten felony
Under the English Statute the offense shown
here would have been punishable by two years
imprisonment even though not against the
girls will
See Russell on crimes, Vol. |, p. 929-3O,
last edition.
But by our law the act must be against her
will if above ten years of age. Her delay in
making known the outrage was question of
fact to be considered by the jury. She may
have been afraid to tell because told not to; or
ashamed TO tell. Her tender age is a strong
element, claracterizing all her acts. The jury
thought the delay not strange.
With the hand of her beastly assailant upon
her mouth she may have been unable or afraid
to make an outcry; and if silent from fear or
confusion or other cause, the act might be
against her will.
All the facts were for the jury and they
thought the child's story was substantially
true.
The counsel for defendant claims that there
is conclusive presumption of consent in case
Of such an assault on a girl over ten; unless
there are resistance, ou!cries and immediate
complaint. We do not understand this to be
the law. All the facts were properly SUBJ
mitted to the jury and the evidence amply sus-
tains the verdict.
See Wharton's Criminal Law, Vol. 2, q ed. J
Sec. ll49 and 1855 C. Bl. Com. 2l3.
Exceptions overTuled.
Attorney General Neumann for Crown; S B
Dole for prisoner.
Honolulu, June l6, 1884.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-07-09
A Sheet Iron Hem.

The Hter- Ocean describes novel invention
as follows AN ingenious fellow in Ohio has
constructed sheet iron hen that promises to
lay him golden egg. 1t is finished up to
life, full size, cackles, clucks, and looks with
one eye at a time SO naturally that it will de-
ceive the oldest hen hawk in the country. 1t
is so arranged that when hawk, mink, or
polecat pounces on it, the back springs open
and the wings fly up and force the assailant
on to a ravenous buzz saw that makes I,700
revolutions per minute. After moving half
minute the saw stops, the hen closes up, folds
her wings, and begins to cackle as though it
had just laid an egg. One winding up will
answer for three massacres, provided the
rather delicate machinery does not get clogged
up with the blood, bones and feathers. He
set a freshly painted one out in the sun to dry
the other day, which attracted the attention
Of. fine old cat belonging TO doctor who had
been poking a great deal of fun at the fool Of
a thing. The hen is there, but the cat is
hence
The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-07-09
Household Expenses of the British People.

The $4,000, 900 of British people annually
consume upwards Of 800, 00O,O 900 quartern
leaves, 93,O00,O00 cwt. of potatoes. IL, O0O, 900
cwt of vegetables, 30,09O,OOO cwt Of meat,
700, 000, 900 lbs. Of fish, 5000, 900 cwt of but
ter, 1900, 100000 lbs of sugar, 10000, 900
lbs. Of tea, l,OO0OOO,0OO golluns of beer, 81
100000 gallons Of spirits, and II, 900 900 gal
Ions of wine, the total cu.t TO the consumers
being about E500, 900. or, if VIC take the
net or national expenditure, about E3i9, 200, 900
Within the last forty years there has been an
enormous increase in :he consumption Of arii-
ces of food and drink in the United Kingdom.
Next TO the expenditure for food aud drink
comes the expenditure OH articles OF dress,
principally consisting Of Gotten, woul, linen
and silk, in boots, shoes aud hats, as well as
in gold and silver ornaments and jewelry, in
volying an expenditure Of we'll nigh els, 0O0,-
900 gross, or EI23,OO0,O 900 net or real value.
The huuse expenditure comprises about E72,
100000 for house rent, some FL 100000 for
furniture. estimating only the value OF annual
additions, $4,000, 900 for coal, Eli 600, 600
for gas, and E5,0O0,OOO for water, making in
all Ell7 ,0OO, 900. Then there n the expenditure
in tobacco, amounting to some El3, 000,0 900
gross, but only E3 10000 net value And
after this there are expenses for education,
literature, newspapers, church and chapel,
charity, amusemenls, travelling, taxes. and
cost of distribution, the grand total being
ESQ, 100000 gross, and E6S3, 000, 900 net per
annum.-LsiSMre Hour
The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-07-09

3eIore JHdd, c. j., MoCmly and 4Rsti,. }. j.,
OPINION Of The Court by AUSTIN, J.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-07-09
Supreme Court of the Hawaiian Islands,
In Banco. April Term, 1854.
In RE THE ARBITRATION OF JOHN II. Woor
AND JAMES W. HINGLEY.



ion Of the Court By Judd, CO..
The parties in this case agreed in their sub
mission to submit to the Arbitrators named
call matters in dispute of every name and
nature between US now existing" The sub
mission was entered as Rule of Court.
The Arbitrators met, heard proofs present.
ed by the parties and made their award. On
the motion of Hingley for judgment, the coun-
sci for Wood objected on the ground that an
item of credit of Hingley to Wood for SlsG.O7
as shown by Hingley's books was not passed
upon.
The afidavits of the Arbitrators show that
they passed upon and considered every item
or matter to which their attention was drawn
by either Of the parties: that the matters sub
mitted consisted only of the written bills Of
the parties against each other which, as the
Arbitrators supposed, contained the statements
| OF their mutual accounts. That no books of
accounts we're submitted to the Arbitrators by
either party for inspection or examination ex-
cept in the instance Of a few isolated items in
the said bills in which their accuracy was
sought to be proven by showing correspond
ing entries in the books of account. That 10
books of accounts were left to the Arbitrators
for general examination except as above
stated.
The position is taken by Hingley that the
Award embraced every thing submitted to the
Arbitrators and that the SlS6 item in question
was not submitted to their consideration The
affidavit of the Arbitrators presented by Wood
is conclusive that the item of SlS6 "was not
brought TO the knowledge of the Arblrators. -
| We think it is clear that the Arbitrator
passed upon every item brought to their
knowledge. They are not required to do any
more than this.
There are abundant cases establishing the
proposition that an Award cannot be set aside
on the ground that an item has been omitted
unless it be shown that the matter was
brought to the notice of the Arbitrators and
they refused or neglected to pass upon it.
Parties must present their proofs to the
Arbitrators. Neglect Of this by a party is
deemed TO be waiver of his right to do SO.
See Carseley VS.. Lindsey, IA Cal. 800.
Montifori VS.. Engels, Cal 43l,
Maynard vs. Frederick, Cush 247
Karthaus vs.. Ferrer, Pet 1922.
In this last case the Supreme Court of the
United States says: In order to impeach an
Award, made in pursuance ora conditional
submission, on the ground that only part Of
the matters in controversy have been decided
the party must distinctly show that there
were other points in difference of which ex-
press notice was given TO the arbitrator and
that he neglected to determine them"
The Award conforms to the submission
and the Statute and we See no cause for i'm
peachiug it.
Judgment of lower court affirmed.
W. r. Castle for j. II. Wood; C. W. Ashford
for j. W. Hingley.
Honolulu, May 81, 1884.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-07-09
STEAMER 'LIKELIKE

viii leave Honolulu regularly every ten days for the
following ports. Lahaina- Maalaea, Makena, MAhu-
kona, Kawaihae, Paauhau, HonokaiA. KoholAele,
ookala, LaupahoehOe, Hakalau, Onomea Paukaa,
Papaikou, wainaku and Hilo Returning will touch at
all the above ports.
Likelikc,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-07-09

The Negroes at Atlanta, Ga, have super
stition that a knife under the pillow keeps off
witches, and an old woman explains the mat
ter as follows: "Yessur; cspin' 1 has dat
knife under my head de witches ride me all
night. hear folks say if you put sitter on
the foot OBJ de bed de witch can't ride yer, but
tried dat; sitter don't stop no witch. It
takes a sharp knife under yer head to keep de
witches off. If dc knife amt sharp, old witch
light on yer and she ride yer. If de knife is
sharp she can't light on yer. Sometimes lay
and hear de ole witch come in de winder. She
90 zing, zing, zip but she can't light on me
cause got de knife under nv head. %
The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-07-09

we can, but We claim that with her numbering
code of signals as against our ratiling COM
bination we can beat them, everything else
being equal. We have sworn records Of fast
Morse sending at the rate Of forty-two words
a minute for sixty consecutive minutes-over
$500 words in one hour.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-07-09
Fast speed Telegranhr.

Speaking Of the recent contest amongst
Morse operators in London, the Ner Fork
Oper0i0r says -" We are willing to admit
that England can produce as fast operators as
The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-07-09
A Brealsfast-tahle Baronessr.

N. Sauvageon, of VaIence, has studied The
different phenomena which are produced in a
cup Of coffee when the sugar is put into It, and
the results Of his observations transform
it into barometer. '1f, in swesiening your
The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-07-09
KING, . CoMMANDEK.

Viii leave Honolulu each Tuesday at P. NJ, for La
haina Maalaea. Makena, MAhukona KawAihae, Laupa-
hochOe and Hilo, Arriving at Hilo early Thursday
mornings. VIII leave HilO each Thursday at noon
Mahukona each Friday at p. NJ; Khwaihae at A. N.
and Lahafna AT $3.50 A. NJ, reaching Honolulu each
Saturday afternoon.
PASSENGER TRAIN from Multi will leave each
Friday at 7. NJ. to connect with the kinau At MANU-
kona.
The Kinau WILL TOUCH at HonokAiA and Paauhau
dOrH trips for Passengers, II signal il made from
the shore.
t4- Steamer Kinau will not take heavy freight for
LaupahOehoe. Light freight and packages only. All
heavy freight for the above port will be taken by the
The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-07-09

coffee" says N. sauvageon, you allow he
sugar to dissolve without stirring the liquid,
the globules Of air contained in the sugar will
rise TO the surface Of the liquid. II these
globules form fruthy mass, remaining in the
centre Of the emp, il is an Indication Of dars-
tiun Of iiue weather; il. - the contrary, tie
trnilI fnrns ring rnund Tie sides 81 the eur,
u IS sign ct heavy in: varishlc weather is
Implied by the iroih renaiuir,g stationary, but
not exactly in the centre
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-07-24
Notes Of the Fashions.

There is a fancy for wearing velvet
basque, fitted like cuirass, with skirts
of India silk or foulard, says HarDeT'S
Bazar. This reverses the plan of last
year, when the velvet served for the
skirt, with light silk for the over-dress.
This is very pretty with the close waist
of garnet velvet, and the skirts OF pink
India silk in which there are garnet
figures of flowers and fruits. Lace
ruffies and festooned draperies belong
to these thin light silks. Another ar
rangement for those who find velvet
waists becoming and not too warm in
midsummer is drapery of Oriental lace
over pink or blue surah for the skirts,
with the bodice of sapphire or ruby
velvet.
Coarsely finished camels-hair bunt-
ings with striped borders are made up
for summer travelling dresses. These
are liked in the contrasts of dark blue
with red borders, and are made up over
expensive blue silk, that is never seen,
as the object is to have only wool WIS.,
ible in such dresses, but the luxurious
silk Innings make the dress cooler and
more comfortable generally. The blue
bunting basque has the red stripes
pleated in a square plastron and on the
cuffs and collar, and is fastened by
small red crocheted buttons. The grad
uated red stripes are around the pleated
skirt, and they border the fan-shaped
apron over skirt.
A novelty for those who are not will
! ing to give up brocaded silks is the
brocaded surah silk which modistes i'm
port in black, white or in colors, show
ing small roses or the other figures
familiarIy seen on China grapes, brocaded
ON twilled grounds of the same shade.
Talma capes for summer mantles are
made Of loops of beads resting on
chenille loops; these form the entire
cape, to which is added fringe of beads
| with chenille in it.
Jerseys, in order to be stylish, must
now be very gay and dashing, and they
are sometimes found to cost as much as
S125: these are beaded silk in open
| stripes like those of silk stockings, while
others are entirely of beads. Simpler
Jerseys are of fine red or black or blue
| silk webbing, with the velvet vest,
| collar aud cuffs trimmed with cross rows
| of silk braid.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-07-24
IsOIating COnyictS.

Solitary confinement is being success
fully experimental with in various pris-
ons In Europe. For this purpose cells
of sheet-iron are being constructed that
are somewhat in the nature of cages.
Over the door and overhead there is a
network of heavy wire. A number of
these cells are placed side by side in
one large room of a prison. The in
mates can see nothing of each other, and
no conversation is permitted. Youthful
prisoners are especially subjected to this
mode of confinement at night and dur
ing other not-working hours, the object
being to prevent the demoralizing infu-
ences resulting from imprisonment in
common. This plan is at present pur-
sued in Belgium, Italy and Ireland, and
is to be introduced in Hungary.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-07-24
- HARp.woRx1Na MYTH.
4 Perpetual Fight with the Sea.

After q delicious breakfast of coffee
and thick cream, with rusls, scones and
different kinds of cheese, always an in
dispensable in Dutch breakfasts, we
took to the railway again and crossed
Zealand, which chiefly consists of four
islands, Noordt Bevelaud, Zuid BevC-
land, Schouwen and Walcheren, and is
less visited by the rest of the Neither
landers than any other part of the coun-
try. The land is all cut up into vast
polders, as the huge meadows are called,
which are recovered from the sea and
protected by embankments. Here, II
human care was withdrawn for six
months, the whole country would be
under the sea again. A corps OF eng1-
neers called "waterstaat" are continu-
ally employed to watch the waters, and
to keep in constant repair the dykes,
which are formed of clay at the bottom,
as that is more waterproof than any
thing else, and thatched with willows,
which are here grown extensively for
/ the pllEpOS Ii lllS sea PIeSoCo {" NJ hO'
ruin is imminent, an alarm bell rings,
and the whole population rush to the
rescue. The moment one dyke is men
aced, the people begin to build an
other inside it, and then rely upon the
double defence, whilst they fortify the
old one. But all their care has not
preserved the islands of Zealand.
Three centuries ago. Schouwen was en-
tirely submerged, and every living crea-
ture was drowned. Soon after, Noordt
! Bof-' a.nd was submerged, and remained
for several years entirely under water,
only the points of the church spires be-
ing visible. Zutd Baveland had been
submerged in the fourteenth century.
Walcheren was submerged as late as
1903. and Tholen even in 1926. It has
been aptIy asserted that the sea to the
| inhabitants of Holland is what Vesuvl-
us is to Tore del Greco. De Amicls
SAYS that the Dutch have three ene-
mies-the sea. the lakes and the rivers;
they repel the sea, they dry the lakes
and they imprison the rivers but with
the sea it is a combat which never
ceases.-GoOd Words.
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Where is the Abbe

Before the French revolution there
were many ecclesiastics known as the
abbes. They were without Office or duty,
and picked up, as they were poor, a
meal here and there, among the charlt-
able. At the houses of the principal
nobleman there was usually plate left
for some chance abbe who might drop in
at dinner time.
At that hour it was no uncommon
sight to see the abbes picking their way
from one nobleman's house to another.
Rapping at the gate, the hungry eccle-
siastic would inquire of the reporter,
els there a vacant place ?" Ii the
answer was "No, monsieur" he would
walk onward.
This custom will explain a story told
by Rogers, the poet, which illustrates
the horrors of the French Revolution.
Just after it had broken out, party was
dining, one day, at a nobleman's house,
and among them an abbe. While at
dinner, the cart carrying those condemned
to the guillotine went by.
All the company ran to the windows
to see the horrid sight. The abbe, being
a short man, tried in vain to peep on
tiptoe. Determined to see, he ran down
to the front door. His curiosity cost
him his life, for, as the cart went by, one
of the victims, knowing the abbe, bowed
to him. The abbe returned the salu
tation.
"What youare hisfriend ?" exclaimed
one of the guards. "Then you, too
are an aristocrat. "Away with him !
shouted the crowd, and the poor abb
was seized, thrust into the cart, an'
hurried to the guillotine.
The company, having satisfied thei
curiosity, returned to the table
"Where is monsieur, the abbe ?" aske
a guest seeing a vacant place. No on
could answer. He was already hcadless
-Youth'S Companion.