Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-10-04

ocal tickets which the enterprlsing va
ives have just bought giving,of course,
/ substantial consideration for the ex-
,hange. Sothe suspeotedtraveller enters
he city in peace, while the officials dill
gently proceed to sufocate the men
who left the railway station half an hour
before.
a newly.invented safety brake for
vessels is now in use on the great lakes
Of the United States and Canada. 1t is
constructed as follows On each side
Of the vessels stern is hinged great
fin, 9x9R feet made ofboiler iron, braced
by angle iron. These tit in the run
Of the vessel and are secured by sim
pie catches controlled by lines from
the pilot-house. When the fins are
closed they press against springs so that
when the catches are released the fins
are thrown out from the side of the
ship and caught by the water, standing,
when the vessel is under heavy-way, at
right angles to the keel In this posi-
ton they are held by the powerful
springs. 1t is said that a vessel run
ming under full head of steam can be
stopped within her own length by this
contrivance. Either brake can be used
separately to throw the vessel in any
direction more quickly than could be
done by the rudder alone Such de-
vice ought to be useful in averting or
lessening the shock of collisions
An ingenious French noble, who was
out of elbows, discovered a new
opening for impecunius members of
his class. 1t is to recognize" children
who are inscribed at mayoralities as be
ing those of unknown fathers. The Code
allows the boy girsorecognizedto bear
thename oftherecognizing party, however
illustrious it may be. The nobleman in
questionis making good income out of
theuse of which heturns his patronymic.
He is a marquis and, if he survives his
father, he will be duke. "Mon cher"
he said to an old school-fellow, whom
he met on the Boulevard des ltaliens,
'the business | have created for myself
is an excellent one. / only recognize
for a good round sum, and | see that a
further sum is placed in the hands of
a notary for the exclusive benefit of the
recognize. If, therefore, the mother
should be reduced to poverty, the child
can be decently schooled and set up in
trade or profession have thus no
responsibility Of any kind, no marital
cares, and enjoy thorough indepen-
dence, while awaiting an opportunity
to sell my coronet to some parvenue
heiress."
There is altogether too much of cod.
ding in the methods often urged to
reach and influence young men and
others in behalf of Christian life and
duty. We hear great deal about
the duty Of parents and sisters to make
home attractive to young men" 1t i:
an indignity to young man to use
such words regarding him : as though
it was not as much for him to make
home pleasant, rs to find it so. Hap
piness for every one lies in the way o
duty. 1t only fosters a vapid selfcon
ceit to make pet of boy, when the
effort ought to be to make man o
him. And so too, the whole methoc
of activity in Christian Church il
often vitiated by the constant strainins
to make the church attractive to thi
class or that class in society. Let u:
be manly in all our Christian work
not try to beguile people into th'
church by the namby-pamby, goody
goody, wlshy-washy devices Of mistakel
fondness for spoiled children; but cor
vince every one that the Church c
Christ is an organization for the salvs
ton of souls, and engaged in this hig
and holy undertaking in straigh
forward earnest, manly ways.
Lochman, Pennsylvania photo
grapher, has been taking some photo
graphs of plants which are the deligf
of botanists, and of great assistance
physicians, since the species illustrate
are chiefly those having medicin:
properties Far superior to these, hov
ever, are the illustrations executed b
Japanese artists of the arboreal bota,
of that empire Each Of these illustr;
tons is drawn in colors upon boar'
about eight by fourteen inches in siz
which in each case is the polished WOO
, of the tree delineated. This is frame
= by stri ps of the same wood, showir
the external bark; and at each corn,
is glued section Of branch an inc
or so thick, showing the heartwood an
, rings OF growth, The drawing is fait
: full in form and colcr, and gives vii
. wonderful fidelity the texture of Il
leaves and blossoms, the rough on
!, being busted so as to give them Il
a yelvety or woody appearance of natur
and the smooth ones shining with d
: ceptive polish Details of blossom ar
fruit accompany the plant, and Il
whole is not only valuable through
S fullness and accuracy but highly artist
The U. S consul-general at Fran
:, fort, Germany, states some interestii
:, facts which show how little basis
!. truth there is in the often impress,
!; notion that the fondness OF Germa
= for beer saves them from the evils
intemperance which prevail amol
: people addicted to the use Of distill,
!, liquors. In Prussia the consumptit
q Of beer has risen to nearly as gallo
= per head, (87.6 liters according to t
. Prussian measuremenD and 3 gallo
: = IN liters) Of spirits in addition to I
- beer In the United States the av,
- - age consumption Of beer is about
= gallons, and Of spirits m gallo,
: which includes that used for mocha
ical purposes. The number of drir
k ing saloons has increased from lao, o
Mt in 1869, to 100000 in 1880.
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