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The Hawaiian gazette., 1885-03-11
A World without Sugar.

Besides the natural sweets we have
taken to producing artificial ones. Has
any housewife ever realized the alarming
condition of cookery in the benighted
generations before the invention of sugar?
1t is really almost too appalling to think
about. SO many things that we now look
upon as all but necessaries- cakes, pud-
dlngs, made dishes, confectionery, pre-
serves, sweet biscuits, jellies, cooked
fruits, tarts, etc.-were then practically
quite impossible. Fancy attempting now
adays to live single day without sugar :;
no tea, no coffee, no jam, no pudding, no
cake, no sweets, no hot toddy before one
goes to bed; the bare idea of it is too
terrible. And yet what was really the
abiect condition of all the civilized world
up to the middle of the Middle Ages.
horace's punch was sugarless and lemon
less the gentle Virgil never tasted the
cong~nlal cup Of afternoon tea; and So
crates went from his cradle to his grave
without ever knowing the flavor of pep
permint bulfs-eyes. How the children
managed to spend their Saturdays as, ON
their weekly obolus, is profound mys-
terry. To be sure people had honey but
honey Is rare, dear and scanty it can
never have filled one quarter the place
that sugar fills in our modern affections.
Try for moment to realize drinking
honey with ones whisky and water or
dong the years preserving with pot of
the best Narborine, and you get at once
common measure of the difference be
tween the two as practical sweetness.
Nowadays we get sugar from cane and
beetrroot in abundance. while sugar
naples and palm trees of various sorts
afford considerable supply to remoter
countries. But the childhood of the little
Greeks and Romans must have been alb
solutely unlighted by a single ray of JOY
from chocolate creams or Everton toffee
The consequence of this excessive pro
ductlon OF sweets in modern times. is. of
course, that we have begun to distrust the
indications afforded us by the sense of
taste in this particular as to the whole
someness of various objects We can mix
sugar with anything we like, whether il
had sugar in it to begin with or otherwise.
and by sweetening and havoring we can
give false palatableness to even the
worst and most indigestible rubbish. such
as plaster of paris, largely sold under the
name of sugared almonds to the ingenu-
GUS youth of two helnispheres. But in
untouched nature the test rarely or never
fails. As long as fruits are unripe and
unit for human food, they are green and
sour as soon as they ripen they become
soft and sweet, and usually acquire some
bright color as sort of advertisement of
their edibility. In the main, bar the acct
dents of civilization, whatever is sweet is
good to eat-nay more, is meant to be
eaten; it is only our own perverse folly
that makes us sometimes think all nice
things bad for us, and all wholesome
things nasty. In state of nature, the
exact opposite is really the case. One
may observe, too, that children, who are
literally young savages in more senses
than one, stand nearer to the primitive
feeiing IN this respect than grown-up PEG
pie. They uneffectedly ike sweets !:
The Hawaiian gazette., 1885-03-11

no, not even when crossing Niagara. In
1860 crossed on stills. There 'rds a danger
in crossing Niagara. In strainiDg rope Of
that length to the requisite tighiness it was
liable to snap The shorter the rope the easier
il is to walk on, for the dip in the middle is
less. once offered 10 carry the Claimant
across rope, but he declined with thanks. q
will not endanger your life (he said) and l do
not wish to expose mine A tight. rope walker
is born; nothing can make him. None Of my
family will ever appear in the arena, because
not one of them has been born a rope-wall1er.
l am always well when am working. When
l am lazy feel twinge of lumbago, aud that
is ALL"
"Did nervous terrors ever Cypress you NJ.
Blondin?" "Never, sir; never. Not even
when l first crossed Niagara. Poufl They
laughed and said, There's fool of French
man going to commit suicide or L don't be-
lieve he'll try,' and so on, but have crossed
Niagara three hundred times since then.
carry three sets of ropes, which are two inches
in diameter, with body of steel bound round
with hemp The balancing poles vary in
weight according TO the business, from 81, 10,
IS, AZ pounds" "And the height at which
you PERFORM" "From forty TO hundred
feet, according to circumstances. l am indif-
ferent-"
NJ Blondin is as sound a man as he has ever
been. He has had only one accident, and
never fall. He has never even broken an
arm, and the only wound saw was covered
by an inch of sticking plaster. 1t is said that
the reason why he never tumbled was the
marvellous power of his fore arm, which en-
sbled him to carry balancing pole of great
weight. But when asked the secret of his
success he tells you that "was because 1 did
not want to tumble" He has never smoked,
and if you ask him whether he drinks he tells
you with a twinkle in his eye that he "docs
not wear the blue ribbon" and takes claret at
dinner.-PdR Mall Buiqet
The Hawaiian gazette., 1885-03-11

adults, who have grown more accustomed
to the artificial meat diet, don't, as a rule,
care much for buildings, cakes and made
dishes. MAY venture parenthetically
to add, any appearance to the CONTRARY,
notwithstanding, that am not yegetar-
ian, and that l am far from desiring to
bring down upon my devoted head the i'm
precation pronounced against the rash
person who would rob poor man of his
beer. 1t is quite possible to believe that
vegetarianism was the starting point of
the race, without wishing to considered it
also as the goal just as it is quite posi-
bic to regard clothes as purely artificial
products of civilization, without desiring
personally to return to the charming sim
plicity of the garden of Eden )-CornhiH
Horg-fur
The Hawaiian gazette., 1885-03-11
Aawaiiatt 6azette.
WEDNEsDAY, MARCH II 1885
svvrcne Court Of the Hawaiian IsiAnds -
TroI, January, Term 1855. In Baneo.
Az Cru vs.. srxo KwOxe wo Co.

.J,,.id c. J., McCHUy and 4Hsfm !. !. OpiHio" Of
he Court Jy 4Hstia }.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1885-03-11

A verdict against the defendants was rem
dered by the Jury at the October term, 1854.
Exception was duly noted at the time, and an
informal motion for a new trial was made be
fore Mr.. Justice McCully, and bis decision
DENYING the motion was filed December 2fth,
1884. On December 26, 1884, notice OF appeal
from that decision was noted, and on january
I6, 1885, the defendant tenders to Justice Nc
Gully for settlement proposed bill Of except
ions which he refused to sign. The exceptions
are objected to as not presented 10 time.
In Kamalu VS.. Lowell, Hawn. 60l-4, we
held that the informal motion above referred to
might be made without bill of exceptions
allowed but if the party beaten on that motion
sought to 20 farther he must draft and present
a bill Of exceptions. The opinion fails to say
when this should be done. Sections s3i to
$40 and ll55 and il56 Of the Civil Code which
are the only ones which can effect the question
fail directly to speak OF this second motion
now sought to be made.
This defect ought to have been remedied by
a direct rule of the Court. In the absence of
such rule we feel obliged TO hold upon the
statute that the exceptions were presented in
time.
Another question raised is that the bill of
exceptions did not contain the evidence. The
bill filed refers TO the Judges minutes below
and asks that they be made part of it. Upon
these his decision was based, and, though in
formal, we shall hold ii enough in this case,
but they must be copied and annexed to the
bill
Another point is made that the judge below
denied the motion for new trial, and that this
cannot be APPEALED from in this case because
his decision was discretionary. The motion
below was on two grounds. LIST. That the
verdict was against evidence. End. that the
damages were excessive. Under the usual
practice in this Court, we think such except
ions can be taken.
The exceptions were we'll taken and may be
placed on the calendar for argument at the
next term.
A. S. Hartwell for plaintiff; w. R. Castle for
defendants.
Honolulu February 26th, 1855.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1885-03-11
Oysters for Indigestion.

1t is not generally understood as it
should be that oysters have medicinal
qualities of high order. They are not
only nutritious, but wholesome especially
in cases of indigestion. It's said: There
is no other alimentary substance, not even
excepting bread, that does not produce
indigestion under certain circumstances;
but oysters, never" Oyster juice pro
notes digestion. By taking oysters daily
indigestion supposed to be almost incura-
bic, has been cured; in fact, they are to be
regarded as one of the most healthful
articles known to man. Invalids who have
found all other kinds of food disagree with
them frequently discover in the oyster the
required ailment. Raw oysters are highly
recommended for hoarseness. Many of
the leading vocalists use them regularly
before concerts and operas, but their
strongest recommendation is the remarka-
bly, wholesome influence exerted upon the
digestive organs Philadelphia Star.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1885-03-11

From an English paper which has lately
been received we find the following anent
Mr.. Fred Agar, who is known by many
people in this city. I''The senior living
advertisement agent in London, is, we be-
lieve, Mr.. Frederic Algar, of II, Clements
Lane. This gentleman established the
first colonial advertising agency in 1916.
Mr.. Algar was elected member of the
committee, formed nearly thirty years
since by the late Mr. Miner Gibson, to
obtain the repeal of the taxes ON know
ledge, including the paper and advertise
ment duties. Through its exertions these
Objectionable imposts were abolished The
security system was also removed, together
with the obligation of a newspaper pro
prietor to appear before one of the judges
and enter into penal bond of 500I., with
other bail that he would not libel, bias
pheme, or do any other scandalous thing"
The Hawaiian gazette., 1885-03-11

ONLY One TRUE DIsINFEcTANF.-Pro de
Chanmont says, with regard to disinfect-
ants, that there is but one true disinfect-
ant, viz, fire. The majority of so-called
disinfectants are simply deodorants. The
idea that tobacco smoke or the odor of
camphor is destructive of contagion is still
extensively held, though il is simply
absurd. A true disinfectant is substance
that will kill the germ or living particle in
which the contagious principle resides or
through which it is conveyed. OF true
disinfectants, heat is the most reliable,
though odors are not to be despised such
as carbolic acid, chlorine and sulphuric
gas.
Smyrna times., 1885-04-29

Mr.. EDITOR The frequent distur-
hances that occur here call loudly for
something in the way of an authorized
constabulary or police system. We do
not wish it understood that the disorder
is occasioned by our own people so
much as by class who visit with a
seeming determination to plague us.
The season is approaching too, when
the tramp element will add to the ills
we have in this respect.
The building formerly occupied by
the late Col. ii. G. Douglass was re-
moved on Saturday to grounds adioin-
ing the Railroad House and will be
used by James Spruance as an office.
We would certainly be thankful if
certain Of our young men-I don't
know who they are and don't want
70 know could find some more inter
esting amusement than gathering near
the railroad depot periodically and
with q very mistaken IDEA of vocal
musical accomplishments m IKE night
hideous with their jangling discorlancy
worse than as if all all the Tom and
Mrs. Tom Cats Of Clayton had gathered
in one yard with a desperate endeavOr
at Z" Climbing up the Golden Stairs"
Now that the Knights of the Golden
Eagle are fairly es ahlished in our
midst its SUCCESS has become so far can
tagious that another lodge is to be es-
t9blished IN the interest Of the Order of
Smyrna times., 1885-04-29
Personal.

f. s. r. Butler Of Wilmington re-
turned home yesterday after II visit Of
three or four days to John IL. Bewley.
Misses Laura Doughten, Neotia
Collins and Abbe Davis of Wilmington
were visiting friends in town on Satur-
and Sunday.
Miss Louise Russell of Philadelphia
is the guest of Miss Minnie Clement.
Mrs. c. Z. Peterson has returned
from a visit of several weeks to Will
Transport, Pa.
Mrs. Martha A. Cummins who has
been confined to her room since last
November has recovered sufficiently to
be able to be out on the street last
week. This evidence of improvement
gives evident pleasure to her large
circle of friends.
Miss Irene Roberts is on a visit to
Washington.
S. S. Paryis of Kent Co., Md, sue
ceeds Andrew Crow as head clerk fol-
John II. Bewley, Mr.. Crow having
taken a position in Philadelphia.
Mr. and Mrs. Presley Spruance and
w. F. c. Colt, have gone to Baltimore
to attend the wedding Of Alex. ?. Spru
ance tomorrow night.
Mrs. NJ. II. Carter is spending a week
or two with her daughter near Magno
liza.
Smyrna times., 1885-04-29

The presence of an American force
on the Isthmus says the New York
Tribune has saved Panama from de-
structiOn in all probability, and it is
evident that the employment Of this
force for that purpose was strictly
within treaty stipulatiOns. The Uni
ted States has not undertaken this eX-
pedition with any purpose of OfficiOus
interference with the affairs of her
neighbOrs, but solely in performance
of specified duties imposed upon our
Government by treaty. The statement
that the French regard the action Of
our troops at Panama as unwarrantable
is for this reason singular. The French
have no ground whatever for protest or
complaint. The United States under
took long ago to keep open transit ac-
ross the Isthmus. This agreement in
VOlved just such measures as have
been taken in a situation such as the
present one.
Smyrna times., 1885-04-29

THE news Of another battle in
Afghanistan has not yet been confirm.
ed in London, but it is generally credit
ed. 1t was reported that the Russians
were actively at work making a mill
tary road from Penideh to Herat.
War is now considered INEVITABLE in
every European capital Sir Peter
Lumsden has forced the British Gov
ernment to revert to the Penjdch out
rage and to demand explanations and
reparatioD. The reply of the Russian
Government may be deferred for
week or fortnight. but there is every
reason to believe that it will be un
satisfactory The military pgrty are
apparently SO intoxicated with their
success in winning dishonest victory
that they would not hesitate to attack
Sir Peter Lumsden's escort if by that
expedient they could open a way for a
dash upon Herat. They allow the
Russian press to speak disparagingly
and even eontemptuousiy Of England
and seek in every way to irFitate and
harass the Liberal Government. The
Gladstone Ministry while still persist
ing in conducting negotiations have
practically abandoned the last hope of
peace and have already made arrange
ments for closing out the SOudan bust
ness and dispatching every available
regiment to India. The possibility OF
arbitration is not discussed seriously in
any European capital. Diplomatists
are chiefly concerned with the recast-
ing of alliances in the event of war
An understanding is believed to have
been reached between Great Britain
and the Porte, and the Russian stories
of Germany and Austrian attempts al
coercion are officially cOntFadioted
Europe is evidently preparing for q
long war fraught with momentous re
suits.
Smyrna times., 1885-04-29
Obstruction to Travel.

Several complaints have been made
at the posts settled in the road front
ing the Odd Fellows wscemetery to protect
the pathway and the Grand Jury
have been compelled to ask for their
removal or the company be subject
to indictment. 1t was claimed, stand
ing rs they did some seven feet from
the line, that they were both an en-
clOachment and a danger to travel.
From the posts to the opposite side at
the narrowest places is only 2S feet,
whereas the ordinary width of the
State :road .is 40 feet. The cemetery
company claimed that the road is rs
wide now as before they constructed
this pathway (which was done for the
convenience Of the public, the differ
ence being that where the posts are
now there.was formerlya ditch They
also claim that the contraction in the
road from the full measure of 40 feet
is not on their side at all, but on the
opposite side of the road.
Smyrna times., 1885-04-29

Hon. THOMAS F. BAYARD who as
Senator was regarded with an affection
almost sanity, since his elevation to
the Premiership seems to be catching
it' both at home and abroad. The
compliant at home seems to be perfect
well understOod-his non-pliability in
the service of office seekers: in the
national field the "pick" last week at
him was over the case of Geo. w. Will
liams, cOlOred, who was appointed U.
s., Minister to Hayti and confirmed by
the Senate but whom Mr.. Bayard
steadily refuses to commission, and
this week it is his tribulations in the
mission field ali around, either from
nnwillingness or disability of a number
Of the presidential appointees to pro-
perly fill the places for which they
were selected. Mr.. Bayard evidently
felt more at home in the Senate cham
Der where his combat was with ideas
and theories than he is in meeting the
swarm of hungry office seekers who
come at him with open the mouths OF
wolves.
Smyrna times., 1885-04-29

Frank Greenwell, Jr., and Miss
Laura Tarbutton, were married at
CrumptOu, the brides home, on Thurs
day last and We're given a calithum-
plan on their return in the evening.
The hotel was bought bv Chas.
Raughley, for s., 700. hut Mr.. Carvin
has it rented for this, with the privil-
eye Of another year. OF the two
houses belonging to the Buckmaster
estate, the one under the willow was
bought by John Mustard, for $3.50 and
the other by Frank Greenwell, Sr.,
whom it joins, for 800.
The Kent County Jubilee Singers
gave a concert for the benefit of the
Lyceum, in the town hall, on Friday
evening, to a very large audience,
most of which was ON the outside
under the hall windows. who were
opposed to mixing" This reminds
us Of the man who said he did not want
to 90 to Heaven if the niggers went
there and an old colored woman said ::
Boss, there will be niggers in He'll 4,
too" There were more cOlored people
under the windows than in the hall.
"Oh, consistency, thou art Jewel ="
They surely have the gift of song in a
remarkable degree and we doubt if
they can be beaten by another county
choir in the States. We have heard
the Fisk University Singers, in Pnila-
delphia, and believe, with the same
training, they would be nearly, if not
quite equal to them.
Mark Goldburg, a German lad OF
about IS years of age, arraigned Oats
! Manuel before Esquire Hawkins this
morning. for assault and battery. 1t
seemed that the lad had used impu-
dent language to Manuel's wife. The
Squire will settle it this evening. It
seems as though Mr.. NJ. was the most
to blame and was very disrespectful tC
the Squire, for which he VIII most
! likely be fined. He said if the Squire
would not allow him to say what he
wanted to in his Office he would 90 into
the streetand say it. He also owes the
lad and don't propose to pay him be-
cause he has left him.
Hiram Griffin, who has heen olerling
for Mr. Taylor, went home to help hi,
father farm.
~
Keaton, Del. AprH 2Sth, 1885.
Smyrna times., 1885-04-29

FORTY PIECES OF Music FREE
Every new subsciber to Strawbridge &
Clothier's Fashion Quarterly gets one
volume of Musical Bric-a-B -Brac, Instru
mental selections; or, one volume of
Musical Bric-a- -Brac, Vocal selections.
Pretty cover, clear type, full sheet
music size. The Quarterly the cheap
est ladies' magazine in the world. The
Spring number contains 100 illustrated
pages cOlOred plate of Paris Fashions 4;
cut-paper pattern Supplement; com
plete original Novelette,, by Robert
Grant; new Waltz, by Sousa, leader of
the Marine Band etc, etc. Cut this
out, inclOse so cents, mention your
choice, instrumental or vocal, and send
to Strawbridge & Clothier, Eight and
Market streets, Phil apr 29-4w.
Smyrna times., 1885-04-29
Red Men. The plant of their wigwam

Red Men. The plant of their wigwam
has not as yet been announced.
Il is remarked of a neighboring
school teacher ~ that he diversifies
his hours of duty by showing visiting
commission merchants about the coun
try while the young idea is left to
shoot for itself Won't somebody
please make us a school teacher.
We took in the Frank A. Robbins
Circus, or rather it took in us last Sat
urday, at Smyrna. | think it about
the poorest exhibition of the kind l
ever attended. Not One-half adver-
tised appeared, while the properties, it
strikes me, were odds and ends picked
up from the refuse of defunct cOmbina-
tions. The fellow who wrote up the
programme is not only genius but
| prince of liars.
Henry Wall, from the forest, was on
a tare," Saturday, and brandishing a
! knife about in a dangerous manner,
through which he came to grief, as one
of party knocked him down with a
blow that let out considerable bad
blood. Henry, go mend!
Clayton has but one church and its
people are not troubled with denolni-
national differences, but whether
brought up in the doctrine of free grace
subscriptions to Westminster confession
of faith, apostolic succession, close com
munion, or other creeds, we are pleased
to worship together, satisfied that in
the main the one great object is the
same to all, to worship God IN spirit
and IN truth. Doing so, who shall
doubt that we may all attain unto that
acceptance promised to all who love
their Saviour.
The tract of ground owned by Hon
T. f. Bayard, East Of the railroad, is
being rapidly laid out in building lots
James Spruance is agent for the same
meeting with fair demand, as it be-
comes known that this property is il
the market
O. Judd, Chandley Davis, Noe
Davis, J. f. Dye, A. b. Kugler anC
Walter O. Green, commission mer
chants, OF New York, registered at tn,
Bingham House the past week and
also Henry Farnum, of Boston, VIII,
proposes spending a week or more
with us.
LEAR.
Oayi0R, AprH IS, 1888.
Smyrna times., 1885-04-29
Minor improvements.

VIM. NJ. Bell has repainted his resi-
dence in three cOlors of Wetherelps
paint--a shade of brown, first story ::
gray, second story, and third story, or
gables, canary. The tasty grape mr.
bOrs at the rear and the further plant
ing of deciduous and evergreen trees
will add much to the beauty Of his
grounds.
The residence of John A. Hofiecker,
which was remodeled and made new
last Summer, has been greatly i'm
proved this week by surrounding of
more than 100 feet of heavy stone
curbing enclosing an eight or nine
feet pavement, the space between this
and the house to have two soddcd
grass plats.
Geo. M. Stevenson is having erected
two story addition to the back of his
dwelling, 14x15 feet, which will greatly
add to the convenience and comfort OF
his home,
u, II, Beck's residence is nearly
completed, the builders giving it some
nice architectural finishes and painters
finishing it in three colors, the first and
| second stories shades of brown and the
gables yellow.
John Cosden's new home, which
was nicely paved last Fall from house
to curb, has been further much i'm
proved in appearance by new yard and
garden fences and a new dressing oI
paint for the dwelling.
John Winter has had his ice cream
rooms newly fitted up and commenced
on Saturday night on his Summer cam
paign.
VIM. A. Winford has placed in from
of his new home a wide pavement from
| house to curb-such as if followed uT
by the other property holders would
greatly improve the appearance of Del
aware street.
Isaac Pennewill has had an addition
erected TO the rear of his dwelling.
VIM. &. Fairbanks has improved the
surroundings Of his home hv entirely
new and neatly designed fences.
Thomas M. Hoyle has also surround
ed his new home just completed with
substantial fences around his ward ond
] Garden.