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Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-04
Friday, September 4, 1883.
LABOR AND LIVING.

In Carroll D. Wright's last report there is an abundance of though discriminating ma terial. We have already noticed what he has to say about Sunday labor. A very interest ing part of the report is that which relates to the rewards of labor in this country and abroad and the cost of living here and there.
 It is found that in twenty-three industries the general average weekly wage is higher in Massachusetts, while in one, that of malt and distilled liquors, it is higher in Great Britain. In the twenty-four industries considered the general average of weekly wage is higher in Massachusetts by more than sixty-two per cent. The average number of working days in the year is 309. .29 in twenty-three Massa- chusetts industries, while in Great Britain it is 3O5 29 in fourteen industries. The average number of weekly working hours is 60. IF in Massachusetts, and B. 50 in Great Britain Wages by the hour in Massachusetts exceed those in Great Britain by TOSS per cent, the excess being shown to exist in every indus try from which returns have been received In Massachusetts the average wages of wo- men are a little more than one-half as much as those paid to men, or as 51.39 to 100, those paid to young men and young women .04 to 100, and those paid to children 32. 15 to 100. In Great Britain the ratio for women is 40.92, for young persons 29.O6 and for children 956
 In considering the cost of living it was found that prices in Massachusetts advanced from 1860 to 1872, and then began gradual decline, which continued till 1883. At the latter date the cost of living was higher in Massachusetts than in Great Britain, save in the one item of provisions, which were 23.08 higher in the foreign country. The per centagese of the increased cost of the necessa- ries of life in Massachusetts in 1888 are as follows: Groceries 1618, fuel .96, dry goods 13. 26, boots and shoes 62.5 59, clothing 45.06, rents s9.62, board and lodging 39.01. The average annual family expenditure in Massachusetts is $754.4 and in Great Brit ain it is $5Os.35. Now, upon an analysis of these figures, it appears that the Massachu. setts workingman expends 48.41 per cent. more for the support of his family than the workingman in Great Britain Of this 48.41 per cent, only 5.60 per cent.is paid extra for articles that could be bought that much cheaper abroad.
 There is not much of an argument for free trade in these very interesting facts
Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-04
NO. BIO

designed to end in death should be entered ! upon. They held that the practice was al- 1 ready carried to it's full limit, and thought
 that the questioning attitude of the public | concerning the open stimulation of General ! Grant, however proper it may have been would encourage doctors of incautious OF in. ! consequential habits to go too far in the mat ! ter.
 One of our oldest physicians though that | one of the chief difficulties in the practical use of euthanasia was to decide where and ! how to limit it. fIn the article you have 1 shown me-" said he, "a requisite for the practice of an@sthesia consists in the con- sent of the patient. But suppose the pa tient to be an insane person, who is about to experience long and agonizing death. He is incapable of assent or dissent Would you, for that reason, deprive him of the benefits of euthanasiaa And how long would it be before your euthanasic principle would be extended to the hope less paralytlcs who are, your writer says, 'ef no use to others and burden to them selvess' Would you kill them, also? And where does the law come in? If you short en mans life you kill him. Has a doc tor the right to kill man any more than you have? I have often felt it within my line of duty to give narcotics in hopeless cases, while knowing that they must nec- essarily and considerably shorten the life of my patient. I have often asked myself how far would be legally responsible for doing
 so should confess the act. I have cften
 thought, also, since the practice of deathbed
 stimulation has become so common and doc
 tors numerous, that cases might easily
 arise where an interruptions physician would
 be tempted to help a rid himself of his
 wife-or his mother-in-law.
 "What method would you propose" asked
 the reporter, "for keeping euthanasia within
 justifable limitsa'
 "Oh, I don't know" said the medical man.
 "How would it do to get two medical certif-
 cates stating the certain approach of death,
 and judges permit to kill dying man
 with narcotics?''
Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-04
nrly Otnuds.

About the only things in oul Cotton Dress Goods Stock not likely to sell were a lot of fine Scotch Ginghams at 4oc a yard and some French Sateens at 35c. They were too fine quail ties and too high priced. They are just as fine now, but the price has been made 18c. They are bargain.
 We looked through the Elm broidery Stock last week and found some short lengths some soiled pieces-some pieces which have been with us too long. We laid out a table full of bargains. In the lot are some at soc which were marked $I and $I.25, some at 25c which were 75c, some not marked down as much, but all very cheap and positive bargains.
 Remember please that we have made reductions in the prices of all our Dress Goods, all our Black Goods, all our Silks and Velvets. Remember please that all our fine Summer Gloves are down below cost. Remember please that Fans and Parasols are marked at prices to close out stock at once. Re- member that the best bargains in markdown goods are always to be had of
Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-04
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

The September Century is great number. Its most notable article is General Grants ! article on ssThe Siege of Vicksb11rg," and the frontispiece is picture of the general, after photograph taken when he was President. Other war articles are GA Woman's Diary on the Siege of Vicksburg;;'' "Who Projected the Canal at Island No. 102" by General Schuyler Hamilton; ssThe Charge of Cooks Cavalry at Gaines Mill, 1" in reply to General George Cooke, with ssRecollections of Par ticipant in the Charge" by the Rev. w. W. Hitchcock; and continuation of the discus 1 sion in regard to General Beauregard's Courier at Bull Run," by Major Campbell Brown; Wendell Phillips Garrison, in an il- { Iustrated paper, describes the Prudence Crandan persecution of 1883, Lieutenant Schwatka writes on the ''The Great River Alaska Mir. Howells continues his Italian papers, Miss Maud Fenn describes the pas toral attractions of England, Edmund 0. Stedman completes his series of papers on American poets, George w. Cable again dis cusses the Freedmen's case, and there are Time" The short story of the number is g war story by Mrs. Burton Harrison entitled ssCrow's Nest," containing two ful page illustrations. Henry James, serial s'The Bostonians," :" is continued and there are several poems. St. Nicholas for September has fanciful
 tale by Frank R. Stockton, entitled ''The Battle of the Third Cousins" "A Great Financial Scheme" by Sophie Swift, is a very funny story with very good moral.
 In ''spiders of the Sea" c. r. Holder con
 tributes an interesting paper about crabs and
 theirEmany curious ways and uses. Henry Frederick Reddall writes interesting arti-
 cle on ssNicknames.'' The number is well supplied with poems and verses, among the
 daintiest being ''In September" by Eliza
 beth Cole, ''Lady Golden Rod," by Carrie
 W. Bronson, and "Dreamland Sheep'-La
 charm to woo slumber-by Mary L. B.
 Branch. Of the serials 'sSheep or Silver?" is
 concluded; while both "Driven Back to
 Eden," by E. P. Roe, and "His One Fault, y
 by J. T. Trowbridge, are evidently working
 to satisfactory conclusions Schubert is the
 subject of the s'From Bach to Wagner" pa
 per; and Edmund Alton tells about congress
 sional Investigations and republican sinpliei-
 ty in Among the Lawmakers" The illus
 trations are especially noteworthy this
 month.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-04

! I of the principal streets carrying thirty red headed passengers.
 1 A policy of the utmost freedom to gamb-
 lers is being tried in St. Paul, the theory of
 the mayor being that secrecy and half sup pression aggravate the evil, besides turning the police into band of blackmailers This l is very convenient theory for the gamblers l and they are making the most of it while it ! lasts.
 I Knowing something of the eagerness with ! which young ladies seek to improve the I beauty of their hands, we hasten to give 1 those among our readers the benefit of pre- scription which is declared to be infallible. 'sMother" writes to the Boston Globe that 8 sixteen-year-oldg girl can soften and whiten hsr hands by soaking them in dish water l three times every day.
 Mr. O'Brien of the Board of Education is 1 reported as saying that he does not desire re- election. We do not take this to mean that he will refuse to have his name used. MT. O'Brien has done his duty fearlessly and well l and we hope that he will remain g member of the Board for long time to come. There | is need of such men as he to deal with our school affairs, which are not in satisfactory ! condition.
 1 The business men of New Orleans are l cheerful. The first of September is the time ! for beginning the fall trade in New Orleans, | and there are indications of better trade l and more profitable business the ensuing | year. The cotton crop will reach 1000, 900 | bales, while 4, ,000, ,O00 bales were considered | good crop previous to the war. The rice 1 and sugar crops are both good, and the pros pect is that better prices will be obtained for l larger crops than were received for the small | CT crops last year. The general business con- l dition of the South has a brighter prospect
 now than for some years past.
 l A piece of amber weighing eight pounds \ is at present being exhibited in the Mark | museum at Dantzig, and the owner has re- 1 fused e1 ,500 for it. It is probably the larg- 1 est piece in the world without blemish. ! Frederick the Great, more than 8 century
 ago, paid the same sum for piece weighing l thirteen pounds, which is preserved in the mineralogical museum at Berlin; but it has gaps and cavities. Two beautiful pieces of l work in amber are also to be seen in Berlin. One is flute, which also was an acquisition of Frederick the Great. The other is a com plete tobacco pipe, belonging to Frederick l William III, the father of the present Elm peror; it bears an admirably carved likeness ] of that monarch.
 Ashland, Massachusetts, is little town, but large question is seeking for an answer there. The chairman of the selectmen, an active Democrat, wants the postoffiee as
 reward for services rendered to his party.
 But the people are not with this noble lead CT. For more than thirty years MT. Jones,
 was postmaster of Ashland, and nobody
 ever accused him of offensive partisanship.
 For the last twelve years he has been afaict-
 ed with disease, and his two motherless daughters have presided over the postofice
Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-04
RIP VAN TWINKLE.
A Case Without a Parallel.

In that horrible railroad disaster at Ashtabula,
 Ohio, which everyone remembers, Mrs. F. M. Coul-
 ter was hurled through the bridge, 90 feet in the river of ice. Her friend and Messrs. Moody and
 Sankey's associate the sweet singer P P Bliss was
 killed, and she so badly injured and her nervous
 She sent to private asylum, where, after
 long treatment, she pronounced incurable. Four years ago friend sent her a bottle of Dr. Flowers Nerve Pills. The effect was like magic; IT bottles were taken, and Mrs. Coulter thor oughly cured.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-04

NJ. J. Willard, R. s. Brink and M. c. Slade, tobacco raisers, were among the heavi- est losers by the recent hail storm in Corn wall Bridge.
 Mrs. Dr. T. B. Jewett, of Birmingham, has removed to her fathers residence in Nor wich, where she will henceforth with her lit tie "Ned" make it her home. The older boy, Ambrose B., will continue in charge of his grandmother Jewett in New Haven.
 Hartford's first dramatic event of the sea- son occurred Wednesday night in the presen- tation of Sardou's brilliant comedy IA Dam gerous Game" by Mile Rhea and her excel lent company. The audience was very large and brilliant one and the applause fre- quent and hearty, the star being repeatedly called before the curtain.
 Twenty-six sailboats participated in the Haddam regatta, Monday, and the four prizes were awarded as follows: A solid sil- yer set to the Puritan, owned by Captain Odber of Haddam; mariners compass to the Cora and Mamie of Higganum, Captain May; another compass to the Little Casino of Essex, Captain Phelps; and silver cake basket to the Crankie, Captain White, of Portland.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-04
@isce1lamen115.
 POPULAR INVESTMENTS ]

For aiI who are ecOnOmicalIy
 inclined.
 We offer unparalleled bargains i'm solid, Well-fittfng, prime shoes, not made up cheap for sO-caIIed bargain sales, but from our regu- lar stock.
 Observe some of the bargains 45O pairs Ladies' Fine Goat Button Boots, just the weight Tor Summer use, at $l.9O; re- duced from $2.5O.
 200 pairs Newport Ties and & button Shoes, former prices from $1.5O to ga, reduced 1O $l.35. A lot of GentIemen,s Low Cut French Calfskin Shoes at half price, viz: S2.5O.
 25O pairs assorted styles i'm Cifld's Shoes, original prices from $l to $2.5O, marked at the extreme low price 65c.
 sale all shoes sold
Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-04
M. Bristol & Sons
 854 Chapel Street.

SSa bX ths ra aby5stSss by ths SeFd Es5 $1 hard 1bbl, zoe, bbis, $1; good Coal 90 cents basket: A cord soft wood, sawed or split 10 in, $175; 1 ord soft wood. sawed split 10 n s. 50; cord soft wood, sawed or split, 10 in. $7; A cord hard wood, sawed or split, 10 in. $2; cord hard sawed or spllt i6 in. S. Bundle wood, $125 per hundred. Removed to 200 Commerce street, where orders hould be sent. J. w WHITE,
Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-04

Very queer things happen in Fall River.
 Not long ago horse car went through one of the principal streets carrying thirty red headed passengers.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-04
EDITORIAL NOTES.

There are fine sights to be seen nowadays at the fruit stores. Mother earth is very generous.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-04

The Southington Cutlery company have reduced the hours of labor in their wood screw department from eleven to ten per day.
Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1885-12-19
The Latest American Invention.
THE VICTORY OF ELECTRIcITY

A., small size. Height OF complete Lamp,
"a inches /; weight, about pounds J for light
ing rooms, cellars, storage houses, powder
magazines Tor similar places where explosives
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Price, 81 ---- per lamp, delivered free to
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| B., medium size. Serves all domestic pur-
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Every Lamp is accompanied by written
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Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1885-12-19
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delivers himself up for the good of the
people, and runs for office, will have to
pay for his fun; that the vestiges of old
social customs are still to be found in
Honolulu; that the best show to make
a fortune is where there are lots of
people and undeveloped resources; that
the colonization scheme, when carried
out, will fill the bill; that the Ma,u,0a
will not get here to-day; that she will;
that nobody knows anything about it;
and that the New Year will settle all
old scores except political ones.
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GENERAL BUSINESS AGENT.
AZ MERCHANT ST., HONOLULU.

In conjunction with Mr.. ]. A. Magoon,
will attend to ali matters of business for
the residents OF the Hawaiian Islands who
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/ do moi conine myself alone to the Bust
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who would wish me to attend to any matter OF
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in Honolulu or San Francisco, in any line OF
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ear All Legal Documents will be carefully
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Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1885-12-19

Since Electricity has been applied for light
ing purposes, all efforts Of inventors have
been directed to construct a lamp for general
domestic use. The reason why this problem
has till now not been solved, is that none Of
the inventors could rid themselves of the idea
of gas lighting, and that all have adhered to
the system Of producing the Electricity in
some central place, or by large machinery, in
stead of first laying down the principle that a
Lamp which should ever become generally
useful and popular, must be portable, like an
Oil Lamp, and contain the generator Of Elec-
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The Norman Electric Light Company has
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NOTES.

The schooner Waiehu brought 700 bags rice
from Kauai.
The schooner Liholiho brought I,4ao bags
sugar from Kauai.
The schooner Mary Foster brought 900 bags
sugar from Kauai
The sehooners Leah and Waiehu both re.
port rough weather at Kauai.
The schooner Kulamanu was lowed in by
the tug Eleu yesterday afternoon.
The sailing of the steamers Jas. Makee and
Kilauea Hou was postponed until to-day, or
account of bad weather.
The steamer St. Paul sailed for San Fran
cisco at noon yesterday, taking Io,24I bag
sugar, 500 bags rice, 1857 punches bananas
and 10 boxes betel leaves.