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AN OcuLlsTls IDEA.
What Might Result from the Possible
Discovery Of Future Sayant.

Discovery of a Future Saysnt.
Louisville, Courer-JournaLl
The other day / happened in the Office
of a well-knOwn oCulist, and during the
conversation CHANGED to pick up an op
kaleidoscope that was lying on the table
Noticing my action, he Immediately
began desCanting upon the qualities Of
this wonderful instrument
at will not quite enable Us to tell of
what man is thinking when we look into
his eye, said he, but it viii do almost
everything else
In the random conversation which fol
lowed he mentioned the curious theory
some one has advanced as to the retention
in sudden death of an image upon the
retina- The scientific theOrist has argued
that this might be means of detecting a
murderer who suddenly encounters and
Stays his victim. If the eye be immedi-
ately closed. it is said the image will re-
main distinct for hours. The murderer
may thus be photographed in the dying
agOnies of his victim, if the death be swift
and sudden
The idea is a quaint one A more
poetical instance of retribution can not
be imagined, and it leads to a curious
variety of speculation. 1t is only theory,
but in view of the constant wonderful
advancement in science it stops far short
of the impossible. Some one has beautf-
July Sdlu LHdI IU6 ClICleS IldQc ny casting
a pebble in the ocean will 90 on extend
ing indefinitely until it vanishes into the
intinity of eternity. The waves of
sound, by an analogous reasoning. will
never cease vibrating, although sensitive
tympanums may no longer be able to
detect them.
In one of the note books which
Hawthorne left them is mentioned list
of subjects which he proposed some day
to make the foundations for stories. One
of these was magic mirror which should
retain all the impressions that were ever
reflected from its enchanted surface. An
eye with the same wonderful properties
can easily be imagined. Suppose that
some savant should discover subtle prop
erty in drug, the application of which
would bring back all the scenes that had
ever been mirrored upon a mans vision.
1t would reveal the secrets of q lifetime;
the scenes of gladness. joys, loves,
hates, sorrows, shames, anguish
despair-the old, old story of existence
fraught with a thousand happinesses and
ten million woes The friends one had
cherished, the dear ones he had loved, the
foes he had hated, would all be mirrored
back to life The objects of flattery, the
objects of reviling, Of transient benefits
and of lasting injury would be there, too
The retina is but a machine, and to read
it Alright would require discerning scru
tiny Of the subjects heart, and then what
a revelation would be the restoration of
its images!
Science has limits fixed, beyond which
it can not 60 The unknown is a blessing
after all
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SHIPPING NOTES.

The schooner Manuokawai yesterday received
q new mainmast.
The steamer waimanaio yesterday brought 500
bags sugar from WamanalO.
The boat of the steamer Mokoni that was
smashed up at NIolokai, is being repaired by Mr.,
Lyle at the marine railway.
The steam scow is employed in conveying sugar
from the Pacific Mail Steamship Company's wharf
to the ship Imperator.
The Norwegian ship Imperator was moved yes
terday from the Pacific Mall Steamship Com
pany's wharf out in the stream, where she viii be
reprinted
The schooner Emma arrived yesterday from
oIowalu, Maui, with 1915 bags sugar, and trans
ierred it into the Alameda. She win sail to-day
for Waianae, Oahu.
The American whale bark Europa sailed yes
terday. with her oil stin on board, for cruise in
the Japan Sea from thence she will proceed to
the Arctic. She took provisions from this port.
The German steamer Raiatea, the first Of a line
OF five vessels TO run regularly between san
Francisco and Tahiti, arrived at the former port
en- the 18th Instant, 1919 days from Tahiti. she
had Is, 200 oranges, % GOO cocoanuts and lo'
cases dessicated cocoanuts as cargo. The oranges
were the first of the season, and are quoted at
1892 so per box.
The barkentine W. II. Dimond cleared from the
port of san Francisco the 18th instant for
Honolulu, with the following cargo: so barrels
-four, Iss hogs. 21s pounds butter, $4,000 bricks,
25,27I pounds sugar, 100 barrels cement, 100 bar
reIs lime, $50 bales hay, rs barrels and 20 half bar
reIs salmon, $50 sacks bran, 1900 pounds lard $50
gallons gasoline, 1900 pounds bone meal, As CEN
tails OATS ss5 centals barley, ETC., valued $685..
The American brigantine Claus Spreckels, Cap
ain w. P. Drew, arrived last evening, Is days
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p.The officers Of the Hawaiian Agricultural
Society will hold a meeting this evening at
the British Club.
''Rosedale" was performed at the Music
Hall last evening by the San Francisco ORA
matte Company before a fair sized audience.
Mr.. Morgan, auctioueer for E. P. Adams,
sold yesterday the balance of the tobacco
stock left behind by the absconder Woods,
in Campbells block, the lot realizing $50.
Mr.. c. E. Williams bought the stock, book
accounts, etc., of the bankrupt Kennedy
estate Hawaiian Bazaar on Wednesday for
S., 0O5.
Early last evening the sky looked very
threatening, the clouds lying low and heavy.
A little later heavy shower fell, and about
O'Clock another smart sprinkle drove every
body indoors.
The bark Augusta, which was wrecked in
the Straits of Fuca, while under the Ha-
waiian flag has been repaired and put under
the American flag, being renamed the Julia
Foard. She sailed from Port Townsend for
San Francisco on the first of the present
month.
Mr.. Henry Davis, agent of the California
Produce and Provision Company, sent to
the ADVERTISER Office yesterday a box con-
tanning fine cherries, nice apples, well
grown pie plant stalks, and tender aspara-
gus. The gift was fully appreciated and
quickly disposed of.
This evening Messrs. Lyons d Levey will
sell some very handsome fancy goods, pOrce-
lains, fans, ETC., by order Of Messrs. G. W.
Macfarlane & Co. The sale will be held in
CampbelPs lower block, Fort street, lately
occupied by Mr.. S. Mott. The goods will be
open for inspection to-day.
Messrs. Unger and Higgins had match
yesterday at rife shooting, distance 500
yards. The scores stood Higgins-42, 43,
40, AZ and A; total, 211. lingerie, A.
Al, 40 and A; total, 2O7-Out of a possible
$50. During Mr.. Unger's shooting there
was heavy, puffy winds.
gang of prisoners were employed yes
and Alakea streets. This work is rendering
the streets somewhat passable. 1t should
be kept up and enlarged. The taxpayers
support the prisoners, and their labor
should be utilized to the utmost.
A sociable was given on board the Morning
Star last evening by the friends of missionary
EFFORT 1t was very pleasant affair, and in
spitc-o the heavy rain was well attended. Ice
cream and cake were provided, and all en-
joyed themselves so much that it de-
cided to hold the annual meeting of the
Mission Children's Society OH board the
vessel to morrow.
The weekly edition of the London Times
of March 26th, in its telegraphic news from
the United States, says: Secretary Bayard
states that no Consuls abroad will be re-
moved except for cause assigned. This
policy creates disgust among the office
seekers, but pleases the public"
The ice cream parlors of Messrs. Meller
i Halbe on King street are very handsomely
fitted up. The ceiling of the room has been
prettily frescoed, the floor fitted with
handsome oil cloth, and number of easy,
round tables set ready for their opening on
Saturday next. The ice cream they furnish
is simply delicious, aud their sherberts very
cool and refreshing.
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Flashing Fire from His soarf-Pin,

A lively young man with a red mus
tache entered a Nassau street eating
house and took a seat. He wore a blac K
neck scarf, in which was thrust an odd
looking pin A pretty waiter girl came
up, and while brushing away the crumbs
from behind the guest asked for his order.
You may bring me some Boston
baked"
The young woman did not hear the
conclusion of the sentence, for a brilliant
light flashed from the odd scarf pin, and
frightened her so much that ohe nearly
tainted. The young man glanced up
with a look of mild surprise. and said:
Are you faint?"
The waitress hurried off to the kitchen.
The head of the house, a man whose
scanty gray hair and full beard are well
known to those who attend the uptown
temperance meetings on Sunday after
moons, then next approached He put
the pepper bottle back in the castor,
picked up a doughnut from the floor and
was about to make an observation upon
the superiority of his squash pies, when
fire again flashed from the young mans
scarf pin.
your necktie?" he suffered, looking at
the young man in a startled manner. 1t
was on fire Just now.
so, | guess that's all right, murmured
the Ia TT, with a smile ANY trouble
with it now?"
mo, can't see that there is. but"
The fire again became luminous and
shone with brilliancy never equaled by
any diamond. Its an electric light on
a small scale. said the young man. Il
have little battery in my pocket. By
pressing button a current of electricity
is conducted to the pin, which contains a
small piece of carbonized bamboo, and the
light is produced Big thing, isn't it?"
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Mrs. Gaines 200 Pounds of Manuscript.


Washington Cor. indianapolis Journal
THE death of NIyra Clark Gaines leaves
some of her heirs with that piece of prop
erty. said one of the clerks of
the United States supreme court,
pointing to an enormous book which
lay on the floor THAT is the
transcript in the case of The City of New
Orleans, Appellant agt. Myra Clark
Gaines, Appellee The book contains
10000 pages of manuscript, each
page considerably larger than sheet of
legal cap, and the whole mass is so bulky
that no one man can handle it.
"What does it weight"
Something over 200 pounds. You see,
it STANDS more than two feet from the
floor, and as the sheets are connected only
by the binding in the back, it is almost
an impossibility to get "a hold on it. "
"Have there been many trials?"
when it was first brought here there
were several Some of the lawyers have
a standing offer of So and a bottle of wine
to the man that will shoulder the book
without tying it together. One colored
messenger made the attempt and had half
succeeded when the slipping paper slid
away and he sprawled on the floor. No
one has yet claimed the prize. "
what are you going to do with the
papers!"
They were to have been printed, but
as that will cost upward Of 80, 900, no
one. seems anxious to advance the funds,
and there they lie. F"
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san francisco. $ Park.
TChicago Herald

If What VII thew term Their Golden Date nsrI,
of over 1000 acres. OF all the great
parks of the world, they assert that there
is none so picturesque and none having 50
many resources for variety Of arbOricul-
ture Nearly all semi tropical trees will
thrive in it. For ten years the work Of
tree planting has been going on, and tho
park is rapidly becoming a most attract
i've spot One of the best features of the
place is the ocean view, the park being To-
Gated on the shore of the bay. with a
driveway along the beach
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Co numerical.

The San Francisco Herald Of Trade, of April
18th, has the following remarks on sugar: " The
local and territorial demand for refnes is only
moderate, spectators being free sellers. In New
York raws steady and active. Crushed re-
fines sell there at Ga to 7-16c.; granulated at
l5-16c., and Standard A at &c. A sale OF 500
hogsheads Cienfuegos CCuba), 81 degrees polariza-
ton, is reported at 5-1Gc.
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Skating Rink Polka.

AS finale to the concert to be given at
Emma Square this afternoon, the band will
play the Skating Rink Polka" composed
by Professor Berger. The score of this
piece is quite elaborate. The fascinating
warnings of the Washers will be given by
the flute. The eight clarionets will imita tie
the skaters, whose giddy whirl will be de-
picted by the five comets. The four altos
will run a thread of melody through the
maze of sound, giving a graphic idea of the
quiet firtations being carried on by the
skaters. The two baritones will fOrcibly
bring to mind the warning voices of the
attendants trying to keep the track clear of
spectators. Their responses and remons-
frances at being crowded back will be illus
trated by the three trombones, and the COM
bined roar of voices cheering and skates
rolling will be given by the two BASES of
the band. The small drums will give the
peculiar rattle and grind of the skates as
they sweep around the short curves, and the
big bass drum will come into play often TO
illustrate the frequent meeting of the rink
floor and the skaters bodies.
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FOREIGN VESSELS IN PORT.

Steamship Alameda tAm), H Morse, from
san Francisco
Am Missionary steam-bktne Morning Star, 1.
Bray, from Boston
Nor ship ImperatOr, NJ c Hole, from Liverpool
Brig Allie Rowe, J Ii holland
Bgtne Claus Spreckels CAm) Drew, from San
Francisco
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from San Francisco. She reports having had
light head winds the entire passage. She brings
a general cargo, including % gasoline tanks. The
tug Eleu met her of Kawa.hoa, beyond Diamond
Head, at $50 p. m, ana towed her into port. she
Is consigned to Messrs. W. G. Irwin & Co., and
is locked near the Oceanic Steamship Company
wharf.
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FArkanSaw Traveller.

a man never knows" says a Boston
writer. when an idea is going to strike
him Of its arrival he has no intellectual
premonition. That's fact. and the ma
iority of men never know that an idea has
Struck them. Probably it is because they
are so unaccustomed to the habits of an
idea that they don't know when it has ar
1.iveI
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vessels Leaving This Day.

stmr Iwalani, Freeman, fer Hamakua, at pm
Stmr James Makee, Weir, for Kiauea ant
HanaIc Kauai via Waanac and WaAIua, a
a. IN.
stmr WainanaIo, Nelson, for Waimanalo
Schr Emma, for WaiHnae
Schr Walehu, for Waimea, Kauai
Schr Kawailani, for KOOlau
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DEPARTURES.

THURSDAY, April %.
Stmr MokOlii, McGregOr, for MOlOkai, at p. M.
Whale bark Europa (Am), Baker. for Japan
Sea
Schr LiholihO, for Hamakua
Schr Mile Morris, for BIoIokai
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CuDreme Court of the Hawaiian
- Isiands.-In the matter of the Bankruptcy of
]. H. BRUINS, JR.-Before MI Justice McCuly.
J. H. Bruins, Jr., doing business in Honolulu,
Island of Oahu having this day been adiudicated
bankrupt his petition, 1t is hereby or
dered that all creditors OF said bankrupt come in
and prove their claims before me- at my Cham
bers, in Honolulu, on WEDNESDAY, APRIL
29th, at 10 o'clock A. NJ.
And it is further ordered that, upon said day
assignee, assignees, of said bankrupt estate,
and that notice hereof be published in the DAILY
p. c. ADVERTISER and Daily Bulletin newspapers,
from the 22d to the 29th Of April, and in the Ha-
waiian Gazette OF April 29th.
Dated Honolulu, April 81, 1885
LAWRENCE MCCULLY,
Justice Supreme Court.
Attest: HENRY SMITH, Deputy Clerk.
gO-ap30
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Notice of Copyright.

Be it remembered that on the 18th day of April,
\. d. 1855, THE PACIFIC COMMERCIAL ADJ
NERIISER COMPANY of HoEolulu, Island of
OAHU In accordance with section of ''An Act to
encourage learning in this Kingdom by securing
the copies of charts and books to the authors and
proprietors OF such copies, approved on the 3lst
OF December, y. D. 1864" have deposited in this
oHce the title OF their book, entitled 1.-THE
HAWAIIAN LIVE STOCK BOOK AND REG
LISTER, containing the names, ages, pedlgrees
ana other particulars concerning foreign and do
nestle (nauve) live stock within the Hawaiian
Kingdom, compiled from information given by
owners the rights Of which they claim as owners
and prOprietOrs.
IN testimony whereof, have hereuntO set my
hand and caused the seal OF the Interior Depart
lnent to be affixed at Honolulu this 10th day Of
April, a. D. 1883.
tStgned) CHAS. T. GULICK,
ap2l I'm DIV Minister Of Interior.
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PORT OF HONOLULU. IL. /.


THURSDAY, April %.
Stmr waimanalo, Nelson, from Waimanalo
Bgtne Claus Spreckels (Am), Drew, % days
from San Francisco
Schr Waiehu from Hanapepe
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PASSENGERS.

From san Francisco, per bgtne Claus Spreckels,
April 23-Mrs Lydgate and Mr. Murray.
o. DEPARTURES.
For Molokai and Lanai, per Mokoli April 90
Mrs Alapai and daughter, Mrs KahaikupuDa, Hiel
KRpu, and SO on deck.
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. dreYtts

OFFICE OF
J. 3. WISE NJ AN.
ESTABLISHED IN 1879.
DEPARTMENTS.
EMPLOYMENT AGENT. LIFE INSURANCE. AGENT,
FIRE INSURANCE AGENT, RAILROAD AGENT,
ADVERTISING AGENT, AND GENERAL
BUSINESS AGENT. ALSO, CUSTOM
HOUSE BROKER MONET BROKER
AND HOUSE BROKER.
CampbeIE's Fireproot Building,
% MERCHANT STREET
F +: 3! BSR s i5e' Honolulu Il. |.
wIsEMAN Buys and Sells Real Estate
WISEMAN Leases and Rents Property of all
kinds.
wIsEMAN Collects Rents. Pays and Discharges.
Takes assurances, and attends
generally TO Property Owners
interests.
wIsEMAN Is the only recognized Passenger
Agent for the noted Chicago,
Burlington aid Quincy Route.
WISEMAN Attends to custom House Business;
Enters Goods, Discharges Freight
and Duty Bills, and Delivers
same.
wIsEMAN Finds Employment for all seeking
work on the Islands.
WISENAN Attends to Books and Accounts; the
Distribution of Quarterly Bills
and collects the same.
wIsEMAN Loans Money good Real Estate
Security.
wISEAIAN Insures your Life and protects you
in Losses by Fire in the best
Companies in the World
WISEMAN Is known TO be the ONLY Standing
General Business Agent on the
Hawaiian Islands
wIsENIAN Answers all Correspondence of every
Business nature.
WISEMAN Receives orders of every description
from the Various Islands, and
attends to Shipments Promptly.
WIS r AiANI'S Office is conducted on Sound Busi-
ness Principles, and all Patrons
find him Energetic and Attentive
TO their business wants.
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advertisements.
G. W. Macfarlane 4 Co.,
AGENTS FOR
NIirrlees, Watson 81 Co., Glasgow,
AND
John Fowler 81 Co., Leeds,

John Fowler 81 Co., Leeds,
ave on hand. for immediate delivery
ONE TRIPLE EFFECT-6 pans 3435 square feet of heat
ing surface, with pumping engine complete.
DOUBLE EFFECT-6 pans, $3.50 feet of hea
ing surface, with pumping engine complete
Iron staging for either of the above apparatus
ONE 26x54 MILL, with gearing carriers
complete; 26x54 roller.
SPARE PINIONS, wheels and segments 20 inch mills
ONE PAIR OF COMPOUND BOILERS 6x196 feeta and 15s
feet complete mountings spare boiler tubes.
ONE % INCH GAUGE LOCOMOTIVE, 6 inch cylinders.
PERMANENT AND PORTABLE RAILROADS, 10 and ID pound
rails.
WESTON CENTRIFUGALS single and of and four
Mirre improved of mixer
and framing Spare pnde bushes puys etc. for cenuga
tga Innings rubber buffers Hva betting carrying rubber
bands.
IRON CANE CARS.
BOOZE CANE CARS.
TIPPING WAGONS for excavating and road making.
PLANTERS studying economy should inspect the Glasgow Filter
Presses, Cane-top and Drilling Machines
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Advertise in the WEEKLY p. C. ADVERTISER
if you wish to sell your wares to advantage.
1t is more generally read than any other
weekly paper published in the Kingdom,
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japanese Immigration.

The employers Of japanese immigrants, intro
duced under the auspices Of the Bureau of Iulmi
grafton, are respectfully reminded Of the obuga
ton on their part to pay to the Japanese COnsu
in Honolulu, from month to month, twenty-five
per centum rs per cent Of the wages named IL
the contract Of each employer.
This is one Of the stipuIations contained ia tbs
labor contracts, and its nOn-observance in any
case would render the contract liable to cancelIa
ton. CHAS. T. GULICR,
Minister Of Interior and Pres. BID Of Immig'n.
Interior Office, April 81, 1885. ssap24&w3I
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Phases Of the Moon During April,
1855.
D. H. M
New Moon .......... ............. 81 As P. NJ.
The Rising and Setting Of the sun.
The rises tomorrow morning at 5:36 O'Clock.
The this evening ut 6:2l O'Clock.
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BY AUTHORITY.

All persons are hereby forbidden TO battle In
the pool at Kapena Fails in Nuuanu Valley, or
in any way to defle the water supplying the
same, or 20 trespass on the adjacent grounds.
Any person disregsrding this notice will be
prosecuted TO the full extent Of the law.
CHAS. B. WILSON,
Superintendent Water Works.
Office Honolulu Water Works, March IS, 1885.
Approved: CHA5. T. GULICK,
mr25-l3-ln nd&w Minister Of Interior.
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G. W. Macfarlane 4 Go.
Also offer for sale


Clarife Tipping Cooler Wagons Grab Winches
Bourbon Pressure
Bolts Portable Track Springs Railroad Spikes Plate
Spares Rail Bnde Rail longs Files
they Sacharomeers
Thermometers imported specially boiling house
Also, to a few samples of Iron Fence Railing.
machinery onwor application
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HOUSES AND
HOMESTEADS.

MIR. B. F. DILLINGHAM; has instructed me to
offer for Private Sale portion of his Splendid
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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

1.-The officers of the Hawaiian Agricultural
Society will hold meeting this evening at
the British Club.