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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-27
HOW HE FOUND THE ERROR.
A Book-Keeper's Strange Experience on q
Sunday Morning.

Book-Keeper's Strange Experience on a
Sunday Morning.
New York Tribune.
The head book-keeper of one of the largest
sewing machine manufacturing companies i'm
this city refuses to believe in occult philosophy.
and is unable to account for an experience that
he had some time ago. 'In balancing my books
he said yesterday "there appeared an error of SIS,
insignificant enough in itself but, to a book
Having five assistants I set one Of
them at work to find the mistake.
He failed to discover it, and after three days
put another man on its track, then third.
fourth and at last, after week, a fifth.
They were all capable men and searched dill
gently for the missing So, but were unable to
find it. They worked together all the iext week.
but accomplished nothing. The figures stood as
before, S. out of balance and then set to work
books, but still discovered no change. The mat
ter began to annoy me exceedingly, for never
before had known such an experience
For whole week the six of us toiled IN vain.
could not sleep for thinking of the error, which
now seemed as big as mountain on my shout
ders. did not enjoy my meals. and when Sat
urday night came | was miserable and utterly
broken down in body and mind. My employers
insisted upon nay dropping the matter. 1t was
too SMALL they said, to worry over. But I
thought differently. My reputation was at
stake
ION the third Sunday after the search was
begun. got up late, after sleepless night. and
started out walking for exercise. My mind was
on my books, and I paid no attention to the
direction took. My surprise, therefore. was
genuine, when I found myself at the
door Of the company's Office in Union
square, for / certainly had not intended
to go there Mechanically l put my hand
in my pocket. drew out the key, opened
the door and went in. AS if in a
dream l walked directly to the Office, where
turned the combination and unlocked the safe
There were the books, dozen of them in row.
did not consider for one moment which to pick
up. 1t was no act of vohtion on my part that
my hand moved toward certain one and drew
it from the safe. Placing it on the desk,
l opened it, my eye ran along the
column of figures, and there before me, plain as
day, was the missing S.. / made note of the
page, put the book back into the safe and went
home. 1t was then noon. 1 lay down and fell
into a deep sleep, from which l did
not awake until Q o'clock on Monday
morning. After a hearty breakfast 1 hast
ened to the Office, feeling like new man.
1t seemed as if burden had failed from me
and was walking on air. But when / reached
the door drew back. Had | been dreaminge
No. There was the memorandum in my hand.
Tremblingly / opened the book, and. sure
enough. there the error never told how L
found it. did not want to be laughed at, and
then was never certain that was not dream
ing on that Sunday morning"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-27
gone out There was not spark smoldering

anywhere.
81 went up to adjust the loss. and was never
more interested in case than in that After
thorough examination developed this theory:
Back of the mantel was big oak beam, on
which the bricks OF the chimney rested. The
back of the beam was flush with the fiue of the
chimney, and years of use had slowly charred
it. On the DAY before the fire the farmer had
killed hogs, and used the old fire place to heat
the scalding water, and consequently an unusu.
ally large fire was made. The beam caught fire,
and in the night the fire worked through to the
mantel, which readily blazed. and burning
brands from the mantel dropped to the
floor and set that on fire. So much for
the cause of the conhagration. The hard
question remained Why had the fire gone out
when it was feeding on such well-seasoned mate
riall Here's my answer: Before going to bed the
night before the fire, the farmers wife drew close
to the fireplace. in which the fire we'll COW
ered. al old cherry table. and on it placed large
crock of cream in order that the heat might
hasten its souring before IT was churned. The
fire caught in the legs of the table, burned them
off, the crock fell, the cream ran over the floor
like oil and smothered the fire as though a
blanket had fallen on it. The cream was sour,
and the fumes and steam that arose put out the
burning manteL I don't know that chemistry
will bear out in the latter part Of my theory.
but guess it will
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-27
A Deputy Queen.
Maryland Journal.

MaryIanu JOuFNdI.
It is queer thing to think of in connection,
but an American woman has had the honor of
representing Queen Victoria, acting as Deputy
Queen and none other than Maryland woman
Miss Cation as the Warehouses of Wellesley.
whose husband was at one time LORD
Lieutenant of Ireland. His wife, by virtue of
that station, was a semi-representative of her
sovereign at that time, and had also been lady
in waiting to Queen Adelaide. 1t will be recol-
lected that the Cations are q connection of the
MacTavsh family, who own considerable land
in the First district of Baltimore county. And
it is from this same family that the village of
Gainesville takes it name.
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A Curious Fact in Rockland County that Will
Interest Insurance Men.
New York Sun.

New York Sun.
Fires that have Threatened the destruction
Of life and property are often extin guished &C
cdentally,n said Mr.. John r. Oakley, we'll
known insurance adjuster OF this city; but the
strangest incident of the kind have ever heard
of was one with which had to do professionally
Up in Rockland county is an old wooden
farm house. The kitchen part is certainly
100 years old. In tho kitchen is a
Over this fireplace was wooden manteI The
mantel was, of course, dry chip; was
the floor in front Of the fireplace The other
morning when the farmer went down into the
kitchen TO build the build the fire as usual. he
nearly fell into q black chasm in front of the
fireplace When he recovered from his surprise
he found that the mantelpieee was half burned
away that the floor in front Of the fireplace had
been burned, and that the sleepers on which the
floor rested had been burned nearly in two.
Most astonishing OF all. the fire had entirely
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-27
PEDANTIC SPELLING.
Protest Against the Refinements Intro
duced by Classical Specialists.


duced by Classical Specialists.
Saturday Review.
We are being overrun by the follies of special
lists in the spelling Of proper names When spe-
ciaists write for specialists let them spell proper
names as they please. Let them call the Koran
the Cur An. by all means This license applies
both to books and reviews, and other articles
which, like most essays on Oriental literature,
and philosophy, and religion, are written for
specialists by specialists. But in literature, in
bellies lettres, let us keep the speech our fathers
bequeathed to Let Juggernaut remain
Jaganatn roll his wheels over the bodies
of philologists. Let Haroun al Rashcid abide as
our childhood knew him. and never may Kong
fu-izi usurp the place of Confucius as familiar to
DR.. johnson. A sort of pedants began this new
craze with their Oulumpos TO Mr.. Gladstone!)-
and if they don't like Olympus they can Oulump
it. But we cling in English literature to Olympus
and only speak of Oulunpia when in the very
dullest company AS to "Aiskhulos, away with
him; he never fought the Mede nor wrote the
"Eumenides.p These were the deeds OF old
Eschylus. Who could recognize the
in 'Gedeful She is good enough
for professors of prehistoric English as she
is spoke at Oxford. OF coure, there is difficult
ty Are we to call Homer's hero Ulyssesl 1t is
hard to do So for Ulysses was such very differ
emit man from Odysseus. Even TO that would
we descend sooner than call Godiva "Gedgifun
(outside Of an article in an AngloSaxo review
or juggernaut Jaganath. Aud yet ID is hard, and
it Is hard to DO obliged, by the same kind Of
pedantry turned inside out, to call Zeus "Jupi-
ter" and Hera Juno They are such very DIFF
ferent persons. just as Neptune is one god and
Position quite another. A certain liberty to go
as you please must DO permitted in these mat
tiers. To deny it would be to fall back again on
the other side into the manner OF 'Ouida" aud
Lesonte dc Lisle a.
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out: Come we haint got notn' ter do wild dem
sernaders"
go on wild de music" cried Pete and the bane
10 tinkled to the song:
In ole viginny, wher' was bon,
Dey eat pa ched peas n hominv con;
NE foas young; folks. ella de kitchen,
Ole folks, young folks, ella de kitchen.
Ole Ngnny nevah ti-ah"
and the unwearied dancers began an intricate
measure of turnings and twistings; stamping
and shuffling till the rafters Of the old quarter
kitchen bled in unison.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-27
Little Women.

In precious little stone
What a splendor meets the eyes!
In a little lump of sugar
How much of sweetness lies.
So in little Woman
Love grows and fnultipiies.
You reeollect the proverb says:
"a word unto the wise"
A peppercorn is very small
But seasons every dinner,
More than all other condiment
Although It's sprinkled thinner;
just so little Woman is
If love will let you win her,
There's not Joy in all the world
You will not find nithiR her.
And rs within the little rose
You find the richest dyes
And in little grain of gold
Much price and value lies;
AS from little balsam
Much odor doth arise;-
So in little Woman there's
A taste of Paradise.
The skylark and the nightingale.
Though small and light Of wing,
Yet MARBLE sweeter in the grove
Than all the birds that sing.
And SO a little Woman,
Though very little thing.
Is sweeter far than sugar
And flowers that bloom in spring.
rom the Spanish OF the Poet Priest, Juan Ruis,
tia.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-27
Where Cremation Failed.
Harper's Bazaar.

HdTVUI DUEdT
A recent lesson in the Sabbath school was on
the death Of Elisha and when one of the scholars
came to the clause, "they buried him." the
teacher asked "Why did they not cremats hime
DO YOU think there Is any encouragement in the
Bible for cremation" ''Ne encouragement what
ever, was the reply They tried it on the three
that were east into the fiery furnace. and didn't
make 1t work.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-27
Cherokee Roses.

With stars of gold, in cups Of snow,
They bloom along the twisted vine;
Like angels censers in row,
With stars of gold, in cups of snow,
On wreathing arches high they grow;
Or, swinging from the dusky pine,
With stars of gold, in cups eff snow,
They bloom along the twisted vine
Southern Biyouac
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-01-03
The Late MIR. F. marriott.

The December number of the San Fran
cisco NeSs Letter contains an announce
nent of the death, on Dec. 10Th, 1884, OF
its founder, F. Marriott.
The late Mr.. Marriott was born in Enfield.
near London, England, July 10th, 1905, and
was, therefore, over 70 years of age at the
time of his death. Mr.. Marriot's first en-
ployment in life was in the service of the
Civil Department of the e. I. Co. He early
1rifted into journalism, and, coming to
California in 1849, he engaged in business as
a money broker. de was successful in this
enterprise, but in 1856 went back to jour-
aalism and founded the Netss Letter, which
ne made success from the start. Mr.. Mar
riot was long and prominently connected
with the problem of aerial navigation, and
made some valuable improvements in the
art of navigating the air.
Mr.. Marriott was a man of pleasing ad-
dress, and we'll known on these islands,
where he was much esteemed. For some
three years passed the deceased was not
actively engaged in business, and for some
time past helpless invalid. ellis end was
peaceful. He passed away to the great IN
known land, which lies beyond the shadow
of the tomb, in his sleep, like an infant
resting on its mothers BOSOM"
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+" The wasp

The Christmas number of the San Fran
cisco Wasp was received by the zealandia
on New Years morning, and it is fully up to
the promise made in the notices that have
been made Of its publication. Its ilIustra-
tons aresgood that CT balcony scene, by
Jules Tavernier, where two fair ladies are
seen absorbed in the Christmas Wasp, being
especially we'll drawn and colored. Christ
mas in Sunshine and shadow" is an
effective double-page drawing, showing in
sharp contrast the bright and dark side of
the holiday season. Christmas Follies
is another full-page sketch by Backhaus,
Santa Claus overloaded with caricatures,
ploughing his bicycular way through the
snow. On the back of the cover is very
handsomely advertisement of the
o. S. S. Company, giving three views.
The picture of the Burning Lake of
Kila uea. Hawaii" by Tavernier, is a very
elaborate and striking sketch, in many
colors, Of that active crater. The artist has
very happily caught the gloomy shadows, as
we'll as the brilliant lights, of tine scene,
and, as 81 more or less ideal picture, this is
q decided success. The entire edition Of the
Wasp was exhausted by the time the Zea-
landia left, which must have been gratifying
to the publishers, if rather Disappointing to
those who have failed to secure a copy.
However. second edition was in course of
preparation when the Zealandia left, and
will be down by the next steamer.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

Every failure is step to success; every
detection of what is false directs ur to-
ward what is true; every trial exhausts
some tempting form of error. Not only
so, but scarcely any attempt is entirely 8
failure scarsely any theory, the result OF
steady thought, is altogether false; nc
tempting form of error is without some
latent charm derived from truth
WheWeU.
"Doctor, want to thank you for your
great patent medicine att helped you,
did it 2" asked the doctor, very much
pleased. at helped me wonderfully
How many bottles did you find it neces-
sary to take ~ sob, didn't take any
of it. Ny uncle took one bottle, and
am his sole heir
Pine woodwork, brushed two or three
times with strong, boiling solution o
Iogwood chips, and then vanished with {;
solution of shellac in alcohol, appears
almost like mahogany, both in color ano
hardness. After the staining, it shoul
have two coats Of varnish then CAREFUL!
saadpaper and polish, and give a fna
coat of shellac varnish.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-01-03
Police Court.
BEFORE goLIeE-Jusr1oE BIoKERrox.
FRIDAY. Jan. 2.

FRIDAY, Jan. 2.
As might be expected, the I'd of January
brought with it, aided by the police, quite
number of more or less repentant victims
to too much drink the day previous. Twelve
persons confessed to having been drunk,
and, in the aggregate, paid $72 into the
Court.
Mr.. C. Gray, who. two days previous had
assaulted Mr.. Kung, paid for so doing fine
of 81, costs to the amount OF $500, and a
fee to his lawyer.
John Kio was found guilty Of stealing
some Government property valued at less
than S10b aIA was sent on to the reef TO
work fer year a>d to pay ane OF S25.
Kawika, for assansHng hinamen, had
to pay 5000.
Waipuilsni disturbed the peace on New
Years night. He had been making an out
rageous racket, and was fined $3.50, includ-
ing costs. He appealed his case to the su-
preme Court.
Two or thIee others were up before His
Honor for making disturbance, and were
rem anded.
Kaluns. who is charged with stealing
coin from the Tax Collectors Office, was re-
manded uutil moved on by the prosecution.
Keola is accused Of stealing gun. He
was found guilty, and sentenced to hard
labor for one year and to pay fine of $40.
He noted an appeal.
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BY AUTHORITY.
POUND NOTICE,
1nterior Departmear.

sealed proposals will be received at the oNce Of
efe Minister OF the interior until IL o'clock :.SoG
en- Saturday. the 2stn day Of February. 1881, for
ne construction Of the works herein named.
FlA1s and specifications may be examined at the
oaics OF the Minister and after the 9th day Of
February, iSes.
The WORKS to he constructed are
ktrst-The basin OF the Storage Reservoir, i.e..
reuAoving all trees and other vegetable growths,
aud excsvating and removing all earth and rock
Within the Indicated lines.
secOnd-Baildug a dam of hrst-.lSss rubbie
Inasoury laid III full beds of hydraulic cement.
Third-Laying the line of fifteen and twelve inch
papes and setting gatss between the storage
v04r and that Of distribution, and from the latter
% the point Of connection with the pipe system of
TIE city. NOte-Thla work may be divided and
iet In two or three sections.
FOurth-COnstructing the distributing reservoir
consisting Of an excavation lined with hydraulic
cesaeat, concrete or crick-work laid In full
hydrautC cement beds and joints the crosswall
aHd bays to he similarly Constructed an tho mole
rooted over.
All proposals must bs endorsed "Prcpoials for
(doing the particular work for which ia. bid is
1lsdo).
bond must be executed 10y the contractor
with Two "a approved sareties con tionsd upon
ttis fatthtst performance OF the contract
The Minister reserves the rlyh. 10 reIec. chs
lowest or any bid.
Bids MAJ o. 'asdc f5r ali ,lc a1oy. ia one
coSt<acs-
usIAs. L. GULICK,
Minister OF Interior.
Ister!ot Office. Dec "a, 1854. wj.o-3I7 fe7
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-01-03
New II ears nay Sports.

The first day Of January, 1885, was cele-
brated here in Honolulu in variety of
ways. The longest programme was that of
the athletic sports on the Makiki Reserve.
This embraced number of events for which
prizes were offered. and which we're won by
the following named persons: 1870 yard
race. G. D. Baldwin; round dozen. starting.
Ono milo race by Portuguese boy. who
kept the lead from the start. The bicycle
race was won by W. Peterson. The 200
yard race over hurdles, won by J Moffatt.
Johnnie Wright picked up more stones and
lid it quicker than any one else and won
the prize. The tripedal race, which excited
much laughter, was won by Messrs. A.
Baldwin and E. Hart. A 5 mile bicycle
;gcer was reduced to / mile, and was won by
Mr.. johnson. Mr.. C. Cannon made miles,
1880 yards and 2 feet las near as may be)
in half an hour, winning the prize. He
night have made full four miles, but his
competitors abandoned the track one after
ilIe other. There was another race at the
Park in the morning between j. Brown q nj
y. Gannon 1.-THE winner of the half-hour
race at Makiki) he being victorious also at
tho park, Brown dropping out in conse+
iuence of illness. The promised horse race
lid not come of, ''Consuelo" being lame.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-01-03
"The news Letter.

The San Francisco Netrs Letter has also
issued its number for the Christmas holi-
days, giving very fully illustrated paper.
There are number Of interesting short
stories contained in the number, and the
whole get up Of the page is good With this
copy is given large engraving Of Rosen-
thaIs' "Trial Of Constance Beverly" which
gives a good idea OF the composition of the
painting.
While the engrayings and cclored plates
la this copy Of the Meas Letter are generally
praiseworthy, criticism upon the female
figure on the back OF the cover ia reserved
until the publisher describes to what class
she belongs. Il to one, the getup and ex-
press.orl Of She figure is admirable, if 10 The
othar, it is libSiloGs.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-01-03
vessels Ezpeesed fro,u Foreisn Ports

Steamship Aariposa, II NJ II hayward. from San
Francisco due dan
steAmsnip Australia CHEST, from the Colonies ,
due Jan IL
c9sco due Dec ~
Steamship Mount Lebanon. D Maxwell, from
Hon9kong, via Yokohama, now due
Ger bark Metsor, C1assen, from Bremen, due
tune IS
Brit ship DAcca, Perry. fron London. via Lis
s1a AMI Madeira, d3e about December
BARK CEsase2 (BrtJ. from Liverpool
Brit blk Banca from Glasgow
Flaw stean-5ark Morning star, Bray, from Bos-
ten, tua Feb
Ana bktne William Phillips. from Honskong
ans Jan rs
BArk Mendoza. from New York, due Mar I20
Am esctae W II Dimoad, Houdlett from San
3rsncisco, due Dec 80
Am Rark Cai5arien, Hubbard from San Fran
cisco
Am bktne Ella, Howe, from san Francisco, due
Kan 10
Am hrgtue spreckeIs. Fries, from san
Francisco, due at Kahuui Jan 1915
An brgsne w @ Irwin. Turner, from San FRAN
CISCO due ian Is
Am schr RosaIind. frsm Humboldt due Jan 10
Am blk csylon, Barstow, from HnngkonS, due
FEB 20
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Yesterday, January and, Her Majesty. she
Queen Dowager Emma held reception at
her town residence, corner of Beret&nia and
Nuusnu streets, the occasion being the ami
versary OF Her Maiesty's Birthday. very
large number of natives, as we'll as many
foreigners, paid their respects, and, until q
late hour, the grounds surrounding the
house were filled with the arriving and de-
parting callers. In common with very many.
Others, we wish Her Majesty many happy
returns Of the day.
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= CARTOON o., tn. piracy HOAX.

The Wasp of the 9th of December to ar
rive by The Maripesa, will contain very
amusing cartoon representing the San
Francisco Yacht Clubs getting under way
for the purpose of proceeding to the islands
to capture tfe flibusters whom they be-
iieved had rs.ided Honolulu.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-01-03
DEPARTURES.

THURsDAY, January 1.
ssesmssip ealaudia. webber. for the Colonies
FRIDAY. January >.
ssnr w q Hail, Bates. for MAaIaea, Kons and
Kan, at PM.
schr Mile Morris. for MoIokai aud I.anssl
sfchT WAIoH, for Walalua
Etchr KawaiIRn for KoOau
Schr Rob Roy, for Koolau
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YenEgGN WEISS G..s IN pOmE.

Hnw brig Hazard, Tierney, from Juluit
Am bktne Eureka, Lee, front san Francisco, via
Hshukona
Am bktne Discovery. Perriman, from SAa Fran
cisco
bark Bygdo. christensen. from Newcastle,
"
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PORT " HONOLULU. fl. +;
ARRIVALS.

THURSDAY. January 1.
Steamship zea,andiA, weboer, ia days from
San Francisco
stnr WAimsnalo. Christian. from waimanalO
FRIDAY, January ?.
starr g Il Bishop, Macauley fesm Kauai, via
WRlanae
3ehr Rob Roy, from Koolau
= schr POholkd, from Puma
schr Rob Roy from Koloa
Schr Walehu from Koloa
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DIED.

CLAHK-At waiaiua, Oahu, Dec 3lst, MAR IA
JEssRE infant doughter OF Rev. Abel and Caroline
Clark, aged years AID months
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PASSENGERS.
ARRIVALS.

From san Francisco, per zsalanda, Jan II
Levine, and IS Caiuese, and 81 in transit for the
Colonies
From Kauai, per & II Bishop. Norman Hubert,
DR. Herbert, Dover, Miss Hama Bray, and 20
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vessels LeavInx rhi. nay.

Hsmr { r Bishop, MacauLey, for Hauamaulu
XiiSaeA and HanaIes, Kauai via Waianae, Oahu,
~ I'm
B5mr wainAnalo, Christian, for Waimanalo
Bktne Eureka, Lee. for san Francisco
Schr Rainbow, for Koolau
8ohr Mar Z Foster, for Kulenihaele
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supreme Court.

The January term of the Supreme Court
opens on Monday next. The Hawaiian
Jurors are requested to be In attendance.