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The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-07-23
BISHOP & Co., BANKERS

Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands.
Draw Exchange on the
Bank Of California, -. II.
And their agents in
NEW YORK, BOSTON, HONG KONG.
Messrs. N. M. Rothschild & Son, London.
The Commercial Bank Co., of Sydney,
London,
The Commercial Bank Co., of Sydney,
Sydney.
The Bank of New Zealand: Auckland,
Christchurch, and Wellington.
The Bank of British Columbia, Vic.
toria, d. G. and Portland, Or.
AND
Transact a General Banking Business.
6G9 1y
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-31
Men Who Drag Carriages.

Trot, trot, trot, along the smooth,
sunny, but bamboo shaded high road, J
have a little leisure now to observe these
astonishing ricksnaw coolies. They wear
the enormous traditional mushroom
Chinese hat, suitable in case either OF
beating rain or fierce sun, under which
are'tucked their Manipulated pigtails-
for even coolie would feel himself dis
graced were he minus pigtail. They
are bare footed, bare-legged, bare-armed,
and wear just sufficient rags to save
themselves from the charge of indelicacy.
Their skins are sallow, their Mongolian
faces are pinchcd their stature is small,
their limbs seem attenuated and loosely
put together. And yet these demonical
looking wretches, to call whom "breth-
rem" is indeed heavy demand on our
charity, throw themselves forward into
the shafts and drag their carriages with
their passengers, who may be ten or may
be twenty stone, not at a walk or shuttle
or an ambie, but at good round trot OF
about six miles an hour. They neither
flag, pant nor pcrspire, but keep up this
pace for two or three miles at stretch.
Would not the most renowned Euro
pean athlete or pedestrian be but feeble
coney in comparison2 Moreover, these
coolies have to content themselves at the
end of their journey with five cents-a
cent is a fraction less than a half-pennv.
They exult if they receive ten cents, and
consider the donor an utter fool if he
gives them fifteen cents. - G0lRhlU Mug
oyiDs
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-31
The Age of Niagara Falls.

Mr.. Bakewell, an eminent English go.
ologist, gave personal attention TO the
problem as early as 1S40, and, from every
thing he could learn at that time, esti-
mated that the falls had receded about a
hundred and twenty feet in the forty
years preceding. He rccurred to the
problem again in 1916, 1851, 1856, and
was each time confirmed in the belief
that the apex of the horseshoe fall was
reccding, on an average three feet o
year. On the other hand, Sir Charles
Lyel, upon his first visit, in 184l, icon
ceived" upon what basis he docs not
tell us) that at the utmost the rate could
not be more than one foot year which
would give us thirty-five thousand years
as minimum time. But as it appears
the result of the recent survey is to con-
firm the estimate of Mr.. Bakewell, thus
bringing the period down to about seven
thousand years. Science
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-31
How Snakes Make Their Toilet.

1t seems rather funny TO speak OF
snakes as dressing and undressing; yel
this they certainly do quite as fully al
human beings, although it is true that
their wardrobe requires fewer and less
variety of articles than ours. After 8
long voyage, after seasons retirement
or Information, and on various other oc
casions, they find themselves in need Of
a new dress 10 replace their old and soiled
garment, and they Immediately proceed
to evolve one. They are very modest
creatures, never shedding their olo
clothes until they are fully clad in thei
new ones.
Prior to shining forth resplendent il
fresh attire, serpent seeks retirement
if possible. He becomes blind for a
few days, refuses food, and appears tG
be in a melancholy state generally Per
haps, like some human beings, he has
worked too hard on his new suit. When
all is completed and ready for exhibition
he begins at the lips to eXtricate himself
from the old dress, rubbing against
whatever may be in his way to expedite
the matter. The first part of the process
is apt to be rather tedious; but, as lie
progresses, he works more rapidly. When
he reaches the ribs, they assist the opera
ton, until finally the old skin is shed
entire, turned inside out, and Mr.. Snake
revels in his new suit.
His eyes, covered by perfectly trans
parent layer of cuticlc, are bright aud
beautiful. It is only while this cut cls
is forming over the eye that the serpeni
is blind. = G00d Cheer.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-31
takrs Of Solid Salt LIN AsIn-

lar-oilan means ''the sunkcn ground"
and no word can describe the general APP
pearance of the valley of these lakes.
The total length Of the valley from the
Kangruaii road on the west TO the Band.
i.Dozan, which bounds it on the east, is
about thirty miles, and its great breadth
about eleven miles, divided into two
parts by connecting ridge which runs
across from north to south, with an
average height Of about | 800 feet, but
has Il narrow, which rises TO some 400
feet above the general average. To the
west of this ridge lies the lake from
which the Tekkc Turcomans from Merv
get their salt. The valley of this lake is
some SIX miles square and is surrounded
on all sides by steep. almost precipi-
tous, descent, impossible for baggage
animals, so far as | am aware, except by
the Merv road, in the northeast corner.
The level of the lake made to be about
1,43O feet above sea level, which gives it
a descent of some 400 feet from the level
OF the connecting ridge, ard of some $50
feet below the gener-l plateau above.
The lake itself lies in the center of the
basin, and the supply of salt in it is ap.
parently unlimited.
The bed of the lake is one solid mass
OF hard salt, perfectly level, and covered
by only an inch or two of water. To
ride over it was like riding over ice or
cement. The bottom was covered with
a slight sediment, but when that was
scraped away the pure white salt shone
out below. How deep this deposit may
be it is impossible to say, for no one has
yet got to the bottom Of it. To the east
of the dividing ridge is the second lake,
from which the Saryke of Penjdeh
take their salt. The valley in which
this lake is situated is much the larger Of
the two. The valley proper is itself
some fifteen miles in length by about ten
miles in breadth. The descent to it is
precipitous on the north and west sides
only, the eastern and southeastern end
s,oping gradually up in a succession of
undulations. The level of this lake is
apparently lower than that of the other.
| made it out to be some eight hundred
feet above sea level. The salt IN this
lake is not so smooth as in the other,
and did not look so pure. 1t is dug out
in flakes, or strata, generally of some
four inches in thickness, is loaded into
bags, and carried off on camels for sale
without further preparation.-Sir Peter
LUmSQen.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-31
TO THE DANDELIOM.

Goldan Harbinger of summer
Thee we hail; thou latest conner
Welcome! Beauteous Dlndelion.
Rarer blossoms often fail us,
Bhghte1 ere their beauties hail us;
Care and toll may naught avail US,
Thee, we always can rely on.
In the field and meadow grasses
In the wilder mountain passes,
Bright as gems of far Orion;
Glisten, golden stars unnumbercd,
Which, through weary months have slum,
bered
Mid the grass by SHOWS encountered,
Welcome, beauteous Dandelionl
On grassy bank, with view unbounded,
By these fairy gems surrounded,
Gazing upward into Zion;
Dreamily, lie reclining,
Neither murrn ring nor repining,
Never mortal, life resigning,
Found more peaceful led to die on!
Ere thy blossoms numbered legion,
Thou dids't hail from fairer region
Fairy Messenger of Zion!
For wherever thou appearest,
Saddencd, burdened hearts thou cheerest;
Blossom to the child-heart dearest
Golden-petalled Dandelion!
-BrOOLLIJn Md0nziDe
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-31

and the captain struggled up the burn.
ing steps uf the pilot house, followed by
Foulan and Vicaire. They dragged the
colonel out through the iiames bore him
to the bank and applied restoratives. He
was less injured than might have beer
supposed, and at length opened hi;
eyes.
"Oh, Colonel Skerrettp cried Fou
Ion, with tears in his eyes. ''your pardon
yC! ! pardonl You are brave maa ans
a man of honor"
"The colonel, said Captain Pickering,
'can swim like an otter. He could
have crossed the creek hundred times
without stopping"
"Fists," sa d Major Marsh, "are nc
weapons, perhaps. Well, pistols are.
The colonel can knock the centre o,
five cent piece spun in the air at fifty
yards"
81 will never fight duel again, " mur
INJURED FoGlon.
"And never call one man re coward
for not fight OF re duel, said Yicaire
"Are oil the womGH safe2' asked th'
colonel. l.-Fredtrick ". Arery.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-31
Approaching EARTHQUAKES,

The earthquake shocks which were
felt last week over wide area in York
shire remind us that an authority on the
subject of those phenomena, NJ. Delau-
nay, of Paris, is of opinion that next
year will see the recurrence of upheavaIs
of the earth's crust in an intensified form.
M. Dcaunay is prophet of evil, but
unfortunately all his prophecies have
hitherto come true. His speciality ia
earthquakes, and he predicts them only
too surely. In 1877 he announced that
that year would not conclude without
disturbances of the earth and as mat
ter of fact, two frightful catastrophes on
the coasts of South America followed.
In 1888 NJ. Delaunay again pointed to
approaching earthquakes, and soon
after the volcanic cruptions in the Indian
archipelago occurred, by which thous-
ands of human beings lost their lives,
and hundreds of square miles of terra
tirma were engulfed by the sea. Toward
the end of last year NJ. Delaunay once
more raised his warning voice, and the
earthquakes in Spain proved how well
founded were his warnings. Quite re-
Gently he has prophesied very severe vol
canic disturbances for 1886 Having
acquired a well-meiited notoriety in
foretelling earthquakes, some weight
ought to be attached to NJ. Delaunay's
utterances. He atlirms that next year
these natural phenomena will be of a
very intense character, and that they will
show themselves either when the earth
is under the direct influence of a planet
of the first rank, such as Jupiter or
under that of group of asteroids, or
at time when sun and moon are near
est to our planet at the same time. -
Iron.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-31
"The Good Old Times

Must that vague period in the past
which we call The good old times" be
sacrificed like so many other pleasant
things we were once taught to believe
in. upon the altar of historical TRUTH
We fear it must. There were old times
beyond a doubt, but they hardly de-
served the epithet good The belief
which most Americans cherish from
childhood that the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries upheld standard
of virtue and goodness far above that OF
our own much abused age proves to be
founded upon delusions, as, little by lit
tie, students bring to the surface long
buried accounts of the habits and morals
of our ancestors during tho colonial
period. Pencalh the stern exterior
which is popularity supposed to have
been the characteristic of the first set
tiers and of their earlier descendants
beat heart not wholly impervious to
desires of the world, the flesh and the
devil APaiLadelphiG Bulletin
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-31
Slams sacred White Elenbontg.

None of the colored lithographs of the
white elephants of Siam, says Bang
kok letter to the New York SIM, CONVEX
even the remotest idea of their color OF
general appearance. Thele is only ont
respect in which white elephants can bt
said to agree, or in which writers arc il
anything like accord. The so-called
white, gray, red, or "of" color is sup
posed to be the result of some unhealthy
condition of the animal, corresponding
to what is called in man and beasts tn,
albino type. There is in this type cor
respondcnce of color ir the eye, which
is u pinkish yellow, or in the white ele.
phant, as one writer describes l., "a deeI
Naples yellow" 1t is not point, how
ever, of which many persons, for obvi
GUS reasons have ever made profounC
study.
The subject of white elephants, the
esteem and reverence in which they have
for many ages been held, the wars and
political changes they have caused, the
splendid ceremonial with which they are
sometimes surrounded, and even record
of their names and biographies, is g
matter of very remarkable interest. Every
writer who has visited Siam, either in
an official capacity or as literary tour.
ist, has written about them either with
uninteresting copiousness or with unslt.
isfying brevity. Among the titles which
Bowring says have been given to them
were, "The Glory of the World" "The
Faith Leveller," and "The Radiance ol
the World" In l547 three white ele
plants were captured, in 1913 four,
so that the then king of Siam pos
sessed seven, and all the nations
of the world came to do him
honor. This number seeming superf1u
GUS to the king of Pega, he begged two
OF them, and when the modest request
was refused he brought against his par
simonious rival an army of 100000 men,
with 1000 elephants and Is, 900 horses,
and took from him not only his sacred
pachyderms but his kingdom. When
the white elephant died, soon after Bow
rings visit, the king of Siam sent some
of his hairs to Queen Victoria as in hil
eyes the most priceless of gifts. Some,
times not more than one white elephant
is caught in year. Sometimes several
years pass without capture, though the
royal honors heaped on the lucky finder
stimulate the people of the elephan
districts to increasing vigilance. 4
seems as if, owing to the rapidly en-
hancing price of ivory and the slaughter
of the elephant for sport or other rea
sons, like the buffalo it is destined to
speedy extinction. White monkeys use0
to be common about the royal stables
There was one attached to one of the
elephants quite recently, but it has dis
appeared, and though 1 made diligent
inquiry | could not learn its fate. Fin
layson, who seems to have studied the
albino type in animals, says that albinC
deer and buffalo are common in the faI
East and that species of fish of lighI
color and pinkish eyes has been foun6
on the coast of Siam.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-31
Swedish Manners.

One great peculiarly of travelling IN
Sweden is the extreme quiet and lack of
furry. The Swedish are taciturn and
noi+eless people. They do much by
signs, and never shout; Swedish crowd
makes singularly little sound. Swedes,
even of the lowest class, never push or
jostle. 1t is the custom to do so much
bowing and hat lifting that one is
obliged to move more slowly than in
England to give time for all this cour-
tesy. When train leaves a platform,
or steamboat a pier, all the lockers on
lift their hats to the departing passen-
gers and bow to them, compliment re-
turned by the travellers. If you address
the poorest person in the streets you
must lift your hat. A gentleman pass
ing a lady on the stairs of n hotel must
do the same. To enter a shop or a bank
with ones hat on is terrible breach of
good manners. If you enter or leave a
coffee room you must bow to all the oc-
cupants. Passengers on board the little
steamers which ply about Stockholm in
variabIy raise their hats to the occupants
of any other boat which passes near
them. The very men in charge of the
locks on the canal bow politely to. the
sailors as the boats go through. Imagine
English bargses indulging in such anne
mites. London iS0cietU.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-31
HOW 1T HAPPENED.


Once on a time beautsous maid
OF figure most divine,
OF graceful carriage, high-toned dir,
Dust cut out right to shine,
Had for husband, such a man
AS women most do crave
A million dollars and cough,
And he her abject slave.
'Tis true he wasn't very old,
Nor either very young,
But he was strong in solid cash,
And very weak IN lung.
He furnished all that wealth could buy,
A palace for home,
Her summers, where she might select,
Her winters all in Rome.
The rarest jewels, finest silks,
And viands fit for queens,
All those and more were at command,
Because he had the means.
But strange to say, the girl refused
The proffer of his hand
With naughty scorn, and wed lad
Who kept peanut stand.
L'ENvoI.
You think this strange' Well, so do all,
Until they've been told why
That poet was to get prize,
Who told the biggest lie.
Merchants Traveller.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-31
HUM0R OF THE DAY.

Sound sleep-A snore.
Generally (w)reckless--Carcful sea.
captains.
''it is not always May" sings poet.
You are very right; it is sometimes must.
A rosebnsh is thought to lie exceed
ngly modest, but yet it wants the
earth.
The only muffs which have not been
packed away for the summer nr" 'h0
Oase ball mutTs
1t seems little singular that mans
ace is generally the longest when he is
aimself the shortest. - Cktcago Ledger.
In the morning, cool and early,
Ere it's time TO RISE
What blssful, slcepful season,
Were it not for flies.
-Merchdnt- TraueLer.
A little miss noticed the gold on her
aunt's teeth, and exclaimed III fattering
admiration: "Auntic, dear, | wish had
eopper-toed teeth like yours. Boston
EeleOp.
1t is remarkable what a difference
there is in the sensation when you get
letter enclosing a tcn.dollar bill and
when you get one enclosing a bill for ten
dollars. -iS0merUiHe Journal.
Wiggins predicts very mild winter.
This shows where the professor lacks in
tact What this country demands just
&C in the prophecy line is winter cold
enough to freeze the tail off q cast iron
log. g.-NeU York Graphic.
MOON BURNT.
One moonlight night happy boy
OF cherries stole a pailful,
The farmer quickly turned his joy
Into sorrow balCful
And while he roared. it came to pass,
A settled fact the boy learned,
That being tanned by moonlight was
Far worse than being sun-burned
Life
A piece of laundry work" Now,
then, said the captain of police to the
janitor of the station house, 'give the
prisoner bath, and when that is done,
let him be handcuffed and sent off tG
the Jail" "In other words" remarked
the janitor, ''you desire the prisoner
washed and ironed and sent oif2'' "Pre-
cisely," and it was done. .-B0St0n Courier.
THE HYGIENE OF KISSES.
"Chawley, DEAR" said lovely maid,
As they sat in the house one night
It's unhealthy to kiss the doctors say,
So, of course, it cannot be right,
Not right"
"Well, darling" spoke the noble youth,
AS the color mantled high,
81 never thought being kissed to death
uch horrible death to die
Let's try"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-31
Country for the Country's Sake.

The commonest garden yields scents
which cannot be outdone by the richest
but the country is all garden to those
who love it and who go to it for its OWE
sweet sake. Every coppice and hedge
row, bank, meadow and mead teemi
with an essence quite beyond the imita
tion of art. The very earth newly turned
in itself gives perfume that TrueftI
and Rimmel might in vain hope to sur
pass; and if thus smelling out and using
our ears and our eyes we can reap M
advantage to body and mind-get moth
ing from leisure, short or long-it strikes
me we had better all adopt the maxim'
and habits of Scroogc and keep that nose
of ours, of which we are so Justly proud
well down to the grindstone every day
of our life. Such spirits deserve nc
better fate. It is the best and only use
to which they can put that conspcuiou.
feature, for holidays to them must ever
remain sham and froud. London
Society.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-31

haven't space to enumerate every article
worthy OF your inspection, but cordially invite
one and all 10 step in get prices, and be con-
vinced that am selling
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-31

ture vanishes IN five minutes, like the
SCENES in d panorama, the tavern doors
(closed by law during Sunday morning)
are thrown wide open, and rag fair be.
comes a memory Of the past until next
Sunday awakes it into fresh activity.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-12-23
Science and Religion,

I have no thought, far less any fear,
that science is to- usurp the power and
dominion of religion over the human
heart and mind. Religion is older
than science. 1t rocked the cradle of
human life, and was man S first teach
err of the great lessons of right and
duty and love. 1t was a ray that kim
died the affairs of Heaven, beautifully
and benignly finding its way down in
to the savage heart of man, and with
its softening and refining influences,
lifting him slowly but surely to the
higher levels of life. This ray of light
has never gone out in darkness. 1t
has steadily increased in splendor and
glory. 1t made patriarchs better men.
1t made prophets holjer men. 1t made
apostles stronger and wiser men. 1t
made men martyrs for truth. 1t has
found its way into human society, and
inspired the charities and philanthropy
les that bless the world. 1t has refined
and purified the human heart as no
other power ever has. 1t has lifted
man into the regions of a broader Wis.,
ion, and so given him larger and no.
bier ideas of existence. 1t has deve!~
oped the finer instincts and encouraged
the larger hopes of men. 1t has not
only made sweeter and dearer all the
relations of earth, and sanctitied all the
affections of She heart. but it has open
ed up to, mans vision another world
and another life, where these relations
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-12-23
Full Breathing.

We have always maintained that the
most important agent for the preserv-
alton of health and the cure of disease
is full and constant supply of pure
air for the lungs. All the plans for
systematizing exercise by combining il
with proper pleasures should be en-
couragcd. Horseback riding. walking
bicy cling, foot racing and athletic
sports are hardly less valuable for the
increased quantity of air hat they com
pel us to consume tina u from the exhila.
rating and healthful effects produced
in our minds.
In order to be Of real value, exercise
should BIZ regular. andPif possible, in
the open air, and sufficient each day
for the wants of the system. but never
excessive. Extremes are always dan.
gerOu.. Gymnasium> have caused the
breaking down of hundreds of young
men. Fearing to 90 out in inclemcn,
weather is vain fear. There may be Il
few days during the winter when il
might be prudent to remain Indoors
but with proper attention Immediately
afterwards no well person while exer'
cising is likely to be the worse for a
thorough dreuching or wet feet. Air is
the best of all blood purifiers, aud the
more thoroughly the lungs do their
work the purer the blood. and the less
liability there will be to disease. The
chief cause of pneumonia is breathing
impure air. and next to this ovcr-eal'
ing. Both tend to befoul the blood.
The victims of this disease are princi
pally good )ivers:' who do not take
sufficient exercise in the open air. The
disease seldom attacks those whose
occupations require them to spend
much of their time ont of doors. The
main object ofcxcrcise, then, is to com
pei the breathing of as much air as is
required for the elimination of etfete
matters from the blood, and the
reward is an almost certain I'M
munity from all forms of disease