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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-09-16
Federation of the windward Islands,

An effort, which has been only partially
successful, has recently been made by the Col
onlal Othce to improve the government of the
small group of British tropical colonies known
as the Windward Islands. These are five in
number, consisting of Barbados, Grenada.
81. Lucia, st. Vincent and Tobago, forming n
fringe OF settlements bordering the eastern
end OF tile Caribbean Sea in the West Indies
The five islands have hitherto been under one
Governor, Sir William Robinson, who has re-
sided at Barbados, but that island alone has
enjoyed representative Legislature. 1t an
pears that the inhabitants of Barbados arc
more advanced than those of the other colonies
and their administration has now been made
quite separate. A scheme was also made hH,
the Colonial Office for the federation of the
other islands with one Legislature and Gov
eminent. The main object of this proposed
union was an assimilation of the laws and tar
Ills OF the four islands with view TO the nro-
motion OF freer commercial intercourse between
Them and Tor their educational and general ad-
vancement. The part of the scheme which
mas been carried out is the administrative
union oil the islands under one Governor. but
oppos'uon TO legislative confederation has in
eaon case been SO strong that this object has
~ present oeen abandoned. 1t is difficult to
gamer s from the papers contained in the Blue
BOOK Just issued upon these questions The
whole OF the grounds upon which the plap nj
confederation has been thwarted. CiencralI,.
lhey appear 10 be mutual jealousy between
Inc people OF the various islands, fears of in
creased taxation, the recent depression in the
staple industry-that of sugar growinr-and
desire Tor complete self-governmeut. The
proceedings at the various meetings at which |
he scheme of the Colonial Office has been nn-
posed do not in all cases afford much eyidenco |
u enlightment and self-control, and cortainIv
eey show want OF the appreciation OF the |
advantages which it has been the desire Of tho
.eloniai Office to bestow upon the Islanders
Tue entire group of the Windwartl Islands has
n area OF s0O-rather more than one tenth of
4 NAT OF Waies-aud population of slI ,4Oe. -
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-09-16
Priority of Invention.

The following are points in decisions OF
priority Of invention:
The party who first reduces an invention
to actual use is entitled 10 tho patent for it,
although the other party may have first con-
ceiyed 1t, If he di6 not exercise reasonable in
telligence in reducing it to practice.
1t party who. first conceived machine
followed up the idea diligently, and was tho
first to reduce it to actual practice, he is en-
titled to patent for it, although his COMPETE
tors lad complete working drawings of it pre-.
viously prepared, and had obtained a patent
Whoever first reduces an invention TO prac-
tice and makes an application of it to use will
usually be the prior inventor
In order 10 defeat patent the courts re-
quire II to be shown that another not only con
ceived the invention in dispute before the
patentee, but was also the first to perfect and
adopt the same TO practical use, or was using
reasonable diligence for that purpose.
The parties who first embodied an inven-
ton in machine which they kept in opera
ton afierwnrd for actual use, beside manu-
featuring and selling other machines, were
prma facic entitled 10 that patent.
He IS the inventor, entitled to the proiec-
ton OF the patent law, who is fret to COM
plete the invention and publish it to tie world,
to his client
Where an invention consist, Of a conlbiaa-
ton OF elements, the date when all the eie-
ments are combined is the date of tho inven-
ton.
When one is first to conceive an invention.
he throws aside all evidences of the cuncep-
ton, makes no effort to complete or Introduce
it to the public, and delays making an applic-
alton Tor patent for nearly four years after
another has brought it into extensive use, he
has standing as an nventor-Eiectrical Re
uieir,
The fishes collected from great depths
upon the famous Challenger expedition
two to three thousands fathoms -possess
bones and igaments of great softness, and
muscles loosely connected This is a pro-
vision to allow of the permeation of their
tissues by the water, since otherwise at
the great depth where they live the pres
sure OF the water, which shivers solid glass
to powder, would crush their bodies.
Many of these abyssal fishes are blind:
many have phosphorescent organs, or sec
rete a phosphorescent slime; others have
dlstenslble stomachs and wide mouths,
which can engulf fishes much larger than
themselves
There is no scientific reason, says the
Lancet, to suppose that in the act of diving
persons are gifted with power of fore
seeing the future Mistakes are often
made as TO the mental condition of the
moribund, because allowance is not made
for that cerebral excitement which occurs
during the disturbance of the circulation
and surcharge of the blood with carbonic
acid gas.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-09-16

way. And this is not merely an amusement,
for they are taking their first lessons in the
use of the needle at the same time. For lit
tie boy of three or four years l know of no
better amusement than to have little wooden
hammer, paper of large-headed lacks, a lit
tie screw-driver or an old dull pointed scis
sors, and from old newspapers and wrapping
paper they cut animals and dolls and shapes
Of almost everything. Whom through cutting,
the little broom and dustpan arc always
brought into use, and they we'll understand
that they must remove all scraps Of paper that
they make on the floor. l give these simple
hints on amusing children, hoping they will
prove suggestive to mothers. Children NAV
be supplied with an abundance of expensive
toys and yet there are times when they will
become tired of them and be delighted with
just such pastimes. 1 have known mothers
who would not permit the children TO cut pa
per and rags on the floor. 1 pity the children
who live in homes of such excessive order that
a little child's simple enjoyment cannot be
permitted, for fear of disturbing the nice APP
pearance of things. Let them cut paper or
rags, or anything of that sort; you can easily
teach them that any Glitter" they make must
be cleared away by themselyes.-H0n
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-09-16
California voloanoo-.


The phenomena of volcanoes and of lava
flows are exhibition q grand scale within tbr
limits Of the United States. In the Cascod,
mountains stretching southwark from British
Columbia through Washington Territory and
oregon INTO California we find succession of
magnificent volcanic cones capped with snow.
now cold and silent, but giving evidence If
merry activity IN comparative recent Geological
ufne' Some Of these mountains are said to
even YET emit steam and sulphurous fumes.
10 inns line OF extinct volcanic vents the peak
oil shasta, the Marysville Buttes, and the
many lava fields Of the Sierra Nevada of Calf
fornia may be said to belong. If is in foot
one great line Of volcanicity from Lower Cali
lorna norlhward, and is a part only Of The
great circle Of volcanic vents which may bo
traced on globe through tho two Americas
ana an ASA, bordering the great Pacific Ocean
ihe apparently extinct condition of many of
these volcanoes within our borders NAV. how
ever, be more apparent than real. While LYING
Dormant within the short period to which
human observation extends, thcy may AZ anv
time break forth anew. There are. boweve-
out lew evidences of comparatively reccni
erupnons, most of the lava flows heinz, anc;
emf and before the human period. There Is
however, one exception. At a date so recant
DC loVV, an eruption of ashes and lava was
iSi0ri Yea 10 have occurred in the northern mari
OF California, at Feather Lake, in Plnmas
county. II was noted at the time, or soon 1
alter, by both DR.. Trask and DR.. Harkness n
communications to the California Aca5eTny II
ociences, IN which The out flow Of lava ma ;,s
effects were described. Captain Dulton of Tho
geological Survey, has recently visited the
scene OF this eruption, and describes Il in
laie bumper OF Science. He finds the vent now
covered BY large ciuder cone abopt Goo e.,
nigh, rising Just above the western sbora ~
Tue lake. Tie lake basin was about fonr or
I'VE miles long before the eruption. bnt ,ba
lava stream which flowed from the cono hos
nearly hlled It up. This lava is hard and |
DAsalhe, and is over one hundred feet in fb;cL
ness Ihe stream Of lava is about tbree nile |
~ 1nu quarter in length and a mile IN u;d,S
Tue cone Is partly surrounded by tlIis Isys
,ut is perfect IN form, and has a n,.rfac,ly
ormed crater at the top. 1t is buiit NJ :.
cora and volcanic ashes, the outer larersP he
ns IKE coarse sand. Great quantities of sos
apiih are spread out over the siioipiD, co,,,
~ 10 distance of two miles The cone :.
ot weatner-worn, aud is without ye-e.s,;,,,,
kept bush Of ceanothus. The finest trao.
'r distance OF four or five hundred v,r,Js
rom the cone were all killed, and their cl,s-
ed aud decaylng trunks are still living ,,ro,,
Ne ground. Capt Dutton thinks that lie dats
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-09-16
Causes of Suicide.

The causes Of suicide are often more trivial
than tragic. Undoubtedly disease preproposes
many 10 self-murder; the disease is also herid-
itary, while it grows in people afflicted with
melancholy Religion causes q great many.
Whether it is religion itself, or whether the
religious mania is akin 10 the suicidal mania.
is a question. But at any rate the sinner who
is too startingly converted, hurries to Heaven
he thinks awaits him in the most precipitate
manner A very painful disease does not i'm
pei person TO suicide 80 surely as slow or
chronic complaint or an incurable afectionI
The loss OF one OF the senses is a predisposiug
cause, and the dread of an attack of Illness is
many times reason. The effect of alcohol ia
notorious, Spirits produce more suicides than
wine. The tender passion, of course is no.
tent factor in the creation Of suicides. Women
moro frequently commit suicide from disan-
pointment In love, and men from loss of money.
than from any other cause. A dissatisfaction
with ones social cQpdition or an inability to
live as luxuriously as ones tastes demand is
a frequent cause. The question, as life worth
living?" is one which presents itself inexor-
ably to the man who fails at everything. and
its answer is more often than not the renort of
a pistol, or the splash of the waves. As
means of avoiding disgrace suicide is inyari-
ably resorted to by the high-spirited or sensa-
hive. The most pathetic suicide is that which
Is committed because the victim thinks be is
in the way of another's happiness, or is care
Or source of discomfort to his family. Not
ong ago an old German in North st. Louis
look advantage Of the absence of his family to
hang himself. he left a note stating that he
had arrived at the age of three score, and as
he chances TOR long life were good, and as he
lid not want to become burden to bis chill
iren and grandchildren, he would shuttle off
he coil. The causes already alleged are all
more or less serious. Thousands of cases oc-
,ur from causes that arc absurdly trivial.
children commit suicide because they are
'sked to cease play or to go to bed early
VI from some apparent slight, or because thew
re not given new clothes. Men commit ami.
lde frequently from no other reason than that
heir temper is up and disguised. Prof. Louis
Walter, pyrotechnist of This city put nitro
'lycerine cartridge on his breast and blew HIM
eli to pieces, because the death of Garfield, he |
houisht, would prevent the burning of FIRE
works on the next day, tho Fourth of july. |
IN old keeper of the Norgue here, after |
andllng the bodies of suicides for years, took |
seldom-used poison and died recording the |
ensations.-'S Louis GioJe-Denaocrat.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-09-16
Amn.e the ChiIdre,,

There are many inexpensive ways in which
children may be amused for hours at time
"A one OF my closets hangs large coffee slck.
II IS called the children's sack bag" Both
new and ole, large and small scraps of cloth
are put IN u. They are exclusively nv little
girls use. They also have a spool of coarse
y needle book, in which are three or
l9er needles and some pins, pair Of round
pointed scissors and some iittle tb;mbiss
These things are theirs to use lust as thev
please, under the condition That tl,ev mt tIs5,
sway when through with them. Tbev ,.nt
and sew and fashion things just to suit their
OWE tancy, and many an hour is spent in dis
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-09-16

Of 1850. which has been assigned to this erup-
ton, is correct. and that it is probably the
latest volcanic eruption which has taken place
in the United States. The impression Of re-
cency is conveyed by every aspect ofthe cone,
Of the lava-fow and Of the country round
about. This modern ontfow OF lava is situat-
ed about ten miles east-northeast OF Larren's
Peak, in a volcanic region covering probably
twelve thousand square miles, OF which this
pcak is The center and eliminating point.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-01-28

Tar bin offered IN Congrssssby
Representative Covington t. fSn.
strucs . ship canal from Chincoteasue
bay to the Delaware bay noticed il
tho OARErAL, meets with great igor
lnWaahington. The Secretary Of ar
has addressed > letter to Ccagtess
urging ~ appropriation foF tre-
nminaFy survey. Next in imposlsuce
% lhe Chesapeake and Delawsle f,ay
nhip canal. is this measure 1t sMr.
Novinston' Both ere practical knd
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-01-28
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WEDNESDAY, EHE'G. JAR'Y %. 1886


old hickory Jackson days, tie
methods Of aspiring politicians FIR
legislative and other honors, were IS
unique as they were effective. Fash
county in the State had one or tsso
citizens ambitious to serve the public,
and but limited mental qualifications
70 recommend them; each used sueh
wits as he possessed to make himself
popular with bis fellow voters. OAe,
well.to-do farmer, was gifted with
musical talents. With throat full sof
song apd fiddle packed away in Ills
old fashioned gig, he would travel
through his county at all seasons St.
tending neighborhood festive gather
ings of young and old. He was an
adept In dancing too, and when tie
parties assembled were ripe for the
dance, he would tune up his fiddle,
call out the figures, and playing with
earnestnes euch familiar tunes as
"The Black Bird" Spanish jigs, ard
hoe-downs, he would set the company
wild with delight and uncontrolled
merriment. At the feast of good
things, when the dancers took RESI-,
he was the life and soul of fun aIsd
frolic, joke and anecdote. He would
kiss the girls all around, hug tie
mothers and pet the children, and 90
ingratiate himself with the indepeh-
dent voters that they would swear ID
60 for him every time he was CAP
didate.
A hard listed old blacksmith living
in another county whose wit was Aos
much to boast oil, but whe was possess.
ed of "sheckels galore" built fac
meeting house in populous part:of
bis county and threw its doors open
TO the public, with the understanding
among the elders, that ..wheneverIhe
was candidate for Legislative hpn-
ors at old 'Napolis" they should not
only vote for him but induce Others
to do 50. Once the elders disapposnt-
him and be closed the doors of his
church and would not suffer them to
be re.opened until more binding
contract was entered into.
We can give but one more ofSthe
many old time modes of electionseS-
ing. This was fat, good humarea
well-to-do mechanic who aspirea to
political honors at the hands Of his
county men. he kept light scar
born wagon in which he would store
away cheap, hashy calicoes, pocket
handkerchiefs, toys, &C., and hitchiDg
up. his chunk of { horse, /" would start
on bis travels for weeks at time,
stopping at every house, making hiDA-
self at home, and when favorable 70
opportunity occurred, would present
TO the mistress of the house dress
pattern as mark Of his esteem. SO
the girls be would give bright celorad
shawls and to the babies handful Of
toys For the men, be it said 20 bis
shame, he would have . demijofn So
creted in some mysterious part ST the
dearborn, !" to which be would polite
II invite their attention.
These odd modes Of winning pspusar
favor were, incredible as it may ap-
pear, wonderfully successful unsil she
s'ring'' method made its appearance
and became . more powerful mechlne
IN our State politics. Now, peraCSal
popularity don't count for muck. The
''ringp names its candidates aad s,he
s'faithfuln are bound to elect th9m.
Query. Which is the. more desAe-
able--the old mode Or the new in:se-
lecting our public servants2
- Z.
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-03-24
AWFUL EXAMPLES.

The smokers, the chewers. the users
of opium, the drinkers of Intoxicating
liquors do not attach much truth to the
awful examples of the direful effects of
these necotics and stimulants upon the
human system, otherwise there would
certainly be marked falling off in the
consumption of tobacco, whisky and
opium. Since the development of fatal
disease in General Grant from excessive
smoking the newspapers are filling
columns with stories of cancerous
Threats from the same cause; and the
bad effects of opium-smoking and rum
drinking are daily spread before blear-
eyed and wretched humanity. And vet
the consumption OF. these terrible en-
emies to the health and life of the race
annually increase faster in proportion
than does the population. Reckless man
goes ahead smoking and drinking and
defying doctors, fate and death itself.
tits something like buying tickets in a
lottery, every buyer expects to draw the
capital prize, and the user of tobacco
and liquor thinks he will escape the
bad effects of the evil habits. The sad
cause Of General Grant, whose dealh is
so rapidly approaching, will not deter a
dozen of the five million smokers in the
United States from the continuance of
the practice, and it is doubtful if any of
the smokers to excess will reduce the
number of cigars daily consumed.
Habit and appetite with most people are
a good deal stronger than fear or reason
If all the confirmed smokers knew that
unless they threw away their pipes and
cigars they would certainly pass away
as General Grant is going, very few
would stop short off; the many
would procrastinate, daily, ap-
proach nearer and nearer the end,
and finally fall victims to their own in
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-03-24

Oh THE 14th instant the Philadelphia
Times marked its tenth anniversary by
appearing as twenty-eight page sheet,
enclosed in an artistic cover. THE
HERALD remembers well when the Times
showed up" in the quiet, sleepy news
paper world of Philadelphia. 1t was an
astonisher to the people who had not
been accustomed.to sparkling, progress
i've journalism and real live news
papers. Many predicted a failure, say
that the Quaker City would refuse to
maintain journal that was SO unlike
the quiet newspapers to which they had
been accustomed all their lives How
ever, Colonel Mcclure, the founder and
editor, knew what he was about, and
instead of a failure his paper
was success from the start.
1t was not long in gaining a
name and fame, and
within year was recognized as among
the great newspapers in America. Its
progress has been phenomenal, and il
owes all to intrinsic merit as fear
less, enterprising, able newspaper,
spending money lavishly, but wisely,
and giving its patrons all and more than
they pay for.
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-03-24

AND THE trouble between Great Britain
and Russia over the Afghan boundary
is not settled after all, Gladstone's state
ment in the House of Commons to the
contrary Notwithstanding. Whatever
the Gar may be doing the British are
certainly preparing for. war. Her Indian
troops to the number of 10000 are being
gotten ready for service, and officers
leaves-of-absence are being revoked.
This has all the appearance of some
thing that means business.