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Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1885-12-15

LONDON, Dec. 4.--The returns Of
the elections for members OF Parlia-
ment received up to o'clock this
afternoon, show that a73 Liberals, aIs
Conservatives and So Nationalist have
been elected.
Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1885-12-15
Drainage of the vuusy Of mer,eo.
FOREIGN NEWS.
rr-oueen r.aoeua aud u, x,gs~i.

PARIS, Dec. a.-Ex-Queen Isabella
has determined to go in retirement at
Seville, in order to be near young
Queen Christina
Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1885-12-15
DIED.

SCRIAlGEOUR-At the Manse Forest, Ontario.
Canada, November 10Th. the Rev Robert Serim
geour, aged 81 years.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-19
No Friend TO the Rattlesnake.

The paisano is an odd bird in many
respects. The body is not more than
ten inches long, while the straight tail
measures fully thirteen inches. And q
very uneasy member is this long tail,
for it is almost constantly kept moving
in q bobbing, jerly sort of fashion. The
general color of the upper part of the
body is olive green, the beak is long and
sharply curved at the end, on the head
is crest which may be erected at will,
the legs are long and powerful, and the
four toes of the feet are disposed in
pairs backward and forward.
tits able and willing to kill the rattle
snake i'll fair combat; but, according to
Cassin, it has a much more poetical plan
of causing the venomous creatures death
when circumstances favor. Should it
perchance find the snake asleep near a
growth of that small cactus which Gen
eral Fremont found so formidable bar
rier in Southern California, it will quiet
ly but vigorously apply itself to building
a wall of the spiny vegetable about the
unconscious snake.
When the work is satisfactorily COM
pleted it will suddenly arouse the victim
by sharp stroke with its powerful beak.
To coil for spring is the reptiles hrst
movement; to seek to retreat its next.
1t strives in vain to find passage out.
leased by the bird, doubly angry at the
barrier that opposes itself to his escape,
the snake savagely strikes at the cactus.
A mouthful of spines is no more well
come even to rattlesnake than to any
other creature. He becomes furious.
What shall he strike? Where deposit
his OVERLOOKING venom? At the cactus
again. More injury to himself Rage
-impotent rage. Again and again he
madly strikes. Blinded at last by fury,
he turns upon himself, and with choking
hiss plunges his fangs with increasing
madness into his own flesh. Repeatedly
he hurls himself against the cactus-at
last dies, his own torturing executioner.
-Hdrper'S Magazine.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-19
kidnapped Mr.. Sheldon.
Rm ARRIVES IN ENGLAND SAFELY AFTER
HIS DETENTION IN MISSOURI.

Alfred Sheldon, a British subject, dis.
appeared from Kansas City, Mo-, on
May A. The theory was that he was
kidnapped and held in bondage to COM
pei his friends to pay $4,000, which
milling concern. It has just been
learned that after p short captivity
Sheldon was liberated, and is now safe
in England. The case was considered
by the British Parliament.
Governor Crittenden has within few
days received letter from the British
Minister at Washington, informing him
of Mr.. Sheldon's arrival in England. AT
the request of the British government,
through the State Depar tmeDt at Wash
ington, Governor Crittenden took active
secret measures for an investigation of
the case, and to rescue Sheldon if he had
been kidnapped as alleged. The follow.
ing account of the affair is given:
On May IA, at about midnight, two
men went to Sheldon's house in buggy
and arrested him on pretended warrant
and took him away. They were joined
by two other men, and the prisoner was
carried to place near Blue Springs and
detained at camp in the woods for sew
eral weeks. His captors meanwhile
compelled him to write to his friends for
money, the men demanding $25, 00O
At length one night member of the
gang promised secretly to release him.
The man took him to a railroad station
near by and gave him ten dollars and
left him. Sheldon took a train at the
station, but the narrative does not state
where he went. The conclusion is that
Sheldon's captors were pressed SO closely
by the detectives that, becoming alarmed,
they released their prisoner. Sheldon's
wife, who remained for some time sitter
her husbands disappearance in Kansas
City, is now in England.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-19
The TailOrS Did Not Like 1t.

In 1867, says an English magazine,
Foote produced burlesque, the author
of which has never been discovered,
entitled "The TaiIors; a Tragedy for
Warm Weather" Dowton announced
the revival of this piece for his benefit.
As the title implies, it was satire upon
the sartorial craft, and upon the bills be-
ing issued an indignation meeting was
convened among the knights of the
needle, who vowed to oppose the per-
Torrance by might and main. Men
acing letters were sent to DOwton tell
ing him that IL, 900 tailors would attend
to hiss the piece, and one who signed
himself death" added that 10, 900 more
could be found If necessary. These
threats were laughed at by the actors;
out when night came it was discovered
that the craft were in earnest, and that.
with few exceptions, they had contrived
to secure every seat in the house, while
II mob without still squeezed for ad-
mission. The moment Dowton appeared
upon the stage there rose q hideous ND
roar, and some one threw a pair of shears
at him. Not word would the rioters
listen to, nor would they accept any
compromise in the way of changing the
piece. Within howled and Kissed without
lntermission hundreds of exasperated
tailors, who attempted to storm the
house. So formidable did the riot wax
thai a magistrate had to be sent for
and special constables called out, but
these were helpless against overwhelm-
ing odds, so troop of Life Guards was
ultimately summoned, who after making
sixteen prisoners put the rest to flight
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-19
How to Succeed with Turkeys.

Few farmers who raise turkeys make
suitable preparation for the business.
These birds being but recently reclaimed
from the forest, where they take care of
themselves, many take it for granted that
they are capable of doing well without
care in a state of domestication; and be-
ing of wild and roaming nature, as
sumo that the more freedom they have,
the better it is for them. This is one of
the half truths that do great damage in
the rearing of the birds. Turkeys should
not be left to steal their nests in woods
or swamps, and be allowed to lay and
sit, no one knows where, on account of
che many enemies to which they them
selves, and their eggs and young are ex-
posed. These enemies embrace the fox,
raccoon, skunk, and the hawk, which
is one of tie greatest enemies of the
young birds. While it is true that tur-
keys need to ramble through the sum-
mer, when they can get most of their
living in the fields, and at the same time
be of great benefit i'll Kidding it of grass
hoppers, bugs, worms, grubs, etc., in
furious to growing crops, it is also true
that they need restraint i'll the laying
and Matching season, and for the first
three weeks after the chicks leave the
nest. None of our domestic birds are
more susceptible of training, or take
more kindly to the preparations that the
wise keeper makes for their benefit and
comfort. They require much attention
during the laying and Matching season,
and for a part of each day at least
should be kept in a suitable yard or
orchard by themselves, where con-
venient nests have been prepared for
them. The success of the year depends
largely on knowing where every bird is,
where she lays, and especially where
she sits. As with oil domestic animals,
it is highly essential that turkey hens be
tame and gentle; to accomplish this, be
kind and gentle with them. Have but
one person to attend to them during the
Matching season, and when the chicks
are young, as a stranger might do harm
by causing fright. Be in no hurry to
take the young from the nest. They re-
Quire no food the first day. When the
young are removed from the nest. wash
the old turkey on the underside of the
wings and on the body with strong
decoction of tobacco to destroy vermin.
When first taken off, confne the young
IN low yard, made by setting boards a
foot wide or more on edge, and allow
the old bird her liberty. Feed at first
with dough made of coarse ground corn
meal, finely chopped boiled eggs, and
new milk. Feed little at q time and
often; put sulphur in the feed occasion
ally. Keep the young turkey from get
ting wet, either by dew or rain for the
first month. Give them care and atten-
ton from the time the hen commences
laying in the spring, until the young are
fit to slaughter, and they will be profit
able.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-19
Struck by Snow.
A DAMP DOSE THAT DAzED A DIsGRUN.
tiled DANDY.

"It's been hard weather for railroad.
ing" remarked an Illinois Central con-
ductor recently, but we have some fun.
all the same. Was you ever on train
that had O. snow-plow in front, goin'
through drifts .? Well, if you wasn't,
you have no idea the way that snow
flies when the weather is cold. The
engineer can no more see than he could
in a grave. That flying snow goes
everywhere. In the cab the engineer
and fireman are completely blinded and
covered. That stuff will go everywhere.
I've found snow insidea bulls-eye lam
tern, which is mighty near air-tight.
That driving stuff coming off the pillow
and flying in the wind, will go through
glass, wood or anything. One day last
week we had dude on my train. The
howrid weathah' gave no end of I'M
easiness. He found fault with the rail-
road company and with the employees.
Nothing suited him, and he made a
nuisance of himself with his growls.
"Pretty soon he walked to the front
END of the car and stood looking out the
door. Just then we came into drift in
a cut Through the cracks of that door
came two driving sheets of snow that
struck Mr.. Dude one on either cheek.
When he turned round he was an OBJ
ject. He looked like snow man. You
couldn't see the dude at all-nothin' but
snow. His mouth and ears were full.
It was in his hair, down the back of his
neck; his pockets were full and his
shoes. We were seven hours behind
time then, and kept gettin' more behind
at about the rate of fifty minutes to an
hour, but we heard no more complaints
from that chap. It was terrible day,
but, as I went up and down the car
humming The Snow, the Beautiful
Snow where he could hear me, L
thought to myself that it was the hap
pest day had since the day collected
full fare from one of the directors who
had forgotten his pass. "-Chicngo
Her III
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-19
Settled on the Spot.

After standing in front of the store
for several minutes seemingly undecided
what to do, he entered and asked for
the proprietor, and then began:
MY old woman was gwine long
yere las night and fell down on your side
walk an busted her elbow"
"Ahi Well, being you are a poor
man, I'll make the charges as light as
possible p
"But dat hain't de case, sab. A
lawyer tells me dat you is 'sponsible
fur dat slippery sidewalk, an dat kin
git damages.
Exactly, but you don't understand
the matter. In the first place you
must fee your lawyer and put up for
court expenses. Then you prove that
l own the sidewalk. Then you prove
that your wife was not guilty of con-
tributory negligence. Then you prove
that your wife didn't bust her elbow
by falling down stairs. Then 1 appeal
the case and the higher court grants a
new trial. By that time your wife and
her busted elbow are dead and buried,
and you are married again, and you
offer to settle for five pounds of brown
sugar"
"Fo' de Lawd but has I got to wade
frew all dat?"
''Ail that and more. The grocery
business is cut SO close that shall prob
ably be a bankrupt by April, and then
what good will judgment do you ?"
"Dat's so-dat's sc"
cor the case may hang in the Su-
preme Court until both of us are dead. :"
81 see.a And you would gin two
pouads of brown sugar to settle the
case now?"
well, yes.
'Den you may do it up, an arter dis
de old woman takes de odder side of de
street or we dissolve partnership! [
'spected cherry mint you war gwine to
twist it around to levy on my house
hold goods, an if I'm two pounds of
sugar ahead want to close the case to
once before you bring in bill for con-
tributory piracy - DeAJfoH Free Press.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-19
THE FIRST PAPER IN FRISCO.
One of the Pioneer Editors Tells of His
Experiences in the Gold Fever Days.

"Yes, I was one of the pioneer jour-
nalists on the Pacific coast" said Ed
ward @. Kimball, sand right well do I
remember what tough time we news
paper men used to have among the
miners and desperadoes of those early
days. left New York in February,
1916, on the clipper ship Brooklyn, for
San Francisco. | took with me an old
fashioned Ramage wooden printing press,
such as is now on exhibition at the mu-
scum in Washington, a few fonts of long
primer and BREWER type, and a small
stock of medium-sized paper. The voy-
age around the Horn consumed six
months. On arriving at Yerba Buena,
for that was the name by which the
present city of San Francisco was then
known, 1 hunted about for some time
before I could find place to set up my
press. At length hired loft in an old
windmill and day or two later opened
the first newspaper office that had ever
been established in the town. The Star
was the name of my venture. The first
issue contained news already six months
old. That made no difference to the
boys about town as the paper contained
the first intelligence of events in the
East which they had seen for many
month. The Star was a medium sized
sheet having three columns to the page,
and was sold at 12I cents a copy. My
first supplement contained an account
of the battle of Buena Vista, and was
received with much surprise by my sub
scribers. got many compliments for
my enterprise in publishing the account
of the battle, although it had taken
place five months before. 1t is needles
to say that was obliged to do all the
writing, type-setting, and press work on
the paper myself. [ wrote and COM
posed my editorials in type while stand
ing at the case. Soon after / had be-
come we'll established in my windmill
Office, the mining fever broke out, and
being unable to resist the fever myself,
announced in my paper one morning
that had decided to start for the min
ing country at once, but promised my
readers that should my life be spared,
I would come back sometime and con-
tinue the public alton of the Star. So,
in the language of the town, pulled up
stakes, packed my printing press and
outfit in q cart, and started for Sacra-
mento. Finding the same difficulty
there, that L had experienced in San
Francisco, in obtaining place for office,
l concluded to build an Office, which [
did, although timber could be bought
only at fabulous prices and shingles
cost $3.50 per thousand In that hut I
started the Placer Times, the first
newspaper established in Sacramento.
The sun was so hot the first summer
that it melted the rollers with which the
ink was applied to the type so had
rough time of it in getting out my
weakly
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-19
The African Slave Trade


What the slave trade in Africa really
is, even at the present day, may be con-
ceived from tire following description
given by Mr.. Stanley in lecture on
the Lower Congo: "In small camp 800
fighting men kept in manacles and fet-
tiers, 1900 naked women and children,
their poor bodies inerusted with dirt. ali
emaciated and weary through much
misery. Here was the net result of the
burning of 118 villages and the devasta-
ton of forty-three districts, to glut the
avaricious soul Of man who had con-
stituted himself chief of a district some
200 miles higher up. Though over IS
years old, here he was prosecuting his
murderous business, having shed SO much
human blood in three months that, if
collected into a tank, it might have
sufficed to drown him and all his thirty
wives and concubines. Those $500
slaves would have to be transported over
200 miles in canoes, and such as could
not be fed would die, and perhaps 500
perhaps 900-of all the number would
ever reach their destination"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-19
How COrWin Made an Enemy.

It was seldom that Corwin made any
enemies, especially in his own party.
On one occasion, however, he changed
one of his warmest admirers into ram.
pant Democrat with bit of sarcasm. II
was in the campaign of 40. He spoke
in Lancaster, and stopped at the princi.
pal hotel, kept by a Wing. The bis.
cults seem TO have been heavy enough
to attract the Wagner Boys attention.
When COrwin was about to leave for the
next town the landlord was all smiles
and good wishes, and said:
"Mr. CoH<s$5I, Il there is anything [
can do to al you in defeating Wilson
Shannon, you have only to mention it. p"
"That's very generous" said Corwin.
"But [ mean it." said Boniface
"Only tell me what [ can do, and will
do it,"
"There is one thing you can do" re-
piled Corwin, "but dislike to refer to
so delicate matter"
"Out with it, Mr. Corwin out with
it, I'll do anything for the cause. Only
mention it, that's all.
"Well, Mr.. Landlord, I'll tell you
what you can do to defeat Mr.. Shannon,
He speaks here next Thursday, 1 be-
lieve p
eyes"
Manage some way to get him to
stop at your hotel"
''Oh, the arrangement has already
been made. He will stay with me all
night.
''And then feed him on the same kind
of biscuits that we had this morning.
Get half dozen of them into Shannon
and he will weigh so much that he can't
run at all. "
Corwin whipped up his horses and was
off; but the landlord had undergone a
political transformation. From a WHO
he changed to a Democrat, and was
''ferninst" Tom Corwin for the rest of
his life.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-19
A Piano in a Tent.

The Denver Times says: On certain
street in Denver is stone mansion Of
surprising elegance, which, with its
grounds, cost nearly 81, 100000. Direct.
ly opposite, on a vacant lot, is tent,
boarded up inside as far as the angle OF
the roof. The back end of it is pierced
with stovepip pc and in the front end
are door and window. In the window
hangs curtain of costly lace and in the
tent is piano of exquisite tone. The
piano, upholstery and furniture inside
are said to have cost over $4,000. The
owner plan ted his tent here over twenty
five years ago and is one of the modern
successful Colorado miners, being worth
about $4,000. He prefers his tent tc
any dwelling house and says he would
not exchange it for Windso or Castle.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-19
Discipline in the Chinese Army.

The Shanghai correspondent OF the
london and China Telegraph, writing
bv last mail. thus reports: 81 am told
that the garrison of the Woosung forts
is TO bereinforced by four thousand men,
who will march for their post in a day
or two. A few Chinese soldiers passed
through the settlement to-day in full
panoply of war-that is, all of them had
umbrellas opened out to keep their
jackets dry, as they marched in the rain.
Some of them had rifles on their shout
ders in any way but the right one, more
of them had flags with which to scare
the French. They were most of them
fine fellows, but lacked the very essentials
of making them formidable against an
enemy, although they will no doubt
prove formidable to the peasantry in the
neighborhood of their camp. The lack
of discipline is fruitful cause of trou-
BILE in the Chinese army; officers are I'M
fit for their positions and unable to con-
troll the men under them by gentle
means, but they are willing to use harsh
ones. FIogging is quite common in the
Chinese camp, and there appears to be
no limit to the number of strokes an
offender may receive; for any infraction
of the rules of propriety any number of
strokes from 50 to 500, or even 5000
may be given. I have often seen 1000
administered to man for slight offenses.
Sometimes the hctor himself gets licked
for being too gentle in the use of his
bamboo. OF course a long continued
beating on the feshy part of the thighs,
however gentle, soon beats the flesh into
black and deadened mass, which is
often broken and bleeding, and takes q
long time to cure. The marks generally
remain during life, but that is matter
of small consideration to officers who
have themselves suffered such punish
nlents. Sometimes the officers appear
to have a desire of avenging themselves
on the unfortunate members of their
corps, as an atonement for the wrongs
they have themselves suffered. Cutting
off a finger or an ear, sometimes the
lips, is resorted to as a punishment for
slight offenses. Many Chinese officers
have but one ear"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-19
Starting in Life.

A society has been started in Boston
to help its members purchase a home
or commence business when they are
married. Eligibility to membership
consists simply in being unmarried.
This surprising scheme provides that q
member need have paid in only $3.50 tc
become entitled to the full benefit OF
81 900 at the end Of eighteen months
As the association has just begun opera
tons, no benefit will become due until
1886. The Secretary claims member
ship of 100 already, and hopefully pre-
diets ono Of IL, 600 within few years.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-19
SpeculatiOnS i'm Futures.

The Alabama State Senate, after much
discussion, passed a bill prohibiting
speculations in futures. The first clause
OF the bill is as follows:
That from and after the passage of
this act it shall be unlawful for any per-
son, firm or corporation, on his or their
own account, or rs agent, factor or broker
Of another, to make or enter into Cbuy
Or SELF any wagering contracts of anv
lame, nature or partaking in nature of
wager upon the future price or value of
cotton, grain, meal, stocks, bonds, or
any commodity or produce whatsoever
The remaining sections prescribe pen
alties Section 4 declares contracts for
future deliveries void and not collect
able.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-19
FoUnd No Poison

DR.. Samuel K. Cox. d. D., Practical
Analytical Chemist, Washington, D. c.,
who made thorough and careful analyses,
reports that there is neither morphia.
opium, emetics nor poisons in the Red
Star Cough Cure; that it must prove
boon to those whose systems shrink
from the use of such compounds, and
especially to mothers, who justly dread
the evil, and, at times, fatal effects of
these dangerous drugs. He further
states it is not only free from all opiates,
poisons and emetics Ga thing which not
one cough preparation in ten can boast),
but it is altogether an original and most
happy combination of the best remedial
agents, and is as harmless as it is effec-
tive