The Hawaiian gazette., 1885-04-01

quantity of the water from the Thames
river.
A reversible boot, which may be worn
indifferently on either foot, has been pat
ented.
Tea stains and many fruit stains may
be removed with boiling water; pour the
water through the stain in order to pre-
vent it from spreading through the mate
rial
Firm Mother to Boy: Didn't tell You
I'd whip you if you played IN that water
again. say2' Boy Yessum. : Firm
Mother Then why did you do it ?" Boy
Because l didn't believe you Firm
Mother Never mind, you shan't go down
town with me when go; see if You do"
Shortly afterward the firm mother and the
boy got down town together.
A letter from Ascencion, the Capital of
Paraguay, gives the surprising inforna-
ton that of the 100000 population of the
Paraguayan Republic, only 3O,OOO-one
in ten-are men. The 100000 women
are the farmers, producers and laborers.
They work slavishly, and are very poor.
While the men sit at home and drink and
smoke, the women indefatigably toll and
support the families.
The latest device for making the fash
ionable women happy and driving their
husbands frantic, which has been evolved
from the fertile brain of that dress maker
fiend. Worth, Is the using of precious
stones for fastening the fronts of ladies'
gowns A dinner toilet Just made by him
for an American belle Is fastened by long
row of marrow clasps of rubies. the color
matching that of the gown. Seed pearl
embroidery Is TO be the fashionable garni-
ture for all heavy satins this winter. Let
us pray for heavy bank accounts and bills
of exchange above suspicion.
No one who has this by him and takes
it in time will ever have the cholera We
commend It to all our friends. Even
when no cholera is anticipated, it is an
excellent remedy for ordinary summer
complaints, collie, diaTrhGa, dysentely,
etc. Take equal parts of tinctTe of
cayenne pepper, tincture of opium, tinct-
ure of rhubarb. essence of peppermint.
and spirits of camphor Mix well. Dose,
Is to 80 drops in little cold water, &c
cording to age and violence of symptoms:
repeat every Is or % minutes until relief
is obtained.
A new horseshoe is now being made,
which is in two parts, the upper designed
to remain permanently upon the foot,
where it will last for an indefinite term,
as no wear comes upon it; the other, that
which contains the corks, and which Is
Joined to the upper in an ingenious man
ner The lower halves of the shoes are
interchangeable sharp corks for icy wea-
Their and dull ones for heavy draft horses,
or they may be removed entirely at night
TO prevent injury to the animal while in
the stall.
On Cape Cod, and in many districts
| along the New England coast, it is firmly
| believed that a sick man cannot die until
| the ebb tide begins to run. Watches by
beds of sickness anxiously note the change
of tides and if the patient lives until the
flood begins to set in again, he will live
until the next ebb The most intelligent
and best educated people born on the New
| England coast are not entirely free IRON
this superstition, and TO them there Is
weird meaning IN the words Of Dickens
| in describing the death of Barkls: Ano
it being high water, he went out with the
tide"
A New York firm applied to Abraham
Lincoln some years before he became
President as to the financial standing o.
one Of his neighbors. Mr.. Lincoln replied
as follows: Yours Of the 10th instant re
ceived. am well acquainted with Mr..
and know his circumstances. First of all
he has a wife and baby, together they
are worth $4,000 to any man. Secondly
he has an office in which there Is table
worth Sl50. and three chairs worth say 81
Last of all there is in one corner a larg,
rat hole which will bear looking into. Res
pectfully yours, A. LINCOLN.