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The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-08-07
Cisterns.

If a cistern is made ofwoodit should
be of spruce, ash, hemlock, or white
cedar. These are t~asteless, while oak
or pine are SO strongly odorous as to
spoil the water for a long period. If
oak is used it should be white oak.
No underground cistern should be of
wood, as it will rot very quickly and
become unfit for use. Such a cistern
should be cemented or walled with
brick or stone laid in cement. A els
tern raised above ground should be
made round and secured by iron
bands, which can be drawn tightly by
screws. This is the cheapest way in
the end. A square cistern can hardly
be made tight at the corners unless the
ends are grooved into the planks and
the whole is set in a frame of timbers
which can be driven tight by keys or
wedges. The inside should be painted
with oxide of iron paint, but not with
lead. The outside may be thoroughly
oiled with crude petroleum or with
linseed oil. The slaves should be two
inches thick.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-08-07

The home and its apartments should
not be treated as a dead thing, where
we make best arrangements Of it's
fittings and there leave it. 1t must
grow in range and in expression with
necessities, and diverging and de-
veloping tastes. The best decorators
cannot pntthatiast finish which must
come from home hands. 1t is q great
canyas always on the easel before us
growingini its power tointerest every
day and ~year-never getting it's last
touches-neyer quite ready to be taken
down and parted with. No home
should so far out-top the taste of its
inmates that they can not somewhere
and somehow deck it with the record
of their love and culture. 1t is an
awful thing to live in a house whereno
new nail ear be driven in the wall, and
10 tray of wild flowers, or of wood
MOSES be setupona window sill. The
ways r endless, in short, in which a
house can be endowed with that home
atmosphere which shall be redolent OF
the tastes of its inmates.-Donald G.
Mitchell.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-08-07
Not Dressed Like a President.

In the very interesting "reminiscences
ofMaj. Ben: Perley Poore, is the follow
ing incident in the life of one of our
early presidents:
John Quincy Adams made but one
visit to his home in Massachusetts,
while he was president. He was abb
sent from Washington about three
weeks, and Mr.. Clay took charge of
the government during that time,
temporarily holding his Office inthee x-
ecutive mansion.
During this visit of Mr.. Adams to
Quincy, he was somewhat remarkable
for the eccentricity of his costume.
One morning, a gentlemanfrom Rhode
Island, Mr.. Cranston, afterwards a
member of congress, arrived attheres-
idence' of Mr.. John Marston, with a
letter from his son-in-law inthat state
Mr.. Henry De Wolf, requesting himto
present the bearer to the president,
Mr.. Marston was on the point of leav-
ing home for Boston, and Mr.. Grams
ton and himself proceeded together to
the presidents.
= Soon after their arrival, the presi-
dent came in from his garden, attired
In q short jacket and pantaieeHs CT
striped jean, and a chip hat OF the
value of five cents.
Mr.. Marston, who had no tims to
lose as the stage was waiting, present
ed Mr.. Cranstonto his excellency with
these words:
s0This, Mr.. Cranston, is the presi-
dent of the United States"
Mr.. Cranston, aghast at the curious
figure which confronted him, exclaim-
ed, AThis the president of the United
States!" and Mr.. Marsten took his
leave, not without some curiosity to
learn the termination oftheinterview.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-08-07
Keep he Head Clean.

Keeping the head perfectly clean,
says a writer of the Salem Mass Ga
zette, is a great aid to health. A dis
tinguished physician, who had spent
much of his time at quarantine, said
that a person whose head was thor
oughly washed every day rarely eve
took contagious diseases, but when
the hair was allowed to become dirty
and matted it was hardly possible &c
escape infection. Many persons find
speedy relief for nervous headache by
washing the head thoroughly in weak
soda water. We have known cases
almost wholly cured in ten minutes by
this simple remedy. A friend finds it
thegreatest relief in case of "rose cold"
the cold symptoms entirely leavingthe
eyes after one thorough washing ofthe
hair. The head should be thoroughly
dried afterward, and draughts of air
should be avoided for a little while.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-08-07

is no time that he is more needed at
home than on that stormy day. The
farmer who has help by the month
cannot afford to let any time go to
waste. There will always be some Job
of work about the premises that can
be done under cover, and that Job
should be reserved for the time when
stormy weather forblds outdoor work,
or when the soil is too wet to pursue
the ordinary work. Such work as a
be done in foul weather should not be
done in fair weather, if it is not q ne
Cessity.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-08-07
Large Plants in Small Pots.

It is we'll known that geraniums will
bloom earlier and better in small pots
than large ones, and the small pots are
much the more convenient for them
and other plants in windows where
large ones are unsightly and take UP
much room. 1t is q most interesting
experiment to keep 81 plant in COntin-
ual and perfect bloom all summer III a
pot which compared withits own bulk
is so diminutive that it is a wonder to
the uninitiated how such Agrand dome
of leaves and flowers could possibly
have developed from such a thimbleful
of soil. The secret is in using n or
twice a week after theroots have filled
the soil dilute liquid manure which is
Immediately appropriated if the roots
have not been left so long withoutfoOd
or drink as to be starved and shrunk-
en-. SCOT is an excellent article foruse
in this way. A sprinkling of ground
bone to supply phosphate, and alittle
liquid ammonia now and then in the
water used is neat to Use and perfect.
POtashi is seldomlacking, but should be
appIiedby a sprinkling of wood-ashes
If the soil used prove, IN outdoor prac-
tice, to be the better for the applica-
ton. Watering must be regular and
frequent for pots so filled with roots.
N. Y. Tribune.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-08-07
Seeding for Fatal Disease.
3 New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
What q lesson is afforded by the
fatal epidemic in Plymouth, Penn, a
repetition of the similar case of last
fall in West Virginia! How careless
country jewellers are of the most pal
pale violations Of sanitary laws. |
have just replied to aletter sent me by
a person whose family has been ailing
continually for two years. He asks;
DO you think the trouble is due to
my well, which is thirty-five feet deep
and is only fifteen feet from the privy
vault which has benin use ten years?"
He might as well ask if a burn ON his
hand was caused by puttingit into the
hot stove. How many such cases
there are! A small country town in
one of the healthiest parts OF the
country has just now several cases Of
typhoid fever. The house where it be-
gan, and where all the family died ex-
cept the tough old man, has a spring
not twenty feet below the privy, which
was overtiowing with liquid filth
Fifteen deaths sum up the cost
Of this one instance Of CHASTITY neglect
or r~eCklessness. | could give score of
such cases. And yet people who are
advised to use the odOrless and safe
earth-closets with movable boxes de-
clare it too troublesome ~andfussy." 1t
simply marks the value such people
put upon their own and their chill
dren's lives, not to mention the saCri-
flee of their neighbors from the cOnta-
gion. Have not such facts a bearing
upon the foolish theory of some of the
Cow doctors" who say contagious
diseases have no origin but contagion,
and slaughter only will stay the
plaques andno amount of watchfulness
and precaution a prevail against
them? A fire is contagious; very much
so; but it had a starting point where
it could have been prevented. And,
in spite of the "cowdoctors Il strongly
advise every one concerned to beware
the starting-point from which these
fatal diseases of men and animals
spread.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-08-07

she will contrive not TO keep her word,
will think twice about it if she has to
go through with such a form. Mar
riage engagements are frequently too
lightly entered into and too lightly set
aside. The engagement should benear-
ly as sacred acontract as themarriage
itself, and it should be such an engage
ment that bothparties would beproud
to have it known among all theircom-
mon acquaintance. In general,
when the engagement is, as all engage
ments should be, serious, there IS
everything to gain and nothing to lose
by having these facts known.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-08-07
Are Women Handsomer than
Men?

never felt so thoroughly convinced
writes Clara Belle to the Cincinnati
Enquirer) that women are really hand
than men as by the sight o.
several OF our favorite actors bereft 81
mustaches. We have to go smooth
faced all the while, and yet most of US
manage to do it prettily; but there
isn't one man in a hundred whose
c~ountenance can stand on it's naked
merits. There is a popular younf
actor named John Drew at Daly't
theater, and an actress on the Same
stage named Ada Rehan. They have
been mimic sweethearts for severa'
years in modern comedies. Daily has
revived an old play belonging to 9
.periodwhen m~ustaches were unsashion'
able, and the actors concerned in the
representation were ordered to gel
clean shaven4 They oheyea thongl
IL is said that they postponed the
sacrifice until the last hour before the
initial performance. Well, Drew Il
truly q frightful object. His revealed
mouth is simnly dreadful. Perhaps IL
misses the weight of the mustache, and
will gradually comeunder symmetrica
control, but on the occasion of it's de
hut 1t was a sad wreck.sI am told
that Miss Rehan, on first encounter
ing him In the wings, calculated
Good heayensl is that the mouth !
hayebeen kissing all a!ong2"
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-08-07

The farmer has his leisure season,
the season Of winter, when he may in
dulge in ease, rest and enjoyment, but
In summer he must not waste his time
for ease nor his money for pleasure.
The saying that time is money, Is
strictly true to the farmer at the busy
season Of the year. Time is the boon
that che farmer must prize or he can
not prosper. There Is no necessity
for waste of time on the farm. The
industrious GARNER will always find
sproitable employment, even in
times when broken of from regl.
lar work, by stormy weather. The
judicious manager of farm wosi
viii always have some jubf un'
der cover that a be done in Stormy
weather, so that no time need bs
wasted. We have often seen hired mer
lying idle during q stormy day, while
the employer Was enjoying a leisur,
day in riding of to town, when there
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-08-07
post once

On one occasion a gentlemanlylook
ING person called and expressed a tear
that he had inclosed two letters IN
wrong envelopes, and that allhlspros-
poets in lie dspsnaedcn his having hls
letters back and correctingthem istaks,
inasmuch as they revealed plans winch
he had adopted to savetwo mercantls
houses in the same line OF business
whose interest clashed at every point.
Al similar blunder occurred IN g more
delicate affair, when a young LADY was
most urgent to have her letters re-
turned. as she had accepted the wrong
offerfor marriage. ThelocarPostmas
ter wrs unableto resist her earnest us
treaties, and thus prevented 9 pau,
full catastrophe. But a whole romalce
might be written on the following mci-
dent: Al young lady, who had peene en-
gagged to a prosperous young malu-
facturer, was informed, q few days "
fore the marriage was fixed Ior, pila0
the firm was insolvent. Not q mo-
ment was to be lost, and letter w.
written and posted, breaking : ~ +
gagement; when, within two nouis, -
was discovered that the report was
entirely unfounded. The report con,
tinues: "The daughter with her par
ents rushed to the Post Office, ano Io
words car describe the scene-tne aP'
peals. the tears, the wringingof nanus,
\ the united entreat;ess ef b fanny; =
have the fatal letter restored, but aiass
all was vain, the rule admitted o. ~
exception The Royal Mail.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-08-07

Domestic Monthly.
When a couple are engaged there is
seldom any sensible reason why all
the world should not know it, and
therefore the newfashion Of announc-
inc engagements just before q promi-
nent ball, and having the ladies and
gentlemen congratulated by their
friends, is to be commended. TO be
sure, if the engagement is afterward
broken, the thosght of these public
congratulations would be embarrass-
ing; but If tie fashion tends top7eyent
promises of marriages being lightly
given it will serve goodpurposes. The
girl who might say yes when asked to
marry, with the mental reservation
that il anything better comes along
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-08-07
John Ryder, a wealthy farmer Of
Rockland Lake. predicted on June 8

John Ryder, a wealthy farmer Of
Rockland Lake, predicted on June 8
that he would die on the 18th. He
sent for a lawyer, made his will, and
asked the lawyer to act as pail bearer
at his funeral. He then sent for the
undertaken, ordered his coffin, and
paid for it. He seemed to be- in per-
feet health, but said he had been
warned ofapproaching death. On the
11th he sat in his arm chair ais usual,
and calling his family around him,
babe them goodbye, saying: ssMy
friends | am now going; goodbye all,
and God bless YOU" He then lay
back, closed his eyes, and apparently
fell asleep, but when they touched him
he was dead. He was buried, all his
previous sbeingcarried ont.
He was 76years old,-Newbury Regis
ter,
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-08-07

General Grant, it is said, can not
endure music Of any kind except that
made by the dfe and drum.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-02-24

different kinds Of fish and was also
shown some poi. lie finally pulled
up at the store Of Messrs. Geo. W.
Macfarlanc & Co., where number
of gentlemen were waiting for him.
Mr.. +. G.. Macfarlane at once tclc-
phoned to the Hawaiian Hotel Stables
for q coach, and soon afterwards Mr.
Sala, accompanied by several gentle.
men, were on the road to Waikiki,
the beautiful seaside residence of
Col. Geo. w. Macfarlane being
reached in nineteen minutes. After
glass of sine champagne, indulgcd
in by all save q member of the cold
water brigade, the party took turn
round the Park and then returned to
the wharf, where the distinguished
visitor got aboard the Australia.
After many warm alohas and wishes
for pleasant voyage the party bade
farewell and the noble ship soon left
her dock to proceed on her journey
to the Colonies.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-02-24
Beautiful HoIneSteadS!
BY order of Henry R. Macfarlane, Esq.
l will offer at Public Auction,
Saturday, March Goth,

AT 12 noon, at my Sales Room,
Unless previously disposed
OF at Private Sale.
THOSE SPLENDID LOTS on the
corner of Beretania and Piilloi Sts.,
Subdivided as follows into House Lots.
and at the following upset prices,
from which there can be no deviation,
Lot loo feet by $50 feet, Beretania
street. ............U Upset price $1,000
Lot Zoo feet by 100 feet, Kinau
street. ............U Upset price $1,000
Lot 300 feet by $50 feet, Beretania
street. .........U Upset price $14O0
Lot 400 feet by $50 feet, Kinau
street. ......... Upset price $11O0
Lot 300 feet by 150 feet Beretania
street. ............ Upset price S1400
Lot 600 feet by 15O feet, Kinau
street..... Upset price $1100
buildings thereon. Upset price $24OO
Lot S-1CO feet by $50 feet, Beretania
street. .......... Upset price $3.50
Lot 9-100 feet by $50 feet, Young
street. et.............. Upset price $500
Lot 1O-lOO feet by l5O feet, Berctania
street. Upset price $3.50
Lot 11-100 feet by $50 feet, Young
street. .............U Upset price 5000
The upper lots were purchased by Mr..
Macfarlane for residence, and for the
purpose of improvement, it has had
great care and cultivation, so that at
present it is well covered by large
variety of trees, as well rs Il choice col
lection of plants and flowers. all in
bloom.
Among the fruit and shade trees will
he found the Travellers Tree, the Royal
Palm, the Wine Palm, the Lemon Tree,
the Fan Palm, the Cocoanut, the Japan
ese Orange, the Ponciana Regia, the
Mandarin Orange, The Fig Tree, the
Alligator Pear, the Algeroba and others.
In Roses and Flowers there are great
variety, which must be seen to be ap
preciated.
Water pipes are laid on in each of
Lots Nos. to Z, inclusive, and so feet
| of hose will reach any part of them.
These lots are situated just in the centre
| of Kalaokahua Plains, on the principal
street leading from Honolulu, and are
within twenty minutes walk from town,
as we'll as being upon the omnibus
route to Punahou.
|
terms for purchasers, namely,
One-Fourth Cash, and balance in
equal payments of one, two, three
and four years, with interest at 7
per cent, secured by mortgage.
This division OF payments, and low
rate of interest, allows one for COM
paratively small sum annually paid for
four years, to become the owner of n
beautiful homestead lot.
Parties desiring lots must make early
application, as we shall sell at private
sale to those who first apply.
Plans of the property can be seen at
my office.
Deeds at purchasers expense.
L. p. ADAMS,
DAT t tn d. I'd Auctioneer.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-02-24
OBITUARY..

We regret to announce the death
of Capt. j. M. Oat, Sr., which took
place at his residence this afternoon,
thirteen minutes past one O'Clock.
The deceased has been failing very
fast for the past two weeks, and his
death was not unexpected. Mr.. Oat
was born in PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 25th,
1909, consequently was seventy-live
years and five months old. He ar
rived in these Islands April, 1856,
and at once commenced business rs
a sailmaker, which he carried on
with great success. On the 18th of
December last he celebrated the
anniversary of his golden wedding.
The deceased leaves q widow and
four SONS, who have the entire
sympathy of the community. The
funeral will take place tomorrow
afternoon at half-past three O'Clock,
from his late residence, Punchbowl
street.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-02-24

amount Of certificates redeemable in
gold, and engage to preserve the
equilibrium between gold and silver
in circulation as the law directs,
then we shall treat the certificates as
tender for gold and assist as far
as possible the execution of the
law" That was the decision of the
chief private promoters of the Cur
rency Act, and we think it was acted
upon 50 long as there seemed to be
any probability of the conditions be-
ing fulfilled. Yet, when doubt was
cast upon the fidelity of the Govern
ment, did the Government attempt
to show that the doubt was unfound-
ed, by frank statement of what its
intentions were in the matter? 1t
does not appear so. Instead, its
apologists tried to throw all the
blame for the confusion that had
ensued on account of q lack of gold
in the treasury, upon certain busi-
ness firms. Hence, the acrimony
and irrelevant personalities of the
past few days. Verify, there is need
for "the breath of freedom to
course through the public affairs of
the nation.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-02-24
TUESDAY, FEB. "a, 1885.
THIS EVENINGS D0lNGs.
PUBLIC DISCUSSION.

publicity is the breath of free
dom,' was one of the striking
phrases uttered by q statesman of
another country in discussing secret
societies. This is truth that needs
to be laid to heart by the people Of
this country. Things of great i'm
portance to the public are too often
done in a corner. One of the results
is to make those who dissent from
particular lines of state policy as
sumo, on their part, an afr of mys-
terry, and express views under breath
which should be proclaimed openly.
To the reticence practised by rulers
regarding the results of their secret
councils, many people oppose pro-
found reserve respecting the whis-
pered consultations of parties inter-
ested in the main question of the
hour, whatever it may be. A sec
ondary and more undesirable result
is that persons lacking in moral and
mental balance, failing to obtain ma
terial for a discussion of the merits
of the question, but desperately de-
termined to display more than ordi-
nary devotion to the public interests,
attack with Incorporate bitterness,
or even scurrility, every person
whom they can connect with the ac-
tions or policy that they disapprove.
1t thus frequently happens that the
responsibility for what is wrong is
placed upon shoulders that have no
right to bear it, and that good
cause is injured by its being advo-
Gated in the language of the slums.
Why cannot such question, for in
stance, as that of the currency, be
discussed upon its merits, without
elimination and recrimination of
persons who are only indirectly con-
nected with the matter? Apologists
for the Government-for defenders
or e1ponents Of its currency policy,
or want of policy, it has had none
are primarily responsible for the
nasty things that have been said
upon that question, in having stig-
matized as "conspirators" some of
the foremost business men OF the
country, and abused them for having
got the better of the Government in
its admittedly illegal arrangements
with them. All the unpleasantness
engendered by the currency ques-
tion might have been avoided had
the Government from the outset
taken the public into its confidence.
As the first of December approached
and the merchants were obliged to
set their houses in order for the in
auguration of the gold standard,
they were left in doubt as to the
Governments own preparedness fol
tile change. Consequently their ar
rangements were of necessity founded
upon conjecture, and their decision
was qualified by an ''if." "If the
Government evince u reasonable de.
sire to carry out the law, provide 8
gold deposit approximatipg to the