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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-12-15
Interfering Horses.


Many horses are in the habit of striking
with one leg against another. Much ingenuity
has been exercised to provide remedy Cor The
troublesome practice. Both the fore and hind
legs are subject TO it, the latter perhaps the
more frequently; but in them it is confined to
the tetlock joint, whereas in the foro legs the
horse may either hit the fetlock, the leg Just
above the pastern, or Just under the knee,
where il is called a speedy cut. from its oc-
curing chiefly in fast action. II is desirable,
before applying a remedy, TO ascertain il pos
sible the cause, and the part which strikes
whether the shoe OF the foot, and, If the latter,
what part Of it. Many horses strike from
weakness, and cease to do so when they gain
strength and condition. This is more parti-
cularly the case with young horses, others cut
from faulty conformation Of the limbs, which
are sometimes too close 10 each other; again
the toe is turned too much ont or in. When
turned in, the strike is usually Just under the
knee. The objects to be kept in view in shoe
ing such horses must be to remedy the faulty
action, and TO remove, if possible, the part
which strikes, which is generally that portion
OF the foot between the toe and the inside
quarter-sometimes the inside quarter itself,
but very rarely the heels Of the shoe. II the
horse turns his toe in, in all probability he
wears the inside of the shoe most; if SO, it
should be made much thicker than the out
side; if the contrary, the outside heel Should
the thicker. The shoe should be levelled of
on the inside quarter, which should also be
free from nails. In the hind legs We often find
three-quIrters shoe will prevent when other
plans fail, for here the striking part is not so
far forward as in the fore legs; so the removal
Of the iron altogether from the inside quarter
will often accomplish the aim. If it happens
that no plan will prevent interfering, then the
only recourse is the book or the pad Indiana
FdrJHeT
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-12-15
Icebergs,

The birth of huge iceberg, pheho-
menon that has been seen only once or
twice by an European, and to a certain
extent has remained matter of theory,
was observed by the Danish explorers on
the east coast of Greenland last summer.
The bergs are formed by breaking off from
the end of glaciers extending from the
perpetual ice of the unexplored interior to
the coast and into the sea. The water
buoys up the sea end of the glacier until
it breaks by its own weight with noise
that sounds like loud thunder miles away.
The commotion of the water, as the ice
berg turns over and over in the effort to
attain its balance, is felt to great distance
along the coast. The natives regard it as
the work of evil spirits, and believe that
to look upon the glacier in its throes, is
death. The Danish officers, when observ-
ing the breaking off of the great glacier
Pulssortok through their telescopes, were
roughly ordered by their Esquimau escort,
usually submissive enough, to follow their
example and turn their backs on the int
resting scene. They had happily com
pleted their observations, and avoided an
embarrassing conflict with their crew by a
seeming compliance with the order
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-12-15

hundred inhabitants, all Englishmen and
Fn1Iish women. The oldest inhabitant is
a man OF seventy-eight, who was wrecked
on tbe island fifty years ago, and has ever
since dwelt there, and has become the pa
tr1arch Of the little company.
An English captain, returning from a
long voyage. in the course OF which he
anchored at Tristan, has recently gwen
verv interesting account OF the commu,
nifty. Those who compose 1t are one and
ali farmers. cattle-raisers, and shepherds
In the valleys of the island are fertile
fields, where potatoes mainly are grown
On the slopes were grazing some seven
hundred head of cattle and as many
sheen. The food of the people consists
for the most part of beef, mutton, fowls
potatoes, and fish.
As 10 the dwellings, they are described
as being kept very clean and tidy, as We
might expect from English people, and
the people themselves are healthy, robust
and long lived. They have some whaling
boats, and are very adventurous IN then
sea-roaming after whales. They some
times row as far as twenty miles out tC
sea to intercept passing ship.
II is often the case that that region is
assailed by mighty tempests OF wind
while the island is subjected at times tc
what are called the rollers huge
masses of high raised water which fairly
inundate the lofty shores.
Tristan used formerly to produce many
fruits and vegetables which can no longer
be grown there The reason of this i:
that the island is overrun by rats, which
escaped from ship that anchored there
and which the people have never been
able TO exterminate.
The people have preserved the customs
Of their English native land. In the cen
ter of the settlement stands the little Eng
lish church. to which all the inhabitants
repair on Sunday mornings. Thus the
church bells of England, and the prayer
and praise of the home churches, find a
faint echo across the leagues of ocean
which stretch between the motherland
and the lonely rock of the Southern seas
The people of Tristan, solitary as theil
island is, steadfastly refuse to leave 1t
They look upon it as their home to some
it is their natiyeland.. The ships which
now and then touch upon its shores IL
vain offer to bring them back to the
haunts of civilization. They have grown
to love their loneliness, and to be content
with lot which is strange and pathetic
indeed. T0uth's Companion.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-12-15
A Submarine Boat.

The new boat constructed by Mr. Nor
denfelt, the inventor of the gun bearing
his name, seems destined to solve the pro
blem of submarine navigation. 1t is a
cigar shaped steel boat, 81 feet long, twelve
feet beam, and eleven feet deep. The
sinking force is provided by two propellers
working in vertical direction, and sys
tenn of balanced rudders keeps the boat in
a horizontal position. The motive power
is steam supplied by marine boiler for
travelling on the surface and stored up
steam for moving under water. The crew
live in the air space in the hull, which is
sufficient to sustain four men six hours.
The boat has remained under water an
hour at time without inconvenience to
the men, and has been operated success
fully at depth of sixteen feet. She has
been run $50 miles on the surface without
recoaliDg, at maximum speed of eight
knots. Although this is comparatively q
slow rate of speed the boat is considered
a success, and when properly armed is
liable to be a dangerous enemy to the hull
of hostile vessels Exchange.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-12-15
Soda

One reads SO much Of the medical properties
of soda that suppose every one applies soda
to burns and takes it occasionally in small
doses. 1t is an excellent remedy for sour
stomach, and will often cure headache. A
small portion, too. dropped into the cavity Of
au aching tooth will usually stop the pain.
1t has also great cleansing qualities and will
soften water without iniurimg the hands.
know of nothing better for cleaning white
paint OF pantry shelves | once had an old
woman staying with me, who didn't like cup
board papers ON the shelves. She asked if she
might remove them, and when had occasion
to 90 the cupboard l found the shelves very
white. | thought she had secured them as
our grandmother did theirs; but she had sim
ply washed them in hot water and soda. Tin
ware washed in the same manner will look
like new. There are many other uses for
soda, although baking powder has superseded
it for baking purpo Ses, unless for ginger cake
or corn. bread. A lump of soda, the size of a
pea, will sweeten cream that has Just sOured,
and, it is said, will keep milk sweet a long
time, if stirred into the new milk. 1t will
usually remove fruit stains from the hands, if
applied Immediately. If am cooking a tough
chicken, put half teaspoonful into the ket-
tie while boiling. A small portion added TO
green beans will keep them of a nice green
cOlor.-ErckdRg5.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-12-15
An Ocean-Bound Home.

Probably the remotest and loneliest spot
on earth Is the little island of Tristan
d'Acunha. This speck of an island, which
Is only seven miles long and SIX wide, lies
almost midway between Africa and South
America, and thousand miles south OF
the equator.
When Napoleon was imprisoned on st.
Helena, it was thought that the loneliest
place in the world had been assigned to
him as prison. But St Helena is four
teen hundred miles nearer a continent
than is Tristan d'Acunha. Many hun
dreds of miles of ocean lie between it and
the smallest island nearest to it. Tristan,
in short, is tiny oasis in boundless
wilderness of water, go from it in which
direction you will
1t is rocky and cliff-girt little isle, with
a solitary mountain thousand feet high
rearing itself from the midst. Weeks and
sometimes even months elapse without so
much as the film of ships sail being es-
pied IN the distance from its shores.
Yet on this lonely speck of rock and
earth, there lives bright cheerful, thrifty
Christian community which is, seem
lngiy, quite happy in its isolation from all
the rest Of the world. There are about
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-12-15

From the most ancient times, Perfumes have
been held in high esteem, almost all the human
family taking pleasure in their use.
Solomon prov. XXII.) says: Ointment
and perfume rejoice the heart" Hippocrates,
Criton, and other ancient physicians prescrib-
cd perfumes as medicines, and it is affirmed
when the cholera has ragged in Paris and Lon
don, those employed in the periumery fact
cries escaped the disease.
The Egyptians poured sweet. scented oils
on the heads Of newly arrived guests.
The Persians, Greeks, and Romans devoted
much time to making perfumes, which were
also used as offerings TO the gods, whose pres-
ence was supposed to be indicated and invited
by the fragrance. The Greek athletes anoiut-
ed their bodies with scented oils daily. The
Athenans even perfumed their wines with
rUses, yiolets, etc.
The Romans used perfumes freely and in
great variety, while their perfumery shops
were the resort Of the elite and fashionable
There is Magnetism" in fine perfume.
People are drawn instinctively to one who
uses perfumes, as bees and humrning-birds
are attracted to flowers.
1t was in Rome that the custom obtained Of
adopting family perfume, preserving the
formula with great secrecy for generations.
The world-renowned perfume Frangipanni
is said to have originated with famous Ita-
Ian bOtanist of that name in 1893, who de-
lighted all with his wonderfully compounded
perfume. At length the recipe reached i
London perfume, since deceased, who POPULAR
lied 1t the world over, so that every perfumer
has since adopted the name, with but little re
gard to the contents of the bottles
This original recipe is in the bands of but
two perfumers-the successors TO the London
house and Theo. Ricksecker, Of New York,
who employed the compounder in tine service
Of the London firm.
The Catholics used perfumed iapers aud in
cense in their churches as early as the year
o64.
Charlemagne used perfumery, as also did
Philip Augustus in 1880.
Elizabeth, Queen Of Hungary, in 1870, pat
ronized the perfumer, while Catliarine de Me-
dici, who came to France as the bride of King
Henry IL, brought with her famous Flor
ence Perfumer, since which time the French
have paid much attention to the art
In England, the taste for perfnmery was de-
yeloped in Shakespeare's time.
The London Saturday Rerist5 saws: otis
something in these days Of shams and deceits,
when everything seems to be made of the less
probable ingredients, 10 find that The scents
which we put on our handkercIiels are still
distilled from flowers"
The Mediterranean provinces of France.
Spain, Italy, and Turkey furnish the flowers
from which many Perfumes are extracted.
Farm after farm can be seen with nothing but
flowers growing upon them. h season they
are all hand-picked and bought by weight.
Acres Of Tiolets carpet the earth with blue.
Millions Of roses delight the senses.
Those who have visited the extreme points
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-12-15
The Songs of Russia.

The Russian comic songs, says Archibald
Forbes, are full Of "snap" and verve, and
they always have a rattling chorus, in which
every one within hearing joins, while the
singer accompanies the strains of his chorus
with a ludicrously fantastic breakdown, in
which he seems to dislocate every joint in his
body. The plaintive melodies vibrate strange
pathos thar swells the heart Of tho listener,
even although he may understand nothing Of
the words. And the grand chant, with which
the massive columns moved forward into the
battle, g!ows with the true fervor Of fighting
ardor. There is legend Of battle song so
heart stirring that it inspired Mennonites to
violate their tenets and fight like men pos
sessed.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-12-15

At the recent French Conference for the
Advancement of Science some interesting
experiments were made on hysterical pa
tients with drugs, which were not actually
administered. but were placed at the back
of the patients heads, and were used with
out their knowledge. Under these cir.
cumstances opium produced sleep, alcohol
caused drunkenness, and absinthe brought
on paralysis of the legs. In women cam.
phor gave rise to religious ecstacy, and in
men commissions. Many drugs were EN-
ployed, and all of them gave their charac
teristic effects, though they were all con
tanned in phials or wrapped in paper.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-12-15
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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-12-15

Spinet is the name given TO keyed instru-
ment Of the sixteenth, seventeenth and eight
eeBth centuries, which, with other somewhat
similar instruments, has developed into our
modern piano-forte. It differs from the virginia.
and harpsichord principally by its form being
usually of triangular or Gas tits called winr)
shape, while the virginia. is rectangular, AID
the harpsiehoTd, as the name would indicate.
OF the shape of harp. The strings Of ali
three are twanged with little points, usually
of crow-quill, set in motion by the keys Of the
instrument. Harpsichords have often a double
keyboard, and always one or more stops to
produce different effects; and much as We may
pride ourselves with the idea that the modern
piano is perfect instrument, it is certain that
the old harpsichord possessed valuable quail
ties which are lacking in The piano.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-12-15

Of the Sunny South, notably Florida, recall
with pleasure the delights Of the perfume
laden air from a thousand flowers, with the
exquisite odor Of the orange blossom predom-
mating - Re;cI-serIcr
, 1885-01-31
The Earthquake in Spain.
MADRID, Dec. 80 O0.45 a. m

MADRID, Dec. 80 (l0.45 a. n.y.
Further particulars concerning the
earthquake on Christmas evening state
that Santa Cruz and Albania were com
pleteIy destroyed, including a church at
the latter place. Thirteen bodies have
been extricated from the ruins. At Zafar-
raya fifty persons were killed, At AL
bunueIas 100 bodies have already been re-
covered, and over 200 persons are known
to nave been injured. At Albania 800
bodies have been recovered, and troops
are engaged in clearing away the ruins.
Three churches at TorroX are in a rulnOuS
condition. The authorities at this place
nave asked for relief. AT Lola many build
ings and also the barracks of the Guardia
Civil have heen seriously damaged. An
old man at Motril died from fright. At
Malaga two chimneyS Of the gas works fell
in. Some Of the patients in the hospital at
that place fed, and prisoners refused to
enter their cells, remaining all night in the
courtyards. A thanksgiving process ion
for the cessation of the earthquake has
taken place at Granada. At Prieg0 de
Cordoba where two shocks of earthquake
where felt, the audience in the theatre was
seized with panic. Some of the people
dropped out of the windows III the crowd
below. Two children were killed, and
forty persons we're more or less injured
Daily Telegraph.
, 1885-01-31
T E l. E & K A NJ S.
ST. THOMAS STATIol

d.. ] EOMA0 IA'N'
New York. Jan. 24th.-An apprehensive
feeling prevails in England in consequence
of no further intelligence having been
received from General Stewart. The un-
e%aSiness is augmented by the receipt OF
private advices which indicate that an
ambush had been prepared for him and
that the rebels were strongly intrenched at
Metammeh.
The %avalanches recently reported have
proved dreadfully fatal on the Italian side.
The "CoIogne Gazette" writing on the
Egyptian question, says it is now a ques-
ton whether Europe or England will give
way, but asserts that United Europe Will
demonstrate highlands timidiiy.
A Dublin despatch states that Parnell,
in a speech delivered at Cork, demanded
the restoration of Gratton's Parliament.
1t is announced that Earl Granville has
accepted M. Ferry's proposal for a confer
ence on the Egyptian question and to
define the control of the SueZ Canal.
Report states that Prince Bismarck has
secured the cooperation OF Russia and
Austria for the guarantee of a loan of nine
millions sterling to straighten Egyptian
finances.
Advices from Saigon announce that
some heavy fighting has taken place at
Keeling, the French meeting with a
determined resistance, sustaining some
considerable loss.
London news announces that an ex-
plosion of dynamite took place to day in
the Crypt of Westminster Hall, causing
immense damage. One arrest has been
made,
New York, Saturday night.-Latest
, 1885-01-31
From the st. Thomas Herald.)

Among the passengers to Europe, per
Esk is the Rev. Paulus Moor, from Ste
Croix, of whom we print the following eX-
tract from the New York Weekly Witness:
Bidding a Missionary God
Speed
A large gathering, representing many
parishes throughout the city, assembled at
the chapel adjoining the Church of the
Holy Communion, Twentieth street and
Sixth avenue, the other morning, to bid
farewell and GOd-speed to the Rev. PauluS
Mort, colored, under appointment from
the Episcopal Board as missionary to LII.
IBERIA. Communion service was conducted
by Assistant Bishop Potter, assisted by
the Rev. Mr.. Mottet, rector of the parish
the Rev. Joshua Kimber, Secretary Tor
Foreign Missions, and the e DR.. Gal
laudet, rector of st. AIMS Church for Deaf
Mutes. After the service Bishop Potter
made an address. The history of the de-
parting missionary is a curious one. His
grandmother, a Negress, when but a child,
was playing one day with a little com
panion on the beach at Fourah Bay, when
she was stolen by an English trader, who
took her.t st. CroiX and sold her as a
slave. /. Here Mr.. Mort, who is OF pure
African blood, was born, and lived there
until he was twenty years old. Then ne
worked his passage as a sailor before the
mast to New York, with the intention of
going back to Africa to teach his people
Christianity. Some years previously a
Boston gentleman had given fund to sup
port missionary schools in Liberia, and the
secretary of the Episcopal Missions sent
Mr.. Mort there. Completing his studies,
the young Christian returned to New
York, and then entered St. Augustine's
, 1885-01-31

Normal School at Raleigh, N. G. He re-
ceived his theological education at the
Divinity School in West Philadelphia.
For the past two years he had studied
medicine at the Long Island College
Hospital, so, as Bishop Potter said, he
goes forth with the Gospel in one hand and
the art of healing in the other.
, 1885-01-31
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-01
Devine,s Case Dismissed.

The case of the State against Thomas Devine,
whe was charged with assault and battery with
intent to kill, nole pressed, under protest of
She defendant, yesterday, in the Criminal Court.
This matter grew out of the Sam Dinnin saloon
fight. in which Scott Baker. a bartender. and
some more had free fight The record in
the case proving defective, the prosecuting at
tOrney moved to noe pros, as stated in the fore
going. Judge Norton, in his ruling, stated that
It had been the custom since 1875 in the mayors
court TO let prisoners out on what they called
their recruitment after fines taxed; that note to
the jailer effected releases before sentence had
expired, and why it was done he knew not, save
that all parties were liable criminally under a
statute. One Of the parties to the trouble had
broked glass, been fined, and let Co.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-01
A Faithful Servants Death.

Word was received yesterday of the death, al
the residence of DR.. Richard j. Calling, at Hart
ford, Conn, of Rachel Stepney, who will be re
membered by many old citizens as striking
character. She was from childhood servant il
the family of DR.. Saunders, formerly promi
nent citizen, and superintendent tho growth and
education of several generations of the descend
ants. Since DR.. Saunders's death ''Tache' made
her home with the families of DR.. Calling and
R B. Duncan, and was always treated and re
garded as member of the family. Her re
mains will be brought to Indianapolis and in
TERED in the family lot at Crown Hill.