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Morning journal and courier., 1886-06-29

SITUATION by a young man. aged 20 years. 7A in a mercantile business; competent to keep books, and willing to make himself generally use- full. Best of reference Address E. A N
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Morning journal and courier., 1886-06-29

FOR RENT.
 ke4 THE frst-class brick dwelling house No 103 @::; York street, containing 12 rooms; all mod @s.N ern conveniences; furnace range, marble washbowls hot and cold water, closets, large bath room etc. Possession can be had July 1. Inquire at BEERS PHOTO PARLORS. ieS 762 Chapel street.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-06-29
Entertainments.
Excursions.

Seats sale at Loomis'. General admission 50 cents. je25 At
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WANTEn

"ANTED, A SITUATION to do general housework Call 1A at present place, je2s 2t* 14VERNON STREET
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-09-10

The japanese government has ordered
12O,O00,0OO feet of lumber from Oregon
mills.
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Conserving the so-CacsL Century Plant.
aNot bit" replied the garrulous old
gentleman, who no longer posed as a
century plant expert now that he was in
the presence of a genuine pulque drinker;
but how about this century business?"
you Americans have invented the
century plant name. We do not call it a
century plant in Mexico. 1t is not cen-
tury plant at all, though l observe that
ninety nine out of every hundred people
who come up here to see these
mezcals seem to think that the plants
bloom when they are just 100 years
old, and heard one old man telling a
young woman that in Mexico they al
ways put stone beside the plants, with
the date of their birth carved thereoa,
80 that succeeding generations may
know when TO expect the flowers"
Here the old gentlemen WINGED, fot 1t
was he who had just been telling that
story to a bevy of young girls IN white
dresses and Folsom hats.
THE fact is" continued the swarthy
man, that the so-called century plant
some times blooms in ten years, and usu-
ally in about fifty years. Much depends
ON the region in which it grows. In hot
climates and under favorable conditions
it grows quickly and attains its perfect
state. In climate like this, where it Is
cultivated as an exotic, perhaps hun
bred years may be required to bring out
the flowers. 1t is another popular error
that after the plant has once bloomed 1t
will not bloom again for a hundred
years. As soon as the flowers fall the
plant withers and dies. Chicago Herald.
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STEAMER KILAUEA HOU,
Cameron, COmmanderJ.
Will leave regularly for Lahaina, PaRuhau KO-
holalee, OOkala, Kukaiau, HopOhina, LaupahOe-
hoe, HakaIau and Onomea
STEAMER MOKOLn,

tMcGregor, Commanderl,
Leaves for the following ports every alternate
Monday at p. n:
Commencing August ITO Lanai, Kamalo, PU-
koo Lahana, OlOwalu. Returning TO Lahaina,
Pukoo, KamaO Lanai arriving at Honolulu Sat
urday morning.
Commencing August 9-To Kaunakakai, Kama
10, Pukoo, Halawa, Wailau, Pelekunu, Kalaupapa.
Returning to PukOo, Lahaina, Olowalu, Lahaina,
Pulxoo, KamaIo, KaunakaKai, arriving at Homo
lulu Saturday morning.
sS- The Company will not be responsible for
any freight or packages unless rccepted for, nor
for personal baggage unless plainly marked. Not
responsible for money or jewelry unless placed In
charge of the Purser.
All possible will be taken of Live Stock, but
the Company will not assume any risk of accident
SAML q. WILDER, President.
3. B. ROSE, Secretary.
OFFICE-COrner Fort and Queen streets.
69-Iy Mar 80
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The nress-snft as a Torture.

heard the other night, from man who
certainly should know, that when Mary
Anderson engaged her stage manager and
her prompter for the season, she stipu-
lated in the contract that they should
wear evening dress whenever they en-
tered upon their official duties. They did
so, and now they are talking about it, and
asserting that no man can tell what an
instrument of torture a dress-suit is until
forced to wear it at regular intervals by
an ironcIad contract in black and white
BlakelY Halls Letter.
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Pedigree:
SPECULATION. JR.,

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Cobb
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coupled
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roadster
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his that dollars he
that could had
blood Cobb unimey early
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he had seconds speed
the end the he had made record Of 17
that his
mile the minutes there really
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headOf producers speed
MILES d HAYLEY, PrOprietOrs
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STEAMER LIKELIKE,

Lorenzen, CommanderJ,
Leaves Honolulu every Monday at p NJ tor
#Kaunakakai, Kahul, uiBuelO. Hama and
Kipahulu. every week; Keanae, Mokulau and Nun
every other week. Returning, will stop at the
above ports, arriving back Saturday mornings.
For mails ana passengers only.
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WILDER'S STEAMSHIP Co.,
Limited.
STEAMER KINAU,
King, CommanGer},
Limited.

(king, COmmanOef},
Leaves Honolulu per following schedule,
touching at Lahaina Maalaea, Maizena,, MANU-
kona Kawalhae LaupanoehOe. HilO and keauhOu:
Commencing on MONDAY. July &c, 1885, and
every alternate Monday at p. m, the Kinau
VIII make the VOLCANO TRIP, reaching Keau-
hOu on Wednesday morning, where horses and
carriages are in waiting to convey passengers to
the VOLCANO HOUSE give miles in the saddle
and nine miles by carriage.
Passengers by this route will have two days
and two nights at the VOLCANO HOUSE.
TICKETS FOR THE ROUND TRIP TO THE
VOLCANO, FIFTY DOLLARS, WHICH PA Us
ALL CHARGES.
The Kinau will arrive in Honolulu Sunday
mornings on Volcano trips On HIlo trips, will
leave Honolulu on Tuesdays, and return Saturday
morning.
PASSENGER TRAINS will connect with the
Kinau at MahukOna
The Kinau WILL TOUCH at Honokaia and
Paauhau on down trips from Hilo for Passengers
If a signal is made from the shore.
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Descriptions:

SPECULATION J black horse 5 hands high weighs about 1000
best O feet. a o dra o form is yer
lea .isY cry
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MILES & HAYLEY, ProprietOrs.

Honolulu, September 1, 1886.
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Horseback RIding for Drspepsia.

Horseback Riding for Dyspepsia.
Horseback riding will be more popular
than ever in New Y rk The fashion is with
out doubt an outgrowth of Anglomania,
but is commended by physicians as the
best cure for a common trouble in New
pepsia.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-22
Observation-Disclosures.

Near-sightcdness is increasing in our
country to an alarming extent. 1t was
comparatively rare a century ago, but
now it aflicts a large proportion of the
children in our public schools. 1t is one
of the evils created by civilization, and is
almost unknown in savage life. An Of
fetal inquiry in Germany indicates that
this evil is more common there than in
the United States, and that it is the
direct result of bad habits of study.
The physicians who made the examina-
ton report to the Government that in
children of five years old the vision is
generally perfect. During the school
age the defect increases steadily. In tho
lower schools from fifteen to twenty per
cent. of the scholars arc affected; in the
higher schools the proportion reaches
forty to fifty per cent.
It is far worse in the professional
schools; reaching fully seventy per cent.
of theological students, and over ninety
per cent. of medical students.
The physicians ascribe the trouble to
the poor print of the textbooks, and to
the general habit of holding books too
near the eyes. 1t might be well to make
a similar examination in our own
country, in order that public attention
be aroused to provide, if pos
sible, a cure for this growing evil. It
is a grave misfortune if public education
creates a near-sightel nation.-Youth's
CINNAMON.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-22
Daniel Webster's Plough.

On one occasion some Boston friends
sent Webster as a present an
sized plough to use on his place. Web
ster gave out word that on a certain day
it would be christened. The day arrived,
and the surrounding farmers for miles
came in to witness the event. A dozen
teams with aristocratic occupants came
from Boston. 1t was expected by every
one that Webster would make a great
speech on the occasion, reviewing the his
tory of farming from the time when Gin
cinnatus abdicated the most mighty
throne in the world to cultivate turnips
and cabbages in his Roman garden. The
plough was brought out and ten yoke of
of splendid oxen hitched in front. More
than 200 people stood around on the tip
toe of expectation. Soon Webster made
his appearance. He had been calling
spirits from the vastly deep, and his gait
was somewhat unsteady. Selling the
plough handles and spreading his feet, he
yelled out to the driver in his deep, bass
voice:
care you all ready, Mr.. Wright"
Gail ready, Mr.. Webster" was the re.
ply, meaning, of course, for his speech.
Webster Strengthened himself up by a
mighty effort, and shouted:
''Then let her rip"
The whole crowd roarcd with laughter,
while Webster, with his big plough pro-
ceeded to rip up the soil.-BeJfast CMe.,)
Journal.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-22
Men with Elastic Skins.

The number of rubbcr-skinned persons
has strangely multiplied. The first of
them in this country was Herr Haag, who
came over here several years ago, and
was ut first worth 5000 a week as a curl
osity. Gradually public interest in him
has wancd, until now he is quoted in tho
freak market at $75 a week. He has a
skin that can be pulled away from his
body in any direction to a surprising ex-
tent, hkc the skin OH a healthy dog or an
otter. The skin of his throat can be
brought up to cover his face clear to the
eyebrows; the point of his nose can be
pulled dow to his chin; the skin on his
breast can be dragged out a foot, and
when released snaps back into it's place
smoothly. All his skin possesses like ap-
parent elasticity. But the fact is that
it does not really stretch any more than
any other PERSONS skin. The doctors
who made q very careful examination of
Herr Haag when he first came over here
said that his peculiar ability was caused
by absence of the tissue that in other
persons connects the inner and outer
skins, and so when the cutter skin was
pulled it simply yielded from all direc-
lions until the tension was relaxed.
Only II similar case was recorded in
he medical books. But now there arc
in the United States scores of per.
sons who get from SIS to S25 each
week from the dime museums for cxhib-
iting themselves as posscssors of elastic
skins. The fact is that they arc what is
know in technical parlancc as 'fakcs."
That is, they possess just n little ability
to stretch their hides, and by Juggling at
them constantly in certain exposed places.
eventually succeed in stretching them
further and further until they approx
mate somewhat to Herr Haag's peculiar
superficial cxtensibility. But, at the
best, none of them can stretch more thar
about onc-third as much as their great
model.--Nep York. Sun.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-22
The Grizzly Bear.

In some of the western papers I have
noticed recently that there has been a
discussion in progress regarding the ex-
IRENE weight of grizzly bears. Very few
fine grizzly skins find their way to this
market, as the hair is generally rubbed
off the launches of the animals. The
home of the grizzly is supposed to be ex-
clusively west of tho Rocky Mountains.
East of that range we find the cinnamon,
silver tip and black bear. In weight
there is about the same relative differ
ence between the grizzly and cinnamon
as between the silver tip and black bear.
The last two avoid the presence of man,
while tho former will ferociously attack q
man. The grizzly in weight is only
equaled by the white polar bear. Thorn
as Smith of Rock Island, Ill.,, states that
he killed many grizzlies in California in
1850, the largest one being in the Luisin
Valley and weighing 1920 pounds. -
Halter and Furrier.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-22
A Fashionable Bridal Outfit.

a very fashionable bridal outfit just
finished Mt a prominent store gives quite
a good idea Of the magnitude of such an
order. There arc twelve hand cmbroi-
dcrcd walking skirts, one dozen en-
broidercd flannel and cambria under
skirts, one dozen night robes, richly
trimmed with lace, lawn toilet acqucs,
corset covers, beautifully trimmed, and
other ~undcrgarments, one dozen each, all
deliberately trimmed with lace and needle
work. There are six walking dresses,
SIX reception gowns and six dinner toll
cts. Among the six wraps there is one
OF white cashmere, richly embroidered
with gold cord; this is for evening wear.
The array of bonncts and hats number
one dozen; four arc made to match the
prevailing shades in just so many walk
ing suits. The brides dress is of white
cut velvet, with long square trains, per-
fectly plain. The plastrons on the sides
are of creamy white ottoman silk, thick
ly studded with seed pearls; the front
breadth is covered with rows of Spanish
lace. The bodice is high in the neck,
with points front and back. Ono band
Of orange blossoms and one cluster of
white pinks are used in %fcstooning the
back drapery, which is formed Of a wide
and very long Spanish lace scarf.-Nev
York Telegram.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-22
Satisfied.
After the toll and turmoil,

After the toll and turmoil,
AAnd the anguish of trust belied;
After tho burthen of weary cares,
Bafied longings, ungranted prayers,
After the passion, and fever and fret,
After the aching of vain regret,
After the hurry and heat of strife.
The yearning and tossing that men call
''life;'
Faith that mocks and fair hopes denied,
We-shall be satisfied.
When the golden bowl is broken,
AT the sunny fountain side;
When the turf lies green and cold above,
Wrong, and sorrow, and loss, and love;
When the great dumb walls of silence stand
At the doors of the undiscovered land;
When all we have left in our o!den place
Is an empty chair ana a pictured face;
When the prayer is prayed, and the sigh is
sighed, ,
We-shall be satisfied.
When does it boot to question,
When answer is aye denied?
Better to listen the Psalmist's rede,
And gather the comfort Of his creed;
And in peace and patience possess our souls,
While the wheel of fate in its orbit rolls,
Knowing that sadness and gladness pass
Like morning dews from the summer grass,
And, when once we win to the further side,
We-shall be satisfied.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-22
LADIES' DEPARTMENT.
Women Ruling NJ Montana.

Not every girl wants to get married,
but all of them want to vote. Only last
year at the elections in Western Montana
forterritorial school superintendent there
were four Richmonds in the field. Three
of them were females and the fourth-a
man.
In Bozeman old placards on the fences
can still be seen, appealing to the passcrs
TO "Vote for Miss Hamilton, the Peoples
Choice" Miss Hamilton got there and
her competitors were all left, 'the man.
bringing up the rear.
Helena has a lady superintendent of
schools who has Indian blood in her veins
and who is highly educated. She has
also marked dramatic talent, and plays
Charlotte Cushman's rolcs.-Nep York
Journal.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-22

bars when removed from the machine
arc placed across each other in open pile
in such Il way that air freely circulatcs
among them. When thoroughly dry
they are stood away in close pile or pack
ed.
The bars of soap when freshly cut and
still soft arc usually impressed with some
words indicating the name or quality Of
the soap, and the trade mark or name of
the manufacturer. -Brooklyn Eagle.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-22

Says the Macon (Ga.) Telegraph: Many
Macon people will remember that in 1865
the City Hall and the old Market House
were used as a hospital for wounded and
sick Confederate soldiers. The ladies of
the town constituted themselves nurses,
and perhaps in no other hospital in the
C~onfederacy did the patients fair so
we'll. One day a lady went to the hos
pital to visit cher soldier" She was ac-
c%ompanied by a very handsome married
lady, n refugee from New Orleans. When
they reached the cot upon which the
soldier lay writhing with pain caused by
the recent amputation of his left arm,
they ministcrod to his wants and then sat
by and checred him with gentle words of
comfort. AS they were leaving the soldier
requested the New Orleans lady to give
him a small Confederate flag which she
wore upon her breast. She gave him the
flag, first writing her name on the white
bar. The soldier recovered, the war
ended, and he returned to his homo in
Alabama. AS something not to be for
gotten, it should be mentioned that at
the time he was in the hospital he was
unmarried, and continued so after the
war. A few months ago the soldier had
occasion to visit New Orleans. He re-
membered the lady that gave him the
flag, and made inquiries about her. He
discovered that her husband died soon
after the war, and that she, a widow,
was still living in New Orleans. He
called on her. Then he called again. In
fact he called many times, and a few
days ago there was a wedding in New
Orleans in which he and the lady figured
as principals.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-22
The Hog OF Honduras.

While it would grievc nae to offend the
modest vanity of the swinc-breeders of
the states, truth compels me to say that
with all their efforts, and perfect as they
fancy their Poland Chinas and Berk-
shires, those gentlemen have not succeed
ed in producing anything resembling the
hog of Honduras. But when by some
unaccustomed circumstances the hog of
Central America has had food enough. to
put q little flesh on his ample stock of
bones, that flesh is incomparably superior
in flavor to the oily gross product Of the
Chicago Times.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-22

lilly Handley. NOW ne Will not come
back until the wee sma' hours,'-and ]
would not if I were he."
"Lct him stay away them" said Agnes.
ooh dear, how T wish I had never left
uncle and aunt Mashamr
81 have no doubt Richmond wishes so
too," said lilly, calmly.
Two weeks from that evening, Rich
mond Grey came home with a tiny little
bouquet of dollhouse flowers in his hand
and a new book under his arm 1t was
the birthday of his wife.
eve are not happy" said Grey, "but
perhaps it is partly my fault. If I go
back to the manners and customs of old
counting days, perhaps the old charm will
return. At all events, it is worth trying
for"
AS he opened the door and entered his
wife'S boudoir, a curious sense of vacan-
cy and dcsolation smote upon him. No
II was there; but upon the table lay a
small note addressed to him. Mcchani-
cally, he opened. it.
"Whcn you read this, were the words
that salutcd his eyes, 81 shall have left
the protection of your roof forever. I
feel that we cannot make each other
happy, and it is useless longer to keep up
the farce of social happiness and mutual
esteem. Ishall return to my uncle and
aunt. You arc free to select your own
path in life. AGNES"
Richmond Grey dropped the cruel bill
let as if an arrow had smitten him to the
heart.
"Agnes!" he gasped. "Agnes, my
wife, my darling"
For never until this moment, in which
he learned that she wa gone, did he
comprehend how dearly he loved her,
how necessary she was to his happiness.
He sank pale and half paralyzcd with
horror, into his seat, covering his face
with his hands.
"Agnes! Agnes" he gasped, III can
not live without YOU"
"Richmondp
Hc started up with a low cry. Before
him, dressed in black serge, like a pale
and lovely nun, stood his lost wife.
81 could not 60, Richmond" she
sobbcd. 81 could not leave you when
the moment for my final decision came.
I did not know how deeply rooted was a
wife's love for her husband. And I be-
gan to realize that I had been naughty,
cold and capricious-that 1 had not al
ways treated you as I should. Will you
forgive me, Richmond2 Will you let us
begin our married life over again2"
"My darling Agnes" wa all that he
could say, but the tears that glittered in
his eyes spoke more eloquently than any
words.
That was the night of their new be-
trothal, the end of all their married mis-
cries. And the key to nil the mystery
was very simple-to bear and to forbear.
81 thought it would all come right in
time" said Miss lilly Handley, triumph
antly.-NeW York Sun.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-22
Willing to Play Monkey.

A small boy was on a visit to his aunt
at her residence on st. Anthony Hill.
He played about the house for some
time, finally came into her presence and
began crawling about the floor on all
fours in imitation of some animal.
"You're a perfect little monkey, aren't
you 2" Intercepted his aunt.
"No'm," exclaimed the little fellow,
as he Strengthened himself up, 'sbut I'll
be a monkey if you give me some of
those cookies I had the last time 1 was
here."-St. Paul Globe.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-22
A Marriage Mart.

A remarkable custom exists among the
Roumanians living in the westerly Car
pathians. Every year, at the Feast of
the Apostles Peter and Paul, a market is
held on the crest of the Gaina, from
5000 to 5000 feet above the level of the
sea, and here all the m~arriageable girls
of the entire district assemble with their
parents in order to be viewed and claim
cd. Mothers, aunts, grandmothers, and
various other female friends contribute
to the dowry, and this completed, it is
carried to the market or Gaina in neatly
made trunks, decorated with flowers, and
carried by the family's best horses. Cat
tie, bees, and other household requisites
are also added to the dowry.
On the Gaina every family which has
q manageable daughter occupies a dis
tinct tent, in which the dowry is exhibi.
ted, and in which the bride.
viewers are expected. The
bachelors, too, are accompanied by
parents or relatives, in whose company
they inspect the girls who are eligible.
The young men bring the best they pos
sess, and each must particularly come
with a girdle of gold or silver.
After the brides are chosen the public
betrothal takes place, being conducted
BY q hermit who lives in this lonely spot.
The mark of betrothal is not q ring, but
a beautifully embroidered handkerchief.
The betrothal is in many cases prear.
ranged; but tho ceremony must be gont
through all the same. If a girl goes t.
the market knowing beforehand that al
admirer will be there to claim her, *
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-22
An Unfinished Sentence.

"Mr. Coldcash, 1 have come to ask for
the hand of your daughter"
"My daughter, sir7"
eyes. I can't live without herr
"Well, sir, finish your SENTENCE
Finish my sent nee"
eyes, you were about to say you could
not live without her income. Let MS be
frank, my dear sir. - Chicago Rambler.