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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1886-01-26
The King of Rararia,. sledges.

In the FrglE1Ersor ZatEag Of recent
date appears an interesting account OF
three sledges belonging to the King OF
Bavaria which are employed by him In
his night excursions during the winter In
the Bavarian highlands and which have
lately been under repair al Munich One
Is a magnificent vehicle Of colossal dimen-
SONS capable Of beng used either as car
mage or sledge, and quite too large for
transport by rail Il Is closed vehicle.
most richly gilt and upholstered ID blue
velvet j group Of genm support a sort
Of canopy. composed Of golden crowns
The others are smaller, designed BIZ MI
nIch artists IN the Louis Quatorze style
The ornsmentation Is 50 profuse that only
three small spaces were left on the panels,
which have been filed BY delicate myfhol-
oglcal pictures, painted BY Won Pechmann.
Of Munich. The front Of the Oldest sledge
(which Is. however, only twelve years. Is
aurmed by = gigantic shell supported BY
Tntons, while little Cupsds sealed on its
edge carTy back wresths to the roval &C
cupant All the sledges are drawn bv
four horses, having positions. It VII
be understood that such beautiful and
delicate pieces Of workmanship must
suffer considerable. IN their night drives
over rough mountain roads covered deep
with ice and snow. And SO they have to
be sent to Munich every sumner for re
par On the present occasion II was the
wish Of the King that they should be al
fitted with the electric light. But this
was not possible N the case Of thelrgest
sledge. for the want Of means TO place q
amount Of sccumulatOns L Is
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1886-01-26
Liz in the Southwest.

Colonel William AEddleby, who has
Just returned from the Indian Territory.
relates a startling experience. / had
permission TO traverse the Territory said
the Colonel, "but 1 soon found that the
white scoundrels who inhabit the country
had 10 regard for IL One day. wet and
hungry. / stopped at a sort of public house.
\ company Of rough white men had as
sembled IN the bar-room OF the house. 1
at once noticed that l was regarded with
dlsfavor and was on the eve Of quitting
the place when one fellow. as rough man
as l ever saw. said: 'Cap'n. what's your
business 2 i am out here to look at the
country. 'Hain't YOU looked at itF Yes,
Wall. what ar You hangin' roun' furf' I
have right to hang around What
nghtE This replied. producing my
passport and presenting il to him. .1ain't
worth he'll room,' he said, as he cooly
proceeded to tear II up. His companions
roared with laughter. 1 had pistol, but
what could do with q dozen desperate
men Now continued the rufian who
had destroyed my passport, we under
stand you pretty well you are detec-
tive. an hain't come here after no good,
nuther' l am not . detective Do you
mean % say that am z liar Q That's
what he does, Jack : shouted one of his
companions. In q moment I was sur
rounded every mala had drawn his pistol
1 ought to Kill you right here said the
TJIfhan addressed as Jack l oughten to
let you live another mint. Some one ad-
vanced and relieved me Of my pistol.
= Now, I'll tell you what we'll do" said
Jack; 'we'l Just give you five minits TO
live; stand right thar. now, an do your
prayin'.' In vain pleaded the rufians
would not listen to me. Its Just five
minutes to II said Jack look up thar
al that clock an count your time, an when
i O'Clock comes You are going an If you
take your eyes often Il In the meantime
you are gone anyhow. l gszed at the
clock and began to humble prayer Oh,
how precious a single moment of time can
be l thought of my home. OF nv wife
and children. The desperate men stepped
behind NE. l could near their suppressed
breathing / could hear the beating OF
nv own heart. Five minutes to live Il
had already seemed an age. Would the
time never come ? Cold perspiration rolled
down my face and almost blinded my eyes
/ could but indisunctly see the face of the
clock. but l new that only minute more
was left Inc That the wretches would
Kill me ! had not q doubt. but why had
they chosen such method Then l re
membered an article l had once read de
sorptive Of the delight felt by such men
II seeing q victim suffer. Death. Of itself
was not sufficient punishment The time
must have nearly expired My knees
were 50 weak that 1 could scarcely stand
wondered how I'd feel when the bullets
should strike me. wondered # l could
hear the report OF the pistols heard a
laugh. I turned and saw darkey stand
ing near me- The rufians were gone
glanced al the clock Five minutes to u
Whist are You laughing atF demanded
Of the darkey AT dat ole Joke dem
cowboys played On yer Dat ar clock ain
r1nnin.' boss Der gennermen tole me ter
g1n yer dis pistol. Heah It Is, er haw
haY hsw ,-AriaRsar TraU0er.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1886-01-26
Is Friday an Unluekr Day.

Friday. long regarded as day of i'll
omen. has been an eventual one in Amer
lean History.
Friday, Christopher Columbus, sailed
on his voyage OF discovery.
Friday, ten weeks after, he discovered
America
Friday, Henry VII, of England, gave
Cabot his commission, which led to the
discovery of North America
Friday, St Augustine, the oldest town
in the United States, was founded.
Friday. the Mayhower, with the pill
grims arrived at Provincetown and on
Friday they signed that august com
pact the forerunner of the present Con
stitution.
Friday, George Washington was born.
Friday, Bunker Hill was seized and for
tilted.
Friday, the surrender of Saratoga was
made
Friday, the surrender of CORVALLIS at
Yorktown. occurred; and on
Friday the motion was made in Con-
gress that the United Colonies were, and
Of right ought to be, free and independent.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1886-01-26
Typhoid Fever Prevented.

This may be stated in four words stop
drinking contaminated water. This might
not prevent all typhoid fever, but it would BY
far the greater proportion Of it. How to pre-
vent the contamination Of the various water
supplies cannot be briefly stated, but if people
care enough about It to take the necessary
trouble TO do this szniiarians can tell them
how So far as It relates to typhoid fever; it
may be that all that Is necessary to destroy
and keep out OF the water all discharges from
persons suffering with typhoid fever; but the
difficulty Of recognizing the disease early
enough IL its course Is SO great, that in order
70 do this It viii be necessary to keep all hu-
man excreia- and perhaps the excreia Of some
animals, out Of the water supply. Most peo-
pie think they DO this now, or probably We
would not have thousand deaths in a year
IN one State from the cause; bot / think we
have reason TO believe that their confidence in
the purity Of The water they drink Is mis-
placed. The numerous instances where ty-
plloid fever has apparently been caused by
drinking water contaminated by decouposing
vegetable matter indicate that even II the
cause Of the disease Is specific. until such
time as the specific cause shall be 50 restricted
as not to find access to water supplies, It is
important to preserve the wafer fron contain
ination by vegetable as veil as BY animal
matter MstficGi Journal.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1886-01-26
Hand-Grenades.

1t seems 10 US that some one might do his
fellow-citizens good turn by telling the
truth about the fne-extinguishing hand-gren-
AIDES, which are sold now IN such enormous
quantities. There are so many varieties Of
them that we will not attempt to say what
they are all filed with, but, so far as we have
been able 10 ascertain, not one gives out, when
thrown into FIRE, any Of those eficacious
gases which they are popularity supposed TO
contain, and we have yet to hear Of any which
possesses more virtue than there is in a bottle
Of salt and water, OF OF alum solution: while
the Disadvantages Of their employment are
considerable. Ii Is not many weeks since
smoke was discovered, carly one morning. pro-
ceediBg from between the foor-boards in our
own ufice, and rush wss made for the hand
grenades by the few persons who happened to
be in the building. wash-stand with two
faucets stood within ten feet Of the smoking
floor boards, Just outside the door Of the room,
and pals and pans were not far off; but, in
stead Of awaiting themselves Of this obvious
means Of attacking the faint threads of smoke
which were alone visible, the amateur firemen
threw their grenades apparently at random
over the room and the ABIDING closet, CON-
pleiely running with dark chemical stains
every object Of value upon which the LIQUID
contained in them was spattered, but, Of course,
producing no effect upon the FIRE beneath the
flooring. Finally four inch hose was dragged
into the room from a stand pipe near by, anc,
after cutting hole through the floor, stream
was turned in large enough to drown lively
conhagraiiou, completing the destruction which
the perfectly useless hand-grenades had be-
gun, and. like them, accomplishing nothing
which two quarts OF wafer, applied with a
little common sense, would not have done
equally well, without incidentally spelling 4
considerable part Of the contents Of tie Office,
as well as Of that under it. If the grenades
contained nothing but water in codYenieut
shape there would be no great objection to
them, but the mystery OF the ingredients which
oil them gives them false value in the eyes
Of the ignorant, who forget all about using the
water-pails close at hand in their anxiety TO
invoke the mighty genii Of the blue bottles
and thus throw away the precious opportunity
which in fires never comes but one, and lasts
only few seconds.-Americul Arclita9.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1886-01-26

ewes to see these remarkable vehicles
which tne reserved to dazzle the peasants
of the Bavarian Alps as they fash past in
the late winter nights like some of the
phantoms of German legends.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1886-01-26

A4elic1 ~ W s,iist llulAs1SAs
rum, tobacco, cigars, mahogany, dyewood,
coffee, pimepto, fresh fruits, preserves, wax,
rinr-nr and other snices.--Er
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-08-13

let him 90 as the one man who turned hos
pitality into the occasion of self seeking and
made all who, to quote his vernacular,
"stood into" the sound of his voice, believe
the worst that has ever been said of his
coarseness, his ignorance and his bad am
btion.
And so the whirligig OF time spins
round and brings punishment to those
who take advantage OF official position
to persecute defenseless men and grind
their own particular axes. Feeling
strong in the backing OF the V. II. A.,
Logan Dhu sought to capture the q. A..
Il. for political prestige, and through his
long-continued course of oppression OF
one of the best men in the army, he has
succeeded in losing the good standing
he had among the soldiers, and the re-
action will sweep him completely out OF
their good graces. The G. A. r. is not
and never can be a political machine,
and what little good could come from the
warm feeling of an old soldier for prom
inent officer, has been forfeited by Logan
through his unreasoning and persistent
abuse of Fitz-John Porter, solely for politi-
cal effect We repeat Logan had his
day in the Senate. Fitz.John Porter will
have his day at the polls.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-08-13
OFF WRONG. AS USUAL.

In little ten-cent bid for Chicago
newspaper notoriety, the Salt Lake Re-
publican organ this morning quotes the
Chicago Current as saving that Joseph
G.. Mackin is a prisoner for ballot-boN
stufIing," and adds to it that beautiful
finish of inuendo, for which it is famous,
that certain officer high in rank would
shiver if Mackin made clear breast OF
the matter even at this late day. There
are, however, few little Inconsistencies
in both statements which will bear cor
rection. Mackin is not in prison for bal
lot-box stuffng, but for cold, water-laid
perjury, committed during the trial OF the
men who did stuff the box. As for
Mayor Harrison-we take. it he is the fear
less man alluded to-it is certain that he
was in no manner connected with the
affair, and all the work of the Com
mittee OF One Hundred aided by the
superhuman efforts OF Mel. Stone and
the Ne,Cs force, backed by Mooney and
Boland's detective bureau, failed TO con-
with the conception or execution of the
contemplate plot. Mackin was Secre-
tary of the Cook County Democratic
Club, and of several other Democratic
| organizations, and handled the funds OF
all of them, and like some other men, he
conceived the idea Of running things tc
suit himself, and in his blind egotism
overstepped himself and, in street par
lance, "bit off more than he could
chaw." When the matter was shown
up, the Democrats OF Chicago were
the first with money and infiu'
ence to move for his punishment
and Carter Harrison was foremost il
the movement Judge Gresham, ex
Postmaster General, passed on the case
and in passing sentence told how the plo
originated as proven with Mackin, an,
how defending it, led him (Mackin) int
perjury. The whole State was moved tc
its depths to bring out testimony to con
vct all the men, but it touched no mel
but Mackin and Gallagher and tw
employees OF the County Clerks Office
Carter Harrison can withstand all sucl
attacks from all such sources, and SO cal
the Democratic party. The foregoing
written to straighten matters Il little
something the Republican organ her
seems to require quite frequently nova
days.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-08-13
LIFE OF SCHUYLER CoLFAX.

The DEMOCRAT is under obligations to
the biographer for copy OF the Life OF
SCHUYLER Colfax. 1t is from the pen of
Colonel o. j. Hollister, of this city, and
is a masterpiece of interesting narrative,
intelligent compilation and elegant die
ton, especially the latter, some OF its
passages rivalling the most notable lines
of Macaulay or Hawthorne. Although
the writer was evidently under almost
intolerable restraint, on account OF his
relationship to the subject of the memoirs,
in referring to the episode in the dead
statesman's career which unjustly rele-
gated him to private life, n rigid sense of
fairness and impartiality is evinced
throughout that portion OF the work,
which is highly creditable to the self
control, as it is to the heart and
brain OF the author. Without in
any instance going outside OF the
facts as developed in the investigation of
the Credit Moblier affair, and reasonable
deductions therefrom, the writer places
the entire matter, and Mr.. Colfax's con-
nection Herewith, before the reader in
such excellent form that no person Of
ordinary intellect can fail to understand
it, or at the same time to become inn
pressed with the conviction that the FORM
er Vice President was most foully sacri-
feed upon the altar OF cnvious hate in
the house OF his political associates and
lnl f.;., Ig rTha Of ho
United States elected Mr. Garfield Presi-
dent, comforting upon him the highest
honor in their power to bestow, while
his peer in intellect, patriotism, in
tegrity and craftsmanship was rele
gated to obscurity, and permitted tc
rest during the remainder OF his days
under cloud, which even the vindica-
tion OF his charged associate did not re
move, or at least did not evolve such
popular disclamation as was due to a for
mer faithful public servant, whom tn,
voice of the people, in the election o
Garfield, declared had been 50 cruell,
wronged Such discriminating iniustic,
is reproach to the Republic and shoul'
tend to cause young men OF intellect ant
honorable ambition, to hesitate befor
embarking upon the uncertain waters Q
the political world Mr. Colfax was
prominent figure during the entire critica
period OF our Nations history. He oc
cupied high position in our Nationa
Councils and but for the incident whicl
furnished n murderous weapon for his en-
vious associates, would doubtless have at
tanned the acme OF American ambition
the Presidential chair. The omission c
his name in the history of the countr
would create void which would discor
meet and confuse the narrative OF it
most important years. No America
library is complete without his memoirs
The book is not only interesting rs tn
story of the life OF an eminent man,
typical American, who raised himself t.
the second place in the Nation throug
his individual pluck, intellect, industr
and perseverance, but it is Il complet
epitome OF National politics for nor
than quarter OF a century. 1t contain
325 pages; is a perfect Specimen OF type
graphical art and handsomely illustrate,
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-08-13
A PLEA, WITH A LESSON.

Tracy, the New York millionaire, just
before his death, which was partially the
result of oyer-indulgence in strong drink,
made the following piteous plea, as he
saw the workingmen pass his residence,
dinner can in hand, going to their work
each morning, while he lay upon sofa,
exhausted from want OF sleep, which his
habits brought on him: "Those good,
honest men are going to work with their
cans. They are happy. wish was as
happy as they" How curiously this plea
OF the surfeited millionaire strikes on the
ears OF men who have battled with the
world and misfortune from early child
hood How conclusively ii proves that all
is not gold that glitters! !" What depth
OF unutterable misery is bound up in it,
and how surely it proves that sclfshness
brings to its possessor all OF the ills flesh
is heir to and an added quantity due to
that cardinal sin against Gods law This
helpless and partially crazed man, whose
life had been one long-continued de-
bauch, all for the qualification OF his sell
fish nature, in the end envies the honest
laborer the God-given boon OF health
and strength which he had himself
thrown away in his fierce race for glut-
tonous satisfaction. No array OF oratori-
cal eloquence that ever graced the
forum could be more potent to convince
the world OF the punishment awaiting
the selfish man, than this simple plea
from the pain-racked millionaire. 1t
teaches, too, the necessity Of calling Il
halt in the headlong race for indulgence
into which most OF our moneyed
men have OF late entered, and gives Il
trumpet-tongued warning to all such that
misery lies hidden at the end Of their
tether, and no human power can save
them from it. Ii also brings feeling OF
self-satsfaction TO those who must delye
in the highways and byways Of the
world for subsistence, that there il an
honor in the performance OF labor, the
fruits OF which are sweeter TO the con
scientious worker, than all the Dead Sea
-ii.--!isa- -oi >a91la--sScesseS !lrkng> W all
the millions on the earth. The man who
performs honest labor OF any class, anl
| lives for his iellowman, is Il hundred
fold greater beneiactor 10 his race than
all the Jldze millionaires in existence.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-08-13
THE BELFAST RIOTS.

In looking over the case as presented
by the cable reports, il is not difficult to
attix the true cause for the bloody work
in Belfast as resulting from the recent
defeat OF Gladstones party. There
always has been a deep-seated hatred
between the Irish Protestants and Catho-
lies, and evidently always will be; but
that fact did not cause the recent dis
graceful outrages committed there in the
name of so-called religion. 1t is evident
now that political influences were used to
foment riot, and that the authorities did
not put forth the necessary efforts TO
quell it and arrest and punish the rioters,
proves that they quietly connived at
the cowardly work, and ii they did
not countenance it, they permitted
| it to continue. Who that knows the
police and soldier-ridden country, but
knows that the rioters could be squeiched
in one hour ii SO required, and that such
Il thing rs its continuation or renewal
would be an utter impossibility if the
authorities intended to stop it? For
every acre of ground in Ireland there is
a corporal's guard OF soldiers and brace
OF constables, and il SO ordered, they
could overrun Belfast and tie up every
man in it in day. They were not or
dered to do SO, hence the blame falls on
those in authority, who preferred to see
a reign OF terror enacted, to give fore
taste of what is to come under their
administration, than to protect the
defeated Home Rulers in their
adopted policy OF quiet submission to
the law, and by which they hoped to
gain the esteem and good will OF all men.
The intent of those who permitted these
outrages to take place, was to generate
thereby belief in the minds OF men
that those people could not govern them
selves ii left to their own methods, but to
the intelligent masses who have watched
the patient and forebearing policy OF the
Home Rulers, such Il trick is very clear
The punishment, however, is part OF the
result OF defeat, and knowing this, the
Irish people will bear with it as they
have borne with ages OF oppression and
suffering, camly and with resignation
knowing that whrlwind of inter
national Indignation is burning in theil
, favor, and that ERE long the peopl,
OF all countries will unite in n mora
demand for the release OF Ireland from
her thralldom, and the restitution OF hei
rights rs Il sovereign state among the
nations of the world. When that con
summation shall have been reached, anc
the makers OF history look. back on thu
record as now written, they will consigr
the names Of the men who conspired t,
bring about this bloody page in the bool
OF time to deserved infamy, and foreve
hold them up TO the detestation OF honor
able men.