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rnc The stndv of Nrlcrobea.

A regular observation has been estab-
lished at Montsouris, an outlaying suburb
Of Paris, for the study Of microbes. These
little creatures have risen immensely IN
importance since VI. Pasteur first brought
them into notice. The microbes in the air
alone have, in addition to The observatory
which IS specially concerned with this
branch Of the family, a new science, TAT
mOspheric photography" all 10 themselves
and q sayant told of TO catch and classify
them. An ingenious species Of microbe-
trap the "bacterimetre," as it is called Is
kept constantly set on the premises; nnd
DR.. Miguel, the savant in charge OF the
observatory is as keenly interested in the
"chasse aux microbes as the sportsman
in pursuit Of larger game. Montsourls,
which has been made the headquarters of
micrOgr8phy, does not seem the most suit
able place for the purpose. At all events,
microbes and bacteria are far more plenti-
ful in the air Of central Paris than in that
locality. In spring, the season most IA
voTaole TO the dey elopment Of microbes, a
cubic meter Of air in the observatory is
found to contain on an average $50 mi
crOJes, while a cubic meter of air in the
central metropolitan district contains no
fewer $50 of those charming creatures. -
-se.gs { ~tteE
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Claims to Have a CHASTITY Curio.

Curiosities are now the rage, and many
collectors are proud of their specimens;
but if one viii visit my place on Grand
avenue | viii show them a curio that
would make an antiquary's mouth water
There is only one of the kind III existence;
there never was another and there never
viii be Rarey Well, | should think it
was. It is the left ear of John Brown. 1t
is not a wax imitation, nor the ear of some
ordinary individual procured from dis
secting-rOom. II IS the bona ide ear of
John Brown, all except the "bony' part.
1t is well authenticated, and its history is
this: When the post mOrtem was made,
the physician who conducted the eyamina-
ton cut OFT the left ear and sent it to Gov
ernor Wise, who retained it till his death ,
when it fell 70 his son, and this son in per
son gave il to me for my collection There
are few people whose left ear will be pre-
served and treasured for twenty
years after they are gone.-George Conk-
lin in Globe Democrat.
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Poem II the First centurr.

The art of Pompeii its marbles and wall
rafntiug} Is almost wholly removed 10 tho
museum at Naples What remains are its
deserted street temples and dwellings
these al lying open TO the sky, not a roof
or door. save one or two temporary mod
erl ones, are TO be found here. OF course,
nothing really new can be said about
Pompeii, yet it is an ever fresh wonder
and unlike any other ruins, in that IL
brings you so close TO the buildings, TO
those who lived and moved and had their
being in these streets and houses :, 500
years ago. The bakers oven IS so perfect
II might be used to-day, in fact the bread
OF his last bake also remain. a little stale,
but perfect in shape with the bakers
stamp upon it, The bath, the fountain. as
If they might have been used yesterday.
In one corner Of a room, bedded in the
ashes. lies a skeleton the volcanic ash
that was his pillow for near , 900 years,
undisturbed that he stiu may rest upon it,
The cast OF another who had turned TO
dust is shown, still clutching the money
belt fastened round his waist. Another
delicate wOman's form lying with face
buried in her folded arms as if trying TO
shut out the sitting smoke; another, a
woman and child lying close together;
another, an old gentleman lying peacefully
with his head resting on one arm as if in
sleep. II is difficult to analyze the feelings
that crowd upon yOu while looking at
these evidences of a catastrophe SO terri
bic. 1t is with an effort that you compel
yourself to believe that it occurred at the
beginning Of the Christian era-that the
bread You are looking at Is older that the
earliest books Of the New Testament; that
the old gentleman SO quietly resting on
his arm may have Couversed with ST Paul
and ST Peter, too, if Catholic tradition is
correCt-Naples Cor. Detroit Free Press.
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seven-tou boiler and smoke stack for the Niulii
sugar plantation MaLukona- from the Honolulu
Iron Works.
( The steamers Kinau and IwaIani viii arrive
Tomorrow from their respective ports, and the
steamers Likelike and SIoEolu to day.
The schooner Manuokawai viii be lowered
from the Marine Railway this morning. She
sails next Monday for Koolau
The German bark Pacific took in the copra
from the Star Of Devon and Jennie walker,
October I'd.
The schooner Jennie Walker, after discharg-
ing her cargo, will be laid up fora general over
hauIng.
The Hawaiian bark Thomas Foster, Captain
f. W. Rugg, sails to-day in ballast for Royal
Roads. British Columbia. FOR orders.
The steamer ". G.. Hall brought 343 bags ava
II hides, Z pigs, horses, y head cattle and l24
packages sundrIes from yindward ports. October
22d. Reports very fine weather along her route
The British bark +. j. Spence consigned TO
Messrs. Wing w Chan Co is . days out from
Hongkong for this port.
The Hawaiian bark Star Of Devon which only
arrived here October 2Ist from the South Seas.
will leave again next Moud1y, under comma nd
of Captain alfred Lowell, for Fanning's Island,
to load guauo for here. She viii be absent about
FIVE weeks.
The schooner Canute viii leave next Monday
with full cargo of general merchan dise for
HiIo. Laupshoehoe and Kohala, Hawaii.
The schooner Mana arrived n ballast. October
22d, from Honomu. She leaves next Monday /
for Kuau, Maui.
The following vessels arrived at this port from
foreign ports during the week: Bark Caiharien I
and barkentine George c. Perkins, from san /
Francisco; and bark Star of Devon and schooner |.
Jennie Walker from the South Sea Islands. Fol /
lowing have been the departures; Bark EIsinore /
for Puget Sound; tern w ;. Bovine, barken;ines /
Eureka and ". H. Dimond, for san Francisco. /
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ANEcDorE OF HORACE GREELEY.


An Unpublished Incident Concerning
the Election Returns of 1854,
The New York Tribune referred the
other day 10 the small vote by which My
ron H Clark was elected governor in 1854
The alIusi0u reminds me of an unpub-
lished incident which occurred in The
Tribune Office during the suspense Of get
ting returns of ChaJ 80 long doubted cleo
ton. Greeley was q careful political stat
isticiaQ. and Cothiu- Disguised and en-
ragged him more than an error in figures.
He had received RETURNS from certain
western towns. and had partially tabu-
lated them, when ne glanced at the .
o'clock edition of The Express, then a
Wing paper. and saw that evidently the
same figures had been forwarded 10 that
journal So he ceased his own work and
clipped ont The Express table as pub
lished and sent II In the cJupOsiuE-room
Next morning, ON looking over The Irib-
une, Mr. Greeley saw that there was an
important error in the returns. He forgot
that he had clipped the table from The
Express. In great rage he went into the
composing room and wanted To know who
the -- mad set up that matter. Tom
Rocker examined the proofs and found
that part OF it was set by old Maj NOUl-
ton, and the rest by James Bayard, who
had been in the office more than a dozen
years. He charged on Bayard's tripod:
Jim, I thought you'd been here long
enough to know something. Look at
that"
What's the matter with it,"
Matter Why, great Scott, it's all
wrong [Ouly Mr. Greeley was never
known 10 say great Scott
(Which parts' asked Bayard.
First 'take'-right there. See2F
Mr. Greeley, / didn't do that"
You lie. Who did, was the absUrdly
impatient response of Mr.. Greeley.
Bayard said he believed Major Moulton
set up the next take Mr.. Greeley at
once assaulted the culprit: Major you've
been a printer over forty years, and ought
10 know something about typesetting.
Here you've made a bIanked fool of your
self and mel' The major examined the
paper, blushed and said he was sure he
had followed copy.
Followed copy" Followed copyn'
mimicked the employer, angrily. That's
what you always say when you make a
blunder. Wen see, Come into the proof
room. There's blankety- BANKED jack
ass lying around this Office somewhere
that ought TO be kicked from here to Sing
Sing. III see, now, whether it's you or
Clark"
Clark, the proof reader, brought out the
copy, and the moment Mr.. Greeley's eye
fell on the reprint cut from the Express,
he recOlIected that he had not finished the
table himself He collapsed, called Bayard
into the group, turned around to the win
dow and exclaimed: "Herel Kick me
Kick me, Kick mer-W. \. Crotfut's
Letter
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\ Runaway.

Early yesterday afternoon a delivery
wagon from Mrs. Loves bakery was
being driven along Beretania street. and
when passing the Hotel the wheel went
over an inequality in the ground. \
young colt from the country, which had
lately been broken in, and which was
being used for the first time, was at
tached to the vehicle, and the jolt oc-
casioned by the hollow in the road
caused it to take fright The animal
seized the bit between its teeth and
bolted at a headlong pace for about half
a mile in the direction OF Waikiki, when,
becoming exhausted, it began to slacken
the speed. The young man in charge
had sufficient presence OF mind to keep
the animal on the road, thus avoiding
any serious consequences.
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Bric.- - IT. Various Uses.

Mica has a variety of Uses. It splits very
readily into thin, elastic plates, which are
generally transparent, and sometimes not
more than one-30O 00Oth part of an inch in
thickness These are used in setting OBJ
jects for the microscope. Large plates OF
it. often yard in diameter, are found in
Norway, Sweden, Siberia, Peru and Mex
leo. There it Is sometimes used as a sub
stirute for glass and Is not liable to be
broken bv the discharge Of cannon 1t Is
also employed in powdered state to give
a brilliant appearance to walls, and as a
fine sand sprinkIed on writing. When it
is in q state of very fine powder it Is known
as cats gold or cats silver, according to
its color. 1t is usually colorless, but is
often white, grey. green, red, brown, black
or yeuOw.-Atlanta Constitution.
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WHERE GREEN TURTLES COME FROM

How They Are Caught and How They Are
Taken Care of While in Confinement.
Aldermen may come and aldermen may
gO-to Canada or over the range, but the
song of the turtle" the glorious green tur-
tie, Will still continue to "be heard in the
land Its very name suggests a long
table crowned with flowers, covered with
the choicest Of viands and surrounded
with festive men, each of whom weighs
$50 pounds. It suggests also witty tOasts
and speeches, let off to the accOmpani-
ment of popping champagne corks fra
grant cigars and he rOusing chorus We
won't go home till morning"
The main supply of that estimable ami
NAL, the green turtle, comes from Florida,
the West Indies and the shores of Central
America and the Spanish main, although
the latter regions furnish but few. Once
in a while they are caught in warm
weather as far north as the coast OF Long
island. They range in weight all the way
from 500 to GOO pounds, but the average is
from eighty to ninety pounds They are
amphibious creatures and like their arch
enemy, man, must now and then have
brea&h of fresh air, or they will die. From
5000 to 5000 are annually brought to this
city, and they average to sell throughout
the year at about - cents per pound gross
weight.
Mr.. Middleton dealer in green turtle
says they are taken in nets in the southern
waters by men who make a business of
catching them, and they are also captured
on the beaches as they come up out Of the
water to deposit their eggs. This firm
keeps them through the winter in storage
rooms well warmed and fitted with
trOughs filed with sea water. They are
fed with watermelon riuds, cabbage leaves
and other green stuff, and they grow fat
in the confinement. They may be thus
kept as long as required.
They are very sensitive to cold weather
and Will freeze as quickly, if exposed, as
would a man. The flesh in appearance
resembles beef. Steaks are cut from the
shoulders, but all the rest, even to the
shell and fippers, goes into the soup ket-
tie. They do not bite nor snap like their
congener the swapping turtle. The shells
are of no value for making combs or Orna-
mental shell work. Lying on their backs
with their fippers tied, they will take no
food, and Will live about six weeks, in
ordinarily warm weather with an Occa-
sional bath.-NewYork Market Journal
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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Martinellis cider is absolutely pure.
The Honolulu Rifles had a drill Iasteven-
ing.
Mr.. Greig, the owner of Fanning's Island,
is in town.
The Supreme Court will hear divorce
cases to-day.
The Kinau is due tomorrow morning
from the Volcano.
Work on the Chinese Club House, on
King street, is progressing.
Mr.. J. Lyons will hold his regular cash
sale at 10 o'clock this morning.
The Hon. Chas. r. Bishop leaves by the
Mariposa for a trip to the Coast.
The steamer Mokolii arrived at 10 O'Clock
last evening from Maui and MoIokai.
Mr. Barney Ordenstein celebrated the
43th anniversary OF his birthday on Thurs
day.
Remember the billiard match at the
Hotel this evening between McCIeery and
Saylor.
The book Of the season. THE HoNoLULU
ALMANAC AND DIRECTORY FOR 1886. Price.
80 cents.
The foreign jurors will be required to at
tend at the Supreme Court on Monday at
10 o'clock.
High Mass at 10 a m. and Vespers at
4:35 at the Roman Catholic Cathedral to-
morrow.
Val Blatz Milwaukee lager beer is the
finest in the market. Bottled expressly
for this climate.
The Honolulu Iron Works are making
seven foot triple-efIect for the Kilauea
Sugar Plantation, Kauai.
Malaria, the curse Of large sections, is
positively cured and prevented by the use
of Dutfv's Pure Malt Whisky.
Undressed kid gloves ladies underwear
pink, white, cream and blue cashmere just
received by last steamer, at c. J. Fishels.*
Miss Davis, sister of the Rev. 5 II.
Davis of South Kona, Hawaii, was pas
senger by the steamer w 6. Hall yester-
day.
One of the windows of the store OF J. II.
Soper, stationer and news dealer, has been
lastly decorated with birthday and Christ
mas cards.
Mrs. J. y. de Soucedo, after a pleasant
stay Of several months with her daughter,
Mrs. Paul Neumann, leaves for the Coast
by the Mariposa.
Lewis Swanson, Chief officer of the Ha-
waiian bark Thomas r. Foster, was ar
rested on a warrant last night, charged
with refusing duty.
On Saturday next, October Both, the
regular quarterly meeting of the Pacific
Hardware Company Oimited) will be held
at 10 o'clock a. Ia.
Major Bendel, a well-known merchant
and capitalist, who has been in Honolulu
during the past three weeks, returns to
San Francisco by the Mariposa.
No book ever published contains SO much
reliable and valuable information regard
ing the Hawaiian Islands in such small
compass as the HoNoLULU ALMANAC AND
DIRECTORY, 1886. Prize. 50 cents.
Messrs. Wing On Wo Il Co., OF Mauna,
kea street, beg leave to notify the public
that they have just received large guam
tity of XXX and other choice brands O
Manila cigars, Of the best quality, for sale
at moderate prices.
During the temporary absence OF the
Hon. VIM. G. Irwin in San Francisco, MI
Walter NJ Giffard will have charge OF the
general business of VIM. q. Irwin
& Co, and Mr. Frank F. Hastings viii
have charge of the business affairs OF the
banking house Of Claus SpreckelS q Co.
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When List JoIeed The Car

Many years ago, while in Russia, List
was commanded To play before the late
Alexander H. at the palace Of PeterhOf.
During the performance, whilst List was
III the act Of impTovisiug. some sublime
melody, his majesty held converse with
the empress and other members Of the
imperial family, this in a sufficiently loud
tone to irritate in no small degree the
nerves Of the great master. IIszt sud
denly stopped, and the emperor, noticing
the general silence, requested the eEecu-
tant to go on. List rose from his seat,
and, making profound bow to the en-
per0r, said: "Sire, when kings speak all
should be silent" The car was quick to
catch witty sally. felt the sting and the
great musician was handed his passport
the following morning. the meaning Of
which implied a courteous request Il
cross the frontier Of once.-AIaX O'Reu in
Chicago Times.
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y e.sel- s.xpectea from rore1En Por.s


Brit ship Hospoda, Babcock, from Newcastle,
y : ", due October 1870
Brit bark GIengaber, RoHeston, from Liver
pool, due Jan 1881
Am bark Martha Fisher, from Glasgow, due
Jan 1880
Am bark Hope, DIV PenhaIlow. from Port
Townsend due Oct 20
Brit bark Ironcrag, from Liverpool, due octo-
Der 1870
Brit bark W Il Watson, from Liverpool, due
october 1-2O
AM bk Martha Davis. VI Benson, sailed from
Boston August 9TH, due December l-2J
Haw schr General SiegeI, Sanders, from
French Erigate SHOALS, due Nov 2O-3u
4 NJ MaripOsa AMI, II NJ Hayward, from
the Colonies, en- route to san Francisco, due
October 23rd
NJ ) Alameda CAM, II G Morse, from san
Francisco, route to the Colonies, due October
Both.
Am bktns Discovery, John Lee, from san
Francisco, due at Mahukona, Hawaii, October
Z3-2s
Brit bark E J Spence. from Hongkong, due
October 1925
Ger bark Hydra, f,on Hongkong, due Deem
Der I-I5
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An unforeseen trouble has arisen in
consequence of the secuIarization of the
pantheon in Paris. The splendid frescoes
which have occupied the leading artists of
France nearly ten years are already show
ing signs of injury from damp So long
as regular services We're held in the pan
theon the constant influx of fresh air and
the warmth generated by the cOngrega-
tions kept the interior tOlerably dry. Now
these influences are withdrawn, steps must
be taken to preserve the frescoes. Unfor-
tunately there are no existing means of
warming the building, so that it will be
necessary to erect stoves if the works OF
Puvis de Chavannes, Cabanel, Laurens,
H Levy, and others are to be preserved
New York Tribune.
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An Ingenious Clock in Kerry.

a cottage industry has sprung up IN
Celtic Kerry, which needs only to be
known to secure prompt orders from all
civilized lands The Kerry peasants, like
all the Swiss, have taken to clock-making,
and the native ingenuity of the race is
wonderfully displayed in some of the i'm
prOvements they have designed. The most
remarkab BE is the escapement used for the
"alibi' clock This indispensable requisite
in the moOnlighter's household has to the
inexperienced eye the appearance of a
rather clumsy cottage timepiece of the or
binary pattern. It is always wrong, both
with hands and bell, and the errors of the
two are quite irreconcilable
That, however, is the beauty of it. When
the boys are on "a job" some practiced
witness sits snugly by the turf-fire boiling
the pot "agin they come in" He smokes
his dhUdeen quietly, and has his eye and
ear intent upon the clock. The party
come home from their nights work and
refresh themselves with carOuse and a
game of spOil-ffve. AT the trial the witness
has three several time scales to pick and
choose from as the eXigencies of the alibi
demand. He has the true time, which he
knows from his neighbOrs; he has the
time indicated by the hands of the alibi
clock; and, thirdly, the time Indicated by
the bell Of it, and no deXterity of crOss-eX-
animation can shake his testimony. 1t
was =. The clock struck. 1t was II? He
happened to look at the clock. 1T was
l0?" Paddy Higgins came for a live coal
and told him so. A brisk trade would fol
low the advertisement of this admirable
invention. Advertisement, however, is
just what the owners peryersely avoid
Cor. st. James Gazette.
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Appearance of Cardinal 0Tanuing.

Cardinal Manning Is the very dream Of
emaciation physically. and of zeal men
tally. His face is more than gauut; it is
spectral IN its thiuucss. The ridge Of
cheekbOne from ear TO ear stands out Ike
a finger laid upon the flesh. The hollOws
about the drawn, thiu-Iipped mouth are
cavernous The deep, weird eyes look out
from caverns. The upper forehead bulges
as if it would force apart the tight
stretched skin. 1t Is d face which the
painter would seek for utmost impressive
ness of effect in a death-bed scene. Yet t his
wonderful old man Is the hardest working
clergyman. publicist and administrator in
Great Britain Boston Budget
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Peculiarities of DressuaS business.
\ recent law suit in London brought
out some Of the pecuyiarities of the dress
making business. one dress OF white
satin. with train painted by hand, cost
esl. but was charged for by the miliner
at e2lO Another dress of sapphire velvet
cost e44 s., and even with the regular
profit of 10 per cent. added, ought to have
been charged at only e62, but was charged
al el7O. There were other accusations of
charges for goods not ordered It was the
court dressmaker who presented these ex-
traordinary bills, and the judge said q
person who patrCnized her must expect to
pay great profits and he allowed 70 per
cent as reasonable Chicago Tribune.
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SHIPPING NOTES.

The bark Caibarien kas finished unloading her
general merchandise She VIII be moved into
the stream this morning TO wait for sugar
The schooner KulamanU VIII take machinery
for Hauaakua, Hawaii, next Monday.
The steamer Lehua sails at 9 o'clock this morn
ing for Hamakuai Hawaii. She Will flake a
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Vessels in Port from Foreign Ports.

Am bktne George c Perkins, II Alderman
from san Francisco
Ger bark Pacific, c Altman, from Bremen
Hawaiian bark Thomas X Foster. Z " Rugg,
from Newcastle, y "
Am bktne Ella, Z Rust, from San Francisco
An bark Caibarien q A Perkins, from san
Francisco via Mahukona
Hsr brig Star of Devon, Alfred Lowell from
Jaluit ; ; /
Haw schr Jennie Walker, Anderson, from
Fannings Island.
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Photncranhinr ProiectiIcs in Motion.

Krupp, of Essen, proposes to employ in
Simultaneous photography in the solution
of highly important ballistic questions,
Mr. Ottoman Anchutz a skilled phOtog-
rapher. is taking observations during the
experiments at present being carried on at
Krupp's range, near Meppen, by order OF
the German admiralty. He is to devote
his attention chiefly to taking photographs
OF projectiIes in transit, the recOil of gun
carriages, the penetration of armor-plates
by projectiles, and similar phases in artiI-
Iery practice. As projectiIes have veloc-
ity of !, 800 feet per second, the obstacles to
be overcome in obtaining satisfactory pho
tographs are very great, and the most
delicate apparatus must be used.-franR
Leslie's.