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vessels Expected rro.n Foreign Porrs.

vessels Expected TrOsn Foreign Ports.
Brit bark isle of Erin, Nicholson, from Liver
pool, due July 1881
Am bark Edward May, Johnson, from Boston,
due August 2O-3I
Brit ship Anna ma. from Liverpool, due August
1925
Boil bark Don Nicolas, Ross, from Port Towns
end W I, due July 2O-3l
Ger bark Pacific Gilman, from Bremen, due
Sept 2O-3O
Brit bark Ironcrag, from Liverpool, due octO-
Der 1880
Brit bark W H Watson, from Liverpool, due
October 1-2O
Am blk Nicolas Thayer, Crosby from Newcastle,
W, due at Kahului August 1925
Am blk Elsinore, G W jerks from Newcastle,
n s w, due August 2O-30
Am blk Pacific slope, Barnes, from Newcastle,
y S w, due September 1928
r NJ : S Mariposa (Am). NJ Hayward from
San Francisco, en- route to the Colonies, due
Sept
Am bktne Planter, w Perriman, from Port
Townsend. W T. due Sept 1920
Am ship Melross, Kalb, from Port Townsend,
w T, due Sept is
Am brgtne SaIina, Blake, from San Francisco,
due Aug20-25
Am schr Anna, Williams, from San Francisco,
for Kahului, due August $3.50
Am bktne Amelia, W Newhall, from Eureka,
Cal, due August 25-25
Am ternJ Ford, from San Francisco, due
August $3.50
Am bk Martha Davis VI Benson sailed from
Boston August TIN, due December 10
Am bktne Klikitat, ID Cutler, from Port
Townsend, W It. due September $40
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Japanese Tea at Chicago Show.

l visited the japanese village" the
other day, and came away in towering
passion. After visiting several of the
little booths nearest the entrance, saun-
tered away into the back part of the
theater, where couple of little japanese
ladies were making and giving away
cups of tea. "Now," thought I to my
self, Il will see for myself whether the
Japs and the Cinese know any more
about good cup of tea than the Amer
leans do"
AS 1 approached, the dainty little
matron stepped to the front of her booth,
and in a rather beseeching manner held
out to me a tray containing half a
dozen tiny blue cups half full of tea. l
gratefully accepted one. 1t contained
only few thimblefuls of tea, without
cream or sugar; but, oh! ye gods! what
tea! slipped and slipped until it was gone,
and then, having quickly made the cir
cult of the village, came back with new
crowd, and took another cup. This fraud
was perpetrated over and over, and it
seemed to me that could drink that tea
forever.-Cor. Chicago Journal.
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ALeadin~ COIOn,st.

Among the through passengers by the
Mararoa on Saturday was Mr. j. c.
Firth, of Auckland, and his son and
daughter-in-law. Mr.. Firth is not only
man of wealth and influence in his
own country, but is also a historical
character. The famous chief Wiremu
Thompson, the New Zealand Warwick.
or ''King maker" gave Mr.. Firth the
now famous Matamata estate, between
the Waikato and Piako rivers in Auck-
land province, consisting of between
forty and fifty thousand acres of agricul-
tural land. The old chief was then dy-
ing, and the war was in progress but
the Maoris never faltered, and Mr.
Firth s title was as sacred and secure as
a Crown grant. After the war Mr..
Firth set about improving his estate,
and he employed Il large staff of men,
having at one time about $4,000 acres
under cultivation. He imported steam
ploughs, together with the most inn
proved harvesting machinery from Cali
fOrnia, his son who has charge of the es-
tate having gone there some years ago
for the purpose of familiarizing himself
with California farming methods He
also established bee farms and dairies,
conducting all upon large scale; but
the high rate of wages for labor and
short hours compelled him ulti-
mately to abandon this method
of direct farming, and he has
segregated his estate, selling improved
farms with buildings upon deferred pay
ments on easy terms Mr.. Firth's per
sOnal relations to Wi Tamahana (Wm
Thompson) gives him a place in New
Zealand history, no other man occupies
He will confine his visit to California,
and being largely interested in flour
milling in Auckland, will probably OBJ
tain some valuable hints from the miIlers
OF the Golden State. Mr. Firth was
charmed with what he saw ashore dur
ing his short sojourn here, and intends,
if possible, to spend some time on the
Islands on his return to his home He
was specially pleased with the perform
ance of the Royal Hawaiian Band,
which was in attendance at the wharf
on the departure OF the steamer, and
having had an introduction to His Maj
esty on board the Mararoa, he took oc-
casion to thank the King for the pleasure
and qualification he had afforded to his
fellow voyagers for 50 agreeably break
ing the tedium OF their voyage.
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The Advantages of Tarred Floors.

Some months ago the floors of many
Austrian garrisons were painted with
tar, and the results have proved so uni
fornly advantageous that the method is
becoming greatly extended in its apph-
cation. The collection of dust in cracks
is thus prevented, and a consequent dim
mutton in Initiative diseases of the eye
has been noted. Cleaning of the rooms
has been greatly facilitated, and para
sites are almost completely excluded.
The coating of tar is inexpensive, re-
quires renewal but once yearly, and pre-
sents but one disadvantage, viz, its SOM
Der color.-Medical News.
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PASSENGERS.
ARRIVALS.

From windward ports, per stmr Kinau August
29th-FrOm Volcano; A Vessel Page and wife,
DR. Condor, With ers, Cox, Tnos Sahrey,
wife, children, Miss II Satrey, Inaina, VIC
Brash. From Hilo and way ports: H r PriR-
Kaiulani and two servants, Miss L Robert
son. Miss Helen Ladd, Miss Mabel Ladd, Mrs W
Miss Mary Low, Miss Clara Low, Miss Stella
Kaaua, Miss Hattie Needham, Miss Nita Neu-
mann, Miss Agnes Neumaun, Mrs T Hastings
Miss L FitZsimmons, Miss Nellie Lowrie, Miss
Minnie Brown, Saml Damon, VIM Foster j
Tucker, Nawahi, Captain q W Wilfong, Stup-
plebeen, Armstrong Smith, Prof L L Van Slyke,
AIRS L Aseu, W Daniels, Rev KalaIna, Il
Everett and wife, Rev W 9 Merritt and wife, d.
Miss Male Nowlein, Miss Louise Hart, q
HOWE and loo deck passengers.
From Kahului Lahaina and Hama, Maui, per
steamer Likelike, August 2Sth-Major W Il Corn
Young, Rev Duncan VI Silva, Mrs O'Suli-
van, Miss Z Ferna ndeZ q : Roseman, Miss
Brewer, Brothers Matthias and James, Ballen-
tine, H B Wentworth, Taylor and wife and liz
deck passengers.
From the Colonies, per steamship Mararoa,
August 2Sth-C Brown. Rover, Hayarty, W
J Wilson, Mr. and Mrs Gilbert and family and g
passengers in transit.
Prom Hamakua, per steamer Bishop, Aug
ust 29th-J Marsden, Il Ii Moore, II Cooper, J
Wright, A Arnemann, Richard, Master Mode-
house and 81 deck passengers.
From Kauai, per steamer Waialeale, August
29th-H Warehouse, Heinrich HOLT Miss
Marie Won Holt, Miss Bertha Holt, Captain J
Ross john Brown, W Brede, ] II Cooke, Mrs
Wilson, Mrs Christian, Andrews, Chas
Greenfield and So deck passe ngrrs.
DEPARTURES.
For San Francisco per steamship Mararoa,
August 2Sth-W NJ Rose, Edward Hutton, u "
Hughes, Mrs Robert More, Miss Brown, K
Hind, wife and son, Miss Judd, r Arm
strong, Chas Gary, J Bowler, II steera -e passen-
gers, and 80 passengers in transit.
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vessels in Port from Foreign Port.

French schr Hammonia, Armand, from
Peryn Island
Haw schr General Seigel, Nelson, from Jaluit,
Marshall Islands
Ger schr Mary Bohm P Bohm, from Yoko-
hama, via Kauai
Am bktne Discovery, H Meyer. from San
Francisco
o. Australia (Haw), H webber, from San
Francisco
Am blk Fred Litchfeld, Bartlett, from Hong
kong
Haw brig Allie Rowe, VIM Phillips, from
Hougkong
Am bstne Claus spreckels, E Drew, from San
Francisco
Townsend, W
Am bktne Malay, Morehouse, from Burrard g
Inlet, BE
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Surveys made during the past two
years have shown that the river Rhone
has cut for itself a channel in the bottom
of Lake Geneva, through which it flows
between parallel banks, like an ordin-
airy stream on the earth's surface. The
Rhine makes similar passage through
Lake Constance.-Ark Traveller.
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The Hours of sleep Required.

Five hours for a man, seven for
woman, and nine for a pig" says one
proverb; and a second, quoted by Mr..
Hazlitt in his English Proverbs" de-
clares that Nature requires five; custom
gives allows seven; laziness takes nine,
and wickedness eleven" These conclu-
sions were, however, drawn from obser-
vaticas of country ife.-Exchange
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PORT OF HONOLULU, IL. /.
ARRIVALS.

<ARaAAb n Is
SATURDAY, August %.
RIM S Mararoa Brio James Edie, II days
from Auckland, n Il
Stmr Likelike, LoTenzen, from Kahului
Stmr Mokolii, Mctirekor, from Molokai
Schr Raj nbow, from KOolau, Oahu
Schr Kulamanu, from Puma
SUNDAY, August %.
Stmr Kinau, King, from Maui and Hawaii
Stmr Waialeale, Freeman, from Kauai
Stmr James Makee, Weir, from Kauai
Stmr Bishop. CLANCY, from Hamakua, Ha-
wall
Am bktne Malay, MorehOuse, % days from
Burrard Inlet, b G
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Vessels LenvIn% To-Day.

Stmr Likelike, LOrenzen, for Kahului. Hama
and Kaunakak ai, at .
stmr Mokolii, McGregor, for Molokai, at >
p IN
Haw schr General Seigel, Sanders, for French
Frigate Shoals
Schr Leahi, for Hanalei Kauai
Schr Manuokawai, for KOolau
Schr Kawailani for KOOlau, Oahu
Schr Mana, for HonOmu
Tern Ke Au Hou, for Kuau, Maui
Schr Sarah and Eliza, for Koolau
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Europe.s Armies Standing in Line.

If the 5000, 900 soldiers of the Euro
pean powers were drawn up in line, the
distance from right - left would be
5000 miles, and the reviewing officer
would require an express train for sew
eral days to go from one end Of the line
to the other,-The Argonaut
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Social Gradations in England.

William H. Rideing, writing wittily of
gradations in England, AYERS: "The Occu-
pants of the softest cushions are treated
with the softest manners-the occupants
of the hardest with an appropriate
asperity. n-Exchange.
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The Careful Transportation of Eggs.

Twenty-three million eggs were recently
shipped from st. Louis at one time, only
900 of which were broken during their
journey to New York-Exchange.
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DEPARTURES.

SATURDAY, August %.
RMS Mararoa Brit, Edie, for San Francisco,
at $50 m
Stmr Waimanalo, Nelson, for Waimanalo,
Oahu
Schr Mile Morris, for Lanai
Schr Mary Foster, for Waimea Kauai
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The grand jury at Sitka, Alaska, is try
ing to have the steamship company in
dicted for importing tramps and cranks
into the territory
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OAHU COLLEGE,
HONOLULU, H. 1.
Fall Term Opens September Is, 1886.

The Faculty of the past year will be in
creased by the addition of Mr.. G. w. Sever
ence, A. B., who comes TO us from the Man
chester School, Manchester, Vt. Mr.. Sew
erence has made a special study of the
French Language in Europe, and will take
that branch in the College work, together
with Elocution and kindred subjects. The
Boarding Department will be under the
same management as last year, and offers a
pleasant school-home to all who may desire
to live al Punahou.
Those planning to join the school for the
coming year are requested to communicate
at an early date with the President,
REV. W. c. MERRITT.
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PunahOu Preparatory
School,
rs Beretania street, Honolulu, Fl. l.,
Miss E. Y. Hall, Principal.

The Trustees have added year TO the
former course, making it to correspond with
the best Grammar school courses of the
cities in the United States. They are happy
to announce that they have secured a corps
Of experienced instructors to assist the Prin-
cipal, consisting of the following ladies
Miss Agnes Mooar, Of Oakland, CAL, takes
the Fifth and Sixth Grades.
Miss Ella B. Snow, of Ware, Mass, takes
the Third and Fourth Grades.
Miss Mary Stuart Of Oakland, Cal, takes
the Primary Grades.
The School opens at O'Clock MONDAY,
September -, 1886.
For additional information address
Rev. w. e. Merritt.
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Hawaiian Parliament.
Legislative AssembIy-Eighty ighth
Day.
SATURDAY, August 2Sth.

SATURDAY, August 2Sth.
The House met at 10 a. IN. Prayer
by the Chaplain. At 1925, there
not being quorum present, on motion of
Hon. Mr.. Cleghorn the House adjourned
to 10 o'clock Monday morning.
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Colonial News.

Reingold draught beer at the CONNER
cia.
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Store for Rent and Fixtures
for Sale.

TIlHAT DESIRABLE STORE NOW OCCUPIED
i by the LADIES' BAZAAR, IS Fort street
and all the Fixtures, Glass Cases. ETC. for sale
For further particularly inquire on the preInises
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Ask for Val Blatz Milwaukee lager beer.
1t takes the lead of all others in this mar
ket.
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GENTS WHITE SHIRTS.

We claim to have the largest and most com
plete stock in the city; the very best make, and
the very lowest prices.
Every shirt warranted linen bosom. linen
cuffs and good At.
Our 81 so Shirt we will sell for 30 days only AZ
81 As each, whenever bought by single one or 10
dozen at the time.
800 doz. of Mackinaw Hats. at 9Oc each
Our 50 so Hats we will sell at 81 So.
aa5 Come and look at these Hats, and you can
not resist from buying.
Our entire line of Hosiery Will be sold at soc
on the 81.
Infants Short Dresses, Cambria NansoOk,
stylishly made aud trimmed from SOc up.
THE LADIES WILL APPRECIATE THE FOL
LOWING BARGAINS;
Arasene. at 25c DOZEN former price, soc.
Chenille, at 25o a dozen; former price, soc.
Our IS, "a and SO Pompoms will be sold during
the next 30 days for 81 so per dozen.
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K,ver Channels cat Through lax.

In Paris the city owns the street cars.
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NOTICE.

T A MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS or
"A the Olowalu Company, held on August 10th,
the following gentlemen elected to serve
as officers for the ensuing year, viz;
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way Oak in France, March 81, 1851
between thirty French and thirty En-
glish Knights. The French were Fl
nally victorious.
81. What is known as the "Battl,
of the Spurs?"
The battle of Courtrai in 1902, wheI
the French army was annihilated ant
1000 golden spurs taken from tht
slaughtered lights. Also applied tt
an affair at Guinegate near Calais
August Is, 1913, where England under
Henry VIII. defeated the French; sc
called, because Of the rapid retreat OF
the French cavalry.
90. Name some of the prominent
literary forgeries.
Ireland of Shakespeare Chatterton
of ROwley; Macpherson of Ossian
SimOnides of Scripture manuscripts.
63. What king went into famous
battle singing a hymn of Luther, his
army joining in the chorusq What
was his fate
Gustavus AdOlphus at battle OF
Lltzen. He was shot from behind it
was supposed by his cousin.
GA. Who painted the "Blue Boy"
and why?
GainsbOrOugh painted Master Butall
in IL suit of blue to prove that a whole
portrait can be effective in blue, which,
in substance, Reynolds had denied.
65. Whose diary published in 1918,
affords a good view of English life
and manners under Charles I'd
John Evelyn's diary.
&C. OF what eminent poet did DIR.
Johnson say, "He played the politician
about cabbages and turnips and hardly
drank tea without strategem 2"
What elected and justified the remark?
Alexander Pope. He collected his
letters from his friends, changed dates
and passages and retouched them to
suit the picture Of himself he wished to
present, procured them to be publish
ed, then intrigued to make it appear
that they had been fraudulently pub
lished without his consent and many
similar acts of regeneration.
81. An eminent. painter of whom
Ruskin says, "with him in fact, the art
of painting did in great part die" up
on his death bed, said to brother ar
fist, equally celebrated, eve are all
going to heaven and Vandyke is of the
company" Name the painters.
Thomas GainsborOugh to Sir Joshua
Reynolds.
90. An eminent writer of the 18th
century, having never sat for Il pOr-
trait, was after his death, painted by
an eminent artist from recollection,
aided by Il celebrated actor who VOL
unteered to "make his face" and sit
for the portrait. Name the writer, the
artist and the actor.
Thomas Fielding. VIM. Hogarth.
David Garrick.
SO. What very ancient philosopher,
speaks of the earth as sphere, and
uses language which implies that the
theory of gravitatiOn had already been
cOnjectured?
Plato.
20 Quotations.
The moving moon went up the sky,
And nowhere did abide
Softly she was going up,
And star or two beside.
And loud in air
Calls men to prayer,
From the taperlng SUBMITS
OF tall minarets.
AS the weaver piled the shuttle, wOve he to the
mystic rhyme,
And the smith his iron measures. hammered to the
anvils chime.
And as she moves with gentle stir,
Feels crystal anklets clasped on her
By watery fingers and hung with bells
Of bubbles, that ring their own quick knells.
a. S. t. COleridge. Rhyme of An
cient Mariner.
b. Francis MahOney Gather Prout.
Bells of Shandon.
C. FL. w. LOngfellow. Nuremberg.
d. T. B. Read. A summer story.
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Glass b.

35. What great Indian Treaty was
never sworn to and never broken ?
William PENIS.
sc. Where is a water volcano?
Volcano de Aqua in Guatemala.
81. Which is the most densely pop
ulated country u?
China.
80. What king of France having
returned to his own country to raise
his ransom of 5000, 900 crowns, failing,
was he defeated, and by whom
King John ii. of France. At POitiers
by Edward the Black Prince.
80. Name the five greatest epic po-
ems of all times?
HOmer's Iiad Virgil's Eneid
Dante's Divine Comedy; TassO's Je-
rusalem Delivered; Millions Paradise
Lost.
40. The birthday of what English
poet is in dispute ?
Godfrey Chaucer, also VIM. Shake
speare.
Al. Which is the most celebrated
elegy of the nineteenth century?
In Memoriam by Alfred TennysOn.
40. Who first conceived the idea of
the centre of gravity?
Archimides, B. G.. 287-2I2.
43. What foreign scientist was pat
rOnized by Queen Elizabeth
GiOrdano Bruno. Died in 1900.
"A. Who discovered the laws which
regulate the movements of the plane
tary bOdies9
John Kepler. 1571-163O.
As. Who was the prisoner of Chill
Downward.
46. Name the authors of the follow
ing and where found:
The ocean old,
Centuries old,
Strong as youth and uncontrolled
PAGES restlessly to and fro,
Up and down the sands of gold.
Within our beds awhile we heard
The wind, that round the gables roared,
With now and then a ruder shock,
Which made our very bedstsads rock
a III. w. LOngfellOw. Building of the
Ship.
j. G.. Whittier. Snow Bound.
AZ. What emperor reigned at Rome
both A. d. and B. c.? What portion
in each era?
Augustus Caesar. B. c. 81. A. D.
Ia.
48. Mt. Marcy belongs to what
mountain system
Appalachian.
40. What king being permitted to
return to his own realm to raise a ran
som of 100000 crowns, failing, re-
turned to captivity 3? By whom con-
quered, in what battle Give the dis
parity of numbers.
John III. of France by the Black
Prince at POitiers. English 5000.
French $4,000.
so. What reduced the population
of England about one-half in the four
teenth century?
A pestilence called the Black Death.
81. Since when has the title, Prince
of Wales, been the title of the eldest
son of the royal family of England ;
who first bore it and what became of
him
Since 1901. Edward |. gave it to
his son Edward III. who was depose,l
by parliament for his crimes and after
wards murdered in Berkeley castle.
So. What evidence is there, if any
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VICKsS
FLORAL GUIDE

Is a work of nearly 200 pages, colored plates 1000
Illustrations with descriptions of the best Flowers
and Vegetables, prices of Plants and Seeds and
how to obtain Seeds and grow them. Price only 10
cents which may be deducted from the first order.
Buy only Vick's Seeds, at Headquarters. stiff
JAMES WICK, Seedman, Rochester, N. Y.
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NE 00NG0LA BOOT FOR LADIES

Ist FOUR DOLLARS per pair, and warrant
ny of the fine shoes do. / sell the LADIES
foxed, ScallOped vamp and quarter, Stylish
OF, 81 buttons, for $500. NV stock Of Warm
think have the Largest Line Of FANCY
ty of these goods at this seGsOn of the year.
t prices SO low that they ought TO command
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Warranted to be imported stock. These sell
not to crack in the uppes turn blue get rough
ELECTRIC Boot for 81 rs. This boot has Glove top
ersiceable and Cheap. sell the Ladies' high RINK
Boots Shoes and Slippers is more complete than ever
In conclusion will say that sell my goods for Cas-
every dollar of cash trade in this community.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-12-21
NEW DEyELOPMENTs

among The Busy Wheels of Industry.
 The moulders in the south foundry at the Sargent manufactory, who have expressed dissatisfaction with the new scale of prices submitted them by the firm, expect that there will be no strike, but that the matter will be satisfactorily adjusted on MT. -Sar- gents return from New York. The men in the north foundry have had new schedule of prices made out for them, and it is said to be all right, for the prices of a great many kinds of work were advanced, while there were only few reductions. Work in both foundries is not very busy at present, and the moulders work only four days week.
 The firm of Schollhorn & Go. competed recently for the contract offered by the Unit ed States government for the manufacture of scissors and shears, which are used in the government hospitals and other institutions, and were successful, being awarded the con tract. The number required is not enor- nous, but the fact that sixty manufactories competed for the contract gives the firm special pleasure as 8 testimonial of their rank in the business. The same firm once before came out victorious in a similar com petitive contest for like contract.
 The damage done the Forsyth laundry by fire is being rapidly repaired. The work is being pushed forward with all. dispatch, the concern being very busy with orders.
 The firm of Mayer, Strouse & Co.,, the cor set manufacturers, have just put in new and costly elevator in place of one of the old ones. The new one is of vastly superior carrying capacity and is one of the largest and best in the State.
 Business at the L. Candee rubber manu- factory is quite dull.