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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-05-13

Chinese domestics have for some
time been in great demand on the
Pacific coast, but their days are num-
bered. The following incident will
show the deep-seated feeling against
them.
A lady residing near Lodi, except
ing callers, heard the welcome knock,
as she supposed. On answering it she
was confronted by burly tramp.
"Mam, can We be afther givin' me a
boite to ate? Oh haven't tasted bles-
sid thing for thray days. Shure the
pit av me shtomsck is touchin' me
spinal meningitis"
Certainly" remarked the lady
closing the door gently.
Shortly after the Chinese domes-
tic appeared with a plate laden with
edibles.
"Did yez cook that?" inquired the
tramp.
Yes, me cookee him."
"Take it roight back. Oil shtarvt
bayiore Oil patronize any house
that employs a Choinase cook.-Th,
Wasp.
An old bachelersays, "There's a grea
sight more jewelry worn now-a-day
than when / was young. But there
one piece that / always admired which
I don't often see now."
"What is~that2' asked young lady
"a thimble," was thereby. He wa
regarded with contempt and scorn b,
every lady in the room, for the rest o
the evening.
Overheard in Horticultural Hall
Miss Smithers-"Charlie, dear, whs
kind of flower is that?" Mr.. Rose
man "a young collegian)-"Lovt
that is not a flower it is a tobacc
plant" Miss Smithers-"0h, ho1
nice it must look when the plugs az
hanging on it."-Jadge.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-05-13
Giving New Workers an idea.

When two good,looking woman ap-
peared on Fifth avenue on Easter
Monday with umbrellas rolled in bril-
liant celored coverings there was
much craning ofnecks in the windows
OF the clubs and considerable talk
about the innovation One of the
covers was bright yellow and the
other red. ! was sitting in Delmon-
ico's when the ladies dropped in for
luncheon. When they entered
heard sweet, tiny tinkling OF invis,
ible silver bells. When they were
seated the sound ceased. When they
moved their feet the music began
again. l have asked a friend il it was
a music box carried in the pocket
She said the women were from Phila
delphia, where it is now all the rage
to carry umbrellas with gorgeous GOV
erings and to wear three garters, two
red ones and one yellow one, and th,
yellow one is worn on the left leg
! To the yellow one is attacked littl
silver bell like sleigh bell, for luck
--Ne,o York Star.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-05-13
Presidential yetOes.

WASHINGTON D. c.. May S,-Presi.
dent Cleveland to-day to the
house of representatives number OF
pension bills without his approval,
and also sent in a message vetoing
one. In his message he calls atten-
ton to the fact that the law provides
a pension bureau for the adjudication
OF claims of this character, and he
sees no reason why pensioners should
have to go to congress for Justice
He further says that the pension bu-
reau has better facilities for justice tc
pensioners than congress has, and il
it has not the bureau should be reor.
ganized. He intimates that congress
did not consider the bills in question
as carefully as they should have been
considered.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-05-13
VOL. Ill.
a Young Euusbapd'. SoIiIoquy.

The queerest little dresses
My eyes have ever seen,
sometimes catch a glimpse Of
And wonder what they mean
All folded up so neatly
And fashioned out with grace,
With little bits of ribbon,
And little bits of lace.
gaze on them with wonder
And in Violas eyes
try to read the secret
But she is all too wise.
And unto all my questions
She makes but this reply;
'If you'll have patience, Thomas,
I'll tell you-bg and byP
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-05-13

Success follows prestige. The
Duke of Westminster is perhaps the
richest man in England, and he en-
joys every luxury of earth. And now
twice he has won the Derby prize and
once the Two Thousand Guineas.
Some men seem to want the earth and
the solar system.
"With all thy faults / love thee STILL"
quoted Adolphus to fair Amelia in par
lor, and, as it were an echo OF the fond
swaip's words, the old man up stairs
said to his beligerent wife, "I love thee
still, while the moonshiner afar off in
the woods stood beside his whisky fac
tory and softly murmured, II love thee,
still" and the cashier, as he appropri-
ated funds from the cash-drawer, ech-
oed tie refrain, 81 love this ll,"-Chi-
coga Rambler.
The Cree chief, Big Bear, and three
Of his head men, all OF whom have been
in the penitentiary for nearly year
for their acts in connection with the
Riel rebellion, have been set at liberty
and ordered back to their reservation.
Big Bear is greatly broken both in
health and spirits: but his people, who
dwell to the numberof 1 900 on the Up
per Saskatchewan River, are prepar-
ing to give the old man areception on
his retnrn which will probably inspire
him with new hope.
The Senate Committee on Com
merce has decided to report Captain
Eads's ship railway scheme in new
shape and with new title. The
House Committee agreed upon Gov.
ernment guarantee of $97 800, 900, to be
paid at the rate Of 50 100000 annually
for fifteen years the Senate Commit
tee reduces the guarantee to $7,500000
not more than $2,5O0,OO0 to be pait
the first year, and not more than 81,
500,0t0 N any subsequent year, anC
the payments to be limited to fv,
year. Another important change re
quires the company safelyto transpor
. loaded vessel weighing not less thai
5000 tons before the guarantee be
comes operative.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-05-13

Senator Mitchell Of Pennsylvania is
so seriously in at Wellsboro, in that
State, that he will not probably, be
able to return to his seat during the
present Congressional session,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-05-13

LONDON, May 1O.-A despatch from
Dublin states that the constables
throughout the Province of Ulster have
been secretly engaged for some time in
ascertaining the names and addresses
OF all the people who have purchased
armr within the past three years. The
information is mainly optained from
shippers who furnish the addresses OF
the purchasers, and detailed accounts
of the arms consigned. This dispatch
caused considerable excitement
throughout London. The intelligence
it conveys is taken as an indication
that the government contemplates the
disarming Of the loyalists.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-05-13
Revising A Dictionary.

A Complete revision of Webster's
Dictionary is in progress at New Ha-
ven. President Noah Porter of Yale
College, is the editor-in-chief, and has
entire charge OF the enterprise. The
work is being carried on in an inn
mense building at the corner of Or
ange and Elm Streets. President
Porter is assisted by q large corps Of
eminent literary authorities, who are
mainly Yale professors, though some
of the associate editors are from other
colleges. In addition to this board Of
associate editors, there are several
assistants or clerks, a majority Of
whom are recent Yale graduates
Nearly 100 persons in all are employ
ed on this work. When asked about
the revision, President Porter mani
tested extreme reticence upon the sub
ject, but he finally said; The same
general plan will be observed in the
revision now in progress as in the last
revision of which was the editor.
The generally accepted forms of spell
ing will be preserved as far as possible,
though advocates of the advanced
methods Of spelling, such as Professor
Marsh, OF Lafayette College, and Pro
fessor Whitney, of Yale, desire the
adoption of new forms in many words.
In general, words will be Anglicised
as far as possible, though some words
of Greek and Latin derivation may
retain their foreign plurals. AS re-
CARDS the disputed plural OF the word
caucus / know of but one possible
plural, namely, 'caucuses, and this
form will be used in this word and
other words of the same class. All
words Of recent origin, which convey
distinct ideas and are recognized and
used by reputable authors, will be in
corporated in the revision. The word
dude believe to convey II specific
idea expressed by no other word, and
though it may be hard to give def
mite description Of the meaning
which the word conveys, l think i
will be incorporated in the revision
The word boycott is also a word o
definite meaning and of recent origin
and will probably be incorporated"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-05-13

The present governor of Illinois
0glesby. has resided in the state just
fifty.yeafs.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-05-13


1t is getting so nowadays that
while good hard-working physician
will have to work all day and all night
in order to make a living, quack
doctor can come to town and in six
months be wearing diamonds. There
seems to be something about II quack
doctor that will draw the poorer classes
to his side in droves, and the louder he
quacks, and the more bogus he is, the
greater the crowd. For instance,
there is man in Boston by the name
OF Bennett, who claims to have the
mind cure down to very fine point.
In fact it is said by those who have
tried to see the point, that even the
strongest magnifying glass has thus
far failed to show it up. If Il patient
is suffering with any disease, from
lumbago to hydrophobia, all they have
got to do is to lay a ten dollar bill on
his table, he in turn pronounces the
formula: "You are cured" and the
thing is did. That is, if the patients
power Of imagination is first class
possibly he will leave, and for thu
time being think that he really has
been cured, but the chances are tina
he won't go far before he makes th'
discovery that the disease is still il
him. The alleged doctor is just fairl.
cording up the "tenners' and the pa
tients are coming in by hundreds.
"The robbers of the Rhine are dead
and their castles are in ruins, and W
are sailing down between their graves
The robbers of the Rhine! How eas,
it is to call names! They only leyie'
duties on the commerce that passe'
that way; their castles were custom
house. There were thirty-two Of then
in the middle ages. They were collect
ors, and had their night-inspeetor'
and tide-waiters, and revenue-cutter;
which they wore at their sides in
scabbard their duties were I'D vdlorem
or specific by q sliding scale, alway
sliding upward, or in any direction i
which they would produce the mos
revenue; theirs was strickly a revenu
tariff. THEY WERE ROBBERS Wha
are we who seize by the throat figure
lively every merchant that brings u
what we want, and will not let hi
goods pass till he has paid us a tribut
of often one-third their value. "-E. {
Benedict, in A Run Through Europ'
Ex-Commissioner Loring says {
Longfellow's personal get-up; "H
was consummate artist, but he ha
t the personal weakness of all literar
s people about Boston. Irecollect ono
8 sitting with Lowell at the old Colleg
! Hotel at Cambridge, when he sale
Just look at this coming across I'll
:. street" There came Longfello
s across, walking on his heels so as
v keep his boots from being muddie
i He had on red necktie, silk We
of some fancy color, a coat of brow
or olive tint with velvet collar, al
fancy gloves upon his hands. Dressc
t like swell, it did look too funny f
: a man OF his intellect"
, The widow of General J, f. B. st
0 art, of the Virginia cavalry, is nc
" keeping prosperous girls school
. Staunton, Va.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-05-13


Senator Dolph of Oregon is regard
ed by the ladies as the handsomest
man in the Senate. He is tall and
broad-shouldered, speaks with rich.
deep bass voice and has magnificent
full beard, which falls to the middle Of
his waistcoat. He has a stricken face
and a majesty bearing, both of which
attract attention.
The Committee on Expenditures OF
the War Department having investi-
gated the charges against the Signal
Service Bureau, has reported, exonera-
ting General Hazen from any suspi'
cion OF corrupt conduct or bad faith
in his administration OF the Bureau
but suggesting the need of further
legislation in regard to the power
and duties Of the official in charge o.
| it.
|
A Mass-Meeting in favor OF Home
Rule in Ireland, held in Washington
last week, was largely attended by
Congressman. MI. Randall acted al
chairman, and speeches were made b.
Senators Van Wyck and Riddlebergel
and Representatives Gibson anC
Phelps. Letters were read from Sena
tors Sherman and Logan and from
Samuel J, Tilden, and great enthusi
asm was manifested. The resolution
adopted included a cable message t
Messrs. Gladstone and Parnell, cord
ally approving and sustaining thei
efforts for self-goYernment for Ireland
The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1886-10-07
LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY.


Yesterday, the hundred and twenti-
eth day began with the passage, on
second reading by title, OF the bill to
raise the rate of taxation to one per
cent 1t viii be read a third time to-
n orrow.' A motion for the Molokai
committee to report Immediately was
tabled, The bill to appoint two add
tlonal judges to the Supreme Court
passed third reading; also that to pre-
vent the adulteration Of coffee, and the
Sunday bill, that leaves Sunday Just
about where it found it.
On the third reading of the Appro-
priation Bill being resumed, Mr.
Kaulukou had $4,000 each for two
additional judges of the Supreme
Court. The same gentleman had the
appropriation for the Reformatory
School, that was raised several thousand
dollars on second reading, further in
creased from $4,000 to $4,000.
With the assistance of Mr. Gibson, he
had the item for repairs to boarding
schools raised from $4,000 to $780,
900.
Mr.. Dickey moved to reduce the
pay of the Secretary Board of Health
from $4,000 to $4,000, but the log.
rollers we're too many for him. Mr..
Richardson took hand in the hosting
business by making motion, that OF
course passed, to increase the item for
salaries Of district physicians from $4S-
900 to $4,000. Mr.. Hayselden had
the item for medicines raised from
$4,000 to $4,000. In this connec-
ton Mr. Dole threw more cold water
on the ducks back, by charging the
Secretary of the Board of Health with
ignoring the law in the purchase oil
medicines without advertising for ten
ders Mr. Gibson said in reply that
the two drug stores in Honolulu gave
the Board supplies at less than anyone
not IN the trade could procure then
abroad.
Mr. Kaulukou succeeded in leading
the House by large majority to ado
$50 to the item for celebrating the
Kings jubilee, making it $4,000: He
tried to get $50, 900 instead of $a5, ooc
for the Honolulu Fire Department
but Mr. Gibson produced estimates
showing that $3h5oo would be ample
for maintenance and projected improve
ments, and the latter amount was
voted. The ST., 200 for the Honolulu
Library struck out the other day, was
restored through the ntercession o
Mr.. Dole. An item of $4,000 was
voted for perfecting the title of the
ground at the fish market and adjoin
ing lots For purchasing manuscript
of Hawaiian and Polynesian literature
from Hon. A. Fernandez, $4,000 was
inserted Mr.. Ksulukou had $4,000
entered for the pay Of military engi
neer
The bill passed third reading, anc
was referred to the committee on revi
sion, to be reported back to-day.
The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1886-10-07
Now Appointments.

BY reference to our "By Authority
column it will be seen that it has
pleased His Majesty the King to
appoint Hon. Curtis p. Iaukea Gov
ernor of the Island of Oahu, vice His
Excellency John o. Domlnis, resigned;
Hon. R. Hoapili Baker, Governor of
the Island of Maui, Molokai and La
mai, vice His Excellency John O. Dom
inis, resigned; His Excellency Robt.
]. Creighton, Secretary Of War and OF
the Navy His Excellency John O.
Dominis, Lieutenant General and Com
mander;in.C Chief of the forces of the
Kingdom; Hon. Curtis p. Iaukea,
Adjutant General to the forces of the
Kingdom, vice Major c, T. Gulick,
resigned; Captain Sam. Nowlein, Quar-
termaster General to the forces of the
Kingdom; Major John D. Holt, Score
tary and Aide-de-Camp to the Lieu
tenant General; Hon. Curtis p Iaukea
as His Majesty's Private Secretary
Adjutant John T, Baker, Major of the
Kings Guard; Captain Jas. Kahalewai
Adjutant Of the Kings Guard; FRS
Lieutenant r. Parker Waipa, Captain
Of the Kings Guard; Second Lieute
nant Sam. l. Maikai, First Lieutenan
Of the Kings Guard, and Frank w. J
teary, Second Lieutenant of the King
Guard. --Ad9er!iSsr
The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1886-10-07
TRADE POINTERS.

There is no need for spending hours
of toll in unaccustomed researches
among musty archives, when you can
obtain the services of professional
searcher of records, such as Mr. Pope,
whose card appears in the HERALD
Messrs. H. Hackfeld & Co. an
nounce stocks in various staples and
specialties Of merchandise Retailers
should not go to the trouble and ex
pense Of sending abroad for replenish.
ments of stock, until they have exam
ined the goods in the spacious stores
and warehouses of this prominent i'm
porting house
The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1886-10-07

w NJ. Davis, PhladelphiaA whom
we nave loaned to Harvard, has re-
Gently given in the Ame,ftaH 1Hete0r0-
i0gtcai /0NtaaI an account OF the derl-
walton Of the term "trade-wind." The
original meaning of the trade" has
been so far replaced by. an acquiring
meaning that popular error has arisen
as to the derivation of the common
term 'trade-wind." Webster's Dictlon-
airy says that the trade-wind is $50
called because of great advantage to
navigators, and hence to trade" Wor-
cester's Dictionary explains it as $50
called because favorable to commerce"
But looking further back, the following
extract from Skeats chronological is
instructive: "Trade-wind, a wind blow
ing in constant direction, formed from
the phrase, TO blow trade, to blow
always in the same course" A step
farther discovers that trade is properly
that path which we tread \
1t once meant, literally, path. y
The NJ. f. Middle English)
words are tired and 'trod, both in the
sense Of foot-mark. All from the A
S. (Anglo- Saxon) 'tredan, to tread.
The following extracts show the early
use OF the term two or three centuries
ago, by the navigators Of that time.
Hakluyt wrote: "The wind blowing
trade, without an inch of sail, we
spooned before the sea- ('Voyages,
iii. $40, published in I6oo) Dampiel
said: "Trade-winds are such as dc
blow constantly from one point OF
quarter of the compass There are
divers sorts Of these Winds some blow
ing from east to west, some from south
to north, others from west to east, etc
Some are constant in one quarter al
the year; some blow one-half the yea
ore way, and the other six month
quite contrary; and others blow si'
months one way, and then shifting onl,
eight or ten points, continue six month
more, and then return again to thei
former stations, as all these shifting
trade-winds do. - Phtladelbhia Ledge,
The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1886-10-07
Missionary Meeting.

There was a goodly attendance at
the weekly meeting in Fort-street
Church last evening. Mr.. Cruzan in
his opening prayer, pleaded that
opium should be kept out Of the coun-
try. Prof Van Slyke read paper,
showing the benefit missions had been
to science Miss Gulick gave short
account of mission work in Japan.
Answering a number of questions, she
said that there were 1905 Christians
throughout all Japan, which was a
small proportion of the millions of peo-
pie. During the meeting prayer was
offered by Mr. Bingham and Mr. II,
Warehouse.
The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1886-10-07

Brit bark Ironcrag, from Liverpool due October
1890 To L. II, Davies Co.
Am brgne Saua Blake, from San Francisco, due.
Am bk Martha Davis, NJ Benson, sailed from
Boston, August 9TH, due December 1890, To Brewer
& CO.
Br bk Martha Fisher to have sailed from Liverpool,
August as.
Brit bark W H. Watson from Live pool, due October
TAO. To b y Sohaeier q Co.
Am bk Pacific Slope, Ranes, from Newcastle, N 5
w, due September ro-as, To Wilder a Co.
Br ship Hospoda, Babeoek, from Newcastle is w
due October 1870,
Haw S Australia Weber, from San Francisco en-
quite to the Colonies, due October 8.
Am bk Hope, Pendhallow, from Port Townsend, w
4, October IS Levers Cooke agent.
Am blk Saranac ------, from New York, due Nov
eInber 9th, Castle & Cooke, agents
Brit blk Glengaber, Roleston, from Liverpool, due
January 1870, 1887. I II Davies Co, agenls
Am b<ne Castle, Hubbard, from por Town
send, w I, due December 1920, Castle Cooke
agents.
Am Ink Caharien, Perkins, from San Francisco due
October l. Ca ile 4 Cooke, agents,
Z MSS Gaelic On route to Yokohama aud Hong
kong, consigned to Haobted 4 Co, Due Oct 7-s
NM tern Geo Perkins, Ackeman, from San Fran
cisco Due Oct io.Is.
The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1886-10-07
Police Court.

On Tuesday six cases Of drunken
ness yielded SO each. A youth
named l.. Adler was convicted of
assault and battery his sentence being
suspended. John Cruise went over the
creek twelve hours for disorderly con
duct. Kamala had carried two more
passengers in his hack than the license
allows, and was mulct in 81 including
costs. Ed Langley had $40. 80 to pay
for running down an old lady with his
brake the other Sunday Alex. Arthur,
who was with him in the vehicle, was
discharged. Che Ga and All Sam
went into durance vile twenty days
each for having opium in possession.
Hung Lee found himself on lee
shore, having $50 to pay for assault
and battery.
Yesterday $Ia was realized from two
inebriates. Yong Lang was required
to give fifteen days hard labor to the
state for assault and battery. All Fat
grew lean in purse to the amount O
$lor.ao for selling liquor without
| license
The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1886-10-07
How Many Apples did Adam and
Eve Eat.


Some say Eve 8 and Adam 2, total
Of 10 only.
We think the above figures entirely
wrong. If Eve 8 and Adam 8 GER
tainly the total will be 90. Scientific
men, however, on the strength Of the
theory that the antediuvans we're a
race of giants, reason something like
this Eve 8 and Adam 8 2 total
I63.
Wrong again. What could be clearer
than if Eve and Adam s 4, the
total was 1882
If Eve s Ist, and Adam 8 2,
would not the total be 1923?
George Washington says Eve 8 4
Adam and Adam s 1 4 Eve; to-
gether they got away with 1898.
But If Eve 8 a Adam, Adam 8 2
4 oblige Eve. Total, S2,o56
We think this, however, not a sufh-
cient quantity, for though we admit
that Eve 8 4 Adam, Adam, if he s,
0 8 1 4 keep Eve company.
Total, SO, 2Sa,o56
Everybody is wrong again. Eve,
when she s l, 8 many, and prob
ably felt sorry for it, but her com
panion, in order to relieve her sorrow,
Sra Therefore Adam, if he 8 I,
s 4 fly Ewes depressed spirits.
Hence, both ate SI,S96,o54 apples
HeSf Side Sentinel
The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1886-10-07

Hawaiian youngsters have become
infected with the military craze. Last
evening, just after dusk, corps of
native infantry, their ages ranging from
seven to nine, formed on Queen street,
near the Government building. Then,
to the music of tin whistle, they
marched, twelve or fifteen weak, down
Queen and up Fort street, AS this
new company is just out Of arms, the
Legislature will require to appropriate
a sum for their equipment.
The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1886-10-07

A Waterman says that the multitude
OF telegraph, telephone and electric
light wires in large cities has much to
do with the variations and stopping OF
watches that have hitherto been good
timekeepers, and that manufacturers
are irving to invent means to provide
against this magnetizing of watches
The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1886-10-07
vessols in Port FROM Foreign Port.

Am bk Ceylon, Calhoun, from Port Townsend, W
Am bktne Planter Perriman
Am hk Forest Queen, Winding from San Francisco
Am bk Atlanta, Killman, from Port Townsend, w 4
An hk Elsinore, G w jerks, from Newcastle, N
SW
Br ship Amana, from Madeira
Am ok Hesper Ryder. from Newcastle, N SW
Ger bk Pacific Gilman, from Bremen, Germany
Am bkne Eureka, @ Winding, frow San Fran
cisco
SW
Am tern w Bovine, Paul from San francisco
Am hktue lila, Rust, lJom San ancsc,