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Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1886-04-12

They say; That there were some
pretty faces at the matinee Saturday
afternoon; that some of them reap
peared in the evening; that the weather
went back on moonlight parties last
night that yesterday was good day
for the livery stable men, that the
Honolulus have gotten together a
strong nine this season. that We Bene-
diets are feeling uneasy since the game
of last Saturday that the Hawaiis
thought they could, but now think
they couldn't that the town was full
Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1886-04-12

Jimmie Williams bought set of
Dickens work the other day and put
in his buggy when he started home
On his way he hitched the horse
when he returned he found out that
the horse had run away and scattered
the books along the road. Jimmie
thinks a good deal of his horse and
declares that he can understand him as
we'll as if the animal could talk. The
following meditation Of the horse when
he was found has been put into Eng
fish by Mr.. Williams who declares that
the following is what the horse said
l guess l have been playing the
Dickens. And how it happened was
this The "boss" tied me up to the
corner of "Bleak House" while he
went in to see "OurMutual Friend" So
l thought would unite myself and
look around for Little Dorrit" Well,
somehow Igota sort fan "Oliver Twist
in this thing that was fastened to me
and l hardly knew what happened
next. 1 think must have been stand
ing on my head, part of the time.
Well it does look something like
"Hard Times" around here. And those
papers lying around; can they be
Pickwick Papers? What are those
bloody packages7 Perhaps they have
something to do with the "Mystery Of
Edwin brood" No perhaps its beef
| heard them saying something about
soup meat and roast beef | guess
"boss" will feel like an "Uncommercial
Traveller" when he sees this mess, and
-and--oh Lordy i here come those
two chaps back. | wonder what they
will do to me. Fortunately | can't
talk or l would have to lie out of this
scrape. Well, they called this thing a
"brake." They're right. It's pretty
bad break Hush here they come
| with "GTeat EXDectationsW
Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1886-04-12

The Royal Hawaiian Band, after an
absence of several weeks, have returned
to gladden. the hearts of lovers OF
music They will give an open air
concert at Emma Square this even
ing, commencing at half past seven
O'Clock. The following is the pro
gramme to be played:
I. March. Early in the Morning -. Faust.
2. Overture. The Haian in Algier Rossini
3. Cavatina. The Pirate. 80. -. Bellini.
d. "Reminiscences Of Bale. ....... Godfrey
Hooheno.
S. Medley. Echoes of the Night. Riviere
6. Polka. Caibarien. .......... Michiels
7. Waltz Golden Shower... Waldteufel
8. Two Quicksteps, new, by Faust, a.
Under Comrades, b, Greetings.
Hawaii Ponoi
Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1886-04-12

Selevens, wrecked on Sanwarof Island.
On March 31st, passed S. S. Ma,7poSa.
Experienced L. and S. E. winds with
heavy southerly swell between Sydney
and Auckland. From Auckland to the
Equator light variable winds and
smooth sea; thence to Honolulu strong
N. N. E. and f. N. E. winds with
squaly weather. Time, sixteen days
and two hours from Sydney to Homo
lulu" She remained here until four
O'Clock yesterday afternoon, taking
about twelve hundred tons of sugar
and few passengers from this place.
The Rev. MIR. Oggel made the fol
lowing announcement yesterday morn
ing The ladies of the Bethel Church
and congregation will hold series OF
lunches this week, in the adjoining
room, on Tuesday Wednesday and
Thursday, from II A. Nj. till P. NJ, for
the purpose of raising funds for a piano
for the use Of the church socials, to
more acceptably entertain our friends
and visiting strangers. All persons pres
ent will please accept the invitation
and extend it to their neighbors and
friends, as it is hoped that this three
days feast will be duly appreciated in
more than financial sense-by all
classes of the community
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-01-16
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

.-.fhe buffalo and elephant are used b1stea1 of horses by the Burmese.
 The pistol was invented in Pistola, in Tuscanny, by Camille Vitelli, in the sixteenth century.
 Jennie Lind will sing in public next summer for the first time ill twenty-two years. Her appearance will be for a charitable purpose.
 In first-class passenger carriages on English lines they put pans of hot water iJi the compartments to keep the paSsen- gers warm. Stoves are not used.
 Consul William Slade, of Brussels, says the average size of farms in the two Flanders is about seven acres, and that a farmer will support his family upon the profits of tract of six acres.
 M. Gosse, it is said, found means to restore the life-like expression to the eyes of dead bodies. He places few drops of glycerine and water on the cor sea; life-like expression is reproduced.
 Since 1880, when diggings for ann Der were commenced under the Sma- land Peninsula in East Prussia, the yield of the veins has greatly increased. In 1864 the revenue was SS,500 against S125, 900 in 1883.
 It is understood to be Queen Vic toria's pleasure that the jubilee of her reign shall not be celebrated until the completion of fifty years from her access sion. That period will be accomplished on June 20, 1887.
 A medieval wedding-dish is now to be the fashion at Gallic aristocratic mar riages-the peacock served up in his gay plumage. This old custom was revived at the Princess Marie of Orleans we'd ding with Prince Vlademar, the most exalted royal parsonage present being the carver.
 At recent meeting of the Hatters' Association of Austria, in Vienna, the President spoke with pride of their emancipation from Parisian fashion makers. Four new winter styles of hats were devised, three of which bear the names of Viennese musicians-Strauss, Suppe and Millocker.
 It has been found that thick veils over pictures produce injury instead of serving for protection. The two master pieces of Rubens in the Collegiate Church at Antwerp, for instance, are becoming darker from year to year, owing to the effects of the thick veils with which they are covered, and an effort is being made to remove wells from all the master pieces of art in Belgium.
 The total number of books and pe- riodicals published in Madras during last year was SIS Of these 142 were in English, 5S9 in the vernaculars of the presidency and 76 in the Indian classical languages. The most noteworthy lit erary feature of the year was the great increase in the number of original works in the vernaculars, which were 343, compared with 225 in the previous year.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-01-16
HOME AND FARM.

A little ginger or grated nutmeg put in sausage meat will improve it's flavor for most persons.-Ihe Caterer.
 It is now stated that raw potato is far more effectual in beautifying the complexion than any cosmetics. The face should be rubbed with the freshly cut vegetable, then washed and then treated to gentle friction. Cinctnnati Times
 To destroy the black buffalo or car- pet moth, which eats straight lines across carpets, dresses, etc., take corrosive sublimate of double strength, one table, spoonful in quart of boiling water, and saturate the floors and woodwork thoroughly. Boston Bulletin.
 -Hickorynut Cake: One cupful of butter, two cupfuls of sugar, half a cup ful of milk, four eggs, one cupful of chopped raisins, one cupful of chopped hickorynuts, two cupfuls of flour, half a teaspoonful of soda, juice of half 8 | lemon. Bake in two square loaves, and | frost. .-The Cook
 Cranberry Sauce: A young house. keeper thinks she has discovered the proper way to cook cranberries. For a quart of berries place pint of water on the stove with sufficient sugar. Let the water come to boil, and when boiling put in the cranberries and boil briskly | about fifteen minutes. Western Rural.
 Egg Sauce: One cup of chicken broth, heated and Ghickened, with table, spoonful of butter rolled thickly in flour; poured over two beaten eggs; boiled one minute, with tablespoonful parsley stirred in; then seasoned and poured upon pounded yelks of two boiled eggs placed in bottom of bowl. Stir up, and it is ready.-The Household. Most farmers feed corn to every thing. Corn to the cows, corn to the calves, corn to the colts, and corn to the pigs What were oats made for? For all young animals. Corn is good to fatten grown-up animals and to be a part food to fatten young ones. Very little of it should be used for food for young animals, as it does not contain enoug gh of the elements to make per- feet body.-Troy Times.
 Nothing tarnishes silver more quickly than rubber, the ring around the neck of fruit jar being enough to color whole closet full of silver in one night. Coal gas is also inimical to bright silver or plated ware, but lump of gum camphor in a closet will do much to protect the goods. Silver spoons, discolored by contact with cooked eggs, are easily frightened by rubbing with common salt. Chicago Tunes.
 Mustard Dressing: Some one ask ing for a recipe for nice mustard dress ing will find, I think, that this will suit: Take six eggs with three teaspoonfuls of mixed mustard, one teaspoonful of salt, one teaspoonful of sugar, one and one half cup of the best salad oil, half cup of water and one cup of vinegar. Mix thoroughly and place in a water bath. Stir constantly until it creams, then put away for use. If kept in a cool place it will be good for a long time.-Toronto Mail.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-01-16
THE ROTHSCHILDS.
Doing Business on a Capital of One
 Thousand Million Dollars.

Doing Business on a Capital of One
 Thousand Million Dollars.
 The combined capital of the great firm of the Rothschilds is estimated by per- sons pretending to know (although mo- body but themselves can really know anything about it) at no less sum than $1,0OO, 100000, fully one-half of which has been gained within twenty-five years. Their opportunities for making money, which are almost unlimited, are perpetually improved. Their credit be- ing of the highest, they might continue their immense banking business indeti- nitely with little or no capital. It IS hardly more than one hundred years since the founder of the family and it's fortunes, Mayer Anselm, of very poor Jewish parentage, was an humble clerk in a Hanover counting-house. He after ward established himself as banker in Frankfort. The discreet investment of $5,000,OOO of silver, deposited with him in 1906 by the Elector William on the invasion of his territory by the French, was the source of the enormous wealth of the firm. It was deposited without interest, but Rothschild paid interest regularly and returned the capital to the Electors son seventeen years later. The Rothschilds have never been so rich as now, but they have nothing like the power they once had, probably because the capital of the world has so rapidly increased. It used to be said that kings could not go to war without their con- sent. Those days have forever passed. N r. Consnaercial- Advertiser.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-01-16
PERCHERON HORSES.
40 Years Experience.

To a Tribune reporter, MT. A. S. Chamberlain, who for 40 years has been the proprietor of the cold Bulls Head Stables" New York City, said: "I keep exchange and sale stables for horses, thousands of which annually come to my stables from all parts of the country. don't deal on my own account to any extent. The French horses have good feet and stand the pavements better than the Clydesdales, and bring a better price on the market. The Clyelesdales are short-ribbed, slim waisted and lack action. Compara- lively few of them are now brought to this market. The demand is largely for French horses. l would advise the farmer and breeders, who are breeding horses to sell on the New York market, to breed from French horses in prefer ence to all others. "-Chicdgo Tribune. Percheron stallions of the finest quality and with choicest pedigrees, registered in the Percheron Stud Book of France, are annually imported in immense numbers. Within the past two years 1000 have been imported and collected by one firm alone.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-01-16
A REMINISCENCE.
A True History of the once Famous Rob
 ert Heller."

Robert Heller" the noted magician, was really William Henry Palmer, a na- tive of Canterbury, in England. At the age of ten years he was musical pro- dizzy, and at sixteen he appeared in con. cert, and had composed several brilliant studies for the piano-forte. His musical career was hindered by his boyish fancy for the illusions of magic, at first mere recreation, afterward an infatuation. While still a student he left the Royal Academy, in company with another young and noted artist, and at the Thea ter Royal, Rochester, he gave his first magical entertainment. The result was not brilliant. The friendly confederate sat in front box. with greatly waxed mustache, eye-glass and other disguise, but owing to anxiety he lost his presence of mind at critical periods, to the discom- fiture of the wizard and the disgust of the audience, from whose missiles the two young adventurers escaped through a window at the rear of the stage.
 In 1852 Robert Heller' came to the United States, and soon afterward he drifted to Washington. There he became professor of music, was organist at Dr. Halls church, became a lion in the dip lomatic society presided over by Lord and Lady Napier, and married Miss Annie Kieckhofer, daughter of one of the firm of Riggs & Co.,, bankers. But his infatuation for a Bohemian life was not overcome. His marriage was not a happy one, and he persuaded an old English gentleman named Philips, the father of Washington bookseller, to furnish the funds for new necroman- cer's outfit. Soon afterward he ob- .ained the services of his step-sister, Miss Ada Palmer, as confederate, and with her he travelled around the world Re- turning to the Atlans4c coast, he died at the Continental Hotel, Philadelphia, November 27, 1878. Ben. Perleu Poors, in Boston Budget.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-01-16
WILLOW CULTURE.
It Opens a Large Field for Useful and
 Profitable Industry.

RrOnUaDle lnOuSUry'
 Considerable attention has been turned of late, in this country, to the cultiva- ton of the basket willows, and their manufacture That a desirable and promising industry is opened to us in this direction is indicated by the fact that we import willow rods and baskets ready made to the amount of more than S3O0,OO0 year. The cultivation of the willows, and their manufacture, is sim- pie and easy, and may be carried on with hardly any capital on any scale, large or small. They are readily pro- pagated from cuttings about foot in length, taken from well-ripened shoots, and set in the ground in slanting direction, and to such depth as to be nearly or quite covered with earth. Gull t:vators differ in opinion as to the dis tance apart as to which the cuttings should be set, some saying two feet each way, others eighteen inches one way by twelve the other. The closer they are set the less is the tendency to throw out side shoots, which are undesirable. The ground in which they are set should be well pulverized, and should be kept free from weeds by cultivation, for year or two, until the plants are we'll established, and send up shoots vigorous and numerous enough to shade the ground, so that weeds will not grow. The shoots should be cut close to the ground soon after the leaves fall in autumn.
 A large field of useful and profitable industry is here open to us. Basket work may be carried on upon thousands of farms and in thousands of dwellings without interfering with other and nec- essary labor. No machinery is needed. In the long, leisure evenings of winter, in many a farmhouse, while pleasant talk or profitable reading is taking place around cheerful fire, the fingers of one or more could be fashioning the .pliant twigs into forms of usefulness and beauty; and the product. if more than sufficient for home needs, would find ready and remunerative market. Why should we send three thousand miles over the ocean for willow twigs when we can grow them as easily as we do corn? And why hire fingers in France or Germany to weave them into baskets for us when we can do the work equally well?-N r Independent.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-01-16
CHINESE BANKS.
The Complete Banking System Obtaining
 in the Celestial Empire.

The ways of business houses are by nc means the same the world over. Ac. cording to a resident of Hong Kong some peculiarities of custom attend banking transactions in that place. He says that the interior of the bank con. sists of large sombre hall kept fairly cool by the waving of innumerable punkahs We wish, suppose, to cash a check:
 "Schroff!'' shouts the clerk, and i'm. mediately answering to the term-not German. but corruption of the Hindoo word SarTof banks clerk-there glides forward one of the native cashiers, with smooth shaven skull, four-foot pigtail, and spotlessly white flowing garments. He is silent and rapid in his movements, and though his scanty stock of English is scarcely intelligible, he satis- factorily carries out the transac- tion in hand, your own compli- cated pencil and paper conversion oi pounds into dollars and cents, being easily distanced by the schroff's peculiar method of calculation. Taking up a counting-machine, his long, 1.-the fingers move over it far more quickly than the eye can follow; he plays on it with the rapidity of lace making.
 'All right as regards the total," says the traveller. ''Now give me three pounds in small change" For SUD- ply of five-cent pieces is indispensable in China.
 A means has been devised for avoid ing the weariness of counting out the three hundred tiny silver coins repre- scnting the sum in question. A pile of them is poured on that wooden tray, containing one hundred recesses, each of which is just deep enough to lodge one five-cent piece, and shallow enough to prevent the possibility of two such lurking together. A jerk of the wrist; the ono hundred re- cesses are instantly filled, the surplus is swept off, and you have your correct amount, the schroff tucking up his enormous sleeves, as the money is poured into your hand, to disarm pos sible suspicion that he is concealing any stray coins in their folds. Youth'S Cons- paraion.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-01-16
"Ifl"

"Stand back, gentlemenl Clear the trackl'' shouted the police, and as the quickly-gathering crowd surged back, steamer No. 4 came up the street, the mag nifcent black horses striking fire from the pavement.
 But holdl A wheel comes of the steam. CT is overturned, and the brave firemen are picked up bleeding and senselessl
 An investigation revealed the fact that in oiling the steamer hatmorning the steward had neglected to put in the hnch-pin. A little neglect on his part had caused a loss of half million dollars. The busy marts of trade are full of men who are making the same fatal mistake They neglect theiI kidneys, thinking they need no attention, whereas if they made occasional uso of Warmers safe cure they would neyer say that they don't feel quite well; that a tired feeling bothers them; that they are plagued with indigestion; that their brain refuses to respond at call; that their nerves are all unstrung.-Fire Journal.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-01-16
At the Fine Arts Exhibition.

Young Mrs. BlentOp to Watkins De brush, just intrOduced-The likeness is good and the drawing admirable, but the coloring is abominable-in fact it is a perfect daub.
 Debrush-But, madam, it is just like old Sornbeck. His face, you know, is just like warty apple, and has no more expression than a baked pudding. No artist could make decent picture of
 ''Sir, would have you understand that we are discussing portrait of my father, and"
 ''And, perhaps, madam, you are not aware that painted it.
 Both agree that the etchings are more attractive Philadelphia Press.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-01-16
A Wise Statute.

The Board of Trustees of Cornell University have passed a university statute whereby every professor who shall have served seven years at the in- stitution may have a years vacation on half-psy This action can not fail to result in great good to the cause of education. It is declaration of body of business men that the efficient teacher is not only worthy of his hire, but that he must not be worn cut in the tread- mill of the lccture-room; that he is, in short, worth preserving. It is recog- nltion of the teachers dignity and inn portance that can not fail to have its ef- feet upon the profession generally C1IyTent
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-01-16

and silver bracelets, rings, with emer- aids and other precious stones; gold pins and buttons, and all the varieties of ornaments which the jewellers art has produced, while the poor bought pins, earrings, bracelets, finger rings and necklaces of the cheaper styles of filled work.
 From 1860 to 1870 the factories in- creased from 463 to 681 in number, and the yearly production from SIG, ,415, 900 in value to $22, 2,104,000. In 1870, 10,- 091 people were employed in the busi- ness. The growth of those ten years of imitation and speculation has not been maintained, however. The chief centers of the jewelry trade are Providence, R. l., which has 75 establishments; Phila- delphia, with 55 factories; New York, with 200; Bristol County, Mass, with cinnati, San Francisco and Newark, N. J. The filled work is mostly made in New England and New Jersey.
 A great many alloys of gold are used in the making of ornaments. Silver is used pure, being alloyed only to give it hardness. Gold is fused with copper to give it red color, and with silver to give it silvery luster. It is seldom used purer than twenty-two carats, nor inferior to fourteen carats, because it would tarnish and stain below that purity. It is given either polished, dead or frosted surface, and is often elaborately ornamented by soldering gold wire upon it to form a pattern, or by chasing with tool. In large fac tories corps of designers is kept steadily employed in producing new patterns in pins, bracelets, rings, etc., ideas being borrowed from every sourcer ancient and modern.-N r. Herdld
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-01-16
A CITY ON WHEELS.
4 Strange Town Which is Wheeled to Other
 Positions at Pleasure.

4 Strange Town Which is Wheeled to Other
 Positions at Pleasure.
 In a recent number of the American Car7fGge Journal some interesting par ticulars are given of small city, as it is called, on wheels. About one hundred huts are fixed on these rollers, which, when the season arrives, are drawn on to the ice in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron. The population of this ''city," to which the name is given, is about five hun dred. Every hut is furnished with cook ing utensils, hammocks and a stove, and is occupied by three men, whose busi- ness on the ice is to engage in peculiar method of fishing. A hole is dug in the. middle of each hut to the water about yard square. One of the fishermen then takes a live fish of the herring tribe and drops it into the water, after fastening it to line. The fish dives away as quickly as possible until it is pulled up, when it returns to- ward the hole, followed by great num- Der of pike and other large fish desirous to feast on it. The fishermen stand be- side the aperture with a harpoon, and when the pursuers arrive then a thrust of the four or five-pronged instrument seldom fails to bring up some of the large fish. In some of the huts about two hundred of these fish are thus caught by the end of the days work. This congregation of huts has c very weird appeasance at night, when the fishermen carry out their vocation by torchlight, which attract the fish with out the herring bait. If there is not an abundance of fish at the chosen spots the huts are wheeled to other positions