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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1888-05-19
CHILDR EN- s

Kills come first. One and two
pieces Kills, Sizes 2t to 0 years.
Norfolk and Sailor Blouse Kills,
for dress, for play and everyday.
Cheviots, Stripes, Plaids Cassi.
meres, Fancy Worsteds, rare de-
signs thousands TO select from.
Prices range from $3.50 to 10.
Norfolk Jacket Suits, beautiful
new and stylish patterns. Mar
vclous variety in Cassimeres,
Chcviots, Worsteds, Corkscrcws,
Diagonels, Flannels, &c. all sizes.
Prices 50, $3.50, "a, $3.50, s., up
to $15 for FINEST.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1888-05-19

Cats Of the Mayoress aud Couociiwou,-n.
something About the First Town 30
Kansas to Garry the aiunicipai sai.
fragc Law to sts Limit.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-01
the WHALERS,

The whalers who are charged by
correspondents with trading along
the Coast of Hawaii, and possibly
having smallpox aboard, are I'M
justly condemned. The Helen Mars,
one of the whalers referred to, sailed
from San Francisco on Dec. 16, and
the Abraham Barker, another of the
whalers spoken of, on Nov. %.
They have then been long enough
out to discover if they have any
smallpox on board; and if they had
they would not likely be cruising
about Hawaii. The trading done
by the whalers is in broom stuff,
bananas, pigs, turkeys, and such
things, for the ships use.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-01
THE MIN,

The cargo of the bark Min will
be all out this evening. She has
been charted by Brewer & Co. to
take sugar to San Francisco. Cap
tain Daible, master of the schooner
Kaulilua, has been appointed master
of the Min. The damages the YES
sci sustained during her trip out
here are being repaired by Messrs.
Sorrenson & Lyle at the expense of
the insurance company. The owners
of the bark are Messrs. L. r. Foster,
Captain Godfrey, and John Ena of
the l. 1. S. N. Co. and Mr.. p. q.
Jones. 1t is said that the vessel
will be named after Captain God
frey.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-01
The Arcade-EGAN & co.
Dry Goods
New stock, LATEST styles to suit the
Most Fasttdious.

all opportunity of witnessing the en-
tire operation, from the cutting of
the cane to the bagging of the sugar
for market. Everything, including
the workmen, moves with the regu-
larity and harmony of clockwork.
Not the least sign of confusion,
hustle, or rush is apparent anywhere.
Every man keeps quietly and
steadily at his allotted duty. The
number of hands employed in and
around the mill are comparatively
few, owing to the multiplicity of
labor-saving mechanical contriv-
ances. Scrupulous cleanliness is
also observable throughout.
The cane fields are not visible
from the mills, neither are they in
one plot. They are situated in the
open valleys which widen inland,
before alluded to, and some of them
are distant three or four miles. The
aggregate acreage under cultivation
is about 500, and the average yield
per acre above the general average
for the kingdom.
There is not sufficient rainfall in
the district to furnish the fields with
all the moisture needed, therefore
irrigation has to be resorted to-.
Water for this purpose is partly pro-
cured from streams which come
down from higher regions, and
partly from artesian wells, of which
latter there are some seven or eight
at different points on the plantation.
At the present time water is in
greater abundance than the require
ments demand, but in the dry sea-
son there is none to spare.
The cane is transported from the
fields to the mill in cars drawn by a
steam power. Mule and OK carts
are unknown on this plantation.
Permanent lines of railroad are laid
down from the mill to the fields, and
from these portable branches as
occasion requires.
This plantation employs, in the
mill and the fields, over two hun
dred laborers-native Hawaiians,
Portuguese, Japanese and Chinese.
1t is the property of a company, OF
which the Hon. II. A. Wideman1
is the president. Mr.. Ahrens is the
company's manager. The advan-
tageous and successful working Of
the whole concern is evidence OF
wisdom in selecting these two gentle.
men as the executive.
The Kaala returned to Waianae
from Waialua at noon of the second
day after leaving Honolulu. She
took in a cargo of sugar, and wa:
ready to start by the evening. A
few minutes before six o'clock thu
anchor was weighed, and we wer'
on our way home. 1t was an ordin
airy experience to the judge, and HI
entered into it with imperturbabl
GOODNESS. Not so with the lawye
and the editor. They had neve
seen Waianae before, and wer'
there treated with such princel,
hospitality, and were so pleased will
the place, that they felt longing tt
stoplbehind. From the Kaala's uppe
deck, the lawyer gazed upon the re
treating scene, heaved sigh, ant
almost shed tear. The editor be
moaned his sad fate and groanec
over the prospect of again return
ing to the drudgery of q newspape
office. Poor fellows! Aloha, Wal
| onon
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-01
VESSELS EXPECTED FROM FOREIGN
p0RTS.

III Neiths Ms Zilveren Kruis, locke,
from S America due Mar LEO
U S Marion, from South America,
due Jan 1921
Am bark Will w Case, Robertson.
from San Francisco, due at Kahului,
Jan 2-15
Am S S Alameda, Fl G Morse, from
the Colonies, en- route to San Francisco,
due Feb IL
HIJMS Tsukuba, from Tahiti, due
April 1-20
Ger bark Deutchland, from Bremen,
sailed October 2Sth, due Feb l-2O
Am blk Martha Davis, f M Benson,
from Boston, due Mar
Am ship Mystic Belle, Cooke, from
New York, due March l-20
Brit blk st Thomas Bell, sailed from
Cardiff, October 22d, due March 1-20
Brit blk Natuna, sailed from Liver
pool, Nov 10Th, due Mar 5-31
Am blk Saranac, from San Francisco,
due Jan lilo.
Am blk Lady Hardwood, from Hong
kong, due Dec 5-25
due Dec l0-l5
Am bktne Eureka, Meyers, from San
Francisco, due Jan ITO
Am bktne Amelia. w Newhall, from
Port Townsend, due Jan 20-31
Am tern Dora Bluhm, from San Fran
cisco, due at Hilo, Jan 25-31
Am bark co Whitmore, from Port
Townsend, due Jan 20-3l.
U S Adams from Samoa, due Feb
1O-15.
Am blk Edward May, johnson, from
Hongkong, due Jan 1851.
Am bktne Hattie S Bangs, Bangs,
from Hongkong, due Feb 1-5.
Haw blk Lady Lampson, e G Rust,
from San Francisco, due Jan 26-31.
Am bgtne Consuelo, E B Cousins,
from San Francisco, due Jan 27-31.
Am ship Anna from San Francisco,
due at Kahului, Maui, Jan 2S-3l.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-01
HIGH SEAS AT KUAU.

Kuau, Maui, has had about seven
days of very rough weather, the
toughest seas Kuau people say, they
have had for long time. Four
schooners, the Canute, Wailele,
Waioli and Waiehu, were at Kuau
during the rough spell and it was
''nip and tuck" between the
schooners and the seas, throughout
the seven days. The schooner Wal
lele had to put out 200 bags of her
sugar to save the vessel and the
bulk of her cargo. The large can
buoy at Kuau was struck by one Of
the schooners, stove in and sunk.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-01
A new INDUSTRY.

The Messrs. HITCHCOCK Of HiIo
have started new industry on their
ranch at Puakala, Hawaii. They
are killing and curing mountain
beef, sample of which was brought
to our office to-day. The beef is
cut and cured the same as a pork
ham and is of very superior
quality. AT present the industry is
in its infancy and they are not pre-
pared to supply this article in I'M
limited quantities, but hope to be
able to do SO before the summer is
over.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-01
SOUTHWARK BOUND.

The schooner n. l.. Herman,
Capt. Melander, is expected here
from San Francisco in about ten
days, en- route for the South Sea
Islands. Mr.. +. M. Morgan, form
erly manager of the Pacific Naviga-
ton Co. IS station at Jaluit, will, with
his wife, two children, and brother,
Mr.. w. S. Morgan, take passage
by the schooner, and will trade
among the Islands in the interest of
A. Crawford & Co, of San Fran
cisco,
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-01

AT the annual meeting of G..
Brewer & Co. Qimited), the following
officers were elected for the ensuing
year,
P. G. Jones President and Manager
j. o. Carter Secretary and Treasurer
w. f. Allen. Auditor
Hon. G. R. Bishop, Hon. III. Water
house, and Saml. G. Allen, Directors.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-01
NOTICE.

MIG TAI FAX has sold his interest ia
~ the drug store, Hotel street, to
Max Chu Fong; and Nc Ian Sing has
also sold his interest in said drug store
to Tin Sing Tong Company. All debts
due the Company will be payable to
the Company, aud all debts due Ng Tai
PAX and Eg Lau Sing must be paid to
them. "a lw
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-01

WILLIAMS Photographic gallery is
being decorated with numerous pic
lures of recent production, princi-
pally from the pen and brush of Mr..
j. d. Strong. Among the pictures on
view are interior Samoan sketches
in black and white, and the Palace of
Malietoa.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-01

THE tenders for the erection of II
light house on BARRIERS Point were
not opened to-day, on account of the
illness of His Ex. l.. A. Thurston,
Minister of Interior, who has been
confined to his residence all day.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-01
---------------------------
SUPREME COURT---lH PROBATE.

Estate of Kukuinui (w). Hear
ing of petition of Kahalepaahai (w)
for administration. Partly heard
and continued till called up. A.
Rosa for petitioner.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-01

THE Lum Kee Company will do a
Il general retail mercantile business
at Kappa, Island of Kauai, and Con
Check is the manager of said business,
and has full authority 10 sign the fra
name in all matters appertainirg 10 said
business LUM KEE co.
SO 1m
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-01

ON account of departure from the
~ Kingdom ! offer The flse young
stallion young Venture, Jr.," for sale,
years old, stands is hands high, weight
100 lbs. This horse was bred on the
Islands by Mr.. Horuer, now at Lahaina.
His dam was half Patchen and half
Morgan mare. He was sired by young
Venture" lie is without fault or BILE.
mish guaranteed kind and gentle and
is a very promising colt. A special
characteristic OF the horse is his com.
pact build. | also offer the stables and
Out Buildings, also, Gig and fine
Brake for sale, corner of Punchbowl
and Queen streets, at bargain
40 Il CAPT q GIIINEK
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-01

In the writ of mandamus against
Governor Hoapili Baker of Maui,
made returnable this morning, the
Court granted the attorneys for the
defence further time until 10 A. NJ,
tomorrow, in which to file an answer.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-01

Nc Tai PAX has sold his interest in
the drug store, Hotel street, to Max
Chu Fong; and Ng Ian Sang has
also sold his interest in said drug
store to Tin Sing Tong Company.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-01

The whaler reported yesterday is
thought to be the Sea Breeze. She
stood off to sea again, but will pro-
badly show up this evening or to-
morrow.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-01
The Arcade-EGAN & co.
Call and Examine the
$3.50 Gents Blue Flan'l Suits
worth $50.
worth s&0.

Mr.. Jas. f. Morgan will hold u
credit sale of liquors at his sales
rooms on Friday at II noon.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-01

THE Molokai water pipes that came
by the Min, were tested this morning
by Engineer White. The pipes stood
500 pounds pressure to the square
inch
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-01

MEssRs b. f. Ehlers & Co. adver-
tise that they have reduced the price
of all goods in every department.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-01

THE annual election of officers for
Engine Co. No. 2 takes place to-
night
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-01

THE Fire Police are notified to meet
at the head quarters of the Fire De-
partment on Friday, February Bird to
participate in the annual parade.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-01

HER Royal Highness Princess
Liliuokalani will hold her regular
monthly reception at her Palama
residence tomorrow afternoon. from
3 to O'clock.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-01
Dissolution Of Partnership.

TINE interest of Mr.. Clarence Mac
i farlane in the trm OF WEST,
DOW g. co has this day been pur-
chased by Mr. Gideon West, who "a.
snmes all Liabilities of slid firm. All
debts due said firm are due and payable
TO Mr. u. West.
WEST, DOW 81 co.
Honolulu, Jan. ID, 1883.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-01
CARcOES FROM ISLAND PORTS.

Kilauea Hou-3,551 bags of sugar.
Canute-3,0 900 bags sugar.
Wailele-920 bags sugar.
Blshop--S7S bags sugar.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-01
phSCENcERS

For Kauai, per stmr Mikahala, Jan
31-Nfrs Cummins, Mrs Hiram, Mr.
Dart, Mr. Koepke, Mr. Toms, j n 5 Will
liams, w ii Deverill, a X Palekaluhi,
Hon w q Parke, s w Wilcox, Mrs Will
cox, r L SEVERN, Miss Alvina Wicbke.
Mrs Robt Waialeale. and about 10 deck.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-01
FOR SALE!
A Chance to Procure a Good Paying
Business.

OWING 10 my intended depai ture
" wish TO sell my Cigar Store and
Billiard Room. This is one OF the hes,
equipped Billiard Rooms in The town.
| have four Tables If the very latest
designs, snd one Pool Table with pa
tent attachment.
AZ In G J. MCCARTHY.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-01

PAAUHAU mill met with slight
accident to her machinery last week,
and suspended grinding for about "a
hours.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-01
VESSELS IN PORT.

Ell III S Caroline, Sir w Wiseman
U S S Vandalia, Rear Admiral Kimberly
Blk Caibarien, Perkins
Blk Min, McCrone
Am tern G G Perkins, Nordberg,
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-01

BREEDERS of stock will be inter-
ested in an advertisement in to-day's
issue.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-01

A REWARD is offered for the return
of small box of screws lost from NJ
MoInerny's right-of-way.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-01

A DARK brown mare has strayed or
been stolen. A reward of ten dollars
is offered for her recovery.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-01

HEAVY swells prevail throughout
the group. AT Hamallua the swells
are northerly, in the Hawaiian chan
mel, N. N, w. and in this channel
westerly.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-01
NOTICE.

NHESSRs. J.E. BROWN & 60. are
wi authorized TO collect accounts due
TO me, and their receipt will lie q suili-
cient discharge.
A Nj. HEWE1T.
Honolulu, Jan, 3, 1888. 20 I'm
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-01
VESSELS LEAVING TO-MORROW.

Schr Canute for Kuau
Schr Wailele for Kuau
Stmr j A Cummins for Koolau
Stmr Kaala for Waianae and Waialua
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-01

THE Y. M: G. A. boys will meet
tomorrow afternoon at 2:3O o'clock.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-01
+" Bulletin " Summary
JAN. 14.-No. 20.
60 Columns of Original Matter.

Is now issued and will be found to
be an interesting and comprehensive
number, containing GO columns of
reading matter on local topics, and
q complete resume of Honolulu and
island news. There is no better paper
published in the Kingdom to send to
friends abroad. Subscription $3.50
per annum, including postage to
foreign countries. To be had from
j. H. Soper, Merchant street,
A. M. Hewett, Merchant street,
and BULLETIN Office.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-01

CAPTAIN Cameron of the Kilauea
Hou reports dead calm in the chan
mel last night, and no wind at Hama
kua.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-01

THERE will be meeting of Engine
Co. No.l this evening at Z 80 p. M.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-01

The law firm of Smith & Kinney
has been dissolved.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-01

The paradise of the Pacific" will
be out next week.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-01
DEPARTURES

Feb L
Blk Lillian for Hongkong
Stmr Kilauea Hou for Hamakta at pm
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-01
BIDS FOR SHOEING.

The following bids were received
by the Minister of Interior for shoe
ing Government animals for six
months.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-01
ARRIVALS.

Jan 81
Stmr kaala from Waianae
Feb L
Stmr Kilauea Hou from Hamakua
Stmr q II Bishop from Lahaina
Schr Canute from Kuau
Schr Wailele from Kuau
Stmr j A tummins from Koolau
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-01

LETEY cash sale at 10 Am. to-
morrow.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-01
FOR SALE!

ONE LARGE LOT. corner Pensacola
" and Lnnalilo sts, which can be
divided into two or more building lots.
Enquire of G.. WEST,
1854 OF West. Dow g. Co
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-01
NOTICE.

A LII parties having claims against
IA His NajeAy's Estate are requested
to have their accounts made out in de-
tail, sworn TO as to correctness, and pre-.
sent them to Col. G. Z. laukea, at the
office of ii. Ms Chamberlain, Honolulu,
within three months from date of this
notice.
s. NJ. DAMON,
j. o CARTER,
G. +. IAUKEA,
Trustees of His Majcsty's Estate.
Honolulu, Nov. 81, 1887. OF 3m
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-01
NOTICE.

MIR. John Magoon is authorized to
vi collect for our account. and sign
receipts j r. BROWN y co.
Jan. 10, 1888. 1885
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-01
NOTICE.

MR.. G.. WEST having become sole
WI owner of the business carried on
under the firm name of West, Dow &
Co., wilt, in future, carry on said bust
ness under the firm name and style "f
G. WEST 81 co.
Honolulu, Jan. Is, 1865. 80 In
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-01
LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

A GOLD sleeve button has been lost.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-01
NOTICE.

4sf CAPT. ). q. CLUNEY.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-08-18

The olive has important qualities to
recommend its use for the Municipalities
which should certainly secure for it there
a more general friendliness than it now
possesses. One block-and we presume
the only one--in the way, is that to which
we have already referred, namely, that its
taste is, at first, disagreeable to many peo-
pie; but the palate soon gets over the
squeamishness and in little time and
with very little practice learns to take
them with intense relish.
But, laying aside their palatableness,
there Is another consideration which has
or ought to have too strong 4 claim upon
our gastronomic affections to be ignored; !
allude to their wholesomeness in squirting
the digestive machinery whenever it
is inclined to be anywise sluggish.
Therefore, let me say to the dys-
peptic that if his taste does not now
flourish for the olive, he should lose no
time in cultivating it until it does, for he
will find hidden there not only an amount
OF deliciousness he little dreams of, but
also more repairing and lubricating mate
rial for his weakened inner man than in
all the pills and medicinal draughts that
were ever invented for the stomach to con-
coct.
would also state for his edifcation that
in the south of Europe, where the olive is
extensively used as an article of food, indi-
gestion is scarcely ever heard of in fact,
so little known that the work itself has no
comprehensive meaning. He must take
this, however, as hearsay evidence, for l
speak it not from my own knowledge.
Still, from personal experience of the
wholesomeness of the olive, am prepared
and willing to believe it myself, and it can
work no serious injury for the dyspeptic to
do likewise.-August Table Talk.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-08-18
The Indenendant ynter.

A fesT years ago the man who had the
moral courage to refuse obedience to party
mandates, and dared to be true to his con-
victions of right, was ridiculed and jeered
at on every possible occasion. The vilest
and most,opprobrious epithets were heaped
upon him, and partizan zeal applauded the
man who excelled in this dirty work. But
a more enlightened sentiment has entirely
changed public opinion In this respect,
and now no one entertains other than
feeling of contempt for the fellow who vio-
lates his sense of justice and honor. and.
servilely bowling to party dictation, joins
In supporting improper nominations, no
matter how eorruptly secured, and blindIy
follows leadership that seeks only self
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
The independent voter is the hope CT
the country. 1t is he who, being i'm
PEELED in his course of action by some
thing higher and nobler than mere par
tisan feeling, interposes barrier to the
onward sweep of the foodtide of corrup-
ton that compels it to stop. Both political
parties recognize the importance of this
new factor in politics, and are casting
about for men to place on the respective
tickets who possess the confidence ,of the
people. How silly for our citizens to
suffer party feeliBgito influence Their con-
duet In the selecti0n,of those who are to
fill cur public offices What we need is
men who are competent, honest, faithful
and. courageous; and when political bosses
foist upon the ticket men deficient liz these
qualities, it is the ,daty of every good
saitizento repudiate their action and sup
part man who does possess them-FGsau-
az Erien2
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-08-18
English Manners.

1t is a thickness Of the mental epidermis
that Americans sometimes charge upon
Englishmen, an obtuseness which is fatal
to good manners, if it leads to an habitual
disregard of the feelings of all around
them; as when our very guests refuse
audibly, as nasty" or "beastly," the
modest food that is set before them by
their host. The late James T. Fields had
a favorite anecdote of an English guest at
his breakfast table who declined sugar
with his coffee. "Never take sugar unless
the coffee is very, very bad. indeed, you
know" Then, presently, after tasting the
coffee, May trouble you for the sugar ?"
Not only is this propensity seldom hidden,
but it sometimes SCENE to count for vir-
tue. remember that when the late Cap
tain Mayne Reid was living in Newport,
r. l., he was invited to dine on Christmas
day at the house Of the late Governor w.
B. Lawrence, the well-known writer on in
ternational law, and made some remarks
at the table which were justly regarded by
the whole company as exceedingly often
sive. Being pretty well acquainted with
him, took the liberty to sound him on
the subject, wishing to get at his side of
the question. Instead of seeming in the
least annoyed about it, he smiled with an
air Of peculiar complacency and said
give you my word of honor that have
Otter dined at tables in England where l
have felt it my duty to make remarks that
were much more offensive to my host than
anything can possibly have said at Gov
ernor Lawrence's table" He measured
his merit by the degree of annoyance he
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