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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-04-07
1t.E ART OF MASSAGE.

Its Early HistOry-Several Kinds of Ma
nipuIations-TOw Practiced.
The art Of massage is of great antiquity.
There are ALWAYS some kind folk who will
take the time and trouble 20 search deer
down into the annals of the past aid transmit
to us the facts they there find recorded. On
the question of massage, those who have
traced out its history tell us that this system
was practiced i'll very early times by the
chinese, and that the Greeks and Romano
also reSorted to its aid, evidences Of which
appear i'll the literature of those two great
countries This ancient art has been revived,
in the present day, on the Continent and in
America, as well as in England, and is being
very extensively practiced.
| have spoken of massage as a mechanical
mole of treatment-and so it is; but those
who undertake to perform it ought TO have
some head knowledge con erning their work
as well as finger dexterity. The masseuse
has to make herself acquainted with the
Structure and the function ca the tissues and
muscles ON which she is called upon to oper-
ate, and therefore some study of books on
this part of the subject is required. Then
there are the necessary dexterOus manipula-
tions to be acquired; these particular move
meats can only be learned from actual DEM
onstrations, and nothing but patient practice
viii attain the manual dexteTity needful to
perform the process. Tho general term OF
massage includes several kinds of manipula-
tions these are also designated by French
names One of these is known effieurage;
this consists in gently stroking the part
under treatment, which stroking increases in
strength, and terminates in firm rubbing of
the skin with the palm of the hand. Under
the effect of this treatment hardness ana
dryness of the skin give way to softness, and
the effect ia very soothing
Another form of treatment is named petris-
sage. This process consists in pressing and
kneading and rolling the skin and muscles
Il form of massage brought into use in cases
where the patient is deprived by infirmity or
accident from taking bodily exercise. The
advocates OF massage affirm that the use of
petrissage also soothes and reinvigorates tbs.
overtired and fatigued limbs of those who
have gone through an unusual amount Of
Physical exertion. Tapotement is a rapid
mechanical movement used as stimulus for
rousing into action organs which are inclined
to remain dormant Massage friction may
be described series of circular rubbing
with the finger tips, performed in rapid
manner, the object of which process is TO
squeeze out the waste products formed in the
tissues of joints. Casselrs Family Magazine
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-04-07
Darwin,s Mental Relaxation.

Charles Darwin found backgammon a
great mental relaxation, and he was very
fond of novels for the same purpose. The
great naturalist did most of his writing sit
ting in large horse hair chair by the fire,
upon a board stretched across the arms.
When no had many or long letters to write
he dictated them from rough copies written
On the backs of manuscripts or proof sheets.
Ho kept all the letters he received-a habit
caught from his father. When his letters
were finished he lay on sofa in his bedroom
And had novels read him, while he smoked a
cigarette or RECALLED his nostrils with snuff
Unrpers RaZar.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-04-07
Device of American Travellers.

A story is going the rounds to the effect
that party of American travellers in Ger
many, whose literary studies had not pre-
pared them for the emergency of conversing
fiuently upon customs duties, conquered the
Teutonic officials by bold device. After de
ivering long and polished harangues in the
pureSt English without provoking any effect
upon the officers, they all exclaimed sudden
", Long live King William!" The officials
understood the name, reverently took off
their hats, and gave the Americans no more
trouble-Boston Transcript.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-04-07
AMokCSo.

Sad. sad their lot who know not aught of love
Who know not passion tears and sunny smiles
But drift adown the coast of barren aiSleS,
Nor landing make in some scquestered grove
Yet sadder they whose longing lips ne'er priest
The dainty mouth of one 10 them most dear
Who in fond arms have never yet found rest,
But agOnizin2 wait the bliss so near.
o r;lFeSt Joy 20 Hiss more than divine!
Our mutual Iove-it never matched hath been!
SO deep intense, the world hath never seen!
SO wild and strong-my own sweet Love,
Ny fond eyes gaze into thine own, dear pet;
They searching IOok-it thriA and fills me yet
Luther G. Riggs in Arkansaw Traveller.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-04-07
A Curious wedding Custom.

Among the Lolos of western China it is
customary for the bride on the wedding
morning to perch herself on the highest
branch of large tree, while the elder female
members of her family cluster on the lower
limbs, armed with sticks. When all are duly
stationed the bridegroom chambers up the
tree, assailed on all sides by blows, pushes
and pinches from dowagers, and it is not I'M
til he has broken through their fence and
captured the bride that he is allowed to carry
her ot2-Blackwood's Magazine.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-04-07

For Sale by ali Chemists, Druggists
and Medicine Vendors.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-04-07
Artesian water Power.

Many artesian wells spout water under a
heavy pressure. just as many gas wells find
the gas under a pressure of several hundred
pounds to the square inch. This water power
is used in many places in France by means Of
turbine wheels, and it is probable that even
the gas pressure might in some cases also be
utilized. In very deep artesian wells the
Seat of the water is also utilized Public
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-04-07

There is a strong likeness between a
c..nonic invalid and cracked china dish,
which is handled so carefully that it outlasts
siany q sound whole one, which by single
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-04-07
A Fiendish Thought.

Little Sister (angrily) you do what
say
Little Brother won't.
You, won't, Ell? Oh, don't just wish we
w2s grown up an you was my husband -
Omaha World.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-04-07
CONSTIPATION
Sluggish Liver,
ETC, ETC, ETC,

Unlike many kinds of cathartic
- medicines, do not make you feel
worse before you feel better. Their op-
Grafton is gentle, but thorough, and
unattended with disagreeabley effects,
such as nausea, gripping pains, etc.
Seigel's Operating Pills are the best
family physic that has ever been discov
cred. They cleanse the bowels from all
irritating substances, and leave them in
a healthy condition.
The best remedy extant for the bane
of our lives-constipatio and sluggish
liver.
These Pills prevent fevers and all
kinds of sickness, by removing all pois-
onous matter from the bowels. They
operate briskly, yet mildly, without any
pain.
If you take d severe cold, and are
threatened with fever, with pains in
the head, back, and limbs, one or two
doses of Se1ge1s Operating Pills will
break up the cold and prevent the fever
A coated tongue, with brackish
taste, is caused by foul matter in the
stomach. A few doses of Eeigel's
Operating Pills will cleanse the ston-
ach, remove the bad taste, and restore
the appetite, and with it bring good
health.
Oftentimes disease, or partially de-
cayed food, causes sickness, nausea and
diarrhCpa. If the bowels are cleansed
from this impurity with a dose of
Seigel's Operating Pills, these disa-
greeable effects will vanish, and good
health will result.
Seigel's Operating Pills prevent
ill-eftects from excess in eating or drink
ing. A good dose at bedtime renders
person fit for business in the morning.
These Pills, being sugar-coated, are
pleasant to take. The disagreeable taste
common to most pills is obviated.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-10-13
GEoRGIA's CROPS.

Col. Hender: on, the Commissioner OF
Agriculture of Georgia, in his last report
saws: ''The heavy storms Of faia aid
wind which occurred during the first
twelve DAYS of September, covering the
entire state, proved very damaging tG
most crops not harvested, but especially
to cotton and rice. The storms were
most violent and the rainfall the greatest
in the eastern and northeastern section on
the state, causing great floods in the Saf
vannah and Ogeechee rivers, almost
without precedent in the history of the
state The general reduction OF the
condition of the cotton crop--an averags
of the state-was 10 points, or from 50
on September /, to rs, October l. This
is due almost entirely to the heavy storms
already alluded to. In North Georgia
the damage was IL points; IN Middle
Georgia. Ia; in Southwest Georgia, 3; in
East Georgia, Z; in Southeast Georgia,
13; showing that the greatest injury oc..
cured in the valleys OF the Savannah and
Ogeechee rivers. The general average
condition for the state is three points be1
low that If October /, 1887. 1t IS quite
evident that the sober, second thought OF
the farmers has reduced the first esti-
mates of damage. The effects Of tho
storms and floods are also seen in the rel
duction of the condition and prospective
Weld of corn from SO on September /, to
So on October /. The condition is now
the same as that of October /, 1885,.
The sugar cane crop is reported but
little under an average, while IN fact It Is
probably the best crop we have
had for several years. Ricd
is not damaged as much as was
first estimated, showing a reduction in
Southeast Georgia (where the bulk Of the
crop is produced) Of but 4 points SINCE
September l. Sweet potatoes have inns
proved points and give promise ola full
crop The questions in regard TO the prices
of cotton bagging, on the first day oil
October, 1887, and The date this year.
the average quantity used per bale, and
the price of cotton, were intended tq
elicit facts which have a special interest
at this time. At Ga yards per bale ID
required As, 600, 600 yards Of bagging for
the crop of 1887 9e. At SO cents per
yard the prevailing price Of last season,
the cost of the bagging for that crop was
$4, COS, 900. Assuming that the crop Of
the present year will equal that of last
wear, the cost of covering it with jute
bagging at IA cents per yard will bt
So, 800, 900, or an increase Of ~, 295, GOO. !
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-10-13
THE WORLD OVER.
90. -.~,
INTERESTING ITEMS BOILED
DOWN IN READABLE STYLE.
THE FIELD OF LABoR-SEETHING CAUL-
SUICIDES, ETC.-NoTED PEOPLE DEAD.

President Carnot, of France, opposes
q revision of the constitution.
Doles' guauo works. ir Roston, (Mass.)
harbor, were burned II Mo tday.
Snow to the depth of SIX inches fell at
several points in Central New York and
in Western Ontario.
The people of Ramsey county, Dakota,
are starving, caused by early frosts kill
ing the crops, and an appeal for aid has
been issued.
James 7. Clark & Co., carriage manu-
facturers, of Racine, Wis, failed. Liza.
bilities about 5000, 600. Dull business is
given as the cause of the collapse.
Emperor William has ordered that his
state carriage, horses and servants be sent
to Rome, for the purpose of driving him
to visit the Pope Mt the Vatican in state.
The death of Miss Seraphine Roth, of
New Orleans, took place in New York,
under especially mournful circumstances.
Miss Roth was the daughter of Jacob
Roth, German merchant in the Cres-
cent city. She died of heart disease.
The German and Italian Anarchists
mean mischief Letters from Zurich,
which have beenlntercepted, refer to some
plot against Emperor William and give
rise to the belief that he will be attacked
during his tour of Italy.
The United States cruiser Baltimore
was launched at Crump's ship yard on
the Delaware River, near Philadelphia,
Pa. Mrs. Theodore d. Wilson, wife of
the chief of the Bureau of Construction
of the Navy Department christened the
vessel.
Francis w. Williams, junior member
of the well known banking house of
Williams, Black & Co., committed sui
eide at the Grand Union hotel, New
York, on Monday. The firm was
squeezed by the cold Hutch" wheat
corner, and suspended on the goth of
September.
The international Bank of Berlin,
Germany, has been founded with a CAPT
tai of So, 600, 600 Itabsorbs Goldberger's
banking business without taxing the La
bilities The directors include Gold
berger and Dessaner, manager of Roth
child's Vienna house, who are president
and vice-presdents respectively.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-10-13
a FIGHT ON.

The support of the trades assembly
has been pledged to the car men in Chi
cago, ILL.,, during the strike. Mayor
Roche issued proclamation requesting
the people of the city not to congregate
in the streets. The first collision be-
tween the police and strikers occurred
about midnight at Larrobee street barns
on Sunday. Capt. Shack and a com
pany of his men brought sixteen i'm
ported laborcrs to barn in the guise of
special policemen and was trying to get
them under cover without attracting at
tention, when few of the strikers began
to call out "scab," ''scab." This inlu
rated the captain and Swinging from his
buggy he called on officers to clear the
street. The men were slow about obey
ing the order In fact, they behaved as
if they would rather that somebody else
would clear the street. The captain,
who had advanced to within a few feet
of the position occupied by the strikers,
observed the situation, and turning upon
the line of blue coats, he shouted:
"Cowards, disperse this mob" The Of
ficers, evidently nettled at this, rushed
at little knot Of strikers with drawn
clubs and scattered it in every direction.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-10-13
CHINESE ARRIVALS.

The steamer Bel gle arrived Monday
at San Francisco, Cal, from Hong Kong,
She brings 10G Chinese. The Duke Of
Westminster also arrived from Hong
Kong via Vancouver, B. c., with 211
Chinese aboard. From advices by the
Belgic the following is CLEANED: A dis
astrous food in the province of Moukden,
about $50 miles northeast of PeEln,
caused the death of hundreds Of natives ;
the utter annihilaton of very many
homes, destruction to the crops and pros
poets Of a general famine for the coming
winter. Cholera is still raging at Hong
Kong. The daily average OF patients
ranges from forty to fifty, most Of whom
die.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-10-13
move oN!''

jim Henderson, coIored mar, who
has been working for the Atlanta Street
Railroad Company for some time past,
was shot through the head by William
Brown, another colored man, on Sunday
night. The shooting occurred at negr0
church beyond West End and caused
considerable excitement. Soon after
dark, Henderson and companion named
Williams, approached the church and
when near the building, passed Browns
Brown pulled out pistol and Williams
skipped out. Brown approached Hem
derson "What, don't you movesp
"Why should | moyea | hayn't done
anything" answered the negro. sWel
get. Get move on youn said Brown,
raising his pistol. Henderson stood still
and Brown pulled the trigger. The ball
passed into Hcuderson's mouth and with
the blood pouring down his chest, he
ran into the church AS he moved, Brown
fired two more times. Hcndersonentered
the church as fast as he could move
and threw the congregation into great
excitement lie dropped near the pulpit.
1t was found that one ball knocked away
several teeth and tearing half the tongue
away had buried itself in the neck. II
was found in the back OF the neck.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-10-13
sPEcK OF WAR.

German frigates Moltke, Stosch, Gneis-
enau and Charlotte, which were lying in
the Bay of Naples, Italy, for the purpose
of firing salute in honor Of Emperor
William upon his arrival there, have re-
ceived orders to proceed instantly to Zan7
zibar to protect German residents whose
lives and property are endangered by
rising among the natives. The four war
ships carry complement of 1850 men
and mount 60 guns. The German trains
ing squadron OF half dozen vessels Ia
the Mediterranean has also been ordered
% Zanzibar.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-10-13
MORMONs DoWNED.

The supreme court Of Utah entered o
final judgment and decree in the case Of
the United States against the Mormon
church, which was pending to dissolve
the church corporation and have its
property declared escheated to the
government. The suit was brought in
the supreme court Of that territory under
the act Of Congress Of February 10, 1887
In that suit receiver was appointed for
the church corporation and succeeded IN
collecting over $1,000, 600 worth Of
property, real and personal. The decree
entered is a complete triumph for the.
pOYernment.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-10-13
WEST VIRGINIA.

The Cincinnati and St. Louis Express
train. on the B. s. o. Railroad, while
running 40 miles an hour, ran into a
freight train at Dickerson's Station on
Sunday and the killed and wounded are:
William II. Wiley, postal clerk, Of Fair
mount; John Casey, postal clerk, Of
Washington; George Ridenbaugh,
brakeman, of Berlin were killed. The
iniured are; Engineer Joseph Jeitries,
Of the express; j. B. Writ, fireman OF
tile freight TThomas Landop, conductor
Of the express; A. c. Crook, postal
clerk; l.. W. Gordon, express messenger;
II. ". Jackson, postal clerk.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-10-13
QUEER.

John c. Cornelson, whose horse-whip-
ping Of Judge Richard Reed, Of the SUI
perior court, in Louisville KY, led to
the latter's suicide, was respited from inn
prisonment by Governor Buckner for a
term of nine months. He viii then re.
tlrn to jail To serve out three years.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-10-13
GOSSIP.

GOSSIP.
The annual report of William A.
West, chief inspector of the po,tot1ice
department, shows that during the last
fiscal year, 791 persons were arrested for
offenses against the postal laws. OF this
number 213 were postal employees, 172
were burglars and mail robbers, and AUG
were persons unclassitied.
Reports received in Washington on
Monday show that a track has been con-
structed around Jacksonville, Fla, max
ing connection between the Jacksonville,
Tampa 81 Key West Road with the Sa-
vannah, Florida & Western Railroad,
thus allowing through transportation to
the South without entering Jacksonville.
Argument in case No. SAG, the United
States against the American Bell Tele-
phone Company. began in the United
States supreme court on Tuesday. Judge
Thurman made the opening address for
the United States The case grows ont
of a suit brought by Acting Attorney
General jerks in the circuit curt of the
United States for the District of Massa-
chusetts to have Cancelled two patents
granted Alexander Graham Bell as in
ventor of the telephone, on the ground
that the patents were obtained by fraud.
Chief Justice Fuller took the oath of
office and assumed the active duties of
his position on Monday. An hour before
the time for the opening of the court,
the narrow space allotted The general pub
lie in the court chamber was crowded by
men and women, who wanted to witness
the ceremony Of installation. 1t was an
orderly, well hammered throng of CON
gressmen, attorneys and ladies, which
sought to pack itself into a space far too
small to contain it, and nau9ht but crow
ding marred the usual solemn decorum
of the proceedings
The weather crop bulletin issued by
the Signal Office, says: "The weather
has been favorable for all growing crops
during the week throughout the cotton
region, and cotton picking is progressing
rapidly. In Northern Texas the crop is
reported about two weeks late. Light
frosGs occurred in the northern portion
Of the gulf states during the first part Of
the week, and some damage resulted to
tobacco in North Carolina, Tennessee
and Kentucky. In some sections Of the
last named state one-fourth Of the late
tobacco crop has been injured. In Ten
nessee the weather is favorable for the
seeding Of wheat, and an increased
acreage is reported"
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-10-13
SOUTH CAROLINA.

Alec Farrar, who for many years has
been the crier of the U. S. Court, died
at Charleston, Sunday. He was very
polite and had weakness for praising
the personality Of the higher officers of
the court and of the lawyers and the re-
porters. 1t was a common thing with
him to say, "Mr A or Mr. p. you look
really very charming this morning sir,
oyster soup, sir, to-day, across the way"
1t is related that he made a similar speech
to the late Chief Justice of the United
States Court during the progress Of the
political trials. He was as polite as
Chesterfield ON all occasions, his bow US
uall7 extending from the soles of his
feet to the top of his head.
There is a section of Collector county
which has had remarkable spells of
weather during the past two years. The
section is not over twenty miles square.
For fourteen months following
the earthquake, which was very severe
in that section, there was an almost con-
tinuous drought. During this time the
total rainfall did not exceed two inches
Streams and springs dried up; crops and
cattle peri he'd for want of water and it
was difficult for the people to obtain
good drinking water. A little over two
months ago rain began falling steadily in
that section, and for 81 consecutive days
tAere were only two upon which it did
not rain. All the lowlands were turned
into lakes.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-10-13
LOUISIANA.
MARYLAND.

Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneman and their
eighteen months child, and Mrs. Phillips
and her four children, were crossing the
Wicomico River in a canoe, near Princess
Anne, when a sudden blow of wind cap
sized the craft. Mrs. Kenneman, with
her babe in her arms, sank instantly.
Mrs. Phillips two-months-old babe was
borne from her arms il the struggle for
life in the water, and went down to-
gether with her four-years-old child.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-10-13

DR.. R. V. Williams died in Decatur
on Monday of yellow fever.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-10-13
NERAL SNOW FALL.

: Snow fell over a great part Of Quebec,
New Hampshire and Vermont on Tues
day, to the depth of from two inches in
New Hampshire to six inches in Mon
treal.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-10-13
NORTH CAROLINA.

Governor Scales COMMITTED 10 life inn
prisonment. the death sentence of Cora
Wright, colored, who was to be hanged
at Tarboro November ,. She was con-
yicicd Of numbering her six months old
child by placing it in hollow stump
aud letting it starye 10 death.