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The Arizona sentinel., 1888-07-28
NURSES IN HISTORY.
Interesting Facts for Women Collected
 by Princess Christian.

Interesting Facts for Women Collected by Princess Christian.
 Dr. Sophia Jex-Blake, in her ex- haustive work on medical women, takes us to the earliest classical times In the Iliad there is mention of Agamede, a woman skilled in the science of medi- cine; and, again, similar reference also occurs in the Odyssey. In France, in the fourteenth century, we have the negative evidence of there being wom- en practicing medicine and surgery, for in a document of 1911 surgeons and female surgeons are forbidden to practice if they had failed to pass a satisfactory examination before the proper authorities" In England we are told that women practiced in the time of King John Q352) with full legal authority. There is no question that there have, in all times, been a greater number of women calling themselves midwives, and earn ing scanty livelihood as such in this country; but the dig nity and importance which belonged to them in the middle ages ''as a pro- fession scientifically studied and carried out under proper control" has become a thing of the past. In the fifteenth century midwives were duly licensed. The first of whom we find any account is Margaret Cobbe, who had yearly salary from the crown. She attended Elizabeth, wife of Edward ", at the birth of Edward V., and special pro- vision was made for her rights and privileges by an act of Parliament. In the sixteenth century the Bench of Bishops gave particular attention to the question of midwives, and curates were enjoined to teach and instruct them ''of the very words and forms of bap- tism." It was in consequence of the ceremony of baptism being sometimes performed, in cases of urgency, by midwives, that they were examined in their duties not only by doctor, but by a Bishop. There was much com plaint made of the Bishops giving their license without taking care to find out if they possessed needful knowledge or instruction.
 ''In 1867 the Archbishop of Canter- bury granted a license to Eleanor Pead, midwife, and required her to take a long oath to fulfill her duties faithfully; and among other things, she bound her self to use the proper words at baptism, and, moreover to use pure and clean water" It is clear that in early times women took a much higher stand and position in nursing and medicine than has been given to them till within the last few years again. It may be that they lost their position because the feeling of the times changed, and, in consequence, they were denied the op- portunities of needful study and in- struction. Now the tide has turned in their favor, and the chance is offered them of recovering that which was formerly their undisputed right Princess Christian. in Woman'S Work.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-07-28
NUMBER B.


 "Finally I got up. Fanny and Abby were most scared to death to have me. But I crawled over to the attic window, and pushed it up an inch at a time. Then put out my head and looked up and down the street, but didn't see anybody coming. I begun to think I never should. But, finally, did see Mr. Moses Lincoln coming. He'd been out to the Knights of Honor,' that he belonged to, so he was late.
 ''I didn't dare to holler, though he was right down below-our house was very near the street. So just took the rag-bag that was hanging side of the window and threw it down. It fell in the yard and didn't come very near him, but of course he stopped short and looked up.
 ''Then I spoke just as low as 1 could and make him hear, and told him what the matter was. I expected nothing but the burglar would hear, too, and come right up stairs after us, or run right off with the spoons. but he didn't. MT. Lincoln said: ''All right, and he started off just as fast as he could run. He lived next house but one, and he had four grown-up sons, and he's quite an old man himself; so guess he thought he'd better get them, and not try to drive off the burglar alone.
 Well, 1 staid there at the window and watched. The-others kept whisper ing to me to. come back; but somehow I'd begun not to feel quite so frightened myself. It wasn't but a few minutes any way before saw them coming four Lincoln boys, and Mir. Lincoln on behind They had sticks, and Frank Lincoln had his gun that he goes hunt ing with, and they marched right around to our front door and pounded on it.
 'I went back with the others then, and we all sat up in bed and listened. We expected to hear Frank Lincoln's gun go off every minute, but all we heard was people talking. and then we heard the front door open and the greatest laughing. Then somebody called us, and we ran to the head of the stairs, and there he. was, coming up with lamp. You see, he'd been called home on business sooner than he'd ex- pected, and hadn't time to send word. He got to town on late train, and when he was coming up the street he met a man who told him that mother had gone to MT. Greens to watch, and he supposed we children had gone over to Aunt Maria's to stay all night. He never thought of such @ thing as our staying alone. And he thought he'd see if he couldn't get into the house some way without going to Mir. Greens after the key-it was so late-and he climbed into the kitchen window. Then he wss hungry, he hadn't had any SUD- per, SO he cooked some ham. But the funniest part of it was, he was rather scared when the Lincoln boys and MT. Lincoln came He didn't know but they were burglars"
 Tbpre was a circle of eager and in. quisiuge faces bending toward Rose Underwood, who had jumped com pleteIy over the point of her story in her hnete.
 But who was it, Rose? Who was iti Who was the burglar?n
 'Wby, my own father, of course,' said Rose.-Mary E. WilkinS, m .Judge's Young Folks.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-07-28
TOMMY WAS EXCUSED.
A Lesson in Arithmetic, or a Clear Gas
 of Loves Labor Lost.

A Lesson in Arithmetic, a Clear Case of Loves Labor Lost.
 Parents, as a general thing, do not appreciate the trouble teachers have in making children learn and con- prehend their lessons. Some boys are phenomenally dull, and it requires much perseverance and skill to make them comprehend even the simplest lessons.
 Colonel Yerger, of Austin, Tex, has son named Tommy who is little obtuse in arithmetic, as will be seen by the following conversation:
 Teacher-Suppose, Tommy, you have stocking on one foot and you put another stocking on the other foot, how many stockings will you haveP
 Tommy-Pa don't let me wear stock ings in summer.
 Suppose, then, it was winter, and you did wear stockings, how many would you have? How many did you wear last winterP"
 ''I done forgot, it's so long ago."
 "Well, how many feet have you got?"
 Same as always"
 'I'll try something else. Suppose your father has one pig in a pen, and he buys another pig and puts it in the pen, too, how many pigs will he have?"
 Dad don't keep no pigs"
 But suppose he did, how many would he have then?"
 ''I dunno, but I'll ask him if you say so."
 The teacher blew a heavy sigh from his tired lips, wiped the precipitation from his weary brow, and then went at it again.
 Suppose, Tommy, you have on a jacket and at Christmas your pa gives you another one, how many jackets will you have then?"
 ''I'll have to wait until next Christ mas before I answer that. Ididn't get no jacket last Christmas.
 Suppose your mother gives you one peach, and you have one already, how many will you have thenP"
 '1 won't have none; eos I'll eat lem up."
 The teacher was not man to be dis. couraged by trifes. He began to sus- pect that Tommy was beginning to lose ground in mathematics, but he resolved to give Tommy one more chance.
 Tommy, if a poor little beggar boy has cake, and you give him one more, bow many will he haveP" .,z
 ''I don't need no beggar boy to eat my cake; can do that myself"
 Tommy, you can run out and play" -7s1as Siftiaas,
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-07-28
PITH AND POINT.


 Sudden expectations which kindle the mind to a fever, sometimes chill the heart to frost.
 The man who goes lover the bay" too often is apt to get into strait.- Hotel MdiI..
 Trying to reform man by reform ing his surroundings is like tying sheckel pears or rhambo apples to the rough twigs of crab-tree. Interior.
 To rejoice in another's prosperity is to give content to your own lot; to mitigate another's grief is to alleviate or dispel your own.
 The ignorance of one man may be higher than the intelligence of anoth- CT. There may be a very large memo ry and narrow consciousness.
 A youthful applicant for gradua- tion at Lexington, Ky, being asked the other day: What does history teachP" answered: 'That the United States has never been whipped and never will be-"
 Some men are always looking for things that are pointed in newspa- per, and yet if their names are used to sharpen the point they are too dull to see where the fun comes in.-Sh0e and Leather Reporter.
 Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. 1 can not ooh I111fT I their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.-Louise M. Alcott.
 The exhibition of what is noble, the embodiment of what is right, beau- tiful, and heroic in life, produce a far greater effect on the human heart than precept or exhortation. Example is better than precept. "-John B. Cough.
 The man who turns to the sunny side has the sunniest heart, and he as- sists others toward gaining a similar experience. For we are prone to fol- low those whom we see starting off with the gladness of expectation in their faces United Presbyterian.
 They say Truth is mighty, and will prevail;" but this is only half the case. If you put truth upon the shel. and let dust lie on her record, of what use will it be to men? Truth un- known, how can it enlightenP Truth not felt, how can it renew?-Spurgeon. O-A deer hunt near Martin, Tenn. came to a queer end. After the sports men had chased the deer for several miles, and the hounds were close at his heels, the frightened animal turned suddenly, and, running up to one of the hunters, tucked its head un- der his arm as if for protection. No one had the heart to kill the pleading animal, and the hunt was abandoned.
 None but true man can appreciate childhood, although children often have a keener appreciation of true manhood than most men have. A man must, therefore, carry the best in- stincts of his childhood with him into the period of manhood, if he would know what it is to be true man. And not until he knows what it is to be true man, can he be true to the child in the man or to the man in the child. -S. s. Tunes.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-07-28
FACTS ABOUT LUMBER.
An Experts Opinion of Northern White
 and Southern Yellow Pine.

and Southern Yellow Pine.
 There are many peculiar points in the pine lumber trade with which people outside the business are entirely un- acquainted. There is considerable con- fict on the markets between the white pine of the North and the yellow pine of the South. There are several inn portant facts always considered by the dealers in yellow pine. This pine, owing to the large amount of pitch and rosin contained in it, when sawed into lumber, weighs 3 pounds to the foot. The white pine lumber in the rough weighs only ? pounds. At a shipping rate of 10c per 100 pounds, this makes a difference of $1 per 1 ,000 feet in freight. But while it takes one day for a good carpenter to ''work up" 1,000ffee of white pine, it will take the same man one day and a half to work the same amount of yellow pine, owing to the rosinous substance in the latter making the boards tough. As a good carpenter will command s per day as wages, therefore, it costs $1.50 more to ''work up' 1000 feet of yellow pine than it does 1000 feet of white pine So, there is, on this reckoning, a difference of $1 in freight and $1.50 in labor, a total of $2 50 in favor of the white pine. When buying lumber in markets where the two specimens of pine are brought into competition, the lumber dealer who knows his business always adds the above amount to the cost of yellow pine. But the pitch in the yellow pine causes the lumber, after it is well seasoned, to be tough and more durable than the white pine lumber. The pitch is also valuable feature of the lumber in other ways, notable as an exterminator of bed bugs, cockroaches, worms and other obnox- ious visitors of sleeping-rooms. Itis a fact now becoming well known that a room furnished in yellow pine lumber is remarkably free from bugs and other insects. But notwithstanding the fact that yellow pine lumber is far superior to white pine, yet the latter con- mands the higher price in the market. This fact may appear to be singular, but it is only the nat ural result of the organization in the trade. The yellow pine comes from the South, and the Southern deal CTS and manufacturers of lumber have no proper organization to control their trade, and, therefore, they have no uniform system of grading, they don't work in harmony with one another, and by lack of business intercourse they fail to become as well informed in the trade as they would otherwise. Each dealer has his own method of grading lumber in the South; hence, there are no uniform prices, and they work against one another The North ern lumber dealers, who handle white pine, have an organization known as the Lumbermen's Association, which formulates scale of prices and es- tablishes a uniform system of grading, and, therefore, they are enabled to ob- tain higher prices for their lumber than those received by the unorganized Southern dealers for far superior grade.-W 4. Steele, in St. Lotus Globe Democrat
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-07-28
MollY's New Pet.

"My children" said Mamma Fuss, 'I have something funny to tell you Mistress Molly has a new pet!"
 'TWho? What? ''Is it nice?" cried the four kits.
 "Yes," said Old Fuss, with a laugh, cit is nicei and the fun is that Mistress Molly is afraid l shall eat it. How can she think I should be so cruell For this new pet" she continued, is not a canary-it is a buff and white rabbiti he looks like you, Pussy Puffball. though his ears are long. And he IS lame, so lame that he can walk only by little hops"
 'Is that so? O how funnyl" said all the little kits.
 Then the five curled up in heap to- gcther and went to sleep.
 When they awoke Mistress Molly had gone out to ride.
 Mrs. Fuss went in search of the new pet. She found Bunny asleeP, took him up by the neck and carried him to her basket.
 When Mistress Molly came home she missed Bunny at once. She was afraid Old Fuss had got him, and she did not dare at first to look in the pussey-cat basket. She was so afraid she might find little tufts of hair there; she was afraid she might find tiny. bones. What she did find-when she did go, was this: four kittens, and a little rabbit curled up together fast asleep, and Mrs. Cat purring as hard as she could! After that Mrs. Tabby took care of Bun- ny and fed him just as she did her oth- CT children.-Sdrab P. BrGdiSh, ip Lit. tie Men and Women.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-07-28
FOR OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
STORM AND SUNSHINE.

A pout and a frown for the clouds, my dear, And few bright tears for the rain A snap from the eyes for the lightning flash, As it gleams through the window-pane; A smothered sob or two, my dear,
 Like heart-strings torn asunder; A whirl through the room like atornado's path, Then stamp or two for the thunder: And this, my dear-now mark what 1 say Will make of the brightest, gloomy day A smile or two for the sunshine's glow,
 And two bright blue eyes for the sky; A laugh or two for the murmuring brook.
 As it ripples sweetly by; A merry scamper of little feet.
 For the rustic of bright green leaves, And kiss or two from a dewy mouth.
 For the biossom-scented breeze: And this, my dear-now mind what I say Will make of Q gloomy, the brightest dayl -Enanea /. JeRkiRs, in Judge'S Young Folks.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-07-28

First Irishman-''It's all pinsion, pinson, nowadays, Moike. The paper says there's thousand survivors of the Mexican war, with twelve thousand widdies. afther drawin' pinsions this blessed dayi" Second Irishman-''The ovid Mormons. Twelve widdies to livery one O them! That's pfwhat be. comes uv the surplushm-
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-07-28

-''Here waiter! what kind of a pic do you call this?n Apple pie, sir. l" But there is nothing in it. Beg pardon, sir, but we use evaporated ap- pies in all our pies. s."-BoStof' Tran script
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-07-28

-Old Man (from the floor above)- Is that young man still in the parlor, Clarap Young Man (nervously)-Yes, sir; but he is trying to get away.--AGr per,s RQzar.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-07-28

A novelty in railway reading is said to have been introduced in En- gland. It is a story in parts, the first part being sold in London, the second at another station, the third farther on, and so it continues until when von have finished your journey you have completed the story.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-07-28

Germany is said to be the greatest potate-eatine country in the world.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-07-28
THE STARS.
How Their Distances from the Earth
 Are Determined.

Only sApprex5aafe Results Attained by AstronomeFsGThe Nearest Star Over 2O,oOO, ,OeO, ,OOO, ,OOO Miles Away
 Constant Changes.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-10-11

jtaiy SAIsiied huating pjctutes iuQ
oi dash and spirit Of the field that
will reward careful inspection.
There are only two chromos in
The exhibition, but their piquancy
must be their excuse, and also the
fact that they are artists proofs.
They are simple love scenes "the
old, old story" but told in way
that will win sympathetic smile
from every observer.
One gay little corner is devoted
to water colors. "The Maid and
the Maybe" bcwitchingly suggests
the old song, "The Maid and the
Maggie kept talking all day"
The saucy little person leaning
back upon a garden seat is glancing
roguishly at the raven who struts
solemnly in the foreground. All
the accessories, doorway, flowers,
etc, are delightfully."- dashed in.
Another water color-a and there
are several exquisite ones-5 by 2,
Lewis. In the foreground the waves
dash up against over-hanging cliffs,
few ships float upon the waters, or
the distance merges into purple
shadow.
A few of Mr.. Strong's smaller
pictures occupy space to the right,
and his frank honest work from ma
ture has the real out-of-doors flavor.
Fhey are just the pictures to send
home across the seas to our friends,
for no photograph can give the eff
feet of some of his -chroms of
island scenery. He also has two
small oils of the Volcano and Dia-
mond Head. The former, an ex-
quisite picture with all the sugges-
tive honor of Madame Pele and yet
no garish contrasts. The Diamond
Head is fresh as nature, glintng
with sunlight and sparkling with
sea-foam. They are the best small
pictures we have seen by this artist
since lie came here.
By all odds the gem of lthe col
lection is heliotye after the cele-
brated original of Gabriel Max. The
subject is one of the most touching
incidents of the New Testament,
where the Saviour stops by the way.
side to heal child. The mother
raises appealing eyes full of mute
misery to His face, clasping her pale
dying Boy in her arms. The per.
sonifcation of Christ in this figure
is complete-the grace of the atti
tude, the noble sweep of the drap'
cry, and the serene beauty of the
head are all, with consummate feel
ing, subordlnated to the expression
of divine tenderness and sympathy
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-10-11
FIFTH ORGAN RECITAL.

Following is the programme of
the fifth organ recital at Kaumaka-
pill church, this evening, Octo-
Der 18th, at 7:45 O'Clock.
Kaumakapili March in + Major......
-: ....'..,..'. Wray Taylor
Evening Prayer. .......... Smart
Mr.. Wray Taylor.
Song Echoes ............ Shelley
Rev. A. ID. Bissell.
Offertoire in q Major............Wely
Mr.. Myron II. Jones.
Song The Valley of Shadows. =. Barri
Miss Mabel Rhodes. Violin obligate by
Lieut.. Il. r. Pears, II. n.
Fantasia Pastorale. ......... w. II, Best
Grand Offertoire in f Major. :. Batistc
Mr., Wray Taylor.
Song-The Waiting Heart. ...... Tory
Miss tredericka j. NOlte.
Cujus Amman (Stabat MateD .Rossini
Mr.. Jones.
Irlo-Iargo. ....,....,......... Handel
Violin, Lieut., Pears. Violincello, " ray
Taylor. Organ, Myron Jones,
Anthem-E ioOnani ,...........M Mason
Kaumakapili Church Choir.
War March (Athalie) 80. .Mendelssohn
MIR. Nray Taylor.
Hawaii Ponoi.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-10-11
PROBATE MATTERS.
THE WILLS OF S. G.. WILDER AND z.
Y. SQUIRES BEFORE THE COURT.

In the matter of the estate of
Samuel @. Wilder, before Dole, j..
The taking of testimony of the sub
scribing witnesses to the will and
codicil was begun on the End inst.
and concluded on the 9Th. The
Court this morning ordered that said
will and codicil be admitted to pro.
bate and that letters issue to Hons.
A. f. Judd and w. f. Allen as adj
ministrators with the will annexed
under bond of $4,000.
A remuneration Of their appoint
ment under the will, was filed by
the following named executors: w.
e. Wilder, c. L. Wight, G. p.
Wilder, Samuel G. Wilder and A.
F. Judd. Hence the appointment
of the above named administrators
with the will annexed. The will
dated March 10, 1886, was witness
ed by Samuel B. Rose, VIM. G.
Brash and w. r. Sims. The codicil
dated November /, 1887, was wit
messed by Samuel G. Wilder, Jr.,
Charles A. Kibling and VIM. G.
Brash. All these witnesses not be-
ing in Honolulu on the first day oil
hearing, necessitated the contnu.
ance from day to day.
The estate consists of stock in
lumber business, shares in the Will
der Steamship Company, Kahului
Railroad Company, Hawaiian Rail.
road Company, Honolulu Ice Works,
money and effects, the estimated
value of the whole of which is put
down in the application for probate
at 5000, 900. Besides this valuation
the life of deceased was insured in
various companies for about $685..
600. The administrators were or
dered to advertise notice to credi.
tors in the English, Hawaiian and
Portuguese languages and within
sixty days to file their inventory Of
the property Of the deceased. There
are several devisees mentioned in
the will. Mr.. A. S. Hmtwell az.
peared for the proponents of the
will. No opposition was made.
In re estate Il. Y. Squires, o.
Waialua, Oahu, deceased, before
Judd c. j. The application of the
widow Mrs. Harriet Squires, fol
probate of the will was heard and
granted. The widow and Gaspa
Silva, were the executors named il
the will, but they renouncing, tn,
Court appointed Hon. w. o. Smitl
as administrator with the will
annexed to act under bond of $1,000
The estate consists of house lot
pasture land, horses and cattle il
Waialua, on this island, valued a
$4,000. The will devises all per
sonal property to the widow .abso
lutte, and the real estate to her TO
life, and after her death to go t
one Mrs. Frances L. Jackson, siste
of the deceased. Hon. w. o
Smith appeared for the widow; w
A. Whiting for the said Mrs. Jack
son The deceased left no children
living.