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The St. Johns herald., 1891-04-16
INDIAN AND HEBREW.
4 Comparison of Some Peculiar Customs
 of the Two Races.

4 Comparison of Some Peculiar Customs
 of the Two Races.
 Early travellers among the Indians claim to have found rites and cerc- monies strikingly similar to these of the Jews, says the St. Louis Globe Democrat. George Catlin, tho artist, who spent a considerable portion of lis life among the tribes, said he believed that they had Jewish blood in their veins, although he could not go so far as to identify them with the lost tribes Of Israel. The Indians worshiped a a great Spirit or a Jehovah. Idolaters were never found on the North Amer ican continent. The tribes had their council or medicine houses, which they held most sacred. They had their high priests and their prophets. They fol lowed the Hebrew custom in not allow ing the women towOrship with tho men. Fifty years ago the Sioux exploited the same belief that they are dancing them selves crazy about now. They main tained that the Indians were the chosen people of the Great Spirit, and that in time they were to triumph over the rest of the world through Messiah.
 h marriage the Indians had customs which savored of Palestine. They gave presents for their wives. Tn their bathing and in their family relations they followed with remarkable precis- ion many of the requirements of the Mosaic law. They observed certain laws of purifcation which the Old Tcs- tamcnt teaches. Fifty years ago tray elcrs found no difficulty in discovering the practice of these rites and cerc- monies by the Indians. But as the line of white settlement advanced the h. dians gave up their old customs. Their forms were laughed at by white mon and many of them were abandoned. The ghost dance, which the Sioux have been soaring the frontier with, is the old sun dance under new name 1t used to be practiced frequently as an atOnement ceremony.
 There was once an Indian feast which was very like the annual feast of the passover. Some of the tribes kept feast with branches of willow and pre- iminary fasting, which bore striking resemblance to the Feast of Taber- nacles. The practice of offering to the Great Spirit the first green corn, and tho first fruits of all kinds, was almost universal among the Indians before they became contaminated with white mon
The St. Johns herald., 1891-04-16
PAPER HORSE5HOES.
Tie Process by Which They Are Msnu-
 fICtGrc,l.

Tie Process by Which Ticy Are Manu-
 fIc5GroI.
 The need of a more or less elastic horseshoe has led to many trials and experiments, which, rot resulting io any thing satisfactory, has kept the farricr's art in the same old rut of oldcn day. 4 new horseshoe has been made in Germany, says the Age of Steel, and it is constructed of parch- mcDt paper CT a paper prepared by a saturation of oil, turPentine, etc, and impenctrablc to dampness or moisture. Thin layers of such paper are glued together until the desired thickness necessary for tho horseshoe is attained by an agglutinant, which is indifferent to the action of moisture, and which will not get brittle when dry Especially cascin gum, chrome gclatine, copper chroE22te, ammonia, or Q mixture of Venetian t;zTPcntinc). The leaves of such prepared peper can first be cut to the desired icr-1, and holes for mailing on tho paper lc stamped through, and the leaves glued together, one on top of another Then the shoe has to undergo Q very strong pressure, perhaps by a hydraulic press, is dried, and lastly rasped and planod. The holes can be bored in by boring machines similar to those used fer brushes, instead of be- ing stamped out. The fastening of these shoes can be done by mailing through the holes bored or stamped, as above described, or by gluing with bitumen, caOutchouc, or a mixture of gum ammonia, emulsion, one part; gJtt2 pcroha, two parts. The fact of is getting rough makes the paper horseshoe Q great cdv2ntage in prevent ing tl.c slipping of the horse on smooth and slippery places.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-04-16
A GIRLS MISTAKE.
The Clever Ruse by Which She Robbed a
 Rich Californian.

During the month of September, 1889, was employed on confidential case in St. Paul, Minn.,'' said Detective Ainge, of the New York, Ontario &5 Western railway service to Utica Her aldreporter, ''and was one day standing in the Union depot watching for sus- pocted party, when a train came in well filled with passengers. Among those who ahghted was wealthy gentleman from the Pacific coast. Just as he stepped on the platform a handsome young woman, apparently about twen- ty years of age, rushed into his arms saying: oh, papa, papa, I'm so glad you've cone,' and with that she began to shower the bewildered Californian with kisses. Then she gave a short, frightened scream, rushed through the crowd, entered hack, and was driven away. We all supposed it was case of mistaken identity. The Californian en- joyed the mistake.
 ''He came to me and the railway of fcer, who were talking about some business, and said it was Q good joke, and he guessed we had better take some thing on tho strength of it, as the kisses were worth considerable. We proceed cd to the hotel, and he took his smile while the officer and myself took a cigar. When the Westerner came to pay for the wine and cigars he discovered that his poclzet-book and two hundred dollars were gone. Further search de- vcloped the fact that his fine gold watch opI cJ, I.-a1sa olcn mics ing. The Californian could not imag- inc where or when the things had been taken. 1 examined his shirt front and discovered teeth marks where the dia- mond stud had been. There was no doubt that the handsome girl who gave him such an affectionate embrace had done the work. The Californian was mad, and called the policeman a dolt. After telling him that I was @ detec- tive, he asked me to take charge of the case and find the girl and he would pay me for services and all expenses. After placing my special agent on the case l was then engaged with I proceeded to Minneapolis, where 1 located the wom- an at one of the hotels. She had regis tered from Milwaukee. When 1 arrest ed her she told me her history. She had been 8 member of wealthy family in Colorado. told her that if she would return the money, watch and diamond stud the Californian would likely not prosecute her. I wired him and he an- swered the telegram in person. The woman gave him all the plunder, and then she told him her story of misfort- une. He was much impressed by the recital, and I saw him with her at the theater about week afterward.n
The St. Johns herald., 1891-04-16
TAKEN ON FAITH.
Men Who Have Tried tc Share with Vas
 cline Towing Vengeance.

Men Who ITaye Tried to Share with Vas
 cline VOwing Vengeance.
 The faith of the newspaper reader is sometimes great and abiding, but oc- casionally it leads him into errors. A few weeks ago, says the Galignani Mes scnger, q London weekly journal, pub Ished exclusively for ladies, contained letter from Q lady correspondent as sorting that vaselinc as q shaving cream was superior to any soap or cream that had ever been invented. This scarcely appears likely to bc a very interesting topic for the Gentlcr sex, but. EcvCrthe- less, many letters were published on the subject, and finally it became an established truth among boardedwc that vaseline was the very best article with which to supplaEt sOap, which, 1t is said, ''chaps" and irritatcs the skin.
 Had this theory remained confined within the limits of the journal that gave it birth no harm might have been done; but unfortunately, several Amer jean journals Of reputa and standing, ever ready to gr21p a progressive inno- vation, boldly announced that v2SClinc was the olly article with which man could comfortably remove his beard. Perhaps the readers of these papers tried it on Q very cold morning, or. per haps their razors were blunt, or perhaps and very much more GlIcly-thc lady who asserted that she had removed her beard every morning for many years with the aid of va3eliHe was playing a little trick on the journal with which she corrcsponded.
 Doubtless she never suspected that powerful and influential dailies in America would proclaim her method as an infalliblc ono. And new the result is that cid men, Iaiddle-agcd men, and youths across tho Atlantic arc vowing vengeance against those who recon mendcd such q painful experiment. Having 2 sound tocti, drawn is trifle compared to shaving with vaseline-at least, SO the gentlemen across the At lantic say.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-04-16
The Bacnine in Asia.

The bagpipe is almost universal throughout Asia, though at present not so much in use as it seems to have been in former ages. It is used among the Chinese musicians, says the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, and is met with in Persia, where it appears to have been more general in former ages than at present. There is also a Hindoo bag pipe, and in Egypt it was used to some extent, but is now rarely met with. In Italy it is common. It is said that the Italian peasant believes that it is the best beloved music of the Virgin Mary, also that it is the instrument upon which the shepherds expressed their joy when they visited the Saviour. When the Italian peasant visits Rome on the anniversary of the birth of our Saviour he always carries his bagpipes with him. The Romans are said to have been acquainted with this instrument, and most likely the Greeks also. In Scotland it is the national instrument, but even there it's use is dying out. Bag pipes are known in Scotland, England, Ireland, Germany, Spain, Italy, North Africa (at least I find name for them in Tuaricl1 vocabulary and in Syria. Probably many other countries have them.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-04-16
AUSTRIAN LADIES.
The Training Of the Aristocratic Women
 of This Old Nation.

The Training Of the Aristocratic Women
 Of This Old Nation.
 Ladies of high birth are wonderfully capable, owing to their excellent system of education, says Vienna letter to the New York Evening Post. What ever they may be called upon to do from cutting a dress to making salad they are always ready.
 Young ladies with titles and fortunes are sent to famous millinerS and dress makers, where they serve a regular ap- prenticeship, and remain until perfectly able to cut and make any garment.
 An Austrian lady who can not swim or does not know how to ride well is an exception.
 Needle work of every kind, even to the making of lace, is part of every young lady's education. There is TO smattering of any thing; whether she learns the piano or to draw, she learns it thoroughly: If she has no talent at all for an art, which is seldom, she lets that art entirely alone. Her pedestrian accomplishments put us quite to shame; her efforts of memory are another source of wonder to us.
 The wonderful memory which ena- bles Austrian girls to repeat some times the whole of Paradise Lost" or an entire drama, comes from practice begun in babyhOOd.
 Every day the girl is expected to learn a poem CT page. She often does it while making her toilet; and at last poem requires but a single reading, and it is slowed away in the memory safely. As linguists they are famous. This, too, comes from learning when very young. As the court language is French, learn ing it is compulsory. Even servants are expected to speak both French and Ger man.
 The burghers' daughters will not con- descend to the learning of dress-mal1ing and cooking, which the titled lady can do without it's reHccting On her social position. And so the young women to whom such knowledge would be of practical benefit are inefficient, while all the ladies at the court have at their fingers ends the power to do any thing.
 The Austrian lady of station is ac- quainted with every detail of the cui- sine. 4 story is told by Viennese ladies of another, who, having neglected this branch of her education, allowed, ct 9 great dinner party which she gave, two dishes Of the same color to be served in succession-a fault for which no eX- cuse could be made.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-04-16
> THE mALE FLIRT.
Who Is thu Moro Detestable in Wom-
 ans Estimation?

Who Is thu Moro Dete5table in a WOm-
 ans Estimation?
 One can not pass through a Irritation man or woman-withOut lowering the tone of ones mind, writes Felicia Holt in the Ladies' Home Journal. I know that I seem to thus put mind be- fore the affections; but in the prosaic nineteenth century hearts seem out of fashion. Cupid has taken holiday and left us to our own devices; he loves an age when pounds and pence play a less conspicuous part, for love laughs ct cal culation. So our mental development becomes our highest consideration, and 1t must suffer in 8 game where only the sly tricl1ster holds the trump card.
 Dignity and trifing put each other out Of countcnancc, as does the bishop ard the clown; and when man and woman enter with deliberation into the unworthy joust of tilting ones attrac- tio1s against the other with no other aim than the qualification of his or her vanity, then, I say, neither party can como out Unscathed, either mentally or morally.
 If enc is more detestable than the other, 1t is the male firt; for since GUS tom has given him the power of making the advance, he can do the most harm, particularly should he practice his cruel arts upon an unsophisticated girl; she may fall victim to his cruelty.
 A man may recover from bitter en- counter of this sort q sadder and a wiser man; his trust in woman may be terri bly shaken, but he does not succumb, as does the woman, whose heart, once wiled from her keeping, grows weary of the world.
 And, incredible as it may seem, women are quite as much to blame as men for the sin of filtration. For if they con- demn the sin, they invariably smile upon the sinner, specially if he is handsome and attractive.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-04-16
The Lazy 1Tan's Pipe.

The most curious pipe of the year is the lazy man's pipe. As it's name ex- presses, this is pipe requiring the minimum of exertion to use it. Natur- ally, it is of somewhat complicated design, consisting of a tube to hold the tobacco, and stem running crosswisc of this for the mouth. The pipe is held by passing the two first fingers of the hand through two rings, one on either side of the bowl stem, and the mouth piece being placed in the mouth, the pressure of a small valve that lies just under the thumb sets the ingenious mechanism inside to work, and tho smoke is forced automatically into the mouth,
The St. Johns herald., 1891-04-16
The 2c-l.n Royal stablcs.

A special department in the royal stGblcs ct Berlin is set aside for the I'm per;al children. Each little Princeling has his stall containing his own partic- ular pony, funny little animals with bigm2nes and bigger tails. The Princes themselves look after the welfare of their stcels, and the stable master told me tE-t tl,e Ponics would soon be dead with overe2ting if they were permitted to gore themselves with all the prov cn1ar provided for them by their little rnval -llcSf.,sS
The St. Johns herald., 1891-04-16
No Sentiment There.

In nine cases out of ten ships leaving New York, Boston or Philadelphia for distant ports are provisionod So close by their owners that if a ship-wrccl1ed ed crew of ten men were picked up and fed for three days it would put every body on short ratiOns. A loss Of four days on sailing time would do the same thinr,
The St. Johns herald., 1891-04-16
EncIish Medical Students.

Medical studsnts in London are con- pelled to go through Q course of four years study, hospital attendance, and lectures, before being qualified to ap- pear for final examination. By an order of the general medical council Of England the term of preparation has been cXteGded to i've years.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-04-16
He Solved It.

A Michigan farmer who drove to town on certain days of the week always ar rived at 9 railroad-crossing the same time an express train did. For three years te debated as to who had the right cf.v-ay, and to settle it he started to drive across the other day and next moment found himself in cn old corn field with broken leg, while horses were dead and wagon smashed.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-04-16
I-eed the Law.

Under the laws of every State in this Union the man who shoots another man who nay be stealing his fruit crrobbing his hen roost con be prosecuted for manslaugLter. The idea is that you sA2n 50 out and argue with him. and if argument won't do whistle for an of ticcr.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1891-04-21
School Board Meeting.

The Board of Education met at
their Office Saturday forenoon.
Among a lot of other matters acted
upon, it was decided that Good Fri
day should be declared a public
school holiday, and that the Cath
Ole school children should not be
compelled to attend school upon the
four principal Catholic holy days.
A number of applications for posi-
tions were read by the Secretary
and placed on file for future deci-
sion.
Several new Government school
buildings were authorized to be
built; among them is one at Kapaho,
Puma district, Hawaii; one to be
established at Pepeekeo, Hilo dis
trict, at which place no school has
ever been opened; one at Hama
maulu, Lihue district, and another
at Mana, Waimea district, Kauai.
The latter two will be built as soon
as the Board can secure the titles
for the sites.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1891-04-21
PERSONAL.

Numerous friends will be pleased
to learn that Misses Louisson and
B. Castle, of San Francisco, are
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Hyman of
this city.
Among the returning passengers
by the Zealandia is Mr.. M. Louisson,
of the firm of M. S. Grinbaum &
Co. Mr.. l.. now ranks among our
oldest residents, his first arrival dat
ing back among the sixties.
Adyices from London state that
Hon. Cecil Brown had recovered
from the indisposition which he had,
and was enjoying himself.
A telegram from His Elk. H. A. P.
Carter, Hawaiian Envoy to Wash
ington, states that he has been OBJ
liged to give up his trip to Hawaii,
on account of i'll health.
Miss Ella McInerny, who has been
in the States for a year or so, re-
turned home by the Zealandia
Mr.. Geo. Ross and bride, accom-
panied by Mrs. G. Creighton, left by
the Hawaii for Hakalau, Hawaii.
Mr.. J. j. Calhoun, son Of Cap
tain r. Calhoun of the bark Ceylon,
arrived Tuesday from San Fran
cisco ON his fathers vessel. Mr.Cal-
houn is a member Of the legal fra
ternity.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1891-04-21
An Improvement.

Any one driving along Beretania
street near Alakea must have noticed
how narrow is the driving space be-
tween the tramway and the side
walk, in fact so narrow that car
riage could not pass a car on the
mauka side of the track. The tram
way makes an altogether unneces-
sary curve to that side, which in
connection with the telephone post
being so far out, makes dangerous
crossing.
Those living near the corner of
Alakes and Beretania streets have
decided, with the permission of the
Interior Department, to make some
alterations. Mr.. A. J. Cartwright,
Sr., trustee for the Aud heirs, has
agreed to cut three feet off the side
of the lot on the mauka side of Bere-
tania, thus giving sufficient space
for carriage track beside the tram
way. He has also generously given
up, for the improvement of Alakea
street, over twenty feet of his lot on
the side of that street. DR.. Miner
cuts off portion of his lot on Union
street, making the latter two streets
more on an even line with Emma.
When all has been done, this cross
ing will look much better and be
safer for travelling than it Is at pres
ent.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1891-04-21
Round for the States.

The Zealandia has already a large
list of passengers registered to leave
this Tuesday. The following are
the names: Justice L. McCully,
Mrs. F. w. Damon, two children
and nurse, Mrs. W. III. Rice, Mrs. A.
Ostrom, Miss Sadie Ostrom, Mrs s.
B. Dole, Dr. G.. Herbert, wife, child,
and maid. G. A. Bailey, Miss Camille
Mouri, j. w. Borjes, DIR. Hutchins,
Jno. Chapman, Mrs. E. W. Fuller
and two children, Mrs. w. P. Fen
nell, Misses M. and A. Carter, Mrs.
E. q. Rowe, Miss Plontor, Mrs.
Shanabrook, MIR. E. NJ Marshall, c..
Hammer, w. G. Peacock, Miss
Ward, Mrs. a. o. Tyler, W. w.
Lowe, r. Lowe, J. Il Bliss, Mrs. S.
ID. Mcconnell, Mr.. Green.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1891-04-21
THE KAwAIAHAo CONCERT.
Saturday Evenings Success-An
Interesting Pro9ramme-The
Church Crowded.


Those who undertook the difficult
task of getting up an entertainment
worthy of attracting an audience
sufficiently large to ell to overflow
ing the largest church IN Honolulu
promised beforehand an exception
ally good entertainment. AS an evil
dence of the confidence the people
placed in those promises the church
was completely filed with the
friends of the seminary and others
anxious to hear the concert. To
state that the promises proved to be
true, would be bat poorly expressing
the success. 1t was q great success,
perhaps no better has ever been
given in Honolulu.
The church was tastefully adorn-
ed with floral decorations, vines and
sprays of ferns, etc. The large or
gan was draped with the Hawaiian
flags, while Immediately in front be-
low the balcony were ranged in tiers
the pupils, 120 in number, Of the
seminary; the little tots on the lower
row, while each succeeding higher
one was occupied by larger pupils,
all of whom, with three or four ex-
ceptions, were dressed in white,
making a highly pleasing APP
pearance. In front of the
temporary arrangement for the
pupils was placed stand, covered
with red, white and blue bunting,
for Prof II. Berger, leader of the
orchestra, the members of which
were seated on either side of the or
gan in the gallery.
The very large audience, ranging
from Royalty to the humblest lover
of good singing, remained, from the
interest manifested in the exercise,
studiously attentive throughout.
And well they should; for the ar
rangement, the drill and the execu-
ton of the entire programme was
neatly made, effectually done and
perfectly carried out. 1t would be
difficult to tell which part of the
programme was the best rendered.
All bespoke the careful, patient and
untiring efforts of those who did the
teaching. All acted tremendously,
rising, passing to and from position
and sitting as if with one impulse.
The "Rock-a-bye Baby" by the
little folks could not have been acted
and sung with better effect. Mai
kai Waipio," composed by Queen
Liliuokalani and sang by the older
members of the seminary, shows at
once Her Majesty's gift of compost
ton and the sweetness of the voices
of the singers.
To the efforts of Miss S. Patch,
the leadership of Prof. H. Berger,
and last but by no means the least,
the endeavors of the seminary young
ladies is due the praise of the COM
munity. The amount raised, over
$500, will add many volumes to the
library. the object of the concert,
and we predict that if another con-
cert be given, larger amount will
be raised.