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The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-09-15
FREIGHT AND VALUES.

The cost of freight, that is, trans
port of merchandise by sea, as
compared with the values of the
goods carried is d very important
consideration, especially just now
and with ourselves, seeing that the
price Of our principal product has
just been cut down say thirty per
cent. while the costs and charges
for getting it to market are as
much for ton of sugar worth $54
as they were when the same ton
brought $50 or 500.
Commissioner w. W. Bates, of
the Government Bureau of Navi-
cation at Washington, forcibly
calls attention to the neglect of
statistics on this point. Ee says
the carrying trade now finds no
place in the reports of Chambers of
Commerce. Exports and imports
are given and figure prominently,
but the business done by vessels,
American and foreign, cuts no figure
at all"
Mr.. Bates says that for many
years he has pointed out this want
of statistical knowledge, by arti-
cles written for the press on ship
ping matters, and endeayoring to
interest the Government in the
matter, and making it a Govern
ment business to gather statistics
in relation to freight; but he has
been unable to enlist the Govern
ment interest and thinks that
nothing will be done until the
Chambers of Commerce shall think
it important and necessary.
Nevertheless Mr.. Bates has him
self worked up good deal of IN
formation on the subject, and has
compared the export freights of
Washington and Oregon for a year
past. On the Oregon grain expert
the ratio of freight to cargo value
was 32.126 per cent, on the Wash
ington grain export BLOB per cent,
on the Puget Sound lumber export |
l3O.31 per cent, and on the total
grain and lumber of these two
States 1888 per cent, on the grain
and flour export Of California for
four years 1875 the freight was
1873 per cent. of the value of car
goes.
Merchandise sent abroad by an
American ship is not, argues Mr..
Bates, any mere an export than is
The freight which the ship earns,
and American vessels carrying
lumber from Puget Sound to
'oreign markets earn for the coun-
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-09-15
Price in Honolulu, so Cents per Copy
The Book has 176 pages of text. with


The Book has 176 pages of text. with
20 Full Page Illustrations Of Island Scenery,
and description of the Pearl Harbor
Railway enterprise, and surrounding
country.
1t has also FOUR MAPS of the larger
islands, prepared expressly for it,
The GUIDE gives full description of
each of the principal Islands and Settle
ments in this Group, and viii prove an
Invaluable handbook for tourists, and for
residents to send to their friends abroad.
Some of the illustrations in the new
book are very fine specimens of the Photo
tint process of engraving. and accurately
represent the scenes portrayed.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-09-15
BEHIND THE BARS.

The capture of Barefooted Bill
yesterday is feather in the cap OF
the officer who made the arrest
Louis Toussaint-and will be graft
flying to everyone who cares for
peace and quietness. 1t now re-
mains to be seen whether the mat
ter will rest where it is, or whether
the aiders, abetters and accom-
plices of VIM. Hoopii will be fer
reted out and made to feel how
heavy is the arm of the law.
The end is not yet, or at least
ought not to be. Everyone feels
that the affair is not fully explain
ed. The thief arrested yesterday
refuses to disclose his accomplices,
for as merely such a refusal we
must necessarily constrne the
"cock and bull'' story he tells, q
barefaced fabrication which no man
Of sense will believe. Indeed not
the most surprising of Barefooted
Bills exploits is this story of his.
1t is quite q masterpiece of ingeni-
GUS absurdity. His burglaries have
been all along an affront to the
skill of the police, and now be
spins them yarn which is no less
an affront to their intelligence.
The public want to see the mat
ter sifted to the bottom and thor
oughly explained. Above all, they
want to see the other offenders
brought to justice.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-09-15
TO SUBSCRIBERS LIVING AT WAIKIKI.

We have made arrangements for de-
liveriDg the DAILY ADVERTISER
every morning to subscribers living at
Waikiki by a special messenger on
horseback. Persons living on the Wal
kiki route, anywhere below King street
and as far out as the residence of Jas.
Campbell, Esq, near Diamond Head, by
giving notice to the carrier, or at our
publication Office, 46 Merchant street,
and paying s5cts. monthly, or $500
quarterly, in advance, will be served
regularly.
HAWAIIAN GAZETTE co.
August FL. 1891. If
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-09-15

e We are looking forward for a fun,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-09-15

IA THE TROUBLE AT KoHALA.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-09-15
The New Court Room.

The new Supreme Court Room, Oh
the second floor of the Government
Building, is now finished and pre-
sents very neat appearance. The
arrangement is similar to that of the
Court room below. Between the
mauka windows is placed the raised
platform for the judges. To their
right is the Marshal's box, and to
the left the witness box. The jury
box is in the northeast corner, be-
tween the Court and the witness
box. Tables for counsel are placed
below the clerks desk, and at the
further end of the room are benches
for jury talesmen and the general
public. A clock is needed to give a
finishing touch to what will be a
pleasant and commodious Court
room, and an immense improvement
upon the former cramped and hot
quarters upstairs.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-09-15
Nrw advertisements.
NOTICE.

ESTATE OF LAM KAI WING
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-09-15

ESTATE OF LAM KAi WING.
THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY
Il gives notice that he has been duly APP
pointed assignee OF said bankrupt estate.
All persons having claims against said
bankrupt estate are requested to prove
same before a Justice of the Supreme
Court, and all persons indebted to said es-
tate are requested to make immediate pay
ment to the undersigned at his Office on
Merchant street, snext to Neumann's law
Office. ID. LOSE.
Assignee of the bankrupt estate of Lam
Kai Wing. 800 l592-5t
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-09-15

Work will be begun on the Wal
kiki bridge this week. The Min
lister of the Interior thinks it would
be a waste of money to spend money
in repairing the present dilapidated
bridge and he proposes to build a
sea wall. The bridge will be widen
ed twelve feet.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-07-04
Safe sweenlng.

The common and necessary opera,
ton of sweeping the floor of a school
room, factory, or other large apart
ment is generally carried out with
great inconvenience to the sweepers,
and with the result that large pro.
portion of the dust removed from the
ground is transferred to every object
in the room where it can find aresting
place. The air, too, is contaminated
Tor long time afterward with float
ing particles, which are very distress
ing to those who have to breathein it,
All this can be avoided by dispensing
with the common practice Of sprink-
ling the floor with water previous to
the use OF the broom and by applying
the moisture in different way. BY
LAYING n line OF wet sawdust right
across one end of the apartment and
by sweeping it foot by foot to the
other end, it will in its passage lick up
every bit of dust without raising amy
in the air. BY adding TO the wet saw.
dust a small proportion OF any disin'
fectant il is obvious that the cleaning
will be stillmore effectual. ALEXANDER i
journal.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-07-04
Fun on an ELECTRIC Car.

The electric street cars between this
place and Birmingham have always
been a source OF pride and wonder as
well to the people Of the two towns.
Never a country visitor comes to see
his relatives but lie is taken for a ride
OH the lectric cars, and the workings
are explained TO him Some Of the
cars leak, and the metallic parts
are highly charged with electric fluid.
One car especially is noted for this.
The conductor and those who know
the secret have lots OF fun seeing the
look OF painful surprise that spreads
itself over the faces of those who are
shocked. Yesterday a lady got on
the car as il started. and as her feet
touched the iron doorsill she gave a
startled scream, and a look of blank
amazement spread over her features,
as she remarked: Something Is the
matter with my limbs; can't
move them" The conductor gave her
little push into the car, and a sigh
OF relief escaped her as she sank into
seat, and blushed like an Italian
sunset
The next one to enter was a big
Irish washerwoman. She was fat and
Jolly, and her size required an effort
on her part to squeeze through the
door. She planted both feet on the
iron plate and then screamed: How.
~ Moses! Me legs is full of pins"
The conductor didn't laugh, He had
too big Job TO push her off the sill,
There came a gentleman, whose little
dog followed him. The dogs feet
struck the door sill, his tail dropped
down, the hair on his back rose up
and with a pitiful howl he dropped
back, jumped of the car and has not
been seen since.-Ansonia Dispatch "a
the New York Sun.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-07-04
Forgery Made Easy.

Forgeries are encouraged by the
bad practices that have grown up in
the commercial houses-the use OF
stylographic pens and aniline inks,
Many large houses, recognizing the
lack of character in a signature writ
ten with a stylographic pen, have dis
carded them altogether in signing
cheques and papers of similar import
ance, and other firms require docu-
ments TO be signed with steel or quill
pen. A stylographic signature is cas-
lily initiated, and when it comes to
identifying the genuine signature a diff
iculty is met, arising from the effect
of the movement on the essential
characteristic features. Aniline inks
are still more dangerous because they
IAN be copied exactly by the use Of
copying pads.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-07-04
Gypsy JeweIry.

like their more favored and better
civilized sisters, gypsy women are rep
resented by the best Authorities to be
passionately fond Of jewelry. notwith-
standing the fact that their extreme
poverty renders it impossible for
many OF them to crafty this taste.
Trinkets OF greater or less value, ac-
,ording to circumstances, are worn by
them, being limited in number only by
the means of the wearer. If the
gitaua isunable to have her ornaments
Of gold, silver iewelry will do, and if
silver trinkets are beyond hermeans
brass will suftiUe.
As brilhaney of color is the first con-
sideration in gypsy's attire, size is
the chief merit of her jewels. Among
the Weather gypsies, if there be such
thing as wealth connected with the
race, the Moorish, Egyptian and Ori-
entail designs find most favor. The
poorer content themselves with strings
Of coins or cheap medals, without re
gard to the event or parsonage they
are intended to commemorate. and
even with rudely designed ornaments
of brass made by the male artisans OF
heir tribes. Large earrings are pre-
lerred to any other articles, and the
comparatively opulent gitana INDUCES
In bangles, beads and necklaces
Jewellers Weekly.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-07-04

my extravagant housekeeping was
wasting you out of house and home
think that, after this, you will hard
ly venture TO make that accusation a
second time"
"Aiy dear, IL was fool, said Jul
Illus, with a choking sensation under
the bow of his cravat. II won't in
terfere in housekeeping affairs again,
promise you. Pm quite convinced
that ] know nothing whatever about
the subject. Hereafter / will leave it
in your hands"
ENTIRELY and without interference"
asked Mrs Ives, doubtfully.
Entirely, and without interference"
returned Mr.. Ives, decisively.
Mrs. Ives turned to her puzzled
guests.
Gentlemen, will you walk into the
other room? she asked, with a calm
self-possession that rather astonished
them. As she spoke the folding-doors
were thrown back, revealing an elegant
little apartment beyond.
Julius walked to the head of the
second dinning-table with a most
whimsical face. There were delicate
roast fowls, and ham; while savoury
plates were ranged IN tempting prox-
unity. The glass and silver. were all
in glitter,-the wines were bright; and
a dainty little desert was neatly ar
ranged on the beAufet.
Julius Ives whole countenance had
cleared up with magical promptitude.
/ lie turned round, and gave his wife a
hearty kiss before he began 10 carve
/ the chickensl
/ What Messrs. Elmer and Lamarquc
thought just then is not on record
| but when Melissa camel in, subsequent
! IN to the after-dinner cigars, bright
and smiling in her best silk, with
the little Iveses clustered around her
as fresh and rosy as SO many pink
and white daisies they must assured
ly have concluded that Julius knew
what he WAS about when he married
that pretty woman, with her brown
eyes and coral-red mouth
Aud before the evening was out, Mr.
Ives fancied that his domestic diseom
future was too good "A Joke 70 keep Z
himself and so he contided tia
whole story TO his friends.
"Of course Mrs. Ives was right,
said Elmer.
TO be sure she was, assented La
marque. II tell you what. julie, yol
made a donkey Of yourselfthat time!'
Nor did Mr. Ives venture TO den!
tie seli-evident fact From that da!
to this he has never said a word
good. bad, or Acknowledgements tn
housekeeping billl
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-07-04
How He Won His Bride.

A tale is told OF the great flood OF
June, 1889, which devastated the Sus
quehanna Valley at the same time the
Johnstown calamity occurred. A we'll
TODD resident, whose house stood
close to the river, had beautiful
daughter, whom a handsome young
lumberman had been paying suit
For some reason the woorer did not
find favor in the fathers eyes, and he
was forbidden to communicate with
the girl He continued his toll and
patiently abided his time. A few days
before the food he started up the
river TO assist in bringing down the
raft The raft was duly started, but
the water continued to rise to such
an extent that it was deemed advis,
able to tie up. This was found out
of the question, as the food had COW
cred the ''snubbing posts, and so the
raft drifted on, carried by the cur
rent.
Scores OF untenanted houses were
passed, and they soon approached the
home of the young man sweetheart
As they drew near they saw the whole
family on the roof frantically beseech
lug for rescue Aided by the current
the crew guided the raft so that it lust
scraped the caves of the house and
with one accord the victims began to
leap upon the modern ark. The lover
however, seeing that his sweetheart
was safe, grasped the pike and refused
to let the father on board, shouting:
"Will you give me Mary? Will you
give me Nary" The old man face
depicted woefully the inward strife be
tween prejudice and self preserva,
ton, but meanwhile the raft was slip,
ping past, and moments hesitation
would be fatal. Take her, he yelled
the pike was withdrawn and heleap
ed aboard-"but he continued, "if
ever get you in hole like that, Bill
I'll drown We"
The couple were married at Lock
uaven.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-07-04
A Great South-American Rail-
waW

The station Of the Southern Rail-
way on the Plaza de la Constitution
at Buenos Ayres is a vast and hand
some building, which viii bear COM
parison with the best modern rail
way stations in Europe. The monu-
mental marble staircase and entrance
hall, the offices of the administration,
the waiting-rooms, and the arrival
and departure platforms, spanned by
tasteful iron roof, are all as fine as
anything of the kindin the Old World.
The adjoining goods station and de-
pots are of enormous extent, and dur
ing the season from the great wool
market of Buenos Ayres. The plan
and distribution of the various ser
vices are most conveniently arranged.
The rolling stock of the great South
arn Company for passenger traffic is,
ike the station, OF the most modern,
and improved description, built in
England, the ordinary cars on the
North American plan, and the sleeping
Ears on the European system, with
compartments of beds. This COM
pany runs also vestibule trains be-
tween Buenos Ayres and La Plata,
these cars likewise built in England,
are fitted up with the greatest luxury,
and provided with every convenience
that traveller can desire. ] confess
that was agreeably surprised to find
such an admirably appointed railway
in thenewrepublic. In the Old World,
even in these days ofinternational ex-
presses and through trains from the
Bastille to the Sublime Porte, the
public is not accustomed to such
splendor as the Buenos Ayres great
Southern Company offers to the nil
admirari Argentine farmers.-Har-
per's Magazine.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-07-04
In "sahsiety,"

Two immense, jet black women in
gorgeous plaid dresses, red and blue
and yellow bonnets and imitation
monkey hair shoulder capes, boarded
Detroit street car recently, each
with huge market basket on her
arm.
Dropping into their seats with the
baskets at their feet, one of them said
to the other in a weary tone.
''La, Mis- Wintahbottom, how tied
I is 90 all dis heah sahsiety. Use jess
been on de lope all wintah. Use plum
sick of it,"
II is, too, Mis- Snow. Use Jess been
a gallopin' to dis an racin' ter dat
de hull endoorin' TINA. An / nebbah
cared much TO sahslety nohow.
"Nor /. l amt no wish ter be a
sahsiety pusson, but hit Jess seems
like one got ter 90 or else fend ones
fren's. nebbah did care TO- sallsiety
oh co'se l like ter see my fren's but
when hit comes ter dis reg'lar fash
'nable sahsiety been in all wintalI
don't 90 much on hit"
"Now yo's talkin sense, Mis- Snow,
yo' less air. Dis is de las wintah
Use gwine ter frow mysefin to sahsiety
like Use been dom. Ez say, been
on de lope all wintah ter dis PATTY
an to dat 'ception, but Use gwine
ter break off from hit all next VIM
tah."
"So's /. Use seen an heerd all / keers
to ottine sahsiety an-oh, is dis your
street?n
Eyes; goodby. See you at de Jack
sims pahty tonight2'
And the careworn asahsiety" ladies'
parated.-Detroit Free Press.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-07-04
IN THE WRONG HOUSE.
Meeting Of Old Friends Under Pecu-
liar Circumstances.

liar Circumstances.
1T is a well-known fact, said Capt.
Lees the other day. in the San Fran
cisco Examiner, chat genuine En-
glish burglar never robs in the city
when he can find a substantial-look-
ing dwelling out of town TO operate
on. Thisi not SO much a matter Of
caution, but probably arises from
the fact that in England the most
valuable plate is usually kept in the
fine country houses SO numerous
there. Well early this winter coup
Il OF Sydney ducks" professional
crib-Crackers. landed here from the
Australian steamer, and. believe, re
cciyed a good deal OF attention as
possible English lords from the la
dies at the Palace for several days,
while they piped of the country.
Finally they marked with care a
noble mansion Just out Of town,
and the next night they were
OH the ground and ready for
business. They waited until all the
lights were out and effected an entrance
W. AhAt ANsAetAAaNAAN
As they proceeded cautiously upstairs
they became somewhat alarmed by the
tempest OF snores that came from the
second floor.
Hits a bloody big 'ousehold, hisn't
il. Billf" said one OF the crooks in a
whisper.
They found the dining-room at last,
and softly pried open the plate-closet.
II contained about 200 tin plates and
a big keg Of iron knives and forks.
"l1i suppose they takes their silver
UP to bed with hem, blarst their
heyes" muttered the other, and they
crept up stairs with their sandbags
ready for use.
The first door opened was that OF a
long room containing about a hun
bred beds all filed with sleepers. In
the nearest OF the lot man sat up
suddenly and said in surprised
| tone;
well, him blowed hif hit hain't
Billy the Weaselp'
The startled burglars opened their
bullseye lantern and at once recogniz-
cd an old London pal they supposed
long since dead.
SSH, Gully" said one; playing
the sarvint dodge, har We? All right;
Just stand hin hand Wen let We hin
hon the livy.'
"well, hi ham blowedn said Gully,
with intense disgust. Don't you
bloomin dummies twig that this 'ere's
/ the Halms 'Ouse!"
at was indeed true, and with loud
shrek tthat is, one per eachl the i'm
ported artisans fell senseless to the
4 foorl
"rhey are now in the Napa Asylum
while the inmates obtained a hand
some addition to their tobacco fund
by the sale of the househreakers' kit
OF one of the "solid nine supervisors,
who was preparingto go out ofoiiice.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-07-04
BANK NOTE FACTS
Points on the Manner OF Detecting
Counterfeit Paper.


'Iet me give you a few points on
the best way to detect counterfeit
note," says an authority on the sub
ject in the Boston Transcript 'eEx-
perts don't Judge so much by the APP
pearance of the bill as they do by its
feel that is, by the way it slips
through the fingers, but it takes years
of experience to acquire the necessary
fine touch and even then it is not al
ways reliable. Every Dill is lettered
and numbered, and there is a connec-
ton between the numbers and the let
tiers which is made in such way that
when you know about it you can tell
a genuine bill almost at glance.
What are known as the character let
tiers OF bill are placed on either side
of the central figure or yignette, and
are A, B, C, and d only. The letters
stamped in colors before and after the
numbers have nothing to do with
the case so far as detecting
a EOuiitcIA1lb SDcsF bub LlDoC
engraved on the bin in the places men
toned are rightly named char
acter letters, since they serve, IN
connection with the numbers, to show
if the bill is genuine. Now suppose
you have bill numbered 12922S26.
\ The character letter on such a bill
should be B. Why? If you take the
/ last two figures, which are 26, and di-
vide them by 5, you win have re
mainder of 2. Now B is the second
letter of the alphabet, and the remain
der after dividing the last two figures
by 4 must in every case be that rep
resented by the numerical position OF
the first four letters of the alphabet.
That is, when one is left over the char
acter letter should be G, and when
there is no remainder the letter should
| be d. When this rule fails to work on
any bill you come across you can bet
as many more as you can raise that
the bill is counterfeit. It's rather
strange, but it'sstill another fact that
the counterfeiters have not caught on
to this little scheme of Uncle Sans
currency sharps, and that they slap
in their letter, and numbers without
any regard to the relation that ought
TO be between them.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-07-04
Precise Dlrectlons.

Boston boys are no worse, and per-
haps no better, than boys who have
had the misfortune TO be born else
where, but newspaper men must have
their joke.
"Say, bub," said stranger to a
seven-year-old Boston boy, where's
Boylston Street," and the youthful
Athenian replied:
"While your mode OF address, sir,
seems to me TO SAVIOR OF undue, not
80 say unwarrantable, familiarity,
you shall have the information you
seek. You will perchance desory, some
distance up the street, an imposing
structure OF commingled Renaissance
and early Venetian architecture. The
street for which you inquire is imme-
diately contiguous, Boston Courier