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The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-09-05
PERSONAL ITEMS.

Miss E. Hitchcock and Miss Kelly
have returned from visiting friends
on the other islands.
MIR. Date, Japanese commissioner,
has gone to San Francisco on q
pleasure trip.
The steamer Hawaii brought Mrs.
II. Deacon IN from Pepeekeo CAST
Monday.
Mr.. VIM. Kinney, manager of
Honomu Sugar Co., is about again
after severe attack of la grippe and
malarial fever.
Mr.. w. d. Schmidt arrived on this
steamer to take the position of book
keeper for Honomu Sugar Co., made
vacant by the resignation of Mr.. H.
B. Scholtzy who will shortly go to
California 10 settle on his fruit
ranch near San Jose.
1t is a pleasure to see the superin-
tendent of public works here again.
His frequent trips, even though of
short duration, will have g beneficial
effect on the volcano road work.
Mrs. Julian Monsarrst and the two
Misses Martins of Kau are in town
visiting friends.
Rev. and Mrs. Sores arrived by
the last steamer and will spend three
weeks at least. He will occupy the
pulpit of the Portuguese church.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-09-05

That this district is daily growing
in importance.
That the population of the district
has been considerably augmented
since 1890. owing to railway facilities
and general development.
That we have no district medical
resident.
That the humble circumstances of
many native Hawaiians do not admit
of payment 10 procure necessary
medical attention.
That your petitioners have the
general good of the community, the
preservation of health and the protec-
ton of each other from disease and
death at heart.
That in view Of the premises, we
humbly pray that you will be pleased
to take such steps as will provide q
medical resident and remove the
serious inconvenience under which we
at present labor.
And your petitioners as in duty
bound will ever pray, etc, etc.
After considerable discussion as to
the appointment and service of ply
sicians in the other districts of the
island of Oahu, it was decided that
the appropriations would not permit
at the present of the appointment of
another physician Oh this island.
Mr.. Ena spoke of the nuisance of
conveying swill in open containers
through the streets Of Honolulu.
The president pointed out the con-
dition of duck ponds at Waikiki, of
which there had been complaint in
the past.
Mr.. Ena called attention to the
condition of the sewerage in the
vicinity of the custom house. 1t was
pointed out that Agent Reynolds had
endeavored TO remedy the nuisance
and that further attention would be
given the matter.
President Smith called attention to
the fact that the cholera was threat
ening, and thought that these mat
tiers should receive careful attention.
Mr.. Reynolds stated that the mat
ter of disinfection was being followed
up closely.
At AS Pm. the board adjourned
to the next regular meeting.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-09-05
BOATING THROUGH SOLID
ICE.
The Ice Crushing Steamboats,
That Cross the Straits of
Mackinac.

The most wonderful ice-crushing
steamboat in the world is built to
carry trains of cars across the
Straits of Mackinac, from Macki-
nav City to st. Ignace, Mich, in
connection with the Duluth, South
Shore and Atlantic railroad, along
the southern shores of Lake Super
ior. In these straits the ice in
winter is prodigiously thick, and
when there is not q solid bridge OF
clear blue ice over the water there
is apt to be a wedge of drift ice.
The ferry-boats that carry the
heavy trains across this piece of
water are obliged to be powerful
ice fighters, and they are built in a
peculiar way to do their fighting.
Their bows, which are as solid and
strong as a naval ram, are built to
slope inward and downward, so the
boats climb up on the ice and beat
or crush it down. The enormous
weight of the newest boat, the Ste.
Marie, which is 100000 pounds,
will crush any ice which it rests
upon. Under the bow is a pro-
peller screw, which not only pulls
the boat ahead, but sucks the
water out from beneath the ice in
order that the ice may be the
more easily broken. Then again,
the screw sucks the broken ice
away and casts it behind as the
boat pushes its way along.
This new boat cost more than a
third of a million of dollars. She
can carry eighteen loaded cars on
her three tracks, and can make
fifteen miles an hour. Her side
planks are six inches thick, and
the sides of the vessel are nearly
three feet thick toward the bottom of
the hull. She is all coated with
quarter-inch steel except at the
bow and stern, where the steel
plates are two inches thick. The
two ends of the boat are almost
solid timber to make a battering-
ram of her. Her bow screw is
smaller than that in the stern, but
with both at work she can make
eight miles an hour through solid
blue ice two feet thick, and when
she encounters soft or drift ice
ten feet thick her forward screw
will bore through it and hurl it
out of the way without it greatly
impeding her progress.-New
York Sun.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-09-05
Telephones in a Storm.

A celebrated English oculist
warns the public against the use of
the telephone during a thunder
storm, and relates an incident that
occurred to a friend Of his. who
went to the telephone for the DUR.
pose of acquainting the centrrl ex-
change at a distant city that a
storm was approaching and the in
strument would not be available
until it was over. The moment he
put his ear to the telephone a fash
occurred, and he received a blow
of such severity that be was sent
across the small chamber against
the opposite wall. Otherwise-be-
yond the temporary but very rude
shock, which he described as "a
severe box on the ear'-he vas
unhurt. In this respect he was
more fortunate than an artillery
man who, while using the telephone
in the field during some recent
military maneuyers, was struck
dead by powerful current Of cleo
tricity which passed over the tele-
phone.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-09-05

In both France and Germany
one-fourth ~ reduced to a deci-
NAL is written as OBS; in England
it is written OBS always with the
period at the top of the line), and
in the United States in this way,
0.25. In England a period at the
the bottom of the line is a sign of
multiplication.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-09-05
STANFORD UNIVERSITY.
i Temporary Strineency in its
Finances.

Owing to the affairs of the estate
of the late Senator Stanford being
unsettled, the salaries of the pro-
fessors of the Palo Alto University
for June and July have not been
paid. Some of them are abroad
and find themselves in bad straits.
Employees on the farm and vine
yard are in the same predicament.
Preparations are, however, being
made for the re-opening of the uni
versity on the first Thursday in
September. The salaries of teach
ers due amount to $4,000 and the
wages of the employees to $4,000.
Mrs. Stanford intends to sell about
$250,000 worth of the horses at Palo
Alto and a large quantity of wine
and brandy on the Vina ranch,
and to devote the proceeds to the
university.
Ex-President Harrison has post
poned his trip from this fall until
next February, when he will de-
liver the series of law lectures al
ready announced.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-09-05
HlLO LETTER.
AN INTERESTING BUDGET
OF SOCIAL AND PER
SONAL HAPPENINGS.

the Postmaster General.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-09-05
The Last Lot of Lepers Ordered

Report. OF the Inspector Of slaughter
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-03
MEN IN POLITICS.

SENATOR WHITE, Of California. IL IN
favor Of electipg United States sen
ators by popular vote.
MAJ J. 4. MELEE, the new assistant
treasurer, Is a cousin, tero or three
degrees removed, OF the French states
nan of that name
CyoRsE HETwooD was elected torn
clerk Of Concord, Mass, at the last
election for the f0rty-frst time. The
records ot tho Office have been in
charge Of the Haywood family FOR
more than a century
Mr. ALLISON. TIE aewly-appointea
commissioner q agriculture for Ten
nessee, is aboE, sixty years Of age and
Is d graduate 81 the Western Reserve
college q Ohio. During the sar he
was on The staff Of Gen. Forrest
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-03
PRICES OF RARE COINS.
Fictitious Values Placed Upon Some
WorfhIeAs Pieces.

Fictitious Values Placed Upon Some
Worthless Pieces.
Perhaps in looking over your silver
| coins you may find half-dollar dated
1871, and bearing on its front side a
close reese mblance to the half-dollars
now in use. except that it has only
thirteen stars If you find upon the
back or reverse of such coin the
/ words Confederate States of Amer
. lea, handle it carefully, for it is worth
six hundred dollars. 1t is not worth
while to spend much time watching for
these coins, for only four of them were
made, and two Of those have disap-
peared. Those four silver half-dollars
were the only coins made by the con-
federate government. and they We're
struck in New Orleans The corfed-
crates printed tons of paper money,
but they could not make coins because
it was impossible for them to obtain
gold and silver in large quantities
There was in 1861. as there is now,
only one mint in the southern states
the one in New Orleans. When Loui-
siana seeded from the union the state
tcCA DoSStSSfOu vi IIidt anu III
February, 1861, it was turned lover to
the confederate government. SO the
confederates had all the machinery for
making metallic money. but they had
not the metal. 1t was thought;at first
that there was enough gold and silver
plate in the south to supply the people
with coins, and all the old officers Of
the New Orleans mint were reappcint-
ed by the confederates.
In April OF that year the confederate
secretary of the treasury gave notice
that designs for a silver half-dollar
might be submitted TO him, and from
the designs sent in the one having on
the diverse Goddess OF Liberty sur
rounded by thirteen stars, and on the
reverse shield with seven stars,
with stalks OF sugar-cane and cotton
entwined about it. was selected The
seven stars represented the seven states
that then comprised the southern con-
federacy, and the thirteen stars repre-
septed the original states OF the Amer
lean union.
The dies were made and four OF these
coins were struck. Then came an order
from the treasury department. suspend
ing operations because enough silver
could not be had. Silver, and gold too,
might have been brought in from other
countries, but the federal government
biockaded all the southern ports, so /
that vessels could not 90 in or out A 1
great many vessels did 90 IN and on, I
as you viii remember from your his I
tories; but they did It al great risk. and 4
carried principally cotton going out,
and provisions in coming hack
The four silver haif-dollars. the only (
coins made By the confederate govern /
meut- were Of no use Cor circulation,
and from the first they were only curl
osities One Of them was sent a. the
time 20 the confederate government:
one was presented TO Prof Bi6die. 81
the University OF Louisiana: the third
was sent 10 DR.. Z Ames, OF New Or
.esCS and the fourth was retained hv
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-03

Dr. 3. F. Taylor. chief coiner Of the
confederate government. Most OF
these gentlemen are now dead, and two
of the coins have disappeared. The
other two are still in New Orleans,
where they are very highly prized.
The governments estimate of their
value is 5000 each, but no doubt il would
take much more money than that TO
buy one of them.
But there is one real American coin
that is worth more even than the con-
federate half-dollar. This is the famous
1904 silver dollar, which is known as
1.-THE king among rarities" II is be-
lieved that not more than seven or
eight of these coins are in existence,
and they are valued at one thousand dol
lars each. 1t is not certainly known why
the 1904 dollars are SO scarce. because a
great many of them were struck; but
there is a story (which may be true and
NAV not that almost the entire issue
was for some reason shipped 70 China
in one vessel. and that the vessel was
lost A in-dealer bought one of these
dollars in Berlin in 1ss5. and immedi-
ately resold it in Ph:lsdelphia for one
thousand dollars
Such prices as these for coins Of the
present century are entirely fictitious:
that is. although the coins have no real
value. collectors are willing TO par
large prices for them merely on accoun.
OF their SCARCITY. But there are old
coins that are really worth great sums
OF money, for they are the only record
that IS left OF certain periods Of history.
If there were no other record OF Ha-
drian," said Gibbon, the historian. 'ehl.
career would be found written upon
the coins of his reign Old coins 1--WE
Us portraits Of famous rulers, incident.
in the history OF nations, the costumes
Of long-forgoiten peoples hersldic en-
blems. specimens OF ancient architec-
tu-e, and tel us many other valuable
things that we could not otherwise
learn Such old coins have a real value.
-HaFper's Young People.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-03

Lighting small hand lamp, Mrs.
Beveridge led the way into the pantry
and began to prepare luncheon for
her grisly visitor. The burglar inme-
diately addressed himself to the edibles
with gusto. At every other mouthful
he complimented ''the lady," as he
called her. upon the excellence of the
GRUB"
But" he ventured, sit would go bet
ter if had something to wash it down.
Now, you don't mean to tell me you
amt got some nice old brandy?"
YES" replied the handsome widow,
who had been obliged to seat herself on
the opposite side of the table. '.But
would you not prefer some wine? We
have in the cellar a vat Of pomegranate
which my husband imported from
Spain"
Mrs. Beveridge picked up the hand
lamp. and saying: Bring that silver
tankard on the buffet" led the way to
the cellar. The burglar followed, hav-
ing left the bag of valuables on the din
ing-roon table. The stairs were spiral
in construction. and after they reached
the cellar floor there were several dark
and winding passages to traverse be.
fore coming to the wine watts.
''Where the devil are you leadin' me.
anyhow" queried the burglar. There
was a note of suspicion in his tone.
"a few more steps will bring us to
the wine chamber said she, with no
sign of the agitation she felt. Here is
the vat of pomegranate.
''Yes, and it smells like big bou-
quet of posies," said the burglar, as he
stopped over the edge of the vat to dip
up full tankard of the sparkling
vintage.
Now was Mrs. Beveridge's moment!
She had been waiting for it with in
credible self-possession. With all her
might she pushed the cause of her
nights torment and alarm head fore
most into the wine vat. The burglars
body and head were completely sub
merged, but she did not pause to watch
his struggles. Blowing out the light,
she cautiously but speedily made her
way through the cellar and gained the
spiral steps. Mounting them in panic
stricken haste, she closed and locked
the door communicating with the
kitchen and placed against it several
pieces Of furniture as an additional bar
ricade.
For several minutes she heard no
sound of the ran she had so cleverly
imprisoned. Then she heard his voice
family from below. He had managed
to climb out of the vat and was trying
to find his way out Presently she
heard him tottering up the stairs, fair
ly roaring with rage and uttering the
most furious explosives.
Suddenly the burglar reached the
landing behind the cellar door, on which
he began to thump and pound and kick
with all his vigor, course he would
vary by begging to be let in, promising
he would offer no violence and that he
would leave the house without taking a
single article of the plumber he had
gathered together.
For two hours Mrs. Beveridge re.
NAMED in the kitchen watching and
praying for daylight and assistance.
Worn out by fatigue and excitement
she finally lapsed into faint, in which
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-03

z-hen Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
VINO, she wcs Child, she cried for C2Storia-
wneu she became Miss. she chung 10 Castoria-
When she had Children, size gaze them C.Ssoria
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-03

"A large number Of human skulls
and various human bones. apparently
OF some unknown race Of people. were
brought down BIZ the Anderson river.
in Nendocino county, Cal. two weeks
ago during freshet. and landed on .
sand bar at the mouth of the river.
There are no reports of washouts Of
any natur, TO account for the presence
of these relics, and IL ia thought the
river unearthed somewhere ia its course
the burning ground Of some prehistoric
race The skulls do not appear 70 De
those either Of Indians or white people
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-03

state she was discovered later by the
colored coachman, who was the first to
return from Aunt Eunices birthday
dance. BY the time she was able to tell
what she had experienced most of the
domestlcs had arrived and now stood
huddled about her in quaking conster-
nation. The stable boy was dispatched
to the nearest town for the constable,
who put in prompt appearance, &C
companied by two deputies.
Well armed, they opened the cellar
door, but the burglar was no longer on
the landing. He evidently had given
up all hope of escape through that door,
and had returned to the cellar They
had hard search before they found
him-lurking in corner of the coal
bin. He fought desperately to resist
arrest, but blow on the head with
hickory club brought him to terms.
At the next term of the county court
Jimmy Hinder" alias Max Smith"
was tried and sentenced to long term
of years The evidence brought out
the fact that he was one of the most
notorious crooks" along the lower Mis-
sissippi; that he had committed a mur-
der in New Orleans and had served in
prison for robbery.
When asked by the Judge what he
had to say in his own behalf, he re-
marked, with droll expression of
countenance: well, I'll say that that
air woman is the bravest little woman
l ever did see. And no one can beat
her in gittin' up meal O. victuals- L
didn't relish her pomergrantic wine
quite so well. But I'm willin' to take
the sentence Of the court like . man,
jes' because-weu. jes' because 1 was
outdone by q woman"
Seading Linen Abroad TO he Laundered
At least one man in Brooklyn sends
his linen abroad to be lauudered. and
ne isn't man of fashion either. but
merely a successful merchant If he is
not disturbed by the customs authori-
ties the system need not be very ex-
pensive, as linen packs small and even
Queen Victoria pays her laundresses
ahsurdedly low wages The European
laundress is steady-going person. not
ambitious OF lettering her position.
and remarkably tenacious OF memory
where the names and faces OF custom |
ers are concerned. American naval !
officers encounter at Viilefranche in the /
French laundresses who /
have done up the linen OF the same men
for years. and an officer returning 70 /
that sea after long absence finds that 1
his laundress remembers HMM. l. !
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-03
HISTORICAL

III emancipation proclamation v-as
issued on January :, 1873
WrIIIsE PKSs signed Tie treaty ot
peace with the Indians On November
4. is52.
i oEAT 1asized blotiin~ Paper was
sold n England. according 70 Rogers
IN his history Il prices. as far ises as
1876.
DYcEscETa :, i7s7. concentrate .As
ratification Of the Constitution b. the
state o. Delaware. sAe ss.2g The 1rSs
state % rs,lG-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-03
No F.uke.

JuGge-How did you happen to strike
the complaining witness?
Prlsoner-Happen to strike him, yer
honor? 1t was no fiuke, let me tell Won
that was standing feminist him like
this and made feint like that. YER
honor and then 1 swung my right
with the openin' that I'd made, don't
you see? and put him well to sleep in
she one punch. 1t was as fair knock
put as You ever see, yer honor. and
sfore a tirst-class club it would have
got me
Judge-Sixty days. - Detroit Free
Press.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-03
EYuutsiteness

Miss Thin-Don't you think my new
dress is just exquisite? They all say 50.
Fannie-o, lovely. think that dress
maker of yours could make clothes
pole look quite graceful-Brooklyn
Eagle.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-03

was decline OF over 30 per cent. IN
the number Of vessels in this country.
In 1851 we had no ocean steamers any
where on the globe except on our own
coasts
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-03

In 1915 American vessels trans
ported -. per ceos Of the value OF al
the merchandise exported from and i'm
ported into tie United States In !s.s
theT transported but - per cent.
Between ISIS and 1857 the Inerca Z tile
marine q TIE United States and is
ocean tonnage declined il .a- greater
ratio than that Of any other maritime
nation. Between 1855 and $50 there
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-03

Excuse me" says the young bust
ness man to the typewriter, but I'd
like to make suggestion Nv hat is
it?" she asked. You ought to try
your skill as a peacemaker." Il don't
understand. In your letters, mean.
Your nouns and verbs don't seem TO
quite agree. "-Washington Star.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-03

Watts don't believe that polite
ness always pays" Potts-"Whether
it pays or not, it Is great help toward
getting credit. "-IndianapoIis Journal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-03

You are filling out marvelouslr
Hawkins. said farley. Your chest
measure must be three inches larger
than it was last year" No" said Haw-
kins, sadly. Its an inch smaller. The
apparent growth is due to unpaid bills
for my family's spring clothes nave in
my pockets. "-Harper's Bazaar.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-10-06
$500 REWARD.

Boise, Idaho, Sept. 2S.-[Spec-
ial. The Idaho Wool Growers
Association has offered reward
Of $500 for the arrest and con-
viction Of the person or persons
who have been poisoning large
number OF sheep of late in
Owyhee county, or who will
hereafter distribute poison on
the range. The state will prob
ably add to the reward. Hun
dreds Of sheep have been killed
by eating saltpeter or a mixture
Of salt and strychnine sprinkled
over the ranges. Sheepmen
charge the cattlemcn with whole
sale poisoning ~- Review, Spok-
ane, Wash.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-10-06
LODGE No. A.

Cottonwood Lodge No. A, was
organized, at Heartburg's Hall,
last Saturday night. z. II.
Ready, Dept. Grand Master, as
sisted by H, Wax, Cy Overman,
J. F. Ailshie, I. J. Afam, Levi
Magee and others of Grangeville,
initiated w Smith, W, Bash,
Edwin Cawley, J. L. Woodring,
Alvin Balcolmj Riley Rice and
G. w. Miller into the mysterious
rites of the II @. 0. f. A. l..
Creelman, J, Co Peasley, Aug.
Heartburg, John Breen, n. An
derson and -. Brown, who be-
longed to the order, before com
ing to this place, connected them
selves with the new organization.
The officers are, A. H. Creelman
n. g., ]. G.. Peas1ey, V. g., Aug
Heartburg, Sec, J. Breen, Treas
After the ceremonies were over
all repaired to the Pioneer Res,
taurant, where, thanks to Robt
Nugent and his excellent wife
they found the table literally
groaning under ifs burden o
palate-tefnpting edibles. Afte
| partaking Of the bountifnl sup
per, they Separated and returned
to their respective homes W
/ join with everyone in ,*ishin
i them much suecees.