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The St. Johns herald., 1894-06-28
KING uMTAssA.
An Ebony POtentate Who Had a RigI
 Royal Thirst of His Own.

An Ebony POtentate Who Had Righ
 Royal Thirst of His Own.
 have just profted by holiday tC pay visit to Chief Umtassa, or rather, the Kinglet Umtassa, as the official dispatches call him, says . writer in South Africa. The country belongs to him and the chartered com pany gives him a yearly present of one hundred dollars, and this one hundred dollars and this present was just due It is almost impossible to get glimpse of Umtassa, partly because he is such very important person-in his own eyes-but chiefly because his life has only three phases going to drink drinking and being very drunk indeed
 We were shown into a reception hut" into which we crawled almost upon our hands and knees, and we seated ourselves on mats, prepared tc wait an indefinite time-for the ''chicF of native chief, like that of a smart dentist, is to keep one waiting as long as possible. After about half an hour we began to clamor and then we left the hut and began to wander about the kraal-a proceeding which. the natives generally objected to, and before we had gone far an induna came to say .hGt Umtassa was coming and had sent 6 present of Kaffir beer. So we scrambled back and sat outside the stuffy hut and waited.
 At last a sort of procession came winding down among the rocks, some of the natives wearing a snuff-box and catsllin, others draped in a blanket a Ia Julius Caesar, but none of them carrying any sort of weapon with the exception of big native, who carried UmtaSsa's s linobl1errie and his battle aX. After this usher of the Black Rod came Umtassa, draped in blue and white toga, with blue and white cap on his head.
 Much to our surprise, he turned out to be a very imposing-looking person age. In spite of his excessive dirt he de cidedly possesses what is called le grand air, which ! take to be produced by complete satisfaction with ones surroundings and not little contempt for the rest of the world. We'll, ou1 friend Umtassa gave each of us very grimy hand to slsal1e and really one might have planted mealie field under each of his hands. He then sat down on his mat, with all his people grouped around him and his induna told oul interpreter that he might speak. Thereupon a good deal of business was transacted.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-06-28
The Pooiah stone.

Trouble was recently threatened be tween the people of Orissa and the Indian government on account o1 the sPoojah stone, which had rested for ages over the main entrance to the temple of the Sun. It was carved with symbols of the sun and planet, and thirty years ago fell from it's place in the temple to become at once 8 special object of worship. The gov ernor of Bengal, being interested in ii as an archaeological treasure, had it re- moved to the Indian museum, and this raised such resentment among the na- tives that the stone has been restored to them and has been raised again to its original place in the temple.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-06-28
CONDENSED HER OUTING.

Pluelly Stenographer's Pilgrimage to Lon
 don and Paris in Three Weeks Time. It takes New York girl to overcome obstacles, says Helen Com bes in Kate Fields Washington. One of them who is earning her living as a stenographer has been for long time saving her spare money with view to visiting Europe this year. She had enough when vacation time came to carry out her cherished project, but, alas, she found that not a day over three weeks leave of absence would be granted her. She did not dare throw up her position as she know from experience that good places are hard to get.
 Right here is where most girls would have given in to the force of circum stances and spent the vacation in America. Not so the plucl1y little stenographcr. She left the office a Saturday morning in August, went on board one of the fast steamers and in exactly a week landed in Liverpool. Taking a night train she arrived in London bright and early Sunday morning and proceeded to do the town" She saw the tower, West minister, St Pauls, houses of parlia- ment. the national gallery and host of other things before leaving on Mon day night to make her way Parisward.
 Crossing on the night boat she ar rived in Paris Tuesday and spent two clear days sightseeing. Notre Dame, Versailles, Pere Ia Chaise, the Louvre, the morgue. the Champs Elysees, an evening at the grand opera and numerous other diversions occupied to the full the time she spent in Paris. Leaving there in time to reach Dieppe Thursday night she recrossed the channel, arrived in London Friday, took the train for Liverpool and had several hours there before boarding the Lucania on it's maiden westward trip. She arrived in New York Satur day, September 9, and after spending Sunday quietly turned up as bright as q button at business Monday morning.
 The ambitious young woman did not boast of her flying trip, but somehow the facts leaked out on the steamer and were considered too good to keep
The St. Johns herald., 1894-06-28
The Deadly ntoiare Desert.

A party of cattlemen out on the Mo- jave desert recently came across the trail of two men and two burros. The aimless. zigzag course of the trail showed that those who had made it were lost and the cattlemen at once set out to find them. Here and there along the path taken by the wanderers holes of from three to five feet in depth had been dug in the dry sands. Late in the evening the cattlemen came upon a young man lying under a mes quite bush, beside Q hole dug six feet in the sand, murmuring in delirium and at the point of death He had been without water more than three days and had lain down to die. A mile further on they overlook an old man, who, delirious, was crawling on hands and knees toward Q pool of brackish water, beside which stood the two bur ros The burros, being released when he gave up, had found their way to water, and the old man had followed them in a last despairing burst Of strength. The two men were miners, who had lost their way a week before. Both men recovered after few days of care at the ranch, but Inummifed corpses and bleached bones often met with in the desert tell of many travellers whose similar experiences have had 10 such happy ending.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-06-28
Fir esro--,r Than Oak.

It would be difficult, says the St. Louis Republic, to convince the aver age man that fir is Q stronger wood than oak. but such has been proven bg actual tests that were made by a faiJ and impartial committee appointed foI that purpose. The timbers used were each 2x4 inches and f feet long, both ends solidly braced and the weight ap- piled in the middle of the span. Yel low fir stood a strain of S,0G2 pounds common Oregon oak, 2.922 pounds Fine-grained yellow fir from near the butt stood strain of 3,635 pounds and best Michigan oak snapped with [ strain of only ?, 42S pounds. The tests were made by the Northern Pacific Railway oore7any ct T2ccna, Wash.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-06-28
Navigation of the Dead Sea.

At length the Dead sea is to be navi- gated, and two sailing boats, one rather large and heavy for cargo and the other smaller and heater for pas sengers, have just been conveyed from Jaffa to Jerusalem by rail and thence to the Dead sea by road. The boats belong to the sultan, as does also the Dead sea, which forms part of the crown property, and it is Abdul Ham, ids intention to turn to good account the salt, bitunen and sulphur that abound in it's waters and on it's shore
The St. Johns herald., 1894-06-28
e,Ider r,,an 1rethrsaleh.

One of the largest whales ever sec recently washed ashore at Tokelund Wash. It came in on high tide, was alive and did not surrender it's lease on existence fer twenty-four hours after ward. It had an extreme length of 174feet inches. with Q circumference of161 feet 6 inches. Itwas estimated that it's weight was 471l tons, and that the blubbcr and whalebonc were worth, at current prices, $10,375. Scientists who examined it came to the conclusion that the whale had lived for 985 years, lacking but four teen years of having lived the longes- term of whale life.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-08-28

LUC0L :.
|. ; ; ;;ii
Save Half the Amount Of Your Oil
Bill Through Saving in Pigment.
Every painter should use LUcoL in
stead Of Linseed Oil, because:
I. LucoL is more durable than Linseed
Oil.
2, LycoL is more economical than Lin
PROOF THAT LUCOL Is MORE
DURABLE.
Six years of actual use in exterior
house painting in California Cthe
most trying climate for paints, In
the burning heat of the Arizona Des-
ert, the Arctic cold of Alaska. and on
the Atlantic coast, have fully and
practically shown that LUcoL always
outwears Linsecd Oil under the same
conditions. All the acid works in
San Francisco have discarded Lin-
seed Oil for LUcoL.
ILLUSTRATE THIS YOURSELF.
Put strong ammonia on Linseed and
Lucol paints. The Linsced paints
are destroyed in a few minutes; the
Lucol paints are practically unaflect-
ed.
PROOF THAT LUCOL IS MORE
ECONOMICAL.
Break up II lbs. paste white lead
in one pint Of LucoL, and the same
quantity in one pint Of Linseed Oil.
Spread the paints on similar dark
surfaces for comparison. The Lucol
paint spreads as far rs and covers
much better than the Linseed paint.
To get equally good covering with the
Linsced paint you have 10 use 2 lbs.
Of white lead to one pint Of Linseed
Oil. This means n saving Of ID. OF
paste lead to each pint Of LUcoL used,
or O lbs. to every gallon, equivalent
TO your saving more than half the
first cost Of the LucoL.
LucoL IL not in competition will,
cheap Linsccd Oil substitutes.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-08-28
The Comparison Between the ohiyuen
and the Matsushima.

Regarding the two ships in action
the other day, the Cbiyuen aud the
Matsushima, the following particu-
lars, taken from the Naval Annual"
are interesting. The Chiyuen is q
twin screw steel vessel, launched In
1886 and sister-ship to Chingyuen.
She il $50 feet long, 80 feet beam,
and draws IL feet; her tonnage is
1900, her indicated horse power $500.
She was built, we believe, at Setttin.
Her armament consists OF three 4 in.
12-ton guns, two 0 In. Atom, and
seven Il in. quick. firing guns, two
IL in. guns, eight In. guns, and two
machine guns. She has likewise four
torpedo tubes Her speed is put
down at IL knots. Her large guns
are mounted in turrets, but these
are only OF Z steel, aud proof oply
against small arms. The shot which
struck her forsward turret went
completely through, killing an officer
and six mep.
The Matsushima, the Japanese
flagship, on the other hand, is .
much larger ship. She was launch
ed in 1890; her tonnage is 1877, hcr
length 295 feet, beam 80 II. 10 In. |;
draught II f.; her horse. power
300, and her speed ia knots. She
is also q twin. screw. Her armament
consists Of one II In. Canet gun,
eleven 4 in. guns, five 6pounder
quick-G firing guns, eleven 3 FOUNDER
Ho,chkiss guns and q machine guns;
she has also 1 torpedo tubes.
II will be thus seen that the Japa-
nese vessel was the larger aud more
powerfully armed, so much SO that
the Chinese commander would have
been quite justified in declining a
combat. That he should have main
tanned a contest for five hours
against such odds, and with his
steering gear destroyed, evinces an
amount Of pluck and determination
on the part Of himself aud his oil
GERS and crew worthy Of all com
mendstion. What was the damage
to the Japanese We have yet to
learn, but IL was apparently severe
The Chiyuen's turrets, We may men.
ton, proved simply death-traps Ia
the men working the guns, being
only protective against the machine
guns.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-08-28
Hoods and Only Hoods.

Hoods Sarsaparilla is carefully
prepared from Sarsaparilla, Dande-
lion, Mandrake, Dock, Pipsissewa,
Juniper berries and other we'll
known remedies, by q peculiar COM
bination, proportion and process,
giving to Hoods Sarsaparilla cura-
tive powers not possessed by other
medicines. 1t effects remarkable
cures when other preparations fail
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-08-28
Professor Bradley's Concert.

Tho program OF Professor Brad
ley's musicale at Kawaiabao Church
on Saturday evening shows that it
will be an unusually interesting
event to lovers OF good music. 1t is
as follows:
Instrumental Quar,ette-ll Trovatore;: =.
Messrs. Rason, Hoffman, Barsotu
and Mr.. and Mrs. Bradley.
Song--Forget Me Not ......:.... Hoffman
Mr.O W Booth.
Cello Solo-Martha ............F lotow
Prof. Bradley.
Song-Norwegian Song. ..................
Miss severance.
Piano Solo--Morceau de Salon l.. Bradley
Pr 4. Bradley
song-spring Tine; -, ........ Becker
Miss Richards
Vocal Trio-O Memory ......... DR.. Leslie
Miss Severance, Mrs. Brown and
Mr. Bradley.
PART II.
Instrumental Quartette - Robert lie
Diaolc. COMMUNICATING. Meyerbeer
and Mr.. aud Mrs. Bradley.
Mrs. J. r. Lewis. with Cello obligato
BY Prof Bradley.
Vocal Trio-Rest thee ON this messy
pillow ..................... II. Smart
Miss Richards. Miss Atkinson and
Mrs. Brown.
Cello Solo-Fantasia on Lucrezia Bor-
gia .................... ....... Stranskl
Prof Bradley.
Sam, Cradle Song. ........ Chadwick
S'"s b. could f..l...............To lost
Miss Richards.
Vocal Qusrtette -Madrigal from the
Nikado. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ullivan
And when IL is remembered tina,
the price Of admission is only half q
dollar aud children half.price how
much more interesting IL becomes
Tickets at the book stores or at the
door.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-08-28

Mechanics Home, corner Hotel
and Nuuanu street. Lodging by
day, week or mouth. Terms: 25 aud
80 cents per night; 81 aud 81 .lh pav
waak
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-08-28
HON ES
PEARLCITY
- III
-THE-
Oahu Railway & Land Co.
OFFERS THE PUBLIC
Another Great Opportunity
To sceur. Bomss IN One Of the noss
Delightful Localities 70 b
FOUND in the Psrsdis~
of the Pseifo.

A. . healthy resort-Pssrl Oity has
already established an envisble reputation.
Many good oitisens in this community
have experienced the wonderful effect pro-
duced by . few days soiourn In that dry,
cool atmosphere, and give grateful tssti-
mony 10 the relief they have almost In.
stsntly gained from severe and long con.
tinued attacks Of asthma. Physicians
acquainted with the climate Of Pearl City
recommend Il - natural sanitarium.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-08-28
oEYLoN TEA AND yEwELRY.

Z BIG TO INFORM rHE PUBLIC
i that ! have opened my Store n No. ~
Nuusnu street with Ceylon Manufactured
JsWslry vet with kubies, bapphircs, Pearls
etc. Just received some Pure Ceyl0n Tea
Cigars. An inspection OF my stock IL soli.
cited. w, BADRis,
No, t5b Nuuanu street.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-08-28
TO LET

A LARGE FURNISHED ~n
"A Room for single gem
tleman situated on Bere- sSS38S<
tania street, 10 minutes
walk from Post Office. Address &C,
this office. 1852 II
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-08-28

Hoods Pills cnra biliousnass.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-08-28
THE WATER SUPPLY
Is AMPLBI
Aud eau b. Increased ~ meet the nssds Of
. population equal 70 the largest city In
the world.
Paov. A. B. LyoHs Of Oahu College 10
our authority for stating that the wstsf
supply 10 tn. pur~st yet discovered In this
cnuntry,
Special Inducements 10 &hy SslisH:

For ninety days from date We vii, sell
LOTS ON SPECIAL TERMS favorable ~
b0ns-hd settlers. For Q term Of Tires
months from date, lumber and all build
ing materials will be supplied. and deliver
Cd At Pearl City at much lower price than
ever before obtained.
For further particulars, call ct this ofiios
or on any Of the lumber dealers In this
city. Those who now own lots - we'll -
those who propose 70 become residents Of
that growing city, viii do we'll 10 embrace
this opportunity. Those who avail them.
selves Of this offer, within the time named,
will bs entitled ", shd viii receive the
following benefits;
For term Of ten ysars, this Company
will carry such residents and their families
from Pearl City 70 Honolulu In the morn
ing lsrriving little before seven o'oloekl,
and from Honolulu 10 Pearl City In the
evening leaving Honolulu station little
after i've o'clock for ten cents each way,
= rate less than one cent per mile. The
rates on all other passenger trains running
during the day or night will bs ~ cents
per mile first class, and cent per mile
second clsss.
A good school 10 about 70 b opened In
the Peninsula, In the nns, large, new
school-house erected by Mr.. J. T. Water
house. Residents living at Pearl City
heights, lsbOve Pearl City stationl and
those having homes on the Peninsula, will
be allowed 10 ride free on regular trains
between Pearl City stations 70 and from
the Peninsula.
Those who want to continue to send their
children TO schools In Honolulu, can have
transportation on all regular trains 10 and
from Pearl City, for the purpose Of attend
ing school, at i've cents each way for each
pupil. This 10 equal TO "A to % miles ride
for ten cents.
Equal inducements for those desiring 70
secure homes In this country have never
before been offered TO the public.
This Company has been requested from
abroad to name the price Of all their I'M
sold land In that locality.
Should Q clearance sale DO made 70 .
syndicate, no opportunity like the present
would again occur for the purchase u
homes ct Pearl City.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-11-10
General and Personal.

The Rothchild family own 50. 00O. OO0.
900 and ia the richest family in the
world, but it's individual mem bers ar {
no longer the richest individuals in the
world.
James G. Blaine, son of the late Sec
rotary Blaine, is studying law in the
University of Virginia at Richmond.
He is also center-rush of the foot ball
team and popular man in the uniyer-
sity.
M. George Solomon, of Paris, is said
to be the owner of the largest library
of small books in the world. Seven
hundred of his smallest books can be
conveniently packed into an ordinary
portinanteau.
There died in Washington, a few
days since, man who, in his lifetime,
ii is said, had handled more money than
any other person in the world. He was
William Barnes, a clerk in the treas
urer's office. In Que day 100000. 900 in
money bad passed through his hands.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-11-10
Raw Fish Eaters.


A favorite dish among the epicnres OF
uapan is composed of raw fish eaten
alive. The dish is prepared as follows.
Upon a bed of green alyao, a very com
mon sea weed in Japan, is laid the fish,
which is then carefully carved into
Slices. This carving is deIicate omar
atipn' for the carvers must not ininr.
the heart, liver, stomach or gills Of tho
nsh. The vital parts being intact and
the fish being laid upon the cool damn
.seaweed, it will live until the termina-
ton ofthe meal
AS the guests require them, slices arc
transferred from the body Of the nnfor-
tnnate fish, which thus can see portions
OF itself disappearing down the threats
OF the diners. A guest of a Japanese
said he could not cnt his slice Of fab
while the former owner of the morsel
WAS regarding him with seemingly re-
proachfnl eyes, and commented on tho
cruelty of the custom. His host replied
thst u was no worse than eating an oy-
sfer. and did not approach in barbarity
the practice OF boiling live Holsters.
This dish is only met with in the
honses of she rich. When the slices of
t1sh are dip ,ed in soy, Europeans say
they are very palatable.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-11-10
An Equine Giant.

Detroit, Mich, has within its limits
what is believed to be the largest rep
resentative Of the horse family now in
existence. The animal is Percheron-
Norman, and was imported from France
before he had attained bis full growth.
AS he stands to-day he is strong 81
hands ga inches) in height and weighs
$4,000 pounds He is owned by Rich
ard Tregaskis, and is said to be able to
make q mile in four minutes. The an
imal is years old and hos been in De-
troit since 1891.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-11-10
Money to Loan.

Mortgage Loans wanted and nego.
tiated with Eastern parties on improved
farms in Owyhee Comfy, Idaho. Only
first-class loans wanted. We negotiate
2 per cent loans, for years straight,
and charge commission off per cent.
Mortgages renewed that may be due
other companies. MERvIN SwoRrs.
BAKER CRY, Oregon.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-11-10
Notice for Publication.

U. s. LAND OFFICE. BOISE CRY, IDAHO. |
October 10th, 1894.
Notice is hereby given at.Philip Clegg OF
Pleasant Valley, Owyhee Co., Idaho, has
filed notice ofintention 10 make proof on his
desert land claim No. 9lS, for the NV of the
SW 4, Sec 10 TIP r W B. p. M. Idaho, be-
fore the Clerk of the Probate Court at Silver
City, Idaho, on Monday, the Sd day of De-
cember. 1894.
He names the following witnesses to prove
the complete irrigation and reclamation OF
said land:
Adram Denny Seamans Glass, Dennis
Driscoll and Arthur O'Keef all of Pleasant
Valley, Owyhee Co., Idaho.
CHARLES HIaRoD,
Register.
First pub Oct q last Dec |.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-11-10

U. S. LAND OFFICE, BOISE CITY, IDAHO.
October 18th, 1894.
Notice is hereby given that Seamans Glass
OF Pleasant Valley. Owyhee Co Idaho, has
filed notice OF Intention to make proof on his
desert land claim o. 9l7, tor the "a SW 4,
Sc NV 4, Sec. q, TIP 8, II b. p. M.
Idaho before the CLERK OF the Probate Court
at Silver City, Idaho, on Monday, the 80 d,y
of Deem Der. 1894.
He names the following witnesses to prove
the complete irrigation and reclamation Of
said land:
Abram Denny, Philip Clegg, Dennis Dris-
coll and Arthur O'keef, all OF Pleasant Val
ley, 0wyhee Co., Idaho
CHARLES HIMRoD,
Register.
First pub Oct 27 last Dec l.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-11-10
Receivers Sale of Mining Property.

Notice Is hereby given, that by. virtue Of a.
uecree OF dissolution of copartnershfp here-
lolore exlsting between Isaac PhilIips and
5onn \. sullivan, and order OF sale OF then.
~, properly consisting of The "Philiips,,
larson mining district, Owybee conntv
i i1nano, at p stipulated minimum price of,
S sl. payable as follows: one third cash al
u ii.s on purchase; one third In six lnonths.
and one third in one year. Sealed bids Sorr
SAG S property Will be received by me al at
hOase Sity, Idaho, until the goth day OF Oeto
1 oer, 1919. conditions of said sale NAV he
seen a. any time by applying TO the under.
BOISE, IDAHO, r q uou,r
Sept. 18th. 1894. po,.,ua~