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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21
PATRICK STREET, CORK.

Raleigh and the poet Edmund Spenser.
The city of Cork boasts Of a high
antiquity. 1t is supposed to have been
built by the Danes in the sixth century
and the city walls were built by the
Danes in the ninth century and after
ward repaired by John, the coward
King Of England. In 1000 Cork ell
dured siege by the Duke of MARI
borough with n force of 10000 foot
and $1,000 horse. The river Lee al
most encircles the town and is span
ned by nine bridges.
Legend of the Shandon Bells.
One of the famous places in the city
is the Church of st. Anne Shandon,
famous for its sweet-toned bells, whose
music has been celebrated by Father
Prout. The legend Of these bells is in
teresting. 1t is said that Swiss bell
maker made them for churcn on the
shores of Lake Geneva, and thinking
always to enjoy them resolved to make
them his masterpiece in the art The
bells were finished and hung in The
tower, and every day the bell-maker
enjoyed their wondrous sweet music
But after a time came conquest and
spOliation. The sweet chime OF bells
was borne away by the victors, and
the bell-maker was almost heart-brok-
en-. At last he resolved that he must
find them. and set out on his search,
going from country to country and
city to city in his long and fruitless
search. At last, grown old and weary,
he had arrived at Cork one golden
summer evening, where he had heard
there was sweet chime of bells. He
paid boatman to row him out on the
river Lee, hoping against hope that
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21
NEGRO HEApDREssEs.


Mud Ornaments a Popular Fad Among
the Africans.
The African puts ornaments In his
hair as we more civilized mortals do,
but his taste is different For where
we decorate with gold and silver pins
and combs he proudly uses little balls
and disks Of clay, hanging to the end
of his braided locks or long braided
beard. Sometimes he plasters a great
crescent-shaped lump Of clay back Of
his head and one old prince, particu-
larly vain and loving of ornament, roll
ed his entire beard into ball ana SO
plastered it with mud that IL hung a
great clay ball from his chin. Just
fancy how pleasant 1t must have been
to wear a five-pound weight on ones
chin! 1t would be great discourager
Of conversation, for one certainly would
not wish to lift that weight any oftener
than was absolutely necessary.
Some Of the women with long hair
weave 1t over and around little reeds
stuck In at right angles TO the head,
so that 1t finally looks like great
straw hat or basket all around their
faces, much like the old poke bonnets
that our grandmothers used to wear
The ladies of the lower Congo, whose
hair is more woolly than that Of the
other tribes, part their hair In three
great thick locks. one on each tide OF
the face and one in front. These they
grease and twist until they look like
wire, they then curve them until they
look like cows horns sticking out on
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21


60 with them to the express car. lie
adds: ut has always been conceded
that anything to prevent these robber-
les would come from the brain of a
convict"
The Messenger Revolving Picket
is the name of this convicts patent, and
1t is an ingenious system to protect the
engineers and firemen. 1t consists Of a
bullet-proof house on the back Of the
tender, in which an armed guard takes
his place when the train pulls out from
the depot This house IL made either of
boiler plate or steel, and 1t docs not OK
coed 500 pounds In weight. 1t can be
detached from the tender at any time.
The little house is about four feet In
height, 80 as to allow a man to sit down
in a comfortable position and yet not
so high as to strike bridges or the tops
Of tunnels. In the front there Is door
that Is fastened on the inside with a
bolt after the guard enters. There are
portfolios in the door and sides, which
the guard can open at will, thus giving
him good view Of the engine and of
the country at large.
The picket house revolves like the tur-
ret Of man-of-war, and under each
corner there is a roller. To fastcn the
picket house on the tender there Is a
socket and four rings, and on the inside
there are four chains with snaphooBs
which catch in the rings. The whole Is
held in place by pivot in the center.
When the train is made up the ex-
press guard mounts the engine, exam
ines the picket house and places his
rifles, revolvers, ETC., inside. When the
train pulls out he enters and fasrcns
the door and sitting down, lights a cigar
and begins tokeep his eye out for train
robbers.
When the train nears water tank or
station he covers the engineer, and 1t
would take q man with more than or
binary nerve to attempt to board an ca
CINE with rifle barrel or shot gun
looking him in the face. In the event
of the train being cut in two the engi-
neer could tell in moment by the
jumping of the reverse lever and by the
motion. The guard could hand 10 the
engineer and fireman each rifle, and
by backing up to the detached portion
of the express train they could protect
the express train.
Convict Ryan says of this patent: 81
claim for my invention that it affords
complete protection for the engineer
and fireman, with no danger to the
guard unless it be that the engine is
thrown from the track. With a deter
mined man on the inside Of the picket,
1t would be an utter impossibility for
an armed body OF men TO stop, dyna-
mite and rob the express car"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21

girl were taken to the station house,
where he described himself as Eugene
Bast, 80 years of age.
The officers went to his house and dis
covered that Bast was bachelor and
lived with his married brother, Law
renee l.. Bast. The child was Mary
Harreman, 4 years of age, daughter
of Eva Harreman, who lived with the
Basis. For her. Bast paid a regular
monthly rental. Mrs. Harreman was
arrested, and Bast, the little girl, and
Harreman were arraigned. Bast did
not even pretend that he was blind. He
said that he had found begging very
profitable, and had supported five per.
sons comfortably. While all were
standing before the bar, bystander
gave a penny to the little girl. She
promptly gave 1t to Bast.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21
several years later as colonel Of coas
defenses. This later battery, it woul

several years later as colonel Of coast
defenses. This later battery, 1t would
appear, was sunk entirely below the sur
face Of the ground, and its guns, maya
zines and garrison were always out of
harms way except during the few Sec
onds when the gun was raised above
the ground level to be trained and fired.
Practical test during the bombardment
Of Alexandria in 1882 conclusively dem
onstrated the value Of this arrange
ment, and 1t seems strange that the
capabilities of the system should not
have been more widely recognized and
appreciated at that time. Several years
later, however, the merits of such dis
appearing batteries were accorded
something like their just measure Of
consideration, and foreign powers par
ticularly seemed to suddenly find in
them advantages well worth securing,
so that now they are well recognized
means of defense, likely to perform i'm
portant service in any international un-
pleasantnesses which may require the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21
Wanted In IJse II.

"John," said the man who had been
abused by the newspaper, Twill you be
using your football suit tomorrow p
"why, of course" replied his son. "well,
hurry up and get through with It.
I'm going over to demand satisfaction
of the editor, and think maybe it'll be
a good idea for me to wear tx
change.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21

both sides and In front. The natives
Of Rua braid their hair in two or three
long plaits right on top of the head.
These they stiffen with clay until they
stand upright exactly like the funny
little horns the unsociable snail tucks
out as he saunters along with his house
on his back
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21
Poor Business Instinct.

Irate Landlady-I want you to take
back that folding bed you sold me, and
I want my money back. One of my
boarders smothered to death In 1t and
he owed me a weeks board.
Furniture Dealer-Madame, you have
no business sense. IL you were In the
habit of making your boarders pay n
month in advance you would have been
AWAY ahead.-Cincinnati Tribune.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21
The Bostou Lady.

"ShalI clean the snow off, madam p
asked the little boy of a Boston lady.
mo-" she replied, severely, you'd far
better go to school and learn that 1t is
the pavement and not the snow that Is
to be cleaned eff."-Harper's Bazaar.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21
DlscouRAoINo TRAIN ROBBERS.


Proof Tender Turret.
Frank Ryan, convict In the Louis
lana State prison ut Baton Rouge, has
patented an invention for the proven
ton Of train robbers, which, he says,
Is bound to revolutionize the express
business. He points to the fact that In
the years of 1891 and 1892 there We're
twenty-five trains robbed on the DIFF
ferent roads throughout tho United
States, and that In nineteen of these
the robbers boarded the engines and
compelled the engineer and fireman to
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21
BOsToN'S BLIND ARCHITECT.
He Ia Also n Printer, and Has De.
signed a Number of Buildings.

The architect who designed the plans
for the library and natural history
building, the Howe building, and a
number of tenements belonging to the
Perkins Institution, and the Massachu-
sets School for the Blind, Boston, is
himself pupil of the school and to-
tally blind. He also designed the
plans for the kindergarten for the
blind. His name Is Dennis Reardon.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21
OMes It to Ofhers LiferaIIx,

"Bilken modestly declares he owes
the immense fortune he has accumu-
lated all to others"
Eyes, the money was made chiefly by
Bnken's failures In business. buffalo
Courier.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21

or course we don't know what 1t IL
70 pass a night IN The tomb, but we
have slept in spare bedroom.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21

the search Of years was at last to~te
rewarded. AS the sun was slowly set
ting, and the brooding quiet of sum-
mer evening descending upon the
beautiful valley, the chimes of Shan
don Church began to play. Even the
boatman suspended his stroke not to
miss note of their wondrous music.
After the chimes had ceased he looked
at his solitary passenger who had ap-
parently fallen asleep with an express
sion of happiness and rest upon his
face. The bell-maker had fallen
asleep to the sweet music of his own
loved bells. He was dead.
Historic Places.
A short distance from Cork I'm the
old burial ground Of the ruined church
of Clonmel the ashes of Tobin, author
of 1.-THE Honeymoon" and of Rev.
Charles Wolfe, the author of the Burial
of Sir John Moore, lyric that almost
rivals Gray's immortal elegy In Its
pathos and simplicity and also In pop
ularity, sleep side by side. Cloyne,
near Cork, was one Bishop Berkeley 4
diocese and 1t was from this point of
departure for America that he wrote
his poem, whose last stanza begins
with the famous line:
westward the course of empire takes
its way"
Myrtle Grove, Youghal, where Sir
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21

The water of the Dead Sea yields
about two pounds to the gallon Of saline
substances.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21
OUR BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SAYINGS AND DO
INos HERE AND THERE.

Jokes and Jokelets that Arc Supposed "a
Have Been Recently Born-Sayings and
Doings that Are Odd, Curious, and Laugh
abls--The Weeks Humor.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21

Distance shows the Coming Woman
to be SO unattractive that heaven alone
knows what a near view will be.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21

which Alfred the Great went to study
and which was once attended by 1000
pupils
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21
Hard Work.

Pop" said Farmer Corntossers son.
heres tramp at the back door says
he wants work"
wants work.
That's what he says"
well, give i'm one o. them mince
pies that wus baked fur Christmas and
tell i'm ter eat t."-Washington Star.
Distance shows the Coming Woman
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-12-04
Luau Last Night.

5. Peck gave a grand luau last
night at his residence on Vineyard
street, the occasion being in honor
OF the first anniversary of his
child. A large number OF invited
friends, with representatives of the
different local papers, partook of
Mr.. Peck's kind hospitality.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-12-04
NOTICE..

ALL PERSONS INDEBTED TO THE
firm of the late J. T. Warehouse, i. e. all
accounts owing previous u March 1st
1925, are notified to settle same before
January 1st, 1896, at the office of J. T.
Warehouse, Queen street. 4165-lm
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-12-04

ing seats and interior arrange
ments. These will be finished to-
day; in fact, everything Will be in
order by this evening, when a full
dress rehearsal Will he given, TO
which representatives Of the press
viii be invited. The first perform
auce viii he given Thursday, the
hour yet to be decided on.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-12-04
TO LET.

THAT DESIRABLE RESIDENCE ON
! Beretania street. No. %, at present &C.
cupied by A NJ. SprOuu. Esq. and contain
ing rooms, kitchen and Oathhouse, besides
outhOuseS.
4l2I-tf H. w. SCHMIDT & SONS.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-12-04
$4g4S WEATHER BULLETIx.
"Mhot Charlie Sous.
DIAMOND HEAD.
DECEMBER 3, 1895.
Weather clear; wind light ne.
Big bargains in WOrSted dress

Big bargains in wOrsted dress
goods.
Plaid dress goods, double
width, 40 and 50 cents a
yard. Solid color, all wool
dress goods, double width,
80 and 90 cents a yard.
Serge, serge, serge, don't
fail to see our new all
wool double width serge at
90 cents a yard. Trimmed
millinery. An elegant as
SOrtment of trimmed hats,
bonnets and toques; a fine
assortment of childrenS trim
med hats at
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-12-04
Circus Ready to Omen.

The management of Wirth's cir
Gus Is making good progress. The
main tent was placed in position
yesterday. Peter High is construct
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-12-04

n. S. SACHS,
$40 Fort street, Honolulu.
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NOTICE

IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT MISS
DOrOthea Lamb is authorized TO transact all
matters of business for me and TO sign my
name. J. ALFRED MACON,
Office: Old Capitol Building, next Post
office Honolulu. 4l4l-tf
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-12-04
Bananas Make Rosy Checks.

White girls with miserable, pallid
compilations, ought to eat a quart
Of Strawberries every day. Where
these are not attainable, bananas,
which contain much iron, are a
good substitute. So says Harry
Benjafeld, in the Popular Science
Monthly, in an article on Fruit
a a Food and Medicine"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-12-04

Der 31st, at p. m, any one of the above
wheels.
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What You Will Get for Your
81 Beside a Bicycle.

This is not bait. We simply wish to
be up to date and we'll give you the wheel
and beside the wheel you will get the full
value of your dollar in merchandise.
The coupons are now ready and will be
given out with each dollars worth OF goods
sold.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-12-04

The Hospital Flower Society beg
to thank all the ladies and gentle
men who so kindly assisted them
with their fair of November Goth.
The sum realized. after all expenses
were paid, was S611 80. All cake
plates left at the hall are now at
Mrs. T. Rain Walkers. King street.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-12-04
FOR LEASE.

a LARGE DWELLING HOUSE IN a
charming location, one mile from
the pOstoffice, con tanning rooms,
bath room &c. partlvfurnished. Outbuild-
ings consisting of servants house, stable,
carriage house etc, etc. The grounds COM
prise large paddocks, and a garden, con-
tanning fruit trees and choice plants.
Apply TO d. LAMB
At office of J. Alfred Magoon, Honolulu.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1895-06-29
Jim and Judy.

From this turned to listen to very
domestic confab between Judy and her
mate. She had just washed her face and
made herself really pretty. Then she sat
down on bench close to her man and
began to pet him. This bit of discourse
followed:
"Just go and get shave now, Jim.
I'll give ye wing penny if ye will,
for the doin OF. -
"Bahl What's the matter Nv my phiz
anyhow"
NAV. Ye doan' look purity. can't
love ye that way
"Blast yer love anyhow Doan't keep
a-naggin all the time.
"Please, now, git a scrape. I'm all
washed up. Ye mought look as decent
as I do"
"Lemme alone. I'm on the brain
(I'm thinking)."
"Well, ye mought have me on the
brain little more than ye do. Didn't I
git ye out O. bein pinched the other
day."
He looked at her, relen.ed, patted her
head and went for shave.
The surprise to me in all this was the
genuine wifeliness of that Judy. She was
probably as degraded as womankind ever
gets to be, and yet she had enough hui
mainly in her to be really in love-
1.-TWO Tramps In England, by Josiah
Flynt, in Century.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1895-06-29
The Gas Engine.

Before the Canadian Association Of
Engineers Mr. George Macllie, expert,
recently dwelt on the character Of the
gas engine as one Of the rivals of the
steam engine in respect of small powers,
say under 100 horse. Though familiar,
it may be said, to the mechanical or en-
gineering world, the method Of work
ing peculiar to this engine will be Of in
terest to the general reader, particularly
the ingenious system by which the gas
is exploded once in every two revolu-
lions, some having one explosion in
three revolutions-that is, the engine
having just passed the center, the charge
of gas is exploded, the rapid expansion
of the exploded gas driving the piston to
the end of the stroke, when the exhaust
valve opens and the returning piston
drives the exhaust gas out. It then re-
turns again. this time acting as an air.
pump, drawing in the next charge OF
gas and air. The piston now starts on
the return, the exhaust valve remaining
closed during the stroke. The gas is now
compressed, and when the engine again
passes the center the explosion takes
place, the piston being thus driven for,
ward again, the same action taking place
as before, the governor admitting the
necessary amount of air and gas for the
load. There are three different ways OF
exploding the gas-viz, by an electric
spark in the combustion chamber, or by
gas jet in the combustion chamber, or
by tube heated redhot, with which the
gas comes in contact at the time Of ex-
nlosion.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1895-06-29
Sponges.

Mr.. W. B. Burk, who has made a
close study and examination Of the
sponges found in different parts of the
globe, declares that there are no sponges
in any land in the world that can equal
the Florida sheep wool for softness and
strength, and no better bath sponge has
been discovered than good solid sheep
wool, although it is generally employed
for washing carriages, etc., and though
in former years the sponges were loaded
with lime or sand, such kind or de-
scription of the article is not often to be
met with. The Florida sheep wool is
the best variety of sponge, being Of very
fine texture, soft, strong and durable.
The yellow sponge is of fine quality, but
not firm in texture, and not nearly so
soft or durable as the first named The
grass sponge is quite inferior to the 9TH
ers, not being so strong nor SO desirable
in shape, and is easily torn.
The Cuban sponges, Mr.. Burk says,
are the next best to the Florida, the
principal varieties found in Cuba or the
West Indies being the sheep wool, reef,
yellow and grass, also velvet, which are
next best to the sheep wool sort. The
finer grades of sponges are found princi-
pally in the Mediterranean, such as the
fine surgeons, toilet, bathing and nurs-
cry sponges, and these are of much
higher price than any others. They are
fshed principally by divers, sometimes
at great depth, and after being brought
to the land are buried In the sand and
allowed to decompose, and subsequently
we'll washed, beaten with small stick
and thoroughly cleaned-New York
Sun.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1895-06-29
Old Fashioned Discipline.

Collingwood kept officers in as good
order as men. 81 have given you COM
mission into the Excellent, said st.
Vincent to young officer, "but remem-
Der that you are going to man who
will take it away from you tomorrow
if you behave i'll. F." He also paid partic-
ular attention to his midshipmen, con
sidering it point of honor with him
self that not one should leave him unfit
to pass for promotion. Yet it was his
inflexible rule to uphold the authority
of every officer, whatever his HAnk, with
the same severity as his own.
If midshipman made complaint
against man, that man was unfailing-
" ordered for punishment, but mean
while Collingwood took the lad aside
and suggested to him the propriety OF
asking grace for the culprit when he
should be brought out. I'm all probable
ity the fault was yours, he would say,
"but whether it was or not I am sure
it would go to your heart to see man
old enough to be your father disgraced
and punished on your account" So the
midshipman interceded the captain,
with some shoY of reluctance, pardoned,
and discipline was upheld.
On the other hand, he would not even
permit his officers to address a man as
"you, sir" Ga form of appellation which
lasted in the army until the Crimean
war, but now survives, SO far as we
know, only among the negroes in the
West Indies), on the ground that it was
unnecessary, discourteous and contemp-
tuous "If you don't know mans
name,' he said, rather implying that an
officer ought to know his men by name,
call him sailor. =