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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-12-18

river and also forces the filtered water
up into the reservoir that supplies the
city with water
After seeing both methods for filtra-
ton. it is my opinion that the me-
chanical filters would do what was
wanted here at much less cost original
ly and for running same than the
reservoir method.
If there is fall enough between the
Electric Light Station and the city
main, gravity filters could be located
there at small cost, and the filtered
water could be run from the filters to
one of the lower reservoirs, and from
there to the city proper, but the reser-
voir that received the filtered water
should be covered over, so as to keep
out all dust. leaves and impurities.
The use of alum as coagulant is
not general for cities or towns, but is
used in small filters for houses and ho-
tells. where they want to make per-
fectly white water.
l shall send samples of the different
kinds of sand that can be found on
the Islands to each of the above-named
firms, and if they decide that it can be
used. it will lessen the cost of run
ming the filters very materially.
/ remain, sir, your obedient servant,
C. A. BROWN,
Member of the Board of Health.
The Board decided to refer the re-
port TO a committee of the physicians
of the Board to meet in conference with
Mr.. Brown at some near date.
At 4:10 p. m. the Board adjourned.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-12-18
FOR SALE OR LEASE
THE
Ahupuaa
Mapulehu
ON MOLOKAI.

Opposite the Port of Lahaina.)
Extends 21a miles from sea to noun
tain; fenced and well grassed, tim
bered and plenty of water convenient
and accessible; valuable fish pond and
sea fishery; good harbor; weekly
steamer; will carry 600 head of stock;
several hundred acres suitable for Gull
tivation; coffee, oranges, bread fruit
and taro growing on the land.
Two good dwelling houses, piped
water; climate cool and bracing; good
roads; will be disposed of on moderate
terms, as a whole, or in quantities to
suit. Inspection invited.
Apply to DR.. A. MOURITZ,
1S14-3m Pukoo, Molokai.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-12-18
ABOUT FILTRATION
Report Read at Meeting Of Board
Of Health.
SEVERAL ESTIMATES FURNISHED
Usual Weekly Matters
Receive Attention.
Reports From the Usual Sources.
Appointments as Agents of
the Board.
SEVERAL ESTIMATES FURNISHED

Al the regular meeting OF the Board
OF Health yesterday there were pres
ent President Smith, Drs. Emerson
Monsarrat and Wood, Messrs. Ian
sing. Reynolds. Brown and Keliipio.
Minutes Of previous meeting read and
approved
Dr.. M0nssrrat's report, under the act
10 mitigate. showed five japanese ad-
ded 70 the list. and one taken there
from. His monthly report showed one
taken therefrOm His monthly report
showed 123 prostitutes on the books.
Inspector Reliipio's report showed
1896 and 1888 fish. respectively, re
ceived al the Fish Market during the
last two weeks.
President Smith read the following
report OF the Maternity Home for the
month OF November:
Statement OF receipts and disburse-
ments OF the Kapiolani Maternity
Home. for the month Of November,
1886.
RECEIPTS.
Nov. J. Balance .....-.......s 81 ,3S3 "a
Nov. g Dues from Hoola La
hui Society ........ sos
Nov. "a Donations from Pa
tients .............. 43 90
Nov. 80. Pay patients ....... 46 90
Nov. 80. Received from Bish-
op & Co. the following
amount same being = per
cent on oTer6rswn silver
balance. transferred TO gold
account. November 11th... So
Total ....................s1,426 81
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-12-18
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Prom All Parts of the World.

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six times the quantity, lis. each-suficient 10
effect permanent cure in the great majority
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Caution.-Ask for Clarke's Blood Mixture
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Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-08
The LAND OF M|DGES
Terror to the Alaska Gold Hun
tiers.
MAKE LIFE UNBEATABLE
Mining Is Fierce Work There-Sixty Degrees
Below Zero in Winter and 100 Above
in Summer-The Natives

Indications point toward a big rush of
gold hunters for Alaska when the warm
weather sets in. The fact that it is the
new land of gold will attract hundreds
and thousands of adventurous spirits,
and every one of them will expect to be-
come a. bonanza king.
All the experts who have visited Alaska
say that there are tons of gold there.
Some say that it is the richest gold coun-
the world has ever known, but all agree
that it is the toughest land to live in on
the face of the earth, and the unanimous
opinion of those who know what they are
talking about is that the man who goes
there without an abundant supply of
health and cash will probably stay there
for all eternity.
Many men. lured by the wonderful
tales of gold have doubtless decided to
join the miners of Alaska. For their
benefit a few facts concerning the coun-
try will be given, so that they will know
what to expect. From a climatic stand
point Alaska is easily entitled to the
blue ribbon for having the meanest in
creation. In winter time the average
temperature is 60 degrees below zero,
while in summer 1t jumps as high as 100
degrees, above. This is almost a clean
leap from the North pole to the equator.
The rich placer mines on the Yukon
river which have given rise to all the
gEtteringa stories, are not easily reached.
The "forty-niners," who crossed the con-
tinerit inS prairie schooners in the early
Gathering days, had a pleasant saunter
compared with the hardships of the
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-08

will enjoy the sensation until the year
800, 0O1, 1896. Some ancient histories go
back few thousand years, but none of
them attempt to cover the period when
the comet hit the earth. So the people of
this generation are absolutely without
any precedent as TO how they shall act
when the comet comes booming along.
What to do. and how to do it, must be
formulated by the individual jot of hu-
manity at the critical time.
The exact hour of the day on which the
comet is to crash into us has not yet been
determined for the reason that 1t is trav-
cling toward us at the rate of 1,70O,O0O
miles a day. This means that 1T is flying
through space at the rate of $4,000 miles
an hour, or 1900 miles minute, or twenty
miles a second. Under these conditions
it is quite impossible for even the most
learned scientist to determine the exact
hour of its arrival.
For the same reason no one knows
whether il will first hit us in Africa,
Europe. Asia or America. But that does
not matter much because comets have
habit OF coiiing around anything they hit,
like big boa constructor encircles its
victim. The comet keeps on .coiling and
coiling until its hundreds of millions Of
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-08

journey, to the Yukon This latter trip
is only a trifle more than 100 miles, but
it means more concentrated misery than
the imaginR n of most people can pic
ture. -
From Sitka the gold diggers must trav-
Ell by wagon or on foot 100 miles or so
over the divide where they must hew
trees and build RATS on which to descend
until they are about twenty-five miles to
the west of the boundary line between
British america and the United States.
Here are the small creeks and streams
where the gold is found.
Swarms of Insects.
To NAL Ike the trip in winter Is next to
impossible for any one not accustomed
to living in the most intense cold, and to
make II Ian summer time is torture be-
cause Of the swarms of every variety of
insec. which infect the river country
Volumes could be written about these in
sects. It,may seem trivial to attach any
Importance to them, but when it is said
that more than one miner has lost his
mind on account Of the pest, some idea
of their tdrturing power can be gained
On the subject of these insects an ex-
pert sent put by the Washington authori-
ties reported: when the waters of the
river COME down in the spring the mos
quitoes, by far the most annoying of the
insects. cpme along in swarms. Gloves
were worn at all times and the faces of
the mosquitoes would get to their flesh.
crawling up the wristbands of their
gauntletsFand down their legs into their
boots, until the miners almost lost their
senses frpm the continued battle with
their small poisonous foes"
"a Night and Day War.
From ohe end of the warm season to
another there is no let up by these in
sects. Indoors and outdoors, in daytime
and at might, 1t Is the same. Clouds of
midges p4netrate everywhere, and ordi-
nary netting is perfectly useless as a
safeguard for these insects pass through
the meshes without difficulty. Out of
doors one is completely at their mercy.
They fly into the eyes and lodge under
the lids; they cluster in the ears, crawl
up the arms and down the neck; in fact,
omit no chance of causing intense annoy
ance. Jersey mosquitoes, Adirondack
gnats and south Atlantic coast sandfiies
must yield the palm to Yukon midges and
mosquitoes.
But for these insects life In Alaska in
summer time would be bearable. In win.
ter time, of course, the intense and last
ing cold is the great drawback Even the
natives can scarcely stand 1t. They are
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-08

~, to reassure the public claim that In
1861 comet several times larger than
the one now heading for us hit the earth
while travelling at the rate of 10, 900, 900, 900
miles a day and nobody knew 1t. How
they discovered 1t so many years after
they refuse to make plain. But if these
astronomers are telling the truth it
places the other astronomers who say
that comet only hits us once in 1500,-
100000 years In an awkward position
Clearly either one set of astronomers or
the other is making a terrible blunder.
What Comet Is.
Few people have clear idea as to what
a comet really is, and for their benefit
the opinion of Professor Young is set
forth as follows: "A comet is nothing
but sand bank that is. 1t swarm
of solid particles of unknown size and
widely separate, say pin heads, several
hundred feet apart, each particle carry
ing with IT an envelope of gas, largely
hydrocarbon, in which gaslight is pro-
duced, either by electrical discharges be-
tween the particles or by some other
light. the evolving action due to the suns
influence. This hypothesis derives its
chief plansibility from the modern dis
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-08

probably the dirtiest race of beings on
earth. In their dress habitation and diet
they are utterly filthy. There is nothing
too foul for them to eat. They are al
ways covered with dirt and vermn, and
their houses are truly like pig sites. None
of them can approach you unawares, as
you are sure to smell them from afar.
How They Dress.
An Alaskan costume consists of a fur
park and pair of long boots. The
park is long, loose garment, made of
skins. 1t is provided with a capaclous
hood, which is bound along the edge with
strip of the longest fur which they can
obtain. that of the wolf being the most
able. When the hood is drawn over
the head the long hairs of this band pro-
ject outward, and thus it shields the face
from the torture caused by the flying
snow of the winter storms.
A person dressed in a new goose park
appears as If he had just been tarred
and feathered. These goose-hide gar
ments are not very durable they are
easily torn, and besides, the feathers are
continually dropping off.
In very cold weather the natives wear
a second or over-parki made of fish skin.
Although this is stiff and noisy article
of dress, yet it possesses one great adj
vantage, that in case of necessity the
wearer can eat it. This proves the SUI
perorty of Arctic attire, for no broad
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-08
The Colonizing of Africa.

New Work World.
The dispatch from Cecil Rhodes to the
World telling of an influx of 10000 new
Corners in the Transvaar' must have been
a revelat ton to many who have not
Watched the movements of England and
other powers in Africa during the last
five years. Within that time the prelim-
inaries of the African problem have
been settled. The continent has been di-
vided between England Germany,
France, Portugal and Italy. and the work
of taking actual possession of it through
colonization has been pushed with all
the vigor which these several govern
ments could bring to bear on it,
Germany holds in East Africa and on
the southwest a domain of nearly 100000
square miles out of the II, 514, 900 square
miles estimated as the total area of the
continent Besides Algeria, Madagascar
and Tunis, France has taken possession
of 100000 square miles of the Congo ter
ritory. Italy has occupied $4,000 square
miles, with a population of 6,25S0Oo Por-
tugal has annexed $4,000 square miles
and 4431 900 people, while the Congo
Free State, under Belgium, has 100000
inhabitants on about 100000 square miles
of country.
With Egypt excluded, England's pos
sessions, protectorates and claims cover
a territory of more than 100000 square
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-08


doomed. The men who are forcing the
crisis laugh al this prediction and say
that the crisis merely means the down.
fall of one political party and the uplift-
ing of another.
1t is known that the young Duke of
Orleans, the banished head of the Bour-
bons, is highly elated at the turn of pub
lie affairs in France. None of the poll
ticians who have figured In the unique
battle between the French senate and the
French cabinet have, perhaps given this
young man the slightest thought, but he
and his friends argue that anything
which shakes the solidity of the republic
gives them an opening.
No one has ever said that Louis Phil
lipe Robert, the Duke of Orleans, has
the good sound sense which distinguish
ed his father, the late Count of Paris,
but at the same time he Is Acknowledged
to be more aggressive and to possess
certain qualities which might land him
on the throne. Most OF the French kings
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-08

miles. This is over fourth of the entire
continent 1t has popula ton estimated
al 0,000,0 900, and in extent 1t is sixty times
great than the state of New York, or
almost as large as the entire United
States.
Since 1880 steamers have begun plying
regularly on the chief rivers and lakes
which command the trade of the newly
opened territory. Colonies and trading
posts are being established at every
point which promises to become trade
center. Railroads and telegraph lines
are being projected and hundreds of mil
lions of capital are bslng invested in what
has already become the immense trade
of the estimated 127,000, 900 people of the
continent. The dark continent" Is com
ing into the light, and European civili-
"a ton will soon be forced on IT, its
consent or without 1t.
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CHANGING blow, which may shake us bit
but do no serious damage.
Another Danger.
: But there is still another danger, even
II it does mot hit US, and it is more UNI
nerving to contemplate it than the origi-
nal Prof. c. "A Young of Princeton is
well informed on comets, and he AYERS
that there is some dangersof the Perrine
comet slipping; by us and falling into the
sun. This, would be real catastrophe,
for all learned Astronomers acknowledge
that If comet fell into the SUN it would
produce such an increase of solar heat
that we would all be broiled or frizzled
or fried up. With this danger staring
the world in the face 1t seems that If the
matter We're left to popular vote the
people of the earth would elect to have
the comet hit us and take the attending
chances rather than have it fall into the
sun and burn US up. .s4
Other astronomers who wish, evident
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-08
,overy of the close relationship between

eovery of the close relationship between
meteors and comets.
1T is not a solid body like the earth.
1t is made up of minute bodies. We
might compare it with a dust cloud.
While in size it compares with the earth,
there is no comparison in the solidity of
the two. So far as we have been able to
learn there are no large particles of mat
ter in a comet. They are made up of
atoms of dust of iron, nickel or some
other metal. Our atmosphere is prac-
tically impervious to such a body. Sew
enty or eighty miles above the earth,
where the atmosphere is so rare that the
vacuum is almost as good as that ora
Crookes tube, there is still enough resist
ance to disintegrate and destroy body
like comet travelling with the swiftness
with which a comet travels. The parti-
cles would become infinitely fine' no
larger than the ultimate atoms of matter
They would ultimately reach the earth. y
There is certainly much difference In
opinions regarding comets by comet ex-
perts, but If this one should hit us 1t
will probably result in great popular in
terest being taken in the subject of as
tronomy on and after Saturday, March
IA next. GRANTLAND GRlEVE.
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poor mother earth completely into smith
Greens, or merely push her into another
part of the universe, Is question. 80
This comet is estima ted to be 900 900, 600
miles long TIL exact number of millions
has not been figured out yet. but even if
It were only 1o8,O00,0oO in-1ength, it. is
sufficient to appall any one who has been
i'm railroad collision where the contend
ing trains were only 100 yards long. What
chance this little earth, which is only
about 5000 miles thick at the biggest part,
will stand against a monster whose
length is measured by hundreds of mil
lions of miles is too severe for the imagi-
nation to picture.
A Rare Privilege.
Besides, some scientists claim that a
comet only hits the earth once in 1900
0OO 600 years. If. that is so, no one else
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-08

cloth overcoat would ever serve as a
lunch.
There is a universal taste for jewelry
among the natives: all are very fond of
adjoining themselves with earrings The
nose ring is confined to the gentler sex.
They pierce a hole through the nasal
septum large enough in some cases to adj
NIT an ordinary lead pencil, and through
this they pass ivory ornaments. few
large blue beads strung on a wire form
the common everyday nosegay.
Both sexes wear labrets, and there Is
great variety in the style of inserting
them. The women pierce two holes in
the lower lip near the base of the eye
teeth, while the men insert their labrets
close to the corners of the mouth. OFTEN
these labrets are very heavy. and the
weight distorts the features and impedes
the articulation.
The City Hall.
In each native village is a large house,
in which they meet for various purposes,
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-08
GENUINE PHILANTHROPY.
Thousands Afflicted With Chronic Catarrh Find
Cure Free. ~

In order to bring his great remedy for
chronic catarrh in reach of everybody Dr.
Hartman invented the following method:
Any one wishing to become one of his reg
ular patients should send name and adj
dress, when ample directions for treat
ment will be sent free of charge. Each
patient is expected to report once a
month At no time is any charge made.
The medicines can be obtained at any
drug store Thousands of cases have
been cured in the last two years.
Patient No. 1927; name, Lucius 3.
Cooper of Biddle University, N. c.; COM
menced treatment December 16, 1898;
writes February 81, 1894: II am thorough
ly cured of my catarrh, which had been
troubling me for eight years" Any one
wishing to become patient should send
In his name and address at once, giving a
list of the principal symptoms and the
length of time the disease has run.
A medical book, treating on chronic
catarrh, la grippe, coughs, colds and
consumption, will be sent. prepaid, for
a short time to any address by the PERU
ma Drug Manufacturing company. Column
bus, o.
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mainly to clean themselves and give their
clothes an airing. This house is unique.
Some Alaskan travellers call 1t a casino.
hut the native designation Is koshga.
1t can best be described as simply cell
lar with a roof over it. 1t is deep,
SQUARE excavation. with a pyramidal roof
of rough logs, covered thickly with earth.
At even O short distance it can be easily
mistaken for small hillock. The only
light and ventilation is by little open
ing at the top which Is protected by
curtain made of fish skin. The internal
arrangement varies in different places
in respect to details, but the main feat
ures ere the same. Around three sides
of the interior a bank of earth is left
which extends like broad step or divap
On this the natives sit in their customary
squattiDg attitude. -
Some casinos have second and mar
rover divan, extending from the wall,
above the other On extraordinary occa-
sions third one is added. This is form
ed of three little fiat sleds called kane
gatek. A line of three kamegateks sus-
pended from the roof by skin ropes will
extend all around the casino. Thus
Continued on Sixteenth Page.)
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A Headless Policy.
In the fall of 1894 at the time OF his
fathers death. this interesting young
man gave vent to this expression, which
clearly explained his future course in
relation to the French throne Exile
killed my father. | will endure anything
rather than inactlon. l will risk my head
TO return to France. and II / am for
tunate enough to reign, will risk my
head rather than be driven out"
According to this the young man who
says by divine right he is entitled to
lord 1t over the whole of France seems
to care very little for his head. But as
yet France has not deemed 1t of enough
Importance to deprive him of 1t. The
time may come, however, when his reck-
lessness will be put to the test
There is little doubt that IL anything
like favorable opportunity presents it
self the Duke Of Orleans will make an
effort To mount the throne or France.
He is thoughtless and reckless enough to
do IL His whole life has been given up
TO this idea. and with poor advisers at
his back he could be induced to attempt
any foolshness. He is but q years old.
CONTINUED on Sixteenth Psge.)
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miles of length are all wrapped around
whatever it hits.
Asi,nn nnnars E,xoitad.

Whatever IL nltS.
Astronomers Excited.
Professor Perrine of the famous Lick
university is responsible for this comet.
that is, he discovered it, and it will go
down to posterlty, if it does not annihi-
late all chance of there being any pos
terity, as Perrine's comet. Since Pro-
fessor Perrine made the discovery as
tronomers in all parts of the world have
been in a feverish state of excitement.
S. w. Burnham of the Lick observatory,
famous as the greatest observer and dis
coverer of double stars that the world
has yet known, is excited So is e. q.
Barnard, the renowned discoverer of the
fifth satellite of Jupiter and of innumer-
able comets, and whose planetary OBJ
servations and photographs of nebulae
and stars are of unrivaled excellence
The same can be said of j. A. Keller,
who stands at the front in astronomical
spectroscopy.
1t is not often that the mental balance
of these weighty scientists is moved suffi-
GENTLY to allow of the emotion of ex-
element, but at this time it is neverthe-
less true OF course all these men differ
as to what will happen when the comet
hits us. Some of them are kind enough
to say that there is possibility of the
comet steering away and not hitting US
at ALL or, if it does, it will only be a