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The Winslow mail., 1897-11-13
Five Fingers and No More.

There Is one curious fact respecting
the animal creation with which one
will never become acquainted if he de-
pends on textbooks for information.
1t is this: No living representative Of
the animal kingdom has more than five
toes, fingers or claws to each foot,
hand, or limb. The horse is the type
of the one-toed creation, the camel of
the two-toed, the rhinoceros of the
three-toed, and the hippopotamus of
the four-toed animal life. The elephant
and hundreds of other animals belong
ing to different orders are of the great
five-toed tribe.
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-13
Long Reigns.

1t is not generally known that Nor
way can boast of one of the longest
reigns known in European history. Har-
aid Fairhair, the founder of the king
dom of Norway and of the dynasty
which reigned during 400 years, became
king at the age of 10, $50, ard died 933.
If he had not resigned, owing to his
advanced age, in $50, he might have
held the record" of Europe, which now
belongs to Louis XIV, Of France. Next
to Harald Fairhair comes his also very
notable descendant Haakon the Old.
1217-63. with forty-six years of glorious
reign
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-13
A Delicacy OF Civilization.

To a grand dinner, given the other
day at Belgrade by an august person
age to some foreigners of distinction
visiting the Servian capital, several
members of the Skuptschina, or Ma
tional Parliament, had been invited.
One of the alien guests, well-known
French financier, happened to sit next
to a Servian NJ. p, and was considera-
bly, diverted by his quaint expedients
for dealing with certain attributes OF
civilization obviously unfamiliar with
him. At the end Of the feast the
Frenchman selected tooth-pick from
a tray and passed the receptacle to his
neighbor, who declined his offer, say
ing, mo, have already eaten two OF
the accursed things, and want no
more"
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-13

:oom. The eyes in their first stage
ooked like gigantic oblong beads and
he blowpipe over which they are
manipulated is supplied with wind
pumped by engine-power into large
cylinder and stored under water-pres-
sure, in place of the old-fashioned bel
ows worked by the feet. A single ope-
,ator is able to turn them out at the
:ate Of fifty globes a day.
The next workroom is occupied by
girls engaged in coloring eyes, all of
whom work in little partitions and
spaces boarded off, in order to exclude
all light except that Of their blow-pipes.
They place stick Of colored enamel on
the summit Of the globe, which, being
gently heated In the flame and contin-
uously rotated, forms spot Of what
ever color the eye Is intended to be,
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-13
No snocess Without Work.

When Charles Dickens said that all
that he had accomplished had been
achieved by diligent, patient, persever-
ing application, he only stated what has
been the experience OIL every success
full man. Nothing is more important to
young men than that they should early
learn and fully comprehend this great
truth.
1t is step by step, by toilsome effort
added to toilsome effort, that all great
achievements are made. AS has been
we'll remarked, there Is no royal road
to anything else of great value in this
life. Work-steady, long-continued and
regular application-is the only price
for which anything worth the having
can be bought. There is no great sue
cess of any kind without great labor.
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-13
Figured Out the Cost.

A statistician who was impressed
with the quality of a meal for which
he paid only 81 was inspired to esti-
mate the amount invested in the catch.
growth, transportation, and distribu-
ton for the population of the United
States Of the ailments with which he
was served on the occasion. He COM
puted that it involved an investment of
$500, O,OOO, 900 of capital, and the labor of
100000 men and women. This in
cluded only fish, meat, vegetables,
bread, salt AMI pepper.
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-13

The reports of the Board of Health,
showing the number of deaths in Chi
cago and their causes, give some Gu.
rious facts relating to suicide, which
are made known with such astonishing
frequency in the newspapers, although
1t is only such as are attended with
peculiar circumstances that find their
way into print. The average number of
suicides is very uniform through the
year, being about twenty-eight and a
fraction each month, and while the
number varies somewhat, one month
with another, there does not seem to
be one month, or set Of months, when
the number largely predominates that
of the corresponding period of another
year. In July, 1896, the number of sui
cides was twenty-siX and in the same
month of 1897 it was forty-two. In
June, '96, thirty-nine persons took their
lives, and in the same month of '97
thirty-three committed suicide. Two of
the peculiar things shown by the re-
ports are the very small number of ma
tives of the city who seek violent
deaths. Less Cndu OHe-Ildll OF the sui
cides in Chicago are of American birth,
and it is rare indeed that one of them is
a native born resident. For the first
six months of 1896 no native of the
municipality is reported among the sui
cideS, while fifty-SiX were Americans
and 120 were foreign born. The Daily
News says it is probable that many of
these foreign-born residents bring with
them to this country the common ideas
regarding suicide that obtain in their
native land, for suicide Is more fire.
quent in some European countries than
it is here; and the classes most likely to
resort to 1t make up the large body of
immigrants to America. AS q rule
Americans are better educated, better
housed, clothed and fed than the i'm
migrants; they are not so easily de-
pressed and they have better associa-
tions. The discouragements that lead
to self-destruction are less frequent
among Americans thar with the foreign
inhabitants, while there is a stronger
spirit of determination among Ameri-
cans than any other people in the world.
Hence suicide Is not generally regarded
by them as a remedy that is worth the
trial.
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-13

Treasury reports for the fiscal year
ended June 80, 1897, show large fall
ing off in the number of immigrants as
compared with the preceding year. In
1897 the total number of aliens land
ing in this country was 230,832, a de-
crease of 1924 in the number arriv-
ing In 1896. Nearly every country on
the globe that sent us any of their peO-
pie in 1896 reduced the number In 1897.
The only countries that show an in
crease are Roumania 6, Poland 3,473
and Spain 105. The largest decreases
In numbers are noted in Austria Hun
gary, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Russia
and Sweden. While the number Of i'm
migrants from Quebec and Ontario in
creased somewhat the total from Brit
ish North America was less than last
year. Turkey, China and Japan show
slight gains in 1897. 1t is rather en-
couraging to notice that owing to the
more strict enforcement of American
immigration laws the largest per cent.
of decrease has been in countries that
have been notorious for the number
Of undesirable people contributed to
our population. Hungary, Italy, Rus
sia-each shows very marked decline
In the total number of emigrants. An
other peculiar showing in the report Is
In regard to the sexes of the immi-
grants. In 1896 the number of moles
was PIP, ,466 and in 1897 it was 135, 1O7,
a decrease of 1889; but in 1896 the
number of females was 130,SO1, or 3S
per cent. Of the totals, and the present
year 1t was 95,725, or Al per cent. of
all.
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-13
Our English friends have a somewhat

Our English friends have a somewhat
eccentric taste In American poets.
Walt Whitman is their first choice and
Joaquin Miller comes next. A negro
poet. Paul L. Dunbar, formerly an ele-
vator boy in this country. is said to have
become literary lion in London. Both
Whitman and Miller must be credited
with better poems than have come from
the present English laureate, and the
new negro bard will not amount to
much If he fails to show more fire and
felicity than Austin has done at any
period of his career.
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-13
Struggling the Shoulders.

Struggling the shoulders in cold
weather is probably the survival of an
old instinct, which prompts them to
put the skin of the back on the stretch,
and so erect the hairy covering of that
part. The hair is now reduced to a
mere downy covering, but the old in
stinct still remains In common with 9th
ers; the rule apparently being that all
instincts which are harmless to their
possessors are constant, in spite of any
change of structure. All animals with
long hair or feathers erect their coats
in cold weather, for the warmth of such
covering depends on its thickness ana
the amount of air 1t contains rather
than on Its bulk.
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-13
Scented Shop Windows.

In Paris a novel apparatus has been
fixed in front of the windows of q few
shops, pioneering the way for an intro
duction of the invention.
1t consists of small pipe laid along
from this through numerous holes is
the exterior of the shop window, and
emitted gentle current of warm air
slightly scented, which is very agree
able to the shOp-window gazers, while
it keeps the windows clear and bright,
thus more effectively displaying the
contents
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-13
The Judges Suggestion.

The following story is told of Judge
Wilson, of Ohio: Several lawyers
gathered in Judge Wilson's room after
adjournment of court. and were dis
cussing the retirement Of member OF
the bar. Among them was one whose
practice is worth $4,000 year. He
said: Il have been practicing several
years, and am well fixed. have
thought I should like to retire and de-
vote my remaining years to studies
have neglected Study law said
Judge Wilson"
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-13

a violent attack upon his countrymen
for not taking livelier interest in the
performances at Bayreuth. He says
that the English and Americans are far
better supporters of Magnetism than
the Germans themselves, and he adds
a sting to this by saying that the
French have always been our most
jealous adherents." This is the un-
thinking fanaticism of a late proselyte.
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-13

The case of the man who died in New
York City thinking he had hydrophobia
is not so isolated as some may think.
There is no doubt that many of the So
called cases of that disease are merely
the development of extreme instances
of nervousness and fright. AS the ply
siclans attending him said, the man
thought he had hydrophobia, and that
was as bad as though he really had 1t.
The real hydrophobia is rarer than is
sunnoSed
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-13
Bulls.

All deaths from bulls are due to the
supposition that they can be made gen
tie. A bull that is apparently the most
peaceful animal in the farm may sud
denly. and without cause, become very
dangerous. No bull shou41 be allowed
it's liberty, but should be kept under
control
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-13

queer complaint against the big steam
ers on that river. The boats are pro-
yided with immense search-lights,
which they flash along the shores, with
painfully dazzling effect when the
beams strike the windows of a dwell
ing. A suit against the steamers is
threatened by the superintendent of a
hospital located on the river
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-13

The son of Composer Wagner, who
until lately has not been considered as
particularly enthusiastic in the cult of
his fathers works, has suddenly be-
come more so than the most fanatic of
the partisans, and In European dis
patches he is reported as having made
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-13

A worried New-Yorker writes to q
Gotham paper to inquire how deep one
can look into a Boston's girls eyes If
she wears glasses. The New York pa
per gives it up" without even trying
the experiment. What is the matter
with GOtham's newspaper enterprise? ?
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-13

affairs has led to the Introduction in
New York of a combination vehicle
for funerals. in which the coffin is
placed at the top, with seats under
meath for friends who wish to go to
the graveyard. There is a special par
titioned apartment for the relatives of
the dead.
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-13

Every day or two the Chicago police
force is called upon to investigate the
truth of bottled messages picked up on
the lake shore and telling of shipwreck
and disaster or suicide. OF all forms
of asinine joking ever devised by imbe-
Giles this Is the worst
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-13
In stockholm policeman's lot is that

In Stockholm policeman's lot Is that
of a dignitary. He must pass an ex-
tensive examination, after which he
wears a handsome uniform and occu-
pies quarters provided with fine furni-
ture, hot and cold baths and a piano,
with free singing lessons. The Swe-
dish police system of telephones and
electric bells is hardly equaled any
where else In the world
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-13
Eloped In Her stocking Feet.

A young woman in Virginia got out
of a second-story window In her home
and walked three miles in her stocking
feet In the snow to join young man.
They eloped to Hagerstown, Md, and
were married.
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-13
MAKING ARTIFICIAL EYES.
iname1 Now the Base of All the
Good Ones

tname1 Now the Base of All the
Good Ones.
1t seems incredible that the demand
or artificial eyes should be as great as
t Is, and that large firms N America,
Germany, France and England find it
lifficult to execute the orders received
rom all parts of the globe.
There are eight distinct processes in
he making of artificial eyes: Making
he enamel, forming the globe, burning
the eye-coloring, cutting the globe,
Ihaping to pattern, firing edges, anneal-
ng, polishing.
The basis of all kinds of enamel is a
perfectly transparent and feasible
;lass. The enamel is melted in cru-
dble, and colored. Then the 'globes"
Ire made by men in an intensely hot
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-13
Eor Dead and Monrner,

City life tends to make the funerals
of Its people less and less elaborate.
Business keeps friends from attending
the last ceremonies, till each year finds
fewer and fewer of the deceased's
companions accompanying the body
to its last resting-place. This state of
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-13

Public sentiment en- the subject of ir-
rigation is plant of slow growth. But
headway Is being made, and ultimately,
beyond doubt, by private or Govern
ment energy, or both, an enormous sec
ton of now arid lands will be made to
support In comfort thousands of fami-
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-13

A too-much married man at Zanes-
vile, Ohio, claims to have committed
bigamy by mistake, but the Chicago
operator perpetrates no such blunders.
What he aecompllshes in this line he
does by calculation and as an artist.
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-13

The Louisville Times reports that ga
frog in Graves County has got into an
ordinary jug and cannot get out" Prob
ably a closer examination will prove
that that jug contains a snake instead
of frog.
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-13

Of morals" is being widely discussed.
If some people would adopt a "single
standard" even they and the world
would be the gamers.
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-13

Despite all the bowling and scraping
and finger kissing between the Car
and Emperor William, their standing
armies do not cease for moment bur-
nishing their bayonets and keeping
their swords at cutting edge.
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-13
Drawn Linen.

For all the pretty impedimenta of the
afternoon tea table there is still moth
ing so popular as drawn linen. There
is a tendency to show less and less of
the linen. Some of the clothes, doilies
and tray serviettes are as filmy In ef-
feet as morsels of fine lace.
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-13

And now an archaeologist says the
slot machine was in vogue 200 years
before the Christian era. We didn't
know just when the thing was invent
ed, but we knew it was too old to be
haoton
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-13

The Duluth News-Tribune wants to
know "what is more melancholy than
a restaurant waitress In shirt waist,
singing as she carves a pie? Two of
them
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-13

Why should the fact that man reads
the papers dIsqualify him from jury
service? Is ignorance desired In the
jury box when a mans life hangs in
the balance?
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-13

The st. Louis Republic tells of Ten
nessee girl who "swam across the
river on a wager" Wouldn't it have
been easier to swim across on a horse?
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-13

II Prince Henri dOrleans cannot get
the bulk Of his duels off his hands in
any other way we advise him TO choose
GatIing guns for a change of weap-
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-13
Density of Deep Water.

So dense is the water in the deepest
parts of the ocean that an ironclad, If
it were to sink, would never reach the
bottom.
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-13

A recent experiment in St Louis has
demonstrated that hypnotism can cure
an old woman or turning somersaults.
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-13

Jay Gould's matrimonial troubles
sem to be entirely post morten. The
average man isn't so lucky.
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-13

Bliss Carman, the poet, says he "nev-
er reads what newspaper men write" !"
This makes the matter just even.
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-13

Why worry about the ability to get
bite In the Klondike regions? The mos
uuitoes will attend to that.
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-13

The wise have decided that the 'f's"
have it in Klondike.
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-13

The Boston Herald anxiously in
quires: Where is the sea serpentr'
Have you looked in the whisky jug?
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-07-09
CITY JEWEL RANGE.

sizes, 3 styles with or without Water
Coil, and with or without Hot Water
Reservoir.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-07-09

the man got very wet. The wetting
gave him cold. The cold, neglected,
developed TO a cough. The cough
sent him TO a bed of sickness. A dose
of Ayers Cherry PICTORIAL, taken at
the start, would have uipped the cold
in the bud and saved the sickness,
suffering, and expense. The house
hold remedy for colds, coughs, and all
lung troubles, is
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-07-09
Meteorological Summary for June
1897.
CF'rUn Observations Made by the Wealth
~ BrIraauN

(F'rUn Observations Made by the Wealth
81 Bureau)
Average tsnpsra ture, mean OF ? daily
o6Ssrvz tons. as normal for June "a. g.
average daily minimum, 7D-1I; lowest min
tuluu1- s., repeatedly average daily maxi
mum. Sis highest maximum, 81 June l.
lowest daily average, 73-3 June =; high
est average, no, June 3
Average height Of barometer, 5Q.05S in;
normal, 56-gTt; average daily range, 0G5;
lowest record. -s-s7. June 5; highest, % Il,
June l. and Is; lOw-pressure periods,
about June 10 and 3; high-pressure Pc
RODS. about June Z Is and o.
Average relative humidity, mean Of
four daily observations az q m and 6
D H. AZ normal. lbs. absolute humid
Ivy II grains per cubic foot ranging
from IS on the I3rh 70 SIS On the 18th and
9th Since ES3 the highest absolute hui
nli6iIy in June has been 4 deg; II Issa
II reached 50 dszj
Total rainfall Ton Greene street.. Ls6
il, normal Isl. maximum in one day,
0-5z- June q rain record days, Is, heavy
dew. June g and 81 Rainfall AZ Luaka-
Ia less than in any months previously il
years
Ci0udinsss. g Per cent; normal, % per
cent days marked dne, Z.
Wind Light trades until the 9th, then
s0uthsrty wind and calm. with suItry
weather until the 9th The latter half
Of the month has been very exceptionally
damp and close On two days there was
almost fog, the clouds coming within 800
feet OF sea level There has not been
for Il years 50 cloudy &. June II Honolulu
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-07-09
SYLVIA CHALLENGES.
Wants a Race With Geo. Martin
for ANY Distance.

Since the bicycle races Of Saturday
July Sd, no small amount Of talking
has been done on the subject Of John
sylvia, the -ManOa Wonder. and Geo.
Martin, both Of whom came of with
hOnOrs.
The wheeImen who have taken Mar
Tin as their fayorite. say that that rider
can defeat sylvia IN any distance that
may be named, and 90 50 far as 10 say
that, had It not been for the fact that
he got into Z pocket in the half-mile
race on the Sd. he would have beaten
sylvia, hands down
sylvia has been hearing Of these re-
marks. and now comes forth with the
following challenge:
I hereby challenge George Martin
to = race for any distance, from q quar-
ter Of 3 mile up, TO be run on any track
or road OF the Hawaiian Islands, for q
trophy. JOHN SYLVIA
Honolulu, H I, July 5, 1887
It is to be hoped that Martin viii &C
cept the challenge, as there are many
interested in the outcome Of 4 contest
between himself and sylvia, undoubted-
II the fastest two riders on the Islands
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-07-09
s. s. CLAUDINE,

CADMIUM OoAAANpEhs
VIII leave Honolulu Tuesdays at 5 O'Clock
p. m, touching at Kahului, Hama, Ha-
moa and Kipahulu, Maui. Returning,
arrives at Honolulu Sunday mornings.
VIII call at Nuu, Kaupo. once each
month.
No freight will be received after D.
m. on day Of sailing.
This company reserves the right to
make changes in the time of departure
and arrival of its steamers WITHOUT
NOTICE, and 1t will not be responsible
for any consequences arising therefrom.
Consignees must be at the landings to
receive their freight. This company will
not hold itself responsible for freight
after ii has been landed.
Live stock received only at owners
risk.
This company will not be responsible
for money or valuables of passengers
unless placed In the care OF pursers.
Passengers are requested TO purchase
tickets before embarking. Those fall
ing 10 do so will be subject 10 an add
tional charge of twenty-five per cent.
c. L. WIGHT, President.
s. B. ROSE, Secretary.
CAPT. ]. a. KING. Port Superintendent
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-07-09

Gross income as per Schedule "A"
Deductions as per Schedule 'B,"
Net income.
Amount Of tax at l per cent.
AT the end is the ordinary oath. and
the hack page carries the usual filing
On the first page OF the blank the
law Is given almost entire. II should
BE read one or more times by all. This
is the most important act along the
Islands Ii may ultimately stand as
the chief tax statute. Its adoption and
enforcement is in keeping with pro-
sresSive steps in the intelligent con-
duet OF go-ahead administration.
With the added duty OF assessing and
collecting tax on income the district
revenue officers find placed at their
disposal by the Legislature all Of the
recourse and machinery which makes
the present delinquent lists so COM
.paratively insignificant. Accounts Of a
corporation may be inspected by due
process. II this should fail Of effect
for any reason whatever. the assessor
is required 10 make an estimate himself
and then double il.
Failure 70 make return under the
new act may be severely punished. The
directions TO the assessor are manda-
tory. II is recited that he shall "
when unable TO secure & return. make
It up himself and then add 200 per cent
70 the amount Of the tax thus imposed.
The same penalty is provided in the
case Of s false or fraudulent return.
The present internal tax and assess
ment remedies are. however, open 10
all under this new act The right OF
appeal remains, and in case OF action
from the Office. the citizen has fair
warning and ample notice. Appeal
Board sits October 5 70 25.
II not paid by the 18th Of November,
the tax is swelled by a penalty OF IL
per cent. There is also added interest
az the rate Of 9 per cent per annum
All amounts more than $40 are pay
able in United States gold coin.
In s short time blanks will be in
many Offices and homes in Honolulu
and throughout the Islands Quite g
number will so abroad The tax rate Is
considered very light Operation Of tbs
law will be carefully observed with s
view TO its alteration and Improvement
in the 1855 session. if changes seen
| advisable.