Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-01-02

revised. Clio. s i'm. 302 PIP.
Ills. d. Appleton 4 Co., New York.
$3.50.
The object Of this manual Is to in
struct those who are DESTROYS of know
ing what course to pursue in cmergcn.
cics.' which II does in masterful
way whether those" medical or lay
men.
There are few persons who are not
in this sense of unforeseen injuries,
their brothers keeper" and the
deaths which occur daily because the
person at hand did not know what to
do, or how to do IL, are truly lament
able. To tie up an artery, or at least
stop It's bleeding: to bandage a sprain,
ease a fracture, render a cut aseptic,
administer an antidote. use disinfeC-
tants intclligently treat a burn, rcsus-
citatc a drowning person. or even help
the delivery of child in cases of Pc
cGliar emergency. should not be strange
or so nearly impossible an operation
as it is to the majority of people
Such books as this by DR.. Doty take
the place of letters on medical sub
jects which are being delivered in some
of our large cities. Indeed. more and
more attention is being paid to pre-
ventive medicine, and we may some
day think II is as necessary for our
children to know how to save life as
II is for them to be able to play the
piano or tie a fourth hand.
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Reader from Olaa, Hawaii, asks:
Were p. V. Nasty and Josh Bill
ings real names or merely literary
names? claim they were fictitious
but friend says not"
You are right. Petroleum Vesuvius
Nasty" was the name assumed by ID.
Il. Lock, a newspaper man on the To-
ledo Blade.
Josh Billings" right name was Hen
ry Wheeler Shaw. He was an auction
eer until he was over forty five when
he became famous through his phiio.
sophical adaptations.
shall never forget his real name
As a boy | handed him my autograph
album one hot day In August in Pough.
kecpsie, n. Y. lie took the book, turn.
cd II wrong side up, then scrawlet
across the page: Truth is said to bt
stranger than fiction-it is to mos
folks. Your warm friend Josh Bill
ings."
Before signing this bit OF philosophy
he asked me II he should sign Josh
Or Henry Wheeler Shaw, and seemed
pleased that l preferred his monde
plume.
which newspaper would you advis,
me to take? want to post mysel
about your affairs. J. W. s., Soutl
Weymouth, Mass"
The Bulletin Of course II has tn,
largest circulation, is the most reliabl,
and newsy.
Frank Dandy" author of Pigs II
Glover, Is q woman.
Charles Reade undoubtedly was .
genius and few novcliSls have eNccllct
him in invention. But he believed il
saying good things about himself H.,
said:
"Of the Cloister and the Hearth Il
Is impossible to speak too well. Tn,
authors perfect knowledge Of mediae
val times Is wonderful. The plot Il
fuIl ,T I'm, il.ui az ih., n.,y..t nul ,,,.yI
striking yet most probable and natura
sort: Inc characters live and seem Il
US real persons we know well. The
interest never flags: there Is always
something to command attention ana
excite interest"
All Of which is true.
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One of the greatest minds of the age
II not of any age, has severed cOnnec.
ton with earthly affairs, and gone into
the land of the unknown and I'm.
movable" Herbert Spencer.
Others who have died lately: w. Il
Henley, the poet; W. Il. II. Lecky, his.
torian: Richard Henry Savage novel.
list, and Theodor Mommsen, historian
and scholar.
4. i. i.
The much loOked-fOr Birds of Cali.
fornia" by Mrs. Wheelock will not be
issued by a. C. McClurg L. Co. until
the new year owing TO the great
amount of work in preparing. 1t Is
too bad that our Hawaiian birds are
not included in this book. with q
few added pages and the collaboration
OF Mr.. Henshaw of Hilo this could
be done to advantage.
i. j. i.
An important work entitled The
Philippine Islands 1493-lS9S is an
nounced by the publishers. Arthur II.
Clark Co, Cleveland. There will be
fifty-fve volumes.