Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-09-09

bought the boots, presently put them
ner as the other two had been: but this
mans wife being alarmed by what had
happened in the former family, dis
patched one OF her negroes for an en-
inent physician, who fortunately hav-
ing heard something Of the dreadful
etc, and recovered the man. The boots
which had been so fatal. were then
carefully examined; and he found that
the two fangs Of the snake had been
left in the leather, after being
wrenched out of their sockets by the
strength with which the snake had
drawn back his head. The bladders
which contained the poison. and several
Of the small nerves, were still fresh,
and adhered to the boot. The unfor.
tunatc father and son had been poi.
soned by pulling OF these boots, In
which action they imperceptibly
scratched their legs with the points
OF the fangs, through the hollow of
which, some of this astonishing poison
was conveyed"
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In a short sketch OF John BidweIl.
Mr. win S. Green refers to Mr.. Bid.
wells character and the general mia.
conception of II:
"There was no bond of sympathy be.
tween General RidwelI and an impure
person, There is usually "A bond or n
want of II felt on first Introduction
There are men who have forced them.
selves, through political or business
interests, to ignore the instinct until
Il Is not needed, Give a man the char
acter of being oycr.religious and over.
particular about temperance, who Is
dressed with precision and a per.
son of opposite character would say
on Introduction that he was stuck I'M
or that he was proud or naughty. I
, knew General Bidwell for half a cen.
fury, and | never saw another man
whose heart beat so kindly for people
IN the number walks OF life; never
one who would go further 10 lead a
! man from the path of vice, and put him
on the right road: never one more
easily approached by any one who had
confidence In himself OF being worthy
, OF approaching a worthy man.
"Of course, he liked to have at his
home men OF high standing in science.
literature, the arts, men at the head OF
this church or that: and attracted by
a man of means, OF learning of high
, character. many OF these visited his
home. This lent color to the no.
ton Of his naughty and exclusive dis
position.
HOW lew men are really known Ny
those OUTSIDE OF every DAY intimatesr
E,ther Tor good or ior FAD
Inc best men, those that nave char'
their friends, temperate. clean In mind
ana pody; VINO love advancement In
letters; VINO admire genius, are usual
" regarded as undesirable because the
majority OF those that come IN contact
with them do not possess their admir-.
able qualities.
it Is shrewd observation OF Mr..
greens That men OF impure minds and
lives dislike at first meeting intuition
ally and instinctiyely, pure'minded
men. As the sensual, low'liyed person
suspects others OF being the same, and
cannot but impute his own motives for
the actions Of others. so he hates abid.
ingly the man whose unblameable life
Is perpetual condemnation of bis own.
The life he cannot live he sneers at,
50 II you hear of a man that Is stuck
up" proud" "aristocratic." make up
your mind that he has some unusually
fine trait OF character which is being
called something else by those whose
opinions are not worth snap of the
finger.
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