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Year: 1877

A maniac in Natick, Mass, caught
glimpse through a window of woman in
her night clothes, and thought she was an
angel. This was complimentary to her
beauty, but dangerous to her life, for he
fired at her with pistol to find out whether
she really wasn't human, The bullet grazed
her head
Year: 1877

When the earthquake took place. said
husband to his wife, 81 felt my heart beat
so that | was frightened" YES" replied
the dear creature, sit takes an earthquake to
make your heart beat" And this couple
have celebrated their silver wedding
Year: 1877

intimate acquaintance with the modes and
practices of other countries, and we would
suggest the propriety of sending commits
sioner from here to visit all such places and
make full and minute report of all improve
ments which we might advantageously imi-
tate, as well as such errors and practices as it
would be well for us to guard against New
discoveries of value are being constantly made
whereby the complex process of sugar manu-
facture is simplifed and cheapened. An
Englishman, it is said, has lately invented an
arrangement in which, by an application Of
electricity TO the cane juice, the gum is
neutralized or decomposed, and the result of
which is that the whole product is converted
into sugar without any residuum of molasses,
adding at the least calculation ten dollars to
the value of every ton of sugar. The method
has been thoroughly tested in the West Indies,
and We learn that it is regarded there as a
great success. The inventor receives royal
ty of one dollar ton on all sugar made under
the process.


An Australian newspaper, the Ipswich OBJ
server, announces that Mr.. Eastes, of Been
leigh, has been able to make sugar without
leaving any molasses. He is said to have
tested his process at Darts Mill, near Bris-
bane, and to have obtained 2,4O0 pounds of
beautiful white sugar from 800 gallons of
rattoon juice, 10 , Beaume. The only waste
product was some water. Unfortunately, no
! j Il
| possible that there is nothing in it, but it is
probable that with the advance of chemical
science many new and important discoveries
will be made in the manufacture of sugar, and
it behooves us to be vigilant, and keep up
with the age, and we know of no way in
which this can be accomplished more salts
factorily than in the manner above indicated
Year: 1877

To THE EDITOR OF THE HAWAIIAN GAZETTE:


sIR,-To call it thoughtless is to throw stones, !"
and the stones hit and hurt an inofending person
one who would rather have his neighbor's horse
killed and the carriage wrecked, than run the risk
of having picket torn from his fence No, it was
not thoughtless act, for it was repeated again
and again, according TO his own statement, and OF
course duly considered


hope, Mr.. Editor, that you will continue TO
watch what is going in our little CITY, and that
you will rebuke those who show themselves utterly
indifferent 10 the rights of their ncighbor OIL
Year: 1877

81 DON'T believe in fashionable
churches. said lady recently but.
after all. considering that we are all to
90 to the same heaven. perhaps 1t is bet
ter to keep up the social distinction as
long an We can"
Year: 1877

AN Iowa justice refused to fine a man charged with the offense of kissing a pretty girl without her consent. Moth ing" said he, "but the dignity of its office prevents the Court from commit ting the same offense The temptation to an ordinary person would be Irresis- .tible."
Year: 1877

The million dollars worth of freight destroyed belonged chiefly to Western merchants. The county of Allegheny is liable for all the damages caused by riot, and the taxpayers will have to foot the bill
Year: 1877

Now, my agricultural reader, how many
farmers of your acquaintance have an ice
house? The bare suggestion brings up
thoughts OF an expense which cannot be
afforded. or of a complicated structure
which could not be constructed without
careful study OF abstruse scientific princi-
pies yet there is not n farmer in the land
where water freezes four inches thick but
that can provide himself with an abund-
ant stock for summers use at a very little
outlay OF labor, and little or no expense.
very cheap house, il. indeed, it can be
called one, may be constructed by exca-
vating pit eight feet square and eight
feet deep into a gravel bank, or in spot


with porous subsoil for easy drainage
Line the sides of this pit with plank and
cover the bottom with layer, Ga foot deep)


OF straw or fine hemlock boughs. Upon


this place the ice in cubical mass, six
| feet on all sides, filling in all the inter-
| slices with broken ice, which will leave
| clear space of one foot between the ice
and the planking. Fill in this with straw
| finely packed. and put thick layer Of
straw on the top. A shed roof may be put
over the whole to shed the rain. i In such
| a structure, ice will keep as well as In


more expensive one, and there will be
| more than sufficient for the wants of an
| ordinary family. A more durable house
| may be built OF brick or stone. and in the
| long run will be more economical as the
timber soon rots when built partially un-
| der ground.


1t makes but little difference whether
| the house is above or below ground as re.


CARDS the Keeping quality; but In small
| ice houses where the ice is TO be filled in
| from sled or wagon it will be more con-
yenient to have part of the house below.
the level of the surface of the ground. II


sawdust can be had 1t is better for packing


than straw. The packing should be


tramped down hard as the filling goes on.
| The blocks of fee should be nearly uniform
| in size as possible so as to pack closely.
| Their thickness is not material ii they are
| well packed. A cold day should be
selected for filling the house-ice put in at


low temperature requires considerable
/ heat before II will commence to melt. In
| the large houses OF dealers IL is customary


TO set the pieces on edge for convenience


in handling, but for ordinary use it is
preferable to set the cakes fiatwise, as IL


exposes less surface to the air when taking


out the daily supply. A common cross


cut saw with one handle removed Is the


most convenient implement to cut the


blocks after they have been marked aoat.


Ice from any stream, will, when melted,
produce clear, soft water. Experience


has shown that IL is not worth while to


combine a milk room or refrigerator


with an ice house. Let each stand onsit


merits. Let the latter be built only to


preserve the ice, taking the ice therefrom


as required. To the dairy farmer it would


seem that ice Is prime necessity, and no


family who has once experienced its ben-


efts will begrudge the labor spent in stor-
| ing il.
Year: 1877

With the view Of diminishing the chances OF COL
sion the steamers of this line take specific course
for all seasons Of the year.


On the outward passage from Queenstown to New
York or Boston, crossing meridian Of 60 ct = lat,
nothing to the north Of =.


On the homeward passage crossing the meridian Of
50 at - lat, or nothing to the:north Of u.
Year: 1877

JUDGE SETTLE, of Florida, does not
give up the Republican party of the
South. He says there is strong Ad-
ministration party growing up, and
that it will be felt in the elections this
Fall. The absurd and persistent at
tacks on Mr.. Key, even after he has
said he was only joking, ought to help
on a new party, which should have
common sense for one of it's doctrines.
Year: 1877

SAN FRANCISCO Mail: Have you ever
met the school-teacher whom you threat
ened, when boy, to lick as soon as you
got big enough? If you have, ten to one
you didn't think you were big enough
vet,
Year: 1877

Tho circumstances OF the cremation Of . child
OF julius Klrcher, Of No SO7 East Fny sixth street,
as already reported In the HERALD, woro yesterday
made the subject oil repor. from the Sanitary Bureau
to the Board oil Health. Tho question arose as TO
whether the act Of cremation was n violation
Sanitary superintendent Day that there is
nothing In the code 10 prevent sucn disposition being
Magic thought IL was a violation or law because the
code provides that a body shall not be disposed oi
otherwise than 10 accordance With permit, and no
such permit had been granted. The matter WAS res
ierred 70 Counsellor Prentice for his opInions
Year: 1877

The Royal Humane Society of Eng
land publishes some very seaSonable ad-
vice to bathers:


Avoid bathing within two hours after
meal, or when exhausted by fatigue or
from any other cause, or when the body
is cooling after perspiration, and avoid
bathing altogether in the open air if,
after being a short time in the water,
there is a sense of chillness, with numb
ness of hands and feet; but bathe when
the body is warm, provided no time is
lost in getting into the water. Avoid
chilling the body by sitting or standing
undreSsed on the banks or in boats after
having been in the water, or remaining
too long in the water, but leave the
water Immediately there is the slightest
feeling of chilliness. The vigorous and
strong may bathe early in the morning
on an empty stomach, but the young
and those who are weak had better
bathe two or three hours after meal !;
the best time for such is from two to
three hours after breakfast. Those who
are subject to attacks of giddiness or
faintness, and who sufferfrom palpitation
and other sense Of discomfort at the
heart, should not bathe without first
consulting their medical adviser.
Year: 1877

A Brooklyn man writes to the Sat1s:
81 drank more intoxicating liquor from
the year 1851 to the last day of 1878
than any other person | ever knew or
heard of; and in the meantime, know
ing this sure cure, did not practice it on
myself, but, for fun, did practice it on
many others, and effected permanent
cures. The remedy is this: When a
person finds he must have drink, let
him take a drink of water, say two or
three swallows, as often as the thirst or
craving may desire. Let him continue
this practice. His old chumS will laugh ;
but let him persevere, and it will not be
week before the appetite for any kind
of stimulant will disappear altogether,
and water may be taken to quench the
natural thirst. If at any time the victim
should feel a craving, let him take the
first opportunity and obtain swallow
of water, and he can pass and repasS all
saloons. When he goes nome at night
he will feel satisfied and be sober and
have money in his pocket. 1 COM
menced this practice the first day of
1874, and never think of taking a drink
of stimulants.
Year: 1877

There are, perhaps, more individuals
who aScribe their weakness of sight to
a use of their eyes under an insufficient
artificial illumination than to any other
one cause. In a great many instances
this may not be strictly true, but there
can be no doubt that faulty artificial
light is one of the most productive
causes of a certain class of injuries to
which the eye can be exposed. The
two sources of trouble with the ordi-
nary artificial lights are-first, that they
are not pure white, and secondly, that
they are unsteady. The first defect is
found in all artificial lights except the
lime, electric and magnesium lights;
the second especially in candles and
gas. The yellowneSS is, in measure,
counteracted by using, in the case of
lamps and gas, chimneys of violet or
blue tint, and the fiickering of the gas
may be obviated largely by employing
an Argand burner. All things consid
cred, a German student-lamp furnishes
the most satisfactory light. The next
best is gas with an Argand burner. The
chimneys of both may, as above sug-
gested, be advantageOusly of light
blue tint.


The position of the light in relation to
the body is of great Importance. If a
shade is used on the lamp or burner Git
should, by preference, be of ground or
"milk glass, never of cOlOred glass;,
the light may stand directly in front of
the body and the work be allowed to lie
in the light under the shade, which will
protect the eyes from the glare of the
flame. If no shade is used the back
should be turned to the source of light,
which ought to fall over the left shoulder.
The same rule applies in the manage
ment of daylight. In this case the light
should come from behind and slightly
above, and fall directly on the work,
whence it is reflected to the eye. 1t
should never fall directly in the face.


The light in the room during sleep is
also not without its influence. Asarule,
the room during sleeping hours should
be dark; and, in particular, care
should be taken to avoid sleeping
opposite a window where on opening
the eyes in the morning a flood of
strong light will fall on them. Even the
strongest eyes are, after the repose of the
night, more or less sensitive to the i'm
pressions of intense light. The eyes
must have time to accustom themselves
to the stimulus.


Attention should be called to the in
furious effects that sometimes follow
reading on railroad cars. On account
of the unsteadiness of the page, reading
under these circumstances is exceed
ingly trying to the eyes, and should
never be persisted in for any consider
able length of time.


During convalescence from severe
illness the eyes are generally the last to
regain their lost power. Especially is
this the case with women after child
birth, and too much care can not be
taken to put as little strain upon the
eyes as possible at this time.-Dr. S. N.
Burnett, IN ScaIbner's for Sept.
Year: 1877

WaHeS.-1 pound of butter melted in
quart OF milk, and 10 eggs beaten
light; thicken the milk and butter with
sifted flower, and adds the eggs and a
little salt; should be of the consistency
of pound-cake batter; add enough yeast
to make it rise, the quantity to be regu-
lated by the quality of the yeast. Set it
to rise in warm place. To be eaten
in the evening, the waffies should be
mixed early in the morning in winter,
and in summer at midday.
Year: 1877

MAN HUNG. - A few days ago man

 named Manuel Sanchez was hung for horse

 stealing, at the Lerdo Colony. Last year when Foncerada was cutting wild hemp and employing a large nnmDer of men down there, he used to send this Sanchez up here as a" trusty," to carry down money for paying off the hands, 5000 and S15OC at q time in silver coin He also used t. send him into Sonora and lower California to buy cattle. In the light of late events it is presumable that he used to steal the latter. When the colony broke up he went to Sonora; returned few months ago, stole skiff and went back to Lerdo; there he stole two horses and went to Sonora. For revolutionary tendencies he was put in jail there, but escaping went into Lower California via Yuma. There he stole four mules and took them to Lerdo, where he was Overhauled by the owner and an officer with requisition. To save trouble and expense they just hung him. He was a big stout fellow, weighing over 200 pounds, and we'll able to have made an honest living
Year: 1877

TIE railroad was interviewed on Thurs. dAy by our special reporter. Arriving at Colorado Station he glanced at the freight, but struck nothing new except 9 heavy cast iron shoes for wagon wheels, marked Kimble Bros, Mohave Co. The only place they need such things up that way is at the McCrackin mine for hauling ore down the mountain. Looks as if they think ore hauling win'continue for some time. He passed If empty box cars, which had brought in sheep that morning. The fra grance of their late cargo prevailed the air and recalled to our reporters mind tender memories of his sheep herding antecedents. Farther on were two cars loaded with the remains of those lately burned. No one can form an idea of how much iron is in 8 freight car, until it is burned up and the iron piled together. Farther down the track big tank was being filled by a steam pump which kept four inch stream constantly flowing into it. No one was anywhere around the pump except two Yuma Indians-the reporter took them to be the assistant "Injun-eers." The brush has been burned of along the river and for long distance down the track. Walking on, he passed well about ten feet deep and curbed with three-inch sawed lumber

 In a country where lumber is scarce, and where collins are made out of potato
Year: 1877

ROUGH ON CASTLE DoME-The price of lead is reported to have dropped within a few weeks in New York from 61 to cents per pound. At these rates the Pacific Coast can ship no lead to that market. The

 smelting works at Melrose have shut down until the market recovers. They were the principal buyers of Castle Dome ores. These ores have always commanded a ready sale from their fitness for making refined lead for the manufacture of white lead paint. Most lead ores contain more or less bismuth, which is eliminated with great difficulty from the refined lead. Even one ounce of bismuth to the ton gives & bluish tint to the paint. Castle Dome ores contain no trace of bismUtb, and from it Whittier, Fuller < Co.,, of San Francisco, have been making a superior article of paint, as white as the driven snow. The demand on this coast for white lead alone Is enough to consume the entire product of Castle Dome. Present prices are rough on the miners, but they must soon rally
Year: 1877

OUR GRADEs.-Madison avenue, between Judge Alexander's and the Court House is exactly On the grade of the railroad and is g feet higher than Main street between Barney's and the school-house. Lot 1 in Block 4, which lies at the river-bank and is where the first works of the Yuma Water Co. will be erected, is 39 feet higher than Madison Avenue near the Court House. The grade of Main street is being made by the railroad company uniform from the Catholic Church down to the new steamer freight sheds on the bank of the river. The corner of Third street and Madison Avenue, where the new depots are to be, is 1910 feet from the river
Year: 1877

OVER 5000 SHEEP have been brought out here lately over the $. F. R. R. by Gen Banning, and most of them are still along the river below town. The rates made by the railroad Company for bringing stock are special and private, but are understood to greatly favor the shipper. Earnings losses were very light. lie lost one out 0 the first shipment of over 125O head; only seven died out of the next 2OOO. The deaths were due to over crowding the ear loads One of the old barges has been provided with strong, high rail all around her deck. She will hold about 14O0 head of sheep and is the best boat for crossing stock we ever saw. In crossing these sheep Capts. Polhamus and Overman took much interest and care; the transfer was made quickly and safely. Earnings inter- tion is to let the sheep move along gra- dually to the eastward, up the Gila.
Year: 1877

THE R. K. engineers were locating new line on Thursday along Madison avenue, near the court house. The new line is about 25 feet west of the former one, and does not turn so abruptly into the block between Third and Fourth streets. There has been some hitch about securing title to that block for depot grounds and this looks as if the railroad company were returning to their original intention of erecting their depots out beyond the slaughter house. All the worse for property holders in the northern part of the town.
Year: 1877

crates, no one would squander lumber g.

 unless it belonged to rich corporation

 Farther on Is Turntable No. IF and clos

 by under stable in the brush was an irol

 horse branded "40" A burlap sheet par

 italy covered him, but no one WAS there tt

 say whether it was put on to keep off dus

 or to keep away the flies. Then "226'

 came pounding by, followed by twenty

 cars besides water tanks. It was the first time in over twenty years that the reporter

 had tried to see how near the track he

 could stand without being run over by the passing train. But the dust was stifing age has taken the wire edge of his enthu- siasm, he had no coin to lay on the track to be run over and fattened, and there was

 no fun in it. Cutting across through the

 brush to the main track, he was struck with

 the quantity and size of the lumber used

 for culverts &c. The sticks are immense

 and of clear, sawed Oregon pine. This

 don't look much as if the road is to be

 pulled up and transferred to the Needles,

 The ties are redwood, of uniform big size, on which are laid steel rails of weight above the average. The construction train

 was soon reached. It is a psrambulating village, having on it's cars 8 store, black smith shop, carpenter shop, restaurant and A 1ar to,, hiYil fiat car supplies it with water. Piled up on it are two small pile drivers, 8 donkey engine and tools without number. The menxhave made 8 temporary camp of inn provised tents and miscellaneous shanties in the brush. Walking down the track many inequalities in it's level are noticed, which will'be remedied by and by. But the trestle work across Iaeger's slough is laid to hair; the accuracy of its lines is absolute. Expecting to find the piles of round red wood spars, our reporter was surprised to see that they are all sticks of the same immense sawed pine, while the stringers and ties, of the same material, look as if the carpenters had been trying to sec how big sticks they could put in. The big pile driver lies idle at one side of the track, waiting to be set to work on the bridge. This future main track is not yet ballas.cd, but gravel for that purpose is close at hand, and the roadbed itself is 8 mixture of clay and sand that will settle ss solid as rock. The grade rises gradually toward the river so as to give ample night to the bridge. The end of the track and embank- l ment is about eighty feet from the edge of the water. Tnis distance will be made on | trestle work, to guard against extreme frshets. From the end of the track can al. | ready be distinguished the cut on this side of l .heriyer and from it one gets Q curious view 1 5f the picturesque, tatterdemalion camp of | he Chinese labOrers.
Year: 1877

any marked prominence need feel acy


uueasiness as to his future. If his mon


ey fails, and rival drunkards with ex-


ceptional ability inHpoint of delrum


tremens monopolize the presents and
sympathy of reformers. the home for
drunkards is always ready to welcome
him. At this pleasant retreat he can
live, surrounded by every comfort, at
the expense of the charitable people,
until he desires little variety, and
thereupon mentions that he has perma-
nently reformed. He is then provided
with a comfortable situation-in case
he feels a desire for employment or he
returns to the paths of professional
drunkenness Thus he leads an easy
and happy life, and holds in proper scorn
the sober wretches who are never receiv-
ed into any charitable institution except
the hospital or the aims. house, and who
starve and die unnotced by the found
ers of drunkards' homes.


The advantages of drunkenness should
be carefully laid before the young, so
that they can early qualify themselves
for the practice of professional drunken
ness. Hundreds of men suffer from
poverty and neglect who might be COM
Portable and happy if they would only
become drunkards. What we need is a
society for the promotion of early drunk
enness. By its means the folly of So
briefly would be made conspicuous. and
all who have any capacity for drinking
could be made prosperous and enviable
drunkards