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Year: 1873

THE IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS OF THE
SKIN.-Looking at the complicated me-
chanism of our bodies from a popular
standpoint, we should say, perhaps,
that the brain is the most important
part of us but that would be a mis-
take not only the brain, but the stom-
ach and kidneys are less necessary to
life than our slEn. Reflect upon this
matter for a moment you can go with


ont food for several days and not suffer
serious injury; your liver may cease to
act for a week, and you can attend TO
your business as usual the brain may
be paralyzed for months, and life goes
on but if the functions of the skin are
suspended for two hours, death follows.
Take dog or cat, dip the animal into
melted paraffine or tallow, so that the
skin excretions and secretions are sus-
pended, and the animal will die almost
as quickly as if ten grains of strychnine
had been administered. The skin is a
most important auxiliary to the lungs
in the process of aeration of the blood,
and 80 intimate the connection, or so
similar and important are its functions,
that when death ensues from skin OBJ
structions, all the conditions resemble
those occasioned by cutting off air from
the lungs. More deaths from consump-
tion are caused primarily by skin OBJ
structions than from any original weak
ness or disease in the lungs. The lungs
are the first of the important organs to
be influenced by arrangements of the
skin, and they often become congested
or disorganized through secondary
oousaa - LsySyo0I of 0be1l1isfy1I
Year: 1873

round his neck, and remained out for ten or
twelve hours, till dusk. Sometimes 1 fol-
lowed him from morning till evening seeing
which, and remembering my face as that
which stood daily by his masters bedside,
he wagged his tail at my approach, and con-
sented to walk at my heels. One night the
miser died, and on the morrow Jim did not
go out. He had missed his master the night
before, and guessed that they had put him
in the long black box that stood in the room
when the men came to carry away this
long black box, the dog went after them,
and cried. He followed the coffin to the
cemetery, where he and / were the only
spectators besides the curate, the sexton,
and the undertaker's men. When the
earth was thrown in, he looked at me plain
lively to know what it meant, and when the
burial was over, he wished to remain near
the open tomb, waiting till master should
rise. | took him home with me, but he
would not eat, and next morning at sunrise
he howled for his basket. 1t was no use
keeping him, so tied the basket round his
neck, and sent him out


That evening, foreseeing what would hap
pen, l went to the cemetery The dog ar
rived at nightfall, with his basket full of
pence, and | turned them all out upon the
grave. "Come home, Jim,'' I said, with
tears rising to my eyes; but he whined
mournfully, and tried to scratch up the
earth. Twice more he went out like this
all day, and brought back money for his
master; but on the third evening, finding
that the pence on the grave remained un-
touched, he suffered me, without resistance,
to take off his collar, and lay down at his
full length near the misers last sleeping
place.


The next morning he did not go on his
rounds, for he was dead CornhM Mag
azine, repu6HShed in Erery Saturday.
Year: 1873

Plants gain their nourishment by the alb
sorption through their roots Of certain sub
stances from the soil, and by the decompo-
sition, through their green portions, of a
particular gas contained in the atmosphere
-carbonic-acd gas. They decompose this
gas into carbon, which they assimilate, and
oxygen which they reject Now, this phe-
nomenon, which is the vegetables mode of
respiration, can only be accomplished by the
assistance of solar light.


Charles Bonnet, of Geneva, who began
his career by experimenting on plants, and
left this attractive subject, to devote himself
to philosophy, in consequence of serious
affection CT his sight, was the first to detect
this joint work, about the middle of the
eighteenth century. He remarked that veg
etables grow vertically, and tend toward sun,
in whatever position the seed may have been
planted in the earth. He proved the gen
erality by the fact that, in dark places, plants
always turn toward the spot whence light
comes. He discovered, too, that plants i'm
mersed in waetr release bubbles of gas un-
der the influence of sunlight. In I'LL,
Priestly, in England, tried another expert
ment. He let candle burn in confined
space till the light went out, that is, until
the contained air grew unfit for combustion.
Then he placed the green parts of fresh
plant in the enclosure, and at the end of ten
days the air had become sufficiently purified
to permit the relighting of the candle. Thus
he proved that plants replace gas made i'm
pure by combustion with a combustible gas;
but he also observed that at certain times
the reverse phenomenon seems to result.
Ten years later the Dutch physician, Ingen-
housz, succeeded in explaining this apparent
contradiction. al had but just begun these
experiments" says that skilful naturalist,
when most interesting scene revealed it
self to my eyes: observed that not only do
plants have the power of clearing impure
air in six days or longer, as Priesty's ex-
periments seem to point out, but that they
discharge this important duty in few hours,
and in the most thorough way; that this sim
gular operation is not due at all to yegeta-
ton, but to the effect of sunlight; that it
does not begin until the sun has been some
time above the horizon; that it ceases entire
ly during the darkness of night; that plants
shaded by high buildings or by other plants
do not complete this function, that is, they
do not purify the air, but that, on the con-
trary, they exhale an Injurious atmosphere,
and really shed poison into the air about US;
that the production of pure air begins to
diminish with the decline of day. and ceases
entirely at sunset; that all plants corrupt the
surrounding air during the night, and that
not all portions of the plant take part in the
purifaction of the air, but only the leaves
and green branches. ."-Popuzar Science
Year: 1873

QUIETIsG PIG-Charles the Fifth, while
on journey, fell in with a peasant upon
the road who was carrying a pig. The
noise made by the porker was very disa-
greeabe to the emperor, who asked the pea
SAINT if he had not learned the method OF
making a pig be quiet The rustic confess
ed that he had not, but that he should be
very glad to be acquainted with it.


Take the pig by the tail, said the emp
eror, and you will see that it will soon be
silent"


The peasant finding that the emperor
was right, thanked him, and added


You must have learned the trade much
longer than |, sir, for you understand it
very much better"
Year: 1873

HENS VS.. HoGs-The quintessence of
the omniverous hog is supposed to be i'm
aged in the hen, but hog is Peabody
among animals alongside of hen. Hens are
by nature monopolists. When the subject
of yictuals is mentioned they are evidently
listening. Throw handful of corn into a
ten acre lot, and every hen in the enclosure
will get a dab at it. The last hen on the
spot may not get more than two or three
kernels, but nothing in the hen appearance
will indicate that. 1t will step around with
as much precision and gratitude as any in
the flock, and wear the most pensive smile
you ever saw. A hen will not eat everything
it sees, but will try to, and there isn't one
on the face of this earth but that can tell
you the taste Of everything it has seen with
in the radius of half mile OF its house 1t
is only when a man has kicked at hen and
missed it that he begins to understand how
thoroughly hollow and deceitful this world
is, and it is a marvellous fact in this connec-
ton that he will miss the hen if he kicks at
it, and misses it if he don't-Dan5ury
(Conn) Neus.
Year: 1873

A gentlemen was once riding in Scotland
by bleaching ground, where poor woman
was at work watering of linen cloth. He
asked her where she went to church, what
she had heard on the proceeding day, and
how much she remembered. She could not
even tell the text of the last sermon.


{ And what good can the preaching do,
said he, f" If you forget it all ?"


"Ah, sir" redlied the poor women, if
you will look at this web on the grass, you
will see that as fast as ever put the water
on it the sun dries it all up, and yet, sir l
see it gets whittier /"
Year: 1873

The case of Viola Vance, narrated in full on our outside page, shows the horrible neglect of duty which often occurs under our system of caring for paupers and for persons suffering from contagious disease. There should be sharp punishment for such atrocicus mismanagement.
Year: 1873

The conviction of Stokes of murder in the first degree for killing Fisk is a sur prise. Nevertheless we are inclined to think the verdict a just one. The two- pistol theory of ths defence evidently made no impression either on judge or iuxw
Year: 1873

We are glad to see that Elder Lutz de- nies the story told of him by the Palladi- um, and which we reprinted on an outside page. There have been just such pulpit buIlies as that story represents him to be, but we should be very sorry to believe that any New England church would euunfenanea them.
Year: 1873

It would be impossible with mere
words alone to convey any adequate idea
of the action of this newborn child of
the Arctic frosts. Think of solid lump
of ice third of a mile deep and more
than half a mile in lateral diameter,
hurled, like mere toy, away into the
water, and set to rolling to and fro by
the impetus of the act as if it we're a
football; now down one side, until the
huge bulk was nearly capsized; then
back again; then down the other side
once more, with the same unresisting
force; and so on, up and down, and
down and up, smashing to and fro for
hours before it comes finally to rest.
Picture this, and you will have an image
Of power not to be seen by the action OF
any other force upon the earth. The
disturbance of the water was ineonceiv-
ably fine. Waves of enormous magni-
tude we're rolled up with great
violence against the glacier, COW
ering it with spray pillows
split in two; and above the sound of
breaking waters and falling ice, this last
disruption filled the air with a peal that
rang among the bergs and crags, and
echoing from hill to hill, died away only
in the void beyond the mountain tops;
while to the noisy tune the icebergs Of the
ford danced their wild, ungainly dance
upon the waters. II was many hours
before this state Of wild unrest was sue
ceeded by the calm which had preceded
the commencement Of it; and when at
length the icebergs that had been born
came quietly to rest. and the other ice
bergs had ceased their dance upon the
troubled sea, and the waves had ceased
their lashing, it seems 10 me that, in be-
holding the birth Of an iceberg, | bad
behela one Of the most sublime exhibi-
tions Of the great forces Of nature. Il
was, in truth, a ceuvulsion.-DT. Hays
Land of DeS0lafiRH.
Year: 1873

reversed. 1t is the same with other
common superstitions. Reverse them,
and they are as trustworthy as before.
Let the superstitions be that to every
one spilling salt at dinner some great
peace of good luck will occur before the
day is over; let seven years of good
fortune be promised to the person who
breaks mirror, and so on. These new
superstitions would be before long sup
ported by as pod evidence as those now
in existence; and they would be worth
as much, since both orders Of supersti-
tion are worth nothing
Year: 1873

Captain Herbert Bryant, OF Alexandra,
has nearly completed for work bone and
plaster mill of the most improved construc-
ton. He will grind bone and plaster
under personal supervision, and soon be
prepared to sell reliable fertilizer. His
well-known character for integrity will do
much to extend the use Of good CONNER
cial fertilizers in that portion of the state.
We take great pleasure in commencing his
mill to our readers as worthy Of the fullest
confidence.
Year: 1873

AN EX-MEMBER OF THE JUDICIARY
AND PRESENT MEMBER OF THE BAR
SENT TO JAIL.-The honorable ex-Judge
George Dabney Wooton, member of the
several Richmond bars, was up before the
police court this morning on the grave
charge Of being drunk and insulting a
lady. As the judge has frequently appeared
at this bench under charges of inebriation,
and has always had mercy tempered with
justice, but it seems it has availed him
aught, this time he was required to
practice at the bar for the next thirty days
at the little house around the corner,
situated at the foot of Jail alley and
Marshall streets.
Year: 1873

AMONG the professional workers, teach
ers take the lead, as to numbers, there
being 136, ,06G persons engaged in the more
or less delightful task of rearing the ten
der thought, and teaching the young idea
how to shoot. Next come 62, 1892 doctors,
which leads to the horrid thought, that
either in spite of them or by their help,
some 100000 Of our people 60 down to
the grave every year, or to bring the thing
down to a fine point, every one of these
doctors on the average brings down an
nually nearly dozen of game. Oddly
enough, the lawyers and clergymen are
pretty nearly equal in number, say 40,736
of the former and 1854 of the latter.
But what blessed relief it is to find a
margin of 5000 on the side of religion
rather than that Of the bar. Were the
balance of power the other way, what a
woful difference it would make! But here
we must stop, if only to give our readers
the chance to rush to Washington for a
copy of the census itself, by way Of Cutting
themselves with the sensational, diversified
and romantic contents.
Year: 1873

How COURT WAS ADJOURNED This
morning, after the transaction of business
in The police count, Sergeant Chalkley
arose and in the most pleasing manner
declaimed as follows to the crowd of spec
tators in attendance: Court is over for
to-day you all can 60 home and come
here tomorrow morning at nine o'clock
promptly" Even this did not seem to have
the desired effect, as number continued to
loaf around both in and outside Of the
courthouse.
Year: 1873

RUSSELL COUNTY.-A friend who en-
closes to this Office sundry subscriptions to
THE STATE JOURNAL from the above
county thus significantly closes his epistle !:


elbow the horn of CONSUMPTION; the
people in this part of Virginia cannot stand
the conscript officers"


Our friend may be assured that we will
leave no stone unturned to make the right
appear the better cause. A long pull, a
strong pull, and pull altogether will
bring about the result we all so much de-
sire
Year: 1873

HUGHES AND RAMsDEIL CLUB. =
The new hall Of this vigorous and thrifty
political organization not being ready yet
for occupancy, the club will meet to-
night at No. 2O16 Main street, the old
place.
Year: 1873

The capital OF the new German empire
is reported to be assuming the character
of the metropolis of crime. One in twenty
of the population is said to be criminal,
or forty thousand scamps in all.
Year: 1873

The great discovery of the
age. There is no pain which
the CRNTAuR LiNINREr will not
relieve, no swelling which il
will not snbdne, and no lame


ness which it will not cure.


This is stiong Language, but it
Year: 1873

The MEHTEhE and EAoEEhN FARRELL


In go far as the organization Of the Farmers
Oranges is or appears to be, the organization OF
= single classit cannot fail to excite Jealousy and
hostility among all other classes, for it's secret
character attaches suspicion to its objects and
methods, at once. All other classes OF lsborert
fear that ance il works in the dark it may intend
evil results and it cannot be surprising that they
should feel SO,


Beyond this however, there is very grave
doubt whether there is any strong common inter
est between the farmers OF the Interior
and Far West on one hand and those OF our East
ern States, on the other. The great effort of the
Grsngers is to reduce freiehts and SO deliver
their grain at less cost on the sea- board. But
Already our Atlantic farmers have been COM
planning that Western. wheat, corn, and cattle
come forward in such large quantities as to sink
prices below margin of profit The Western
lands are cheap. fertile, and easily cultivated; !;
ours are high-priced, require careful tillage and
high manuring. Wheat, here, therefore costs
n the field, much more per bushel than that (
the Western farmer, and the lower his freights
are the more seriously does his competition bear
upon our agrioulturists. The same is true OF
cattle raising and fAttening.


II, therefore, the Changers want to open the
Eastern markets to themselves, still more com.
pletely, it is not easy to see how the Eastern
farmers can take stock in BEHALF Of the effort.
Year: 1873

So far as our observation extends. the most
fair and liberal feeling prevails among the cred
itors of the various suspended bankers. Thit
is best for all parties concerned In most caset
no doubt, the debtors themselves can do fai
better in liquidation than could be done by al
assignee, and infinitely better than in going
through the Bankruptcy Courts. Wherever the
creditors know their debtor to be an honest
man, they will serve themselves and secure the
best results by letting him close out his own OBJ
legations, unless he can be enabled to resume
business, again, which is still b. tier.
Year: 1873

Trial OF THE Power or THE WATKR WITCH
ESoINK.- yesterday Afternoon, an immenss gath
ering Of persons-numbering probably two thou
sand-congregatsd on French street, at different
points, from Fourth street down TO the wharf, 70
witness the previously announced attempt Of the
Water Witch Engine TO force q stream Of water
through about fifteen hundred feet Of hose, over
Of Fourth and French streets. The distance the
water had to be forced through the hose, together
with the additional difficult matter of forcing 3
stream TO that height. (said to be near 200 feet
through ordinary line OF hose proved too great
task for the engine, and after few Intellectual
attempts, finally reached the roof Of the main
building, and then gave it up. The Water Witch


is undoubtedly q model engine in every respect
but her pumping powers are exaggerated tar be
Vond reality In the minds OF her friends when
they expect her to perform such an uncommon
task as this.
Year: 1873

y The Atchson Champion says that Senator
Ingalls, has already taken high position in the
Senate Isn't that rubbing it in little too hard
Senator Ingalls, has barely taken his seat, and has
not, 90 far q the public have seen, had single
word to say, not even making motion to adjourn.
To say that, under the circumstances, he has al
ready taken high position in such body as the
United States Senate, is job of soft soapng that
does not come well from even SO experienced a
hand as the editor of the Champion.
Year: 1873

n We met a man, the other day, who con-
fessed to being an uncle to Senator York. He is
one of those men who believe that any person is
liable to meet with misfortune; and when his
turn comes. without any fault on his part, he
does not propose to face ont of it.
Year: 1873

n The Caldwell case is still under discussion
in the Senate, and most of the Senators appear to
want to make q speech II. ~Sometines~it is
conceded that Caldwell will come ont clear, and
that again it is positively asserted that he will be
expelled. The vote will settle it beyond dispute


1t IL probable that will be had the present week
Year: 1873

IL Re, RedpslNadhdla, an -AHorney-dt-L Ldtc.


On information by the Attorney General.
The respondent is complained of for NAL
practice and gross misconduct, on two counts.
The first count charges that be undertook pro-
bate matter for one Kahema, agreeing to do the
work for Sl6l0, including costs of Court but that
after hearing was ordered by the Court, he ne
elected and refused to appear furherin the matter
unless $40 more were paid him, and that by his
negligence and refusal, the said Kahema was
obliged to employ other counsel. The second
count charges that he agreed 10 collect for one
KanehOalani, $50 appropriated to him by the
Legislature, for one half that amount as commits
sons pay for bis services in obtaining the appro
priation and collecting that he collected and re-
tained the same refusing and negleetng to pay any
part thereof 10 the said Kanehoalanl


The respondent answers that be did undertake the
said probste matter, but on the agreement that he
should have SO for bis fees and that $40 of the
paid him should be for costs of Court. 1t is shown
that $40 paid by him the Clerk Of the Court
10 filing the probate petition. He claims that he
had right to refuse to 20 on with the case until the
rest Of the agreed should be paid. Iu the
second case, the respondent answers that the said
Kanehoalani was indebted TO him Sl60 for legal
services and that be obtained the appropriation in
kanehOalaufs name, but under agreement that
it should 20 to paying said debt. There was no
evidence in the irst case, but in the second, the
evidence Of kauehoalani himself was, that the re-
spondent was to have but half of the $50 SIS stated
in the complaint.


Respondent pro So.


By TIE COURT: On the first charge by the re.
spoudept's own statement, think be did wrong in
undertaking case, obtainingan order for hearing,
aud negeeting TO appear before the Court at the time
by published order when parties and witnesses
were thereby brought to Court. If he had not re-
ceived enough retainer, that was reason for not
commencing but not for breaking of IN the case in
this way.


In the second case there is the usual difficulty of
deciding between client and counsel whose trausac
lions are private, each testifyng for himself But
do not think the appropriation would have teen
likely to be made if the respondent had shown that
it was for his sole benefit 1t seems to me that on
bis own showing, he has not done that which
member OF this bar should do, in keeping clear Of
any impuistion or hint of want OF professional In.
tegrity The respondent has not TO my knowledge
been known 10 be guilty Of the system Of cheating
unfortunately so often charged against counsel.
But when am sure that there thss professional
misconduct by any member Of this bar, and it is
properly shown, / intend to make such example as
may show that the Court viii lend its sanction no
attorney-at-law who devates from the strict course
Of rectitude.


The respondent is reprimanded for his conduct In
each OF these cases, and is fined IS and costs.


Honolulu, July s5, 1873.
Year: 1873

That the chief end of every woman il marriage
is a doctrine from which there few diss nters
We hays no fault to find with it, through prac-
tieally many of the fair candidates for wedlock
must be disappointed. As there is large excess
of women in the older communities, and sur
plus of males in the newer States and Territories
the only way to secure universal mating is an
equalizing emigration. But apart from this geo.
graphical difficulty, the disposition to marry is a
great hindrance to the employment Of women
who are obliged to work for their own support.
No one wishes to teach a girl trade when lie il
quite sure that she will leave his employ for
husband as soon as she can, which is generally
about the time she has learned enough to be
useful. Miss Emily Faithful complains of
state Of things in England which is in part at
least, the result Of this lack of confidence in tho
permaneney ofswonian's work. She says; I'VE
want schools OF design and technical schools
Atpfesent women are nowhere in the race-nOt
from inherent deficiency, but from the absence
of special training" 1t would do no good and
would be unjust to declaim against woman's de-
sire to secure home Still, she can not COM
plain that II all Ler inclinatlOns arc toward one
mode of life, men should not be disposed to run
great risks to help ler to brief career in an
other. 1t is quite evident also, that not few
of those women who marry would do well to wait,
while others are pretty sure never to find lover
The anxious should therefore carefully settle in
their minds what thoy iutend to do. and count
the cost. Whenever female work can be relied
on as likely to be permanent and profitable
there will be no want of employers and no
scarcity OF means of preparation.