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throw up a few newspapers of the
cooking stove age,-fuom- which we
may be able to ascertain more of the
habits and customs- of "primeval mnh
Asto,the imbecile .suggestion made
by a Pocopson paper to-day, to the
effect that the drill of the quarr3'man
-must nave f piercea a cave recently
occupied by illicit whisky distillers,
'it does not deserve a moment's atten
tion. The man who makes this
suggestion would, if encouraged, be
capable of upsetting the whole
science of geology, and he must not
receive the slightest approval' or
' toleration. From the New York
Times.
,7QtJEEiNrSi HOSPITAL.
' Quarterly Report.
Honolulu, Aug. 31st, 1883.
To the I'mstees of the Queers
Hospital, Gentlemen': . I have the
honor to submit the following report
for the quarter ending Aug. 31, 1883.
The total number of patients at pres
ent in the Hospital is 51, viz: 34
Hawaiians ; 25 males, 9 females, 7
Chjnesc, and 10, of other nationali
ties ; 15 paying.
The number of admissions during
the quarter wt-s' 157; viz: 52 Hawa
.iians; 40 males, 12 females; 17 Chi
. nese and 88 of other nationalities.
Discharged, 149, viz: 51 Hawaii
ans, 39 males, 12 females ; 8 Chinese,
and 90 of. other nationalties.
Deaths; 28, viz: 6 Hawaiians, 3
males, 3 females ; 6 Chinese and 16 of
other nationalities.
The causes of death were as fol
lows: Beriberi 9, Consumption 4,
Collapse 2, Disease of Heart 2, Dis
ease of Liver 2, Cancer of Stomach!,
Gangrene -1, Miningitis 1, Child-birth
1, Paralysis 1, Hemorrhage 1,
Softening of the Brain 1, Alcoholism
.1,- Injury' 1.
The highest number of indoor
patients "was 101 ; lowest 46, daily
average-71. Number of prescriptions
1479.
The number of patients treated in
the Hospital was as follows: June
120;July'146; August 110.
-,' Calls at the Dispensary 582i New
""names entered in dispensary books 85.
" Respectfully submitted,
G. Trousseau.
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.
j The organization which has as
sembled, iin Trionnial Conclave in
this city is at once remarkable and
.full-offinterest. It was born in the
conflict bet ween tho Christian 'and
the Infidel. When' .the Crescent
and the' Gross -i we're ' struggling
fiercely for the conquest of Jerusalem
a band of heroic Knights set them
selves apart as guardians of tho
sepulchre of the Saviour. Fourteen
years before, the armies of Chris
tendom had driven tho Saracens
from Palestine. Tho Holy City
was again in Christian hands, but
all of Asia was 'bwarming with the
followers of Mahomet. Tho Saracen
was baffled, but not tmbdued. ' It
was then, in the year 1113, that
Godfrey Bisol; a Paladin of Franco?'
and. Hugh do Payens, an English
Khiglft who' descended from u Nor-'
man conqueror, conceived the idea
of a league for the protection of the
Holy Tomb. They won to their pur
pose Godfrey de St. Aldemar, Pay
ens de Montidier, Rolal Gcndenuir,
Archibald de St. Anion, Andrew de
Montbar,, and Robort, the warlike
Count of Provence nine in all-r-Sir
Hugh do Payens was made Grand
'Master. This was the beginning.
The herbism and virtues of the
Brotherhood brought to them scores
of Knights. The austere simplicity
of their lives won for them the re
spect of Kings and people. Their
fame went abroad through Austria,
'France and England. The stoutest
swords and the bravest hearts in
Christendom were ranged under
their banner.. Their bloodred cross
was ""the emblem of' all that was
chivalrous in war and "heroic in
peace. Princes and Nobles joined
the Order, and in twenty years it
grew to be the most formidable
military organization that Europe
had ever seen. In 1139 the first
Grand Master died. He was, suc
ceeded by Robert of Burgundy, the
death of whoso' wife, tins daughter
of the Archbishop of Canterbury,
had made him a recluse. He took
the vows and habit of the Templars,
and led them in the terrible wars
which the Saracen chieftains, Zenghis
Khua and Nouraddin, maintained' in
Palestine. Again the Cross 6unk
before the Crescent, and the Infield
horde pushed the Christians back,
from the walls of Jerusalem. Ten
years of warfare had decimated
their ranks and robbed the Order
of its splendid chivalry. Robert
of Burgundj' had fallen, as he had
lived, first in the line of charging
Knights ; and-Edward des" Barres, a
warlike priest of France, took the
baton of command. It was under
him that the Order became known
as the Knights of tile Red Cross.
Then Louis "III was King of France,
and he, together with Pope Eu
genius, was urging the Second Cru
sade. A General Chapter of the
Knights Templar was convened in
Paris in 1146, and was attended by
Princes, Prelates and Nobles from
'every Christian country. The re
sult's of that famous conference be
long to history and are familiar to
every school-boy in the land. With
the lapse of time the warlike mission
of the Knights has ceased, hut the
Order is still preserved. It has
survived the. bloody feuds and dis
astrous war of the Middle Ages, to
be hailed in an epoch of the highest
civilization as an institution uniting
every Christian race in a universal
brotherhood. S. F. Chronicle.
T0P0L0BAMP0.
A. K. Owen, Chief Engiueei of the
Texas, Topolobampo and Pacific
Railroad, being m New Orleans a
few days since submitted to an in
terview. He said: "The line of the
Topolobampo' Pacific: 'frotn'thc Gulf
of 'California to the Rib Grande has
'been foAlfc most part determined
upon? nnd thc-locatton and construc
tion wjll begin and continue together.
Our examinations in the Sierra Madrc
of Sinaloa and Chihuahua have ex
tended over seventeen hundred
miles ; and the lines reported br our
' ehgineors through the coast land of
bmaloa and Sondra, and across the
plateaux Chihuahua and Coahuila
cover a distance of over two thousand
miles. The Topolobampo system of
railroad lines, trunk and branches,
will have a .length of about two thou
sand miles running from Mazatlan
to Alamos from Topolobampo to
Presidio del Rio Grande, from near
Santa Poa dia to Presidio del Norte ;
togethi r w.th local branches to coal
and & lve.: deposits, etc. The
Company will, probably, buijd and
equip the first forty miles, from
Topolobampo to the silver mines nnd
sugar fields of the valley of the Rio
Fuerte, without placing any bonds;
and while this is being done the
negotiations already commenced with
certain parties here and in Europe
can ,be consummated. '
"The Topolobampo Pacific will be
virtually a southern trunk line to the
western ocean. No truly east and
west line can be south of it ; and
every ( line north must be longer,
whether it runs from Quebec to Puget
Sound, from Duluth to the Columbia
Rivei, New York to San Francisco,
or from New Orleans to San Diego.
San Francisco .lies ,600 miles south of
the Columbia River, San Diego 441
miles south of San Francisco, and
Topolobampo 650 miles in a direct
line, 936 miles via Cape San Lucas
the southern point pf.Lower Califor
nia South of San Diego; while
Acapulco lies 740 miles south of
Topolobampo, too.farto the south
ward, however, for a possible trans
continental highway. Remarkable it
is .that these perfectly sheltered and,
with one exception (the Columbia
River) easily accessible, commercial
havens, and the only, ones of first
class facilities on the west, coast of
our continent occur,1 at distances so
nearly regular. There can be between
them no jealousy or rivalry, save
that which springs from a just emula;
tion. They are separated by interven
ing distances, of half a thousand
miles. Each has a back country im
mediately its own ; lands which are
empires in extent, with population,
diversified industries, and'inexhausti
ble, agricultural and mining wealth ;
and each fronts Asia with more or
less advautages. None has all the
favors of distances, climates, trade
winds, and ocean currents; but
when the advantages of Topolobampo
are compared with the advantages
claimed by each of the others, our;
stockholders have occasion to con
gratulate themselves.
"From Topolobampo, for 118
miles eastward, we have the tropical
and intoMropiuol belt in wbjch most
of our groceries, fruits nnd vegeta
bles",' medicinal and dyeing barks
anil roots, hard woods and fiber
plants, etc, are produced, and with
but little labor ; then follows a belt
of 200 miles of the best white pine,
oak and -cedar timber, and silver-and
copper mines, which, for quality and
quantity have no equals in a like
area on tho world's surface ; after
this zone is crossed and while still
within the humidity of the 'Sierra,
we have for 100 miles the srunt
cereal belt of the plateau of Mexico ;
this is succeeded for 200 miles by a
cotton and grass belt, in the center
of which are found the fabulously
rich iron mountain of Jalco, and the
famous low grade, but easily work
ed silver ores of the Sierra Mojada,
where plenty of water has recently
been discovered ; and then the line
passes over the coal fields of Santa
Rosa to those on the Rio Grande,
between Eagle Pass and Laredo ;
hence, as a line of railroad pays in
the proportion that one section of its
line lacks that which another section
can supply, it seems fair to predict
for the Topolobampo Pacific a pros
perous and brilliant future, even
locally.considered." i. F. Bulletin.
BETHES0A WATER.
Bethesda Water is said to be the
most marvelous in its curative pro
perties the world has ever seen or
witnessed since the time of its name
sake, the ancient pool of Bethenda,
Jerusalem. It has astonished and
surprised every person who has
drank the water or witnessed its
effects. Complete and perfect res
toration to health in chronic dis
eases deemed hopeless, has been
effected in an incredibly short time.
Diseases tllat have endured for
years, causing misery and despair,
have been cured.
The water is clear, sparkling, and
pleasant to the taste. It can be
drank at all hours. Persons who
indulge in vinous and alcoholic stim
ulants will find it the most refreshing,
enlivening and invigorating draught
ever provided in the laboratory of
nature. It leaves the system in a.
fine condition, physically and men
tally. It is imported here by Palmer
& Thacher. Thousands all ovir
the country are sounding its praise
as an unequalcd medicinal agent.
A Georgia merchant tella a story
of a fellow tradesman, who one day
took a Biblo down fiom a shelf
and extracted 1,500 from between
the leaves. "Are you nqt afraid to
keep your money in such an ex
posed place?" lie was asked. "Cb.
no," was the reply, "it is safer irl
that Bible than any bank, for there
ain't ono man in a thousand n
Madibon country ever lojks into a
book of that kind."
. ii
An Americnn judge has decided
that husband and wife arc one iiud
the qiiuband s tbut one.
