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iAdiino Commercial advertises, feMuary 25, m.
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CftABS AND THElR PECULIARITIES.
When It Sheds Its Shell Protective Pres
ence of a Friend Food. .
Frank Wilkeson in New York Sun.
"When a crab sheds its shell, 'which it
does once a month throughout the
warm season, it is probably the most
helpless creature in existence. It is
merely a lump of delicate, soft tlesh,
with soft, boneless legs attached. It is
as defenseless as a naked oyster would
be. Any lish could eat it. Any sea
spider or sea-t'ea could kill it. It can
not move, as its sheathles3 legs are un
able to support its weight. Where the
water teems with fishes eager to devour
one another, and where eels, bloody
minded and ever hungry, ceaselessy
beat their feeding ground in search of
food, it is surprising that crabs are not
exterminated. They would be if it
were not tor a most marvelous provision
of nature. I am told by truthful men
that when a crab finds his shell too
small for him that, though usually the
most unsocial and irritable of creatures,
ho makes signals of distress True to
the unwritten maritime law that gov
erns crab life, the first hardshell crab
that sees the plight that his brother is
in hastens to him.
Keassured by the protective presence
of his relative, the crab that has out
grown his clothes cunningly shucks
himself out of them. This operation is
watched with great interest and consid
erable excitement by the Lard-shelled
crab. When completed so that the crab
lie3 unclad and helpless before him, he
does not eat him, as one would expect
such a crossgrained and selfish creature
to do. He waits until the soft crab has
tucked his unprotected legs under him
and folded his claws, as though prayer
fully beseeching Divine protection, and
then he gently gets on top of his de
fenceless relative. He carefully places
his long legs under him, and hugs him
lightly and lovingly to his breast.
The hardshelled crab stands, or rather
lies, on hi3 post of duty stanchly. When
on guard, he will resolutely face any
thing that swims in the water, and
fight with reckless courage. Eels, fish,
anything and everything that swoops
around the softshell crab will be fiercely
attacked by the pop-eyed, bad-tempered
sentiuel that is on duty. It is seldom
that he will desert his post in the pres
ence of man. When a softshelled crab
is taken in a net, his protector is gen
erally secured also. If undisturbed by
man they do not leave their helpless
comrade until his shell is sufficiently
har I to enable him to protect himself,
which is generally in from three to four
days. Then he walks oft sideways,
with his eyes sticking out and his claws
waving, as much as to say, "If you
look crooked at me, my little boy, I'll
come back and pinch you."
lie knows that he has rendered a
great service to one of his kind, and he
confidentially expects some other crab
to renuer him the same in.aluable serv
ice in his hour of need; but he wants no'
tenderness, no loving thanks. He did
it through his stern sense of duty. He
knows nis kind, and knows that any
stranger crab he meets during his travels
will answer his purpose as well as the
oue he has befriended. So he sullenly
retires to the shade aiforded i-y a bit of
seaweed and there devotes his attention
to catching something to eat.
Crabs have the peculiar property of
being able to shed, or throw orf, their
limbs at will. They can, if it is neces
sary to their safety, drop any or all
their legs, or either or Loth of their
claws. The mutilation is of but slight
consequence, as new legs or claws
speedily grow. It is no wonder
that they light fiercely, since they
know that the loss of limbs will not dis
able them. I have seen comparatively
small crabs firmly held by a claw or leg
by larger ones. After struggling to free
themselves a minute, they would throw
off the limb by which they were held,
and run away. Where many crabs are
confined in a box or basket, large num
bers of them will drop one or both claws
before they have been confined an hour.
If their legs and claws are tested when
they are first cauglrt, it will be found
that they are firmly attached to the
body of the crab. Pull on the legs, one
by one, and it will be seen that any leg
is sufficiently strong to hold up the
weight of the crab. Take hold of one of
the strong flippers, the one you just
held him up by, and hold l.im over the
water. There, he has thrown o 'i the
flipper, and has fallen into the water,
and is off.
What do crabs eat? Everything that
they come across that they can chaw
nourishment from. Lead fish, dead
animals, bits of me .t or bread, vege
tables, and some kinds of poorly pro
tected shell fish. They have intelli
gence, and can and do dig clams for
food. The soft shelled or long-necked
clams burrow into the mud that lies on
the bottom of the bays to the depth of
from four inches to one foot. The
crabs know that soft-shelled clams can
not shut their shells tightly, and that
they can eat them. They find the clam
bed, and, if the clams are not deeply
buried, they dig them up and eat them.
Softening Cast-Iron.
C'Hca;o Tribune.
An accident in a foundry at Mel
bourne, Australia, has led to the dis
covery that the plunging of iron cast
ings into a mixture of molasses and
water softens the metal to such a de
gree that it can be punched, bored, or
tapped as easily as wrought iron. It is
not stated if the iron must be hot or
cold when treated to its bath of sweet
v ened water, but we presume the point
can be settled without much trouble by
any one anxious to avail himself of the
discovery, which looks as if it will prove
to be far from the least valuable of those
that have been made in iron manu
facture within a few years past. -
An Explanation.
il 1 strated W rld.
Girl You are in a better temper to
day, grandfather. What made you say
acU things to me the last time I came to
see you?
Grand aher Law bless ye, my dear
coa't e think uuthin of it. Sinst I
lost my front teeth, words will git out
oow and agin as I don't know nuthin'
about.
An Editor's Discovery.
iSoraerville Journal.
A man never appreciates how verbose
e is in ordinary speech until he comes
trite hJ3 first dispatch in a telegraph
A Remarkable Case;
Under the above heading the "Don
caster Reporter" of July 0, 1887, pub
lishes the following in its editorial col
umns :
Our readers may recall the circumstance
of a young clerk, named Arthur Iiichoid.
falling insensible on the Wheatley Lane in
this town some time ago, and being picked
up, as he continued perfectly helpless, and
taken in a cab by two gentlemen to the
office of F. W. Fisher, Esq., the solicitor
who employed him. On restoring him to
consciousness it was ascertained that
he was alliicted with what seemed to be an
incurable disease. When he was able to
speak he said he had been to his dinner
and was on his way back to his work,
when suddenly his head was in a whirl and
he feil in the street like a man who is
knocked down. On coming to his senses
in the solicitor's oflice he thought what
this might mean, and feared he was going
to have a fit of illness, which we all know
is a very dreadful thing for a poor man
with a family to care for.
With this in his mind he at once sought
the best medical advice, telling the doctors
how he had been attacked. They ques
tioned him, and found that his present
malady was exhaustion of the nervous
system, resulting from general debility,
indigestion and dyspepsia of a chronic
nature. This in turn had been caused by
confinement to his desk and grief at the
loss of dear friends by death. The coming
on of this strange disease, as described by
Mr. Kit-hold, must be of interest both to
sick and well. He had noticed for several
years previously, in fact, that his eyes and
face began to have a yellow look; there
was a sticky and unpleasant slime on the
gums and teeth in the morning; the
tongue coated ; and the bowels so bound
and costive that it induced that most pain
ful and troublesome ailment the piles.
He says there was some pain in the sides
and back and a sense of fullness on the
right ide, as though the liver were enlarg
ing, which proved to be a terrible fact.
The secretions from the kidneys would be
scanty and high-coloredi with a kind of
gritty or sandy deposit after standing.
These things had troubled Mr. Itichold a
long time, and after his fall in the street
he clearly perceived that his fit of giddi
ness was nothing more than a sign of the
steady and deadly advance of the com
plaint, which began in indigestion and dys
pepsia. His story of how he went from
one physician to another in search of a
cure that his wife and little ones might
not come to want is very pathetic and
touching. Finally he became too ill to
keep his situation and had to give it up.
This was a sad calamity. He was appalled
to think of how he should be able to live.
But God raised up friends who helped to
keep the wolf from the door. He then
went to the seaside at Walton on-the-Naze,
but neither the change, nor the physicians
who treated him there, did any good. All
being without avail he visited London,
with a sort of vague hope that some ad
vantage might happen to him in the me
tropolis. This was in October, 1885.
How wonderful, indeed, are the ways of
Providence, which dashes down our high
est hopes and then helps us when we least
expect it.
Wniie in London he stated his condition
to a friend, who strongly advised him to
try a medicine which he called Mother
iSejgel's Curative Syrup, saying it was gen
uine and honest, and often cured when
everthing else had failed. He bought a
bottle of a chemist in Pimlico, and began
using it according to the directions. He
did this without any faith or hope, and
the public may, therefore, judge of his
surprise and pleasure when after taking a
few doses lie felt great relief. He could eat
better, his food distressed him less, the
symptoms we have named abated, the
dark spots which had floated before his
eyes like smuts of soot gradually disap
peared, and his strength increased. Before
this time his knees would knock together
whenever he tried to walk.. So encouraged
was he now that he kept on using Mother
Seigel's Curative Syrup until it ended in
completely curing him.
In speaking of his wonderful recovery
Mr. Iiichoid says it made him think of
poor Robinson Crusoe, and his deliver
ance from captivity on his island in the
sea; and added, "But for Mother Seigel's
Curative Syrup the grass woul 1 now be
growing over my grave."
Our readers can rest assured - the strict
truth of all the statements in this most re
markable case, as Mr. Iiichoid (now resid
ing at Swiss Cottage, Walton-on-the-Naze,)
belongs to one of the oldest and most re
spected families in the beautiful village of
Long Melford, Suffolk, and his personal
character is attested by so high an au
thority as the Rev. C. J. Martyn. We
have deemed the case of such importance
to the public as to justify us in giving this
short account of it in our columns.
Boue MeaM Bone Meal
BONE MEAL (WARRANTED PUHEl.FEOM
the Manufactory of BUCK fe AbilLAND
San Francisco. Orders foi this
Celebrated Fertilizer
will now be received by the undersigned. Planters
are requested to send their orders in early, so that
there will be no delay in having them tilled in
ime for the planting season. Also,
Super- Phosphates,
A Fine Fertilizer for Cane.
Mvtttl$mtnt$.
Estate of Wm. Turner, Dc
ceased.
Ordersreceived in quantities to suit.
21-wtf WM. G.IRWIN & CO., Agents.
6. C. ALLEN.
M. P ROBINSON.
ALLEN & ROBINSON,
AT ROBIXSOX'S WHARF, IEAl,ERS
IN LUMBER and all kinds of BUILDING
MATERIALS, Paints, Oils, Nails, etc., etc.
AGENT FOB SCHOONERS
KULAMANU.
KEKAULUOAI,
MARY ELLEN,
PAUAHI,
FAIRY QUEEN
UTLAMA
LEA HI.
Honolulu, IIftwaiianlBland3. 80-wti
EEMOVAL.
Ed Hoffschlaeger & Co.
Have reitioved their office and their well-assorted
stock of goods to their
New Store on Kino1 St.,
Opposite Messrs. Castle & Cooke's, and
Bethel St., 0pp. Post Office.
Ed. Hotclto
:er $ Co.
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THIS PAPER IS ON FILE
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ADVERTISING BUREAU !
403-7 J-iMomo St., San Francisco.
AND AT
PALMER & REY'S
Pacific States Advertising Buraau!
46 Tribune BuiUing,
NEW YORK".
Where Advertising Co:, tract sea l be- made.
FIRS INSURANCE COMPANY
OF HAMBURG
BUILDINGS, MERCHANDISE. Ul'It
niture and Machinery insured against Fire on
the most favoi Able terms
A. .TAEGJRIt-Agent for the Hawaiian
Kingdom. 95-delS
WING WO CHAN A CO.,
Commission Merchants,
Importers and dealers in all kinds of
Chinese Provisions, Merchandise, Cigars,
Ebony Furniture, Ebony and Marble
I Tables.
Chinese and Japanese Crocker' Ware.
Dinner Sets, Tea Sets, Vases of all
kinds.
Mattings, Camphor "Wood Trunks,
Kattan Chairs, Clothing Baskets, etc.
Silks, Satins. Embroidered Silk I land
Kerchiefs. Grass Cloth, Crape Shawls and Crape
Silks.
All kinds and all styles of China and
Japan Teas, of the latest importation.
Opposite W. C. Peacock & Co., Nuu
anu street, Honolulu, H. I.
Mutual Telephone No. 18. P. O.
Box 186. 3m
JOHN W. AKANA
Employment Office.
Makai side of Hotel and Ewa side of Smith
street at the corner.
CHINESE COLLECTING
A Specialty.
ALL. CLASSES OF
Chinese Labor,
Cooks, Yard Boys, Etc., obtaiuetl Willi
the utmost liintch.
URATE FU L CO M PORTING
BUEAKPAST.
By a thorough knowledge o. the natural laws
thicb govern the operations of digestion and nu
trition, and by a careful application of the fine
properties o well-selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has
provided oit breakfast tables with a delicately
flavoured beverage which mar save ns many
heavy doctor 8 bills. It is by the" Judicious use of
such articles of diet that a constitution may be
gradually built up until strong enough to resist
every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle
maladies are floating around us ready to attack
wherever there is a weak point. We may escape
manv a fatal shaft by keeping onrselves well
fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished
frame." See article in the Civil Service Gazette, J
Made simply with boiling water or miifc.
Sold in ft lb. packets by grocers labelled thus .
JAMES EPPS &, CO.,
H OM CEO PATH I C CHEMISTS.
86 a-n25 LONDONJ ENGLAND.
imrrUADAT TT1 A AT
Meat Company,
HAVING, BY AUTHORITY OF MY OFFICE,
taken charge of the estate of the late Will
iam Turner, a naturalized citizen of the United
States, who died intestate, I hereby notify per
sons to present their claims against said estate
within six months from this date, and persons
! knowing themselves to be indebted, to make
settlement within thirty days.
J. II. PUTNAM,
feb8 15 22 29 Consul General.
I
HI li IXJ STREET,
O. J. WALLER,
MANAGER.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
BUTCHERS
AND
Navy Contractors.
MOTHER
SEIGEL'S
OPERATING
FII
FOR
CONSTIPATION
Sluggish Liver,
ETC., ETC., ETC.,
UNLIKE many kinds of cathartic
medicines, do not make you feel
worse before you feel better. Their op
eration is gentle, but thorough, and
unattended with disagreeable effects,
such as nausea, griping pains, etc.
Seigel's Operating Pills are the best
family physic that has ever been discov
ered. They cleanse the bowels from all
irritating substances, and leave them in
a healthy condition.
The best remedy extant for the bane
of our lives constipation and sluggish
liver.
These Pills prevent fevers and all
kinds of sickness, by removing all pois
onous matter from the bowels. They
operate briskly, yet mildly, without anv
pain.
If you take a severe cold, and are
threatened witli a fever, with pains in
the head, back, and limbs, one or two
doses of Seigel's Operating Pills will
break up the cold and prevent the fever.
A coated tongue, with a brackish
taste, is caused by foul matter in the
stomach. A few doses of Seigel's
Operating Pills will cleanse the stom
ach, remove the bad taste, and restore
the appetite, and with it bring good
health.
Oftentimes disease, or partially de
cayed food, causes sickness, nausea and
diarrhtea. If the bowels are cleansed
from this impurity with a dose of
Seigel's Operating Pills, these disa
greeable effects will vanish, and good
health will result.
Seigel's Operating Pills prevent
ill-effects from excess in eating or drink
ing. A good dose at bedtime renders a
person fit for business in the morning.
These Pills, being sugar-coated, are
pleasant to take. The disagreeable taste
common to most pills is obviated.
For Sale by all Chemists, Druggists
nml Medicine Vendors.
PROPRIETORS :
ML LIMITED,
LOISTDOKT, ENG.
A. J.
S. KOTH,
MERCHANT TAIL. Oil,,
83 Fort St., Honolulu, II. I.
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HOLLISTER & CO.,.
Druggists and Tobacconists,
WIIOfcESAtE AND BETAIL.
59 Nuuanu Street, and cor. Fort A Merchant Sts,
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