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Newspaper
Evening Bulletin
Location
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1895
Page
3
An old soldier recounts his most poignant farewell as a shattered leg is amputated after engagement before Petersburg. In his tent he sees a heap of severed limbs and realizes his own leg is among them, a haunting parting with a part of himself as a black horse hauls the limb away to its resting place.
An account describes Lake Moeris as a vast artificial reservoir with a circumference of 3,300 furlongs, fed by the Nile through a canal. The site reportedly housed two pyramids, with apexes 800 feet above the water, and the canal alternated inflow and outflow with the seasons, gradually filling with sand. Henry Irving’s dog Fussy, a longtime companion, is noted for a remarkable return journey from Southampton to London after being separated during Irving’s American trip, rejoining him at the Lyceum Theatre.
A dying organ blower at Pinklebury asks the curate to summon the organist to play Handel for him rather than Beethoven. The curate agrees, and the old man, content, jokes that he will not have to blow for the organist at the end.
An old advertisement touts Hood’s Pills and Hood’s Sarparitla as cures and preventives for various ailments. It claims benefits for digestion and preventing constipation after meals, and mentions remedies for malaria pneumonia colds rheumatism and other illnesses with a general assurance of health support.
December 7 1895 article notes two Honolulu outlets for genuine majolica plant vases with Oris praised for larger stock and varied assortment. It promotes decorated chamber sets in useful stylish shapes, priced 5 to 12 dollars, cheaper than American equivalents, plus inexpensive flower holders and English cut glass options including Dorflinger.
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