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' I PROPRIETOR

The stwaUctl ‘• Larking aaniL," of Kauai arc UicntiutK-J in the work, of acreral travelers in the Hawaiian inland., and hare a Worl^vide fame aa a natural curiority: An a rule, however, the printed nc- 1 counts are meager in details, nnd show the authors to hare lieen unacquainted with similar phenomena elsewhere. Jointly with Dr. Alexis A. Jnlien. of Culnmbia college. Now York, I have been 1 studying the properties pf sonorous sand for a long time, and have visited many localities in America, Europe and Asia: hence I was able during a recent visit to Kanui to nuke some notes and com parisons that may interest the residents of i

this kingdom.

Notwithstanding recent rains 1 found the sand on the dime at Mans dry to the ' depth of four or five inches, and when : pushed down the steep incline it gave ; out a deep base note luring a tremulous ] character. This hardly resembles the "barking ' of, a dog. but a sound come- i what like it is produced by plunging the j hands into the sand and bringing them vigorously together. Another way is to fill a long lag three-quarters full of sand. : and then dividing its t-untents into two ’ parte, holding one in each hand, to clap I the two portions together. This I had | found to he a good method for testing the sonorousness of sand on sea beaches. A bag of the sand will preserve its acoustic qualities a long time if kept dry 1 and not too frequently manipulated. 1 The angle at which the sand lies where i it fall* over the dunwis 31 degrees; the 1 sonorousucjis extends several hundred feet along -the dune, being interrupted by a creeping vino that thrives marvel-

ously in such a soil.

A similar dune of sonorous sand occurs on Xiihan. as has long been known to residents of. the island, and it has been also reported to occur near Koloe. These observations, simple as they are, i have keen of iqiecial interest to me, because they allow that the sand of these localities forms a link between that of the sea beaches and that of a certain hill on the Gulf of Suez known as Jebel Nagous, and which ? visited in April, 1859. Sonorous sand is of wore common occurrence than generally supposed. It is found on the Atlantic coast of the United States from Maine to Florida, on the Pacific coast, in Europe, Japan, Africa, Tasmania, etc., as well asoy the shores of many fresh water lakts. In theselocalitica it forms an as generally between low tide and the base of adjoining dunes, and emits sounds only when subjected to friction by the feet and hands or iu a bag as described. At Jebel Nagons, in Arabia, on the other hand, the sand rests in a ravine, nnd produces sound only when it rolls down the incline (which it often do*-* spontaneously) mid fails to re-

spond to kicks and cuffs.

The sand at Mana, as shown, unites in itself both these acoustic properties. The angle at which the sand lies at Jebel Nagous is the same as at Mana. 31 degrees being the “angle of rest" for fine dry sand. The musical notes obtained at those far separated localities are also the same, but in Arabia the incline is 890 feet high, and consequently lh.Bounds are far louder, especially as they are further magnified by being echoed

from adjoining cliffs.

The sand at Kauai and Niihau is made up of fragments of shell and coral, while that of all other localities known to us (over 100 in number) is siliceous. This shows that the sonorousness is independent of material. Examination under the microscope further shows that the sonorous quality is not connected with

the shape of the grain.

■Sonorous sand is distinguished by being free from fine dust or silt; the individual grains are very uniform in sire. It is vA-y easy to deprive sand of it* acoustic i>ower by mixing a little earth with it or by wetting iL It is difficult, if not impossible, to restore to sand ita sonorous quality when once "killed." A number of hypotheses have been proposed to explain the cause of this curious property of certain sands. The prevalent idea in these islands that the sound Is due to the cellular structure of the sand must be abandoned, since most sonorous sand is not so constituted, that of Kauai fonniug an exception. Dome have attributed the sonorous quality to ■aline crusts, others to electricity, effervescence of air between the particles, reverberation within subterranean cavities and to sularixation. and one anthor attempts to explain ti e phenomena by writing of “a reduplicauon of impulses setting air in vibration in a focus of These theories Dr. J alien and I reject for reasons I cannot hero detail, and we believe the true cause of sonorousness to be connected with thin pellicles or films of air or of gaaes thence derived, deposited and condensed upon the surface of the sand grains during gradual evaporatiuu after wetting by seas, lakes or rains. By virtue of these films the sand grains become separated by elastic cushions of condensed gases, capable of considerable vibration, whose thickness we have approximately determined. The extent of the vibration and the volume and pitch of the sound produced we also find to be largely dependent upon the forms, structurn and surfaces of the sand grains, and especially upon their purity or freedom

from fine silt or dust.

We have shown that the pitch of the musical notes obtained on sea beaches is proportional to the mass of sand moved— the greater the mass the lower the tones. On the dunes of Kauai and Niihau the same bolds true.—H. Carrington Bolton, Ph. D., in Honolulu Commercial Advcr-

B1SONIC FET£ DAYS

i tVh»t the Antiquarian of t.OOO Venn I Imagine a cultivated person from Hiu- 1 ! dostan. or say the heart of Australia—a man who knew the English language thoroughly, but who by sad fate had never heard of a luscball game—sitting down to read a skillfully written account j of a great contest like that between the i Buffalos and the New Y’orka. To make the point plainer yet imagine this acholxrly gentleman as living 8,000 years hence, and ns having dug up from the ruins of Buffalo a perfectly priserved newspaper of the date June 81. 1890. In arvkaxdagical ecstasy ho scats himself amid the ruins of the soldiers' monu-ment-looking just as they do now—and proceeds to read; » “Giants jumped on. Buffalo wipes the diamond with New York's pets. .Buck Ewing told the mighty pitcher to gather up his loins and mow down the Bisons. When the Bisons put on a clincher in the ninth Buck took off his red overshirt, donned a black and white blazer nnd packed up the Giants - traps v vowing that he nnd Keefe would kill the' Bisons to-morrow. Crane soaked one man. White was nailed between sec-

ond and third," etc.

Now this naturally will puzzle the ■cbolarly gentleman; nor will ho receive light from other copies of other papers of the same period. He will read bow one mighty man “fanned the air," how another “died at third." and how several weie •sacrificed" amid great rejoicing. In his erudite history of “Tho Ancient American Republics and the Causes Which Led to Their Decay" we would find some such paragraphs as these: • “From the perfectly preserved record of their sports it may be asserted without qualification that the Amoricaps were the most brutalized nnd bloodthirsty (icople who ever laid claim to any degree of enlightenment. Tho arenic sports of Rome were less debasing, and showed far greater regard for human I life. In the priceless Ancient Print col- ! lection made by the author is a perfect record of one of the Bisonic fete days, j It is matter of fact in tone, yet the old chronicler was gifted with rare skill, ; for, like Homer, be pictures tho most thrilling events in the simplest language. | “Here, too. is (indisputable proof that there were giants in those days. They I were so large and savage that the spcc- | tapirs sat in iron cages, and tho yonng men who did combat with them, sometimes riding or possibly driving wild bisons. braved death for victors-. Often at these so called games, the contestants in which sought to pitch each other oul^f the arena, the overwrought men would often die while running (evidently pursuing or fleeing from tho giants). Those who survived were often sacrificed on a hot plate, while the populace, safe in their cages, would howl with bloodthirsty rage of delight. “Frequent allusions to 'soaking* — probably in boiling oil—and to the contestants being ‘nailed’ show that these horrible diversions combined th* hazards of a Roman arena with the fiendish atrocities of tho inquisition."—Buffalo

Express.

A straight Story. There was a one legged man at the Brush street depot tho other day who was asking fur alms, and who claimed that his leg Bad been bitten off by a shark. One of the men accosted looked him over and said: “I saw yon in Buffalo about a mouth ago, and you then told me that an alligator bit your leg off."

••Yes."

“Do you change your story in every

town:-"

“Most always." “Well, now, tell me how you really did lose your leg and I'll give you a

dime."

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“Well, sir, 1 jumped in front of a mowing machine to save the lives of five or six little children, and while I lost my leg not one of them got a “Don't believe it, but here's your ten," said the man as the crowd raised a laugh. —Detroit Free Press.

I POSSIBILITIES OF ELECTRICITY. A Portable Usltory tor PrraODsl Pratoci Tho careers of tho swaggering bally, the ferocious dog. the footpad and others of HUc ilk ore fast drawing to a dose. No lunger will the small, weak man go • out ;it night with the fear of being robbed by a footpad or getting the stuffing knocked out of him in an argument with a larger man. A check is put upon the ravages of the bulldog, and tho most timid and refined lady will bo able to go anywhere at any hour of the night withI out fear of being insulted. To the wonderful inventive talent of George A. Buckel, the electrician, is this great scheme <>f physical equalization due. No mercenary motive actuates him in the matter, for he gives it without price to the public. Like the chivalrous * , knights of olden time be labors only to protect the weak from oppression and to i do good for human kind. Beside this in- ' vention all of the eketrician'e previous I efforts sunk into obscurity. It consists ■imply of an electric walking cane _ heavily charged. The cane is made of wood or leather, with a thin steel rod running through the centre of iL A man puts a small battery in his hip pocket, with ono fine wire running down into the left shoe and connecting with a

•tee] plate at his heel.

Another wire runs from the battery up into his coat sleeve and terminates in a hook at the wrist. Upon the bead of tho cane is a wire eyelet, and the hook is fastened to it. It U only this and nothing mure, and a man thus equipped could hold out against twenty men as expert

even as John L. Sullivan.

Fur illustration, a short, slim gentlemnn, weighing U9 bounds, and knowing nothing whatever ut pugilism, lias occasion to go down town after dark. A short distance from Ms home a dog with extended jaws and an ITl-bite-you air about him leaps out. A touch with th* point of the cane electrifies and lays him out flatter than tissue pajicr. Continuing Ms journey the gentleman suddenly comes upon a man with whom he has not been on good terms for a long time. The latter is large and is noted as

a fighter.

After firet trying to arrange their differences amicably the Email man provokes the other to assault him. and then electrifies his assailant. Henceforth people will have to be careful about caMing even a puny, sash-wearing dude a . liar. No brains are necessary to work j the machine, and one round will he sufficient to put a Btop to a fight. Policemen will have their cl libs charged in : this way in order to facilitate the making of arrests, and woo betide the luckless individual who is so rash as to reLadies carry their batteries in a convenient place, and the steel rod goes through their parasol handles. In the | crowd on Fourth avenue n man matches j a lady's jxx-ketbook. She sees him just in time, and touches him with the end j of her parasol. Of course he falls, and \ she then easily takes her purse from hu fingers. Later on a policeman finds Mm and takes Mm to jaiL The result is tho hiune if an impertinent man makes an objectionable remark to her. When this invention is perfected there will be no more of tho old style duels iu Kentucky, and it will lose its reputation for blood spilling. Two gentlemen will engage in a dispute, and one will challenge the other to a bout with electric canes. Two batteries of equal strength will be tvlccLsl along with the other apparata*. Facing each other, they stand with crossed canes, and at a signal agreed upon each endeavors to prod the oilier with the point of Ms weapon. Finally one receives the shock and is stretched out. There are no black eyes, no ugly sword or bullet wounds, and the fallen man is not dead. Besides, the law has not- been violated, and iu a day everything is lovely.—Louisville Times.

Pink wants to know how to cure enlarged pores of the face, block bead£ and dark rings round the eyes. AH three symptoms combined show a system very much out of order.. There must ho immediate and thorough reform iu habits, coarse, laxative diet and medicines, washing the face with borax water many times a day, and when dry rubbing it softly bnt firmly with a rubber handTMs is a nice thing for the complexion in all cases, whether to remove the shiny look left by waaMng with soap and to give tho vel vety finish (which it does better than chamois skin) or to clear the enlarged pores of secretions. Mild friction with it improves the action of the skin and reduces tbs pores. Blackheads indicate a constipated condition, complete relief of whjch is the only permanent cure for these unsightly spots. The dark circles round the eyes will probably disappear with the other symptoms.—Shirley Dare.

A Story af Byron. Among the stories related In Mr. William Archer’s new life of Macready. the actor, is this: Macready had won dlaUncMon in the provinces, and wishing to appear In London sought Lord Byron's influence to proenrs an engagement at

Drury Lane. Among other person who spoke to Lord Byron In Us behalf mentioned that Macready was a man of excellent character. "Ah, then," said Lord Byron, “I snppoa* he asks firs pounds a week mors for Us morality," and the negotiation (■!! through. If th* salt held in solution in the oosas war* spread over th* earth it would fSSeovmSlr **** 'kirtyfset

Net Expert LlngalaU. ! went into a store to look at some Eastern hangings. A very pleasant young woman attended to my requests, and I asked her what they called the variety of hangings I was examining. “Dooriea." said she. I asked her bow tho word was spelled. “D-h-n-r-r-i-e-s,” she spelled, and added, “I suppoee they were named after Doory lane. They are Indian, aren't they?" This struck me as even more remarkable than a reply I once received from a girl at Macy's on inquiring there for a certain French confection. After a good deal of explanation on my part she finally seemed to got the idea, and turning somewhat contemptuously to a little cash girl standing by, she bade her fetch a “can of Marion glaze." This reminds one of the man who went to an English costumer to get a Henri IV costume for a fancy dress party, and was astonished to hear tho man call up to his assistant. " 'Any, bring down the Angry CatT—Boston TranscripL Even the hens at Byron have caught the gold fever. Two men got a pan of mixture supposed to contain about |8 worth of the precious metal and set it under the stove to dry. The next morning two bens wandering about in search of good thing* ventured in through the door. Spying the pan they at once helped themselves to every bit of yellow they could find and probably went away wondering at the poor taste of mankind who could prefer that kind of fodder to yellow corn.—Bangor (Me.) Letter.

Travsla •( a Cap. An Old town manufacturer bought a cap for his little boy in Bangor, and at once recognized the cloth of which it was mads as a product of hi* own factory. The cloth was sold to New York parties who sold to Philadelphia manufacturer* who mad* it into cap* and sold than to Boston wholesalers from whom th* Bangor merchant bought—Lewiston Jour-

Mr. Wad an, the great English etcher, •pent two hour* on Ms well knows plate, “Th* Agmmi Gd, I am told, o mt of t ' "