The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1868-08-19
Miscellaneous Items.

st. Louis, which he used to cultivate
A MAN killed himself in Hartford recently,
because he could not get work.
A TRAVELLING Insurance Agent recently got
indignant at a fellow for saving that bis
company was not sound enough to insurepig
iron in basement
The carriers of Susan Anthony's paper,
the Rsvol'stica, are chiefly little girls, wearing
a pretty uniform, short red dress. They at
tract much attention in New York
THE Emperor Don Pedro of Brazil, and the
Empress, have each resigned one-fourth Of
their allowance from the national treasury,
In order to reduce the national expenses.
The Venetian upper-ten are scandalized
because the young Duchess Of Aosto, daugh-
ter-in-law OF Victor Emanuel, has presumed
to wear cheap and commonplace calico
petticoatn
THE 2 N Co.'s steamer Panama left
Taboga for Callao on the 18th June, where
she will take her place in the new line to
England, via the Straits Of Magellan, under
command of Capt H Swell r NR.-Stdr and
Herald
CAST SrEEL-Experiments just made at
the Navy Department with cast steel resulted
in favor of an American brand-the Black
Diamond Company, Pittsburg, Penn.-which
stood the ordinary test Of 242, 100 pounds
tensile strength to the square inch, being the
highest on record, and showing q superiority
over English manufacture.
THE text of the Papal Allocution on the
state Of religion in Austria, has been received
in London. The Pope declares that the Con-
cordat should have been regarded by Austria
as perpetual in effect, and be warns all per-
sons who approve of the laws recently passed
by the Reichsrath concerning the press, re-
ligious federation, civil marriage and public
education, TO beware of the spiritual pains
and penalties attached to violations of the
sacred rights Of the Church.
A NEW style of bonnet may soon be expec-
ted TO be in vogue; the manufacture Of them
has already commenced. They are made
from manila pulp, moulded on block, then
spread with dissolved shellac and covered
with wooden flock or clothier's waste, and
pressed till it has velvet appearance. There
is one objection to them, and that will be
fatal to their popularity unless dealers are
cunning enough to devise way to remove
it-they don't cost enough The expense Of
manufacture does not exceed ten cents each.
An INSPECTION of the remains of Stephen
A. Douglas was made on the I'd Of June, pre-
paratory to their removal TO the tomb erected
to his memory. Upon removing the lid COW
ering the glass, the face Of the illustrious
Senator was found to be in remarkable
state of preservation, almost as natural as
when buried seven years ago. The complex
ion is very fair, the contour of the head and
face apparently unchanged, and the express
sion quite natural and plainly recognizable.
The hair looks as black and glossy as ever,
and the raiment as new and neat looking as
when first put on, not presenting the least
evidence of mildew or discoloration.
PRoGREss OF TAHITI.-Letters from Tahiti
to the 9Th of November give some interest
ing details OF the cultivation there, that Of
bax. Aa1 nd
the produce of excellent quality, being in
much demand in the markets on the Ameri-
can coast, as also in those of Australia and
New Zealand. Europeans now possess up
wards of IL, 600 acres in the island, and are
continually making additions. The coloniza-
ton has extended 20 the Marquesas, in which
some 10, 900 acres have been placed under
cultivation, and the beneficial progress is
extending.
SOME of the women of Manchester, Eng
land, who, irrespective of sex, possess the
requisite qualifications of the elective fran
chise, have demanded that their names be
placed on the registry Of voters; they claim
to be registered on the phraseology Of an
act of Parliament, which declares that in GER
tain cases the word imam" shall be con-
strued TO include woman" and that the
word che" shall mean "she." There are in
Manchester alone 1000 women who make
this claim, and there chances Of success are
encouragingly bright. If they prevail, the
like demand win be made all over the king
dom; and thus there will be thrown into the
approaching elections for a new House Of
Commons an element which neither Disraeli
nor Gladstone dreams Of
In European court circles hard stories are
told concerning the growing intemperanee
of the Emperor of Russia. He is said to be
drunk most of his time, and his recent illness
~ sli iorlt 81 a.,fa mae
reported by the continental papers, but
simply an attack of delirium tremens. The
Empress, although a confirmed invalid, Is
in such despair about 1t that she has arous-
ed herself from the indolent life which she
has been leading for some time past, and
now she tries to be as much as possible In
the company of the Emperor. The gosslps
in St. Petersburg tell, also, disgusting stories
about the Emperor's love for his daughter-in-
law, the young Princess Dagmar, and Of an
estrangement which, in consequence, it is
said to have taken place between him and
the Crown Prince. The latter, it Is stated,
neglects his young wife entirely, and man
ages to be as much away from home as pos
sible.
SEPARATION OF TRE sIAMEsE TwISs.-The
Brooklyn Eagle, of July Sd, says: After liv-
ing together threescore years, the Siamese
Twins have resolved TO separate. No closer
has been known among men. During long
life the sympathies of the brothers have been
SO complete that the frequently employed
and extravagant measure Of affection has
been absolutely realized-one could not live
apart from the other. This singular, or
rather plural, attachment Is about to be sev-
cred, and probably no sunderilg of family
ties was ever regarded with SO widespread
interest as this will be. When persons OF
different sexes desire to be divorced, they go
to Chicago; Chang and Eng being OF the
same sex, will go to Paris to be relieved Of
companionship of which they are finally
weary Years ago, distinguished English
amese phenomenon, differed In opinion as 70
the probable results OF an operation destined
to make the one twain. The doubt msde
the Twins hesitate, until now, at the age Of
50, owing 70 apprehension that disease con-
tracted by one may be communicated to the
other, they are anxious TO get rid OF one
another. Chang and Eng married sisters,
and each is the father of nine children Il is
not improbable that the attempt to avert
possible danger to one may result fatally to
both. The surgical experiment win soon be
made.
THE OAKLAND DIsAsTER.-A terrible acci-
dent occurred at the Oakland wharf on the
evening Of July 4th. About 5 o'clock, large
number Of people were going on board Of
the steamer FL Captain, when the chains by
which the movable wharf is hung, gave way
and about one hundred persons were prccip-
itated into the water They were rescued "a
rapidly as possible, but many are known to
have been drowned.
About 100 or $50 persons were precipitated
into the water Ten bodies had been recoE-
cred up to the 9th
The search for the missing bodies is still
being prosecuted. Too much honor cannot
be awarded to the brave fellows who jumped
into the water and helped to save those who
were unable to assist themselves. Among