The Hawaiian gazette., 1870-03-09
Miscellaneous Items.


of nearly every London Journal and important
periodical
ONE hundred thousand dollars gold, is the price
asked for genuine painting by Raphael now
sale by Neapolitan gentleman, anditis considered
a fair price By European eonn0lsseursI
TIE children at Sunday School not long since,
being asked among other questions what bearing
false witness against ones neghbor meant, a pert
little girl replied sThat Il was when nobody hain't
done nothing, and somebody goes and tells" I
INA, If should die and go to heaven, should
wear my molre-antique dresssn "No, my love;
we can scarcely suppose we shah wear The attire Of
the angels know belonged to the best soeietyr'
Mr.. CHARLES DICKENS has wisely studied the re-
qurcments of the age in restricting his story TO
twelve monthly parts. BE has hitherto never pub
lished novel in this way In less than twenty parts
but people are rather impatient of stories which
take up so much of ones life to finish. ,
They have base ball club in Denver, Of which
local paper says: sit takes three Of them TO pick
who shah throw 1t to the pitcher when the pitcher
finally goes after himself and gets his nose punch
ed" BE probably makes a "home run" then.
Two young ladies and Mr.. Thaddeus O'Grady were
oonFersing age. when Of them put the home
question (Which Of US do you think is the elder,
Mr.. G.r'l Sure replied the gallant Irishman,
you both look younger than each other"
An officer in full regimentals apprehensive lest he
should come in contact with ehmney-sweep that
pressing towards him, exclaimed Keep off, you
w.
were boiled, :" cried sooty.
A gentleman was relating in company that he saw
terrible wind the other night. "Saw a wind2"
said another. ''I never heard Of wind being seen.
But pray, what was it like p Like to have blown
my house about my ears, replied the first.
LAW, ma - exclaimed precocious young lady,
ceres heaglcP' "a heaglep' exclaimed the moth
er reproachfully "0h you hignorant girl Wy it's
howl" Axes pardon num-" interrupted the
keeper Of the menagere respectfully, "axes pardon
mum but it's an 'awk."
SOME poor fellow who had been Tilted, we should
judge and brought to grief by fair one, thus
venges his wrongs; "Eve did net know much
her daughters of the presntday Had they been her
place, instead Of being deceived. they would have de-
ceived the DEVIL
Tue majesty of justice was fearfuly sustained by
Lord Eskgroye, who, it is related. sentenced
tailor for numbering a soldier in these words "And
not only did you murder him whereby he tereaved
of his life, but you did thrust push, pierce pro-
pei the ethal weapon through the bellyband Of his
regimenta breeches, which the property Of his
Majesty"
SOME of the Paris journals are discussing pen
chant which the little Prince Imperial, now boy Of
thirteen years, is said TO have manifested for young
American girl, whose name Is disguised as Miss K
1t seems that the Prince paid her some attention at
party, and forthwith the incident is made the theme
of romantic speculation BY Parisian contempo-
raries and even Of grave and stern rebuke.
Bus driver" They tell me there've been some
coins found In these ere 'exkyvaions that a been
buried there matter O. four or five undred yearW
there's some In the British Museum-ah-moTe than
two thousand year oldl"
Bus driver, lafter pause)-" Come, George, that
won't do, yer know cause we're only in eighth
'nndred an sixty-nine now"
The late Lord Derby II not model statesman,
was, what was better, model husband On one
occasion his wife had 10 go from London to Liver
pool and was too feeble to travel In her carriage or
on the cars. The Earl was equal to the emergency.
He fitted up canal barge for her, without regard to
expense, and walked himself nearly the whole two
totr
liean benedicts would do as muehl sI
A FASHION FREAK.-The Boston correspondent Of
the Chicago Journal says To show that there is
fashion in everything at meeting Of the wool manu-
acurers the other day the secretary Of the assoea-
ton, in this city stated that he heard Of very sty
lish article Of cloth, made Of coarse wool, and his
curiosity led him to visit the mill. What was his
surprise when he discovered that the article
gotten up by himself thirty years ago, for the
negroes the rice plantations Of the South. The
article not showy enough for the negroes and
so he forced to close out his stock on hand 10
a fashionable tailor Washington street. where Il
was eagerly taken by "genteel youths" This ac-
counts for the flaming advertisement Of one Of our
merchant taors and the result Of advertising,
the goods that South Carolina and Georgia negroes
would not are all the rage among respeeta-
AGREEABLY DIsAPPoIsTED "A man recently en-
tered restaurant in western town and ordered
very elaborate dinner. He fingered long at the re-
past, and finally wound up with bottle OF wine.
Then lighting cigar he had ordered, lelsurely saun-
tered up to the counter and said to the proprietor
VERY fine dinner, landlord just charge 1t to me;
''But1 don't know you," said the proprietor, iudig
nanty.
"of course you don't. If you had you wouldn't
have lei me have the dinner"
'sPay for the dinner. say ~
"And / say can't"
"Pll see about that" said the proprietor, who
snatched revolver out OF drawer, leaped over the
counter and collared the man. exclaming, as be pre-
sented il at his head, .Now see II you'll get away
with that dinner without paying for It, you scoun-
drelli
''What is that you hold in your hand y said the
impecunious customer drawing back.
'srhat sir, is 4 reyolver,-" ff fl- Istt
"Oh that's revolver, Is III don't care darn
for revolver; / thought II was stomach-pumpPi
GossIP on CKEsTs AND MoNoaRAMs--The use
OF the crest both in England and 10 America
has Increased much dnring the last few years, and
Gle Of use. The rage for collecting erests has done
much toward this but very few collectors Of eTests
and monograms know anything Of the terms Of her
aldry, OF the laws that guide this science. The
shield is the ground or space in which the arms
embazoned The centre OF this shield is called the
ess point; above this Is the honor point, below II
the nombri point; the right side Is called dexter,
The left sinister the top OF the right and len sides,
the dexter and sinister chief the eentre Of the bot
tom Of the shield is called the base the respective
sides, the dexter and sinister base.
There are five colours In heraldry, and gold aud
silver, aud argent: azure blue; gfles red tesf,
green; pH5Dars, purple and sable or black; fGcng
and saHglfiHe being used but raruy. Ihe Dguree on
shield are called charges, and are divided into
common and proper charges. Common charges are
well known objects called by their own names; pro-
per charges shapes peculiar to heradFy and are
called the bend the chief the cross, the cheyron,
the fees and the satire. Then there are marks OF
sonship, or devices borne BY sons during latkers
lifetime. ~
Crrsts were originally on the helmet; they
are still placed above the arms and often for
cognizances without the shield.
Crests are now used as ornaments not only upon
dinner snd breakfast services, upon plate walking
sticks umbrellas, harness. carriages, and note pa
per- bat upon furniture In glass windows, upon tea
caddies and on work-tables. Crests are worn "a
wristnks as brooches, as hair ornaments as studs,
as breast pins but for all these purposes the crest
is not unfrequently comblLed with the monogram
These m0nograms an invention Of modern date,
and some Of them quaint enough. A very ele-
CANT one has been designed for Queen Victoria Il
IS IN black and silver the Is above the letter
r. across which Is a band Of black, With the word
q Vietorian executed IN silver. The whole effect Is
simple and tasteful. The Prince. Of Wales has
more elaborate monogram, executed In gold silver
and colors, the new rustic letters being arranged In
the Gro wn and feathers The Princes have I'VE
tric monograms. some comic others studies In ani
NAL and insect life, but all well executed and well
drawn.
Goats Of arms stamped IN their proper heraldic
colors, and In gold or silver. A iavorite device
among the English arstocfaey IL fhe eoronet eneir
rled by the monogram in rustic letters These let
.ers are very deeply stamped, 30 as to appear ia
to- ~. hen 1heae n all