The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1871-05-10

A MIsEKs' FREAK.-The most "freaky" misel
that ever lived, was one Louis Bernard, who died
recently in New York hospital. How long be
had existed in that city is not known, but it is
supposed be had lived upon earth about sixtytwO
years. 1t was discovered that for long time be
had lived in all the squalor and wretchedness of
abject poverty. His habtation was little apart
ment high up in the rear of a miserable building.
1t was lighted by a very small window, partially
covered with heavy wooden bars fastened to
the window-frame with strong screws, and on
the door were DO less than eight different bars
and locks. Totally devoid Of all furniture save
broken table, the room presented frightful pic
ture Of wretchedness. A filthy mattrass sup
ported by a few boards raised from the floor upon
several bricks, lay at the end under the window,
and at its side stood trunk filed with alternate
! layers Of gold and silver watches and jewelry-
such as breastpins many of them set with dia-
monds chains and rings-seperated by sheets Of
blotting-paper. There were no signs of fire, nor
any place wherein to make one. In addition to
his stores Of jewelry, the wretched man owned
large amounts Of real estate. In his miserable
den he was found by Mr.. Bergh, president of the
society for the prevention of cruelty to animals)
in dying condition and conveyed to hospital.
He lived there long enough to make a will, be-
queathing to the society Of which Mr.. Bergh is
president, the sum of 100000 Bernard lived
miserable life to amass his wealth, but now that
be is in his grave, thousand abused horses and
tortured cattle, sheep and dogs, will rise up and
bless him.-Sdc. Reporter.
SLEEP AND HABIr-Sleep is much modified by
habit Thus an old artil!ery-man often enjoys
tranquil repose when the cannon are laundering
around; an engineer has been known to fall asleep
while his fellows were beating it on the inside
with their ponderous hammers; and the repose Of
a miller is in nowise incommoded by the noise of
his mill. Sound ceases to be a stimulus to such
men, and what would have proved an inexpress-
bic annoyance to Others, is by them altogether
1t is common for carriers to sleep on
horseback, and coachmen on their coaches Dur
ing the battle of the Nile, some boys were so
exhausted, that they fell asleep on the deck amid
the deafening engagement, Nay silence itself
became a stimulus while sound ceases to be so.
Thus miller being being very ill., his mill was
stopped that be might not be disturbed by its
noise; but this so far from inducing sleep pre-.
rented it altogether and it did not take place un
il the mill was set agoing For the same reason
he manager Of some vast iron works, who slept
lose TO them, amid incessant din of hammers,
orges aud furnaces, would awake if there was
my cessation of the noise during the night To
AIRY the Illustration still further it has been no.
iced that person who falls asleep near church,
he bell Of which was ringing, may not hear the
ound during the whole of his slumbers, and be
nevertheless aroused by its sudden cessation
iere sleep must have been imperfect, otherwise
e would have been insensible to the sound. The
oise of the bell was not a stimulus; it was its
CESSATION which, by breaking the monotony, be-
anne So and caused the sleeper to awake.
THE GATE OF PUeET souND.-samuel Wilkinson,
Tho accompanied the North Pacific Railway Expe-
ition across the continent is writing up his notes
'r the Christian Union. Following is an extract:
The Pillars of Hercules on which swing the gates
{ inlet and outlet to the Mediterranean Sea, are
ut the posts Of wicket compared to the gigantic
ortas of De Fuca. The width of the entrance is
urteen miles The northern gate-post Cape Ben
ar, is the sea-ward buttress of range of noun
ins some of which are 5000 and 1000 feet high.
hey covered with fir trees to their SUBMITS
hey are not bald. They have the green of eternal
,uth. Cape Flattery, the headland on the south,
a wonder that men should travel round the globe
see tits the armination the snowclad Olympic
nge. Where it breaks down into the ocean. it is
perpendicular wall one hundred feet high, Of jag
d, contorted rock, a conglomerate of powders of
salt, beaeh-sand, round cobbestoues, and peb-
IS, solidifed into the hardness of adamant. The
lterial presents the resistance offint. But force
nature in some far-back age cracked, broke and
'arraDged it, as man with the grip of his fingers
,uld split an army biscuit.
Immense blocks stand detached in every position.
cir Characteristic is c suspension of falling a
seen pressure holds these vast masses in place Y
t their downward movement is so seeming that
, beholder sweats with Impotence at the stop
&c of an action that be feels must be instantly as
ned and to see which he is constrained to wait
e never ending, yet never arriving avalanche of
untain fragments was arrested in mid-heavens
usands Of years ago. How long? Who knows?
wn beneath them the sea has for centuries been
ling and boring into the rock, and has made
I grottoes and arches and collonades, into which
tides ebb and flow, and where seals live and
c ADD raise families of baby SEALS and where
let-colored cormorants petrol, guillemots, harle-
n ducks and muros make nests and make music
delciousness money cannot buy. And unparal-
d beauty, all round this gatepost of the entrance
'uget Sound, ia white foam, down into the sea
,end cascades of water from the SUBMITS of the
s. Lichtens and moses grow on the rocks,
We the swell of the waves. From the upper
levels down hang fringes of sea-weeds of the
test variety and utmost profusion. Above
e are banks of blue flowers, which in great
hes change the jagged rocks into soft blue sky
rice AEeek
AUDAMr AND CALAsTY. Mr.. Gillies, in his
miniscences of Sir Walter Scott" relates: at
'ened at small country town that Scott
lenly required medical advice for one of his
ants, and on iDquiring if there was any doctor
lie place, was told there were two-one long
'lished, and the other newcomer The latter
leman, being luckily found at home, soon made
ppearance-a grave, sagacious-looking person,
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