The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-04
The Hawaiian Prince.

His Royal Higbnees Prince I.unaliIo.
oil The Hawaiian Island, who is now in
tilis country, has most romantic his
rory. He Is the rightful heir 10 the
throne OF the Hawaiian Islands, through
ine Iemaie line, BEING the son of the
sister OF King Kamehameha 1 and a
noted Sanwich Island chieftain, Prince
ks'o. The male line of the blood row
al having been about to expire i'm the
iast King, hi, Majesty, just previous to
mis- death, set aside direct succession in
favor of an Legitimate con, who as.
cended the throne under the title O.
kamehsmeha H., who is now the
reigninp monarch. The present King
Is childless, and will probably co. tinue
TO he So. His health is very much inn
paired, and it ia reported that his Males
Vs lie cannot be prolonged many
yearS; in the event OF King Kameha-
meha death without issue Prince Lun-
alilo VIII OBTAIN the right of which he
mas ,een 40 urjustly deprived and be-
yonu doubt he will at once be pro-
ciaiined King of the Hawaiian Islands.
lie fflnce Is now about thirty.four
years of age, and is said To possess a
commanding figure and fine courtly
presence. He has been thoroughly ed
ucated, aud is ardently loved bv his
own race: Though he has never been
uehied the place i'm Honolulu. still
every effort has been made until very
lately TO discourage his visits, and
greater exertions to prevent his success
MON. THESE circumstances drew him
among wild, dissolute companions.
whose habits he was only too prone to
ADOPT All mad freaks were attribut-
ei 10 Prince Lunalilo. At last the
hing, seeing that he would likely die
without issue, became interested in the
welfare OF the discarded Prince. and
sought 10 disengage him from TIE asset
auon with his dissolute companions.
but TO no purpose until lately, wbe,,
Lunalilo was induced to 60 to Europe
and the United States. The Prince
VIII remain i'm this country several
weeks before bis departure fo- Europe.
"A French paper gives detailed &C
count If the Manufacture of false eyes
i'm Paris, from which the curious fact
appears that the average sale per weel,
Oh eyes intended for tho human head
amounts To 400. One of the leading
dealers i'm this article carries on the
business I'm a saloon of great magnifi-
tence; his servant has but one eye,
and The effect OF any of the eyes want
ell ny customers is conveniently tried
Ia this servants head, SO that the Gus
TONER eau judge readily IS to The APP
pearance 1t will produce in his own
read. The charges about $40 per eve.
For the poor there are second-hapd'vis-
ualorgaus, which have been worn :or a
lime and exchanged for new ones !;
they are sold ut reduced prices, anu
quantities are sent off to India aud the
Sandwich Islands.
The London Lancet highly COM
inends the new antiseptic (hydraied
chloride of aluminium) to which the
attention of medical men and of the
general public has recently been drawn.
At has proved to be quite as potent As
chloride of zinc or carbolic acid, and is
mt the same time non poisonous, and
devoid of unpleasant smell of any kind |
which will no doubt insure |
its being extensively used, and at no |
distant date it will probably displace |
most of the sntiseptics now i'm vogue,
80 few of which are efficient and Salts
1t is thought that the reason
why this article has hitherto been pass
I'll over for this purpose is because of its
not being waste product in any COM
mon chemical manufacture. |