The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1874-12-16
Useful and Interesting.

OF palPitation Of the heart in a few minutes. Ii
is worth trying.
WILD BEAsrs IN BURxAH.-It appears that in
the year 1894. the sum Of 2.575 rupees was
paid for the destruction Of 2ls wild beasts in
Bnrmah. The killed included for,y-one full
grown tigers, thirty-six tiger cubs. thirty-three
inll-grown leopards and four cubs thirteen full
grown bears and eight cubs. thirty-three full
grown and fifty snail alligatOrs. Leaving out the
eighty-three allgators. each beast cost the State
about fifteen rupees only.
The paper upon which the notes Of the Bank
OF England are printed is manufactured from the
whitest aud best Of linen rags by one firm at La.
verstoke, in Hampshire. 1t is made IN sheets
sixteen inches long, and Eve inches wide, each
being designed for the printing Of two notes
They are divided in the middle after leaving the
press; therefore, every note issued by the bank
oi England has three rough or deckle edges and
one smooth edge. The paper and water mark
have always been the great difficulty to makers
oi forged notes. SO much SO that even experts
have been deceived by it but spurious paper
has never up 10 the present time stood the test
A genius in Albany has made discovery
which will prevent dog from barking. post
is pot up alongside Of the doghouse, on the top of
post is puy; q clothes liue is attached TO the
collar of the dog and passed through the pully,
and thence TO the bed-chamber Of the sleeper
The dog barks, and Bill pulls the rope. Soon
the dogs head is heaveuWard. aud bis feet leave
the ground. A moment suspended, be is let
down. and with tail turned inward forward he scoots
for bis kennel with 20 further desire to elevate
himself by his bark. Two pulls for the first night
is permanent cure.
MUSCULAR CHRIsr1Axs-We have never heard
sOuuder wisdom from pulpit than the following
from the Rev. E. c. Gordon, of Georgia: Chris
tianity applauds all that is genuine on the play
ground, in the gymnasium, the boat-race aud the
hunting6eld. 1t believes 10 bright eyes and
merry laugh. 1t approves of the arms that can
strike straight out iron The shoulder; of legs that
can do their twenty miles day without fatigue,
as well Of hearts that know no fear, and lips
that speak no guile. Muscular Christianity repu-
dates as u trayesty on nature, and an insult to
natures God, these miserable weaklings of our
drawingrOOms, born OF system that is in def.
auce Of every law of health, and disregards every
principle Of beauty"
Flax has been grown 10 India chiefly for its
seed Ior some years, but of late the Bengal gov
eminent has eudeavOred to encourage its prOdue-
tiOn rs a fbre. ireland is the great country for
fax spinning, and raises good portion Of the fibre
used but Russia has more acres under fax than all
the rest of the world. The total area of all couu-
tries is 100000 acres, of which Russia has ,6Q0-
600, Ireland I29 432, and the United States 6l,-
2O4. Prussia, Austria and France are the great
est fax raisers, with the exception of Russia.
The number of spindles in Ireland is 9O9,490; in
France, 100000. but Russia the greatest prOdu.
Ger, only 10000. Great Britain and ireland
have l496,S4S spindles, or nearly One-hAlf of all
the world.
The steamer Vixen, from New Orleans, ar
rived lately at Liverpool. The Captain reports
that on the 26th Of March, two icebergs were
sighted the highest being hundred and fifty
feet, and one mile 10 length. On the same day
two more icebergs we're passed, about one hun /
dre6 feet high and one mile long. A lookout
was afterward kept on the foreyard, and at l:l5 /
the ship was completely surrounded with icebergs,
both large and small ones. One passed about |
twelve feet of the ship, about three feet out of
the water and six hundred feet loug. aud it was
thought the ship would strike every minute /
About one hundred ieebergs both large and small /
must have been passed Between the ice large /
mast of ship was seen, which must have been 4
overheard for day or two.
Tbs DEArH-BLow TO FREELovE.-The Hart
ford COu-Grd sees this promised outgrowth OF the 4
Beecher scandal: " 1t remains to be seen what /
will be the result Of the disclosures at Brooklyn /
upon the community at large. OF one thing we 1
are perfectly sure, the cause Of religion is not to
be injured. And further than this, we may rea-
souably expect one good result from this stormy
outburst, and that is the sweeping away, BY The
besom Of public Indignation of all the subterfuees
aud subtleties of the lastnl and crack Drained So
phists who OF late years have been weakening the
very foundations of purity in the marriage rela-
ton. The iIlbrook of men and women, linking
themselves together under various pretenses Of
reform with an avowed purpose to recon
struet the social condition, will have no more
leniency for their vile suggestions We are bav-
ing al awful glimpse OF the bottomless pit of
their reconstruction, and benceforth We out
law them. In their theories Of freedom there is
nothing but decentralization snd corruption for So
cieiy. These disclosures ought to sweep them
out Of sight"
PoSTAL TELEGRAPH N ESGLASD.-The postal
telegraph system, in England, does not seem yet
to be financially success It gives net annual
revenue equal only 10 about one per cent. of the
money invested by the government in the Orgi-
nal purchase of the telegraph Eoes from their for
mer owners. Hence there has been strong opPO-
sitiou to any extension or improvement Of the
system which would involve the expenditure Of
additional money, and to this view the Govern
ment has yielded. II We do not mistake, the or
iginal acquisition Of the lines was followed By
reduction in telegraphie charges, so that if the