The Hawaiian gazette., 1875-07-07
Foreign MISCELLANY.

clnnau, Is about 10 build new hall FOR the Y Nj
c. A. She proposes TO give from $4,000 to
100000 for this object.
Germanys military forces, including those oil
Bavaria. comprise at this moment 81 $50 officers
1929 600 men, 3l5.97O horses, 300 field and
$40 siege pieces Of cannon.
The Scientific American says: Tubs and
pals saturated with gycerine will not shrink and
dry up. the hoops will not fall of, and there will
be no necessity for keeping these articles soaked
At an international agricultural exhibition in
Bremen was a collection representing the adul.
teratiou Of seeds. 1t contained sample of sand
carefully washed, cOlored aud put up in the best
manner, for sale as clover seed, under which name
it brought three and One-haIf cents a pound.
The Duchess of Edinburgh. when ont driving
was caught in a shower aud borrowed an umbrella
at a cottage Of an old woman, who refused to loan
any bat the secOnd-best one" and the next day
the Duchess sent it home with her compliments
one sovereign and pound of tea.
Mr.. WALTON. who has just been appointed Min
lister Of Public Instruction in France, has CON-
meuced well by issuing an order fOrbiddng the
use Of tobacco in public schools. Whatever may
be said for or against the use Of tobacco, one
thing is certain, that it is for men alone and not
for boys.
The German authorities have arrested the
principal conspintor IN the plot to assassinate
Emperor William, Prince Bismarck and Falk.
Tla pa-i;n C.,a,,a sa,s sbo. ,bo ,,-;,or,o- :, =,
relative Of Archbishop Ledoehowski, while the
Berlin Press states that he is related TO Mgr.
DUNN, Ledochowskis predecessor.
This unhappy country is beginning now to be
agitated concerning the baseball championship
for 1875. If the mothers of these champions had
struck for their first bases with a little more
strength Of arm and purpose the foundations Of
thus mighty nuisance might have been broken up.
s. Joe Herald
A recent article in the London Times
presents a contrast between English and Ameri-
can efforts to reduce the national debt. 1--WE
cannot but feel with regret" says the Times,
the United States shows more Of the high spirit
Of a nation conscious Of great destiny and anx-
ious above all things that no short comings of the
present generation shall interfere with the teach
ings their children have received"
The Brooklyn bridge is to be beaten before it
is finished. Its rival which is to be constructed
over the Firth of Forth, Scotland will be the
largest in the world. The height will be one
hundred and fifty feet, and the number Of spans
nearly one hundred The great span in the cen
ter is to be fifteen hundred feet, or nearly one
third Of a mile in width, and the smaller spans
one hundred and City feet 1t will cost about
SlO,OOOOOO.
The Daily London Telegraph's Vienna special
says that Bismarck with the help of Russia in-
tends to obtain public written guarantee of the
status created by the Treaty of Frankfort. Rus
sia and Austria are ready to support it.
LONDON, May 1.-THE Post publishes an ad-
dress Of the Carlist General Aguine to the
Nayarrez and Basque Carlists, inviting them to
turn their arms against their leaders, who prolong
the war only to enrich themselves. 1t declares
the events Of the last two years only show of
the inaptitude Of Don Carlos, who has lost his
right to the crown before God aud the world.
Aguine is exceedingly popular, and it is conf
dently claimed that his entry into Spain will
cause large detection from the Carlist ranks
The expenses of the litigation Occasioned by
the Claimants proceedings in the TichbOrne
case, and payable by the present BarOnet, or, in
The event of bis death during minority, by the
family out of the estates, have amounted already
to $4,000. These are exclusive of the expenses
Of the prosecution f9r pegury-e55, ,3l5-which
have to be borne by the country
BERLIN, May lOth.-The Car arrived here to-
day, and was received at the railway station by
Emperor William and Princes of the Emperors
family. Generals Won Moltke, Manteuffe and
other distinguished persons. The Emperors
greeting was exceedingly cordial. An immense
crowd gathered around the station aud cheered
heartily. The city is decorated with flags. The
Gar. accompanied by Prince GortschakoH, has
visited Prince Bismarck.
BUKIAL RIGHTs.-The attitude of the old |
Catholics TO the Pope's party, has assumed a
grave aspect. Latest advices from Berlin are to |
the effect, that Committee of the Prussian Diet |
have prepared bill declaring old Catholics en-
titled to q share Of Roman Catholic Church cem-
eteries, and revenues propOrtionate to their num-
bers, as compared with other Catholics.
MUN1FckSr DoSATIoNs BY PROFESSOR Ho1Lo-
wAr.-Whether there be any virtue or not In
Professor Holoway's ointment and pills, there is
q good deal of virtue in the Professor. 1t is |
stated that not only is be building bis asylum for
the insane. near Virginia Water at cost of |
but be is now about to build Univer-
sty for ladies at Egbam, on an estate which be
has Just bought there for e25,OO0. This new
school will cost altogether sl5O,0OO 1t is in
tended to give the highest education to women
by professors. aud the building is to be the
handsOmest college in Europe" Talk about
there being nothing like leather !" indeed, pills
and ointment beat it BY long chalk.
The following is said to be q very superior
method for staining any kind of wood in imitation
of walnut while it is also cheap aud simple in its
The wood. previously thoroughly
iried and warmed, is coated once or twice with
stain composed Of one part, by weight, of extract
1f walnut peel dissolved in six parts of soft water
BY heating ii to boiling and stirring The @OOd
.hus treated when half dry is brushed with a So