The Hawaiian gazette., 1875-04-14
Various Foreign Items.

simply touching the extremity Of 4be stigma of a
flower about to bloom with brush dipped in
honey, or, still better, in honey mixed with the
pollen Of the plant to he operated upon. This,
in the case OF Hibiscus Meric1zus which had
never borne fruit, resulted 10 the production Of
perfect seeds. The operation has succeeded very
well with certain fruittrees, some Of which have
thus been caused to produce fruit for the first
time As an explanation Of this result it is sug-
gested that the honey keeps the grains Of pollen
upon the stigma, and thus fayors the develop
ment Of the pollen tube. which is indispensable
TO fertilization. The substitution of glycerine
for honey 10 the experiment has been suggested.
HABITS OF rHE GRAssHOPPER.- Professor Hum
iston of Worthiugton, Minnesota, described to
the Tribune correspondent the grasshoppers 5
mode Of deposiling her eggs in the soil. subject
which be has had excellent opportunity for study
ing this year The tail Of the female locust con-
sists Of hard bony, cone-shaped substance, ca
pable OF being thrust into the ground from one
half OF an inch to an inch in depth. just above
this, on the body Of the insect and attached to
it, is the egg cell The grasshopper is able to
push its couical tail down into the ground and
leave it there, with the cell containing the eggs
The warm sun in the Spring causes the eggs to
hatch. and the field is covered with millions Of
young grasshoppers, not as large as kernel Of
wheat, just when the tender shoots Of grain begin
to show themselves above the ground. The
damage they do is immense, for they remain
long time in one spot, and work upon the young
shoots. Perhaps the best mode of treatment is
" back-setting,' or blowing the field, and thus
turning the surface soil, with its store of eggs,
several inches under. This prevents Matching,
and though not a complete remedy, is very useful.
-Gallry for December
King CACoBAU-A Melbourne Herald tele-
gram from Sydney thus refers to the arrival of
King Cacobau =" He is a fine old gentlemanly-
looking man. about sixty or seventy years Of age,
although. as the Cacobau family kept no family
register. be does not know his own age. His ap-
pearance is very majestic, and is considerably
enhanced by hair and beard as white as snow.
In height be is about feet inches and per-
haps l6 stone iu weight but be is about the
smallest of his family, as a spear wound received
in bis youth is stated TO have interfered with his
health. 1t is evident that Cacobau is very in-
telligent man. He can speak English but pre-
fers to use his native language as be might be
misunderstood if be used English. The King
was dressed 10 black European suit, wearing
frock coat and it appeared to sit on him we'll
Prince Timothy, who accompanied his father, is
twenty-five years Of age, and six feet in height
lie is acknowledged to be the handsomest man
in the group. He is very intelligent, and talks
English This is his first visit to Sydney Ca
cobau expressed himself highly pleased with his
reception and the kindness Of the Governor. He
remains in Sydney for month, aud is to be
guest Of Sir Hercules Robinson"
A Texas DUEI--Manning and MOlett, rival
in GIddings, Texas, quarreled as most
rival physicians do They agreed to settle their
difficulty with knives in a quiet place in the |
woods Just out of town. There were no seconds |
or spectators, aud each Of the physicians took
along lint and bandages TO dress his wounds |
Their accounts Of the fight are alike and as fol-
lows: The weapons were long bowie knives. !
They stripped to the waist, and at the first on
slaught got such firm hold Of each other that
the weapons could not be used. After long
struggle they separated and stood warly watch
ing for chance. As they at length rushed to-
gether Manning received slight stab in the
neck and Molett more serious cut across the
arm. They stopped long enough for each to
dress his own wound, and then faced for another
round. With great caution, and many feints
md lodges, they spent what they say seemed
Ike half az hour without coming together. FL
lally Molett caught Manning's head under his
lrm, and, while for an instant be was able to hold
bin in that position, stabbed him deeply twice in
he breast but Manning, with bis arm free, was
able al the same time to plunge his knife into
Moletts back. These serious stabs ended the
igbt. Molett was able to reach his surgical ap-
,liances and attend to his wound. Manning
aiuted, and fell inseDsible and bleeding After
attending TO his own hurt, Molett says he was
lbout To 60 away and leave his adversary to bleed
o death. but his better nature dominated, and
NTH considerable effort be saved Msnnings life.
Assistance soon came, aud they were taken to
her homes, where they will be confined long
ime BY their injuries.-Fron he Ne'1 York Sun.
WoNaN's RIsHTs.-The following are the open
NJ sentences Of an sadness on this subject by
ars. skinner:
Miss President, feller wimmen and male trash (
an here to-day for the purpose Of
discussing woman's rights recussIng ber wrongs
nd o1ssing The men.
believe sexes were created perfectly equal, .
nth the women little more equal than the men
also believe that the world would to-day be
sppier Il man had never existed I
AS success, man IS failure, aud bless my
lars that my mother was woman. Applause $
20, Only maintain their principles bat main.
.ia a shsttless husband besides.
They say mao was created first Well sup. 1!
Ose he was, Amt hrst experiments always fail
ress
nIwas betting man would bet $3.50 they
n.
The ooly decent thing about him was a rib, and 5
sat vent TO make something better. [Applanse
Aud then they throw iu our faces about taking
D apple. IN bet Eve dollars that Adam boosted
er Up the tree and only gave her the core.