The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1876-07-12
WEDNESDAY, JULY
Late Foreign Items.

France intends to have an international exhi-
billion in ISIS and S24,00O.OOO have been voted
for the preminaries.
Albany, Oregon, is said to be the only place ia
The United States Of 5000 inhabitants which has
10 Catholic church.
Charlotte Cushman the aciress. was lineal
descendant Of Rev. Thomas Smith, the first pas
tor Of the first church 10 Portland
Penny babks have been established in London
in connection with the public schools. and within
= few months ) 266 children have deposited $500
Dr. Wm. H. Hall. editor Of Halls Journal Of
Health Tell IN the street 10 New York recently
and Immediately expired. His death was caused
probably by heart disease. The world has lost
valuable worker IN the death Of this eminent man.
The =" leap year neektie~ for gentlemen il ont.
We have not seen It, but suspect it Is a young
iadyis sleeve. with arm IN it, and goes al the
way around the neck. Every euterfrising young
gentlemen should have one.
We understand that Colonel Steiuberger has
msde formal demand upon Commodore Hos
kins 10 return him 10 Samoa. from whence u. N.
;. Barracouta took him BY force. We have
not been informed Of the nature Of tue COmmo-
dore's reply.
In London the new Codee Palace" for the
working classes IS very popular. Il Is au iai-
meuSe building. well lighted and having ball for
miscellaneous entertainments rooms for talking.
reading. smoking. and playing all sorts of games
from dom:uoes 10 billiards There are rooms for
women also. and 4 huge dining room. where good
food eau be bought cheapy, bat no liquor.
There Is not much danger of Ills Holiness the
Pope coming 10 want in bis old age. Last year
the " Peters pence and jubilee indulgence net
ted him S4OUOOOO. The Emperor Ferdinand Of
Austria left hin $1,000 600 as heir Of the Dske
Of Mudsaa. be can calculate on an income Of
$50 600 u year. Lord Rpon gave him $4,000
outright, Belgian convert $4,000. and pious
old lady, SlU0O00.
OF each million Of children born 10 England
POS 900 die before reaching The oge Of 5 $4,000
are carried Of during the following years and
1900 between 10 and Is years Only ga 043
attain the age Of p, and but 42l lis that of So
Ont Of the whole million only . l53 reach the age
Of 90. 223 live to be centenarians, and only one
attans the l0sth year. The latest statistics con-
firm the statement that females live longer than
males, and married people longer than single
ones, aud it also appears that jews live longer
than Christians.
The 0tAgo Guardian has an article on the mail
service. in which it says -" BY making Russell
the distributing port, arrangements could be ef
fected with one Of the New Zealand Shipping
Companies tor the conveyance Of the mails 10
Auckland and thence to the East aud West
Coast ports Of each Island. thus doing away en-
tirsly With the present farce Of running 5000
ton boat down the coast 10 deliver few mail
bags and so tons Of Honolulu sugar at four ports
Many years ago. while clergyman on the coast
Of Cornwall in the midst Of bis sermon the
alarm was given, " A wreck. q wreck The
congregation. eager for their prey, were immedi-
ately making of, when the parson solemnly eu-
treated them to hesr only i've words more. This
arrested their attention. until the preacher throw
ing Of his cauo1iesls. descended from the pulpit,
exclaiuiiug, 4" Now, let's all start fair"
Don't insult poor man, bis muscles may have
been we'll developed.
Don't fret the world will move on as usual az
ter yOu are gone.
Don't color meerschaums for living. it is sim
ply dyeiug by inches.
Don't say, told you so, two to one you never
said word about it.
Don't throw dust IN your teachers eyes, it may
iujare the pupil.
Don't buy buggy to please your wife, better
DJnt write long obituaries, save some Of your
kind words for the living.
Don't publish your acts OF charity, the Lord will !
keep the account.
Don't mourn over fancied grievances, bide your
time and real sorrow will come.
The Spanish national debt is So 5OO.OO0OOO.
or nearly equal to that Of Great Britain. the in.
terest at ) per cent. being about Sl.OOOOOO.
while the annual revenue does not reach $50 OOO.-
GOO. 80 that bankruptcy seems inevitable. In all
probability the government will have to scale the
debt as Austria has several times done with her
debt and it ia already said that the most that the
creditors can hope for is 80 per cent of the pru-
pal, and thst they will be glad to get even 8 per
cent. on that. But it must be borne 10 mind
that all this money was borrowed at an enormous
discount aud that it is doubtful IT. after ell lend
ers viii really lose much By the scaling The pro-
cess Of lOaniug money ia this way is q vicious one.
and can lead only to such results Public debts Z
are becoming everywhere regarded as the great
est curses upon the masses Of the people devel. /
Oped by modern civilization. but there are few /
States that are able to pay them of honestly 1
Even France. whose 6nanesl management has 1
been so much lauded has as yet made no beginning /
at it.
THE BsIDE-Sbe quits her home. her parents.
her companions. her smHsemenis. everything on 4
which she has hitherto depended for comfort. for 4
affection, for kindness, for pleasure. The parents
By whose advice she bad been guided. the sister 1
10 whom she had dared impart every embryo feel I
ing and thought, the brother who has played with 1
her BY turns the counsellor aud couuselled and 4
the younger children to whom she has hitherto 1
been the mother and the playmate. all are 10 be
forsaken at one fell stroke; every former tie is to
be broken, the spring OF every hope and action Is
changed, and yet she flies With joy into the IN
troddsn path before her. Buoyed Up by the con-
fdence Of reqaited love she bids fond and crate
fol sdieu to the life that is past. and turns with
excited hopes and joyous snticipations OF the hap
piness to come. Then woe to the man who can
blight such fair hopes. who can, coward-liks.
break the illusions that have won her. and de-
slroy the confidence which love had inspired
DoSE--A train vii start at o'clock the morning
Of the lst Of June for San Francisco from the city Of
New York, distance Of s,s25 niles. with sixteen
passengers, each Of whom VII pay $500 fare the fare
Including weeks beard AZ the grand PaIaee Hotel
az san Francisco. When the passengers reach san
Francisco they viii Be received By the Mayor and
Common Council Of san Franeiseo. Mr.. Henry c. |
Jarrett, Of Booths Thsater, who is the manager Of
The Affair." intends to reach San Franeisco in eighty
eight hours from NeE York The New York Herald
vii be carried the traa and will be delivered at
Pittsburg, Chicago. Omaha, san Francisco and all