The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1876-01-05
Late Foreign Items.


Mr.. spurgeOn is going to Nice. to spend two or
three months in rest and quiet.
At Dartmouth College the term bills amount to SO.
Brown SIS. Williams 500 S95, Yale Sl4O, and
Harvard $50.
The income of Mr.. Edwin Forests estate, accord
ing to his desire will be used to found asylum for
superannuated actors.
Proctor the talented lecturer on astronomy, is for
the second time expected to visit the United States
and will commence with the Lowell Insti-
tute.
The Empress of Japan has decided on the erection
Of college for young girls who wish to devote them
selves TO teaching, and has given a liberal from
her private purse toward the expense Of construction
NJ. Rota, professor Of music at Trieste teaches
deaf mutes to sing. At public exhibition given
Gently in Paris, they sang in perfect time and pre-
served the pitch which mysteriousy conveyed to
them by the teacher,
Tbs soil Of Louisiana Is said to be very productive
With ordinary cultivation crop Of eaue or Cotton
often amounts to SI5O.OOO 5000, coo. OF the u.s.
0O0OO0 of forest about 900 zoe acres are Gov
cred with pine, and 5000 900 with cypress
The residence of Washington Irving. on the Hud-
son, remains in his life 1t is occupied in the sum
by his brother Ebenezer. and his daughter, 10
whom it was bequeathed with the request that the
last one give it to good man by the Of r.
wing.
According to a Paris dispatch Due de Cazes French
Minister Of Foreign Affairs, states that the reason
why his Government refused to buy the Suez Canal
shares when the property eadered for sale she
Ministry, was that MacMshOns Cabinet feared it was
war with Germany.
Tar RECENT FLooDs IN ESsLASD.-LoSDox. No
vember lsth.-The Morning Echo announces that, on
account Of the foods the sanitary authorities
have declared district in Bristol with population
OF six thousand, unfit for habitaiiou until midsum
mer. Thousands Of acres in the valley Of the Trent
will probably remain under water throughout the
winter.
Iowa marble is coming largely into use in the
West for diningrOom library and bedroom mantes.
When polished it has creamy brown hue, beautiful
in itself and admirable a background for color.
The Stone is easily carved, and exquisite effects
produced by messing conventional flowers, ETC., and
then picking out the lines in color.
PARIS, December 9d-A committee appointed to
consider proposals of the Right and Left Centers
to the time of elections and the meeting Of the new
Chambers have agreed report in favor Of the dis
solution Of the present Assembly in December the
exact day to be hereafter fixed. They have also de-
cided to recommend that the general election be held
February goth, aud the Chambers convoked
March 9TH.
One of the many practical applications of the new
method Of annealing and hardening glass been made
in the successful imitation Of diamonds. When GER
tain qualities Of glass treated steel is when
making hard, namely, cooling it suddenly while it
is hot, they become nearly hard the diamond.
1t is said that the dust of such glass is for
grinding purposes, next in value to diamoud-dust
being SO sharp as to grind every gem except the
diamond ITSELF
The great changes which the almost universal use
of the sewing machine has made in the prices of ready
made clothing is almost incredible. The prices |
labelled on suits hanging at clothing stores low
as fifteen, twelve, ten, and seven dollars for
suit Of clothes, apparently Of serviceable material,
certainly in good style. The prices at which
facturers have been obliged sell their Clothes has
done much in this cheaPening of clothing.
A committee of French-American gentlemen pro-
pose to erect colossal statue year, in the har
Dor Of New York in memory Of the ancient dshp
between the two nations This statue is to be placed
with the pedestal, about two hundred feet high. 1t
Is to represent Liberty enlightening the world,
luminous aureoe, projected from the head, viii radiate
the far flowing Of the ocean and thus serve
a lighthouse.
The of opium by youths of both sexes in San
Francisco is spreading to alarming extent The
Committee Of the Board Of Supervisors Health and
Police of that city, report at least eight opium deDs
which ind their exclusive patronage among the whites
This is another proof Of long established truism,
that to bring superior class in contact with nfe-
riOr that both will draw from the other. The better
class is lowered sndE he lower class is raised.
Prof. Henry, referring to the small attendance at
the Academy Of Sciences At Philadelphia expressed
the hope that at no distant day Congress- would
make appropriation to pay the expenses of the
members while attending the meetings. The Academy
often called upon TO render important services
the Government. In one instance it had saved the
Treasury million dollars annually BY pointing
out the in classifying certain kind Of imported
goods with fabrics containing wool.
Gen Benjamin F. Butler rode at the head Of the
grand Bunker Hill procession Of 81, coo, being the
commanding ofeer Of the Division Of Massachusetts
Militia. The AdUertiser says be 9. rode mp composed
ly amid some applause, saluted the COmmAnder-in-
Chief Governor GAstOn) grsTey and was as graVely
sAluted in return" Butanother description, perhaps
IhOtographing the hero Of Dutch Gap at 4 different
point in the march, says: " He bowed like Punch
AID Judy and Ehrled about and around like 3
WeathercOek in a squall."
Mr.. Hoyt, of Lewiston, Me-, claims to be able to
obtain perpetual motion, selfereating power. His
device is old one, balls rolling in the hol
low spokes Of wheel. which so curved that the
balls viii always be at side the axis, and ut
the other side the circumference which side then
necessarily is the heaviest and always goes down. and
50 the wheel isconstantly reFolTed. Mr. Hoyt thinks
steamships may be BY these wheels. He has q
machine has been for eight months. he will con
struct larger for the PhiladsIphia exhibition
Wendell Phillips, in recent lecture said
-" Temperance is not a sentiment, but it holds the
possibility Of municipal freedom. The question
of Temperance has large political significance
Unless some method Is found avert this tendency
to supplement this weakness, to curb this Kun
ger Of the Saxon blood there cannot be decent
and honest goTernme in cities Of half million or
quarter Of million Of inhabitants. The press Of
Europe points to these shores and says. Govern q
great city before you boast of independence before
you say that universal Suffrage is the stone Of
Q State"