The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1877-07-18
WEDNESDAY. JULY is. 1877.


tismal occasions, by well arranged and unseen
machinery, the whole pulpit floor and furniture
are rolled back, exposing the Baptstry, the
water IN which is heated by pipes from furnace
10 the basement.
A wife in California has the right to manage
her own property as she sees fits and her hus
band has no legal right TO interfere with her,
provided this property was acquired before their
marriage.
A patent for paper blankets has been taken
out in England, though the idea is about as old
as paper making. They have ventilation holes
every four inches.
The Perth Town Council passed law that
passengers should not arrive or depart on the
Sabbath bat Sheriff Adam refused 10 sanction it.
On the Court OF Appeals doeket there appears
the case OF Brick '. Brick. What bod name
for suit, and how mortar-hed the plaintiff will
feel if the costs are plastered on him.
The identical wooden press at which Franklin
worked was shown at the Centennial Exhi-
bition by the side of Hoe lightning cylinder
press.
There is no doubt of the fact that the writ
ings Of Washington Irving and Charles Dickens
haze greatly qulckened the hearty observance
OF Christmas, which has been the characteristic
Of late years.
Surgeons in Europe and America are now
using raw cotton as d dressing for wounds, and
with excellent effect. Ii protects The part thor
oughly filters the air. and prevents the access OF
floating germs.
The Centennial Conference of the Baptist
Churches OF New Haven Was he'll Dec. s. II
was determined to raise 500 GOO Tor the endow-
ment of Suffeld Literary Institute.
What waste Of precious time is occasioued
by the present necessity of teaching aud learn
ing that goes before in receive. and before
in believe ; and thai two Is are used IN willy.
The best-paid performers in the amusement
business nowadays are the negro Ministries and
variety actors.
An astronomic friend wonders how so many
plaa-it to keep from starvation. One thing,
however, i. certain-they won't have TO 60 SO
often TO re- Herchel.
Virtue and intelligence are Tor should be) the
conditions OF suffrage. Craftsmanship should
first qualify and then empower.
The London Missionary Society intend to
send women missionaries TO India and China. to
work in the manner of the "Zenana'' missions
established by the Christian women of the coun-
try.
Mdme. a. Patti. Louise Kellogg, and Titiens
the singers, are very rich. Lucca ard De
AurSka are rich but lmproyident. Alboui is
only on the road to fortune.
1t has been demonstrated beyond doubt tina,
smut gains access TO grain through the seed.
and that washing the seed wheat with bluestone
Is almost certain preventive.
Mr. w w Chapman. of Newburyport, Mass.
has given to DR.. 1almage's Lay College 81 600
as i beginning for the endowment OF PRO
fessorship Of Sacred Rhetoric and Vocal Cul-
ture."
There is growing sentiment among the peo-
pie Of ciylised nations in favour Of uniformity in
coinage. weights, and measures, legal codes, and
postal rates.
An International Association for the Promo
ton Of Scripiural Holiness is announced in
England. Il is composed Of eergymeu, minis
tiers, and members of the Church OF England
Congregational, Baptist, Wesleyan, Primitive
Methodist, and other Churches.
Professor Tyndall says the masters of schools
should look the problem of scientific education
straight in the face, for science Is growing day
b! day, and they should take it up before out
side pressure becomes too strong.
Professor Douglas says there are 10000 cha
racters in the Chinese language. aud these are
represented to the ear by only 500 sounds. The
greater part are symbols.
In bis new book, The Ctaldean Account of
Genesis George Smith gives the results OF
Assyran scholars in the Interpretation of records
relating to this field.
The Sydney Morning Herald, paper strongly
under clerical control, endorses Mr.. Maclesy's
assertion that We sh0ald search after truth un-
blassed og all preEiously-conceiVed theories"
On Mr.. Thomas Carlyles eightieth birth day,
q congrstulatory address was sent 10 him signed
by upwards Of hundred men and women Of
eminence. including Darwin, Tenuyson, Lubbock
Dean Stanley, and Max Muller.
The writer of London News Talk in the
Argus says that the Daily Telegraph, true to its
name and aspirations, IS actually laying down q
submarine cable Of its own across the channel.
Bryant and Longfellow are on the American
Committee for receiving subscriptions for the
London Byron memorial.
The land IN Egypt is taxed one-fOurth or one
half Of Its annual yield. Every palm-tree and
every Saier-Sheel pays tax. The reveBue is
practically iarmed out.
A few years ago Flood and O'Bren we're the
proprietors OF 8 small drinking saloon ; nov thew
are regarded Is the Eeallhiest men on the Paci.
&c coast.
The varied applications of the helioiype pro-
cess, BY which the most costly works are exactly
reproduced, has made il possible for every one
TO have complete art gallery Of the great works
OF the old masters.
The Italian Government have announced that
sn iucome-tAx will De imposed on the siipends
Of all persons connected with the Papal Court.
The Unitarian Church at Pittsboro', n. H..
which was originally Orthodox Congregational.
will celebrate the completion Of It's tWo-bun-
6redth year IN February next. The Rev. James
Freeman Clarke viii deliver the address.
Russian paper reports that the Cossacks of
the Don believe that the end of the world il at
hand The Marquis of Ripon has given the
Pope 10000.
Not until Roman Catholicism can present e
better showing in respect to its practical results
vii the epithets vita which it assails our school
system have much weight or influence.
Blankets Of trosn paper. perforated 50 a. to
admit free passage 10 the eIhalauous of the body
without diminishing the warmth, ere sold il
London 81 Id, Sd. and Cd. each