The Hawaiian gazette., 1877-02-14


In every Mohammedaa community-European
Asialic or Afriean-there exist few men who
believe their creed with an intensity which
scarcely any other faith inspires, who entirely
trust it's promises of future reward, and who are
so filed with the pride of being intrusted with
the lone true faith" that they hold life and
wealth and ease absolutely nothing in COMPARE
son with the extension or defense of Islam. They
will dare to revenge On insult to it, endure any
thing to win a convert. and fuee anybody who
offers them through death an opportunity of re-
allzng its promises, With q sort Of delight in
suffering which Christians consider prerogative
OF their own martyrs.
Over and over again have few Mohammedan
soldiers charged whole masses of Europeans, and
cut way through them, or been cut to pieces,
without man Of them making 40 effort to es-
cape. Over and over aguin have minute bodies
of Moplahs in Southern India seldom exceeding
twenty in number, slain some Hindoo oppressor,
defined the British Government and when at
tucked, rushed on the Highlanders' bayonets,
content if only the fatal thrust we're deep enough
to let them reach the inhdes with their knives.
Over and over again have small bodies Of Turks
defending villages or FORTS refused all terms, en-
dured starvation till the last food was eaten. and
then died fighting with a sort Of triumphant joy
business in death. Nothing in the history Of
Greece. or Rome, or England, surpasses the hero
ism which Mussulmans, excited by their creed,
have from time to time exhibited, under the
most favorable circumstances, and there is no
reason to doubt that the spirit which animated
such men anirnates some of their co-religio:ists
now The idea that the fanatics have all died
out is as false as the idea that there no pious
Mussnlmans left, men who live up to their light
as strictly and earnestly as any CalVinists or
High Churcbmen in Engand.-Ion. Spectator.
An ELEPHANTS ToorH-We saw the molar
tooth of an elephant or some huge bea ct that
was taken from tertiary sandstone formation at
the State Prison quarry. The tooth, or what
remains of it, is seven inches long by four inches
wide, and, as Professor Stewart Gays, who has
the article in charge. it must have belonged to
animal thirty feet long by fifteen feet in hight.
In the days Of that elephants life-the Mocene
period-palm and other tropical trees occupied
the places Of the present sagebrush. just think
of it! In few thousand years mastodODs have
turned into iaclnss rabbits and chipmunks A
tusk ten feet long was discovered in the quarry
few months ago. .rt
TEA CuLrURE IN ISDfA.-1he introduction and
progress OF tea culture in British India form
subject of interest for those who are curious to
watch the shifting OF trade from one nation to
another. In 1874 Great Britain imported
Is, 100000 pounds of tea from India, which was
far in excess of previous importations. Last year
there was q continuation of the increase, and the
quantity rose to $4,000 900 pounds, valued at
nearly Sll 100000. This industry has been
carried on, in d smaller way, for half century
and more, but has made its greatest progress
during the past ten years.