The Hawaiian gazette., 1878-09-18

The SOCIAL HABITS OF THE IrALIANs.-In Venice |
and all the cities is impressed with the social
habits " of the Italians. OF the many thousands !
collected in st. Marks Square of evening" for in
stance, you will find half the crowd seated around
small tables placed in the open square under the
arcadcs slipping water, lemonade, coffee, tea boer,
wine, brandy and water, eating ices, lunching,
dining in the open air in full view of the crowd.
Men, women and children all mixed up together,
and politeness and gayety is seen on every hand.
WHAT A. WARD CALLED SARxAsM."-A man
came into the Office last evening and asked: " Are
you going TO print sermon tomorrow We told
him that such was not our present intention. " I'm
sorry for that" he replied. " You see, I was
arrested and fined for drinking this morning, and
thought if you to make five line report of it,
and get it mixed up with sermon, nobody would
read it. Guess I'll have to ask you to keep it
out altogether" And the went out without of
fering an explanation for his strange conduct.
The Arr OF FLoATISG.-The following directions
in the art of floating will be of interest to
people who daily taking lessons in the art of
swimming in the surf: ANY human being who will
have the presence of mind 10 clasp the hands behind
the back and turn the face towards the zenith, may
float at and in perfect safety in tolerably still
weather-aye, and sleep there, matter how long.
II. not knowing how to swim, you would escape
drowning when you find yourself in deep water, you
haze ouly to consider empty pitcher, let your
mouth and nose, not the top part of your heavy
head, be the highest part of you and you safe
but thrust up one of your bony hands and down you
go-turning up the handle tips over the pitcher.
WHIsKEY SAVED Hm-A most extraordinary in
stance of pack and endurance, combined with mi
raeulous escape from horrible death by suffocation
starvation, recently transpired at Grizzly Flat,
near Iowa Hill, Placer county, Cal. An old man,
known as " Grizzly" Brown, while at work in his
mine, was overwhelmed and buried by of the
mine. He tightly shut in rs yards from day
light, with scarcely hope that he would be missed
and search made, as his mine was quite distance
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food and only half bottle of whiskey for drink, and
no body thing from which to look for assistance
save his shovel and pick which, fortunately as it
proved for him, were buried with him. He began the
almost hopeless attempt to dig himself out Fortu-
natey the earth proved soft and easy to work in, and
finally after having been entombed for three days
and nothing sustain life but the friendly bottle Of
whsksy he reached the surface, completely exhaust
ed from his long fast, but with strength enough re-
naming to reach place where he could get nourish
ment.
ANOTHER NYE IN THE GAuE.-Edward Nye ia not
relative of Bill Nye," who figures in a celebrated
scene with All Sin, the typical heather Chinee. Ed
ward Nye is an unsophsticated Hollander who came
to his Dutch friends among the descendants
of the Knckerbockers, and making his way to
| Saratoga on the Troy boat. Edward had in his
wallet 81 900 francs and about $3.50 in greenbacks
| making in all the snug sam of S6,i27.50 ready
money, sufficient for the needs of his pleasure trip
| He picked up some travelling aequaintsnces-uic'
young men, who were going to Saratoga too. To
while away the time the boat game pro
| posed to Nye-poker. Then came the old trick o.
the game. Presently Nye got four kings somehow
and staked his whole pile on their honesty and in
vineibiity. 1t happened there were four aces in TIL
field, and Nys gave up all his francs and greenback
and the game He said nothing as he walked away
satisfied that the three other fellows better play
ers than he. But by some hook or crook, he ha
the Troy officers looking out for the boat. and KEEP
sharp eye those three friends Of his, althoug
they had disguised themselves with green google
and false boards and caps of strange pattern. The
were duly pulled at Troy, and all the money, e1
eept about 5000 francs, was recovered Eye hs
given up his trip to Saratoga and stays at Troy fC
the Summer, until his travelling acquaintanc,
get the full benefit Of the law, which is made f
swindling New Workers and visiting Holandel
alike.