The Hawaiian gazette., 1878-09-25

solution Of these tables | refer you to some
English" arithmetic | am not responsible for
them. They clam to be official. The deepest
mine in Australia is at Arsrs,. perhaps you think
that is where Noah spilled ont the jewels CT
drowned world but this is not the Ararat where
the Ark rested All the machinery Of the mines
Of Sandhurst would scarcely equal the ponderous
machinery OF the consolidated Virginia" ut the
Comstock, in Virginia City Nevada. Their stamp
mills are toys compared with the king of mines.
The out lying country over which | passed,
resembles an old battle field with its trenches,
pits, forts, breast-works, upheaved and over
turned 10 the widest state OF desolation. | 90
down a square black chimney into the bowels of
the earth. At the bottom | find host OF
miners singing their sledges. driving drills. and
digging with picks. After remaiuiug short
time in this dark mine. and viewing OH there was
to be seen, assembled, feeling well paid for my
visit
a piece of phrassology here REEVES an Incl
dent: Standing upon street corner in Mel
bourne one day, profoundly absorbed in the deep
mysteries and colossal calculations OF the interest
on nv money, was addressed By strange lady
arrayed in a suficiency of jswellry to fit up a
show window. with basket on her arm. whom
took to be a tract distributor" can't you
shout my young man ~
Ny good woman. am not in religious mood.
Shout, Madam. shout Let's see. Shout. TO
(according to Webster) elevate the voice to
there is really some mistake here. turned into
book store hard by and addressed the man of
books: Can You tell me the deinitiou OF the
word shout in this climate?
He tapped his forehead and studied. Shout,
:. -, he ap,;noJa means IN sat am
"0hl set up what 2?
a bottle OF WINE"
"Ah will it keep
Warranted. sir. for all climates"
By the way. we had a clever young gentleman
with side whskers here at SandhurSt, who has u
brother in the Sandwich Islands. He says he
dined with King Kalakaua. A kind relative of
his died lately in England. leaving him the tri-
| ding sum Of S5OOO0 and for the handling of
which he proposed to soon set out on his travels.
The women set their caps for HIM with consum.
mate skill 1t seemed as though he was engaged
to dozen How to select flower from his bou
uuet would have taxed the philosophy ofSocrates.
| He used ine language. He spiced his sayings
with golden veins OF thought. He drew literally
on the poets, and quoted Burns with the greatest
fluency. He wore an immaculate neckte. He
perfnmed his handkerchief with the best cologne.
! he DdrthI us uulE III tue auu hOic
velvet cap on three hairs. Rivalry ran high.
They lent willing ears to his talk. " He was
such duck of boy" He was perfect arse
nal of poetry. :" He was dlstnntly related to the
| Kfnrs"-T myself was favorahly Impressed with
the smotbness of his speech. We stopped ut the
same hotel together. He made himself extreme
" agreeable. He was quite companlonable. He
could hum tune and whistle songs. Oh, how
he could sing! It would make your head swim
and your feet waltz TO hear him thump on the
organ. The ladies' were infatuated the girls
we're mad He borrowed money. He circulated
checks (bogus) with unsparing hands. He took
in the hotels He hamboozled the banks He
heeced several couhding ladies heavily. Worse,
he-well-enough.
| You are DOUBTLESS familiar with the story con-
corning the wreck of the ship Loeb Ard, bound
from London to Melbourne. and which was lost
| in terrible gale off the rugged coast of South
Australia: and of the heroic bravery OF young
midshipman. Tom Pearce, who. clinging to a
spar. breasted the fierce waves and fought his
way over the mad breakers to the shore lie
was chilled. benumbed, exhausted and frozen; bat
on hearing cry out over the raging surf among
the bowling winds plunged into the rolling sea
and swan quarter of mile, aud rescued u
young lady, Miss Carmichael. and brought her
safely to the shore; wrapped her nude body IN
his own apparel; then climbed precipitous clltf
/ 300 feet high. aud brought relief.
| At the coast of the shipwreck, the granite
cliffs rise perpendicularly out of the sea; Their oar
| ing waves thrown in BY the full rage of the Pa
cife, dashed by the driving fury of an Arctic
gale hurled its clouds of spray and surf up their
sides.
! His daring venture was, therefore, feat OF
uncommon valor 1t was mid-winter. The Cap
tain and all Others were lost.
| Young Pearce is the hero OF the Colonies. The
noble and the great have done him honor. The
| Governor presented him with basket of sover-
| elgns. The Mayor of Melbourne gave him q
gold watch and chain. The Humane Society
| honored him with their first gold medal. The
theatres have been thrown open to him.
1t is hoped that he will not freeze our enthu-
siasm. or shock the sentimental dreams of the
novel reading world. or outrage the climax with
which romance unswervingly eliminates the ex-
| ploits of heroism, by not wreathing in orange
| blossoms the brow of the rescued heroine and
make her ears Jingle with bridal bells and her
heart leap for joy on marriage eve" Honor
to whom honor is DUE j. n. INGRAM.