The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1882-01-04

SIR Lionel steEyie West is tn ninth Bri,isb
NIuisis. ooualssioned TO Wash lston drring
Queen Victoria tfeien.
Mr.. Carl Bockh b naturalist. now e-ulo-;,, g.,
discovered IN suaaira two years nc the smallest
antelope m the ubrld. The adult f,his sr.--iss
was barely hfssn inches in leneii and NM In
height
whi;elau Rid the nevly-marrie, editor NJ ~.
New York de, Is thus done 10 n IN. so-;s,v
rulutun ui Niena paper; - The Gu 1esp,t,s.at ~
The New York Hf Iad, Mr. Raid has ruarrisrl N,ss
Mills, with dSzry of Sl95.C D.OOO
Mast iayesisd $1,000 in an allee- silver ,,,,,,
Receiving untmpFable reports, he nj o,t - sse
what be had Tsiin for. Accompaniet by an ,-rnert
he found that b. had invested ia a, ope,l onarry
which Wogidn'tpsu out i've cents 70 he ton.
Bjwdoin College has had a. exueriencs
which has given a death blow 10 sazinr IN one
institution AZ least. A freshman ". put fhrougb
the operation md was treated so sew -ely as 10 lse
Al eve His father has shown his ! .rp-eciation of
the act by bringing seven suits o $lOOOO each.
fIve soph1uorss and two juniors re the hAppy
defendants, and It Is 10 DE hoped lat in the IN
fall amount.
Las; year The letters received by nail and dis
trlbuied m M York City numbeisd more than
3il1o0cl. bsinE on an average Of q le,O Per tlay.
The agcrrcste weight Of these let ers would bs
more than 2.n tons. In addition - tbis are
postal cards, which average more IL n l.GOOOO a
week, aud also city letters, which Irerape more
than 10000 peE week.
The present Educst tion Minister in Itaiv is rneii
tatiUC the to:al abolition of art academies in t,t
country The buildings are TO be tu med into rsl
leFlrs and MUSEUMS, and their educ Itoual fulc-
tons 10 be lefit private institutions mdependsnt
Of the State 1he young artists of Rome lately
presented 4 ratnorial to the Niirstsf. asserting
that academic obstruction is incompe4nt 10 tram
artists, and M the sums spent upon it by the
State Wastai
N. jules Fery has directed the prefee.s through
out France % press for the creation of riT.s'
schools IN parishes, which, TO ave expense. have
hitherto arrare' Tor fha free admission of rirls
OF the lower classes isito nuns tIriva.. srbs.Is
He represents these girls as receiving under the
present rule a. almost mechanical teaching IN
order 70 sho" POE paving scholars that they
cciye the extra Value OF their money The clerical
organs warmly resent this ref f--tion on the nuns
j Is e1mplain.i in Philadelphia thst the psbl
schools are undpiy crowded. some teachers hsying
as many as slr,-siE pupils, and Others, numbers
varying betveen forty-tye and sixty-six. That
the work accnnflished under these circumstance
should he th0rurgh, even With the mos: brilliant
Of teachers, is 4preposterous expectation aud the
Peuuriousness tlht permits such folly is inexcus-
able. 1t goes without saving. considering this
cTOwding, thaithe Philadelphia teachers are illy-
paid.
What is besved 70 be Trustworthy information
from all tie vine-producing departments of
France places the product for the present wear
considerably higher than the yield of a year
AGO. Last yeaf 29.677412 hectolitres were return
ed bat 1t Is ePected that for this year the vintage
will reach - 0oQOo and that il NAV % as hipb rs
S5.O)oooo. x all the provinces Hsrault Yields
most, the estimate being for 10000 hectoiitres
The Aude coues next with %. 600 5rld Charente
Inferienre fl1ows with l,SI2yO00.
Tie Mosleu priests warned the " infiiel - Frsn, h
not 20 enter, or attempt to enter thelioly CITY
Kairwau, the sacred streets Of which had not been
RAISED hy the foot of Christian dog fr more than
= thousand years, according TO their Hecount. Tn-
French soldiers were told that the Angel of Death
stood at the city gates ready to annililate them #
thry attempted to profane the holy pAcs by their
presence. Bat they pressed forward, nevertheiess,
the gates ven opened and the "infCels marched
in and took posse ssion. lhe African Arabs we're
Fstanished upon finding that their supposed holy
city was not under Divine protection.
When the Sodene Buriesque Company were
coming ont on the Overland the other day little
boy on the train began to cry bitterly on account
OF the loss Of his toy balloon, which bad 6issa-
rasred Just as his mother WIS giving up The
sss1rch the symmetrical Emily who vas dozinr in
her berth. Suddenly yawied, vhen the balpon
lba;ed out Of her mouth. into vhich 1t appea rcd
10 have been drawn by breathing. there is some.
thing reasonable about this story in fact.
know II 20 be true, bGt there is irving g. get
o. TO believe that other tough yaru 70 the eject
that on another occasion while "EE' was living
on her berth, fast asleep, near-siChted traveller
came by and stuffed his night-shirt md comb and
brush into her mouth under the impression that it
WIS his vslise. We don't believe any thing Of the
kiud.-fsrFick Io3d.
have seen the Grand Old Appiau Way, as my
guide book calls it. The g. o. A. ". IS several
Ires long and some sixteen or eight en- feet wide.
In fact. It is very common sort o. lane, except
that Il Is narrower than most Americn lanes and
though It is fenced in and veil paved 1t Is far re
moved from either Crandeur or beauty. A drive
along the Appiau Way behind the ayGage Roman
stecd. the Inoanest horss attalnable outside Of
Me1ico, driven by the average homu citizen. is
one Of the least sublime exercises k1Dw OF. The
citizen may possibly be descended fpm Cahgula
OF Augustus, aad the horse every time it breatnes
nav Uamp through il, gothic care ss the noble
hood Of Bucephalus, but they don't LOOK 1t, and
Va must ..nnatr believe very hard,n Ike the mar
chi1uess over her lemonade, TO make the drive
other than prosaic. However, it vas built by
Appus Claudius. the gentleman who had dill
caltv with Virginius concerning the latter's
daughter 2-0a3 years ago, and that Is good while
Ii Is related Of the late Governor Bagley of
Michigan, xho was stric, SabhataIiIn, that being
in Detroit one Summer Sunday, he was walking
with a companion through htte-freguented
street on the way from church Wien he heard
sounds that were suspcioGsly like tic clicking Of
ivory balls He put ms head INSIDE lie door.
nssed to see the proprietor, and when the person
presented himself. inquired politely: Do you
make 1t a practice, sir 10 keep your hall open on
Sunday = The man glanced quicsly around TO
See that nobody was within easy he1rng, then bent
over. aud put his mouth close to Air Isgley's ear
a he answered with significant wink: - Well,
no Governor. not as 4 general thing, you know
but II voa aud your friends there would like TO
play 4 little game. guess can liz il for you
The Oldest inmate Of the Ohio Penitentiary.
both as regards age and psriod OF tiufe spent IN
Imprisonment. Is Horace Brooks, who Is numbered
o. the prison register No 2i7s, recsIycd Noveni-
Der 10th. $50 under sentence for life Tor murder
IN the second degree. AT the date of his entrance
into tho prison he was forty three years Of age,
and the thirty-one wears spent IN prison makes
him now seseuty-l0ur years old. The old fellow Is
hale aud hearty and bids fair TO reach by reasot
OF strength his full four score. For the ast seyei
years he has been somewhat ammo, ed Sy lnrs
- rnsa cancer growing upon his forehead, t
whira an ordinary mortal wo1ld have long NJ
sgccuinbed. but which does no. seem to greatly in
iGre the old mans health. wh,ls II does serve hir
II good purpose in one respect furnishes lii
something 70 complain Of r.hn II his age IN
circamstaucss require and oaght 70 have. -
history OF his crime is briefly this be owned
farm n the 5uburns of Cleveland through vhith
raiiroad ran the cars ran over and killed sorie
his sheep. and 10 avence this injury Broozf o.
structed the track. threw OF train. and kilie
i've persons. De vas indicted for murder BY II
Grand Jury of Cuyaho-a county, tried I'M th
Cours Of that county and sentenced TO the Yen
tsntary for life. At the time of his convicti{n
was quite wealthy man, and the property II the
Owned has become extremely valuable, win
since become a part Of the city of Clev ano
Brooks has still hopes of getting out, and Dob
forward to better days His kindred and fnent