The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1883-07-18
miscellaneous.


Actions are prayers put in practice.
Boston has issued 200 liquor licenses thii
year.
Walls have ears-that is, those walls whiel
support a telephone
The famous musicians, Liszt. Joscfy ant
Remeuyi, are Of Hungarian birth.
II men had ever possessed all that the,
claim to have lost, the worlds wealth woui5
be doubled.
IL ought to be easier to hit the head Of a
nan than 1t is to strike your thumb, but sucl
is not the case
Peler Cooper was persistent milk drinkci
ior the last ten years Of his life, and felt that
1t kept him alive.
Fourteen tons Of fireworks and lO,O 900 sepa-
rate pieces were burned AT the New York and
Brooklyn bridge opening.
Some men say wise things-cthcrs do them
Even Solomon did not successfully combine
both branches Of the business.
A cold is the cellar dug 10 accommodate the
foundations Of disease, and which often fur
nishes grave for the proprietor.
The Great Eastern - cost her proprictors
$4,000 for maintenance the past wear. Her
earnings were 500 from sighiseers.
Artificial diamonds are now made So perfect
that the difference between them and the real
gems can not be easily distinguished.
new industry in Japan is said 10 be that
OF laoquering plaster so as to resemble marble.
ON a basis OF clay this lacquer work is espcci-
ally novel and effective.
The oldest tree on earth, SO far as any ono
knows, is the % Bo " tree IN the sacred citv of
Amarapo0ra, Burmah. 1t was planted IN 2ss
b. l., and Is accordingly Zl7l years old.
japanese investigations at Corea fix the
population Of that Kingdom at :. .2gi .3G7. Tho
majority Of females is about 2O0. 900 Tbc
capital with suburbs, contains 200, 900 per-
sons.
Queen Victoria Is very successful Journal
y. The three official papers published by
hr authority-the London Gazette, Edinburgh
Gaette and Dublin Gazctie-paid profit last
yoarof E29, ,3l6.
Baion hrupp, the great German iron found
der, and the manufacturer Of the celebrated
hmpp gun,is probably the largest employer
.oi labor in the world, his industrial army
numbering forty thousand people
The waves Of the Atlantic ocean attain the
lnous heights Of 2j, 32 and 80 feet: those Of
lAe Pacific are sometimes as much as 81 feet
hgh' IN the Mediterranean they are Ia. r.,
and in the North Sea 49,. f.
A Scotch person said, somewhat srcas,ic-
ally, of hard druker, that d" be put an enemy
IN his mouth to steal away his brains" bu.
that the enemy, after thorough an. .pr0trac-
ted search, returned without anything
Joseph NJ. Stoddart, publisher Of the Amer
lean edition Of the Encyclopedia Britannica"
has sued tue New York Tribune Association
to recover SlOO, 900 for libeling him by char--
ing that he pirated an edition Of that encyclo-
pedia.
Priest" Pat, understand you are going
to be married again. Discousolate Widower
-" Yis, your riy'reuce" Priest" Butyour
wife, Pat, has only been dead two weeks -
Disconsolate Widower- Yis, yer riv'renee
but shure amt she as dead now as she iver
will be -
The Pope, Leo NH, was born March %,
lslO. He is the 25th poutif, and was
elected to the papacy on February 20, ISIS, /
being crowned on MARCH, 3 Of the same wear.
So that he now completes the 5th year Of his
pontihcate. The P0pe's family name is J5a-
chin Pecchi.
The last St. Louis story about the Chicago
girl is really too bad. It says that she in |
sisted upon throwing her shoe after newly |
married couple. The carriage is a total |
wreck, the bride is in the hands Of doctor, |
md the groom was with difficulty dug out |
from under the ruins.
The Calcutta Exhibition, which will opeu
IN the 5th Of December, will be remarkable |
;hiehy for the marvellous collection Of prec- |
Gus stones that will be shown. Many Of the |
lative Princes Of India have promised to lend |
heir finest Jewels, and among these are some |
4 the costliest in the world
A colored porter in an Austin, Texas store
isked the proprietor for days leave Of alb
enoe. whats up now ?'' Dars niggah /
wine ter get married aud I oughtcr be pres
mt 10 see him fru." " Who is this colorcd |
nan at whose wedding you have to be pres
mt ? ls'e de niggah, boss
In London, says a society critic, the best
'eople are the worst dancers. Further still,
ood dancing is actually condemned as " bad
orm." The American practice Of reversing
n the waltz was csushed because oh, the
est people don't reverse" Such arc the
rivolities Of society in London.
The other day on an Arkansas railroad, an
ID gentleman sat, half asleep, with a book
nutled "The Train Robbers on his lap.
'retty soon he sank to sleep. The window
ash fell with loud report and the old man
bringing to his feet and throwing up bis
ands, exclaimed Gentlemen, l haven't got
ent"
Massachusetts has still within its borders q
w representatives Of its thirteen original
ibes Of Indians, numbering about 225 iami
les and 900 individuals. Il is thought 30
e doubtful if any Of them are Of pure aborig-
lal blood, and their numbers is slowly de-
reasing as The years go by. determination
GEMS TO be their sure destined fate.
The combined efforts Of four policemen were
squired to carry into The House Of Commons
d April 10Th the petition in favor Of closing
ublic houses on Sunday-oue Of the largest |
ocuments Of the kind ever presented 70 Par
ament- Il contained 5gQ,332 signatures
pop a continuous roll Of paper, which was
$50 yards long and weighed $50 pounds.
The fate Of the Jeanette has led the AmcH- :
an Government 70 withdraw the two Amcri-
IN parties cncayed in The international |
-cumpolar enterprise. The Point Barrow
lrty under Lieutenant Ray has been easily
lached, but the attempt 10 convey stores to
ie Greeley party at Lady Franklyn Bay has
lied. Later in the season another attempt
III he made.
Noltaire's house is now used by the Geneva
lille Society as a repository for Bibles. The
ntish Bible Sccicfy's house IN Earl street,
lsckfriars, stands where, in 1875, the Coun-
! forbid Wychefc circulating portions Of
oily Scriptures, and where be uttered the
ords: "The truth shall prevail and the
eligious Tract socicty's premises arc where
ibles were publicly burned.
The green scent United States postage 7
amp which goes cut in October will have had
run Of thirteen years. Il succeeded the
blue design, which came after the
ds. Postagc-siamps began in ISL with a
cent issue bearing the portrait Of tranklin
a l0-cent stamp with Washinsion's pici-
e, and a second series with i've denomina-
ins-onc, three, five, ten and twelve cents
me not long Afterwards.
The output Of coal in the United Kingdom
Great Britain during the year lss2 auoun-
a 10 l56, i99, ,977 tons, which was an increase 5
nearly two and half millions Of tons over
e output OF the year preceding, although
ere were thirty-threc fewer mines operated
iere were 5O3,ss7 persons employed IN and
out the mines, Of whom 4,652 were fema.eS
lere were, daring the year, so iaial 49, :
nis in the coal mines, BY which the deaths :
l,i26 persons were occzsioned. a