The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1883-01-31
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. make bird twice as beautiful as an Austria
Ian parrot.
IneIhaustible good nature is the most pre-
cious gift Of Heaven, spreading itself like oil
Fl over the troubled sea Of thought, and keeping
the mind smooth and equable in the toughest
II weather.
The twelfth child, a son Of a citizen Of New
NJ Brunswick, \. J., was bora at twelve O'Clock
NJ on the twelfth day Of the twelfth month Of last
year, and weighed twelve pounds TO an ounce,
If the nurse can be believed.
St. Johns y b., had a novel funeral the
other day. The dead person was a woman,
E and SIX women acted as pall-bearers. They
were dressed in black, with white wells and
gloves, and carried The corpse from the house
" 70 the bearse, and lowered the coffin to the
grave in the buTying-ground.
With even length of 600 yards Of cable
divers have been able TO communicate with
persons above water, 10 receive instructions, to
ask for tools, to report Investigations, and the
course Of submarine investigations all 10y iele-
phone.
The startling discovery has been made 10y
NJ. Pasteur that the saliva Of person fasting
is venomous, as it contains parasites which
inoCdlate. Breaking the fast depriyes the
saliva Of its poisonous quality, as the para
hi food The eminent biologist gives for tho
W present only the fact, and makes no attempt
at explanation.
GiT.ert Graves Of South Killingly, Connec-
iicut, when a school boy, fell upon the ice and
broke his night arm; next he was thrown from
\ an or car and broke his collar bone When a
A young man, his AK glanced and split his right
knee almost in twain, rendering the knee stiff
aud painful. A few days ago, in friendly
scuffe with a neight-or, he fell and broke his
leg in two places.
No man, says al English writer, ever en-
loved life more kocnly than Anthony Tnollopc.
q He was full Of common sense, yet ludicrouSly
obstinate and peryerse-roaring and splutter-
ing, and wholly incapable OF argument Once
he and party Of friends were in couclave in
Henley. Some subject Of importance was be-
ing considered, and some one made sugges-
tion. Trollopc, engaged in conversation at
the other end Of the room, at once raised his
head and voice g l differ from you entirely"
he roarod like bull at rcd rag. &c differ
from you entirely What was il you said ~
Tommy was little rogue, whom his mother
bad hard work to manage. Their house in
the country was raised few feet from the
ground, and Tommy, to escape well-de-
served whipping, ran from his mother and
crept under the house. Presently the father
came home, and hearing where the boy had
MI taken refuge, crept under TO bring him out.
As be approached on his hands and knees,
& Tommy asked, is she after you, toO?''
Ii is said of the new Gilbert and Sullivan
ppera " Iolanlhe," that the completed portions
of the piece contain pretty harcarole in F.
shaTp, military march for two or three
M bands, a duo, 'On every lip, Her Ladyship,' y
wv descriptive Of the wife of London knight,
L.
in which an old man tries to dazzle girl with
bis title.
London fogs are vastly greater evil than
the perennial jokes at the expense OF those
who have to endure them indicate Official
statistics show that during the week ending
December 10th no fewer than G37 persons
died in London from diseases Of the Tespira-
tory organs, under the influence Of the
almost continuous fog" And on December
10th TIE Pal Nal Gazette said; at il
quite possible, Judging from past experience
that tO-day's fog may cost US as many lives at
Tel-el Kebir, and that the fogs Of December
may he fatal to as many subjects of the Queer
as the whole Of tie Egyptian campaign"
The Prince of Wales had one unique Christ
mas present-a ten-inch shell, mounted on
handsome wooden stand, and bearing this
inscription presented to H. r. II. the
Prince Of Wales by Admiral Lord Alcester, G
c. B., as n souvenir Of the bombardment o
Alexander, July u, 1852. Came through tn,
port side Of Her Majesty's ship Alexandra
above armor, passing through torpedo-lieu.
tenants cabin, struck combing Of engiue-roou
and rolled along main deck, when Mr. Hard
ing, gunner, put 1t in a tub Of water, fol
which he received the Victoria Cross
1t is considered by many in England grea
pity that the old order of sergeants at law, {,
which Sergeant Ballaniyne belongs, is dom
away with, aud that only few now remail
of body that dates from William the Con
queroT. One Of the features in the pageant a
the opening Of the law courts was the remain
ing portion of the ancient order. The scarle
robes and wigs are very imposing, and used t.
be only wern on extraordinary State occasions
black robe was provided for every day wear
and saint days and minor holidays were dis
tinguished by the donning Of purple garment
all with the long, peculiar sleeves and tn
hoc5 that were in vogue when the order wa
founded. Sergeants' Inn was demolishe,
some time ago, and one after another the link
which bind ;he past with the present ar
rudely lroken.
The Earl OF Aberdeen, Sir A. Gordon, NJ. p
Professor Siemens, and other distinguisho
persons witnessed recently the operation q
trance Of Aberdeen Harbor, for the purpose
testing the efficiency Of the practice Of pourin
oil on the water TO calm il in stormy weather
and thus facilitate the entrance Of vessel
The bar at Aberdeen is exceedingly danger
Gus in rough weather, and the sandy bottol
Of the channel is peculiarly fitted for putin
TO the test the utility of the plan proposed b
Mr.. Shields. The Aberdeen Harbor Comulis
sioners have been the first to avail themselvC
Of this new plan. u will be some time befoi
all the pipes are laid aud arrangements con
pleted, but the work is being carefully don
and Mr.. Shields is confident Of its success
The material used is common fish oil, whic
is ohtainable at ! very cheap rate. The onl
difficulty that presents itself is that the pipe
viii be an obstruction TO dredging operation
In volume on tue g Great Shops of PARIS,
N. Pierre Giiard gives some interesting iufoi
NATION about the fashionable disease know
az kleptomania. He says that 1000 womt
are annually caught stealing from Paris couI
ter-, and the number Of titled ladies seize
with kcptomania while examining the fasl
ions is almost incredible Among reccl
culprits were Russian princess, FrenC
countess, an English duchess, and the natur
daughter of reigning sovereign. Of coun
people Of tlus quality never appear in Il
police court, but arrange quiet settlemc
with the proprietors, oiten making roui
contribution occasionally as much as $500
for the relief Of the poor, as a condition
being let of The police authorities, it 81
pears, consent to such settlements.
At the meeting Of the Michigan teaehe
recently, one speaker advised a more judic
ous distribution of labor in the class-roor
He suggested that each teacher should have
general charge of her own room and shou
instruct her pupils in certain branehe
sThen," he added divide the remainiI
time into any four parts properly apportions
between the four principal topics Of stud
Now arrange the work so that the teacher
any one branch can give instructions in tn
branch in each Of the four rooms which ha'
been grouped together. Under such eireur
stances no olsshing Of classes would oe poss
ble-n He thought that the most pernicio
tendency Of the graded system is one to pr
duce decadence Of real teaching and