The Hawaiian gazette., 1883-07-18
Miscenansou..
Actions are prayers put in practice.

Miscellaneous.
Actions are prayers put in practice.
Boston has issued l,O9o liquor licenses this
Walls have ears-that is, those walls which
support telephone
The famous musicians, List, Joseffy and
Remenyi, are Of Hungarian birth.
If men had ever possessed all that tbev
claim to have lost the worlds wealth would
be doubled.
Il ought to be easier to hit the head of a
nail than it is to strike your thumb, but such
is not the case.
Peter Cooper was persistent milk drinker
ior the last ten years Of his life, and felt that
it kept him alive
Fourteen tons of fireworks and ! 900 sepa-
rate pieces were burned at the New York and
Brooklyn bridge opening.
Some men say wise things-oihers 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 proprietors
$4,000 for maintenance the past year Her
earnings were S65 from sightseers.
Artificial diamonds are now made so perfect
that the difference between them and the real
gems can not be easily distinguished.
a new industry in Japan is said 10 be that
OF laequering plaster 50 as to resemble marble.
On basis OF clay this lacquer work is especi-
ally novel and effective.
The oldest tree earth, so far as any one
KNOWS Is the " Bo tree in the sacred city of
Amarapeora, Burmah II was planted in 2ss
g. and ig acrorlfrvI.- Of-f ,-n,r-
Japanese investigations at Corea fix the
population Of that Kingdom at I ,294, ,367. The
majority of females is about 100000. The
capital, with suburbs, contains 200, 200 per-
sons.
Queen Victoria is very successful Journal
ist The three official papers published by |
hsr authority-the London Gazette, Edinburgh |
Gazette and Dublin Gazette-paid profit last
year Of E29,3l6
Baron krupp, the great German iron found
der, and the manufacturer Of the celebrated |
krupp gun,.is probably the largest employer |
Of labor in the world, his industrial army |
numbering forty thousand people.
The waves Of the Atlantic ocean attain the |
various heights of 25, 80 and l3 feet; those Of
The Pacific arc sometimes as much as 32 feet |
high in the Mediterranean they are l41s f.,
and IN the North Sea 1877 It.
a Scotch person said, somewhat srcastic-
ally, Of hard drinker, that {" he put an enemy |
in his mouth to steal away his brains,'' but |
that the enemy, after thorough AM. .protrac- |
ted search, returned without anything
Joseph NJ stoddart, publisher of the Amer
ioan edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica" |
has sued the New York Tribune Association |
TO recover $1,000 for libeling him by charg- |
ing that he pirated an edition Of that encyclo- |
pedia.
Priest" Pat, understand you are going |
TO be married again." Disconsolate Widower |
-" Yis, your riv' 'rence" Priest" But your |
wife, Pat, has only been dead two weeks' |
Disconsolate Widower-" Yis, yer riv'renee |
but shure amt she dead now as she liver
will be 2''
The Pope, Leo XIII, was born March %, |
1910. He is the 25th pontiff, and was
elected to the Papacy on February 20, 1875, |
being crowned on March of the same year. |
SO that he now completes the 5.h year Of his |
Pontiicate The Pope's family name is Joa
chin Peccbi.
Tho last st. Louis story about the Chicago !
girl is really too bad. II 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 a doctor, |
and the groom was with difficulty dug out |
from under the ruins.
The Calcutta Exhibition, which will open |
on the 5th Of December, will be remarkable |
chiefly for the marvellous collection of prec-
ious stones that will be shown. Many Of the |
native Princes Of India have promised TO lend |
their finest Jewels, and among these are some |
q the costliest in the world
a colored porter in an Austin, Texas store |
asked TIE proprietor for days leave of alb
sence. "Nhat's up now 2" "Dars niggah |
r-iod ot,d I ortr1,for ha
ent to see him fru." Who is this colorcd |
man at whose wedding you have to be pres
ent ?' Is'e de niggah, boss"
In London, says a society critic, the best |
people are the worst dancers. Further still, |
good dancing is actually condemned " bad |
FORM" The American practice Of reversing |
in the waltz was cSnshed because "0b, the |
best people don't reverse" Such are tho |
frivolities Of society in London.
The other day on an Arkansas railroad, an |
old gentleman sat, half asleep, with book |
entitled The Train Robbers on his lap. |
Pretty soon he sank to sleep. The window |
sash fell with loud report and the old man |
springiDg to his feet and throwing up bis |
hands, exclaimed Gentlemen, haven't got |
cent"
Massachusetts has still within its borders
few representatives Of its thirteen original /
tribes Of Indians, numbering about 225 fami-
lies aud 1000 individuals. 1t is thought to
be doubtful if any Of them are OF pure aborig- |
inai blood, aud their numbers is slowly de-
creasing as the years 20 by. determination
seems 10 be their sure destined fate.
Tie combined efforts Of four policemen were
required to carry into the House OF Commons /
on April 10th tho petition in favor Of closing /
public houses on Sunday-one OF the largest
documents Of the kind ever presented to Par
lament Il contained 59p,552 signatures |
upon q continuous roll of paper, which was |
1882 yards long and weighed $50 pounds.
The9aic Of the Jeanneite has led the Aneri- |
ican Government 70 withdraw tho two Ameri- /
can parties cngaved in the international /
circunpolar enterprise The Point Barrow |
party under Lieutenant Ray has been easily |
reached, but the attempt to convey stores 10
The Greeley party at Lady Frankyn Bay has
failed Later in the season another attempt /
will be made.
voIlairc's house is now used BY the Geneva /
Bible Society as a repository for Bibles The 4
British Bible .Socicty's house in Earl street,
Blnckfriars, sttnds where, in 1878, the Coun-
eli forbid Nychefie circulating portions of
HOLY Scriptures, and where he uttered the
worlds "The truth shall prevail, and the
Religious Tract S0cietys premises are where
Bibles were publicly burued.
4ne green S-ccnt tHltcu f'tdtcs puat'.Se-
stamp which goes ous in October viii have bad
a run Of thirteen years. il succeeded the /
short-lived blue design, which camo after the |
reds. Postage-stamps began in 1871 with
scent issue bearing the portrait Of Franklin /
and l0-cent stamp with Washingion's pict-
rrc, and q second series with five denomina-
tions-onc, three, Eve, ten and twelve cents.
camo moi long afterwards.
Ths output Of coal ID tho United Kingdom
of cfcat Britain during tie year 1882 amoun-
fad to 4 SIS, s0a, ,o77 tons, which wasa an increase
81 nearly two and half millions Of tons over
the output Of the year preceding although 1
saere were thiriy-ihr1e fewer mines operated. /
41.tar rrnrn 5n3 ogT PERSONS employed ia and /