The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1884-09-10
miscellaneous,
Long DIVISION divorce.

Long divlslOn-a divorce.
Your own society you cannot avoid; there
fore make it the best.
This is the rock Of ages" said the father,
rocking two hours and the baby still awake
We have taken the first step in forgetting
our own woes when we become interested IN
anothcr's.
Iron chessboards and chessmen with con-
cealed magnets 70 steady them are now sold
in Berlin for the convenience Of travellers.
The ClsDaiks Zsiisg,g says that solution
of quiuine hydrochlurate acidulated with
hydroChloric acid will quickly and entirely
remove the odor Of musk from any object.
Incandescent electric lighting with the
Swan system has proved highly satisfactory
in the Paris Opera House. The use Of gas in
the foyer destroyed almost entirely the fine
decorations.
Experiments conducted between Munich and
Miesbach have proved conclusively that cleo
trical energy capable of being converted into
motive power can be sent over an ordinary
telegraph wire.
A bald-headed man who has heard that the
hairs Of a mans head are numbered, wants
to know if there is not some place where he
can obtain the back numbers.
A Tennessee girl told fellow she would
give him kiss if he would catch her. She
ran well till she got ouH of sight of the old
folks, and then gave in. This shows what a
Tennessee girl will do when aSe's hard run.
The beginning Of hardship is like the first
taste of bitter food-it seems for moment
unbearable; yet if there is nothing else tC
satisfy our hunger, we take another bite, and
find it possible TO 60 on.
Remark by Cardinal de Retz, which is at
true now as il was when it was uttered
"a politician must often change his Opin-
ions if he wishes always to remain in the same
party.
South Australia is suffering from an cpl.
dimic Of English sparrows, as is this country
and the governor offers a reward OF six-pencC
dozen for the pests. To have worms is baC
enough, but to have sparrows is worse.
Queen Victoria receives from the British
nation in an come Of 81 1925 900, and 100000
moro from the Duchy Of Lancaster, beside th
income arising from her private estates ant
investments, which probably amounts TO az
much more. The Prince Of Wales has ar
allowance from the nation Of $4,000, anc
receives 100000 more from the Duchy o
Cornwall.
Here is another one of those delightful fact
of science: Feeling is much slower sens,
than sight. II man had an arm long enougl
TO reach the sun, and were to touch that bod,
with the tip of his fingers, he would never lint
out whether it were hot or cold, as he woul'
be dead before the sensation arrived at head
quarters, which would require one hundre,
years.
$50 far as the choice of death is concern
ed" said DR.. Collyer in his Sunday sermon
eve are like the poor fellow who preferred t
akoVr huu ~
perfect willingness to wait until 1t grew iarg
enough fol- the purpose"
Statistics show that in the United State
and in Switzerland there is one newspaper t
every 5000 inhabitants; in Denmark there
one 70 every 5000; in Germany, Norway, an
Holland, one to $4,000; in France, one to q
600; in Sweden, one to $4,000; in England
one to $4,000; and in Belgium, one to 26,OOC
in other European countries there are ia
fewer newspapers in proportion.
Down in Malaga, where the raisins com
from, they have monkey with a claw like
pronged hook The animal is called the "Aye
ave. The name suggests that they al
municipal representatives or members OF Pan
lament who always vote with the majorit
and use their claws for scooping the publ
treasury.
Professor Young, of Princeton College, say
Take a railroad from the earth 10 the SUI
with train running forty miles an hour, with
out stops, and it would take about 265 year
and little over, to make the journey" u
estimates the fare, at a cent mile. TO /
$93O,0OO.
eyes" said Mrs. Brownsmith, 81 want
good girl and possible you might do; but haI
YOU had any experienced" ''Ixparience,
it2" replied the damsel, resting her hant
on her hips and tossing her head in the al
'fxparienoe, is it? Faith, and haven't Oi bee
in no less than twenty families during Il
last month";
The Chinese have no word that is equiva
lent to hell and no conception OF such
place, A missionary in an agricultural dis
trict of China states that when he tried to e.
plain it the People asked if it was anythir
that could be raised. He might have al
swered that it was-very often.
Near Salzburg, Austria, mine has be-
found which seems 10 have been abandonC
at least 1000 years ago in consequence of {
inundation. Bodies OF the ancient salt-Inine
have been discovered among the debris, tole
ably well preserved. Among the implemen
were wooden shoyels, basket made of III
tanned raw-hide, piece of cloth of coar
wool, and the remains Of torch bound t
gether with fax fbres. The disaster viii,
flooded the mine had evidently been sudde