The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-10-21
Chr d1ailg g 1lletin.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21, 1885.
FACTS AND NEWS.

Japall anu ESypI.
Since the importation of ostriches
to Southern California began, the
Government of Cape Colony has
put on q $500 export duty, in order
to keep the birds and the business
at home.
Spain will purchase two men-of-
war that are being built in England
for the japanese Government.
The owner of the largest estate in
the south of Ireland, the Countess
of Kingston, accepts the land legis-
lation in good part and has offered
her tenants opportunities to buy
their holdings under the Land-pur-
chase Act.
OF 615 successful candidates for
naturalization at London University,
in June, 100 were women. Three
of the women received prizes for
proficiency, and one of them headed
the honors list.
All children in Bohemia are re-
Quired to study music; hence the
great musical development there.
The latest map of the British
Dominions includes lands at the
South Pole as well as islands near
the Antarctic Circle.
The British Bible Society has is
sued New Testament at two cents
copy. In nine months 100000
have bpen sold
San Francisco is the third COM
mercial seaport in the Union.
Vital statistics lately published
show that in Germany the average
life of men has increased during the
last thirty years from 41.9 to 1879
years, or per cent. In women the
increase is given at 8 percent, the
advance being from 41.9 to 45.2.
To entertain the Emperors at
their meeting, there were sent from
Vienna $500 sets of forks and
spoons, 10000 wine glasses, 800
coffee-pots, 800 complete breakfast
services, $50 clocks, all in going
order, and other articles in equal
proportion. For a 30-hour visit the
outlay was enormous.
The strike among $4,000 cotton
operatives in Oldham, England,
against the reduction of 10 percent
in wages, which has now lasted al
most six weeks, is becoming daily
more severe, and many families have
entirely disposed of their household
goods. Ever since the strike began
the trade of the town has been at a
standstill, and presents anything but
the usual busy appearance.
Admiral Mot, the French Com.
mander in Madagascar, has asked
for reinforcements, and the troop
ship Scamandar is about to leave
Brest for Tamatav with force OF
700 men. The French squadron al
Madagascar will also be increased,
raising Admiral Miot's command tt
$500 men and seventeen men-of
war.
The expulsion of the Prussian.
from Galicia, in reprisal for the eX
pulsion from Prussia of Austro
Hungarians, continues. All German
employees are being dismissed anc
German products are boycotted
The Russian authorities refused per
mission to Prussians expelled from
Russia to return to that country, i
their absence has extended over
period of fourteen years. Grea
misery prevails on the Polisl
frontier.
The citizens of Hamilton, Ont.
are so much opposed to the earth
closet system recently adopted b.
the Board of Health that they hav
petitioned that body to discontinu
it. The most significant parts Q
their protest are the following
''Your petitioners most respectful
but most earnestly protest agains
the continuance of the earth-close
system adopted by your body. First
on account of the extreme difficulty
if not impossibility, of efficientl
carrying out its provisions. Second
because in the judgment of you
petitioners the general health of tn
city is greatly endangered by til
system, through unavoidable care
lessness of tenants and others. You
petitioners regard these earth-closet;
under the management of ignorar
or careless persons, cause of dis
ease. "-Sanitary Engineer
Dwellings for the poorer artisan
are now being erected in one Of Il
worst quarters of London, the paris
of st. Luke's, by the City and Cel
trail Dwelling Company. The si
on which the buildings stand col
tains 40, 800 superficial feet. I'll
tenements are classed as one-roon
two-room, and three-room, and Il
rent is made lower than similar az
commodations can be obtained fl
in the neighborhood. For the thre