Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-06-06

metfonomes, Instruments for noting the
pitch Of violins, pianos, and for record.
ing appropriations. The display Of
pianos is not so extensive rs was antici
paied, as many well-known manufac-
turers, fearing too little space for their
exhibit, are not represented at all
Among this class are Erard, Beckstein,
and Chickcrirg but pleycl, Collard,
and Steinway have contributed to the
show.
The twenty.guinca prize offered by
the Philharmonic Society in London.
for dramatic orchestral overture, has
been awarded to a German resident OF
the English capital, Gustav Ernest by
name. The subject Of the work, which
is said to be interesting, is the primitive
forces Of nature finally conquered by
love. This somewhat vague and meta
physical topic is not perhaps illchosen,
as in music the wagner the idea and the
more susceptible OF poetic license in its
treatment, the better The competi
ton for this prize, which is said to have
been active, brought forth many crude
instances Of amateur composition. But
the effort to produce at all is happily a
sign of vitality in that direction which
promises greater success on another
occasion.
MORE OR LESS VALUABLE.
The Australian rabbits, Of which so
many complaints have been heard, are
to be utilized by being killed, chilled,
and shipped to England IN frozen
state.
A monster cannon is being made at
the foundry Of Gail at Grenellc. 1t is
TO be a. feet long and will send a bomb
of 1900 pounds distancet Of some
nine miles Its price will be $ioo, 900,
and it will be exhibited at the Exhibi-
ton Of Antwerp.
Photography has recently been rend-
cred so easy by electricity that one may
be photographed unknown to ones self.
At reception at the Paris Observatory,
President Grevy was not aware that
more than dozen photographs had
been taken Of him until the soi,re was
nearly over, when he was given an
album containing them.
The English newspapers recently re.
corded the fact that a cabinet council
had lasted four hours, as if such sit.
ting was something quite urprcce-
dented. In 1870, when the trouble
some affairs of Queen Caroline were
under discussion, Lord LiverpooPs
Cabinet once sat thirteen hours, and on
Sunday, too; and there was sitting oil
nine hours on another day in the same
week.
SO olcomargine is not as black as il
has been painted. The essential differ
ence between the fat of butter and that
Of oleomergarine is comparatively small
This substitute is said to differ from
butter in not possessing the derivative.
OF the more volatile fat acids, especially
the butyric, but this difference is re
garded as unimportant, by at least some
whose opinions are worthy Of considera
ton.
1t is the opinion of many eminent
British engineers that the English coal.
will gradually cease to be sent to the
Black Sea, or to the Mediterranean
and even to the Red Sea, as the use O
petroleum refuse in engines become.
better understood. Already it is the
only fuel in use on the Caspian, eithel
in the mercantile marine, in the Rus
sian gunboat fotilla, or on the railways
and even in domestic stoves it is il
favor throughout the Caucasus. A
present, in the countries of the East
much oil refuse is poured into the sea
as the only way to dispose of it.
An exchange has the following 70
making an economical filter Take
good-sized f1ower-pot and chip out thu
bottom hole to such an extent that tn,
corner Of a halfbrick can projec
through it. Break up some other brick
into fragments about the size Of Spanisl
nuts and pack them into the pot unit
it is three parts full. Soak the who'll
in a pail Of water over night, and let
drain dry. The filter is now ready 70
work. Allow the water from the suppl
to drip on the broken bricks, and afte
few hours the water which runs iron
the portion of brick projecting at tn
bottom will be as pure as it can b
J made. Even this filter will requir
cleansing occasionally, but that is easl
done, or new one made, for cost
not in this instance consideration
Those bricks known as well,burne
, stocks are about the best for the pul
pose.
. SUPPOSED TO re FUNNY.
a rattle for fawn was held at r,
cent fancy fair in London, but whe
the winner asked for it, he was informe
1; that it was out on the hills with i
] dam, and all he had to do was to 6
and fetch it.
: State Senator Crockett Of Arkansa
/. reported by the Little Rock Gazette
: "eloquants" las follows; "Sir, for whol
, are we legislating1 For ourselves alone
Alas, sir, heaven will never smile upo
such selfish legislation. In lit
while you, Mr. President, and my vel
I cradle friend. the father of this b'l
whose snowy locks are even now teir
tossed by the breezes Of another worl'
and l will have passed away and quiet
sleep beneath the sod. The whit
. snow will drape the mounds above ,
Ix,,th I, vv,pI;n., ohaat h,,t the ct;rn nc !