The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-03-25
Miscellaneous.


oats are scwed with 1t.
The silence OF the wise Is golden. but
the utterance Of fool is brass
The plant Of happiness cannot thrive
without the air Of cheerfulness.
One little trouble, like the only son. will
soon rule the man who nurses 1t.
The University of Michigan has 1877
students, $50 Of whom are women.
1t is a long road paved with hope, be
tween what yen expect and what you get
In England there are li4.00O school
teachers - per cent Of whom are spins
tiers.
German public schools are about to
adopt Hawthone's works for the study Of |
English
There was only one scientific student at
Oberiin last year ont Of an attendance of |
about L50O
y German botanist has given instances
OF the modification Of plants by insects, |
50 as to produce new varieties.
A writer in the Texas COlga-Jouaal |
says that anything which will cause a man
10 sneeze Will cure him of hiccough
The Crown Princess OF Sweden has
been made seriously Ill by arsenic in the
wallpaper Of her writing and sleeping
rooms.
The Crasa Of Denison. Texas, remarks:
See to 1t that your wife is kissed and
petted and caressed, even if you have to
do 1t yourself"
a New York man has christened his
daughter Glycerine He saws 1t will be
easy to prefix Nitro, if her temper resem-
bles her mothers.
Beecher's pews rent for less this year
than last; Ialmage's rented for more
Both preachers voted for Cleveland. and
the milk IN the cocoanut is still unac-
counted for.
Myra Clark Gaines foresaw that the
lawyers would miss her, and in making
her viii made provision also for letting
them down easy.
William NJ Eyarts. fell in love with his
wife when she was 1G, and he a green boy
at college At % he married. and his
wife, after bearing him thirteen children.
Is still well and happy
\ woman may be loved Tor three things:
For superior intellect, love serious but
rare; FOR her beauty, a love vulgar and
bnef; Tor the qualities Of heart, love
lasting but monotonous.'
Parlor lectures promise to be a popular
form of amusement This will be an i'm
provement on the old fashioned bedroom
lecture. which presented no amusing ele-
ment to the participants.
Professor Da Costa finds that liability
TO lead colo Is greater where much tu'
pentine Is used. 4 lady under his obseI-
walton had attacks of lead collie if paint
ing We're done in the neighborhood-n
\ daughter was recently born to Mr.
and Mrs. William T.. Blake of Waterbury.
who, besides her father and mother. has
four grandparents, four great grandpa
rents, and one great great gTandparent.
Lille Devereux Blake proposes to kill /
off all the men who are opposed to female 9
suffrage. This Is a bright thought and
tho only drawback TO its contamination Is I
the possible objection Of the men to be
killed.
Relatives OF young man who was
drowned a short time ago in Princes Bay.
;. l., have buried no less than three
bodies. which have been washed ashore at I
different intervals. each Of them being
identified as his.
Out Of q population Of 25,0OO.Q00, Eng
land sends 5000 students TO her two UNI
versities; Scotland. with a population of
100000. has $500 university students; [
and Germany, with n population Of As,
100000 has 225OO in her various uniyer
sites
\ very simple contrivance- at the y
same time very valuable one Is being
placed in the switches. frogs and guards :
Of the Old Colony Railroad It consists
Of piece Of hard wood so shaped and
bolted TO a rail as to prevent persons T
foot from getting caught in the groove
when on the track. Accidents Of that
kind are Of daily occurrence.
In Bavaria they do some things better :
than We do them They have a law for
bidding the marriage of persons who, by :
reason Of lazy or vicious habits or poverty,
are likely to make home unhappy 1t is
very probable that the State has fewer
pauper aud imbecile charges in proportion
to the population than we have in this
land of free and easy marriage.
Cracks in floors around the mold-board
OF other parts Of the room may be neatly c
and permanently filed by thoroughly -
soaking newspapers in paste made of one
pound Of -four. three quarts of water and !
a tablespoonful OF alum, thoroughly boiled
and mixed The mixture Will be about as
thick as putty and may be forced into the
cracks with knife Ii will harden like
PAPER mache s.
The Salvation Army claims to have 80 q.
corps. distributed as follows: In Great
Britain. 637: France, s; Switzerland, Z;
Sweden 4; United States, So; Canada Il;
India. Ia; South Australia, 35; Victoria
u. New South Wales, n; New Zealand
%; Tasmania, D and the Cape Of Good
Hope IL; total, 80 A summary of the
financial statements for the year showsI
total income of f74G65 1Ss I'D.
The worst is over SAID the doctor,
putting his watch to his pocket, and pre- &
pairing to leave the room. NO, it isn't"
suddenly came from the emaciated Grim
sonbeal, opening his eyes and raising
himself on his pillow NWhy, what do n
Won meanln exclaimed the surprised ply
sician why, mean that the worst won't
be over until l get your bill out of the
way Il
There is nothing like breaking bad news
gently. Here Is an ingenious method re 81
corded in a French paper: A boolmaker
witnesses in the street the accidental death
Of an acquaintance. He sets off to break
the news to the widow. He is charged not
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