The Hawaiian gazette., 1885-05-27
Miscellaneous.


employed IN stores.
Mimic steel is the very latest for can
mons, being extremely tough.
There are more than $500 lady ply
siciuns in the United States.
There have been nine wars in Europ,
within the last thirty years.
Zinc tombstones are the latest novelty
They are cheap and durable.
The value Of all the gold in the worlt
Is estimated at S6,OOO0O00O0.
Somebody has discovered that the Old
Testament has 2,72S,110 ;, words.
Twenty five years complete the round
OF a well cared for canary's career
The eating Of horse-hesh Is becoming
more extensively practiced 10y Parisians
The value of wood used annually in
cooperage in the United States Is S33, ia,
77O.
The entire literature Of Abyssinnia, 1t is
said does not include more than 100 vol
umes
There are 623.325 Odd Fellows in Great
Britain, an increase of 3S,377 during the
last year
The healing power of earthquakes is a
subject FOR discussion in the Spanish med
ical press.
You may take the greatest trouble. and
by turning it around find joys on the
other side
Smoking during service is said to be
customary IN some Of the rural churches
Of Holland
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IN Colorado sixty in Indiana, and about
seventy in Arizona.
The number Of mules attached to the
hearse denotes the respectabiGty of fu-
neral at Rio Janeiro.
Make people happy and there viii not
be half the qua1rehng or tenth part Of
the wickedness there Is.
Ciron raising Is receiving attention in
Florida The fruit pickled in brine. Is
worth $50 a ton in London.
Joe Yeri, living near Petaluma. Gala.
died lately from glanders, the disease be
ing contracted from a glandered horse.
H. NJ. S. Hgymid9a has been commits
stoned to proceed direct to Australia to
carry on surveying operations for the I'm
perial Government The Ny7Rid9H sails
this month May.
The railroads Of India have zenana cars
for the use Of native women Lady mis-
sionaries have the keys of the cars, and
travel with them, improving the opportu-
nifty Of teaching them the Gospel
A telegram from Brussels states that
King Leopold has formally notified his
acceptance of the title Of Sovereign of the
Congo States, comprising the territories
Of the Western Africa Association.
The number of medical colleges IN the
United States and Canada Is stated to be
l'}9. OF medical students there are
12,O0O, of whom 10000 are regulars"
1.200 are homoeopaths, $50 eccletics. and
80 physio medicals.
If the paternal ancestor of your be
throthed enters the parlor at a. N, with
double baTeled shotgun, retire polite
ly- 1t Is not necessary in this case TO be
formal IN making your adieus. All for
mality may be postponed on account Of
the weather.
Plus IX. never left his palace after the
entry of the Royal troops into the Holy
City. and Leo NIL has followed his pre-
decessor's example For fourteen years
the quaint Papal equipage of white mules
and red halberdiers has never once been
seen in the streets of Rome.
4 lawyer walked down the streets the
other day with his, arm taxed to
hold lot of law books. Why, thought
YOU carried all that stuff in your head,'
observed a citizen. 4 do" replied the
young lawyer. with a knowing wink
these are for the Judge Of the District
Court
New York city has in her schools an
average daily attendance Of 129. .545 pupils
and the whole number Of teachers employ /
cd, including principals, was 3,152. A
regulation has Just been adopted by the
Board Of Education Of that city forbidding
the employment Of married teachers in
the shools.
The effects of inhalation of fumes of
strong ammonia on the system are deaf
ness and catarrh In some instances the
troubles are very serious indeed. 1t Will
induce lung disease if there Is any tenden-
cy to weakness Of the lungs. The most
valuable remedy Is to inhale the fumes Of
strong glacial acetic acid which reacts upon
the alkah ammonia
The celebrated Eaglish physiologist. /
DR.. Carpenter, has proposed substanti-
ally new version Of the germ theory of
diseases. He believes, from observations
based upon the mutability of bacille, that
the same germs may produce different con
stitutions. a theory that Is corroborated,
is not confirmed. by recent observations,
which show that the bacteria Of typhoid
fever and malaria are of the same descrp-
ton.
Helen of Troy was over 10 when that
elopement took place Ten years
after. when the fortunes of war restored
her to Menelaus, he received her with love
and gratitude Cleopatra was past 30
when She made the conquest of Antony,
and Diana delPoictiers at 36 and for many
wears afterward was considered the most |
beautiful woman at the court of Henry Il |
Of France. Ninon de I'Encios received q |
declaration of love on her SSth birthday !
The Briet. Tile and Hetal Rsrier reports
n new use of glass for shingles. 1t Is
claimed that glass roofing Is at once bet |
ter. more durable and cheaper than slate
The glass is usually Opaque. but may be
translucent or clear, as desired. The ex-
posed parts Of the shingles are coTTugat-
ed The shingles lap at the sides are |
closely interlocked, and one rivet sufices |
for pair of shingles 1t takes but $50 |
IL these shingles, s by u inches, to cover
4 sq1are Of 100 square feet the waste is
50 small: whereas of states Of the same
size 800 are required
Poor German tutor-Know you what l
40 when / hunger havel Then draw |
at home on my slate with chalk a white
sausage. When | right severe hunger
have. draw I two. Then drink / once
from my mug Of beer. eat a piece bread |
and rub from the sausage on the slate .
piece away. Then drink / again. eat |
again a piecsi OF bread and rub again from |
the slate a piece SAUSAGE away-til the |
last morsel away is. Sopicture I myself