The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1889-10-08
VARIETY.

The Russian Government has is
sued a decree prohibiting the pur
chasing of cattle by German mer
chants.
The Hessian fly is said to hay,
been introduced into England from
the United States in the straw put il
packing cases.
Naturally, the richest man in the
English House of Commons is {
Scotchman, McEwan, with an income
of $4,000 per year.
Twin cyclones are on their way uI
the Atlantic coast from Florada
threatening to destroy anything that
was left by the late storm.
A scheme is announced for the
construction of a ship canal between
Edinburgh and Glasgow. The cap
ital is placed at f7,OO0.OOO.
The people of the United States
spend SIS, 100000 annually for bak-
ing powders. Verify, they are ris-
ing nation.
Thomas A. Edison. the inventor,
rarely sleeps more than four hours a
day. He says that when he sleeps
eight hours day, as most men do,
he feels badly when he wakes up.
He eats the simplest food
The largest ship in the British
navy, the Trafalgar, launched two
years ago. has at last tried her en-
gines with success She is 345 feet
long, 70 feet beam. and 12,S1S horse
power drove her lbs knots.
Next to England little Holland is
now the greatest colonial power in
the world. The Dutch colonies have
an area of nearly 10000 square
miles, which includes some Of the
finest possessions in the world.
An artesian well near st. Angus
tine, Fla, is said to have the largest
flow of any such well in the world.
1t discharges water at the rate of
5000 gallons per minute, or 1,5O0,-
600 gallons in twenty-four hours.
Leprosy is increasing in Russia.
During the last ten years, forty-nin
patients were treated in st. Peters
burg hospital, half OF whom were
natives OF the city. The Baltic pro-
vices suffer most from the disease.
Oysters come nearer to milk than
almost any other common food.
Their values for supplying the body
with material to build up its parts,
repair It's wastes and furnish it with
heat and energy, would be pretty
nearly the same
The great Brooklyn bridge IS to
be enlarged in capacity, and an ex-
tensiye district now filed with large
buildings Is to be cleared at either
end at immense expense, to afford
better approaches All this is being
done to prepare for 1892
II Is stated that the spirits pro-
1uced IN France are now for the
greater part distilled from molssses,
ind the annual production reaches
$1,000 gallons The distillstion
Of beet-root juice is also very impor-
ant producing alcohol Of a good
quality
Since the termination Of the dyna-
mite patent IN 1881, there has been /
IN immense industry in the inven-
ion OF high explosives, and there
.re now more than 800 varieties. A !
dynamite cartridge one foot In length |
axes only 1-24.000Eh Of q second to
.IplOde-
SIr Morel Mackenzie Is writing
,Ook, six Months Residence at the
J0urt Of the Crown Prince and En-
,eror Of Germany which Is e1-
oected 70 make { sensation when
,ubIished That, however. VIII not
e until after the death Of the En-
lress Frederick
4 PhiladeIphia dealer, not being
be 10 sell even Z single pair Of
hoes ola certain grade at q, thought
O marx them down 70 cost Instead
( doing 50, however. be took the
dvics Of his eErznd-bOy and added
5 cents 10 the pzice- and the shoes
rent Of ike hot cakes.
In China the inhabitants are
every year N z curious
lsnneE- The Oldest master ofeTery
FL houses hss 10 count the families
nd has 10 make list, which Is sent
Q the imperial tax house Last year
Be whole number amounted To
79S53 so inhabitants.
RO1n, Sept. 10.-The anniversary
[ the occupation Of this city By
-ie4oE Emanuel WAS eelebrsted fit
ingly today Large bodies Of
noope were nzssed Dear the breach
POzts Pa made By the Italian
rfiIleEy II 1910 Tie streets were
Led with immense crowds and I.ro-
sssions CT patriotic societies, CIVIC
I'd military organizations All the
1blie bniIdiLgs and many private
ssidsness and BUSINESS houses were
seo-zted il