The Hawaiian gazette., 1889-10-15

VISITED ana punlSnoO aG Gnelr uOAco
by a thorough disciplinarian accus-
toned to administer corporal pun
ishment, All bad habits cured by
one or two attendances. Fee, five
shillings for two visits. Address
Birch"
At Atlanta a few days ago while
Miss Mamie Nelson was dressing a
large, fat hen she found needle
sticking through the gizzard, the
point penetrating the heart. The
needle was black, and looked as if 1t
was working its way out. The fowl
was perfectly healthy.
1t has been calculated that the
railroads of the world are worth
nearly S3OO,OOO,O00,000, or about one
tenth of the wealth of the civilized.
nations. or more than quarter OF
their invested capital. At this rate
all the ready money in the world
would buy only oue-third OF them
GIBRALTAR, September IA
Spanish vessel plying between Ma
laga and Tangiers was ransacked by
natives off the coast of Morocco
few days ago, and the captain, four
sailors and one passenger made
prisoners. A Spanish warship is
about to leave Cadiz to rescue the
prisoners and punish the offenders.
They get at the real value of a
COW in Sussex county, n. j., by sell
ing her at so much a quart. The
scheme is pronounced by dairymen
as the most equitable yet proposed
III the sale of mich COWS. The pur-
chaser pays $3.50 per quart. Thus,
if she gives twenty quarts daily, she
is worth $50 The purchaser keeps
the COW on trial for a week.
In Japan weekly returns of births
and deaths are published, and for
the week ending September I'd 623
births and 755 deaths are recorded
for the kingdom. Yet, with these
evidences of civilization, there are
some people who think the Japs of
no account. If the above return be
a criterion, it is evident that the
population of Japan is decreasing
rapidly.
Eau de Cologne derives its name
from the Rhine city Cologne, from
which place there are annually ex-
ported between four and five million
bottles of the odorous fluid. The
best quality of eau de Cologne is
mixture of alcohol, oils Of orange
flowers, lemons, rosemary, juniper,
and bergamot. The lemon odor can
be separately distinguished by add
ing little ammonia water to the eau
de Cologne.
There is nothing like foresight in
disposing of public franchises to
private parties. In Cincinnati, for
example, the street railroad compa-
MES pay an annual license of 81 per
linear foot, inside measurement, of
each car operated, and also pay into
the City Treasury quarterly q per
cent. of their gross receipts. In
addition to this they sell tickets
to patrons at the rate of twenty-five
for 81.
The late Mr. Cromwell Marley used
to tell of how he once tested the hon
esty of the people who visited his
workshop or laboratory. He fixed a
shilling on board in such way as
to make it appear to have been care
lessly laid there, but beneath was an
electric wire, the circle current of
which was completed when the visi-
tor stood in front of the coin. He
said three out of seven tried to get
that shilling, and received shock
instead.
Colonies of Greenlanders are al
ready making arrangements to emf
CRATE into Dakota, and so the inhab-
itants of far-way cold countries can
find a homeland climate to suit IN the
United States, where they can pur-
sue their industries and not feel the
enervating effects which would fol-
low them if they settled further
South. Norwegians, Icelanders and
Greenlanders are amongst the most
enterprising settlers in Red River
Valley of the North and in the coun-
try around Winnipeg.
The London docks, the scene of
the recent strike, are one of the
greatest systems of docking to be
seen in the world. Upward of $780,
100000 have been expended in their
construction, and hundreds of acres
are covered by them. They are built
of stone and concrete and are as
as such work can be
made Many of them date back to
the beginning of the century. The |
amount of traffic upon them is enor-
nous. 1t is estimated that in the |
warehouses of a single dock company |
there is at all times at least S25,000,- |
600 worth of goods.