The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-12-16
The WORLD OVER,

iron ore fields OF eastern Texas will
yield 1000, 900 tons to the square
mile.
China's solitary railroad is eighty
one miles long and cost $4,000 a
mile. 1t uses American locomo-
tives.
Pearl fishing is still carried ON in
the River Tay, in England, and
some valuable jewels have lately
been found.
Gen. Booths scheme finds favor
among an unexpected number Of
wealthy noblemen all over the Unit
ed Kingdom.
Increase of American tourists in
Wales the last two or three summers
has started large hotel building en-
terprises.
The elevated roads in New York
carried last year 1873, 203,S77 pas
sengers; the West End Company
carried ia ,S53,0S1.
1t is stated that the daughter of
Rev. ID. Wilson, assistant rector of
st. Georges Church, New York, has
recently joined the Salvation Army.
The highest church spire in the
world has just been completed. 1t
is that of the cathedral at Ohm,
Wurtemburg, and Is $50 feet high.
The capital stock of the Pullman
Palace Car Company has grown to
$25, 000,0 900, which at present quo
tation of 215 represents value of
$53,75O,O
Near-sightedness is becoming
aiarmingly prevalent In France.
Among the older boys in the differ
ent colleges more than 46 per cent.
are near sighted.
The fifty largest libraries in Ger
many possess 12,700,000 volumes,
against England with about $780,
900, and North America with about
6,1OO,OO0 volumes.
There has been organized in Chi
cego the American Harvesting Com
pany for the manufacture of harves-
try machinery, with capital stock
of $50, 100000.
The famous Kalamazoo celery is
grown by 800 families, whose farms
range from quarter OF an acre to
ten acres. There are 1900 acres in
all devoted to the, crop.
The Old Colony Railroad Com
Dsny has compromised with the
Louisville people injured in the &C
cident last Summer. 1t will pay
Louisville people in all about $780,
600.
The German Government is con-
sidering the question of restraining
emigration, TO prevent young men
from leaving the empire until they
have performed military duty.
Swifts and swallows fly every
year from England to Southern
Africa and to the Moluccas, and the
restless, wandering fight of various
oceanic birds is still more sur
prising.
The Earl of Aberdeen Las offered
to contribute $1,000 toward putting
into operation General" Booths
scheme of regeneration. The sub
scriptons thus far aggregate f38,-
600 of the required 100000.
The British Museum has secured
from Thibet n copy of the "Jan.
GYM" q monster encyclopaedia Of
Thibetan Buddhism. 1t comprises
225 volumes, each of which is two
feet long by six inches thick. Three
thousand rupees formed the price
for the work, which was formerly il
the possession of Buddhist monas
terry in Thibet.
The stones that have been cas-
upon the grave of Helen Hunt (ir
accordance with her wish that visit
ors should cast upon it two and taxi
away one as memento) have com
pletely hidden from view the orig
inal mound and formed one tina
somewhat resembles huge coffin
The pile is now five feet from tn
ground, and increases rapidly.
There Is present craze amonI
collectors for old tapestries. Sil
tapestries which were sold some tif
teen years ago from the old Living
ston manor house for 500, hav
just been resold for $50, 900; AM
five large old Flemish specimens
which Mr.. William G. Prime, tn
well-known archeologist, paid $50
for in 1872, are now valued at 5000
apiece.