The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1890-01-07
NEWS AND NOTES.
Pail Mall Budget.

A commercial panic is reported at
Buenos Ayres.
The human race Is increasing So,
100000 q year.
Silcott- the defaulting House of
Representatives cashier, has been
traced to Quebec.
Germany makes the slowest rail
road time. twelve miles an hour on
accommodation trairs.
"Hurrah," This exclamation. so
familiar to English ears, is said to
be of Slavonie origin.
a circular saw that Sits gold pens
Is the size of a quarter. and revolTes
5000 times per minute.
A general boycott by the Knights
of Labor on Sugar trust sugar is
predicted in short time.
Chautauqus has 10000 literary
and scientific students and probably
will have as many religions.
a palace conspiracy has been dis
covered at Tangiers, and the Sultan's
brother has been put in prison.
Sir John Lubbock has Just discoY-
cred that the death rate IN London
is 16s per 1000 as against liz in
other English cities.
Over one hundred first-class iron
clad war steamers are now said to be
in process Of construction in various
parts of the world.
The largest collection of coins in
the world Is in Vienna. They are
placed in the Public Cabinet of An
Equities. and number over 125,0O0.
1t has been found in England that
some Of the more delicate pigments
of water color paintings are faded
by the glare Of the incandescent
light.
The Municipal Council Of Paris
has passed resolutions congratulate
ing the people and government of
Brazil upon the organization Of the
Republic.
The Queensland Legislative As
sembly recently held a continuous
session for eight days. There was a
sharp struggle over an appropriation
for railways.
A French manufacturing firm has
brought out a new fabric made o
the fiber Of ramie. and called ramie
linen, that IS said to combine the
qualities Of linen and silk, with dou
bic the strength Of linen.
Philadelphia crematorists are re-
joicing over the action Of the health
authorities in recommending the
building of a crematory for the burn
ing of the city's unclaimed dead.
The medical students object.
Hammerfest, perhaps the north
ernmost habitation in Europe, is
about TO adopt electricity to illumi
nate her streets. The town is in the
polar circle and darkness prevails
three months out Of the twelve.
There are in the United States
$500 Post Offices. an increase over
the previous year Of 1923. The
number filed by the President is
1854. an increase of 196, and filled
by the Postmaster-General 56,315,
an increase of 1.427.
There are 5000 medical women in
the United States whose incomes
range from 5000 to $4,000 a year.
The number is increasing every
year, and the supply of LADY doc
tors" bids fair to be as great as that
of the male physician.
While the United States has been
adopting the Australian ballot the
Australians have been introducing
an American institution Arbor day,
to wit: in South Australia the first
Friday in August has been selected
as tree-planting day.
The debt of the city of Paris
amounts to 790 francs for every man,
woman and child within the city
limits. In Frankfort the debt Is
equivalent to 81 francs per head, in |
Milan to 21S, in Berlin to 154, in the |
Hague to I36, in Brussels. the most |
heavily indebted of all European |
cities, to 1905.
Over 10000 people in St. Peters
burg are reported suffering from in
fuenza- The chief center of inter
est is the handkerchief, and even the J