The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1890-12-30

aud London. The new system is
proposed to be inaugurated with
the new year.
The Russian Pole is in bad
way. If he remains at homo he is
taxed and oppressed 10 the verge
of deSpair-or Siberia; and if he
tries 10 leave the country be is
shot. That was the tate Of three
hundred Poles who tried the other
day to escape 10 Prussia, with the
intention of emgrating TO America.
The coast guard was on the watch,
and six men, two women and one
child were killed by the guard,
In Birmingham, England, church
services were recently transmitted
with success by telephone to the
houses of some fifteen subscribers.
This makes religious worship =
comfortable indulgence rather than
duty, and it is all the worse for
the church, which should permit
the telephone method. The wor-
shipper who will not attend upon
the house of worship is not worthy
the paius 10 carry the gospel to
him by wire, or otherwise.
During q terrific gale at Swallow
in the early part of last October,
declares the HoGgkong Telegraph,
Z whole feet of fishing craft was
completely lost, the number OF
people drowned being vsriously
estimated at from 500 TO 5000.
The Chinese assert that thousands
must have been drowned, but that
is probably 4 gross exaggerauon.
Numbers of bodies Of the unfortu-
nate fishermen are being washed
ashore all along the coast for dis.
tanee Of two or three miles, and as
the officials are too Riggardly to
inter them, lie rotting in the sun.
The new French Tariff bill, which
Is now before the Chamber of Dep
uties, contains one striking feature
which has heretofore escaped much
notice. This is clause which
gives TO the Presideat ana the Cab
met full power to retaliate to as
great an extent Us they choose
upon articles exported to France
by any country which discrimin-
| ates against French products or in
any way erects barriers against
French trade. This clause is obvi-
ously modelled TO meet the Ameri-
can Meat Inspection bill, and is in
tended as the French answer to
that measure.
In the British House of Commons
on December 1st- BaIfour made i
motion that Parliament vote 60, 600
to provide seed potatoes for dis
tressed land eVEtivators in Ireland.
| The seed potatoes were not to be
| given to the people gratis, but IS 4
loan, and any one paying ready
money would obtain % per cent.
discount. This was only a small
part of the measures to be taken by
the Government TO meet the i'm
| pending distress in Ireland He
spoke of the railways and other
public works TO be undertaken.
The appropriation asked for was
approved.
| The exact height Of Napoleon l.
is variousIy estimated by biogra-
piers at ) feet L, 3 feet , and 5
feet y inches Several monarchs
have been below the average
height. Pepia, Of France, vas
known as the Short, and Napoleon
Ill was rather below the common
height OF men. The two taIIest
kings OF history were probably
/ Charlemague and Maximinus OF
Rome. The former was 5 feet high.
/ and so strong that with his thumbs
| and fingers he could straighten
three iron horseshoes at once. His
skull, still preserved N 4 German
cathedral, Is as big IS 4 half busheI.
MaxIminus, the Roman Emperor.
vas s feet g inches.
Lieutenant Colonel ". Hope Of
the British army, who has been IN
vestigating American naval odd
nance, sailed for Liverpool Deem
Der 4th After his return 10 Eng
land he VIII eldeaE0r TO demon
strate the necessity for Great Bri-
tain 10 raise the STANFORD Of It's
gUE-makiHg TO that adopted At the
Washington Gun E0UndFy. He
declares that Il would be courliug
national disaster on the part OF the
Government 70 pit the present
British navy gun against the new
OFinaDcs'as mounted on American
vessels He says Of the new guns
for the many They are ALSO
IuteIy perfect Of their kind and
safe
L few days ago : gentleman
went into q welL-knOEH store IN
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