The Hawaiian gazette., 1890-02-25

ern district, where the best cham
pagnes come from. a hectolitre is
about 26I gallons. The entire wine
product of France for 1889 is esti-
mated at q, 223, 573 hectolitres. How
ever, as a prominent wine grower
states that the. entire product of
champagne in France any one of the
last ten years would not supply Lon
don alone for one month, it may not
be worth while for Americans to take
much interest in the above figures.
James McDermott is temporarily
living at Hotel Victoria under the
name of a chevalier. He wears
big fur overcoat, and looks as if he
were at peace with the world. His
business here is with Labouchere,
with whom he has had one or two
interviews recently. He declines
to state the nature of this business,
but hints that it has something to do
with movement Labouchere con-
templates making in Parliament.
McDermott is much changed by his
varied wanderings over the face OF
the earth since he left Brooklyn.
His hair and mustache are almost
perfectly white, but he otherwise
shows no trace of age. He says he
has been the most foully wronged
man on earth, but that the time was
almost ripe for his complete vindica-
ton and the discontinue of his
enemies. He asserts that he knows
of his own knowledge that the Land
League funds in America are S50,
600 short.
An amusing story is told of Prince
Henry of Prussia During his late
visit to Corfu, his royal higness pro
missed to give command night at
the theatre. In order to avoid the
crowd, and made himself comfort
able in his box. Presently noise
o. wheels was heard at the grand
entrance. The manager ordered the
national anthem of Prussia to be
played, and started in full court
dress, with a wax candle in each
hand, according to etiquette, accom-
panied by his whole staff The
crimson carpet was unrolled and
flung gracefully down the steps.
The great door was flung wide open,
and the manager bowling low re
ceived-a donkey, which some of
the princes suite had sent round in
a joke, while the prince sat behind
the curtain of his box roaring with |
laughter. The band played and the
brayed responsively.
Sir Francis Cook and John Bid |
u'ph Martin, with their respective |
wives, known in America as Tennie |
G. Clafin and Victoria Woodruff, |
after undergoing years of persecu
ton at the hands of hidden enemies,
have determined at last to hunt |
these enemies. In addition to the |
advertisement in the Times, offering
e, 900 reward to any one revealing
the names of the persons engaged in
the conspiracy to defame Lady Cook |
and Mrs. Martin, and $40 for the
name of the printer and author of |
the leafet, 1.-The Sexual Problem
there was to-day issued a circular
headed: Victoria Woodruff and |
Tennie G. Clafin, revival of a page
of American history" The circular
begins with an offer of the rewards
made in the Times, but giving, in
addition to the address at Hyde
Park Gate, 142 West Seventeen
street, New York. The circular
quotes a number of newspaper arti-
cles from the Sun, Evening Post,
Times, Herald and other newspapers
Of 1873, in which the acquittal of the
sisters is published, all tending to
refute the accusations made. against
.he two ladies' Mr. Martin and Sir
Francis Cook are both very wealthy
men and are in for fight to finish.