The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1891-03-31
NEWS AND NOTES.

patents nave peeh ouV,uuV appIica-
tons.
There is very nearly as large an
Indian population in the United
States to-day as at the time of
Columbus.
Meager reports of the population
of Southern States by races seem
show that the colored people are
gradually giving way to the whites.
Sniggins (angrily) -"Do you
know that your chickens come
over in my yard?" Snooks-" l
supposed that they did, for they
never come back again"
Judge Prisoner, have you any
visible means of support?" Pris-
oner-" Yis, sor, yonr honor; Ito
his wife) Bridget, stand up so that
the Court kin see yer"
The ten largest cities in the
world are: London, Paris, New
York, Canton, Berlin, Vienna,
Toxic, Chicago. Philadelphia, st.
Petersburg, in the order mentioned.
The fifty largest libraries in Ger
many possess 12,700,OOO volumes,
against those in England with
about 6,45O,00O, and of North
America with about 100000 vol
umes.
The fecundity of rabbits is won
derful A Tekonsha, Mich, man,
who is in the hare-raising business,
calculates that the increase of q
psir viii number 1000 inside of
two years.
General Grant died at IS, Sheri-
dan at 81, Hancock at 60, Meade at
SO, Logan 90, Hooker 90, Thomas
81, Lee 81, Bragg 81, Pemberton
So, Hardee So, Pickett so and Gen.
eral Sherman Il.
The law of evolution works in
language,as well is in other things.
Twenty thousand words have been
added to the English language in
the department of biology alone
since Darwin's discoveries.
One Of the mummies of the
Egyptian kings is provided with
set Of upper false teeth, the plate
beirc made of carved wood, closely
fitted TO the mouth, the teeth repre-
seuted by brass bosses, or studs.
When George Washington was
President of the United States the
population of the Republic was
hardly more than that which is
now comprised within the munich
pal limits of Brooklyn and New
York.
Calamlties that swell the death
rate Of . nation-epidemics, for in
stance-invariably bring about an
increase in the number of marri-
ages; poverty and want, however,
constitute exceptions to this gene
raj rule.
Mexicos plan for exhibition is to
represent the history of Mexico
from the Aztec to the present time,
and is Il history of the human race
and human habita6ons in this
country.
By beating out between pieces of
membrane gold may be formed
into leaves of such thinness that
2S2, 900 of them Will make 4 pile
one inch in height. A single ounce
of gold may thus be spread over q
hundred square feet.
SPANS dominions on the Ameri-
can Continent comprise Cuba and
Porto Rico. Cuba has an area of
IS. 220 square miles and Porto Rico
3, $50. The population of Cuba is
now about 100000 and of Porto
Rico about 100000.
It has been discovered by in
specting the BabyIonian cylinders
in the British Museum that the
street costume of Z society woman
Who lived ZOO years before Christ
was very similar to the costumes
worn by the ladies of to-day, even
to the tight-ftting waist and
sleeves and the elinging skirt.
WatermiLls are of ancient date.
The first one ever built, according
to best accounts, was erected on
the river TIber, at Rome, A. D. so.
WndmiIIs were in original use in
the Twelfth century. TidemilIs
were operated in Venice about
nos. SawmiIIs are said to have
been in use 1T Augsburg, Germany,
about 1882.
Little six-year old Jamesie, Of
and his New York cousin
were having 4 dispute as to which |
Of their cities was the larger Quo /
.ations from the census rather stag
gered the young Hubbite at first, |
but these were soon brushed aside |
with the remark: "WelI, I'll bet yer
BOston's the biggest if yer take in |
All the hUbbUbs : +"