The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-09-08
NEWS AND NOTES.

Wales where they would like to
have their National Capital.
Queen Victoria has dropped from
her lis: a Tory newspaper which
recently republished q vile article
about the royal family taken from
an obscure paper in Australia.
Andrew Carnegie, IN q speech at
Peterhead, prophesied that the
United States and Great Britain
would ere long stand shoulder TO
shoulder for the maintenance OF the
worlds peace.
The German method of dealing
with Turkish brigandage Is com
plete. The brigand is paid all the
ransom he demands, and then Ber-'
lin draws on Constantinople at
sight for the bill.
The amount Of coIoring matter
In q pound of coal is enormous. 1t
will yield enough magenta TO color
500 yards of flannel, vermilion for
$500 yards, aurine for 12O yards
and alizarine for 255 yards Of
Turkish red cloth.
a 4. Zimmerman, Of the New
York Athletic CIub, lowered the
haH-miIe ordinary bicycle record
TO I.10l in 4 trial against time.
The best previous record was that
made by W. ". Windke at Peoria
last fall, and was 1;10 4-5.
4 young woman Of Australia,
Mss Pickett, lately made public
formal acceptance Of Buddhism,
under the direction Of Colonel Oh
colt. il Colombo. She was so ex-
cited by the conversion that she
went crazy and lung herself down
= well.
a small eoIored hoy II the Cher
olyee nation was very sick, and the
doctors treated him for eOnsump-
ton. The other day he had :
severe fit Of coughing and vomited
up 4 snake about six inches long.
He is now getting over his attack
of consumption.
One Of the great financial institu-
tions Of America Is the Bowery
Savings Bank OF New York. On
the first of July it had deposits
amounting to 1924, OS726, and
its surplus was S5.056,035.16. 1t
had l07,44O depositors. This is .
very wonderful exhibit.
The count of the money in the
vaults of the Treasury consequent
on the transfer of the Office of
Treasurer from Mr.. Huston to Mr..
Nebecker, which began April 9th,
and has involved the actual hand
ling Of S614,511, 1922 results in
every cent called for being &C
counted for.
During the past twenty years
four Brooklyn girls have become
the brides of titled foreigners. The
latest one is Miss Alele Leob. who |
has married Count II. T. Won Blu |
cher, = son Of Prince Butcher Won /
Wahlstatt and great grandson Of |
the old Field Marshal Butcher, who |
turned the tide of battle at Water
loo.
The crop failure in Russia has
induced the Car to issue q ukase
prohibiting. from August 9th, the
expectation of rye and rye meal,
because the harvest will not even
suffice for Russia, and breadstuffS
will have TO be imported from other
countries. In consequence of the
Russian ukase the prices OF grain
IN Germany have suddenly risen,
which will prove 4 great hardship
for the poorer inhabitants.
The coffee cup is 4 capital ba-
rometer. After the sugar has been
put in, if the bubbles collect n the
middle of the cup the weather will
be fair; # they leave the center and
adhere 10 the sides of the cup, form
ing ring OF bubbles with Il clear
space IN the middle, there viii be
ram; Il they scatter themselves IN
differently oH The surface the
weather VIII be variable. while
cluster Of bubbles at one side of the
cup indicates RAIN.
The old monarchical families of
France are gradually trickiing into
the receptions of Nine. Csrnot.
which means the acceptance of the
Republic Ladies who have shut
themselves up for twenty years IN
the Fapbourg St. German are be-
ginning 10 appear at the Palace Of
the Elysees. With this tendency
and the sanction OF the Republic
by the Catholic Church. the Royal
list irrecOnciableS must soon be
very few.
In Southern Yillage.-Gentle-
man (who has engaged an aged
colored haekman to drive him
from the station to the hotel):
"Say. uncle, what's your name?"
Driver: "My name, sab, is George
Washington" Gentleman: "George
Washington Why, that name
seems familiar Driver: "Well.
70 de Lawd's sake! I should think
it ought to. Here 1 been drivin'
to this station 70 about twenty
years, sah.''