The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-11-28
GIOVANNI p. MoRosINI.

tured by an English frigate. Again we ar,
carried back past the age of gunpowdeI
and are examining great crossbows of steel
that wind up with crank, bows too pow
erful for even Robin Hood ) max ed strength.
A French warrior In armor seems to
grasp his terrible double handed sword,
the blade about feet long and the han
die giving it another foot and a half
There is no more blood chilling weapon
among them all than that curved knife 16
inches long, that was taken 500 years ago
from one of the famous reef pirates off the
coast of Morocco. The blade is an inch
and half wide and has an edge to split a
hair; large diamond shines in the britt of
the handle, and the scabbard is strongly
bedded with small polished ocean shells.
In the armory hangs one trophy from the
sale of William Henry Hurlbert's collec-
tions-the collection that was sold when he
took himself to England. 1t is the smoked
head of an Amazon chief, head that still
shows that the chief was man of powerful
physiognomy. 1t is not a repulsive looking
thing, because the uninitiated would al
ways take it for Il curious piece of clever
workmanship, black hair and all, but when
you find you are looking at the bead of a
MANTLE veritable head in which he once
did his thinking-it is rather startling.
Cruelty to Burglars.
In passing through the halls one comes
upon odd barriers, steel gates something
like those that bar the way of the adven.
turous on the ferryboats They show that
beyond is some one of the many rooms de-
voted to what have called Mr. Morosni's
museum, and that without his permission
you cannot get even so far as it's locked
door. The guarding of the whole house is
rs complete and effectual as modern inge-
nuity and money can make it. A big alarm
bell hangs above the roof, and electricity
helps the Waterman. Any untoward fun
bling with locks, at windows or doors after
the house is closed results in ringing not
only the alarm bell, but bells in all the
BEDROOMS and at the same time all the
lights are automatically turned on. 1t is a
case of real cruelty to burglars, for they
could never find place more to their minds
If only they could get in it,
How fitted to their needs, for instance, is
this case of 500 Chinese and Japanese coinsl
They are of the purest gold. Four hundred
are about the size of a so gold piece, and
100 are inches one way, the other and
half an inch thick. A model of the tomb
of an Egyptian king is in pure silver and
weighs a hundred pounds.
Oho CapiheV 10 given up W wv snuipoAes,
all having historical rs well as artistic
and intrinsic value, and nearly all have fig
ured as royal gifts-nearly all have indeed
been given by one sovereign to another.
Gold and diamonds they are oftenest MAIDS
of, and many contain some of the finest
specimens of miniature painting in the
world
A Fortune In Precious Metals.
Another cabinet contains so pieces of gold
plate. Among other things it contains &c
solid gold plates foot in diameter, foui
gold loving cups u feet high and of pecu.
liarly fine workmanship; two urns of the
same metal = feet high, 8 inches across the
mouth and fitted with covers.
The gold in the cabinet above would coin
into us much rs SlO0,OU. More valuable
than It's silver is the artistic quality Of u