The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-05-27
NOTE AND COMMENT.


ing terms with Chicago over the tele-
phone but also on singing terms A
concert given recently in the former
city was distinctly heard and applauded
in Chicago, and a Cornet solo given in
that city met with as favorable a recep-
ton in the metropolis
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The Mormon Tabernacle in Saltl
Lake City is the most perfect whisper
ing gallery in the world Ii beats the
domcs of St Paurs and the Washington
Capitol. The dropping of a pin into
silk hat at one end Of the huge structure
is distinctly heard by persons at the
other end.
German dentists now make false
teeth Of paper. They are said to be a
very natural imitation Of the real article
and last for years.
A quaint illustration of French pru-
dence and delicacy and of prevailing or
approaching French fashions is con
tanned in the notice recently issued to
the police, who patrol the bathing place
at Dieppe, for their guidance in the
coming season. It reads: The bath
ing police are requested, when a lady
is in danger Of drowning, to seize her
by the dress, and not by the hair which
ofentlmes remains in their grasp
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AT one Of the famous Lamoureux
Concerts in Paris the other day, the
audience did something that is said to
have had no parallel since the war with
Germany, in insisting for full twenty
minutes upon a repetition of a lied
from ode Meistersinger, sung by Van
DyCk. 1t has been the inevitable rule
at these concerts never to give enCores
but NJ. LamoureuX was this time COM
PEELED to break it.
A dealer in art " in Great Britain
is advertising portraits of the Queen,
done in colors, for half a crown and
five shillings apiece, and sending to his
dupes postage stamps, which are printed
with the Queens head. 1t is thought
he may not be within the reach of the
law, as the stamps fill the description.
An earlier genius sold pennies at
crown apiece, advertising them as
bronze mcdaIliOns with portrait of
the sovereign in bas relief"
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The women Of Mississippi, who are
periodically endeavOing to have Their
State crcditably represented at the
Worlds Fair, will build a fertilization
of cotton bales on the grounds, repre-
sentlng Vicksburg during the siege.
One hundred bales of cotton will be
used in building the fort and on the
inside will be exhibited all the products
Of the great staple. The women will
ornament their cotton fort with num-
bers of historic cannon, flags and other
relics of the war This exhibit will not
be complete without lifesze wax figure
of Ben Butler storming the works or
holding the fort
The company that controls private
telephones in London propose to re
duCe the price from $Ioo to $50 a
year, subject to the condition of a five
years contract. That will be a fine
thing for the company. Before that
time almost anyone can make tele
phones as good as the ones now in use,
for all the principal patents will have
expired.
ANbila ,,,,t;D, -
fad of the ignorant and unscientifC,
the flying machine continues to interest
the wealthy, the intelligent and the
vOtaries of science Professor Samuel
Pierpont Langley, of the Smithsonian
Institution, announces the development,
of machine that will fly, though he
stipulated that it is not intended to
revolutionize the passenger traffic Of
the world. Indeed, from the detailed
description of the wonderful little ma
chine, which it is confidently claimed
will fly Gas long as the power holds
out, it does not seem to fill any long
felt want in the world, it being entirely
too small and too light to do anything
but fly, rivaing in this particular the
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fully and wonderfully made, closely
resembles an overgrown mackerel, and
is withal a marvel of the patience and
ingenuity of the human mind As such
it will command the respectful attention
of the curious and enlist the interest of
scientists, for it may be the true genu
of the much desired aerial saiIboat.
Colonel Elliot T. Shepard had many
amiabe qualities, and, since his death,
tributes to his kindness of heart have
been many, Here is one from the Mil
waukee Wisconsin: :.
"Major Bundy, who was editor of
the New York Mail and Express at
the time it was sold to the colonel, was
a capable and graceful writer, and as
industrious as man could WISH But
he was not pious man. Mr., Shepherd
was known for his rigid adherence to
the Presbyterian church, and desired