The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-04-08
ODDS AND ENDS.

A good sewing machine is supposed to do
the work of IL women.
a Confederate stamp on letter recently
sold for $500 ut Geneva.
Tartars take IA man by the ear to invite
him to eat or drink with them.
Thirteen to u ounces of butter should be
made from quart of good cream.
a fall that does not always hurt-falling
heir to million.-Newport Daily News.
Fools air youseful in this wurld, for tina
make mediocrity endurible.-Denver Great
Divide.
No fewer than l,1GO ancient manuscript
copies of the New Testament in whole or in
part exist.
David A. Wells estimates the nations
losses during the panic last summer q.
Sl,OO0,O0O,0OO.
The marriage of Henry III with Eleanor
of Aquitaine made England the first CONT
mental power in western Europe.
In England and all over Europe pneap-
| Piles are eaten chiefly by the few who can
afford to raise them in lighthouses.
A car driver in Sheboygan, Mich, has
| been discharged because it was discovered
that she was IA woman. The gender of a
| Sheboy gander is, naturally, a little perplex
| ing.
France is to have postal card with a
stub. On the stub may be memorandum
of the contents OF the card, and if the stub
be officially stamped it becomes legal rec
ord.
The old file of the Portland Advertiser
covering the period when that newspaper
/ ali rod Nv - paI I,
the city of Portland and is highly priced by
| the citizens.
The statue Venus de Milo, regarded as
the type of perfect womaLly beauty, was
found at Milo, one Of the islands of The
! Greecian archipelago, by IL peasant while
digging at the roots Of II tree.
James VI was the first who established
| public races, and Gortenly, in York shire,
Croydon and Theobalds, on Lnield chase,
were the usual racgcourses. The general
weight of the jockeys was 10 stone.
There are $3.50 brewegies and 411l distil-
leries In the United STATES. The Empire
| State of New York leads in the number of
| both, Pennsylvania being second. In brew
cries Wisconsin stands third on the list
and California fourth. Illinois is third in
distilleries and California fourth.
Hot milk is regularly recognized drink
| in some of the German cafes. 1t is served
in cup with saucer, and two humps of
sugar always accompany it. The drink has
several things To commend it, since it has
none of the dangerous qualities of tea, cot
fee or alcoholic drinks, and it is actually
an excellent remedy for disorders of the
stomach arising from certain forms OF indi-
gesIlon.
Salt Superstitions.
Splitting salt is usually held to be very
unlucky omen. Something evil, it is be
lieved, will happen TO the family or the
person splitting it. According to general
supposition, this sign dates back to the
time of the last supper, when one of the
MISUNDERSTANDING Judas-overturned the
saltcellar An old English paper contains
the following lines:
Wen tell you the reason
| Why splitting Of salt
Is esteemed such fault
| Because IL does everything season.
| The antiques did opine
Twas of friendship a sign,
To serve II TO guests in decorum,
And thought love decayed
When the negligent maid
| Let the saltcellar tumble before them.
It is generally believed that the evil COD
sequences of an accident of this sort may
be averted by eating pinch Of what was
spilled or throwing it in the fire or over
the left shoulder. Many persons will not
be helped TO salt because they keep in
mind the old saw, '"Ilelp to salt, help to
sorrow" A gentleman renting house in
Wales and purchasing II part of the furni
ture of the former occupant was advised
to buy the saltbox, which he did, uo one
bidding against him, He was afterward
told that i'll luck would have followed him
If he had not bought it.-Washington Post