Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1895-07-13
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

century, as they cost not less
than SIS a pair, and the larger
the lenses and heavier the rims
the more they we're sought after
The phrase almighty dollar"
was first used, as far as known,
by Washington Irving. 1t has
since passed into general en-
ployment to indicate the worship
of wealth, both in this country
and in England.
There are at present 1900 Ian
guages spoken by the inhabitants
Of the globe, whose religious con-
victions are divided between l 900
different confessions of fait h.
The number Of males Is nearly
equal to the females.
To "pile on agony is popular
ly supposed to be an Americanism.
1t is, however, found 10 one of
the letters of Charlotte Bronte,
and was used in English popular
literature before the beginning of
the present century.
Crocodile tears" are alluded
to by several Latin and Greek
authors, it being superstition
among the ansients that the GRO.
codile, after killing a man, ate all
his body but his head, and shed
tears over that before eating it
also.
"To take French leave" is to de-
part quietly from an evening party
without formal farewells, in order
not to set an example and so spoil
the pleasure of the entertainment.
In England it soon acquired an
entirely different meaning.
In water in which decaying
vegetables have been infused the
microscope discovered creatures
so minute that 10000 of them
would not exceed i'll bulk a grain
of mustard, though they are sup
Piled with organs as complicated
as those OF q whale.
Every year number of boys
are sent from Siam by the King
to England to learn different
things. One learns upholstery,
one learns typewriting, one learns
languages, one learns science,
and 80 on. When they return to
Siam each takes with him some
different information to impart to
others.
The system Of washing linen
with petroleum, which is custom
ary in parts Of Russia, has recent
ly been introduced into q Ger
man military hospital. Fifteen
grammes of petroleum are added
to twenty-six pints of water CON
tanning soap and lye, and the
linen is boiled in the mixture.
Placed end to end H. continuous
line, the streets of London would
extend from Mansion house across
the entire continent of Europe
and beyond the Ural mountains
into Asia. The number of inha-
bitants exceeds the population oi
Paris, Berlin, Vienna and Rome
put together.
In addition to several lakes in the
United States in which the bodies
of drowned people never reappear
there ara numerous lakes in Nor
way, Germany, Switzerland anC
Northern Russia, in which dsaC
, bodies sink from view and are los
forever, owing solely to the low
temperature of the water.
: The ordinary Chinese meal con
sists of eight dishes-two vegeta-
bles, eggs, fish, some EheIlfsh
bird and two dishes of meat, porl
and goat in the South and muttol
and beef in the North. Beside
this large tureen of soup is serv
ed with rice, which at Chimes,
tables takes the place of bread.
The Eskimo dogs, with tn,
equally savage mosquitoes, max
= life ashore a burden during th,
summer in Labrador. A stick L
beat off the dogs and a veil as
protection against the mosquitoe
are absolutely necessary. 1t is
curious fact that the further nortl