The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-09-29

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y fairs there wound up. since the sen
tence of Herr Schroeder, the East AT
f rican administrator, is fifteen years
e imprisonment at hard labor for bru
: tally to the natives.
: This fall the Governors Foot Guard
5 of Hartford, Conn, will fttingly cele
brate the one hundred and twenty
fifth anniversary of its establishment
A history will be prepared of the deed!
OF this body since it first began its
duties of protecting the Excellencies
of the Nutmeg State. The members Of
the organization still wear as par
of their uniform peaked grenadier caps
similar to those worn when the body
paraded in Hartford for the first time
in III.
The wheeling craze is responsible for
the introduction into England of an en-
tireIy new piece of household furniture.
It is an elegantly Joined and carved
cabinet, which is an ornament either
in a boudoir or in a hallway. Prim-
arily the cabinet is stall for bicy-
Gle. 1t is fitted with a movable base,
and may be so fixed that in bad weather
the invigorating exercise of bicycling
may be enjoyed within doors.
Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher has just
entered upon her eighty-ffth year, and
is remarkably well preserved and Wig
orous. All the little adornments of her
toilet are the work of her own hands,
the graceful lace caps trimmed with
ribbons, and soft fleecy lace arranged
at the neck and wrists.
About twenty years ago there were
only about fifteen thousand Jews in
Jerusalem; now, however, it is said
that the Hebrew population in the
City of David numbers between six
ty thousand and seventy thousand
souls. Throughout Palestine they are
ouving farms and establishing them
selves in surprisingly rapid manner.
The Tom Hughes memorial fund,
which is rapidly accommodating, is TO be
used for the erection of life-size sta
tue of Judge Hughes at Hugby. Any
surplus which may remain will be de-
voted to the home mission work iden- |
tilted with Rugby.
DR.. H H. Hale of Detroit carries a
walking stick the intrinsic value OF
which is $4,000. 1t was presented to
him some years ago by friends in Ed
inburgh. 1t is ornamented with gold
and jewels and the head contains a fine
chronometer.
Books bound in the skin of departed
friends are said by the London Figaro
to be the fashion now in Paris. So are
cigarette cases, tobacco pouches, pocket
books and prayer books made of the
skin of notorious criminals.
Maximillian, who has just renounced
his rights of succession to the throne OF
Saxony in order to become priest, will
be absolved from his VOWS in the event
Of his remaining the sole surviving
prince of his house.
Chautauqua is to have another new
to be known as the Hall OF
the Christ, the ground for which was
on August Is. The build
ing is to be the most substantial yet
erected there.
The Prince of Wales celebrated Nor
yich gates at Sandringham are con-
;idered the finest specimen in the king
lom of wrought iron, delicately en-
1roidered into flowers, fruitful vines
md sprays.
Only about a dozen words of genu-
me English origin end with the letter
"a" two dozen with the letter o. and
nearly 5000 with ~" "Ough'' has
eight sounds, as up, on o, off, uff, and
4ut.
Hampton Courts great gold fish is
lead 1t lived in the central fountain
weighed four pounds, and was proba-
bly, the largest and oldest specimen of
It's kind in England.
Bottling cider has become a large
in France. 1t is now regard
ID in France as the most hygienic of
Ill drinks, much more so, indeed, than
he best of wines.
Between January and March 49 per-
sons were injured by the slamming of
he doors of compartments, and six
oy falling out of carriages on British
ALWAYS.
In the Irish constabulary there is a {
'ule in force which forbids the wife
1f constable to carry on business as
l dressmaker while her husband is in
he force.
Ritualism is growing in the English :
}hurch. Incense is used in 30S church
IS against nine in 1882. Lights on the
lltar are used in 1888 churches, against
1S1 in 1882.
No satisfactory evidence of camels
xisting in wild state has ever been
Produced. They have, in fact, been
lomesticated from the very earliest