The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-10-01
Personal IND PECULIAR.

annually.
The ordinance prohibiting the caging
of birds of song is being strictly en-
forced in Tampa, Fla.
United States Treasury officials de-
clare that counterfeit 1-cent pieces are
being widely circulated.
Gift enterprises by Paris newspapers
have been stopped by the courts as in
Engagements of the Governments lot
terry monopoly.
The prison authorities of New York
are considering the proposition to es-
tablish flour mill in one of the En-
pire State prisons.
Investigations recently made in Ger
many show that the average locomo-
tive has to be withdrawn from service
after travelling about 100000 miles.
Verdi has handed over to his friend
Boito a box, containing the complete
score of an opera, which is not to be
opened till the great composer is dead.
According to the statistics Of the
United States Bureau of Labor there
are $1,000 married men in New York
city who are supported by their wives.
Switzerland exported cheese last
year to the value of 3S,727,924 francs,
which is just about 100000 francs more
/ than the annual average from 1885 to
| 1895.
The Count of Turin, the victor in the
recent royal duel, is described by a
/ French newspaper as being a brisk
/ officer of q, tall, slender, easy, with a
jovial air and straightforward look
Long Island oyster beds, supposed to
have been exhausted long ago, have
suddenly burst into full bloom. The
baymen who have been stranded for
years are hopeful and happy once
more.
| In the summer the temperature of a
cave near DEBORAH, Iowa, is far below
freezing, and from its walls icicles de-
pend like stalactites. In the winter
the temperature of the cave is like that
of summer.
/ A law passed at the recent session of
| the Alabama Legislature, levying a
tax on the capital stock of all corpora
! lions, except banks, has been pro-
nounced constitutional by the Supreme
Court of the State.
For the first time in her history,
Florida is Shipping sponges to Europe,
and, it is said, is receiving good returns
on all which reach the London market.
Good grass sponges are worth from
40 to go cents a bunch.
| 1t has just been discovered in France
| that, although the palace of the Tuil-
cries was destroyed 26 years ago, four
officials charged with the preservation
and care of the palace still hold office
and draw their salaries
Mr.. Appleton, Secretary of the Brit
| ish and Foreign Arbitration and Peace
! Society, has been sentenced to three
months Imprisonment by the Maryle-
bone Police Magistrate for assaulting
and beating housemaid.
Camphor is now exclusively a prod
uct of Japan, since the annexation of
Formosa to that country. The cam
phoT tree thrives only in particular To-
calities, where the average yearly tenn
perature is above Is degrees.
After Conan Doyle's first story had
been refused by II publishers, he man
aged to sell it for s125. Sir Walter
Besant's first novel lay, after having
been rejected by the publishers, for
some years in a corner of his study.
A well-known manufacturer of type
writers, who is also interested in the
production of bicycles, says that in a
short time there will be formed a
Bicycle Trust. He said: 81 know seven
large firms who are pledged to go into
| it."
Prince Leopold of Bavaria has
wonderful collection of beetles-the
most extensive and complete, perhaps,
in the world. He is a skilled entomolo-
| gist, deeply versed in the habits of
ants, bees, moths and the insect world
generally.
Berlin has a saiaried professional
bird catcher, whose duty it is to sup
ply scientific and educational institu-
lions with birds, nests and eggs, and
he is the only man in the Empire who
is permitted to furnish them to those
institutions.
An Irish member of Parliament the
other day said that Mr. Balfour's state
ment of the British Governments new
Irish policy came like a windfall out
of clear sky" and an English musical
| journal recently said that an operate
manager had ''unearthed new star"
Aluminium neckt1es are on sale in
London. They are fastened to the col
lar-button by band round the neck,
and are particularly recommended for
summer wear, since they can be easily
cleaned when soiled, while they are
not perceptibly heavier than cotton,
cambria or silk.
DR.. A. Robinson, dentist, of Grand
Rapids, Mich, has bull terrier of
which he is very proud, and the dog
recently lost two front teeth in a fight
Robinson fixed the dog up in his chair,
filled the teeth with pretty gold filings
and the terrier is again on the war
path.
The greatest test of character is to
be found in what is common, rather
than extraordinary. 1t is easier for the
soldier to be faithful in the rush of
battle, when sustained by a catching
enthusiasm, than TO maintain a high
tone of consistent principle under the
many trials of daily drill.
The Dutch have delightfully."- orig
inal way of collecting their taxes. If,
after due notice has been given, the
money is not sent, the authorities
place one or two hungry militiamen in
the house, to be lodged and maintained
at the expense of the defaulter until
the amount of tax is paid
The Handelsblad, Amsterdam, says