The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-03-02
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.
Astor owns 400o houses,

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Of the legal year in England in 1T59 |
Il IS said that the Greenland whale I
sometimes attains she age o. 400 years. |
The shark Is carable Of biting harder |
than any other Esh or animal in the
world
Celery acts upo1 the nervous Sys-
tex en6 is cure for rheumatism ard
nsuralsfa-
In proportion to It's size. the horse
has ; smaller stomach than any other
Quadrupsd-
During last year 3.02s new buildings
were erected in $. Louis. st a cost OF
s10.000.e90
Switzerland is the only civilized
country in the world which grants no
patents for inventions.
Only t.Ss2 new miles OF railway were
built in the United States last year,
smaller number than in any year since
1875.
A new Ocean-gOing yacht IS TO be
built for Queen Victoria in place Of
the Victoria and Albert, the present
royal yacht
The year 1900 viii not be the begin
ming OF the next century. as some sup
pose The next century viii begin in
the rear 1891
The new organ Of the Church OF ST.
Ignatius. San Francisco. weighs more
than 100000 pounds. and mas more
than 5000 pipes
During the last twenty years the
railways Of the world have absorbed
I 50.060.000 tons OF steel. or almost half
the total product
Some Of the-Iowns in the North Of
England have their water pipes made
Of slaSs- protected with an asphalt
covering to prevent fracture
How the horse market fen OF last
fall might have been seen al Lexing-
( ton. KY. lately. when thorOughbred
colts we're sold az $50 dozen.
Sir Arthur Sullivan can now com
mand $500 down for one song. while
from The Lost Chord alone il is said
that he has realized over $4,000.
Ex-senator Sawyer, Of Wisconsin
has added $4,000 10 his recent gift OF
SIS, coo 10 the endowment fund Of Law
renee University IN Appleton. Wis
England's iron and steel trade is i'm
proving The imports Of foreign metal
in 1885 were $40, 00Q. 600 higher than
in either Of the two preceding years
Only 10 years have elapsed since the
first railway in the world was finished
During that comparatively brief period
10000 miles have been constructed.
IL Russia there were +.250, 900 births
last year, OF 1887 900 more than the
deaths In the United States there
were 100000 more births than deaths
! Seven hundred and sixty-two differ
ent kinds OF plants have been found
within the Arctic circle; s5 per cent
Of them are pale or absolutely color
less
I When ex-Queeu LII left the august
| presence Of Mr.. Cleveland the other
kday. she blitheIy earoIIed. Just Tel
Them That You Saw he. Troy
| Budget
1t g meeting the other day Belgian
| company declared its inability TO pay
q dividend because Of the hard times
and the severe composition in gamb-
ling IN Belgium
The Marques OF Duferin has accept,
ed the presidency OF the movement
started 81 Bristol TO celebrate the 410th
IaHniTe-sarE Of the discovery Of North
| America By The two CabOts-
Henry James. president Of the Citi-
z=ns' National Bank Of Baltimore, has
been chosen president Of the Baltimore
/ Clearing House Association, 10 I'LL the
vacancy caused By the death OF Enoch
Pratt.
In 1856 s. in every S worth of goods
imported into the United States came
through the port Of New York, and OF
The country-s total commerce SO in
every SIS was credited 10 Greater New
York.
! mining prospectOr. whose expert
ence is said 10 cover almost every min
ing region Of the Northwest, has been
! lately waxing enthusiastic over the
future OF the Cascade range in Oregon
ss { gold producing section.
Prof Eanematz-s sIIkworm colony,
comprising more than $1,000 vorns. Al
Coquille. Ore. has concluded its Co
coon spinning The Professor says the
work has been done much quicker
and better this season than before
and If anything, the cOcoons are better
also
! case that has bzfIed physicians
II New Jersey Is that OF Miss Anna
/ Carlson OF Lower AIIoway, 4 small set
Element in Salem County Her affIie-
ton Is with her eyes While she sees
All objects readily and clearly, in tax
ing up reading matter Of any kind the
letters become inverted
/ Prof George s Moler, Of Cornell,
recently succeeded in photogTaphing
butteray's tongue Nobody has
hitherto known what the tongue Of a
butterfly was like Nov we know that
: butterfly carries his tongue eoiled
lGp- like the handspring Of a watch, and
that. when spread ont, it Is several
times longer than his body.
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