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house, Nuuanu avenue,
second house above Vineyard street,
on Eva side of Nuuanu. Apply to w.
j. White, l. I. S. N. Co. Office, Queen
street. 551S
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TO RENT a desirable furnished house
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METEOROLOGICAL RECORD.

sly rxE GOVERNMENT SURVEY, PUBMsHE
EVERY MONDAY.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-08
r1v.vORIZ TrIRrINE ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENT.

Italian unity, he says: "It was imposslole lor
one prince to become the leader OF the natioha1
movement without exciting the jealousy OF I"e
others" That was obstacle in the path oI
Italian progress from beginning to end, ana II
is perhaps not unreasonable to maintain lhat
il is an obstacle which still exists The traVeIIer
in the peninsula to-day who possesses the IAN
euage is struck by nothing much as by the
maintenance of ancient Tivalries- He hears the
Tuscan revile the Neapotan; he listens to the
Roman declaring that only in Rome IS the pure
Italian spoken; and while in Flerence II may
sometimes be admitted that the language OF
Siena is purer than that Of any other dlsIrlcI
of Italy your true Florentine is convinced that
he and his fellow citizens are the sole exeih-
plars of all that is best in the italian cnar-
acter There is not a province in Italy that
does not look down with cOndescenslon upon
it's neghbors, and even within the limits Of one
province you win find as many clans as there
are cities. This feeling OF rivalry dates from
the earliest years Of italian history; it dates
from ancient Roman and Etruscan times MI
New-York tribune., 1900-07-08

King himself refers to it in a passage which
we may quote intact
The unbeIievers in Italian unity would point
to the wide diversity of character which parted
the inhabitants of the different States. There
seemed little in common between the heavy,
paiEstaking PiedmOnteSe and the light hearted
idle, diSSOlute proletarian Of Venice OF Napies.
between the gentle, intelligent Tuscan and the
passionate, suilen SiciIian; between the activity
and enterprise of Genoa or LON b4riy and the
dead stagnation of the CoEaarca- There was no
common Italian stock. Teut0E blood ure5o1lli-
mated in the north Greek blood in the Rasiii-
cata and Fuglia; Arabs and NusSulmans and
Spaniards had left their traces IN Sicily. while
the old ItaEc and EtTuSCan stocks remained
perhaps with little mixture. in Tuscany and I'M
bria and AbruZZi. Different governments had
trained them to widely varying SoCia! habits and
widely dissiGniiar land systems TO inactivity, or
stimulation of industry. To high or low standards
of education. Feudal influences were still strona.
in Piedmont and Naples and Sicily. while in
Lompardy ana tuscany they were half forgotten
memories. But the existing States had not
even the merits OF recognizing the minor afHini-
Ties or the populltlon ROnlaSna gTavitated TO
the States Of The PO basin. the AbruzZf and the
PrinCipati kad more in common with the Roman
border country than with CaIabria: Sicily was
divided less from any Italian State than from
Naples; and the worst political rivaIries were
between cities of the same State And he
meath the differences ran common likeness
The remOteneSS of the PiednOUteSe and NesDoIi-
tan was greater than that which divided Nor
man and Provencal, Prussi9n and Bavarian
English and Irish; and the united mixture oS
blood promised resultant stock OF yir;Iity and
many SlueuneSS- Despite the dialects. Italy Sa5
a common tongue q common name A co.r.7en
memory Of the days when she ruled the world:
and history was very real, where every district
had it's traditions of the great men and deeds
of Rome. She had common literature a
common possession Of Dante ard Ariosto and
Machiaveu The greater barrier OF The {Ins
meant more than Il geographical expression. apd
necessities Of trade preached every day against
the partition of the peninsula Despite the
jeaiousies of Piedmont and Genoa of Naples and
Sicily. OF Romagna and Rome: despite the in
terests that pleaded the independence of each
petty metropolis; despite the greater differences
that parted north and south. it was clear ,,
thinkers like Napoleon and Alfieri and MazZini
that sentiment and eXpedency alike would teach
great united Italy.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-08

is summed in the belief that it had something TO
do with Garibaldi and a red shirt We believe
that American readers are a shade more en-
lghtened on the subject, but it is true that some
work dealing thoroughly with the winning of
Italian unity, and written in English has been
sorely needed. such a work has been produced
by Mr. King. He is in full sympathy with the
Italians and he has an uncommonIy work
manlike method. In his two volumes the poIiti-
cal and military developments which eliminated
in the erection of the present kingdom of Italy
are set forth with delightful lucidity The mar
rative is readable for this reason because it does
much to clarity a wonderfully complicated
chapter in history, and because the author has
a special gift for Incorporating in his text just
the things which it is best to borrow from
others. The Italians have always had a faculty
for summing UP situation or a personality in
few words. Ignorant people" said an &c
clesiastic to Massimo d'AZeglo, are easier to
govern" a sentence which Describes the whole
reactonary policy against which the earlier
makers of italian unity had to struggle. Moth
ing could be more neatly descriptive of Tus-
cany's ambiguous policy in the fortes than
Giustis phrase, Though she had her feet out Of
bed, she still haG her nightcap ou." NIr King
has CLEANED industriously sayings like these.
and his text abounds in the flashes Of light which
they throw the history OF modern Italy.
There are two sentences of the authors own
which mean more than they say. In his first
chapter, touching upon the strides rcade by the
people toward a common nationality, he says:
Community of memories and wrongs was con-
soidating the national sense" Il needed memo
ries and wrongs, but especially wrongs, espe-
cially things tangible, to draw the Italian
States together. The national sense was not
drawn in by the Italians with the air they
breathed. 1t was thing which only the force of
circumstances, only the pressure OF practical
needs. could have brought within the realm of
possibilities Much later in his first volume
when Mr King is describing the provincial
jealouses which delayed the achievement of
New-York tribune., 1900-07-08
SUNDAY, JULY s, 1900.

over the multiplication of new editions Of the
rlassfcs one can only rejoice; but there may be
two ways of carrying on even the best enter
prise in the world. In this matter, for example,
it would be very comforting to see a modifica-
ton of the policy which seems to be adopted by
the editor of every new series of classical liter
alrc He invariably includes certain standard
eyorks which half a dozen editors before him
nave also chosen. This is natural enough; and
as eAch new series has, as a rule some special
Feature that appeals to the book buyer, we do
Got complain when are offered, say, Shake
epcare or Milton, or Wordsworth or Lamb, again
ana again On the other hand there are classics
which for some occult reason nearly all the ed
itors unite in rejecting. Why for example, have
not the critical works of HaZlitt been drawn
upon for the reproduction of selections in some
such series as that of the Temple Classics?
Why must we always have Shakespeare, and
very rarely any of the other dramatists of his
time? 1t is idle TO retOrt that they are always
issued in one popular edition or another, be
cause this might be said Of a great many of the
authors without whom the editor of n new
classical series cannot get along. The publish
may feel that when they are giving good
editing and press work for very small price
they cannot take too many risks, but the risks
In this case would not be great
New-York tribune., 1900-07-08

Many a novelist has engaged the SympathieS
his hero heroine under the CALLING intellect
ual restraint of an ecclesiastical household. We
have been asked to weep over the misery of the
budding genius whose reading has been confined
to pure theology and few Improving" works
of secular origin. through the tyranny of a
father who is also n parSon. Some of us have
Wept Nowadays most of us would smile at the
rOmancer who put such a strain upon our
son tries TO nip the genius of his children in
the bud We have seen it stated somewhere
that at least half the English novels of the day
are written in country parsonages. If the
the current volume of ''WhOs Who" He will
be aSt0nished at the number of authors whose
fathers are in the Church. And are we not con-
stantly learning through the personalia of the
literary journals that one clergyman's daughter
after another has joined the ranks of successful
novcliStS? From Charlotte BrontG and her sis
terS to the author Of Red Pottage" the process
sion is a long one What interests us most in
able supremacy of the Imagination. The au-
thOrS Of the documentary" school may argue
till all is blue, but noble array of books is
there to show that detachment from the life of
cities in perfect quietude, is not incompatible
with knowledge of the human heart
New-York tribune., 1900-07-08

Following an instinct not in the least cap
tious, but, on the contrary, altogether humane,
we offer once more our semi-annua warning
to those of our contemporaries who forget that
there is a close time for certain critical" cpl
thets VITAL" we suppose, must be granted to
them since it seems an ineradicable passion.
Perhaps there really is some mysterious quality
which they think they mean when they the
word. We would not leave them helpless. Let
them say of anything and everything that it is
"signiicant.' Mesopotamia has been called
blessed word, and possibly 'signifcant" brings
to those who use the word In season and out Of
season a comfort to others denied. But 'ulti-
mate CHARM whatever that may mean, is no
longer tOlerable; nor regard with any
thing but adherence the characterization of
every new novel as "SnguIarly fascinating"
These mOnstroSities should be retired. There is
another which should also cease to be actively
employed though we should like to see it in
museum of literary freaks. It is "the most ire
sistibly fascinating" This is worthy to be
grouped with the most unique" that still lin
gers here and there. AS for within measurable
distance" that wOrnOut tag it recalls to us the
witness at the murder trial in WhiStlcr's anec-
dotc. Asked to tell how far he was from the
spot where the deed was done, he replied:
"SiXty-three feet seven incbcs' They asked
how he could pretend to be so accurate. 'WeH,"
he returned, you see l thought some -- fool
would be sure to ask me, and | measured
Hava those who talk about an authors being
within measurable distance" of this or that the
nnhoIy taste for measurements which provoked
this rctort?
New-York tribune., 1900-07-08
UNITED ITALY.
A NOTABLE HISTORY AND SOME MINOR
MONOGRAPHS.

4 HISTORY OF ITALIAN UNITY. Being Polit-
icaI History of Italy from 1914 to 1871 BY Bol-
ton King, M. A In Two Volumes. octave
DID xviii 4l6; Xi, f51 Charles Scribner's Sons.
THE Union OF ITALY. 1s15-1S95 BY w ]. still
man l.. II. ID. (COncordia) octave, PIP y AZ
The Macmillan Company.
MODERN ITALY 1748-1S9S. By Pietro Orsi. Pro
fessor of History in the r. L4ceo Foscarlhl
Translated by Mary Alice Walls octave, PIP
xvii 404. G.. p. Putnam's Sons.
THE COLLAPSE OF THE KINGDOM OF
NAPLES BY H. Remsen Whitehouse: Lately
of the United States Diplomatic Service Oc-
tavo, pp. 372. BonneIl. Silver Co.
The story of the making of Italian unity IS
tangled one. 1t has been told not infrequentiy'
but rarely in anything like an adequate manner.
1t has been said. remarks Mr.. King In the
preface to his elaborate work, that "the Eng
Iiebroan's knowledge Of the Italian revolution
New-York tribune., 1900-07-08

The sun upon the white sea shone,
Rpples like living arrows came right on;
From rock to rock mist harmoniously
United heaven and earth in silveiy gray.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-08
TIE COAST LINE.

BY WILLIAM BELL SCOTT.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-19
KITE TESTS IN A BLIZZARD.
william \. Eddy Emulate" the Ex-
ample Of Franklin

NEW YORK. Feb. 19.-WiHiam \ Eddy.
who has made an International name for
himself through experiments with kites.
tested the recent blizzard OF his process
he says:
Saturday night / made my first cleo
trio test OF a blizzard at Bayonne. y. j.
I sent aloft a six-foot single plane kite
during the heavy gale and dense snowfall.
and a steel wire was in this way carried
to a considerable height
Il sent up the kite at first with cord.
not believing that it would stand the gale.
This was true to the extent that the kite
was repeatedly borne down to within about
sixty feet OF the earth. but it always soon
recovered its position alOft
THE cord and kite were then hauled IN
and steel wire substituted the wire reel
being pinned 10 the earth by iron pins,
driven through the snow into the ground.
I expected that the snow by dampening
the wooden reel box would cause the
electricity to be grounded and neutraliked,
but this did no. occur because the snow
sifted away fror. the side of the reel. loav-
ing it insulated.
'IhlS was probably the hrSt kite electric
test of a snOwstOrm ever made, but Frank
lin had tested a thunderstorm, on June -,
1852. in Philadelphia.
The falling snow dimmed the kite aIoft
but did not overweight it. owing 10 the
high wind. At the time the kite was paid
out upward the steel wire was made TO
run through an iron snap hook. tethered
| by a chain TO long iron rod driven into
the ground. ] was forced TO do this as
usual 10 keep from receiving severe cleo
trio shocks from the wire.
AT p. m. the electric connection with
the snap-hook was severed, and by means
Of a dry pine stick the wire was made "a
approach within two inches Of the ground
ing rod, when the kissing sound of the
brush discharge could be plainly heard
| quickly followed by One-inch sparks.
Il was impossible TO send the kite TO a
great height. because the gale disabled it.
but powerful one-inch sparks continued e
be drawn when the kite was not much
| higher than the Lord Avenue Church spirt
nearby. The electric activity, considering
! the low altitude of the kite exceeded any
| thing before observed by me. and l believe
/ il would not have been greater with q
! thunderstorm nearby
This electric intensity continued until
| 5:45 p. m. when the gale became so Sc
we're that l was forced to haul in the kite
and wire"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-19
honey FOR FIGHTING SHIPS.
Estimates for the Savie- of Frame,
md Ru-Sia.

Estimates for the Sapie~ of France
md Ru-sia.
The French naval estimates. just issued
show some interesting changes. The total
amount appropriated is $50 100000, which
is $1,000 600 more than in the previous
ear. TSe greater part Of this increase is
due 20 guns
Scr construction purposes 100000 900 is
asked. and this is 1920. O0o more than for
the current year II mas not yet been de-
cided. according TO the latest adyi-Cs re-
ceiyed here. what new vessels will be or
dered hut there is a fairly large pro
gramme TO advance. although II IL made up
mostly Of small craft.
Two authorized cruisers OF 1900 tons
each and 10 have tweuty-siX 20 tECnty-
seven knots speed have not yet been or
dsred The design with this high speed is
not easy OF solution. The ships recently
laid down include two batueships. ore at
private works and the other. the Marseil-
laise. at Bresj, two submarine torpedo
boats at the Government dock yards and
four by contract, four squadron torpedo
boats by contract; eleven torpedo boats,
four torpedo boat destroyeTs. and two
river gunboats building in England.
The Russian naval estimates FOR iris
year amount TO a total of f4s .Go0, 600. as
compared with SD. coo O00 last year but
the significance Of the Increase is more
marked when a is noted that at the be
ginning Of this decade $4,000. 600 was con-
sidered large expenditure on the Russ. Al
Navy, irrespective Of special naval schemes
which are now the fashion in Russia "a
with other nations
The amount tEat Russia viii eXpend this
year on new construction is $4,000 eco
An interesting feature Of the estimates is
the sum required for strategic harbors. In
the current year S2.0GO.0 600 was voted fOI
Port Alexander III and for VladiYOstok
Next year there viii be expended at the
former 81. OJ0. 600 and at the latter $1,000,
00N. and at the new Far Eastern Russian
port OF Port Arthur, which appears in the
estimates for the first time, a similar
amognt. Thus for the three harbors over
s. Geo coo is to be eXpe ded, as compared
! with s. e0e -09 for the present year.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-19
MARKING The BATTLEFIELDS.
Work of the Chieks IaauSa and Chat
fnnonEn GOmmiasiOn.


tanOOEa Commission.
Through the War Department the Ciick
amauga and Chattanooga National Mill
tary Park Commission has issued cir
cular signed by Gen. H. " Boynton Bhie-
is accompanied by letter signed by Gen
J. b. Gordon, commanding the United
Confederate Veterans. The commander
say that in order to secure the creates
possible accuracy in its work, embrdcine
historical texts on tablets and monuments
landmarks designating lines Of battle, and
mSoztant localities upon the seven bat
tiefeids included in tire park project,
they have selected October 2, 10. and H.
1900 on which a general inspection of The
work OF the Commission may be made.
The Commissioners desire to secure the
attendance of Congress, which VIII be
asked TO appoint committee on examina-
ton: the Governors OF ali the States wnica
had soldiers engaged in the battles; the
State Monument Commissions which have
co-Operated IN the establishment OF the
National Park and the veterans u the
regimental and battery organizations en-
gagged on either side and the general and
staff officers Of the various armies en-
gagged.
with data that may aid in securing his
torical accuracy in the restoration Of the
notable fields Of Chickamauga. Wauhat-
chic. Browns Ferry. Orchard Knob. Lcok-
out Mountain. Missionary Ridge, and
Ringgold Gap.
Between 800 and ! 400 tablets viii BE-
on the field Of inspection. over half Of
which are large historical tablets; 22S MIS-
toricai plates on monuments 81 locality
tablets for verifcation; $50 reglmental
markers OF fighting positions. and IT'S tat
terry tablets These. with the fifty 20 be
erected during the coming season. make
over 1000 tablets TO be examined. besides
sveral hundred battle positions u brigade
lines
The Army OF the Cumberland and the So
ciety of that army will hold a joint re-
union at Chattanooga upon the dates
named, and all the associations are re-
quested 10 appoint their next reunion or
the dates and al the place named or q
send committees
General Gordon's letter directs with
the greatest pleasure and the deepest
qualification" the earnest attention OF
those veterans Of the South ShO particl'
/ pated in the battles around Lookout Noun
( tain and nearby territory as well as al
I those who fought on the side OF the South
! in the Civil War. 10 the circular Of the
/ Commission.
General Gordon cOmmends General
! BOyntOn's circular 20 the people Of tbs
/ TALLY and fairness which has actuatet
/ this splendid Commission and the praise
worthy and strenuous efforts now made
/ by this patriotic UniCn soldier and his as
| sCciates "a render ful, ind exact Justice q
| both sides"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-19
Mal,lng CIo.he. out Of slone.

The conversion OF the lintiest, toughest lime
stone into soft. white wool is of the wonders
II the century which Wiu appear in a practical
way 10 the manufactures Wonderful and almost
impossible as it may seem, this process is being
carried on successfully by man who expects
his discovery TO reyouti9nize the wool and CLOTH
manufacturing industries.
The disccverer making some tests OF stone
and was using heat and chemicals TO analyze
them. Tie happened upon a limestone which,
when subjected 10 the tests. acted Unexpectedly.
The usual course OF stone under the condition he
was submitting II 10 Is 10 become quicldime,
but in this instance il into lava. To all out
ward appearances the stone common building
stone. Ii had been used in many buildings. but
q bad a chemical quality that was very different.
The molten mass was very Pliable, like glass
when it is in the same state.
Glass may be strung out like silk, and il has
been converted into dress goods. The man cen
eeived the idea OF carrying his experiment still
further. This white lava subjected 10 chemi-
cal baths and then 10 . drawing out process, By
while IL was converted into the anest and most
plabic white wool
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-19
Flood, md Abrtr Cuusc

New York and New England have en-
tered upon their annual season Of tribu-
lation from floods and washouts. The
trouble and expense caused by these &C
currences' can hardly be estimated. Not
only are mills forced to shut down. dams
and bridges destroyed. and roads ruined,
but still grGver Consequences come from
the sudden melting Of snow along river
banks and the rapid drainage OF heavy
rainfall into the streams. Floods sweep
away buildings. ruin farm lands, and un-
dermine railroad bridges. so that without
unceasing watchfulness, the most horri-
BILE railway accidents are likely to occur.
There is no doubt thai a great part Of this
trouble is due to :he wanton destruction
OF forests; and il 4 is not stopped and
past depredatlons atoned for as far as
may be. other parts of the country may
suffer from the same disasters.
When the pioneer came to this country
It was natural that he should consider
il his first duty to clear away the stand
ing timber and convert woods into mead
Ows and pastures. II was necessary and
right that he should do this in his time.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-19
GOLD IN THE TRANSVAAL.
The Boer War Decreases the Output
- the Mines.

The BOer War Decreases the Output
~ the Mines.
The figures for the gold output OF The
mines on the NitwatersTand during the
last tEree months Of the year 1853 viii
probably never be definitely known" said
George Z. Roberts, Director Of the Mint.
TO a Times reporter.
There are many reasons for this Un-
certainty. There IL no reliable iufOrma-
ton obtaiuable as TO how many mines are
being worked nor is il known whether
any ore is being raised or whether ore al
ready at the surface is being milied OF
tailings cyanided. Estimates Of yield are
therefore impossible and all that can be
relied upon are such figures as the Trans
vaaI Government may care to give out.
Tie figures as given are 1896 ounces.
81. $50 ounces. and 90. $40 ounces in October.
November. and December, respectively.
bringing the total for the Witwatersrand
in 1899 to 4,069, Is; ounces crude, as com
pared with 1926, 602 crude ounces N 1898.
The production Of the mines of the
Transvaal outside the Witwatersraud cur
ing the last three months Of the year is
quite unknown. and il is doubtful whether
any of them have been worked az all
Under the circumstances the output for
the first nine months. 1S7, 651 ounces crude
can be taken as nearly representing the
years production.
This would bring the total production OF
the Transvaal mines in 1899 up to 4,25s.99I
crude or bullion ounces. Al the usual
valuation of Witwatersrand gold his
would be equal to g. 49O. 5T3 ounces. OF I0S-
81 Kilograms fine gold. or S72 IA in
value. As the total for the year 1898 was
SIS. O7O. f6i. this shows a decrease for 1899
OF s., 900 ef7. Had IL not been for the
war the Increase would probably have been
500. OO0, 600 or over.