Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume X, Number 46, 18 November 1871 — Ka Nupepa Kuokoa. English Column. [ARTICLE]

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa.

English Column.

The consumption of eoal in England is estimated at 115,000,000 tons perannum. Caiifornia*s grape product this year is estimated at 450,000 000 ponnds —an enormous increase. A oew style of fan has just appeared, made of satio and laoe, whieh when opened is in the shape of a butterfly. The value of landed estates devoted to the ?fupport of the ministers of the established Church of Eng]and is setdownat $140,000,000. Ainherst College will hereafter withhold all »id from coilege studc;.io uūo smoke tohaeeo or dnnk ardent spirits. A at»tement was made late]y at a vestry meeting of a parish in the suburbs of London, but the authonty for it was not given, that there are in London 700,000 cats. Dr. L. H. Gulick (lately, 2Secretary of the Hawaiian Board) has heen appointed Missionary of the American Board to reside in Spain. and labor among the Roman Catholics | of ihat country. He lias con»equently, abandoned his planof going to Japan. A full-bearded young grandfather recently had his hirsuteappendage shaved off", shewing a elean face for the first time in a number of years. At the dinner-table his little grand-daughter noticed it, u gazed with wondering eye," and finallv ejaculated : "Grandfather, whose head vou got on ?" Thelndian Daily News publishes nn adverti?ement b? an East Indinn for a wife. She is. says the advertiser, to be "not European, fair, handsome, educated, fond of studying, very amiahle, fond of housekeeping, and must in every sense of the word be poor, as raoney is not at all wanted." I*he ladies are carrying everything before them in Australia. In New South Wales tbe govemment has lately officially announced that it will hereafter make noopposition to ladies operating in the telegraph offices. A M.elbourne paper says :females are to be employed in the post-office there, and in various other employments formerly monopolīzed by men the gentler sex are steadily pushing their w*y. Opinions may differ as to the adm!ssion ot women to the learned profession, but certainly there should be no difference touching their eligibility to handicra/ts or light trades they are fitted for and w»6h to practise. There is many a post filled bj a male, especially in the sales departments of shops, that might equally well be occu;pied by a womao, who would thus release the man to foilow a more masculine business. Walte» Montcomesys Soicide.—The saicide of Walter Montgomery, the actor and dramatic reader, in London on the Bth Aogust, created a profound sensation here, where he wa« widely knewn and warmly esteemed. There have been many rumors aflaat as to the c»use ofiiis rash act, but none of them hare lold the exact tratL A few years ago there served as a waitress in a re6taurant in this city a young girl -of ejctraordinanr personal attraction. Of course she was an object of interest to many of the opposite sex, and one gentleman of weahh and good sociai pesitien fell desperately in l« T e with ber. He aade keown, his passion and won ber promise u> be his wafe. But bef«re she £bo«ld assume that *haracter, be tboagfat sbe o*ght to recetve a isttle education and aoeiai polish. So he sent ber to a good «ehnol for a tirae, and finally j»arried her. But tbe maieh didii't prove a hajipy one; ber sudden elevatioo was to mneh for tbe poor girl's hea<L Even horses and carnag«s and aa]tmited pocket-money coold oot c»inpeosate her for ihe abridgment of ber personal liberty. Tbey quarreled, &nd at last seperated—the wife receiving a libenU allowanee from her stali loving husbaad. Sbe went to Europe, where she has led a lile of aplendor. Montgomery met faer, was infat«ated «rith her beauty, and married herThe day a£terthe wedding she told him that her fim haabittd was still living. and the skock orertaroed his reason. Such is tbe most reliable acoouat of this strange event. Tbe bosband of the exwa)tress is stiii living bere, 1 beliere.—Sacrammto Union.