Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume IX, Number 52, 24 December 1870 — Ka Nupepa Kuokoa. English Column. [ARTICLE]

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa.

English Column.

The diamoud fever in South Africa is on ihe increase. Soine extruordinary stones bave been discovered. The English are sendmg trosps from lndia to Ohina. The British Ch<innel Sqoadron has been ordered to e/nbark as mueh provi2ioos as ean be stowed under the hatches. The guns of the CJnited States frigate Cun>beriand. sunk iu Huinpeon Koaāa ia April, 1862, by the Alerriniac, have been raised and taken to the Tredegar foundry near Kicbcnoud, where they are to be eonverted mto rails and car wheels. A countryman watchmg the hoisting ofl an anchor on a schooner and hearing the •• Vo, heave O!" of the suilors, reinarked: " You inay heave high arid heave low, but you will never get that crooked thing through ihai lutie hole; 1 know betier." Tbe largest Bible in the world, that ofMr. J. Hell, a Manchester collector, has been ,-i ..i $ Lundon aueiiou for X165. lt was t'v\>y of Macklin's beautiful folio, with .. .. .. tnousund engraviijgs and cuts illustra- ; ve «J the text, and gathered from every source, the whole handsoinely bound in sixiy-three thick voluines. The city of Erie, Penn., was lighted last week, fur the first time, by natural gas obiuiued by the £rie G'as Company froin a weli suuk near their vvorks. Thirteen gas wells are now m successful operalion in various parts of the city. The gas is fuund at an average depth of 550 feet, and the average yield per well day is up\vard of 20,000 cubic leet. It requires no purifyiug, and is being rapidly introduced into private hauses. A few Sundays ago, as Mr. Beecher was about cominenci;ig his sermon, a stout, fa-therJy-looking nian was endeavormg to inake his way ibrough the crowd to get witbin a better hearing distance of the distinguished or«tor. At that moment Mr. Beecher's voice rang out the words of ihe text: " Who art ibou ?" "Who art thou ?' again cried out the drainatic preacher. The stout party, thinking himsdf in the wrong, perhaps, by |)ressing forward, and believing himself to be personally addressed, startled the brethren and nonplussed their reverend chieftain by īedately replying: "I'm a pig merchant from Chicago, sir. I hope you ain't mad. I There ain't nary chair, or else l'd a sot down." I A Call to Mid-Ocean.—The Fort-street r Jongregational cht>rch at Honolulu has extended a eall to Rev. Walter Frear, of the Congregational church'at San• Cruz, California. The San Francisco Pacific adds:

"We leam that he has accepted the eall, and will probably embark for the Islanda iu the December steamer. We are sorry to part with any of our pastors. But the chutch at Houoiulu will gaiu a good minister, and oui friend leaves one pleasant p4rish for another perhaps still more attractive. With 01l the inconveniences attendant upon pustoral chn»ifJithey sometimes give hard-worked niini i a new lease of life. Brotber Frear i? «»., y going a little further west to serve a pn-pie whose praise is in all the churches." Speak the Tki;tii.—One drop of ink will hlaeken a whole «, r i >fcs full of pure water. So wj!l one evil cornmunication make the whole heart foul. O, beware of those evil words. You might drop in many. n>any drops of pure water into the inky tmnbler, but it would have no percepti,ble influence. So it will take thousands of good precepts and good instructions to root out this evil word. Cheistian Modesty,—One of the noblest * oflferings received at the French Sanitary Fair ia San Fr*pcisco wos a magnificent set of jewelry set with pearls and diamonds, and valued at $2500. Thfe gift was accompanied by a communication from the young lady, I reqaesring that the jewelry be disposed of 1 for the benefit of the fund for the defeoce of |the national-honor. She did not give her J name, and expressed the hope that no inquiries would be made. - DiftD.—Gen. Williain Williams, one of the o\dest and most highly respected cuizens of Norwich, Conn., died Oct. 28, at his resi- | dence, in that city. He was one of the old- | est members of the American Board of Foreign Missions, was uniformly present at its | meetings wherever they were held, and took I the deepest interest in all that pertained to its work. He was also prominent in all loeal enterprises of charitable and public character. He was ? true gentleman, a . warm-hearted friend and a devoted Christian. \ His death, even at the ripe age of eighty-two j years, will be deeply felt and he will be long Land greatl£ raissed. He was the unele of Hoorrespected towns-man C. A. Williains f Esq.