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LOOLSCAP, Letter, Note and Fancy
Il Paper, Sealing Wax, Black Sand, and
Steel Pens, for sale by w. l.. ORR.
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LLOCR, a Superior article, just receive
Il ed and for sale by J. HAwLEY.
april 18th, 1854.
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To which he would particularly call the atten-
ton of Farmers in this and the surrounding
All work entrusted to him will be
done in in a substantial and workman-like man
ner. Charges, ia all cases, reasonable.
j.. Ii. GRIFFITH.
Ottumwa, June 22d, 1S54.-6m.
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ANOTHER sclENrrrIc wospER! IMpoRT,

See advertisement in another column.
Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1854-10-28

tFrom the Washington Union.l
American Scandals for European
Co nsumDtion

The most agreeable occupation of the press of
Europe IS to keep before the people in that part OF
the world as many indications of corruption and Vi
olence in the United States can be collected and
fabricated. The fouler the falsehood the surer il
is of wide circulation. riot is great god-send
to the London Times or to Galignani, because il
proves that the American people are lawless and
unrestrained. Fnghtful murders command quite
PREMIUM and railroad accidents are collected in
as one great catastrophe, to show what a race of
rufians we are. But the prime staple Is an insult
to the President, or any of our distinguished men,
in Congress is nothing to this, because il can
be appropriately exaggerated and improved as it
passes from capital to capital in the Old World.
Greeley knows this right well, hence his constant
labors to feed the prurient appetite in distant
.es; to assa his own country; to hold up the South
as one great pest-house; aud, finally, to make of
the recent outrage npon the President subject for
coarse and calumnious commentary.
To the credit Of our countrymen, be II said, that
except Horace Greeley, and that vehicle Of vice and
faisehood, the Albany Argus-now as low down III
the ranks of journalism as the anonymous sheets
that pollute our great cities-except these, the
affront to the President alluded to has been repudi-
ated with unlningled Indignation by the public
press. There is parallel to this; and but one, we
believe, in American history. Gen. Jackson was
sought to be insul.ed by lunatlc in the grossest
ma nner, and the English press echoed the shouts of
delight of their friends on this side of the water at
that evant but the example was so infamous that
the worst foes of the glorious veteran eoqucny re-
pudiated it.-What a taste this for American news
papers!-How lost to reason and to shame must be
those men who think little of their country as to
lend their columns to these attempts to dishonor it
The European press need no emissaries to travel
through, and to misrepresent republic whose ex-
ample they dread, while Greeley is willing to take
that trouble of their hands.
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Napoleon dad the Sultan descende fron
American Parents.

The past history of the families of Louis Napo-
leon and the Sultan of Turkey Is full of interest
ing and marvellous incidents some of which are,
probably, not generally known TO our readers. "a:
The two monarchs, now so cordially united in
the struggle to maintain the integrity Of the Otto
man empire, are both grandsons of American ladies
These ladies were born and raised in the same
neighborhood, ON the island of Martinique, one of
the West Indies. They were of French origin,
and companions and intimate friends in childhood
and youth. They were Josephine Tascher, and q
Miss s..
The history of Josephine is generally known.
She went to France and was married to NJ. de
Beauharnais, by whom she had one son, Eugene,
and daughter, Hortense. Sometime after the
death of Besnharnais, Josephine was married to
Napoleon Bonaparte,, apd became Empress Of
France. Her daughter, Hortense, was married Il
Louis Bonaparte, then King of Holland, and the
present Emperor of France is her son by that mar
riage.
Miss s. Quilted the island of Martinique some
time before her friend. But the vessel that wss
carrying her to France was attacked and taken By
the Algerine corsairs and the crew and passengers
made prisoners. But this corsair ship was in turn
attacked and pillaged by Tunis pirates, and Miss
S. was carried by them to Constantinople, and Of
fered for sale as slave. Her extraordinary beau
ty and accomplishments found her purchaser in
the Sultan himself end she soon became the chief
lady OF, the Seragilo ana Sultana OF turkey. Man
moud II. was her son and present Sultan. Abdul
Medji is the son of Mahmoud.
Thus the two sovereigns who now occupy 50 large
space in the worlds eye are the grandsons oftwo
American creole girls, who playmates in their
youth; and were as remarkable for their beauty
and excellent dispositions for their varied and
singular fortunes. Both Of these women, in the
height of their power, remembered all the friends
of their youth, and provided munifcently for their
welfare Many of the relatives of the Sultana left
the island of Martinique and settled at CONSTANT
nople, where their descendants still reside, and en-
ioy the favor of the Sultan. The Sultana died In
1911 and their grandsOns now rule over two wide
and powerful empires; and entering, as friends
and allies, upon one of the most Inomentous and
sanguinsry struggles in which Europe was ever in
Yolred
Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1854-10-28
The New Arm,

Very recently, says the Washington Star, the Ar
my and Navy ordnance bureaus have caused ex-
periments to be made by boards of Army and Navy
officers with the 90 Perry" arms, an American in
yention, now in course of being patented in this
country by the inventor, an ingenious American
who has established factory for them in Newark,
New Jersey. Commodore Skinner was at the head
of the naval experimenting commission, and Major
Mordecai at that of the army board. According to
both reports this new invention proves to be likely
to excel for practical use any other description Of
firearms now in use in either hemisphere, not ex-
cepting the world-renowned Minnie rife.
The naval commission witnessed the firing OF
one of the carbnes seventy-fve times IN seven and
half minutes, without the slightest baulk. These
guns load in a vibrating breeeh cylinder, working
in an arc of circle. They are self-priming, and
when the cylinder is brought into position to re-
ceive the cartridge IL receives the cap which (hfty
of theln) is previously placed in tube passing
through the breech of the gun, By being emptied
or turned in from another tube. In the course OF
the experiments to which we allude above, and
others subsequently, made under the supervision OF
Major Dahlgreen, of the ordinance corps, at the
navy yard where there is q testing ground with
range of a thousand yards, the Perry .carbine,
carrying half ounce ball and weighing .l-2
pounds,) at fifty yards, fred through twelve inch
boards placed in frame one inch apart; and also
threw balls quite mile.
In the experiments at the navy yaro, the Perry
rife was fred against the Minnie rifle. With the
back sights of the former raised but one inch, it
threw the ball quite accurately at 500 yards as
the Minnie gun, with back sight raised three inch
Ies threw its ball l0OQyards. This proves conclu-
.yely that its range is much greater than that OF
the Minnie or, according to ordnance calculations
that with the back sight raised but two inches, it
will he quite as accurate and deadly in its effects
at 1000 yards as the celebrated Minnie with the
back sight raised an inch higher at 1000 yards !;
the Minnie heretofore, being regarded as the most
effective fre-arm known that can be handled by a
single person.
Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1854-10-28

UTILITY OF TEA.--In the life of most persons
period arrives when the stomach no longer dgests
enough of the ordinary elements of food 10 make
up for the natural daily waste of the bodily sub
stance The size and weight ofthe body, therefore.
begins to diminish more or less perceptibly. Al
this period tea comes in as medicine to arrest the
waste, to keep the body from falling away 80 fast,
and thus 10 enable the less energetic powers of dr.
gestion still to supply the solid tissues. No won
der, therefore, that tea should be such favor
ite on the one hand, with the poor, whose supply OF
substantial food is scaniy, and on the other with
the aged and infrn, especially of the feebler sex,
whose powers of digestion and whose bodily sub
stance have together begun to fail. Nor Is il sur
prisng that The aged female, who has barely
enough of weekly income to buy what are called
necessares of life should yet spend portion OF her
small gains in purchasing her ounce of tea. She
can live quite as we'll on less common food when
she takes tea along with it; while she feels lighter,
at the same time more cheerful, and filter for her
work, because of the dulgence.-lChemisiry OF
Common Life.
Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1854-10-28

STICK 70 GONE ONE PURsUIT.-There cannot
be a greater error than to be frequently changing
ones business. If any man will look around and
notice who have got nch and who have not, out of
those he started in life with, he will find that the
successful have generally stuck to some one pur-
suit. Two lawyers for example begin to practice
at the same time. One devotes his whole mind to
his profession, lays in slowly stock oflegal lear
ming, and waits patiently it may be for years. till
he gains an opportunity to show his superiority.
The other tiring of such slow work. dashes into po-
litics. Generally, at the end of twenty years. the
latter will not be worth penny, while the former
will have a handsome practice, and count his tens
of thousands in bank stock or mortgages. Two
clerks attain majority simultaneously. One re-
mains with his former employers, or at least 10 the
same line Of trade, at first en- small salary, then
on larger until finally, if he Is meritorious he
is taken into partnership. The other thinks it be-
meath him to fill subordinate position now that he
has become a man, and accordingly starts in some
other business on his own account, or undertakes
a new firm in the old line of trade. Where does
he end? Often in insolvency, rarely in riches.
10 this every merchant can testify. young man
is bred a mechanic. He acquires distaste for his
trade, however; thinks it is a tedious way to get
ahead and sets out for the West or for California
But, in most cases, the restless dscontented.
aud speculative spirit which carried him away at
first, renders continuous application al any one place
lrksome 10 MN; and so ne goes wandering eOoul
the world, sort of semi civilized Arab, really a
vagrant in character, and sure to die insovent.
Meantime his fellow apprentice, who has staid at
home, practising economy, and working steadily at
his trade has grown comfortable in his circumstan-
ces and is even perhaps citizen the mark. There
men of ability, in every walk of life, who no
torious for never getting along Usually 1t IS be-
cause they never stick to any one business. Just
when they have mastered one pursuit, and are on
the point of making money, they change 1t for
another, which they do not understand; and, in lit
tie while what little they are worth is lost forever.
We know scores of such persons. Go where you
will you will generally find that the men who have
tailed in life are those who stuck to one thing
ong.-[Philadelph Ledger.
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The following, from the Springfield Republiean'
should be caution to Mrs. Ruth Parting'on 70
look 10 her laurels. Hear Mrs: Cuooage on Of
gan: and organists: "dsar me- 80 sSs I.., Snnssv;
Cubbsge, as she retnrneo ,.eoD cA1'sA When
.sdear me this is an age Of conventions -
runner used to turn the crank, and little monkey
t,ke tho pennies. But now an organizer Presscsf
ovar the estimate while the beacon tskss up cor
s.tn,;on. Oh, you should hear the fellow per
firm one of his closing voluptDsries, wnsn !, BE
EurIis out The stcpples, and plays on the ps1'sr
bsse so loud ax.to jar the conaagratson ss taey
pass ous OF their respective pi1ees cf aeoee-
menEs
Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1854-10-28

THE GREATEsT STEAMER ~ THE WORLD
The immense screw and paddle steamer, building
by Scott g. Russell, at Millwall, England for the
Eastern Steam Navigation Company, is to De COM
pleted in twelve months. Her keel has been laid
down, and several of her bulhheads, or compart-
ments. are raised, and the works are proceeding
with energy and expedition. A railroad has been
laid down the entire length of her way, to facilitate
the conveyance of the materials from the factory TO
the different parts of the vessel The exact dimen-
sons of the ship are follows: tonnage, builders
measurement, 22,000 tons tonnage burthen, ~,
600 tons; extreme length 660 feet; extreme breath,
SO feet; extreme Depth So feet, power of engines,
(screw paddle,) $500 horses. Her engines are
IN the course of construction, and will be fitted IN
the vessel before she is floated off.
The hull will be entirely of iron, and OF more
than usual strength, the magnitude OF her size
enabling Mr.. Brunei the architect, TO introduce
many precautionary measures, conducive TO sup
port and security. From her keel, up to SIX feet
above the water-line is double, of cellular con-
struction. The upper deck will also be strength
ened on the same principle, and will form COM
plete beam similar to the tube of the Britannia
bridge, so that any external injury will not affect
the tghness, or the safety of the ship. She IS d.
vided into ten separate water-tight compartments
each being sixty feet in length, enabling her to take
out sufficient fuel for voyage TO Australia, and
back to England without stopping.
Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1854-10-28

TIL CoNsEcrlcuT LIQUoR LAw:-Nany per.
sons who have doubted tie wisdom of so stnngen,
a liquor law as the present. have all along said that
thew were willing to see the experiment fairly tred'
and that if il worked weI they would give i their
hearty support. The Law since It has been IN
oia.s of nersous who are numerous and influential,
MANY grog- shops have been shut up by their keep
ers Who have @cleared the COOP" and gone to the
great Babylon of the country, or TO parts unknown
Dutch, irish, Hungarian, with very small sPrIpk-
line of the lower tier Of Yankee, have found their
occupation all gone. and they are gore too'-se~
Haven Palladium, Aug. III.
Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1854-10-28

A country individual who was caught in the wa
ter-wheel of a saw-mil, says he intends to apply
for pension, he is survivor ofthe Revolution.
The poorfellow whose wife has, for the last ten
Iyearz been continually giving him. " bit of her
mind, "Kas Just declared himself anxiousto have a
+" "Peace-at-any-rate.
The man who tried to sweeten his tea with one
of his wfes smiles, has fallen back" on sugar.
The young gentleman who caught a ladys eye,
is requested to return il, it is of value TO any
one but the owner
Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1854-10-28

Every man has it in his own power, by the: force
Of natural reason, to master the OF iaing
either into presumption or desPan.-ll Istianse'
The keeping ourselves above gref and every
painful passion, is indeed very beautiful ana excel-
lent and none but souls OF the nrst rale seem 70 0e
qualified for the undertaking. -Charon.
There is in human nature generally more Of tns
fool, than Of the wisss and therefore those iasul.
ties bz, which the foolish part Of meme rsnas s's
taken, ere more poseut-i Bacon
Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1854-10-28

]. A. BURDICK,
Cooper, Honolulu, Oahu, =. l.,
Having premises formerly occupied by W. Vincent
Hotel ST. near Mluna Kea will continue on
the cOOpers business in all its branches at the above
mentioned place where he hopes that those Of his friends
who have hitherto afforded him liberal patronage will
fail give him call n. B. 500 bbls water casks
hand and for sale on liberal terms.
Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1854-10-28

~ A writer in the London Examiner lately saw
blind man look with much apparent interest at
the prints at Collaghi's windows-"Why, my
friend, ;" said he, sit seems you are not blind
'Blind! no, thank God, your honor" rePliea the
man 81 have INV blessed sight as well as another
@rhen why do you go about led by dog p
asked he.
"Why, because Ihedieates dogs for blind men,
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DANsERoUs POwER.-One OF the tremenoous
evils of the world, is the monstrous accumulation
of power in few hands. Half dozen men may,
At This moment, light the fires Of war through the
world. nav convulse all civilized nations, sweep
earth and sen with armed hosts, spread desoiation
through the fields and bankruptcy tnrough cites,
and make themselves felt by some form ofsutterng
Itbroupb every household in ChrlstendOm--lChan-
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CONANT, w L d RO " * Z o.,
XIToULD Respectfully tior'n tllsir firm aid The
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Mahogany Walnut aud oter furnitore Together with
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Manufacturing Department,
in w,b they Engaged wnfkurn 81 -kiliHnd exp"
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CONANT, WAIDRON & co
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