The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-09-03

FprcHrENEp PoEr-N. p. Willis has had 2
ghost encounter at Idlewild. Waking IN the nlgnt'
he saw something moving at the 1901 OF ms ceo hne
figure was in human form, and waved its arms.
Ever and anon it would swell into unnatural proper
tons. and then raise both arms towards the ceiling
Willis c-onfesses that he was frightened. He rose
with sweat-drops on his brow, nerved himself TO the
extreme of daring, approached the ng1res ana
c1utebed it-when low !! il was his own SIX shirt 7!
It had been hung near the foot of his bed, over .
furnace register. The column OF warm air OCCASION
ally inflated this shirt, hence the ghost! Let all
ghost-secrs remember the shirt-spectre and the gner-
vous poet
Coating sheet iron with vanish, so as to protect it
from the action of the atmosphere, is q process lately
discovered by some EngiBh ~artizans. The first take
clean sheet iron plates, and dip them in o solution or
the chloride of iron, by which they become covered
with o thin tin scale; they are then washed well IN
warm water, and dipped into a melted composition OF
resin and tallow. After this, they are allowed to
dry, and then dipped into a hot solution composed OF
three-quarters of q pound of shellac, and one-fourth
of a pound of resin dissolved in two columns OF aIco-
hol- Finally. they are taken out and ORGY In
oven. Common tin plates for roofing, exposed to sea
winds, where tin is liable to rust, will, if coated In
this manner, stand exposure to the Weather well.
Louis Napoleon is in no little trouble about the
existence of certain secret societies nj France. A num-
Der of attempts have been made to take the Emperor's
life, and it IS believed that the assassins were the
emissaries of the secret organizations. Pianori, who
was not long since e. cuted, admitted that there was
a secret society in France. the sworn object of whose
members was to assassinate the Emperor. But he
died without revealing the Names of any of the MEM
bers, or of ~divulging any secret that would lead to
their detection 1t is an admitted fact that there IS
such a. secret organization in Paris. 1t has members
in Paris, in Vienna, in London, and in other cities
upon the Continent. The police of Paris have definite
Instructions to hunt down this organization, and they
exert every effort to detect its secret meetings. So
far no developments have been made that have led to
the conviction of any concerned
A great historical parsonage has just died in Paris,
the famous Vidocq, who, from one of the most expert
thieves in Europe, was promoted to the Perfect of
Police. Vidooq, whose adventures and experience,
in both capacities, nave been communicated to the
world in his own memoirs, retired from Office many
years ago, and was succeeded by Lacour, whose
qualifications, though of a like kind, have not obtain
ed equal celebrity. The Government then resolved to
appoint a person of less questionable antecedents.
The office has since been filled by NJ. earlier, now a
Conseilier d. Etat. Vidocq, who had retired with a
competence, died recently, aged 70. at his residence,
in the Rue ST. Pierre, Popincourt. AT his own
express desire, no friends were present at his fune-
raj, which was attended only by hired mournefs, at
the chuych Of st. Louis, in the Marais. Vidocq, a
few days before his death, had an extraordinary idea
that if his feet, already palsied with death, could
touch the earth, he would recover. In compliance
with his wish, a layer of fine mould was placed by
his bedside. He rose with difficulty. supported by
his attendants, and placed his feet ON it; as he did so,
a fash of life, so to speak, passed over his features,
and he drew himself up to his full beightihat his
strength gave way beneath the effort, and be fell
back inert and cold. From THAT moment he saw that
all was over with him, and abandoning hope, he
occupied himself exclusively with his religious duties.
A New EXCITEMENT IN PRosPEcT.-BURNING THE
DEAD.-An eminent New York physician has, accord
ing to the Buffalo Republic, written an elaborate
work in favor of the practice of burning the dead,
which is to be published after his own death.
By his will he directs his mortal remains to be kept
for FIVE days in a warm rooYsAMnttAec7E<@
opened, and the heart xkU5ed which is co. Ssm.
balmed and enclosed in a thick vellum bag, strongly
with asbpaltum; the remainder of his
body is then to be publicly burnt on a pyre of sassa-
or Sandal wood, in one of the public cemeteries
the ashes carefully gathered and deposited with the
heart in a bronze urn. Five copies of the
leading daily city papers, containing an account of
the whole proceedings, are likewise directed to be
deposited in the urn, which is then to be hermeti-
cally sealed and taken to the New York Museum.
In the midst of the excitement created by these
proceedings the work is TO be published. For its
$4,000 are appropriated, $4,000 more
fer distribution among the officials and leading
Politicians of all parties, who are to receive from $25
to 500 each for assisting in the ceremony, and $10,-
900 for the editorial fraternity, to be divided pro rata
according to their influence. His property is estima-
ted at $500, 900.