The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-08-13

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the cows tail; then divide the proS". " the hair on |
add a pound Of chalk, and the sum lin Y a tamip;
swer. VII be the an
A Parliamentary paper has been ;..u
the total imports OF grain and -four into pu Showing J
foreign -four was from the United Ststss %l supply
to three-ffths of the amount OF Ird;srsa addtc
more than . fourth Of the amount of wRSO "a, ad.
The post-ofice of London is the largest ;,
world. 1t has q front of 400 by $50 feet deep. I'VE
sre $500 persons regularly employed in the bus%%ee
-one thousand OF whom are engaged in MAXIM
the London evening mail ~
The RAa-PIcKEas or NEW YoRK.-It is STATED a
there are in New York city not less than one tSa
sand professional rsgip,ackers- The Express a.
that some of them have, by picking rags, accumul,,
fortunes, and live in splendid mansions, while oths
reside in shanties located in the outer wards.
Almost everybody thinks that he could edit a ne.
paper o little better than anybody else. Yet his
rians and ~essayists Of high repute have made deplorsj
failures in this line of literature. They have ri
unsuccessful even in writing " leaders" and u
by no means the great work of journalism.
William b. Russell, of the London Times,
asked by the proprietors to 60 to China, as spocf
correspondent, but was compelled to decline, Is
was previously engaged to lecture during the M
twelve months in the leading cities of Great BritSI
and Ireland, ON the Crimea War.
"K. N. PEppER"-The upper branch Of the Ne}
York Legislature was obliged to adjourn on FridaY
night, 10 consequence of some scamp having strew5
the floor with Cayenne pepper. Az soon as the Senq(
had fairly got to work, an intense excitement
created. The infnitesimal particles of the fiery
stance entered the nasal organs, eyes and mouth
the Senators, pages, and the auditory, causing REF
ed, numerous and long-contined explosions of 'a@
Chez
HUMAN CHEss-MEs.-At q great hRns--s
in Hanover by the Minister Of Foreign AnarS,
proceedings commenced by q procession oi nv
chess-men-the kings. queens, and other pieces I'M
nifcently dressed. After the PROCESSION tne pieces
took up a position on a gigantic board, prepared for
the purpose. Two magicians then played the game,
which excited great interest and entertainment
Since Balaclava was evacuated by the British
has been taken possession of by an army of fe
rats. who not only consume every defenseiess ooI
within their reach, but also at night attack people
the streets. The inhabitants who had returned
their former dwellings were obliged to vacate theA
AGAIN. and trust to the seventies of winter TO dimin.5
the forces of the four-footed animals.
DIR. Scoresby, the veteran of Arctic enterprise, died
Mt Torouay. England, on the 2lst of March, after q \
lingering illness. Science loses a great deal by his I
death. His reports to the British Association, and
his numerous observations on the influence of the
iron of vessels On the compass, were connected with
inquiries Of the utmost Importance TO navigation. II
was in prosecuting these researches, and with a vie,
to determine yaXlRe questions of magnetic JsSdca
from which hef turned last year with his constitution
much enfeebl9 from the ardlous labors to which he
had subjected himself.
WAILERs.J1 curious branch of business has been
established atLyons. An association of howlers has
been formed, which engages to supply at each funeral
a number of professional weepers. The charge made
is five francs per head. They have adopted a peculiar
costume, and follow the hearse weeping and sobbing.
This recalls to memory the mourning women men-
toned in the Bible, who, ON mournful occasions, like.
lot themselves nuf m hIrQ nn1rU their hand
and crying and lamenting aloud.-Jewish Chroniek
INTERNATIONAL COURrEsY.-The New York Jour.
nal Of Commerce, Of the 18th inst, says: Upon
the application to our Government OF the Russian
Ambassador at Washington, orders have been ISSUED
to Capt. Hudson, of the steam-frigate Niagara, to
receive on board his ship (about to depart for Europe
to participate in laying the Ocean Telegraph acap-
tain and a lieutenant of the Russian navy, who are
now sojourning in this city, that they may have an
opportunity to witness the accomplishment of this
great enterprise
"Mr. Snowman, what is that.' ssThat, nv
dear, is the Rinocerow. He is cousing German o.
Dutch relative to the Unicorn. He was born in the
desert of Sary Anne, and fed on bamboo and mission
aries. He Is very courageous, and never leaves home
unless he moves, in which case he goes somewhere
else, unless he is overtaken by the dark. He was
brought to this country much against his own will,
which accounts for his low spirits when he is melan-
choiy or detected. He is now very aged, although he
has been the youngest specimen of animated nature
In the world
The American enterprise of raising the sunken |
ships at Sebastopol, has been very successfully CON-
menced. Sixteen vessels have already been recovered,
among them the Chersonese of 260 horse power, four
transports, one brig, two tenders and six smaller
craft. The four transports are already ahoat, and are
engaged in carrying provisions and equipments; and
the steamer Chersonese is under repairs and will soon
be launched.
DEATH FROM THE Power OF 1MAGINATToN:-A story
is told in a late number of NouUeIe Zeitung, offs
physician who tried an experiment on a criminal
c~apitally condemned, illustrating the power of imsg.
inatlon. The man was permitted TO see q dog bleed |
to death and to observe all the symptoms of failing
life as detailed by the physician, till the moment Of
the animals death. Immediately after, the crimi
nails eyes were bandaged, and his arm pierced with
q lancet, though no vein was opened. The phys
clan went on describing the = me symptoms witnessed
in the dogs case. and finally pronounced the words.
"Now ne is dying" The IN did really expire
under these operations, though he had not lost s
tablespoonful OF blood.
CURIOUS ATMOSPHERIC PHENoMESoN.-A CORES
pendent, writing from Ashtabula county, Ohio, after
giving an account of a shock of an earthquake il
that vicinity, says: 9 The most singular phenomena
connected with it was the falling of large balls u
snow. 1t was showing heavily At the time, although
the snow was slightly moist. The next morning s@-
eral gentlemen in different parts of the town noticed
large balls OF snow lying scattered around, not Only
In the vicinity of their dwellings, but in the open
fields. Those who examined them describe some Of
them as being nearly as large as a small child's head,
and resembling thin layers of snow, rolled together
very liGh1lEtand dropped down. Where they fell
upon the side hiu they had rolled, in some instance,
two or three feet. | mention these facts as scraps fl
the curious"
RATS, AND THEIR LOVE OF wATER--wben rats
have once found their way into a ship, they are secure
as long as the cargo is on board, provided they can
command the great necessary-water. If this is vel
guarded, they will resort to extraordinary ~expediens
to procure it. In a rainy night they will come On
deck to drink, and will even ascend the rigging TO
sip the moisture which lies in the folds of the sails
When reduced to e~xtremites, they will attack the
spirit casks, and get SO drunk that they are unable
to walk home. The land rat will, in like manng,
gnaw the metal tubes which, in public houses, lead
from the spirit store to the tap, and is as convivinl a
these occasions as his nautical relation. The entire
race have a quick ear for running liquid, and tg
constantly eat into leaden pipes, and much to thel
astonishment. receive a douche bath in consequent
Quarterly Review.
LENT IN PARIs.-We have been furnished with the
following amusing account of this season, o.
practiced ct the pay metropolis of France SCI think