The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1858-12-09

urxnpvD YgARs OLD-We have before us =
conv ~ . The Newport Mercury, or Weekly 1ddrev-
,;s.r,, hearing date December 10, 17bS; also anotn-
a. come ~ the Newport Mercury dated September
"a 1877. Vol. 1O1. 1t is curious to mark the diner
ence bc,wcen the typography and the sentiments ao-
vonca1 in the two sheets. The former rs " frinte'
nv I.ucs franklin. y brother to Benjamin franklin
and NJ whom. IN Boston, lis Learned the rudinsenfs
Of his sraje. The leader, in the number before u.s.
advocates the importance Of cementing the alliance
between England and Prussia as : defence agalne. tue
crossing mower Of Russia, which, even then, had De-
GUN 10 excite alarm. France and England were
then at war and the New Englanders were as ioyaias
apy subjects of the British crown. We note M q
yertisement of 50 Poor Richards Almanac FOR 1903.
What is more interesting than an old newspaper es-
pccially one q hundred years old !
WIN c.rrrE AoAIN.-We would once more men,
ton the dangerous practice of driving wild cattle
through the streets of Honolulu. 1t is, however,
particularly dangerous to those who live in the neigh
borbood of Palama, as there are no open shop doors
into which one may dive for safety. A case occurred
the other day in which a lady and child coming over
the causeway Mt Leleo we're chased by a COW that had
rot away from her drivers and narrowly escaped
what would have been death or serious injury. Can
not the law be enforced! If not, why!
Ao
Drxr,srRy AND ELpcrRIcIrY.-A most important
discovery has recently been made in the application
Of electricity to the extraction of teeth. Our ex-
changes, from various quarters, state that 1t Is fast
superseding the old killing" mode, and meets only
with approval. We hope that It will not be long be-
fore this pain-killing Improvement finds its way to
Honolulu. Here is an item about it from a Boston
paper:
IF We find an article in the London Times in re-
gard 10 the pulling of teeth by the means Of electrici-
~ The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal has
an article ON the subject vouching for the genuine
ness and Importance of the discovery. Some OF the
dentists of Boston, it is said, have already extracted
hundreds of teeth with this arrangement, with little
or no pain to the patient. A lady in this city IS re-
ported to have had fourteen teeth taken out at one
sitting, and without feeling pain, but only q disa-
greeable sensation ut the moment OF grasPinS .he
tooth. Others experience a moderate degree OF pam.
The advantages of this ansssthetic over ether or chic
reform are, that there is no danger from 1t, and there
are no disagreeable esults.-Bosfon rec.
New BEIL-In our last issue, among the foreign
summary, was an item in relation to a bell for the
..new chu roh in Honolulu" On inquiry, we find
it is for the new church recently erected at Hilo. An
incident in regard to it is worth noting. Mr.. Coan,
the pastor of that church. proposed to the female
members TO contribute towards purchasing a bell,
stating that $500 would procure one Of lOOo pounds
A day was appointed to bring in the sums, and the
females of his church deposited with him over sooo
to purchase this bell This illustrates the influence
Of a missionary pastor with his people, as well as the
hberalitv of his parishioners. The bell will proba-
bly, be received at Hilo during the spring by SONS
whaler. "
SusAR PLANTATIONS IN THE s. L--Our table s.
given last week having had some typographical er
rors, we reprint it here corrected