The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1858-05-13
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cu.os LoAr.-Ihe cake served ut the royal
.iJius in England, was between q and 2 feet high,
NJ divided into three compartments richiy orna-
Vented with various devices
SITE or JoHS Ap.nsI 4osr.- At the meeting of
.nronr;etors of Mount Auburn Cemetery, it was
-.annced that the statue of John Adams, intended
tbe chapel, was on board the ship Oxford, aban-
81 at sea. and was undoubtedly lost.
The New. York Examiner sums up the result of
ur;vaIs ascertained from its correspondents and
~Hanoes for the last five weeks, as over twenty
.sonsand conversions, which is exclusive of the
i,rre numbers not specified, and other large numbers
-ot publicly mentioned at all
How THEY PUNISH DRUNKENNESS IN FRANCE
aThe mayor of Douai has just published an order
.bat persons who get shamefully drunk in public
Sorses, and the propristors Of such establishments
uho allow them to become so, shall be fined and i'm
,risoaed. 1t appears that of late years drunkenness
has become remarkably prevalent in the north of
France"
AccEPTED.-The London Times says the recent
challenge to Englishmen, from Georgia sportsmen, to
run a match of four miles and repeat. for 800. 900
a side, over the Ten Brock course, at Savannah. will
be accepted The Times calls on Lord Zetland to be-
come the champion Of the British turf, and send out
IS noble horse Skirmisher, TO do battle against the
sricsn celebrities
CHIP OF THE OLD BLocK.-Lord Brougbam's
who is yet a minor, and consequently dependent
4 his father for support, has been noted somewhat
ate for his attention to a young actress in the
Ich theatre. His father recently wrote the fol-
ing Iaconic epistle: IF you do not quit her, III
. your allowance" To which the son replied
fyou do not double it. I'll marry her." The son
enjoy a seat in Parliament when he becomes Of
We mania for religious seclusion has augmented
= great n degree in France during the last two
that not less than Ga young ladies are now
ing the last period Of their probation as noviti-
OF the ladies Of the Sacre C9ur, at Condaus.
Sc novices belong mostly to wealthy and aristocra-
families of France and Great Britain.
'krSFUL RsTRIBurIoS, II TRUE-The Newport
-tator says there is n young man in a town of
ont, arho cannot speak to his father. Previous
birth some difference arose between his mother
ler husband, and for n considerable time she
Il to speak TO him. The difficulty was subse-
y healed-thec child was born and in due time
to talk-but when sitting with his father, was
ably silent IL continued 40 till it was Eve
5 old, when the father, having exhausted his
'ers of persuasion, threatened it with punishment
It's stubboruness- When the punishment was in
tictei, it elected nothing but signs and groans,
which told but too plainly that the little sufferer was
vainly endeavoring to speak All who were present
United in this opiniJn that IL tras impossible for the
child TO spsak TO has fafher-and time proved their
opinion to be correct At a maturer age its efforts to
converse with its parent could only produce most
hitter signs and groans-
SINGULAR ArvArR-Tbe Trieste Ga-ene relates
the following singular story -
ene of the noblest familiesvpf Verona has just
EARNED that IN has been the victim os>an audacious
faud. The heir to the property having ns~x years
ago been put to nurse, fell and broke his army s6o1-
after the mother arrived to visit her infant. The
rurse afraid of revealing rhe truth, presented her
own child instead of the little sufferer. The fraud
sIcceeiei, and the nurse allowed it to continue. The
ylung peasant, accordingly, received the education
ca noble, and the nobleman was brought up to fol-
low the plow. Ii was but a few DAYS ago that the
nurse, on her death-bed. confessed her crime. The
peasant, her sou. IS now married to a noble lady, -
It Is not known how the interests engageAjp thermal
ter can be fairly conciliated-
VINO IL AFRAID OF A LIoS,-Dr. Livingston
says. when the breeding impulse is upon these AMI
mails, and n man happens to pass 70 windward Of
them, both lion and lioness will rush ut him; but
ulier ordinary circumstances the lion is n cowardly
animal, and never attacks n man except stealthily
unless wounded A very curious popularity about
him Is, that at the very last he win not make an at
where he sees anything to produce the suspicion
a trap. A horse belonging to Captain Codrineton
ran away. but was stopped nv the bride catching a
stump. He remained a prisoner during two DAVIS,
ard when he Was found. the whole space around was
marked by the 70 tprints Of lions. which h,sd evident
y been afraid to attack the haltered horse from the
ear that the whole thing was \ snare 1t lisa COM
non belief (says Dr. L. that the lion when he has
tasted human desh. prefers it to any other; hut
he real state Of the case is that a man eater is always
" old lion, who has grown too infrn to catch game;
ne resorts tn villages for the sake Of the goats, and IL
person happens {, 90 out they fall a prey too. This
,eing mis- only source Of subsistence. he Of course con-
inues until the villagers dispatch him-a work Of
difficulty.
The JERKs-Many years ago the religious zealots
4 Kentucky we're accustomed to be seized at meetings :
Or social worship, with what was called the jerks.
he person affected would have n ~twitching Of the
which seemed to be uncomfortable. and it |
sOuld often spread to nearly the whole congregation.
The Illinois Bspfisf Of Jan IA. says that this strange
is again revived. II made its appearance
= protrscfed meeting among the Mefhodists at
liam Grove. The scenes are described as very
xsiting. From fry to a hundred were jerking at
h. same time. Their hands, shoulders, feet and
iends would be violently thrown into the most 9rotes-
Iue and apparently painful shapes The women's
Snnefs would fly of, their hair become disheveled,
md in some instances snap like q whip. In some
nsta1a IL attacked uubelievers in IT,, and rncon-
men who Hied to resist it by folding their
ms and wrapping them tightly around their bodies. !
1t in spite Of themselves, their shoulders, first one
nd then the other. would be jerked back till they
ct all control Of themselves