The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-10-27


e Qsesa Of Spain ha. issued = decree granting
= -. H. c. Perry. late Secretary Of the American
tDn15oa ~ Madrid, the right to connect Spain and
60 - Telegraph. via the Canaries, the Cape De
Vt lslapds, Cape San Rogue, Brazil. Guiana and
Hintoad, to Porto Rico. The concession is limited
g one yeAs, and the ~provisory extension Of the term
sr eompleting the work to twenty-five years
The Repubte is enjoying a season Of repose. 1t
has been resolved to make war on the Aranco In
dians IN October : bat, in the meantime, the army
hes been diminished
The Navy Of Chile. according to the report of the
Minister Of Marine, consists Of four steamers. Of the
pint power Of 600 horses, capable Of carrying 80
guns /; and four sailing vessels, carrying 40 guns.
The Government intends to have built for it several
stsAmers, and publishes the proposals Of w. w. Webb.
Of New York, to that end.
Tm MAEEsrRox vERIFIED-Of late years, the
Maelfrom on the coast Of Norway has been doubted.
The ancient accounts of its terrible power were
doubtless fabulous. but NJ. Hagerup, Minister Of the
Norwegian Marine has recently given q reliable ac-
count OF 1t: in reply to some questions from a CORES
pendent Of The Boston Record. The vast whirl Is
caused by setting in and out Of the tides between
Lof6den and Moskcn, and is most violent half way
between ebb and food tide. At food and ebb tide it
disappears for about half an hour, but begins again
With the moving-of the waters. Large vessels may
pass over it safely in serene weather, but in a storm
= il Seriious to the largest craft. Small boats are
not safe near it at the time of its strongest action in
any weather. The whirls in the Maelstrom do not,
~ ~ uVYOccu u vcSSCiS uuuCk IL otC .
but by their violence they fill them with water or
dash them upon the neighboring shoals. MIR. Ha-
ssfn Winter, it not subsequently happens that, at
-. . hank Of clouds shows a west storm, with heavy
oes, to be prevailing there, while further IN on the
coast, the clear air shows that on the inside of the
West-tjord least side of Lofoden) the wind blows from
the land, and sets out through the tjord from the
east In such cases, especially, an approach to the
Maelstrum is in the highest degree dangerous, for the
stream and under cutting from opposite directions
work there together TO make the whole passage one
single boiling cauldron. At such times appear the
mighty vhirls which have given il the name of Mael-
mPon (that Is, the whirling or grinding stream) and
"a which no craft whatever can hold its course. For
amDnmer, it is, then, quite inadvisable TO attempt
USAGE Of the Maelstrom during n Winter storm,
sn1 for . sailing vessel it may also be bad enough in
time Of Summer, should there fall a calm or a light
wind. whereby the power Of the stream becomes
greater than that of the wind, leaving the vessel no
longer under command"
Lrcx-The Rev. Henry Ward 3eecher says many
good thing-pithy, wise, and quaint Among these,
in . recent lecture on ''good and bad luck he OBJ
served that some men thought that Providence held
IN implaeAble spite against them, and that they never
met with luck, while others did He then went on to
say. that one, with q good profession, lost his luck in
the river, where be ided away his time in fishing,
when he should have been in the Office. Another,
with . good trade, perpetually burnt up his luck with
his hot temper, which provoked all his employers to
leave him. Another, with a lucrative business, lost
his luck by awaking diligence at everything but his
business Another, who steadily followed his bottle.
Another, who was honest and constant at his work,
erred BY perpetual misjudgments, he lacked discre-
ton Hundreds lost their luck by endorsing; by san
guine speculations; by trusting fraudulent men; and
by dishonest gains A man never has good luck who
has . bad wife. He never knew an early rising, hard
working, prudent man, careful of his earnings and
strictly honest, who complained of bad luck. A good
character. good habits, and iron industry, are i'm
preguable 70 the assault Of all the i'll luck fools ever
dreamed Of But when he saw a tatterdemallion
creeping out Of q groggery late in the forenoon, with
his hands stuck in his pockets, the rim Of his hat
turned mp. and the crown knocked in, he knew he
had bad uck-6r the worst of all luck is to be a
sluggard. . knave, or q tippler.