The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-12-29
Foreign

The Atlantic n. onthly has passed into the
of Ticknor & Fields, who having paid shIm
the property, will make it a No. l literary p
RErUnNED.-Mr Schroeder, the noted pk
chant, was among the passengers on the laaE
of the barque Yankee from Honolulu. Hss1
with him a veritable pulu tree in the native
and lust rs it was taken from the field. Ids
in some degree its original freshness, YET, nnr
less, to those who feel curious as TO this Pntz
of the popular bedding material, it is AZ dF1
considerable interest.
MAKING Ice BY MAcHINERY.-A mschiRk
manufacture of ice is now in operation 10 La
which turns out three tons of that COMMODITY
It is the invention of q Mr.. Harrison, Of AEu
The refrigeration is produced by the eyspanl
ether in q vacuum.
Robert Stephenson, the celebrated engineers
died in England, He was born in 1903, and M
at the comparatively early age Of hfysI
After receiving his education Mt Edinburgh, De
two years apprenticeship as an engineer uih
father at Newcastle, and then made an eIFeia
Venezuela to explore the silver mines. On hsN
to England, in 1928, the subject of railEar
ming to receive considerable attention, be W
prize of $500 offered for the best LOCOMOTIVE
should consume its own smoke, weigh no nr
six tons, and draw a train Of twenty tons a.
ten miles an hour. subsequently the prnclsA
roads of Englend and Scotland were butt u1
superintendence, and he also visited bssa.
Norway, having been sent for to advise Is @~
system of railroad lines in those counuS
principal works are the tubular bridges es
Conway, at the Castle. and the MeDol, MpI-
Rock. He had been a member Of Parllamen+ :
been returned as n Conservative ana a rr~
The UNITED STATES DESCRIBED DI Al ~
MANA ootemporary publishes the icaOsSs !.
extract from o new history of the ehHes
an Englishman (" Before | went TO AHe'I-.
heard much of American natura. scehef!
I was sadly disappointed when came l.
self. / have traversed the country Eom !.
depencence of Her Most Gracious MaJes!' M
to the Rocky Mountains, and saw n"% ~
could be called worthy of the artist OF
walton. 1t is true that Canada has SONY n,
scenery. which has been much improved I.
taste and art-the natural consequence"
6nement and cultivation OF the ihnAO,1
whenever one crosses into the States, 'peO IA
hibits either wild forests or naked prs's'
which are dangerous to travel through ID 49,
of the quantities of voracious animals .m! D.
A distinguished member Of the Unltei y -,
ment informed me that n railroad tram y : rs
attacked byt drove of raccoons Nn'' Tbs}
prairie, and every passenger destroyea. "A
coons are the terror of this wild coun"is
.depopulated thousands of miles oil us
The Stafordshire (England) .fdrer''T 800
it has means of knowing that .1adM .0hrskl
is one of the most popular books ever .pp,bs "A
many years, having in twelve l~xp
a profit of $1,000 to its au'ny.n4h skt
ten by MISS EVANS, that the scene ., svd M
in that County and the adjoining Oouns So
81 Loamshirc, representing the former, an, -
shire the latter. +" TreddlcstOne, tns r..
.adam and Seth are said to have reslu; = tt
ON Ellastonc where the real characies~ Bps
lived, and where the grandson oil ;ns kd
DINAH NORRIS is now living engassss ,tsr ni
branch of trade to that of his grinu The
sessed Of many of his sterling qual'ue. Il Bro
was also vicar of Blyth and recag' The d
(Croxton), both in the neighborhoc. :, hSutd
is still standing, and the s'a'ue !, EuGS
in the book, is to be seeA
the present time. So lie
Tux LoSpoN STRlKg-We learn Tins 6r
London papers that all the great oo~shlshnas]
the metropolis had closed their esursrtmer
of the 50 strike OF the mvnd bp
strike, which has already been rc VIZ
is of quite q formidapie ;rhty tbr
estimated that there are at icas' .rsde u W
men connected with the building ant d ~
and that half this number are DO" .smarn .
ment Lord B~rougham, in some ,,ed thssS
House of Lords on the subject, compu,n, los y
ninety thousand /; and the weeAy b;ch y
workmen by the strike is placed a.
million Of dollars. ~ Obtssj
The chief object Of the strikers y wsees or
luction of the hours of labor-tne ~ vcrkr
he same. Before the strike the :, :. and eSs
hours q day for five days OF the vs. .esent der