The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-12-13
Foreign Summary.

\ GREAT MANUFACTURING City Manchester,
England, is the greatest manufacturing city in the
world. 1t is stated that the steam force employed in
its various mills and manufactures amounts 10
!, 200 900 horse power. To produce this enormous
motive power, %, 1000 tons Of coal are consumed every
twenty-four hours, or 9,490,0OO tons in the 3l3
working days Of the year.
There are many ranches in California that keep
from 5000 to 10000 of the native Mexican and
American sheep. Great improvements are being
made, by the introduction of the English mutton
sheep, a well rs the introduction of the Spanish and
French meriaos, and fine wool sheep from Australia
Every steamer brings more or less OF fine stock.
Among the most remarkable productions of the age
Is that of an almost transparent candle from the COM
mon bituminous coal. 1t excelS the sperm candle in
beauty and clearness, is said to give a brighter and
softer light, and is cheaper. 1t is called Parafne.'
and is manufactured by the " New York Paraine
Candle Company.''
\ SMALL SIZED WoRLD-Ihe new asteroid dis
covered ut the National Observatory, is very small
only forty miles in diameter. On a railroad car one
could run round such a world rs that in five or six
hours.
The wages Of ship-carpenters at New York are
from 50 to - 80 per day Of ship-smi,hs, from
81 l.! to 81 80; of other laborers in the yard,
from SIC to 81 Il. Mechanics in machine shops get
from 81 % to -; on an average, 81 80; labcrers
SIC to 81 %.
\ Boy MmLIoNAIRE-Many years ago, a naval
officer was 50 well pleased with the pluck of a bare
footed boy who rowed him across from Staten Island
10 Bergen, during a storm tilat no one else uaicu 10
encounter, that he got him a situation on a vessel {;
the boy was Cornelius Vanderbilt, now worth SID
. 1000.
CHANGE OF LAW As To WILLs.-The last Legisla-
ture passed a law that n person having a husband,
wife, child or parent, shall, by will. give more than
half his property to any = benevolent, charitable,
literary, scientific, religious or missionary society,
association or corporation, IN trust or otherwise
Any gift Of more than one-half is void as to the ex-
cess above oue-half--fibHHy .IrgUS.
mes E.r.rg III, l,-ro,, gu,,r 80 -,
Cuba contain 1880 acres, employs o66 slaves, and
r. rs out IL, 1000 boxes Of sugar. The smallest mum
Der Of slaves employed on any estate ~ 300, and no
estate has les than 5000 acres The yield to each
slave Is 1000 pounds Of sugar. There are 1000
sugar estates on the island.
The Milwaukee Peoples Press thinks that the
number Of the passengers on board the Lu1y EtgjH,
n the time of her loss. has been moderated. Ia con-
sequence Of conversations had with several of the
survivors, the Press i confirmed in the belief that
there were fully 800 souls on board the Inflated yes
sci, and that consequently nearly 100 were lost.
Prof .Agassiz and Col. Fremont have been elected
foreign members Of the Prussian order pour ie mcrite,
instituted in honor of those who have rendered great
services TO science and art. Schlosser, the historian,
and Neuman, the Orieutalist and author Of the new
history of the English empire in Asia, were, on the
same occasion, elected knights Of the same order,
with the right Of voting.
Capt. Ericsson's invention for setting in motion
sewing machines, without the aid Of a treadle. is
meeting with much favor. Compressed air furnishes
the power used. \ large receiver is placed in the
operators room, into which is forced the air, after
wards conveyed TO each machine throu IN tubes. The
sewing girls are thus relieved of the ~fatiguiug task Of
working the treadle, and have nothing to do but To
regulate the moyemeut
THE CIGAR STEAMER-rhe Cigar steamer is one
Of the funniest looking things imaginable. Ii resem-
bie> somewhat a huge whale with its tack out Of
water. Each end comes to n point sharp as a needle.
II Is designed To plunge through waves, storm, and
tempest-goiug under, # necessary, all save the pilots
house, or platform. which Is elevated many feet above
the upper deck. Mr.. Wiuaus j. still s%anguine, more
than ever, that his plan Of ocean steam navigation
Will be 4 success. He has, on trial trips. made 20
miles per hour and, II Is said, has the full kuowl-
clge within himself. from private experiments, that
his boat can be put up To m average Of 80, or perhaps
80 miles per hour. so confident l. he that the inveu-
ton will eventually succeed that, IL due time, he pro-
poses TO build another vessel. Of similar construction,
on "a much more extensive scale. The cue now built
has cost him about 5000 ,OGO.