The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-10-11
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rrsrssrr1Es or LExICoGBAPHY.-The number Of
- defined in the vocabulary proper of Webster's
,s-s,rary. = said TO be 90 900. In addition 10 these
- 900 or more are defined in the Appendix
TSe4e With the Geographical, Scriptural, and Proper
80. make a total Of nearly 5000 more words in
Wsbster than in any other English Dictionary.
I1oyp's WEEKLY LOSDOS NEwsPAPER-Edited bv
a1,nrhari JerrOlt, averages = weekly sale Of 1875, 900
I. vas established in 1913, and contains sixty columns
y,be most varied aud interesting Intelligence; print
"a bv Hoes Fast American Printing Machine, AT the
80 n rs. 200 copies per hour. thereby enabling the
ratification Of news 10 the latest moment, (much later
than any other newspaper)
I,pY FRASELIx To VISIT CALIFORSIA.-The noble
.+Iow Of Sir John Franklin arrived in New York On
S,,uriay last, ard will, after n visit to Boston and
o,ber Eastern cities, proceed to the Pacific, and prob
.bIv take up her winter residence in san Francisco,
"a which she - advised by her Physicians. Though
n general good health, n mild climate is necessary
O. her. and therefore San Francisco has been wisely
recommended. Lady Franklin is now 60 years Of age.
EARLY VrCE-LOrd SALISBURY recently stated as
the resul, Of his personal Investigation, that =. of all
,be aiult male criminals IN London, not two in a
manfred who lived an honest life up TO the age Of 20,
ahersard entered upon a course Of crime and that
.alnost all who enter upon such a course, DO so be-
tween the ages Of 5 and l6." Oh, the necessity Of
anfy discipline {, oh, the blessedness Of early feIi-
gous Instruction.
The NaripOss Ga=shs says, that in Mariposa coun-
~. two " ugly ladies " are required as school teach
srs. I; will be necessary for each 10 prove that she
Is more than thirty-dye years Of age. II they are
young and pretty, says the GG=slte, they will be
chazeI from pillar 10 post. by the masculine persua-
son, and = woman can't be cOurted and keep school
al n once
NCTTOS - AZ ARTICLE OF FOOD-We mean 20
repeat a thousand times, or At least till what We say
has some effect upon our cOuntrymen, that a pound
Of lean. tender, juicy mutton can De produced for
half the Gust OF the same quantity Of pork; that il is
infinitely healthier food, especially in the summer
Season. and those who eat IL, become more muscular,
AMI can do more work with greater ease TO themselves
than those who eat fat pork. We know nothing more
delicious than smoked mutton hamsof the SOuthdown
6resi Of sheep. yenison itself Is not more delicious.
An -fgTicuLIuTIst-
PELIcAys.-Considerab!e attention vas attracted to
q aock Of white pelicans sailing slowly around in
treat circles over the BAY, intent. aDpareutly. on
piscltOry Investigations in the regions beneath them.
The prospect did not seem to be particularly Inviting,
for after awhile they turned to the EOrthward, and
took fight. perhaps for the more prolific waters Of
Oregon and Washington TerritOry.--fHa Cal.
City railroads having proved so successful in
thu United States, they are about adopting them in
England. The first one - to be built in Birkenhead,
opposite Liverpool, and the contract for building the
road has been given to n BOstOuian. All the great
cities Of EGrope must soon adopt this means Of loco
notion. the cheapest and best yet found for common
rsis- 1t will not be long before London must follow
the example of her sister city.
The LAST OF THE POPEs-The Cathedral ut Simena
in Italy, has inches in which are placed busts of the
POpes, after their respective deaths Only one niche
remains TO be filed; the popular belief therefore is
that the reigniDg Pope viii be last of his race. Ii is
recorded that the DOges Of Venice ceased when the
inches for their statues were filled. The Viceroys Of
Peru bad their pictures framed in a public building.
When the last panel was filed, the form of govern
nent suddenly changed.
FovEHTY-Over four hundred ciergymen of the
Episcopal church OF England are in great pecuniaTy
distress, and the secretary of the Poor Clergy Relief
Fund has put forth n circular containing some sor-
rowful statements He says, on the 81 of January,
1850, a clergyman wrote him thus: 81 am of twenty
ave Years afGn1TuU and for that perfo6 have nulr
received an average income of E44 per annum. lam
scurate in sole charge, with a population Of $4,000.
have struggled on till l can struggle no longer,
without the cause Of our beloved church suffering
through my deep poverty and inability to obtain even
the necessaries Of life, as you will readily believe,
when | tell you that within the last three months l
have been wearing n coat in rags"
POoR MExICO.-Genera Buckley has published an
address TO the Knights OF the Golden Circle in Virgil
MA and other Southern States They are ordered 20
repair to their -encampmeut in Texas by the 10th OF
September. He says, the citizens of Texas have
raised money and material TO the amount of $685.
900, and appeals 10 her sister Southern States for
contributions The object is declared to be to Amer
Hanize and Southernize Mexico, looking TO the estab-
lshment Of a Southern Confeieracy. Such n course
Is to be taken as will not violate the neutrality laws.
the knights going into Mexico rs emigrants, and
becoming bona hde citizens. under, it is said, Mexi-
can sanction The order is represented to number
$1,000 members.
PoIsos THAT Is SOLD FOR GENUINE SPIRIrs.-The
"O1 of Bourbon Whisky is openly advertised for
sale by chemists At fifty cents per ounce, aud this
oil is 80 potent that leach ounce will change
Que hundred gallons Of alcohol into delicate old
Bourbon -" In like manner "Oil Of jamaica
and " Oil of Apple are sold 10 convert n common
spirit into Jamaica ditto, and into "'Apple Brandy
As to Oil Of Cognac" (Which is n composition Of
%sulphuric acid, caustic potash, and highly cOncentra-
tel aleohO) one ounce of il Is worth six dollars, and
will metamorphose n hundred gallons OF neutral
spirits into pure old Cognac Brandy just out Of
tie Custom House.
u
wonders Of the age and world. 1t numbers two mil
lions of COMMITMENTS in America, and seven hun
dred THOUSAND in England. The increase of its mem-
bership in England during the past ecclesiastical
year, was fifteen thousand four hundred and sixty
nine full members. and twenty-six thousand seven
hundred and ~forty-six remain ON trial. The candi-
dates for the ministry are more numerous than in
any former year. The missionary collections for the
year amount to 100000.
THE NUslcAL wArERs-The mystic music some
times heard at the mouth Of the PascagOula river (be-
tween New Orleans and MOBILIZE on II still night, is
oe Of the wonders Of the coast. 1t is not confined,
however, to the Pascagoula river, but has often been
heard at other places Al the mouth fthe Bayou CCq
de l'1nde and other inlets opening into the Gulf along
the coast, tee curious listener, when every other
sound is hushed, may sometimes hear its strains
coming apparently from beneath the waters, like the
soft notes Of distant Eclian harps. IL is generally
supposed that this phenomenon, whatever its origin
might be, natural or supernatural, was peculiar TO
our ovn coast. IL appears, however, from sir Liner
son Tenants recent work on Ceylon, something very
Ike IL = known at Blrtialoa, in that island, and it is
attributed TO rather less poetical and mysterious
or1gn-that it Is i peculiar species of shell fish.
They are said 10 be heard at night, and most dis
unetly when the moon IS nearest its full.
POLITE DUSSING.-A gentleman who has been
dEHasf by the proprietoTs Of the Home Journal, puts
on record his admiration Of The polite way in which
Wills does it. The following is the amiable circular
OF the pOet-editor:
DEAR SIR-In the hurry of your engagements,
you have doubtless overlooked and forgotten, as a
tribe, the small sum Of n years Indebtedness to the
Home Journal but as rivers are kept running by
drops of falling dew, 50 1t is necessary to cur contin-
nance that the falling dues should come panctually
70 the fcuntain-head. BY dropping your due into