The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-04-26
II PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
FOREIGN Sun, mary.

England, crossed the Atlantic safely one hum
drel and eighty times
The Irish servant girIs Of New York and BROOKLYN
.,t hume to their parents, brothers AMI sisters IN
i~I,ud, LIST year, Sl.35O,ODO.
T,.-ktrly's pew magazine has had a great success.
2. h,. already sold 5000 % the hrst HIHber, and
=. nav ada al more than goo IF advertisements
s.ichei up WITH H.
The house belonging 70 Thomas Fitch, ESQ, on
BraG street, New London, was sold at auction,
e.. II, u Capt. John Richards tor SZ,e25.
c,pE, INcIDgSr To OFFICE-Ofhce and candidacy
40, their burden Of cares During the Contest IN
Inc House on Monday, Mr.. Pennington ~Es exceed
i,Jv restless. aHi remarked that he would willing
Iv 1--WE his whole salary u have the cup pass from
bin"
The second volume OF DR.. Palfrey's History Of
View England Is nearly ready tor publication Mr..
BtncrUn's siEhh volume Will soon he Issue,i from the
pres. IL IS the second volume Of that portion OF the
work relating to the history Of the revolutionary war.
In LONDON the children born out of weIlOck are
opIv one IN twenty, while IN Paris and Vienna every
taird child IL illsgitIEate; aud, IN Munich, years
have occurred when the number Of Ilegitimate births
~oamumbered the legitimate This difference is attri-
b1rei 10 the protection afforded by the lOcal authOrI-
ties TO houses Of Iil-tIme.
CHrSA-A letter from Fuh-Chau, Of December I,
says that the Rev. r. ). M-cIIy, Of the Methodist
Mission, with his family, left that place on the 18th
Of November IN the ship Samuel Russell, for the
Enited States The departure Ut Mr. MIclay Is much
g 1893 49, 49, NN@ ~ 1870 AF@NN -
NlcI.y was the Ohlest mi ssiOnary in Fuh Chau.
There u now n Continuous railroad with the excep-
ton of four short ferries over rivers, from Bangor.
Ne, 10 New Orleans. Let the rails stretch on until
the whole country, from the Atlantic to the Pacific
shores - bound together IN their iron embrace.
Paris Fashions say the shape Of bonueis is At length
decilel- The front i long. round, advancing over
the i0rehead, and IS very much thrown hack at the
ears The curtain Is rather narrow. In general
they are very much trimmtd-iudeed, Overcharged
with trimmings
Mr.. GtngOoiy, the converted BrIhuin, who i lee
turing in the United States, says that the Brlhmins
are very early risers-.if the sun sees one Of them i'm
bed, the fourteen generations Ut his ancestors will lie
punished in eternity - Such an arrangement must
be frightfuIly conducive to ghostIy visitations in the
small hours
PLENTY or MOyFY-The government Of Belgium
recently advertised for n loan Of thirty millions Of
francs. and subscriptions were opened ia the Belgian
provinces The total amount subscribed was four
huudlred and nifty mill, rs, or fifteen times the sum
needed.
Why HOOPS STILL EEIGS.-The Emperor NapOleOn.
IL Is stated. was anxious tu see cTinOlIue abandoned,
but Eugene having one dty presented herself before
him IN the meIgre attire Ot a few years ago, he at
once TecInted aud hoops reigHei paramount at Paris.
There j. a report that Mrs. Mary Hewitt has be-
clme a Sweienborgian. Miss Mary C. Hume, a
daughter Of the late Joseph Hume, and a poetess
AMI a novelist, has been for many years a member of
the Church Of the New Jerusalem.
Naive CHRISTIANS IN POLYSEsIA.-The number
CT native Christians, actual members Of churchCs in
Polynesia, wa-. according 10 the latest returns, Ia
hiti. 1900; Society AMI AusrraI groups. 1923; Heryey
group, 2lo1; NavIgItOr's group. 2J6S; total. 1913.
The population Of the twenty islands of THESE groups
- 5',VOO- To these might be added the native
Christians Of the Sandwich Islands, numbering about
5000 out Of a population Of 10000
THE NV DINE-The new dime has been issred
from the mint. Ii differs from the old coinage in
several rs-psefs. The g~niless Of liberty is in "A sit
yazTswr -, ~La A. - -. -.
crcl'ng stars there are the words limited States of
America" The words ..One Dime on the other
sde are in a wreath OF cereals, instead Of the old
fashioned wreath OF leaves. The new coin is very
Feat anil pretty; hat in fhe specimens which we have
the milling around the edges Is rather wiry and
ragged.
The New London Chronicle says the recent voyage
OF the whale brig GeOrgiGHd, which arrived at that
port IN FRIDAY last, after an absence OF one year and
half, furnishes Al instance of profitable success such
a. should inspire respect for the whaling business IN
the soul Of the most devoted lover of the almighty dol
lar. The voyage even at the recent low price for oil,
will Weld \ profit of Sl2. 900 ON the investment Of but
about S9OO0. This IS a return Of l3S per cent, for
the IS months. about % per cent p T annum.
rAU-rRrA--!t was considered not unlikely that n
state Of siege would be proclaimed IN Hungary, as
well ~ Venetin, before long Agitation continually
prevailed NJ Veuetia. In one day seven officers were
attacked and wounded IN Verona, aud the cavalry
were orierel TO clear the streets Attempts were
male TO hoist the tri-cOlcrei flag nj Chioggil. POr-
tesco and PIlesfritns. Numerous individuals had
been arresfei at Venice for insulting persons pro-
nlenading while military music WIS being performed.
BRoDERIcK.-The death Of Senator BrOierick has
not yet been ANNOUNCED in The Serafe of the United
States. Gsin, his colleague md deIdly enemy, will
not make the announcement. The Republicans will
rot do II. because they wish Senator DIuglas to per-
FIRM the rIsk, ani Douglas u afraid to couch the sub
jet - BTudcrick'S seat IS TILED by the appointment
c. the Governor OF California and the Senate has no
knowledge, communicated in the customary
frm, Of his jecelse-
LETTERS AND NEWSPAPERS OvERLAxD.-The United
stare- House Committee on Post Offices and Post
Tul!- have instructed their chairman to report q bill
date'y for propositions fr carrying the entire mail
between California and the East. Overland, by such
routes n the buffers MAJ designate in their bids.
The letter-mail to be carried through semi weekly, in
twenty days and the newspaper nail weekly in
thirty days Also, 70 supply Denver City and Salt
Lake by branch lines. Bids are 20 be received by lst
Mas, nn1 submitted TO Congress fv acceptance or re-
Jection- IL j. proposed that the contract shall he for
three years from July next. Bids for more or less
frequent service will also he received.
LINE LIGHr.-A new light Of intense brill tncy
ns been e<hib tel lately at the London CRYSTAL
Palace. II II obtained by projecting a jt Of oxygen
AMI hydrogen. or oxygen and cITbUrettei hydrogen
gases combined upon Z surface OF lime which i pro-
tectel from crumblIng- IL Is ealle,i the Lime Light.
The power Of illumination = sail 70 he immense. n
single TT q me,iIun size being equivalent TO the light
% bur aUuuret wax ctntieS OF tOuT 10 the pound
II costs only two cents An hour. and IL well adapted
% lighting places we're IN immense illumination is
such A. lighthouses. manufactures,
churches, bridges. whlrves. *. All who witnessed
the experiments we're satisfied with their success.
GCtSo-A cargo Of 1900 tons Of guano, from
N'Ketn's Island. was brought into New London by
the ship UHits SrIYOur, on the 3Dth Jan, the first
importation from the Phoenix GuanO Islands. These
islruds lie IN 40 west longitude, and 81 south lati-
taie. 200 miles from the Hawaiian group These
islinis are seven In number, and rich IN guanO de-
p1sit. When the TThife SrdiiOC left, the -fsprSiG,
OF Mystic. and Bolr{ifcI. OF New London were Load
ing 1t McKeau's ElInd. the only one worked at
preseut-Bost01 TrnrsiieT.
Saw JC,S-The London Times in m editorial eI-
plains the present position Of the san Juan difficulty.
u s1ys We have reason 10 think that the proposals
muls % the Americans are such n may fairly satisfy
both countries Instead of standing out for the R1-
slrs Chinuel ani the whole group of Islands as