The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-05-24
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A man named BOatright was recently married in
Cooper county, Mo, to his tenth wife
Tom Thumb grows rusty with idleness. and is about
to travel on another exhibition through the country.
Dr. George y. windship, OF Boston, the lecturer on
physical culture, on Friday lifted with his hands
1855 pounds-
A PROFITABLE WFLL--Mr. Evans, a poor black
smith, IN Pennsylvania, has struck a vein Of oil ON
his band, for which he has declined $4,000.
Poor " MARY ASS."-The will Of John G. Boxer,
lliher-iu-law TO John Dean, the c~Oachman, who re-
cent, eIoped with Mary Ann" cuts her off from
any share in his large property, suid to be over
SfOO,OD0-
A clergyman in Salem. v. J.. says the Standard,
recently announced from his pulpit that upon the
next Sabbath evening he would preach a sermon to
" moral men" Upon this occasion the house was
crowded IN every part, and a large proportion Of the
congregation vas male up r thuse who had not
" dtrkeuei \ church door for years
Arngo. on his dying bed, intrusteI his friend. VI.
Blnal, with the task Of hitting his works. This ar
duous tax has been completed. On the last meeting
Of the Academy, VI BtnaI presented the sixteenth
and last volume Of ArIgo's works to the learned as
sembIy.
lIrGHEsr PEAK or THE E,RTH's SURFACE-Hum-
boIdt N his Aspect OF Nature states that the
highest speak Of this etrth's surface l. D~walagiri. 1t
l. S.1S7 meters above The level % the sea \ higher
has since been discovered according 10 the Anuu-
are for 1850. IL i KeuichiugingI, on the western
range of the HimtItya-- II reicne- the enormous
altitude Of S,5SS meter=-about 800 feet.
PoLYGSU rs LOSDoS.-A very curious trial for
~polygImy u likely To- attract tLe attention IL the gen
tiemsu of the long robe at the next Lent A-~ize< for
Sussex. a man % no small! consideration in Brighton
Contracted marriage with FIVE different females. three
Of whom are sisters, and with all 81 whom he has
continued TO live for nearly eight years IN town. \
disagreement on some points Of precerIeu-e brought
th. drsgraceful affair 10 Eght-Lo1fou PlDer.
\ LANTERN C1yE-One Of the most unique Of re-
sent Yankee inventions Is a cane. which Is also Ian
'sru-a stout, elegant walkiug-sttck, and a brilliant,
steady light. The lantern j. ST in the body 81 the
roun aIouf 80 inches from fa ton and - ~ rmF 20
df-hgure it, proportions or beauty, and can be liz at
pleasure BY pulling the cane apart, or borne along
deld, when the cane, without close observation. ~
uadistingui-hable from an ordinary large sized walk
ing--tick.
STICK To YoCs Business The vicis-ituies Of a
business life in California are striking enough. The
gains 81 Page, Brccn X Co.'S branch bunk in san
francisco, Mt one time, from interest alone. were
$4,000 a month, besiIes the incidental profits on
bills Of exehInge and other operations. They filled
through speculltions in Eastern railroads. Palmer,
Cook x Co, tIilei for millions, paying little Or moth
ing. and 80 di Adams x Co All these drms would
have accumulated great fortunes hal they but con-
6nei themselves to the Legitimate business Of bank
ing
A Coon CUsToH.-It Is n law, or custom, which
amounts 10 the sane thing with the japanese, that
every man - bound 10 leave on the ground as many
trees n he found. aud If ne cuts one down. TO plant
another in its place. Hence, in Jeldo, the forest
city, some groves covered acres, and were in the most
Perfect state OF nature, while IN other places, how
ever thick the trees were planted, AMI deep the shade
they ca-t. among them were to be seen neat houses,
and fine gIrdens. and the most elegant shrubs
dElTfel. and their branches trimmed into the most
faneiful forms
II the foreign department cf the electric telegraph
establishment in London, there are a number OF clerks
employed capable of reading off messages in almost
every European language. Messages are being con-
SANITY sent 10 and from Paris, Berlin, Hamburg, -.
Petersburg. Moscow, Pesth, Prague. Con~tlntin0ple,
&C, and there = not a town Of any Importance on the
continent with which direct communication may not
h - II -. - -. - ..ta- D
without a break, was from Odessa TO London ria -.
Petersburg, a distance by telegraph Of $500 miles.
There i a dispute in the London press in relati.n
10 the discovery II the northwest passage. The
friends ofSir John franklin claim that the credit IS
due 70 him for IT,. and that his widow i in conse-
queucr, entitled to the e2D,0OO offered by rhe British
3sovernment for thai discovery The British govern
nent hn- already NV Iutel the prize t1 SIR r Mcclure.
the officer who commanded the expedition, which
sailing from Bheriug's Straits, reached the turthest
point eastward attained by any vessel. From this
po'nt he abandoned III, ship, after Icing shut up IN
the I', and still proceeding eastward, jrIuei the
expeditions from Bafin's Buy. thereby Completing
the voyage AMI journey across the North American
continent from the Pacific 70 the Atlantic
The senate OF Ohio hrs been considerably agitatei
OF ate by the dog question IL appears that Humer-
Gus petitions have been pourel in upon them from the
rural districts, praying Tor relief gtrust the "a iges
otthe canine rtce among the sheep r. l. asserted
that ~ les than St5O,UpD worth e the wooIly quail
rrlped are annually destroyed by the irrepressible
dog -ErchGHge.
There are symptoms Of a imilrr hog war in Maine.
We are toll There s~e in thr STATE GSji log. mot
q them nasty ours. and they cost the State >6o.JiO
a year, besides what they steal and the sheep they
kill
THE CIRCULATION or New YORK CITY PAPFEs-
The Circulation Of me newspapers of this city respect
lyeiy - stated IN su article in the Troy TtmTS ~
hti'Ws: DAILY Tribune. 3 700; S-mi-Wevkly Fri
onue, 2&-OO; Weekiy Tribune 2l2.ppp; Daily Times,
on,JO+ Sesui-W eckiy Times. .UuJ; Weekly Times,
ls,R0i Daily Herald. 5000; Weekly Herald, TO-
Oot"l5.OJ1; Daily sun, JO,0JO; Daily Ezyre-s, D.
Ofli Weekly Express, soon; New York Ledger,
4p.NO1; Duly Day Book. 500: Weekly Day Book,
z9pD; Daily Eeeuing P1-t. 5000; Weekly Evening
fJ7t, l2-BJO; Cummercit! Advertiser. 2,JD; Weekly
Mercury, 100000; Haruer's Weekly. 5000; Frank
Le-.ie's Newspaper. 5000: Home Journal, lp-pIj,
Daily News. 5000; Weekly News. 1900: Journal
OF commerce, $500; Courier and Enquirer. 1000.
WHY LtDrE- sHogLD RE,D NgwsPAFEE=-The
Aniny Tunes says IL - u great mistake IN female
elacatlon 20 keep a young lIiy's time AMI attention
devoted 70 only fashionable literature Of the day. /:
you would qualify her for conversation, you must
give her something to talk about, give her education
With the actual world and its transpiriug events
Ctge her 20 read newspapers and become familiar
WIN the present character and improvement u our
race History 5 OF some importance; but the past
SO'li Is lead, and We have nothing 10 10 with H.
'F thoughts and our concerns should he fr the
present. world, to know what IL - and improve tn
@Ohiltlon OF IT. Let her have an intelligent OPINION
"a De able TO sustain intelligent conversation con-
eeFhing the mental, moral and religious Improvement
~ our times. Let tbe gilde1 ANIMALS and poems on
= center table be kept part Of the time covered with
eeesly and daily journals. Let the whole family
"eh' women and childTen-read the newspapers