The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-12-12
TEErorAL LrrrRArrEE IN ExGL,xp-Teetotalisn is

TEETOrAL LrTERATrRE N ESGLASD-TeetotalisD Is
uow represented in England by three weekly news
papers, with a united circulation reported At 25,pJO
weekly; six monthly magazines, circulating 2O,OOO'
two periodicals for the young, including over SOO,UUO;
and two cheap quarterly reviews, together clrcuiAt-
ing about 10000 copies.
Old Deacon Sharp never told 4 lie. bat he used to
relate this He was standing, one day, beside a frog
pond-~e have his word for it-and saW a large gar
ier-snake make an attempt upon an enormous tig
buil-irOg. The snake seized one Of the frogs hind
legs, and the frog. to be on 4 par with his snakeship'
caught him by the tail, and both commenced swal-
loving each other, and continued IN : clrnivorous
operation until nothing was left Of either Of them.
At the B-evoort House, New York, one evening.
there was a dispute about the reality Of SpiritualisIn,
when a wag came forward and said he had no doubt
there was something in IL, a. be himself was a sort OF
- medium and he would lay so that he could
make az least u dozen Of the bells IN that room ring
withIn two minutes, without moving from where he
sat. Done - exclaimed the landlord, and the
money was put up. The wag turned round in his
seat, opened u closet door, and turned of the gas from
the upper part Of the building. In less than one
minute half the bells in the Office began 10 ring vio-
lently. The dodgers above had lost their lights
The captain of a whaier from the Shetland Isles
lately disco, cred in Hudson's Bay an entirely new
amphibious animal. Ii belongs TO the mammifera, Is
shaped somewhat like the iGmGHtiR, maRdtee and
dug1Hg, those singular tropical animals which form
the link between the hippopotamus and the purely
aquatic animals; has paws like the bear, and, anon
alously enough, eight Of these, which spread out in
the water, disclosing webs between the fingers; n tri-
pie eye-lid, like the crocodile. and a voice described
as very plaintive: spends its days on land, its nights
in the water, and is thus invisible during the whole
period Of Arctic darkness. The captain took his prize
to the Shetlands. 1t lives on seaweed aud thriyes
heartily.
SHNGLEs.-There is a barn near our farm with a
Single roof fifty years old. and the shingles appear
quite as bright, and is in as good order, as most shin
gle roofs at the end Of the first year. When built it
was coated with a lime wash tinted with ochre, and
fully charged with glue and salt. This formed an
agreeable color, and lasted many years; the lime pre-
sent entirely preventing the growth Of moss, and also
the Development of acetic acid in any sappy portion
of the shingles. About twenty years since, IT was
again re-cOated, with the lime wash tinted with UNI
Der. This is now pretty generally removed, still
leaving an even color to the roof, and TO the shingles
n sun prising freshness of appearance.-Coun Gent.
ANSATTo.-Annatt is used for coloring cheese,
and also in whey butter for oiling the cheese, and in
the milk for giving Il rich, creamy color to the cheese.
IL adds nothing to the flavor or quality of cheese, and
could be dispensed with, did not the market demand
its use. Pure annatto is somewhat expensive, and is
harmless when employed rs n colOrinZ matter for
cheese. Its comparatively high price when pure, to-
gether with its ready sale have tempted manufacturers
TO adulterate the article with cheaper materials.
1t Is prepared for use in the dairy, by dissolving
it in weak I've, boiling the liquid, and after 1t has
settled, pouring il of FROM the sediment and strain
ing through n fine cloth. 1t may then be kept in a
stone jar, and is always ready for use.
u Annatto seed can be procured at the Agricul-
tural Garden in this city.
The GREAT RUSSIAN TELEGRAPH-A special meet
ing Of the Chamber of Commerce was held New
York, to receive Colonel Romanof, of the Imperi-
al Russian Engineers, who came TO this country with
MIR. Med Collins, United States commercial agent
ut the Amoor river. for the purpose of examining into
our telegraph system. 4 line from Moscow to Bier
ing's Straits IA large portion of which is already com
pleted) is in contemplation, and it is proposed to ex-
tend it, by way of Prince of Wales Cape and San
Francisco to ST. Louis, thus connecting Russia and
the United States and uniting all lhe principal tele-
graphs Of the world without crossing the Atlantic
ocean. The proposed details are all complete. Col.
RamanOff proposes 10 remain in the United States
about two months. This is a far more important pro-
iect than the one formerly attempted between Great
Britain and the United States, and is much more fea-
sble. The table Of distances, as we find it in the
papers, is as follows:
Miles.
- Llris TO san Francisco. @u0O
san Francisco to Prince of Wales
Behring's Straits (suhmergei) 10
East Cape 90 mouth % AmOor
AMOR River TO Moscow