The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-01-03
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
Foreign News.

I.rEer. worth, IL - SaI1t -O,OOJ,OUD.
The word Bogus : said to he Of American coi,oge
:, bsiug that o. the leader Of a gang Of counterfeiters
n Illinois. some years ago
The great fair recently held in st. Louis yielded to
,s Association a profit Of Sl7 900. Above So, 900
see expended in premiums, if reports are correct,
srI CHER expenses are estimated at $4,000.
The New York U0rIf, in an article on different
kris Of preaching, enumerates the dry, the metaphy-
al. the pictorial, the expository, and the topical.
The latter. it says, Is the most popular Of all.
i staff Of surveyors have been making preparations
:, London for laying down rails fOT an experimental
line Of barse-rlilwny in London on the plan Of Mr..
George Francis Train, who has successfully intro
dr,si a hOrse-railway into BirkenheaI.
CLERICAL CoSsUL-President Buchanan has
,np5in,ed the Rev. Andrew q. Carothers, late pastor
II the church in Washington, u. G., as Consul to
Turks Island, West Indies, IT a salary of -, 600 per
auuum. The Consulship embraces three Islands in
the West Indies, rad the climate i most salubrious.
WHAT Mas WFIGH-The Average weight Of 1863
men. weighed st the Mechanics Fair in Boston, was
15 pounds - ounces The estimated average in
Belgium IS l4O4O pounds; in France, 1876. 80 pounds;
AMI in England, 1898 pounds
\ NEW PATESr LEATHEE.-A firm in Amherst,
Mass, are manufacturing about fifteen hundred
pounds Of artificial leather daily, from scraps Of
leather and old pieces e rope IL has not been intro
iucei ont Of New England, yet the demand Is report
81 10 be greater than the supply. The process Of
making Is similar 20 that OF manufacturing paper.
Cons Om--It has been we'll said. that a single
years crop Of corn IS worth more than all the gold Of
California In addition to its other use, il Is now
Fund that IT produces n clear fluid that burns with
cut OiOr, without smoke, and is inexpensive, afford
ing a clear light IN an ordinary kerosene lamp for
bal: 4 cent an hour. The corn oil Is as clear and
eolorless as water.
The CIlorc Engine Of Ericsson is rapidly introduc-
ing itself into printing officers and machine shops Of
Germany. y manufIctOTy Of these engines on q. large
scsie has been established at BOckham, near Maggie
burg, by the Htmburg-M1gdeburg Engine Company,
and placed under the charge Of = machinist who was
sent to America On purpose to study their consiruc-
ton
4 MILLrsEE GrsL DAsCISG WITH THE PRISsE-
At the ball given to Lord Renfrew at the Academy Of
Music, New York, the Prince opened the dance with
the lady Of Gov. Morgan Richly dressed, POSSESSED
Of all the grace and dignity betting her station as
the wife If the Chief Magistrate of the Empire State,
she represented something more than official station.
She was the exenpiar OF American life, progress, in
dustry. In her youth she was a poor girl, earning
her livelihood as q milliner apprentice. Her upwards
growth il bat "A common specimen of the strange but
gOOdly incidents Of republican lfe---N- j. UOTid.
PRESERVATION o. Gas AND WATER PPEs.-In
scieutic matters there Is an item worth recording
which may save English companies some hundreds Of
pounds per annum If they will take note OF il. |
aIude to the discovery Of the fact by 4 Frenchman
that iron gas pipes and water pipes mag be kept from
rusting by laying them in n bed Of clay IL Is the
discovery Of a French workman, who observed the
effect ap iron pipes in various soils The Paris mu-
nieipal authorities consider this Of so much import
snce that they have given him Il handsome income
for life as a reward - Corr. Leeds Mercury.
TESTIMONIAL To A HIPNAsTEE--Capta Wilson,
Of the brig Minnie Shiffer, who behaved so nObly in
rescaing the six hundred persons from the burn
ing steamship Connaught, ~ likely to be rewarded
for his deed. The New York agents Of the Con-
naught have set on foot a subscription to get a tes-
iimOnil for him. The passengers have already
raised n sum sufficient to purchase a beautiful chrO-
nometer. The BOstOnians have also n subscription
under way to present him with n similar testimonial.
In three days, the New York subscription exceeded
FIVE thousand dollars.
l. THE SUx GROWING COLD AND DARK There are
now more spots on the sun than have been seen be-
fire for many years some Of these are visible
thrJugh n smoked glass to the naked eye. Several
siars-some Of them Of great brilliancy, which,
from their ascertained distance, must have been as
large as our sun-have totally disappeared from the
sky and the question has been raised among as
trOnomers, whether the light and heat Of the sun are
gradually fading away. As this would be accom-
panied by the destruction Of all the plants and ami
mails on the earth, IL Is rather an interesting ques-
ton The suns light and heat are diminished by
the dark spots at the present time about one per
eent-ScieHtifc american
EXPERIMENT WITH Az ID.OT-Dr. MadiO relates
that an IDIOT at ~Saizburg, appearing to be singuiarly
iHsuseeptible Of fear, an experiment OF an appalling
character and appalling consequences was made upon
hin As n means OF putting his susceptibility 10 a test.
Il was proposed to produce IN him the impression
that he was with n dead man come to life. y person,
accordingly, had himself laid out rs n corpse, and
snveIoped in n shroui. and the idiot was ordered to
watch over the dead. The idiot perceIvIug some
motion in the corpse. desired il TO lie still but the
pretended corpse, raising itself in spite Of this adj
m0Eition. the idiot seized a hatchet. which unlucki!y
Was within his reach, and cut of FIRST one of the feet
Of the unfortunate counterfeit. and then. unmoyed
BY his cries, cut Of his head He then calmly re-
sHmeI his station by the real corpse.
HoyDrRAs.-A New York Herald correspondent
in giving an account Of the exploits of Walker, says
the country around TruxIIIo, for an extent of three
hundred miles along the coasts, IS by nature, the
richest part Of the continent Of America The gold
fields are said to cover an extent Of upwards of 200
rTaa n, Iau,fh anil l00 IN brpulfh- and ought To
Yell upwards Of $4,000. 900 per annum, while sill
Yer, copper and timber. would It properly handel.
Yell A. much more, To say nothing Of agricultural
prodnce, sugar, cotton. coffee, etc, that might be
uiseI 10 an indefinite extent. As an illustration, he
mentions that i've years since, about a hundred for
ei-ners got into the country, and IN the space OF three
months realized upward of SGO.OoO Of gold when
sullenly a stop was put 10 their operations, AMI they
were forced To- leave. What Is wanted, the CORES
pondeat thinks, is free trade and a free population.
Ngw SrEAMEE-The y. Y. Times thus describes
ahrge ami magnificent steamer TO be built IN y. York
hr the San Francisco and Panama route -" The
Pacific Mail Steamship Company have just entered
into a contract with William H. Webb TOR the con-
struction Of a large steamer, to be placed on the san
francisco aud Panama route Her dimensl rs Will
be a. follows Length on deck, 80 feet breadth OF
beam, outside. As feet. Al feet moulded, and depth Of
hold - feet. She will be one thousand tons larger
than the JhH l.. Stephens. Her engine - TO he OF
the single beam variety, with 4 cylinder OF 30 inches
diameter. anil II feet stroke. and having extra ca
plcity Of boilers. She - 10 be constructed of the very
best materials. with diagonal iron straps-her con-
s;Fucti0n to be under the superintendence of Cap
tain SkiIiy. The internal arrangements of the ship
vii be such as the long experience OF the Company
has discovered 20 he the best adapted to the incTeas-
ing trade OF California The increased size OF this
steamer over the other vessels Of the line Is rendered
Necessary on account Of the demand for freight-rO0m,
- that the new steamer. while she will be better pro-
vtlei for the accommodation Of passengers, having
her two upper decks devoted To that purpose, the
whole lower deck will oe used for freight-rOOm She
viii have water-tight compartments and special at
teution i % be paid TO the ventilation OF the passen-
gers department, the state-roOms and the steerage
exceliuy, in their cOmmOdiOusness, any passenger
steamer vet placed on the route. In model, the new
sranmer Il interdeI On be one Of the most apprOve1