The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1864-11-26
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Idaho alone will make Eve States as large as Penn
sylvauia or New York.
The QUEEN President Her Majesty the Queen
Of England is President Of the Female Bible Society
Of Berkshire county, in which Windsor Castle 10 sit
uated. In thas giving her name and encouragement
to n local Society, for so good an objest as the spread
Of Gods Word. the Queen sets an excellent example,
worthy of being initiated. There are hundreds and
thousands of women in our several countries who
ought TO embark with zeal in such q work as this,
and they would advance their own usefulness and
happiness by so doing.
Tee Queen Of England IS a model woman. So far
as we know her life and works, she adorns every
Office. domestic and public, which she undertakes (;
and every wife, mother and woman may take lessons
in active virtues from the example Of this distinguish
ed sovereign.
The CARE OF THE EYEs.-Never use a desk OF
table with your face toward a window. In such case
the rays Of light coming directly upon the pupil of
the eyes, and causing an unnatural and forced con-
traction thereof. soon permanently Injuries the sight.
When your table or desk Is near u window, sit so
that your face turns from not towards IL, while you
are writing If your face is towards the window,
the oblique rays strike the eye and injure it nearly as
much a. the direct rays when you sit in front of the
widow. IL is always best TO sit or stand. while
reading or writing, with the window behind you, and
next to that. with the light coming over the left side
then the light illumes the paper or book. and does
not shine abruptly upon the ~eye-bsll. The same
remarks are applicable to artificial! light. We are
often asked which Is the best light-gas. candles, oil,
or campheue. Our answer is, it is immaterial which,
provided the light OF either be strong enough aud
does not hicker.-ScieHtjfc american.
DEEPEST Coal Nine IN The WoRLD.-The coal
mine of MOnkwearmOuth was visited by a party of
members Of the British Association, among whom
were four ladies. The depth Of this mine from the
surface is l 800 feet. and the workings of coal under
meath extend TO 4 distance Of two miles from the
shaft. About 800 persons are employed in it, and
GOO tons are mined daily. The heat at the lotion
varies from 81 deg. to 80 deg. Fab, and the miners
work in an almost nude state. or all the pursuits
by which men gain a living, there is none more toll
come, more dangerous. or more dreadful, IN all its
circumstances and surroundings, than the life OF
him who wins coal from the mines.
ADMIRAL LIssOFFsKY AT Observation-Disclosures has
been received at Washington that towards the close
OF last month Compile Admiral Lissoffsky, accompa-
MED by the officers Of the Russian squadron lately IN
America, by command Of the Gar, made a visit TO
the United States Legation, at St. Petersburg, for the
purpose Of expressing to the Minister of the United
States their cordial thanks for the unprecedented
inequalities shown them during their scjourn in this
country The American Minister replied in terms OF
the warmest admiration of his Imperial Majesty,
and OF consideration for the brave and gentlemauly
0ncers present; and furthermore, gave utterauce 10
G7 desre and conviction that no other riyalries could
Oe possible between the two countries than such as
we're based upon the wish 10 surpsss each other in
IA performance q reciprocal benefits.