The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-10-14

valuable literary labors Of himself and Mrs. Hewitt.
4 file of the Richmond EramiRcr, from the COM
mencement of the war TO the evacuation Of the city,
has been sold to a literary institution in Boston for
1--WE hundred dollars.
A correspondent of the Brooklyn Union Offers to
give 100000 towards buying up so much Of the
National debt as will be sufficient to obliterste the
income tax.
1t speaks volumes for insecurity OF persons, papers,
and property in France. that all the important papers
of Messrs. Guizot, Theirs. de Lamartine. de Mon
talsmbert and Berger, are kept in England.
There are two hundred and eighty cottages at
Newport, L. |. Those not owned by the occupants
rent for from one to five thousand dollars a year.
The handsomest one is the property of Auguste Bel
mont, the banker, and cost $4,000.
The Pope has issued a bill agains. Macmillan.
That's rather awkward. They also say that Andy
johnson has an idea Of turning loose & pretty large
sized eagle upon him. Moving times in Mexico.
these.
Russia is going to be among the largest purchas-
es of American machinery of all kinds. Skilled
labor and good machinery will advance the develop
ment of her resources. and there will be a steadily
increasing demand for years to come for mechanical
and agricultural implements.
The following is the number of troops furnished to
carry on the war by several different States Maine,
&C. 500; Vermont, 8 4.490; Connecticut, 81 1853;
Rhode Island, "a. $50; West Virginia, %. 0I2; Massa-
chusetts, 15S. 700; New Hampshire, IS. s5S; Kansas,
81 ,94S; Pennsylvania. $50. 600; and Iowa. 72.35S.
The planters near the mouth of Red River have
decided on the following plan with regard to labor.
1t IS to let lands out for cultivation TO any one,
black or white, for q certain per cent. Of the pro.
ducts, whatever they may be. say one fourth. 1t
is believed that the plan will work we'll and equita-
bly,.
1t is stated that the Brazilian Government intends
to make the Prince de Joinville, who is the brother
in-law of the Emperor Of Brazil. Emperor of the
States of La Plata. As he is also the uncle Of the
Emperor OF Mexico, this would make the third Amer
lean empire whose throne is occupied by a member
of the Orleans family.
Ollcndorf. the grammar writer. who died recently,
is said 10 have lived shabbily in the fourth or fifth
story of n great chocolate factory in the Rue Richie
lieu, Paris. He bought none but secondhand news
papers, that is, papers u day old. and which had
gone through many hands. He died wealthy.
The late Arthur Tappan. when a merchan. in
New York, made 1t "a rule that none of his clerks
should drink ardent spirits. stop out late nights. go
to a theatre, or have the acquaintance OF an actor;
and required all his employees 70 attend church on
Sundays twice and prsyer-meeting twice a week.
LIFE INSURANCE AND HoMGoPATHy--In December
last the directors and shareholders of " the General
Provident Assurance Company in London, held a
meeting 10 consider the bearing of the system Of
homeopathic medical treatment in the health and
life of the company. At this meeting it was determined
to make an investigation into the hitherto unexplored
region of comparative medical treatment, with a
view TO a change of rates in certain cases. if such
change was deemed desirable. The directors, after
obtaining the requisite data, submitted to the share
holders "a proposition " to open n special section for
persons treated by the homeopathic system at q lower
rate OF premium than mat charged on other lives.
The proposition was adopted, and the company is
now working on this system.
The CHICAGO TUNNEL CRIB-The work of supply
ing Chicago with pure fresh water, by means of a
tunnel from the centre of Lake Michigan. is progress
ing rapidly; the monster crib for the new lake tunnel
was launched about ten o'clock on Monday with de-
cided success, in the presence Of Governor Oglesby,
Mayor Rice and an immense concourse of citizens.
1t was towed to q point where it is to be sunk, two
miles from shore. and was safely moored by twelve
O'Clock. This crib has over $50 900 feet Of lumber
in it. and is 40 feet high, pentagonal in shape and
80 feet in diameter. Immense beams of hard wood
are laid up, tier upon tier, supported and braced by
thwarts and huge iron bolts, cased with heavy three.
inch oak plank 1t is divided into FIVE water-tight
compartments. Each is provided with valves for let
ting in water and sinking it. These compartments
will be filled with stone, and when filled and anchor
ed, the crib will extend but five feet above water. 1t
will require $50 tons of stone to sink it to the bot
tom, and 4 ZOO tons of stone will be placed in it to
keep it in position, giving 5000 tons resistance. In
the centre of the crib is a large hollow space, into
which huge cast iron cylinders will be lowered and
forced down into the bed of the lake. The water
will be pumped out Of these cylinders. and workmen
will then commence excavating the lake, striking out
to meet those engaged at the other end of the tunnel
The work will then progress with great %rapidity, and
in q few short months Chicago will have an ample
supply of as pure and healthy water as can be found
in the world.
CLIMATE OF WASHINGTON, D. C.-The Capitol city
is essentially Southern in climate and in the habits
of its population. People do not exactly seem t
have - nothing to wear but whatever they have de-
not wear it %overmuch. All sleep with open windows
if not with open doors. The Washington thermome
ter shows more intense heat than Panama hot nights
and hotter days. l believe the hottest as well a.
coolest weather is nearer to the North than to TIT
South pole. That is, in the city Of Quebec, il
August, an egg will cook if laid in the sun on th'
sidewalks. In the same place, FIVE months later
mercury sometimes congeals. Washington is not 81
hot as Quebec, but the heat is Of longer duration
Yet the heat of Washington is fully up to heats il
the torrid zone and beyond that Of the tropics. Tit
consequence is that pedestrians patronise stree. car
immensely. Everybody and his wife. from snow
white to sooty, ride in the high back car. Mortal
are 30 enervated by heat that every extra step takeI
or unnecessary motion made is regarded as q need
less expenditure Of human strength. White mel
and women saunter through town, dragging thei
slow length along. The criminal under sentence o
the scafold breads the walk from his prison to tn
gibbet. The hangman himself works slow. Califor
mans try, convict and gibbet culprits with NOR
energy and dispatch. Westinghouse take sucl
things easy-ea-s-y. 1t is all the same in the end
Only here when an unfortunate is hung there is YER
little vitality to extinguish. In summer the culpri
is half dead. anyhow. In the fall, fever and agu
and chills and fever come along from the marshes 9
the Potomac river, imparting that activity to tn
= system which is lost in summer Residents occasion
ally remark to me, " You have a good climate ii
California ," Certainly-Cor. s. F. Bulletin.
r LIFE AT SARAToGA.-A satirical correspondent
who is doing the watering places for the Ne'
5 York World, sketches some phases of society at tn
l / Saratoga hotels in a manner that will amuse man
who have q contempt for shoddy airs and Ignorance
Here is a sketch of visitors who have left home to
D soou-aud forget 10 remember their manners
1 "At table, diamonds are apt to get sadly nike
t up in gravy or soup, and point lace is not Away
J.. kept clear Of the butter. Guide book French
T brought into requisition between women when a vic
i'm is to be discussed. The lingo is rarely under
n stood, however, by persons who speak both Englls
and French. Unfortunately, the African race, o
whom we depend for supplies, have undertaken
WELD the Partisan accent under the influence Of sue