The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-12-23
EOreEsn Items.

Swamp, Virginia, fer seyera! days. aud thousands q
ACRES ha.c teen burnt over
The PcH .H1U G1-rts states that 1900 have
died from cholera Thu year at M'T=eiilss.
Two boys On board al English snip, while near =
coral Island IN the milan Ocean, jumped overheard
one night. aud nothing has been heard e them
since THey bad been reading Robinson Crusoe.
Il i a great benefit to the public to have things
called by their right names. For instance, the SCI
eutifc name or The cattle murrain IN England =
g pneumonia Pecornm epizootica tyPhosa-'
The Commsrci1I's special dispatch says It =
understood that Secretary McCul.och viii recon-
m=ud Congress 70 substitute . tex OF sales Tor the
income tax.
! few days ago there was e newspaper published
a. Niagara Falls, the editor Of which vas a blind
man, the compo=i;ors were deaf and dumb. the
press work vas performed By the blind, the papers
were folded by the blind AMI wrapped by the mutes.
\ return just published in -. Petersburg says
there are i~,c53,5S5 peasants still uuter engagement
10 work FOR the landowners there are 5~,ll2,432
entirely free; Of these 2,739,3o7 are no" freehold
ers.
4 document vii soon be issued by the War De-
partner; giving the name, company, regiment and
residence Of al soldiers who died ~ Andersonyille-
The liz; viii comprise some fourteen thousand names.
Evil communications corrapt good manners"
This ! Why the S1utberrers became 20 insOlent to-
wards the close Il the war. Their railroad system
"a very bad
The newest thing ont is " plumpers,'' for hollow
cheek d4Dseis. The plumper = made OF porcelain,
pear =GApeL II form, nat On che side ana Dl-Eiug
cut on the other. They 81 on the inside Of the
cheek, giving a round, plump appearance hence,
doubtless, their name
The following toast vas recently pronounced IT p
frenen's dinner The ladies-;he.r eyes kinlle
the only fame against which there i no Insurance"
DoGsoIoGY.-The san Francisco cal gives an
article Of half a column, glruished with poetical
quotations., 70 the rumorei death Of the dog " Bum
mer-" Peace be to his bones says that paper,
and in his day lie had q great many 0. them
4 gentleman. who had the curiosity to spend a
dime il answering an advertisement which promised
valuable advice for that amount, received By mail the
following answer: " Friend. for your ten cents, post
age, please fni incOsed advice which may be of
great value 70 you. As many persons are inbred
for weeks, months aud gears by the careless Ne Of =
knife, therefore my advice is, when ycu use = knife,
always white from you"
A HlT-Frauk Lesiie's Illustrated .Ntus has a
clever caricature ia a recent issue. It represents
De Bow, the Southern reviewer, passing a dance
house on . street in Washington, while or his way
TO the Executive Mansion 70 sue for pardon. lie Is
represented in q very startled attitude at hearing
from within the omiuous refrain, " Den hang up de
fIdle and De Bow"
The number OF battles fought during the last war
was 252 OF these the soil Of Virginia drank the
blood Of 80, Tennessee witnessed 81, Missouri IS,
Georgia y, South Carolina 10, North Carolina II.
Alabama Z. Florida 8, Kentucky Il, the Indian Ter
ritory and New Mexico one each. Once the wave Of
war rollei into a Northern State and broke in the
great bilIoB Of Gettysburg. OF the battles enumer-
ated, 1G were naval engagements.
Paris gossip gets of = rich joke on the distinguish
ed Frenchman, VI. Emile da Girarlin, who recently
gave a dinner in Paris to ADD q Kader, and during
the conversation said, q shall be happy to present
you with my Two Sisters meaning his now play.
In translating, the explanation that it was VI GiraIi-
ms play was left out, and the Emir politely replied
that 'he would be very happy 10 accept the ladies'
although his harem was quite full.'
The ladies Of New York, in their fall shopping,
bitterly complain of the prices Of everything. Com
paratige prices between New York and London and
Paris, show n cost in New York Of nearly three
times the cost Of the same things in these two great
European cities, more especially in silks. fine cot
tons, boDuets, clocks. &c. Nevertheless, shopping
never vas brisker. The shops are full Of Indies
from morn 70 eve, and from $50 TO SlO0 for bonnets
are the running prices.
The Handel Festival has been outdone, 60 far a,
least ne numbers are concerned, By the great gather.
ing Of the German chOirs At Dresden. which is just
closed. More than 1000 singers from every part
Of Germany and even from foreign countries, met to
celebrate this festival. a building to accommodate
10000 people was erected in the valley Of the EIbet
and in this the concerts we're given under the
guidance Of the chief musicians IF Germany. The
other proceedings Of the festival consisted of process
sious and serenades, al which the entire population Of
the city turned out, and the anniversary concluded
with a supper in the Music Hall, 10 which the whole
Of the chorus was invited.
y recent English invention for rendering gun
powder non explosive by mixing with it q foreign
substance which can be easily removed when desired.
MS 4<tslF DttL HIltI WIFI uLCf- m WtltIlt4
used IS finely ground glass in the proportion Of three
pounds to one pound Of gunpowder. In the expert.
ments slow matches were burned into vessels holding
gunpowder mixed with the protective powder, aud
they only served to ignite a few isolated grains.
Ee-uvian matches were flung into the powder aud
were iguominiousiy extinguished. \ red. not poker
was stirred through the powder, with no better Cor
worsc) effect. \ quantity Of pure gunpowder was
placed il the centre Of the projected gunpowder ana
the former fired. without firing the protected powder.
CRY PULrITs IN ruE Doc DAYs-A Correspondent
Mr.. X we will ssy-bejng on 4 visit to New York
recently. decided - 90 on Sunday morning to hear
Rev. Dr. Chaplin To his regret, on arriving nj the
church, he found not that eminent divine, but a
stranger, who preached elCquentiy from the text,
- But Simon's wife's mother lay sick o. a fever
". thought he would 90 TO Plymouth Church in the
afternoon, 10 hear Mr.. BeccHer. There he found the
same stranger in the pulpit, and again he listened
10 the expCuniing Of the text, " But Simon's Hife's
mother lay sick Of q fever Somewhat vexei 1T his
ilI-success. Y, having liberal views. went in the
evening to DR.. osgoOd's Church. What was his
establishment at being compelled 10 listen again 10
the now familiar sermon, from the same clergyman.
Having occasion next morning 70 cross the ferry, y.
discovered his next neighbOr to be the strange
preacher, with his sermon under his arm. 81
wonder what that ringing can be :" suggested the
stranger mOdestiy, as a peel Of bells was heard from
the opposite shore 81 suspect returned Y saw
aCely, cycling the manuscript, that S;mon's wife's
mother must be dead. | heard in several places
yesterday that she was dangerously i'll - The rest
OF the voyage passed without incident or conversation.
" !. Independent