The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-11-04
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
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ring them to our columns, 50 to make them
intelIgible to all our readers. We shall collect
under this heading from week to week such news,
and endeavor to render the column as entertain
ing rs possible
A Heroine.
During July last TIE packet ship William, Nei-
was burned on her passage from Germany to
New York. Among the 500 passengers on board
was a young Swiss woman, who - was separated
from her husband, and left to provide for her
own safety. Expecting soon to become mother,
che could not resist the feeble cries Of infant
only fourteen days old, left to perish by its dis
tracted parents, and taking it in her arms she
plunged into the sea. For two days she support
ed herself and the infant, on the remnant Of
ships spar, without food or water sustaining the
Infants life by the moisture Of her nIOzifh.
On the second day she picked up by the same
vessel in which her husband was saved, and they
were landed Mt Huyrc, where the Prussian consul
took charg.. of the infant whose life had been
saved by the heroic woman at the risk of her
own Again setting sail for America this heroine
of real life, during the voyage, gave birth TO a
child The family arrived it New York. Such
instances of heroism are rare, but it shows what
female courage il capable Of.
Carriage Styles.
The fashions in carriages change in large cities
almost as frequently rs in casts, and it is anus
ing To- notice the different styles of vehicles used
In different cities. In New York just the
prevailing fashion for carriages is oblong box,
as odd and curious in its form the imagination
can picture. The most expensive carriages are
now Of this style, some of which must cost thou
sands of dollars. In some one seat fronts for
ward towards the horses, while the back seat is
turned tine opposite direction or behind. In
others, the seats each side of the carriage,
fronting to the right and left, i'll both styles the
passengers on each seat sit with their backs to
the others Saratoga letter describes style Of
vehicle in vogue there n broad backed landau of
green. with willow frame work On high seat
beiiud sits page In dark livery, with black hat and
hand Negro boys being discount, the squaws
have leased their male offspring for the season, and
DC equippa,e - considered THH without . little
Indian boy who bGhs ap and down ia a style highly
edifyiug 20 the spectator but productive 81 degree
OF torture which only an ludian IN miniature could
bear
This great undertaking which has recently
been completed under tie patronage of the
French Government will probably prove all that
i expected Of it. THE telegraph announced that
the first loaded ship has passed successfully
through it EN- route Tor China. Speaking Of the
Sue Canal the New York Commercial 4dUertissr
says:
This i. but the revival of oil undertaking.
In the time OF sostris aud the P'nlemya. long hefnre
the Christian era aud al period subsequent 60 the
division u the Ancient Roman Empire, there were
free commercial communications from Europe To the
East by OF canal very nearly on the route OF
the present line. liz destroyed during tue sara
wars and its reconstruction was planned oy tne
first Napoeou and executed by the iuherItor of his
genius and empire. The SueZ Ship Canal shOriens
the Of commerce more than one haIi' ana dis'
penses with the long and tedious passage 10 Inda'
8
undertaking long she could, for the reason tnat
the control by France of this and short route to
India BODIED good TO her eastern possessions Inc
neutrality of the canal Is secured Oy lhtelhtiOhL
treaty between most Of the great powers OF Europe,
but II remains be how far, IN case OF war
mere parchment regulations can Overru!e military
necessity and the law Of the strong hand In case
this canal should be continued in working order and
there Is II should not, unless modern en-
giueerng shall prove inferior TO that OF the ancents
resul;s viii BE- highly beneficial Ihe teas, SILKS
and other products of the East will be conveyed 10
the West in half the present time and distance.
thus reducing the cost to consumers ProPortonately
British Benevolence.
Our readers have little idea of the amount
contributed in England for Foreign and Home
Missions. The Reports for the present year
show IT 70 have been between SIX and seven
millions of dollars in gold Nearly every Society
shows increase over the previous year The
aggregate amounts in gold received by twelve
Societies tUE Foreign MISSIONS WAS S-rSSO.OO''
bv fourteen for Home Missions, $3.50, ,lf5;
bv eight Educational Societies, $494 400; by
eight for Colonial and Continental Missions,
500. .OSO 4; by six Jewish Missions, S2S3, l25; by
thirteen miscellaneous Societies, $50 100; and
by the British and Foreign Bible Society, $780,
36j-making grand total Of $6.635, ,lt5, being
q net increase Of $500 ,OS5 over the correspond
ing receipts Of the previous year. The - Christ
ian Work. while referring To- this increase OF
Christian IibeTality, makes these remarks, which
will apply 70 America well rs Great Brit
ain =. When we compare the aggregate amount
devoted u these great Christian enterprises with
the sums spent upon the luxuries of life. rs wit
messed by the facts Of the Chancellor of the TX
cheouer's Budget, il sinks into insignihcance-
and We soc clearly that without any great self
denial on the part of those interested in the work
Of God on the earth, the amount might be
doubled or trebled.'
Interesting to the Ladies.
The Saratoga correspondent Of Boston paper
has the following respecting the style of head
dresses so common in the Eastern cities
II have unqualified pleasure in mentioning the
fall Of the waterfall-a mOnstrous invention Of the
enemy OF beauty which should have died at its
birth. rather pretty fashion Of dressing the hair,
which venture to call the stape-and-ring style. IS
getting IN vogue with the danes, while ringeis for
she girl. haze quite surerseiHi the ugly plug aeom-