The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-01-13
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The Chicago Journal says. n gentleman who re-
Gently inserted - want ia that paper received six
bub,ifed aud thTty-two answers-
young man in Cleveland drank % ounces of
bad brandy. on q bet, and it landed him the
other side OF Jordan.
The Washington Republican says The Nor
folk Post objects to the quaro FORM, except il be
n the form OF Il quart o. whisky
The Federal shells struck eight hundred houses in
Petersburg. has been asceraIned by actual count
On fence in Berkshire is painted in glaring cap
itals, - Use DIR. Psior's Cough Blsam,' aud just
below. {" Boy your GravestOnes in Pit'sheld-"
company boring for oil in Kansas have struck a
auid which looks like milk. which puzzles them
greatly. They have been unable thus far TO chuTn
It into butter.
The Republic Of Paraguay is now said 20 be mainly
ruled by woman picked up in the streets Of Lon
don, by Lopez, the President. curious whirlisig
Of fortune.
The AnthropologicaI Society Of London has lately
been discussing the question whether Christianity
Aiohammedansm is better suited for the civilization
and elevation OF the African
Tom Moore the poet, used to tell good story of II
gentleman, who, when he short of money, and
his relatives were stingy and refractory, used 10
threaten his family with the publication of his poems
The iavariabIe aud immediate result much
cash he wanted.
The following is the number Of persons which the
largest churches in Europe will contain: st. Pc
ters 54 900; cathedral Milan, 81 ,OOO ST. Paul's
at London, $4,000; St Sophia at COnstantuople,
IS 900; NOtre Dame de Paris, II 900; cathedral OF
Pisa. l3 900; st. Mark Of Venice, a. OO.
MOUsE PUwER--A gentleman in Scotland has
trained u couple Of mice, and invented machinery
for enabling them spin cotton yarn. The work Is
done the treadml principle. 1t Is constructed
that the common hOuse-LnOuse is enabled TO twist
uud reel from 100 to l20 threads per day. To COM
pleie this the little pedestrian has to lOt miles.
This journey it performs every day with ease.
A common liar, who, the improvement of his
faculty had been Il traveller. telling many stO-
ries OF the remarkable things he had met with while
abroad. Among the rect, he said there were cannon
- large in Egypt that once, being IN large calash,
drawn by four horses, and shower Of rain falling,
he drove into cne of them for shelter calash aud all
On says n gentleman who was listening TO him,
- vOnch for the truth Of that myself; for re-
member was At the very same time at the other
end Of it in postchaise; and. upon your coming
IN AT the muzze, drove ut the touch hole ~
USEFUL PLASTs-The number Of known useful
plants Is estimated at $4,000. OF these there
less than $500 known economic plants, among
which are 100 eiibe fruits berries and seeds, 90
cereals 2GO roots and tubeI- 81 onJus. i20 yegeta
bes and salads 4l palms. 81 varieties of arrGwrOOt,
aud "a sugars Viuous drinks obtained from
200 plants, and arJmatcs from 266. There
50 substitutes coffee and l29 for Ianuin 10
present IN II plants caOutchOuc n 30, Eutta peTcha
IN Z. resin and bajsauic gums in 3S9, wax IN 10,
grease aud essential oils IN 800; So plants contain
potash soda aud iodine. ESQ contain dyes, IL soap,
80 abres which for weaving, and Al Tor
paper making: rs give materials for roofing, 100
are employed for hurdles and coPses. 44O are used
in building. and 6I5 are known TO be poisonous.