The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-10-05
Late American SUMMARY.

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When hjic> vote. candidates viii always be
e,cccci By e haui>Jmc" maijyiuic>. and some
times BY sweeping Usjorluc>.
DG Chailu say> thar when be rcnor>;a5ei
with tie Africans for their inJempeuancc. they
rcplci. " Look at the gorilla. be drinks water
one charge IN a lawyers bill against a client
was, " For waking up in the night and thinking
c: Your busiEC-S5."
l. i calculated that 1t would require a column
of gold I've miles and l2-I4thS of q mile high,
and Is inches in diameter. 70 cancel the national
debt.
\ correspondent remarks tha: the marriage
contract in Chicago i treated - of far les i'm
Vortance and ~solemuity than a note Of hand for
SIO.
y natural cave has been discovered in Duvall
county, Texas. which has gushing streams. s. deep
well. and walls composed Of sulphate Of lime.
The Of the Brooklyn Ugion on Mr..
Bcechor'S novel include the following: NOrlcooi
falls below the Eccchcr standard. Norwood one
think Mr.. Bccchcr Wrote it"
NJ. pu Chailln, the great African explorer, has
incurred the diSpleasurc and invoked the wrath of
certain w~eak-mindei fanatics for his opinions Of
the inieriority of the negro 10 the white race.
The reporters of the Tribune. Times and Post.
are excluded from the meetings of the eight-hour
men IN Chicago, because they do not report pro
cScdingS 10 suit the workincmen.
The War Department has perfected a plan for
placing two Professors of Military Science in each
OF the colleges of this country which may be
favorable u the scheme.
The Petersburg IaGer saws of Horace Greeley.
IN connection with the release of JEFF. Davis
- He l. . kindly old lunatic. and if his kites are
not 80 harmless rs those of Miss Trotwood's Mr..
Dick. If the lightning does come down the string
sometimes, he doesn't really mean any harm, and
must be forgiven
Burleigh. in one of his letters from London.
IN speaking OF Surgeons preaching. says:
- Between the heads ot his sermon he paused. II
allowed the audience time - relieve their pent-up
feelings, of which they took advantage. 10000
people coughing, sneezing and signing, produce q
sound not easily described"
\ man out West has seen rats steal eggs this
wise One elasped an egg tightly between his
fore legs and chin, and then turned himself on
ms back, when another rat seized him by the tail
aad dragged rat. egg and al away TO his hole.
Richmond i about 10 have the Black Crock.
The EraHlaer s0lemnly warns managers that
Will put up with NJ such nonsense a.
- chaste dresses These little improvements will
do for the provinces but the capital will be salts
with nothing less than the original nudities.
in New York an ingenious mechanic has made
4 aoye! Invention, designed for TIE comfort Of
horses during the hot weather. II consists Of a
small reservoir, filed with water, placed on the
animals head, keeping the brain cool. and thus
N1lGAu- OA lAr clcEL>O OF me EG1C and SEn>--yke-
Wisconsin has a historT. She was governed
by the King Of France % years; bv the King OF
Great Britain, %: by the State OF Virginia. !
the Territory of Ohio. l6; and BY those of
Indiana and Michigan. . and 10 each. She be-
;ane 4 Territory Of the United States in 1886.
and a State in ISIS.
The editor of the Home Journal went into a
York uptown church on Good Friday. and
lakInS from the rack a Book Of Common PrGUer,
% MS great surprise found inserted on the inner
lGe OF the cover n looking glass. This arrange
nent. he prcsumes, enables the fair owner 10
herself and adjust her chignOn during
The repeal of the Reciprocity Treaty between
be United States and Canada. IL Is reported. has
aused an increased trade between Nova Scotia
nj Canada Formerly Nora cotia received about
1000 barrels Of flour per annum from the
-nited States. and 5000 70 900 from Canada.
the receipts are reversed, and about 1000
arreis are taken from tie United States and
% GOO from Canada.
The Webster TINES chronicles a case of color
hobia at the Joslin House, in that village. The
otel-keeper undertook 70 exclude a colored tray
Ter from Maryland from the public table. because
c Was a "nigger." But the colored traveller
bowed the landlord how ignorant a white man
1uld be Of the laws of Massachusetts,. and had
i'm summoned before Justice Stockwell, who read
the statutes and imposed a fine.
The Bed OF TIE OCEAN.-Soundings have been
in the North Atlantic TO so great an extent
lat II Is now possible u map out is bed as ar-
lrately a. the interior Of Africa or Australia.
his ocean Is a long trough Of varying depth.
ltending. probably. from pole 70 pole. Its bed
flows the general structure Of the land. Here
I'd there rocky peaks. like that Of Teneritfe. or
lge mountains Of sand. such as the Grand Banks
newfoundland reach up to or beyond the
Between Ireland and newfoundland
exists a remarkable plain known as the
legraphic plateau. which Is evidently a contin-
alton Of the great watershed. which between
;itudes 10 deg. and 80 deg. North, surrounds
e earth, and divides the water flowing North
ON those flowing South.
TRANsPLAHTISG IN THE MONA friend in
powers OF observation we have confidence,
Us that last spring and summer he made
e following experiments: Tie transplanted ten
cry trees while in blossom commencing at
ur O'Clock in the afternoon, and TRANSFORMING
e each hour. until one O'Clock in the morning.
tTansplanJei during daylight shed their I
producing little or no fruit. while those
during the darker portions main
ined their condition fully. He did the same
th ten dwarf pear trees, after the fruit was
e-third grown. Those transplanted during the
ght perfected their crop and showed no injury
IN having been removed. With each of these
- he removed some earth width the roots.
There are strong as well as solid men in Boston.
lounger in the gymnasium saws that there ara
long the amateur gymnasts sixty gentlemen
10 can lift SIX hundred pounds thirty who can :
? eight hundred pounds ten who can lift nine =
ndrei pounds two who can lift one thousand
unds. and one who lift twelve hundred and
pounds. This lifting l. unaided by strays.
lleys. OF any other mechanical help. The
i0ritv Of these strong men of Boston follow
ientarv pursuirs-thev arc editors. clerEvmen.
vyers. traders and clerks. At one OF these
there are three ladies who can lift
hundred pounds each. and one who lifts seven
] forty pounds a boy Of eighteen who lifts
ut hundred pounds. a boy Of twelve who lifts
&c hundred pounds. and a sweet little girl"
10 LITE two hundred pounds.