The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-06-01
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The Paris ply sicians claim To have discovered a
perfect cure for Group, in aour-ofsulphur in water.
George Il. jones. a colorcd man. was elected one
of the ConstablcS ut blackstone, Mass. on Monday.
\ young man at Hartford was encd S22 the
other day for kissing a couple of ladies after they
had told him " they were no such girls"
y eolored lady" boasting the other day of the
progress made by her son in arithmetic, cxultingly
said -" he was in modification table"
MesSrs. II. Appleton * Co. have given 100 600
books to the Peabod; trustees for use in the South.
Geneva and several other Swiss cantons are at
present inundated with false French five franc
pieces in gold.
He saw. be said. a saw, and the saw he said he
boysg
Some petroleum springs have been discovered
at Wiesloch. in Baden, aud il is stated that the oil
yielded is similar TO that from America.
The Cherokee marriage ceremony is very ex-
presSive. The man and woman join hands over
running water. 10 indicate that their lives are
thencefovth TO flow on in one stream.
b. b. Howard, a prominent merchant and ship
owner of New Bedford. was struck with paralysis
on Tuesday, and Is now lying in n very critical
condition. He is about eighty years of age.
On Friday. the experiment Of working a l5-inch
gun by steam was successfully tried in the North
River, New York, in presence of Admiral Farragut.
Four men only are necessary 10 operate it, while
to work the same gun in classmates would require
forty men.
Lord Stanley, the English Foreign Secretary.
has appointed Mr.. Charles Lever. the well-known
author. who has for some years filled the appoint
ment of Consul nj SpezZia, "a Consul at Trieste.
The difference between a pound of meat and a
drummer boy-One weighs a pound and the other
pounds away. The difference between n church
organist and the inluenza-one knows the stops
and the other stops the nose.
The statue of Edward Everett will reach Boston
in June and Mr.. Lees gift TO the city of a fount-
ain in honor of the discovery of ether. which is to
he Dllcpl in the Public Garden. will lie COmplpteI
during the summer.
A remarkable and perhaps unparalleled coinci-
dence is recorded in the civil registry of Barsnr-
Aube, in France. In 1866 there were Inscribed
there one hundred and six births, one hundred and
six deaths, and one hundred and six marriages.
\ Russian General of artillery has just died, af-
ter depositing $4,000 TO remain ut interest until
the year 1885, the anniversary of the death of the
Emperor Alexander l.. aud then TO be given to the
author of the best history of that sovereign. The
sum will then amount to 1854, 600.
Margaret Time. the Captain of n Dutch yacht,
which sails in the Mediterranean. is abont twenty
seven years of age, and attracts great attention.
Her suit is composed of four black persons. dressed
in picturesque costume, after the fashion of the
East.
DEATH OF A METHODIST BIsnor.-A despatch
announces the death at Nashville of Bishop Souie,
in the eighty fourth year of his age. He was the
Senior Bishop of the Methodist Church in the
United States.
The emancipation of the Russian serfs is still in
complete. According TO an official return inst
published. there were ut the beginning of the pres
ent year 3,965.4lO peasants still under obligation,
while the number of those who had been freed
from their obligations up to that date is 5,Sl0,G07.
FRANcE.-Thc fourteenth annual report of the
Sunday School Union of France states that there
We're, in 1866, 81 Sunday schools in Paris, contain
ing 2,42S boys and 2,5ll girls, taught by 429
teachers. In the whole of France there are 737
Sunday schools. in 62 departments.
AS l was going over the bridge the other day.
said a native of Erin, :" 1 met Patt Hewins. Hew-
ms says /, " how are you?" Pretty well. thank
you, Donnelly," says he. :" Donnelly,' says i.
:. that's not my name" Faith. then, no more is
mine Hewins. So with that we looked ut aich
other agin an sure enough. it was nayther of us.'
Thomas Jefferson, a young darkey in Erie, Pa.
who had been cruelty Tilted by his sable lady love.
went to a drug store and asked for morphine, for
the purpose of putting an end to bis life. He
valiantly swallowed the powder prepared, which
proved to be ipeeac. and which had a salutary
though not the desired effect.
An old Scotch lady had an evening party, where
a young man was present. who was about to leave
for an appointment in China. AS he was exceed
ingly extravagant in his conversation about him
self, the old lady said, when he was leaving, TAX
guide care O. yoursel, when ye are AVA; for mind
We, they eat puppies in China
The last Hdrper'S Weekly contains a broad bur-
lesque upon the opening scenes of the Fortieth
Congress, where Morrisey SHES his castor into the
ring and takes his position. The article is Illus
trated.
The body of q woman which had been buried in
the IIttSloru, VI, burial ground Tor twenty-five
years, was some time since exhumed for the pur-
pose ofsplacing the remains in another part of the
ground. Upon opening the grave it was found the
remains weresentirely pctrifed and perfect in every
part, representing q stone statue OF about the color
of fresh burnt li.he.
Letters from Paris represent the Emperor MS I'M
easy at the frightful rapidity with which prices are
rising, so great is the rapacity of hotel keepers,
reStdurdteurS and shop keepers. in view Of the
coming exhibition. The poorer classes, who have
nothing TO gain by the affair, are terrified by the
famine prices for food that are coming upon them,
and unpleasant murmurs are heard in the Quarter
st. Antoine.
The Austrian mission is considered vacant,
Motley having been informed that his resignation
was accepted before the passage of the Tenure OF
Office bill. and a successor will soon be appointed.
Medical practitioners of the West End of London
speak of a rather considerable epidemic of influenza
which has prevailed during the last three weeks,
although it does not seem to have yet made any
show in the Registrar Generals weekly return.
Violent catarrh and great sense of muscular fatigue
are the early symptoms, and these are followed by
neuralgia in the head and face.
The NEW STEAMSHIP CoMPANY.-The California.
Oregon and Mexican Steamship Company have
purchased from the California Steam Navigation
Company all their ocean steamers, and the latter
company may receive in payment coin or stock of
the new company. as the stockholders Of the Cali
fornia Steam Navigation Company may elect. and
to decide this a meeting will be held in San Fran
cisco on the 23d. The new company has now full
control of the coasting trade, and has for use six
teen steamers. ten oil them sldeWheelers ana SIX
screwpropellers, whose united tonnage is 1880
tons. The names of these vessels are: ActiUe,
dur, California. Continental. Del NoTte, Idaho,
John Hancock. Sierra NeUndd. John L. Stephens,
Montana, Oregon, Orizdbd, Or0Gmme. Pacific, Pa
mama and Senator. William Norris will be elected
Vice President of the Home Company at New York,
and have the general management of its affairs at
that point. CD. BRENNAN will be associated with
Jesse Holiday as agents for the coast. The YES
sells will make trips mp and down the coast as be-
fore. and a new s~emi-wcekly line is to be established
-4-aLa s. Lra Zoo nn1 Sansu IFr.z and N@-
terey.
CHICAGO. April l5.-Chief Justice Chase deliver
ed the opinion in relation to filing the Mississippi
bill. 1t is lengthy. The principal point made is
that the application for an injunction against the
President performing his official duties cannot be
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