The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-05-04
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FT 70, es,lIs w Ts: r q ,hs n -four in n, 2 barr satei is !. sa Ig,s;stI to .
resolution requiring eO PoaHsis in each barrel, u cuuG,rm with
the Central system of weights and MEASURES
R,IRosps-The htrst calculation j. that there are in the
United states $1,000 nrie- of railroad in artivc OPERATION
New England hrs 5.sSI mites, New York SOS miles, AMI
Pennsylvania 4ID3s miles
Anour su,wLs-Tte hist Cashmere shavl--the bong
-haviS with plain ground-cTinn-oo- IurPi-, blue, green or
are usver sohi singiy,
The population of nHncI- i hund to b. 2eOO.OOO Of which
sseertsinsI. 100000 and over was the estimate. The facts in
the ea-e show an inrrcaSs 20 more than 20 per cent. In 1--WE Years.
\ haH-tarn in the vicinity Of Mount sterling, Wisconsin,
Iiailsoinss- or rather rcks 81 ice EcFe seen which measured
elk 90 eight inches ia circumference
srEEN OIL FoR L~oyDoS-Steamcr wamsutta i taking on
bard loco harris q sI.Im 81 shipped BY an euterpri-ing
YORK fF rc-hipmept-N- B. Standard. jan. 1Iah.
PSsFEssIoSs .sD Voc .rioSs[Thes are, according to
ami SD in the State -; hysieilns there, AMI 20 in the
smiths shops, Of which san francisco contains IS; aud I6I6
PLACES where liquors ARE rctailei, Il which gG are in san
Francisco
At the recent meeting Of the British Association, Professor
Hitchcock contributed a paper on the geotogieai distribution Of
when thu oil was not worth So much n the barrels they we're
stored in, the yield nal not risen toe1.eoc,OoO gallons in 1855,
elusive .. ths produce of Canada West TIL value of95,OOO,-
OOo gallons was about E4.oOO.OOO. The weH-. h. thought. Law
In geological cavities In some cases the supply was cuutinu-
Gus, in others int Tmitient, and in ~.me saSss { Wa necessary
o. pump the OIL Ia one instance 1000 barrrlS a day came up
through n cavity two anil a half inches in diameter. A. many
n twenty-five wells were at work on one acre
CURISG GREEN HIpEs-A great many butchers. wool
dealers, A., are purchasers q hiics OF the BEEF IN the country
towu-,A AMI Ne often ct from them Iqulrr- a TO the proper
ami most profitable mrethsL q curing the hhic and preparing
ia tr The market \ great many butchers do not - proper
care In th- brinch- anil the consequence J. that thu hides will
MT pass city Inspection, owing entirely o. thu ignorance OF
earri.~-nezs Il the person. WIN prepared th.m Er thu market
The proper way % salt hnte- j. q ny them out flat. flesh side
mp, and firm a nearly square brd, ~y u by Is feet. fbiing in
fhe estcr= ~ a o. make them lay out fat ~priukl. tire hide
with tive OF three -hovekfui % coarse salt, a : the size may r.
Fuire-Say Sc a sixty To eighty Tuunsi hbIe, from ten O. fifteen
I-unls % salt. NJ any rate cover thu hill vel. n 10 need not
b. wasted then kt them remain IN this from fifteen o. twenty
days, after vhfrh take them UP, shake the salt out, ami uSe IL
agan-Sh0e ard Leather Reporter.
LoS0TruDE-The problem q asccrtatnins the exact differ
enec of Longitude between America and EHgiaDi- which has
hing Engaged the attention g zcuHtifc men. has just been
solved BY the onieer- u the United states Coast survey, upIer
the PERSONAL supervision % Dr. Gouhi. q Cambridge. The
Atlantic telegraph was employed in rrcrring the observations.
Early in September last. Dr. Could AMI h- assistants sailed
Er NaleutLL BAY, having Mr. Dean ia chargv ~ Heart Con-
tent 4 cIuck-per AMI trn-it-blnck, aAi a Fuic observatory.
were erected cb-c O. the Telegraph building at NaIrutiL. AMI
After the preliminary Observations Er time AMI position tn
astruuaurrs were len there patiently until Chlure ~hauLI give
n night clear on both sHie~ % te Atlantic. This occurred on
the 18th n Oct1ber, AMI precisely ~ Midnight Greenwich
time) the hrst signals we're cxchangci, te txp Observers. On
the OPPOSITE -Hl-s % the ocean, with the eye 90 a. Instrument
anal Observing key, connected with the ctbk, in The hand, byiu-
enabled b. Geographic communication u record thir ub-eIva-
tbpus at a di-tluce - marty 1000 miteS The exchanges
vent on successfully for five nights. and the difference ofi'ngi-
tuie between the two stations. or ia other words between thu
extreme points u tbs Atlantic cable. was a-certAiuei O. d.
2haun. 81 min. J5-c