The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-07-20
Editorial GleaningS.
OIL or TrauhIed Waters.

We have heard some skcptie;sm expressed as to
whether oil dropped overheard in n gale oi wind
would have the effect To smooth the sea The
idea IL not n one. and originated many years
a.o with Yankee skipper, who, while his ship
was scridding before furious storm, lashed a
barrel Of oil on the stern, bored hole in it and
letting the oil out, thus conquered the angry
waves The foIlpwinS extract from late ex-
change - a ease in point
\ valuable ehronOmeter has been presented by
IepIinr Boston insurance companies To William T.
Woodbury. master OF the bark bHic, for his good
management Of that vessel ON a recent voyage from
LONDON 10 Boston. which occasion he literally
oiled the angry by throwing overheard perforated
barrels Of OIL
4 Freedmsa's Ideas Of Politics.
The ideas OF the recently freedmen of color in
the Southern States are somewhat crude as To
poIitiaf matters. as witness the following plat
form put forth by one Lenkhom, a freedman, who
i running, for delegate to- thc State Convention
in FIuvianna county. Virginia. lie announced
himself recently ~ being IN favor Of - low tariff,
no taxes; {; more money To be sent South, and
especially that the price of whisky should be put
down
An African PoteEtate.
some time ago King TheodorIs, of Abys-inia,
in n Gt Of passion, imprisoned Her Britannia
Sniesty's Embassador and several other British
subjects England il in dilemma The Queen
has sent IIs Majesty letters and presents to which
he deigus NJ reply. y war with Abyssinia would
pretty surely result in the immediate murder of
the prisoners.
Li5eFslity Of Napoleon.
The French Emperor knows how to make him
self popular with the lower classes 1t Is re-
ported that
Every workman anil workwoman Of Paris il to
he given a ticket To the Exposition by the Govern
ment So that they can make at least visit to it
without eost-"
Russian America.
Many of the American papers are making merry
over Stewards late purchase, and pokins all
manner of fun at it. Onc editor grayely accounts
e,r the unusually cold spring throughout the
States by the acquisition Of - many iecberls,
anil anotF,-r makes the important discovery that
.. Ia. acquisition Of Russian America gives the
United states four hours and thirty-nine minutes
more sunIish. than it had bcrorc-though the
sun sill sets On our dom!nions-'
How to Save Gii.
We fnI ,he fpII1wing in one Of our exchange
II will De- very easy for any one to try it: :. y
short time ago we publisiel an article from an
exchange, u thc effect that salt in a Kerosene
Imp was a great saving Of oil. We have since
fully tested IL. and it i greater saving than
stated in the article referred to. Fill the lamp
half full of common salt then fIl up with oil. Ii
burns with q clearer hlmc. and i saving Of
more than twenty-five per cent in oil. Try it."
aan,sS.
This young State appears % he peculiarly radi-
s.lI ON the suffrage question and ON the subject Of
the liquor traffic. vt the last session OF the Leg;
stature act was passed
Prohibiting the sale Of alcoholic liquors. unless
ulaioritv or All meu aud ia ward. curpOrl-
tion or township S.n . petition Tor u license. Two
pruposssI amcunsuts tire state Constitution have
been a.srrcl upon by the Legislature. anil wall be
submitted o. the pctFlc at the next clevtCu- One
extends the right u suffrage to culorcd anil the
other female citixcnS. IN active has be
gun in the state. unslcr the Icri Il san Wool and
the equal suffrage party. Lucy stone spoke 10 n
large au,Iisncc ia Lsryenworth, anil will make the
tour Of the State. They are s'nguine Of carrying
the measure.
The Ei=ht Hour Move.
Th, Massachusetts, legislature has rejected the
Eizht-hour Bal. In Nebraska. where the sys-
tenn has been adpptc,I. the Iaborrrs have been
working eight hours G,r eight hours pay. They
have unanimously pctitipncd to b. allowed To-
work ton hours C,r their old pay. Nearly all are
now at work un,!cr the oil system.
G.ys di4ruutcntcI strikers continue to hold d,iy
meetings anil evciuls the reporters. Inflimmatory
harrangues nrt5e. AMI threats Of violence
frequent. The purerS full - reports of crime all
over the country. Each days dispatches ad To- the
alrvnsly long list u murders. suIccs. arsOus AMI
criminal assaults
In Chf7te, tic excitement growing. out oC the
reccut labor troubles js gradually sutsulng. though
the subject continues 10 be much discussed IN all de-
partments Of business Both parties determined
90 holl cut IN the positions they have assumed.
though in some cases concessions made ON both
siies, hut more particularly by the labOreTs Meet