The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-12-14

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snpersede most American publications OF like
character. The prospectus says:
In a country where three hundred millions o,
dollars are annually expended for dry goods, to be-
transformed into articles OF dress, Trustworthy and
practical instructions as 10 the most tasteful and
economical methods of fashiOning these articles be-
come of the greatcst value to American woinen.
The Bazaar will contain full and explicit Instructions,
with Illustrations. which will enable every lady
reader Ia cut and make her own and her children
entire wardrobe. with 4 large portion OF her nus
bands. Each alternate number Will be accOmpa-
MED with large pattern plates, containing some
forty 10 fifty fall sized patterns. applicable 10 every
article of wardrobe made in the family. with TIE
necessary direct ons FOR cutting and making.
Similar Illustrations aud descriptions of farcy work
will also be furnished. These patterns will be
executed in Paris and Berlin. and VIII surpass
anything OF the kind hitherto produced in this
country. Frequently an elegant coiored fashion
plate will be presented with the paper; Practical
descriptions will also be given OF the fashions
especially in vogue in New Iork-tbe center OF
fashion in America"
UPRISING CT TIE people FOR GENERAL. GRANT-
Like "A dazzling castle in the clouds, the gorgeous
and imposing Presidential structure of Mr.. Chase
and his followers has suddenly melted away and
vanished. From its turretsto its foundations IT has
disappeared. The late emphatic verdict of the Peo-
pie of Ohio against immediate and universal negro
suffrage has, in n word. set aside Ar. Chase as a
Presidential candidate for ISeS. and brought the
great soldier and champion of the Union cause
conspicuously in the foreground as the central hg-
urc on the canvass, around whom all other Presl-
dental availables or aspirants are secondary and
subordinate characters The Kepublican party tSs
been carrying too much baggage. Grant is the
man 10 cast il of aud to bring his army into the
battle in clean fighting trim. The people who car
ried the country right side up through the late ter
rible war have their own notions of reconstruction,
and Grant Is their man. The dominant party In
Congress, and the Republican leaders outside,
must tall into line or clear the track Otherwise
they will be run down and destroyed The Demo
Gratis will probably concentrate again upon Gener-
al Mcclellan. and. if relieved of Nallaudigham, he
will serve as well as any other man to hold the
arr in rnsEflnn in rlaNy a tho "a n -
New York Herald.
ODD FEILowsHIP-The Nelr Aqe says:
"From the report of the Grand Secretary of the
Grand Lodge of the United States. as presented.
we gather the following figures. which will be
increased when the full reports from Grand Lodges.
not reported at the time of the session, shall have
been made. As reported to June 30th, 1866, there
were in the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge OF the
United States, 2.Sl9 Lodges and 2l3. 900 members
Annual receipts, SLIGO 1873 81. Paid out during
the year. for the relief of brethren, widowed fami-
lies. educating the orphans and burying the dead,
S62S.S62 50. AS we have said before. these figures
Will be increased when we have full and complete
returns. These figures must cause the heart Of
every true Odd Fellow to leap for joy at our in
crease in numbers. wealth and power. \ vast
army enlisted and doing service under the banner
inscribed with the sacred motto of Friendship,
the Everett. $780, 900; the Brandreth, SIS. ZOO; the
Howard. $40. 600 the Spingler, $4,000 the St.
James. $40. 600. and the Hoffman, $50, 600.
Love and Truth. marching silently and majestically
forward to battle against all the vices that beset
the path of life, to ameliorate the condition of man
and elevate him to that standard of perfection
designed by the great architect of the universe
Beautiful. AND TRUE.-In an article in Frazer's
I Magazine this brief but beautiful extract appears
- Education does not with the alphabet
1t begins with a mothers look-with a fathers
smile of appreciation or sign of reproof-wlth a
sisters gentle pressure of the hand. or a brothers
noble act of forbearance-witb birds nests adj
mired and not touched-with creeping ants and
almost impossible emmets-with humming bees
and great bee-hives-with pleasant walks and
shady lanes, and with thoughts directed in sweet
and kindly tones and words to mature to acts of
benevolence, to deeds Of virtue, and TO the source
of all good-tO God HIMSELF
THE Bay OF SAMAHA.-In Florence. as well as in
London. they are talking about the reported pur-
chase of the Bay of Samana by the United States,
and congratulating this country on the bargain.
The New York World and the TribI1e-which,
however else they may differ, agree in cordially
hating Mr.. Seward-have severely scolded the
State Department for its alleged attempts TO arrange
this purchase. But the London Times declares
that - the station will prove of incalculable import
ance to the United States in a naval sense and
speaks of the valuable coal mines, of the bay
which is among the finest barbors in the world, of
the =" virtually inexhaustible supply of fuel for
steam purposes so handiIy situated that 3" vessels
NAV even load alongside of the mines" To ae-
quire this for 81 ,000, 900, seems to the London
Times q great stroke, not only for the United
States, but for the world, inasmuch as " advantages
will be realized for the world, by the side OF which
any results of narrow antagonism will sink into
insigni6cance."
European.
SEVERAL years ago Punch published a spirited
wood-cut of two "hory" looking individuals, one
of whom was supposed TO be saying: well. IL 8
hatch hand a no. hand a bar, hand a hess, hand a
he. don't spell 'orse, then my name bain't Emery
ILL.," The joke has recently been born again in
Erie. where a cockney inquired at the post Office
for a letter for Emery Hogden.r He was told
there was none. Look ere" he replied. Il little
angrily, you've hexamined a bodd letter for my
name. 1t don't commence with a haitchl Ii begins
with a hol Look in the ole that's got the ho's,f
ARTIFICIAL ICE.-The London Mechanics Maya
zine describes a new and very effective ice machine.
it is simply an air pump fitted to a bottle. The
bottle is half filed with water and the pump Is set
to work. Air is first pumped out, and then the wa
ter rapidly evaporates. To complete the vacuum
and increase the evaporation, the air and aqueous
vapOr pumped out Is made to traverse a hollow cy-
Under containing %sulphuric acid. which of course
instantly absorbs all the moisture. The evapora-
ton is so very rapid that the remaining water is
quickly converted into a mass of ice. -Four min
utes pumping sufiees to produce two pints Of ice,
with an apparatus which only cests about fifty shil-
lings sterling.
The BIGGEST MI Geruans have produced
n cannon which beats any piece of artillery yet
made on this side of the Atlantic. 1t is a cast steel
breechloading gun, resting upon a cast stee, car
riage. the whole made of cTucible cast steel. The
inner tube was forged from a massive ingot of forty
and a half tons under a fifty ton hammer, and
weighs. in its present condition, twenty tons. The
difference in the weight has been lost through the
usual process of forging, turning and boring. The
cast steel rings form a three-foid layer at the pow
der chamber. and at the muzZle portion a two-fold
laver. These rings weigh together thirty tons and
have been manufactured, in a manner similar to
the tube, from massive ingots and without welding.
The following list give the particulars of this mon
ster piece of ordnance Total weight of the gun,
30 tons; diameter of bore. IA inches: total length
of gun. 24O inches: weight of the solid shot, I,2l2
pounds; weight of the she'll. l,eS0 pounds; charge
of powder. 10 to 1870 pounds This gun has been
in progress of manufacture, day and night. for six
teen months. without interruption. The mechan-
ism for working the gun il such that one or two
men can quickly and easily elevate. depress and
turn it. and can. with the greateat speed and GER
tainty. follow and cover any passing plated vessel.