The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-12-28
American Miscellany.

Il muchlnc Tor whEtfig dishes has Deem invented
and tried al Syracuse, with satisfactory results.
HALIFAX, Nov. Is.-Tbe CsLa arrived and sailed
for Boston to-day. Charles Dickens was a passen-
g"T.
No person who has loot any of his property by
gambling within four months oi hs application,
can r"crive the benefits of the bankrupt law ia the
United States.
\ writer ia The New York Express predicts that
The next winter wiii De Il steady cold season, aud
not an open winter, because the bees have stored
bat a small amount Ot honey.
T. Il. &. Judsou, known az e Ned Buntline,r has
lately been actively at work in the temperance
rank, ia Mestchester county, New York, and is a
very acceptable lecturer.
Some antiquarian has discovered that the mus
tacIc ami gOatee were Inst worn In spain. to dis
iinguisk thr AOOrs IRON the Christians, the cut Of
the beard ia the latter ms bat resembling a
cross.
Seventy-Gve hundred voluines OF Longfellow's
Dante have already been sold, and the demand
l. increasing ior u. Ibis u altogether the largest
sale ever made in this country OF a book 50 c1pen-
sivc, and or such u character.
Mrs. Kate Totem has sued :.e Pacific Railroad
in ~. Louis, for running a train over her husband,
aud killing him a few days since. She valued him
At Slz,0OO. a great many ladies would be glad
to lose their husbands If they could receive half
that sum AS d cOnsolaLon.
The base ball fever Is widely spread. A little
~six-year old was sitting in repose upon the parlor
steps, with Il base ball ia hs band, gazing intentiy
at the moon. Pa he suddenly spoke, :. f. there
only one man in the moonE" That's the tradi-
ton. my soD the man ia the moon was the oRly
inhabitant OF that bright world We have ever heard
Of" After a moments pause he remarked, with
Il sigh, lie must be lonesome, pa, and no one TO
play base ball With"
TnE HAYEs-HIGGINs ORGAN BET FROM A NEW
YORK POINT OF yIEw.-ln one of the numbers of
Frank Leslie's Illustrated paper, appears a sketch
of the Hayes-Higgins Organ bet IN san Francisco.
IL il quite evident that the artist had never seen
either OF the parties, since he has represented the
portly Higgins as a slender, graceful youth, who
handles his organ with the air of a Troubadoar,
and appears TO be- some what addicted to a foppish-
ness. The intention may have been good, but the
execution is certainly a gross ltel upon the losing
better.
The REPUBLIcAN DoCTgINE--Mr. John L. Young
has resigned the managing ediiorship of the New
York Tribune and started, at Philadelphia, u new
penny paper called the Morning Post. In the
opening number its platform is thus laid down:
= W believe in the highest form of liberty. There
should be no social nor civil distinction in race,
color or religion. Manhood should be the test OF
suffI age. Education should be made universal
American industry should be projected by a Judi
cious tariff. Labor should receive protection"
There seems to be an almost universal misappre-
hension at both the North and South, in regard TO
the requirements of the reconstruction law. 1t
seems to be assumed by Southern journals that un-
less more than one-half OF all the votes registered
in any State are cast for a Convention. then no
Convention car be held.-This is a mistake. The
law only requires that I. majority OF the registered
voters shall vote on the question, one way or the
il the aggregate of those voting for. and
those voting against a convention. is a majority OF
the whole number registered, the requirements
of the law are satisfied.
The death of Elias Howe. Jr. the inventor of
sewing machines. whose death in Connecticut. on
Thursday. has already been announced in our
was one of the worlds heroes as well as
benefaetors. The son of a Massachusetts, farmer
anl I'll ha ,y,rEaf ii tho lau and arrnnAar
school in the evening. He learned the trade of a
machinist, and in 1916, at the age Of q, had in
vented the sewing machine. Eight years of lti-
CATION, povery and trouble followed. He lived,
to overcome all obstacles. and for several
years past every machine manufactured paid a tax
to him. He consequently became very rich. Such
his patriotism that he enlisted as a private In
the national army dnrlng the Late war. that he
thus stimulate recruiting He passed away
the early age of as. leaving a reputation for
genius and virtue which will long endure
AN ONO STEAMBOAT Run By PETRoLEUN-A sue
cessiul experiment was made recently on the
Ohio River with petroleum as a substitute for coal
in navigation. The Cincinnati Gazette says of the
new method Of raising steam:
The advantages of this arrangement are SO Obvi-
Gus that it seems almost superhuous. yet We cannot
resist pointing out at least a few of them First OF
ali We have the economy of the fuel itself-twenty
dollars worth of petroleum being equal to Ifty
dollars worth of coal. Then there is the economy OF
weight and space, which Is one to ten. In addition
to this we have the savings of wages of iremen and
coal-heavers. the saving of time in taking the fuel
on board, and above all, the perfect control of the
engineer over the fire and complete absence of
from sparks The explosive qualities to
petroleum have hitherto been the great bugbear
by which our enterprising steamboat builders and
have been scared of. We are not at all
at this. for steam itself had TO struggle
hard ere ii could assert its supremacy over every
other power in use, and we feel satisfied that coal
will give way TO petroleum as tow path gave way
to the railway.
THE QUESTION or REsISTANCE-The Cincinnati
In9Uiyer, the Democratic organ of Southern Ohio
says:
Congress has the constitutional right TO impeach
the President for treason. high crimes and misde-
President Johnson is afraid of no such in
dictment. we'll knowing that it cannot he sustained
Indeed. he courts the Investigation such accusation
must produce into his private and public conduct
So far. there is. and need be. no apprehension of
violence. The point of danger is here: Will the
recommendation OF Wendell Phillips and General
Ben. Butler. TO suspend Mr. Johnson from Office
until the Senate shall have giveE its decision on the
be attempted to- be carried out>
Ii an attempt shall be made to Dust Mr..
Johnson from office in case of impeachment. before
the Senate shall have given its verdict. lie 'cN
resist The attempt tcith all The po1cer he ca" command
That is the long and short of all the attempte sem
sation about the President going TO seize and
imprison Congress. He will resist usurpation of
by force. if necessary. lie has as much
do that as he has to exercise the functions
Of the Presidency. which right cannot be disputed
by sane persons. !
HOVE AFTER Business HOURS.-The road along
which the man of business travels in the pursuit of
competence or wealth is not a m~acadamized one.
nor does ii ordinarily lead through pleasant scenes
by weilspriugs OF delight. On the contrary, II
: a rough and rugged path. heset with " &ait-a-bit"
horns, and full OF pitfalls. which can only be avoi-
led by the watchiul care of circumspection. After
every DAYS Journey over this worse than rough
iurnpike road. the ~wayfarer needs something more
han rest; he requires solace and he deserves IL
He II weary of ths dull prose of life. and athirSi for
he poetry. Happy is the business man who can
ind that solsce and that poetry at home. Warm
greetings from loving hearts. fond Chances from
bright eyes and welcome shouts Of children, the
many thousand little arrangements for comfort and
,ninrn,rrt thnt SilnnrlN TIL Of fhnilrhffnl and pN-.