The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-04-25
American Miscellany.

AliIlard Fillmore has been elected one Of the
eurator- Of THE Buffalo Academy OF fine ants
TalEurd l. dead and gone, but he i araigned
by n LoDi0i writer for having taken liberties with
Lambs letters
Rev. MI. Bushnell. the African missionary. has
sent lie skeleton and skin of a gorilla TO Oberlin
College
exclusively. i - beGedicatei in Charleston, = G.
Notwithstanding the GOO and odd Chinese in
California II i seldom OF never thai one Of them
J. seen drunk
\ Boston nan advertised for n wife - for = man
Of means. and received nearly \ thousand photo
graphs IN reTly.
Lake Erie i fed by one underground stream
that i seventy feet deep where IL enters the earth,
and doc not appear until is waters have mingled
with thoSe 81 the lake
Haryer's BG-0r i edited by Miss l. Booth. a
lady Of high literary accomplishments. who has
published several -uecessfBl books
DO You like goldfish halls. Mr.. wigging?"
Mr.. Wigging (besitaiinsly)-"I really don't
know. mis- / don't Hoolleci attending one
The Bank Of France has now a reserve 81 idle
capital Of nine hundred and ffty-six millions y:
francs
Dickens read :. David CopTerfeld- and &. Bob
Sawyer'- Party" in New York. on New Years
Eve. At the close. he stepped 10 the front. and
said Ladies and centlemen-l wish YOU. from
my heart Of hearts. a happy, happy New Year
This i the only speech Mr.. Dickens has made in
America
The California Senate has unanimously Passed
resolutions asking the President and Congress Of
the United States 10 honorably acquire OF annex
British Columbia TO the United States.
y letter safely reached it, destination. in Iowa.
with this Endorsement There i a ten dollar
bill folded IN this letter, and If You want il worse
than nv mother does, take it"
" - -. ,.,- R-..,-t Nfs...-- -
married man with three children. Mrs. Thornton
will arrive in the United States in May next.
Mr.. Thornron's two immediate predecessors. Lord
Lyons and Frederick Bruce, were bachelors.
Detroit i tie larges; fur market in the country,
and the Number Of skins in that eity i immense.
gan. Indiana and ONO Many OF them are ship
ped direct 10 London.
SV.akins Of wine bibbins AZ New Years calls.
the Toledo Commercial refcrs. for the proof Of is
evils, . - the case % poor, beart-brOken wife Of
our acquaintance, who. wien demonstrating with
an inebriate husband, Wa met with the wither-
ing words. you need not talk to me. never tast-
Ell liquor tai took it at Jour Land- in your
fathers house on New Years day
Those who have occasion 10 address United
Siasz Senntors. must remember that IL j. not
prOyer hereafter 90 call them Z. Honorable the
Ssnate having stricken this prefix from the title of
it, members They are now plain " Mr." like
tie rest % -.
y California PAPER gives this reneiy Er sa
sickness, which 1t declares =. perfectly efhcaeiOus.'
Make n mild deoocti0n Of the bark OF the Wild
cherry, about the strength Of breakfast ten, and
take q wineglass full before every meal for three
days before going % -a Oh the last day take .
mild apeFienT-
\ COSGEESs OF PEDETEIANs.-The Canaiians
intend 70 give S3,G)O IN prizes, az Hamilton, for
runners Vf al distances, and premiums for the
bert wTezters and yuinFer-- On the 18th OF May
Dext. be-ide- = splendid silver cup for the best-ten-
mile runner. Tbs handicap enTranoes viii aver
age from SIO % $40. and the affair i open 20 all
runners, walkers, JumIers, and wrestlers in the
world.
y Fw HsED THNcs.-ExIcrienee and obserya-
zion have taught mcu that il II
Hard 20 quit chewing tobacco.
Hard ~ keep from eating too much.
Hard - drink liquor and NJ. DC incorporate.
Hard 70 pay our de5u-
Hard 10 resist temptation
Hard - believe \ man you know 10 be n liar.
Hard 10 turn the other cheek when We are struck.
Hard - love our enemies.
: Hard 10 borrow mOCey from our friends wen
We need It,
Dickens has realized $4,000 from his four
readings IN BJSton, and IL II estimated that dur
bis stay in this country his entire profits viii
reach S2UO,O0O. He devOtes himself closely %
his work, and has three new papers in preIara-
ton, one Of which l. - &c published in the Allan
nc. lie will read HE :. Christmas CarJl' at
BD-tOn tn Christmas eve, after returning from
New York. .
a lady Of Charlestown, Mas. n great admirer
Of Dickens writings, but unfortunately T~aralyzed
IN her limbs frUm an accident, - that she cannot !,
walk. wrote TO Mr.. ID. 10 ask If the doors Of the
Temple could be opened - her earlier than tine
usual hour. that she might be lifted into the hall
uHObeeTyed by other attendants upon the read
ings, mentioning 10 him her intrmIty OF limbs.
Mr. Dickens symIathiZIngly and gratefully ac-
knOwlecged the note. gave the requisite order for
the lady accommodation. and claimed the honor
of presenting her, besides, with complimentary
Of admission
Gov. Bullock in bis late message, refers to the
fact that the deposits in los Mass.
savings banks now amount % SS0.i3l $50, with
\ surplus earnings Of S3.l72.S77, making a total
Of Ss5.C 100. Five-eights Of this has accuInu-
lated within the last ten years The depueitOrs IN
th-c savings banks own JO.O0O COO vi Federal
boud-, and Sll 100 600 vi National Bank stock.
There i a picture Of Massachusetts thrift.
THE JDUKSEr OF LIFE.-Ten thousand human
beings set forth on their journeys After ten
YEAR oue-ihird, At least, have disappeared. At the
point Of the cOIninOn measure uf life but
are at ali uEou the rad. Faster and faster.
- the ranks grow thinner. they that remain tail
grow weary, AMI lie down e. rise 10 more.
A. three sure and ten a hand of rlme four hum
tired yet struggle on. At ninety the-e have been
reiuced - handful Of thirty trembling Iatriarchs.
] ear after Year they fail IN diminishing numbers.
fingers, t~-rhaIs, \ lonely marvel, all the
eutury J. over. We hook again, and the work Of
heath II fnisbed.IIBshop Barsessl
IN EnOch Arden case has beca developed in
\ young man went t. the war, after
s5mIcll:ns his friend % promise that IN ease lie
should lO-e Lis life. that lac wOnli marry the Wild
~ ami care for her During the absence Of the
older. his friend Was taken sick. and the cOndi-
bctrothci t~eDierly nuH-ed him The sol
not returning at the close Of the war and not
,eing heard from, 80 the expiration II a decepty
1SIectabie sIocc Of time. the strangely betrOth~i
Sere married The other day tire Old husband
home and claimed his wife, and the