The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-02-15
American Miscellany.

The total strength of the American army is nov
less than 5000 men.
The time from Chicago to San Francisco ha,
been reduced to eleven days.
If you want to find out a mans weak spot go tC
sea with him. The salt air brings all the sourness
to the surface.
1t is contrary to Hindoo etiquette for o wife &c
address her husband in public. But don't she tall
To him in private.
At an agricultural dinner the following toast was
given The game of fortune. Shuttle the cards
as you will. spades must win"
Unsocial old Snarl says that love is a combina
ton of diseases-an affection Of the heart and in
tammation of the brain.
The New Bedford Mercury invites pirate Semmes
to lecture in that city. promising him as warm a
reception as be ever gave to the crew of an I'M.
armed whale-ship.
L. w. Thomas. of Waterbury, VT, has invented a
new mode of tanning hides without bark. equally
well and in three-tourths of the time required by
the old method.
Governor Haight of California thinks that within
the memory of those now living that State will
have twenty million inhabitants and San Francisco
one-tenth that number.
The last hurricane at st. Thomas came so near
to blowing away the island as 10 raise apprehcn-
sious in some minds that if the consummation of the
purchase is long delayed. Mr.. Seward may not get
his money 5 worth.
1t is said that u tradesman in an Ohio city ap-
nends tn his advertisement: Ministers OF the
tpNINi lfaf' "aH $500 80 SNEN- II III So
to mention the fact to their congregation
Some time ago a COW ran in front of a train in
Indiana. threw it from the track, and caused the
injury of several persons. The railroad company
sued the owner of the COW and recovered $4,000
damages. The Supreme Court of the State has
affirmed the verdict on an appeal.
IMPORTANT DECISIoN.-Chief Justice Chase has
delivered the important opinion that the appren-
ticeship of negroes in Maryland. by the Orphans
Courts. was such a species of slavery as to come
within the meaning of the 18th Article of the Con-
~stitution. and that the Civil Rights bill was consti-
tu,ional.
st. Louis is troubled as well as Vicksburg at the
prospect Of becoming AN inland city. The current
of the Missouri is causing the Mississippi to en-
croach on the Illinois shore to such an extent tina.
there are fears it will make a gap through the
bank and leave St Louis two miles from the river.
\ stone embankment is proposed to prevent the
calamity.
LARGE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the first appearance
of WcbSter's Spelling Book. thirty-ive years ago,
forty millions of copies have been printed. 1885,
600 were sold last year, that is one for every seven
seconds of a working day.
WHAT MrGHr HAVE BEEN.-Mr. Macmillan. the
London publisher. says that if there had been an
International copyright treaty between England
and the United States during the last twenty years.
Mr.. Longlcllow would have received under il forty
thousand pounds sterling. equivalent to more than
S250.O00 of our present currency.
4 tabular statement has just been made in the
New York Methodist. showing the sources from
" htCn tue centenary TNnu wv come. anu the on
iccts TO which il has been applied. The whole
amount reported is S6.9Sl .255. &c. \ large por-
ton of this money has gone into church buildings.
and into various literary, collegiate and theolog-
Institutions.
BEATING Down." Young man. what's the price
Of this silk = asked a deaf old lady Seven dol
lars was the reply. Seventeen dollars!" ex-
she: IN give you thirteen Seven
dollars ma'am. is the price Of the silk" replied the
honest shopnan. 90, seven dollarsi" rejoined
the lady sharply " I'll give yon five
wouEN's woRK.-There are rs. 600 more females
than males in New York. aud thrice or tour times
that number are dependent on their own labour.
Ii has hCcn lately stated that NOT less than 5000 e