The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-05-23
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The red ribbon has come 10 be so common in
France tina, Parisians consider there is more of the
Legion than of Honor about it.
The general impression produced by the recent
like that left on the Yankee after he had won a bet
that be would dine on crow. WAL. stranger, 1
ken eat crow. but darn me if l banker after IL"
At Gibraltar, there being a great scarcity of
water. an Irish officer said: "He was easy about
the matter, for he had nothing to do with wafer; if
be only got his tea in fhe morning, and punch at
night. it was ali that he wanted"
\ medical enthusiast in Paris suggests that vac
cination with dew from infected districts should be
tried as a preventive against yellow fever. Does
he mean mountain dew If so. a temperance
lecturer suggests The practieabiiity of taking it in
ternally as a certain means to infect the blood, and
tins attain the end.
Letters and journals from Prussia no longer ar
rive is they did las; year with a stamp bearing the
efigy of King William or a Prussian Eagle, but
with one having in large letters the inscription:
Postal territory or the Confederation of the
North"
The ex-King Of Naples is just now in a bad way
in Rome. being reduced to the necessity of selling
n portion of the Queens diamonds The jewels
have been purchased by tue Princess Sciarra-COl-
onna for $4,000 crowns. The ex-king spends most
of his time at the gaming table.
\ stone weighing 500 pounds caused a million of
dOllors loss tO business men at the beginning of the
winter. IL was in the Erie canal. and might have
been removed at an expense of five dollars but
being allowed to remain, a freight boat was wrecked
upon il. aud two hundred C ats following were un-
able 10 pass. The frost came. the boats were lee
bound. and the freight was either lost or sold II a
sacrifice.
An employee on the Orleans CFrancel railway,
has invented an amaleama,ion Of coal and other
combnstibie materials, especially of petroleum,
made for convenience Of use in the form of bricks.
which. it is said, is calculated to effect an immense
saving in fuel necessary for generating steam. 1t
burns with intense heat and Tor = long. time aud is
likely to be extensively employed very shortly in
the Orleans line. where some very satisfactory ex-
periments have been made with this material. The
compound is called b~rigushes bordeidi,es.
Amer can.
At Webster. New Hampshire. on election day.
where there are less than two hundred voters. there
were tweuty-six men who were over seventy years
OF age. eleven between eighty and ninety, fourteen
seventy and eighty and one over ninety,
walked upward OF "A mile and back. and were
the Erst TO come and among the last to go.
1t is said that Mr.. Dickens. at his readings at
y. y. was much amused. as well as COR
siderably shocked. al a party of strong minded
women from Dansville. who entered the hail. quite
dressed in bloomrr costume. They Went to
on purpose to hear Nh. Dickens and show
iLeir trowscrs.
James Mills 4 geologist of repute. declares Long
Island. New York. 10 be the result of glaciaI action.
the glacier moving seward. having crowded up the
soft strata of which the island is composed. He
believes that at the time of this action the land
vas sinking. and that ii has been entirely submerged
and subsequently, rose again.
There are in New York city 5. 2O3 licensed places
ling intoxicating liquors. Superintendent Ken
lcdy placed policemen al 223 OF them for four con-
hours. and this is the result: Each saloon
-eceives 4 daily average l34 visits making an ag-
yregate Of 697. POP per day. 4,lS3.2l2 per week. or
lS.z23.22 visits in one year The time Of at least
hree persons Is occupied by each place to do the
work. This gives 1869 persons-enOugh to fill a
iaily average of Sal %. making an aggregate of
81. 2S0 80 per week. or S3S.2S6. $50 as per annum.
4 LADY OIsGoRGEs 4 CENrPEDE FROM HER SToN-
.CH.-Tbc Memphis AUdtlnehe of March 9Th says:
IA. NOR. 1H,,-n r.-+arla-h nv nr I D-r.a - I
his city a worm of the species known as the cent?
,ede. or : thousand legs which was on Tuesday
asst placed in his hands for examination by Mrs. VI.
A. Ia most estimable lady of Raleigh. This
worm. as il would seem. and we cannot doubt the
of Mrs. H.-was elected from her stomach
he day before it was handed to the doctor. and vet
more singular. some three weeks previous she dis
,orged some eight OF nine e" bait or - earth-worms."
which were also preserved and submitted TO the
attendant OF the family. When shown us
he centIpede was still partially alive-that Is 10
ay. one part of it was still alive. though dying by
a peculiarly of that species of the worm
amily aud a fact which must remove all doubts rs
its being one of any class OF worms existing i'm
he human system. We would also add that the
rorm was ubmitted By Dr. Bruce tn n number of
GLOW members of the faculty in this place. ard
hat no one # the number dissenied from the
pinion that it was none other than q centipcde.
;ut how it came in the stomach of the lady is the
UeStiOn which must puzzle those who are cogniz-
mt of the fact that this variety OF the worm species
seldom II ever seen IN THIS part OF the country.
lille the lady by whom il was disgorged has not
out of the State for many years. DR.. Bruce
Expresses the opinion that it must have been swal-
owed in the larvs state and developed in the stom- !
Oh. but then how il survived the action and the
astric juice of that organ must still remain a mys-
-ry. We are pleased TO leaan that Mrs. HIS in c
health. though laboTiag under lhe revolving
IMPRESSION that her stomach l. still infected with
venomous worms-an assurance to the contra
: of which the medical profession must be slow 10
i've her under the circumstances We have related. :
Whatever may exist in her body. this thought lin
ering in her mind cannot fail 10 render her life one
T constant dread and wretchedness until absolute
Onviction shall supplant the awful apprehension.