The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-04-18

TIE taliest policeman in England died recently
of consumption at Kelso. He was six feetten inch
is high, was 20 years of age. and married.
The giant specimen of the DracGna Draco. or
Dragon Tree, growing at Oratava. in the Island of
Tenerinr. was destroyed during the Autumn of 1867
by u gale of wind. 1t was first brought into general
notice by Humboldt. ONE so years ago, and is
computed by him TO be 10000 years old.
An English lawyer has forsaken the gown and
bar 10 invent and perfect a flying machine. He
proposes to Z" convey passengers through the air by
q steam bird. or flying steam engine. fitted with
wings tapped by the action of steam" A patent
has been taken out for this contrivancc, but the
machine is not yet ready to be put in operation.
The wood of the new Plymouth Church (Beech-
er's) pulpit was brought from the Holy Land by
the Quaker City. The old mahogany desk which
has borne the repeated blows for years. did its duty
Sunday, 10Th ult.. for the last time. The new pull
pit is n light carved structure. and bears on the
front an inscription in Hebrew, and the words,
1" Mount of Olives. 1861
In AYR Academy. lately. in the junior English
class. the lesson of the day embraced the account
of Nelson's last victory. when
"AIong the line the signal ran,
England expects that every man
This day will do his duty"
The teacher asked the class how it came that the
appeal was made to the English alone. "a there
must have been Scotch sailors amongst them.
There was n pause. when a smart boy started mp
and said. because Nelson knew well enough that
Scotchmen IN the hour of danger needed no appeal
to do their duty
Never perhaps. says the Spectator. did this sinful
and wretched world present a more unsettled APP
pearance than now. There is scarcely n throne in
Europe that is not threatened with some great dan
ger or calamity. q 4" What does ii all por-
tend? God only knows. 1t may mean that the
turning and overturning that is to precede the end
of this diSpensation is begnn it may mean that the
testing-time has come for the church of Christ il
may mean that the time is near at hand when God
Almighty will reveal Himsslf in the latter day
w and pinry to a world whose crimes and SOr-
rows make it ripe for His coming.
SALARIES or EUROPEAN RUTERS-ThC French En-
peror. ruling over 60 900. 900. has 5000. 900 thalers
to spend n wear the Gar of Russia. with &c. OO0.-
OO0 subjects in Europe only. has $1,000 00 reichs
thalers Austria. with 81. 900. 900. gives her Empe-
ror !. 1000. 600 thalers. England. with . 1000. 900 of
European inhabitants. gives to her Queen $500 900
thalcrs the King Of Prussia, with over % 500. 600
subjects, has 1000. 900 thalers. the former King of
Hanover. the ruler Of two millions of people. il to
receive 1000 thalers IA year. and the Duke of
Nassau. who misruled only 100000 souls. is TO have
400. 900 tlialers. Besides this sum. the treaties of
Hanover and Nassau gave their soyereigns. the
former l6 200. 900 thalers and the latter 5000. 600.
The Duke of Nassau has received his dividend. bnt
the Prussian House OF Deputies hesitatcs to vote the
amount allowed to the King of Hanover. One
would think he could do very we'll with it, for. in
to his income, he has e6O0 900 invested in
England.