The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-11-14
Commercial Advertiser.

Cpon the whaling bark r. H. Phillips. which
hteiy -1iled from New London. was q young man
Who arrived in New York from a ten years Fesi.
druce IN China and CALIFORNIA; on the 2Olh % last
jane. having In his POSSESSION S2O.3T5. He took
to gambling and invested too much money IN the
Pare Bank, and upon the Z9th Of July h. was
peuniless.
WHY PRISONS SLEEP ~ CHUECu-Philosophers
say that shutting the eyes makes the sense of hrar-
ing more asute. \ wtg suggests that this accounts
for the many closed eyes that are seen nj the
church every Sunday
The South Carolina House Of Representatives
has passed a bill prohibiting any distinction of
color In hotels. ears or steamboats,. Several OF the
white Radicals voted againt the bill. The treasu-
w Of South Carolina - almost empty, and the
Governor Is unable To raise funds IN run his ma-
chine.
CHANGING ~FEoST-Twenty years since the Pro-
testauts In the world numbered 6fyOOO,O 900. aud
Romanfsts LEI. 900. 900. being not quite two Pro
trstants To five ROmanists. Now Protestants num-
her $4,000. 900. and ROmanists Is5. OOO. OOO-nOt
two Papists 20 one Protestant. There Is 4 steady
decline in the leading Pspal powers, and a steady
advance IN the leading Protestant powers
SHAKF DETECrIvEs-SOms time ago u package
containing $4,000 was stolen from a desk in the
Canal Bank. OF New Orleans. in a most mysterious
manner. On n careful examination Ot the premises.
the detective discovered the mark OF n small nail
upon the edge Of railing. ON which the thief must
have placed his foot. and that he must have been n
tall man. They concluded the nail was in the heel
OF the robbers boot. and that the wear Of the lcath-
or had left the uail-head projecting So that il would
mark whatever he would step upon. The Oficers
became. tbensefOrth, anxious observers Of all boot
heels. and after many days two Of them happened
Into The City Hotel. Among the crowd "A man was
sitting. with one foot raised upon bis knee, engaged
iu trying To bend or break oil a projecting tack in
ihe heel OF his boot y glance showed that h. was
tall enough. and forthwith the officers arrested him.
charging him with thu robbery He confessed
said b. went TO the bank tn inquire the rate OF cx-
change. saw the package lying upon the desk, and,
when the clerk turned his back for q moment.
reached up. snatehed the money. and left lie had
not yentIred to use any Of 10, and the whole was
recovered
MORMONs ~ ESGLISD-The Pal Mi G,f-shs has
the following paragraph
We recorded. ths other evening. n stray piece OF
news which probably attracted little attention in
England, but wbich IL IL fell into the hands of j
quick American writer. might he made the basis Of
a very interesting work. ~ IL is very short, we
may venture to repeat it: six hundred and fifty
Mormon emigrauts sailed from Liverpool on $atuT-
day for Salt Lake. by way OF New York. y large
proportion of the e~migrauts were women
Any American book maker who wished to do a
clever thing had only To go TO Liverpool after read
ing this paragraph. aud there make inquiries about
The MormOus. de would probably be referred tO
Wales, aud u be pursued bis journey thitber he
would soon discover that he bad hit upon the large
training ground % MOrnOndOm- He would find
Tint ts rear the followers Of Brigham Young. aud
thar .America gets the credit of them \ thrilling
picture of The state OF social lille in Great BTItain
might be drawn from the presence among Us 0f
strange sects. Wales IL n great deal nearer tn the
heart Of England than Salt Lake or Oneida Greek
j. To anything which deserves TO be called Ameri-
eau - and an enterpriSing traveller. gifted with a
1.-THE and sinewy style. might easily delude q pOr-
ton % his countrymen into the belief that the Nor
mon nursery in Wales cdn be- safely taken az va
example OF the relation which exists between the
sexes all over the country. " he did this. and did
IL we'll he would deserve 10 be- considered a very
- smart man, fOr-to usr q common phrass-he
would have paid us back in our own coin We
send ship loads Of MOrmpus IN America. and then
write books 20 prove that MormOuism Is the natural
fruit OF the loose principles which prevail in
America