The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-07-04

EERrARLAS FAcTs--It has been noted that
Iruary, lsGs, contained 5 Saturdays thus glad
ding the workman's heart by an additional pay
Z Tor the period This condition has not "a ken
zee for % year.. In that period each day Of the
ek has appeared times in February in leap
ar. The calender Of the present century con-
ans n leap year,, which may be arranged in :
tas-es-Feb. has 5 SUNDAYS in 1924 1853 ISsO .
| Mondays in 1908, 1896, lsG4, 1892 5 Tuesdays
y Is20, 1888, 1876 IS Wednesdays in 1904, 1892,
1850, 1888 ; 5 Thursdays in 1867, 1874, 1872
Fridays in 1928, 1856, 1854 ; Saturdays in 1872,
le40, 1868, 1896.
~ Why SHIP Is FExISLSE.-Paeket shin D.
NSd-Atlantie,-Sat deck several hours to-day
seeing the sailors mend the sails and learning
why ship IL called % She The first mate has
been giving me lessons. She has n waist and
wears stays, aprons, caps, and bOnnets; and if
you examine her closely yOu may discover in yari-
Gus parts OF her dress whalebOnes " - hooks and
eyes, IS pins and 80 needless She is eoquet-
tIsh, too, and fond of dress and one may catch
her almost any hour OF the day, making n new
toilet, Tightening her staylaccs retfng her petit
coats, or, what - wOrse If the day II fine, paint
ing her pretty face, and lying on her side to
admire herself in the clear mirror of the waves
She has her a. husband in her agent" n lazy
a. iaui-lubber," i1 some home foreign port,
Who keeps her busy, tripping it over the water,
Spring and Fall, Summer aud Winter. lie seldom
fails, however, To come 10 meet her when her voy-
age Is over and fairer sight YOU would not wish
tO see than this ocean lady, she sails expectant
into port, her white robes unfurled, her ribbons
Tying, and n gay fag, for 4 top-knot, tossing in
the breeze
P0LrTEsEss IL DUSSrSG.-An old gentleman
had owed n firm for years /; at last after every
body's patience and temper were exhausted, n
clerk famed Frank undertook To get the money.
Frank called upOn the gentleman and met with
polite reception and the usual anawer with the
same addition: ~ You need not trouble yourself
young man, about the matter (; will make il all
right" On, no." replied Frank, 81 could
not think for n moment Of compelling Won TO call
Mt the store for few dollars. Ii will not be the
slightest Inconvenience for to step in, as pass
your place of business six times n day, % and
from my meals, and l can call every time go
by" % Here" said the old fellow To his book
keeper, alarmed at the prospect of being dunned
SIX times day for the next six months, pay
this impertinent young n cal. He can beat me
in politeness, and If be wants a situation will
give him two thousand dollars year.
INTERESTING FAcTs.-A legal stone is IL pounds
in England, and Is pounds in Holland 4 iatbom
6 feet Is derived from the height Of a fuIl-grown
man. "A hand, IN horse measure, - inches /
An Irish mile il 224O yards n Scotch mile il 1854 ;
! German, 1SOS Tnrkish.s l626. An acre il !
1910 square yards, foot, and 3 l-2 inches each .
way. a square mile, l7GO yards each way, con-
aims 6lO acres. The human body consists Of:2.rs =
zones, kinds OF articulation OF . r..,a -
ilagcs or ligImsBes, 100 ms-SsHes or 'ei'i' So. 80
90 nerves, besides blood, arterleS, toI..e, -
Potatoes planted below feet do not vegetate at
foot they grow thiekest, and ut : feet tney are
etartled 2 or months. There are no soltd ROCKS
N the Arctic REGIONS owing To the severe irosts.
rhe surface OF the scs il estimated Mt $50 ,OOOOO
&,uare miles. taking the whole surface OF the
globe at leo, 900, ,O0O-rquaro nIils- It,. greatest
iepth IL supposed be equal ~ the height of the
highest mountain, or four miles
NEwsPAFER POwE.-Thirty years ago, says
Wilkes SPIRIT the orators rulc,l America, to-day
Il Is ruled by the editors. IL adds
- There " n elass Of men aInOn0 hant"-S
r,crchant. ord -