The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-06-20

MIXED Up SLGHTLr.-Here is a little article
hom.the pen OF Mark Twain, giving an account of
a visit while in New York, 70 the great Bible
House
.sStiI on the fifth floor is a huge room with
10 large Adams steam presses, all manned by
women -four OF them confounded pretty. too).
snatchiug of Bibles in Dutch. Hebrew. Yam-yam,
Cherokee, etc, at n rate that was truly fructifying
n contemplate. II don't know the meaning of
that word, but | heard IL used somewhere ycster-
day, and 1t struck me a. being an unusually good
word. Any time that | put ina word that doesn'
balance the sentence good. | would be glad If YOU
would take AZ out ana put IN that one-) AdJpin-
ing was another huge room for drying the sheets
very pretty girls in there, and yOuug.) and press
ing them 1.-THE sheets. not the sirls). They used
hydraulic presses. (three of the pr%ettiest wore
clrls, and never a sign of a watertall-tbe girls
/ mean) and each Of them Is able TO down with
the almost incredible weight of eight tons of
solid simonpure pressure (the hydraulics l am
referring 10, now, of cOurse), and one has got blue
ewes and both the others brown; an me- | have
got this hydraulic business tangled u little, but |
can swear that IL is no fault Of mine. You
needn't 20 To blame me about 1t. You have got
q pay just the same as if II were as Straight a. a
shinsie. | can't afford 10 90 in dangerous places,
and then get my wages dOcked in the bargain"
The GREAT BRIDGE.-A great suspension bridge
: TO be thrown across East river. uniting New
4b4A A4lA Al tAA III 9N .tNb AtNN-
The bridge will be eighty feet wide. and It's whole
length $500 feet, or more than a mile, twill be
furnished with two t~ramways OF Is feet each, for
a continuous train of ears coming and going, be-
sides having two carriage WAYS, each wide enough
70 allow carriages 10 pass each other. and an ele-
waited footway. in all capable of transporting 200
600 persons. besides vehicles, daily. The bridge
will cost g ,000 COO and the land about 81 800
600. OF the $500 feet, the entire length of the
bridge. $3.50 feet will be suspended in three open
ings. The central span will cross from pier 10 pier,
in one single arc of 600 feet from tower to tower,
and from each tower toward the land side half
spans will be supported by the land cables. On
the Brooklyn side il will be 6S feet above high
tide, and on the New York side 81 feet above high
tide.
In Boston short dresses are about all that are
seen upon the streets, but the length is made up
with evening dresses with their long trains. 1t is
said of q fashionable Boston lady, who went To IL
party In that city not long since, that she arrived
there about the first of the evening, but the last of
her dress did not arrive until twelve O'Clock.
Everything IL gored, and 1t l. predicted that the
fashion will reign as long rs have full skirts. For
outside garments. loose sacks, Il trifie longer than
last year are worn. The English jacket is 4 new
style: il is short and fits the figure, with pockets
on the back. Ii is reported that tie hair is to
come down a little, but as yet no movement has
been made in that direction. One long curl down
the back is commonly worn, and occasionally
two braids.
Once a week relates Il funny example Of German
law. \ man complained that another had struck
him, and brought rs a witness one who claimed 10
have heard the blow given, being at the time in
an adjoining inn. The defendant denied that he
had given the blow. and asserted that If one had
been given it would have been impossible for the
witness 10 nave heard 1t. The ma gistrate resolved
To try the point by actual experiment, ami pro-
ceeied to the inn, while AN officer of the court ae-
eOmI0n:ed the complainant to the precise spot
where the quarrel had occurred. and there and
then gave him a good. sound whack. The magis-
trate, ON resuming his seat in court, said he heard
the blow perfectly well from inside the inn, and
the defendant must pay n double hne-one for the
original blow, the other for the experimental and
official thunp.
RULES TOR QUorTING.-At the National Quot
Convention, recently held IT New York, the fol-
lowing rules We're adopted, which we reproduce
for the benefit OF the q%uoiters here
Rule l. The distance for playing shall be Is
yards.
.. The mott" shall be one inch, and no
more, above the clay.
3. The measurement shall be from the centre
of the top of the d. mott 10 the nearest iron in
without disturbing the clay.
4. la case of measurement, two opposing
qu0its being equal. it shall be declared u draw.
D. In case Of = or + players, q points shall
Il game.
u. In the event eff six playing. Is psints shall
the game.
=. In the event of eight or more playing, ii
points shall constitute n game.
5. In playing, the one getting the first shot
shall lead of ~ the next end.
=. Each player shall have the privilege OF Sc
Letting his own size euoit.
10. The : mott" shall be placed at an angle Of
10 degrees from the clay.
BoREs.-Old gents who sit down in an editors
and read newspapers t. him.
Mothers who force disinterested people to notice
their children.
ladies who crowd you out of your seats in the
stage or clTs.
Signalling babies in railroad cars.
= suffering man drunk.
\ drunken man that does not stutter.
y young gentleman fresh from college.
\ man that reads his poetry to YOU.
y Iair oflovers.
y man that wants to borrow money from you.
Creditors of every description.
Wives who make YOU 20 ID church with them.
Mosquitoes and newsbOys.
The man who sits down AT Your desk.
The man who reads all the newspapers but .
never buys one. !
\ LIBERAL EDUCATIoN.-Ihe man. l think. has !
Iad a liberal education who has been trained in q
'outh that his body Is the ready servant of rid c
vail, and does with ease aid pleasure all the wur't I
hat, as mechanism, it is capable of, whose inteI c
Is a clear, cold. logic engine, with ali parts f i
quail strength, and in smooth working ordt: :
like a steam engine, 10 be turned to ay {
and of work, and spin the goSSaners as wells as I
orge the anchors of the mind; whose mindi is :
t0red with n knowledge of the great and fula-
mental truths of Nature and the laws of her GER
tons; one who, no stunted ascetic, Is full oAiie
nd IRE, but whose passions are trained by AVG
rous VIII, the servant of a tender cJnsciencewho
rs learned TO love all beauty, whether of Nture
T of Art, TO hate all vileness. and 10 resVec 9TH