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

r.. T.,,ow Candle THEoRY.-Many persps
have heard it asserted that a talow caiuie' W
fired from an ordinary gun with the usual chs5o
of powder, at a deal board three-quaT'ers o.
- - ,b;ct will mass through the board, but vE
s.w who have not seen it done believe 1t. "
Monday a party of ri1emen and other gentiems'
for the purpose of deciding a bet on the suoJes
adjourned to the butts of the North MiddiesexF
fes Mt Child's Hill, where n board or the thickne
described having been fixed in an upright positlo
= oommon balf-pennv dip was fired at it from
fowline piece. from a distance of about 10 pace
The candle struck the board with Its full forc
and length. and passed through, leaving a hos
exactly the shape of the candle: 1he remains =
the candle were found scattered IN pieces rese'i
bl;nc snow-Hakes on the high mound OF earth -
the rear of the board. A second candle, when
fired from the fowling piece, passed through ting
board. makinca circular hole, which was, however,
very Jagged around the edges. a third candle
carried away a large piece of the ooaru, . incnes
long and 3 inches broad, breaking away ING
boundary on one side of the hole made by the
first shot. A candle fired from a rifle failed "a
! pass through the board, the grooves OF the flne
stripping the tallow from the wick as 1t passed
out. The smooth-bore fowling piece was loaded
each time with two and n half draehms of powder,
n small niece of paper as a wad, and a common
tallow dip, which had not been specially prepared
in any manner.-C0urt journal.
A DEIIc.TE PoslrIoN ALL RoUND-The Jefferson
vile reporter of the Louisville Democrat tells OF a
very good-looking woman. who appIleu 10 weii-
known lawyer of that city yesterday to know eshoSe
,oife she ands. This was a little beyond the legal
talent of the attorney, as he did not know the CIV
cumstances, but he was soon enlightened in relation
to il, in this wise: The lady said her first husband
went to the wars. and some time afterward she learn
ed that he was dead After wearing the widows
weeds for a considerable length of time, she mar
ried again. and for four years has been enjoying
the marital relations with her second spouse Last
night, as she was passing along the street, some
one tapped her upon the shoulder. and addressed Der
with ..How are you. purity? She did not recog-
nize the individual, but it is needless to say that 1t
was husband No. 1. Explanations followed. and
matters left for further consideration. Both hus-
bands claim her. and the woman is in rather an
awkward fix. She is inclined to the first husband,
and husband No. 2 wants her to fly with him to
some more congenial cline, at least, where no dead
husbands make their ghost-like appearance TO in
terrupt his connubial bliss.
Cardinal Cullen, in a recent pastoral address
upon Ireland. says that 'her population has been
lessened by millions: her trade is bad; and within
a short period four hundred thousand houses have
disappeared" He continues. "a while the most abb
ject poverty abounds. we have been obliged to pay
to other countries about thirty millions of money in
the five years ending in 1866, for the necessaries of
life, which formerly were abundantly supplied by
our fruitful soil"