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

A<tGlSh iHt u ~ lOthih shHf> WSNH '"~
mile in 2:2i.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Coufpany have ~.
dueed the rates OF ~freightto California Ia $40 a tom
Voting by proxy has been abolished in the Eng
Iish House of l. olds, as it ought TO have been icns
ago.
The same column of the same Number of a Raj
eigh paper contains a notice Of a marriage and o. the
death Of the bride. :" after u long and painful i'll
ness
one of the Chicago papers grayely speaks If a
house erecting in that city as 10 contain four sto-
ries. /" two fronting on Lake street aud two on the
avenues"
Celestial pugilism-the mills of The gods.
Ii cost $40. 900 10 recover Maximilisn's body.
There are in the world l2s. o0e niles OF railroad;
of these, $4,000 are in the United States.
A bill has been introduced into Congress confer
ring the franking privilege for life upon Miss Doro-
thea Dix. in appreciation CT q life and fortune
spent in the service of mankind
~You Ought TO acquire the facsdty OF being Mt
home in the best society," said a fashionable aunt
to an honest nephew. II manage that easy enough"
responded the nephew. :. by staying AZ home with
my wife and children
a wretch was heard to say the other evening" at
social party. that q young lady playing the piano.
forte was like an ape. because her fingers were
'mong-keys.
Jusr THINK OF rT.-There are 81 1000 lawyers in
the United States whose aggregate annual earnings
amount TO S64, 600, 0e0.
John Delvin. sentenced To the Albany penitentia-
~ for a term of two years, is worth 5000. 900.
y scheme for the establishment of u national tel
egraphic system in connection with The pest Office
department. has been matured by Mr. Washbarue
of Illinois aud will be- introduced in Congress. soon.
Chicago is u wonderful place. Babies are NO
longer born there, if we credit the announcement
in a local paper. during Feb. 22s yoHng gentle
men and s24 young ladies were born in this city
1t is said that sham diamonds are now made to
deceive experienced jewelers., who truss to the eye
alone. The only means of detecting the spurious
gem is by weighing it and a=certainiue its temper
AZURE.
Weston. the pedestrian. reached BafEsfo, having
walked lob miles in Is hours aad So Esinutes, and
winning the $1,000 bet to wais 100 miles in "a
hours.
The French steamship ViVe de Psris has accom-
plished the distance between New Ysrh ard Havre
in 8 days and l6 hours, being the quickest "trip on
record.
The Pontifcal army is losing in soliGssy what 1t
is gaining in numerical Importance by the arrival
of re-enforcements. Not fewer than liz assertions
have taken place in the Legion oi Antilles. Zsaavcs-
cal bineers. or artillery, within the last 20 Gays.
\ NovEI. SCHOOL BooK--At a meeting 81 the
Special to consider the state ~ the
public schools. Mr.. I. Hunter said that "a pspit
can learn much more of early New England kfe
from Beecher's novel Norwood than from all tAs
text books in the school,"
a New England gentleman on a visit to Paris
says: 1.-THE first night 1 wanted hot water, and
the maid could not understand my French. until, In
humorous despair. / exclaimed oh pshawl' when
she at once laughed and said. Eau chaud, mon
sieurs' 'Oui. oui.' l replied. and in a minute ] had
my hot water"
The Connecticut election. according to official re-
turns, resulted in a Democratic majority of l,7sl,
in a total poll of O.267. The total Democratic
vote was 50.444. and the total Republican vote 49,
6G3. In 1867 the Democrats polled a. .565 votes,
and the Republicans 1873 votes; a Democratic
majority of sS7 i'm a poll of 94,l43. Since 1867,
therefore, the Democratic vote has increased 2.S7s-
the Republican vote 2.0s5, and the Democratic ma
jority has increased 1874.
Tho O;nnnla ond axpad;f;npS Milan for offa;psp1
water, by driving into the earth an Iron tube hay
ing numerous small holes near the bottom closed
by an inverted cone of steel, which was used with
great success by the Union army during the late
rebellion. has been put in operation in France. says
the New York Tribune under the Emperor's super
vision. The British Government, alter testing
them at Aldershot, sent a special brigade having
charge of these portable wells with the Abyssiniar
expedition.
A pleasant little family controversy has been 60
ing on for the past two years in Bloomfield CT,
over a matter in cash value not exceeding IS cents,
and $1,000 has already been expended iii the eocrts
about it. with no better prospect of settlement than
ever. The parties are members Of good standing IN
the Methodist Church. and own property among
them to the value of full 50, 100. 600.
Mr.. Wbitworth, the inventor of the celebrated
Wbitworth gun, has offered to found 80 scholarships
of the annual value of 500 each. for the further IN
struction of young men selected by open competi-
ton for their Intelligence and proficiency in the
theory and practice of mechanics and its cognate
science. The proposal is made to the British Gov
erEment, which has accepted the offer.
The name of the town on the Central Pacific
Railroad at the junction of the branch to Virginia
City. Nevada. Is Reno, in honor of Gen. Reno. who
fell glOriously sighting in defense of the old flag.
The next town on the line of the road, will be
Wadsworth, in honor of another distinguished Gen
The sugar crop promises unusually well in Lou
isiana. A planter writes "The freedmen are
working better and more cbeerfully than at any
time since the war. If only let alone they will nat
urally fall into line as laborers-help themselves
o.I 90 ~ tha \ mi Tor Tlar .ln 10.
tracts. and so far as they are concerned, the occupa-
ton of the bureau agent is gone"
The destruction of the famous dragon tree Of
Tenerife-almost one of the wonders of the world
botanisis and tree lovers. The circumference gifts
trunk was abont rs feet; its height only IS feet. 1t
has been made memorable by the account given Of
it by Baron Humboldt, who estimated its age at
about 5000 years.
A Yankee having told an E%nglishman that he
shot. on one particular occasion, 399 snipes, his in
terlocutor asked why he didn't make it a thousand
at once. No" said he: g it's not likely FIN going
to tell n lie for one snipe." Whereupon the Eng
lishman. determined not to be outdone, began to tell
a story of a man having swan from Liverpool to
Boston. did you see him yourself ~ Why yes.
of course / did; L was coming across, and our vessel
passed him a mile out of Boston harbor.' Well,
I'm glad ye saw him. stranger, COS yer q witness
that l did it. That was me.'
THE GAINES CAsE-After a litigation extending
over nearly 80 years, Mrs Myra Clark Gaines has
finally a decision OF the supreme Court OF the Uni
ted States in her favor, aud she Is declared to he
the heir of her father. aud the possessor OF the i'm
meuse property leftby him. In Is4I Mrs. Gaines.
defeated in the Louisiana District Court, appealed
to the Supreme Court. With the assurance that there
justice would be done her She has persevered In
the most heroic manner. and against every hind
GRANGE. and has at last won her case.
Mr.. Adams. the American Minister to England
has been overwhelmed with invitations to dinners.
He never knew his popularity until the moment of
his diplomatic decease. 1t is said that some mem-
Der of the family of the late Sir Robert Peel made a
large 6re-screen of articles cut out of the papers
abusive of the head of the house. aud that Sir Rob-
in after days often looked al il. and smiled. If
Mr.. Adams has any such scraps by him-and, I'M