The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-07-24
Foreign Miscellany.

SPrxptys RrSSrxG-There are said 10 be 6527
tton mills In the United States. running 1855
2 spindles. and consuming 4I7 .3G7.7Il pounds Of
tton per annum. This gives to each mill an
erage of tf62 spindles, and n consumption Of
t9i5 pounds OF cotton per annum-
A correspondent OF an Ohio paper has lately
.ited the German colony founded In Texas In
IS by the Prussian nobility. They are said to-
contented, prosperous and happy. tnhabitin9
rich country. In n most healthful climate, and
wing large, weIistocked and weIl-feneed farms
hey occasionally suffer from raids by the Canaan
es aud the Kickapoos.
Colorado H. admirably adapted to the culture
grapes. The soil IL rich and the air light and
ry. so that there would be little danger Of the
t and mldew which prove destructive To
rops further east. Wild grapes grow In great
bundauce I'm Colorado and Arkansas. enough IL
said to make several thousand barrels Of wine n
ear.
hna lately wished to try the virtues OF opium,
,nd smoked n pipe Of It.. The Queen Mother
learned OF IL and discovered that the drug was
|mppIieI to him by one OF the chief eunuchs. She
ordered him to be- bebeaded and caused q new
proclamation against opium to be sent throughout
the empire.
SoNERvuLE ASNExTToN-A the adjourned
town meeting in Somerville. recently. resolution
was passed in favor Of annexation Of the town to
the city OF Boston, and committee was appointed
to bring the subject before the Legislature at the
next session.
The Conscience Fund ~ at the Treasury De
partmeut in Washington steadily grows The
largest amount In enc lot that has ever been
received. came from Boston. lately-SZ, ,000-from
- nun who said he had cheated the Government
out of this amount, which was due on IN income
several years ago. The fund has increased about
$1,000 during the five months of the year, and
now amounts 10 sSO.l3S.
"CREoLE.r-A correspondent asks the meaning
OF this word. In Louisiana il is used to designate
persons born in the country. OF European parents.
IL u corruption Of the Spanish word ..criotto,' y
hair ~
ancestors. Worcester Dictionary defines n Creole
to be "a native Of Spanish America or West In
dtes. born OF European parents, or descended from
European ancestors. IA distinguished from n resi-
dent tnhabitant born in Europe. as well as the
offspring of mixed blood. as the mulatto born Of a
negro mother, and the mestizo born Of an Indian
mother. Some people erroneously suppose that
Creole signifies n person OF part negro blood
CEssIoS OF WEST FLORIDA To ALAB,M,-For
several days. says the Montgomery Duly Advertiser
of the 18th ult, the Florida and AlabaIna Commits
sions ot the two States have been busIy engaged
In negotittirg settlement Yesterday. we under
stand the matter decided so far as the repr,.-
seutatves Ot each State concerned as f,IIoxs.
The portion ot Florida west Of the Apalachicola i
sold To the State OF Alabama for the sum ~ Al :
100000 in Alabama bonds--the bonds to he d.
livered when the sale il ratified in accordance with
law. This sale. or transfer. has to be voted upon
by the people OF West Florida. and after being
ratified by the Alabama and Florida Legislature
u 10 be- rejected or approved by Congress Some
ot the details we have not learned, but the above
are tne uatertal facts.
n Spaniard has invented a yery curious appli-
ance Tor securing motive power. The contriyance
IA described M the last Scientific Amerissrn con-
sists OF dyke along the sea shore where the
waves break with force The dyke presents An
Inclined plane toward the sea- When n Iarge
wave comes In it IL carried up thf. inclined nI,9s
by Its own force and when its greatest hirht 4.
carried oy suee ways through the interior where
h reservoir 10 receive it From this reservoir h
runs In steady stream, supplying a mill and
hnding tts way after that back To the sea TbS
A"'er1c'rn says it u used successfully Ia Cuba
a WONDERFUL CLocK.-If the spirit of good King
Alfred. who invented the mode OF measuring time
py burning candles OF different lengths could be
permitted, under the auspices OF Mr.. Home, 40
view the wonders OF modern civilization ere doub,
" any thisg would interest the ingenious monarch
more Than clock which has Just been completed
zoe the Cathedral Of Beaavais, and which far sur
passes all the existing specimens OF the clock
maker art This wonderful piece Of mechanism
ebntains no less than 1000 wheels aud indicates
among many other things too numerous to recite
tne days OF the week the month. the year the signs
~ the zodiac the equation Of time. the course o
s planets the phases Of the moou The time at every
capital IN the world, the moveable feasts of IOf
years, the saints days, &c- Perhaps the mos
curious part of the mechanism Is that which gives
tne additional day IN Leap Year, and which conse
quentiy rs called into action only once Ia foul
Years The clock Is wound up every eight DAYS
Tue main dial is twelve feet in diameter and the
totai cost eyeecds esO00