The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-03-06

nSlSIiiN-. ana consequently alluiTts. The United
States.
Rev. :. II. Tying. Jr.. is charged by his traducers
with neglecting his own parishioners, except tbat
be Is oiicious enough when they are out Of town.
Ills own people DO not seem 10 think 81. and have
added $1,000 to his salary. His church maintains
three mission schools, which care for u thousand
poor children. An unordaincd brother Of his il
one OF the most effective lay preachers of The West,
and another younger brother is preparing To enter
the miuistry-LidggaadtIk.
\ wonderful top has been invented in Lemon.
Massachusetts. Ii viii spin for half an hour or
more make marbles. money. and other objects
spin around 10, like satellites il will make gilt
and colored paper. silk or ribbons assume the an
pearance of glass gobleis spiral rings painted on
circular paper aud attached 20 the top. present the
appearance 81 beautiful circles finally. il will
carry another top on its shoulders. spinning with
itself. NJ full speed. This last Yankee notion Il
called the " Lemon Top
The Mission School for the Chinese lately esiab-
lished by the Howard PRESBYTERIAN Church, :. f. ia
already a great success. As many az 60 pupils
have been present at one meeting. They appear 10
be greatly Interested, aud there is no doubt that
they will induce a large number of their compan-
ions 10 attend. The following notice is printed on
red FIRE cracker paper. in English and Chinese, and
circulated in all parts of the city - Mission street,
at DIR. Scudderis church every Sunday, at 2 O'Clock
p. NJ. \ school Is opened for teaching the English
language without charge. Any Chinaman who
wishes TO learn may come al that hour
Harper,S Heekly shows mp the rascality Of the
" financial ; propositions Of Andrew Johnson's
i'>NaH ~ IL ltNAt.It VI BS E.ANtlttuGf. QFs'N,tu as
a clown. bargaining with an innocent old farmer
for Il goose and some eggs, the latter being marked
" interest" The following dialogue explains the
picture Andy Johnson Now, look here |
owes yer for this here goose" Farmer Yes,
that's so.' Andy Johnson. Wei. Tin n very
honorable man. and I'll tell you how I'm going to
pay yer the debt: You just make me a present of
that basket of eggs, and I'll give 'cm back to yer
in payment for the goose don't yer see :;
Brigham Young has telegraph wires leading 10
his Office and connecting with every hamlet in
Utah, a line 500 miles long. Every settlement of
half Il dozen houses has "A telegraph office, with
female saint operators. and in charge of n Bishop
of the Mormon Church, and who can report at any
time all that takes place TO Young. From his pri-
waite office in Salt Lake City, like the Waterman in
the fire telegraph. Brigham may give an order or
ring an alarm from Idaho to New Mexico.
The nearness of the completion Of the Pacific
Railroad, says the Alta. and the success OF the
China and san Francisco line Of steamers, have
set people 10 think of undertaking the voyage
around the world by steam. Already some enter
prising company in the Atlantic States has COM
menced preparations for a grand excursion around
the world. charging a stipulated sum for :" the
round trip" which is to occupy about ninety days.
This would be seeing the world very much as the
English tourist saw Niagara: Making some mis-
calculation in his time. he found that his allotted
stay ut the great cataract was in the night time,
but he hired half a dozen lanterns, did the
Falls, and left by the midnight train, well satisfied.
The cost of the proposed trip will be about Sl,42O
in currency.
Postmaster- General Randall has made his sup
Elementary report. He says the telegraph lines,
under government control, would be much more
serviceable and cheaper. He the
passage of an act Incorporating Accompany which
shall construct telegraph lines among all postal
routes. and contract with the General
to deliver messages at 4 low fixed rate. It is rec
commended that at present the rates average about
one cent per word for all distances not exceeding
500 miles, and five cents for every Gye words be-
yond that distance. These rates are to be determ-
ined in the act of Congress, but the Postmaster
General is to have the power of reducing tlem
whenever the profits exceed two per cent. of the
company's capital. which is to be limited to $500
per mile This provision is intended TO prevent
the imitation of capital. Mr.. Randall is very severe
on the present management of the telegraph. He
opposes the establishment OF any experimental
lines by the government. and calls upon Congress
to establish a general system at once.
Timely caution to real estate buyers is given by
Carter's Real Estate Circular. Il says that pur-
chasers of real estate are not generally aw are that,
where 4 man and wife are divorced. the woman is
entitled to receive a full half interest in all of her
late husbands real estate, provided he was not
divorced from her for adultery on her part. In
such case, she receives nothing. If the husband
committed adultery, all of his real estate becomes
the property of his wife. Those who are about
purchasing real estate should see that il is kept
free of lncumberance arising from the above cause.
We have heard of several cases here where a
divorced wife, who was not aware that she had any
interest in her husbands property. was approached
by persons who were posted upon the law They
gave a plausible excuse for wanting n deed from
bCl Gut pNdlilC II " IL II liC II linus S1Nuttu
half the husbands real estate.
Asthe schooner Urdnid was off Crowdy Head.
on Monday August 18th, about midnight, a heavy
s~outh-westerly squall came on. and all hands were
called to shorten sail. A seaman named III. G..
Sales was steering, and at 1890 A. NJ. a meteor,
like a ball of fire, fell Immediately over the vessei's
stern, and exploded with a loud report resembling
that of a heavy piece of ordnance. Sparks of fire
were scattered all about the deck, and the steers
man was killed by the shock. Every one on board
felt a violent shock like that of a galvanic battery
but none of the crew were injured except Sales,
who was at his last gasp when picked up. His
body showed no marks. but appeared to be black
ened, and some six or seven hours after %decompo-
sition set in, and the poor fellow was buried over
the side. The 6re-bail apparently travelled with
the wind, which was from the southwest, and When
it burst the flash was so intensely brilliant that the
steward, who was lying in his berth below, declared
that he saw the fire through the seams of the deck.
The cabin at the same moment was filed with
smoke, which blackened papers lying about.
4 gentleman with his sister, a lovely and accom-
plished young lady, were passengers on the United
States Ton the night of December 4th, when she
and the america collided on the Ohio and were
destroyed. He rushed TO the state-room of his
sister, burst open the door, and scizing her in his
arms, carried her down 10 the main deck, where.
a doorshutter, he threw it overheard
and lcaped after it, with his sister in his arms. He
placed her securely on the shutter, and was swim
behind. pushing it with its Hecious load to-
ward the shore. when, to his horror. a big. hurley.
and able-bodied man swan up. pushed his sister
of the board, and climbed upon it himself. The
yonng girl sank with a scream, and if she came 10
the surface il was so dark and the confusion so
great that he could not find her. Maddened by the
act. he made after the author, and seiz-
ing him by the throat n struggle TO the death en-
sued. They rose and sunk together still struggling,
and when last seen were graphing with each
other.
The government of Chile entered into a contract
with Godcgroy * Son. of Hamburg. for the intro
duction of Swiss, Tyrolesc, and German colonists.
emigrants will have Ia be provided with good
characters. rised by the Chilean Consul at Ham
burg, and on their arrival out they will be sent on
10 AraUco by the government aud placed in pos
session Of their land. according 10 the terms of the
contract. The colonists will be furnished with be-
passage, and they will be allowed one
ton of measurement to every adult. and one-half
ton for each person under II years, and they are
to be treated on board la accordance with the
passenger act. The government agrees
To pay $40 for the passage of each adult. and $50
each child under II years of age. The contract
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