The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-07-31
American Miscellany.

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American Miscellany.
\ number Of farmers in Vermont are %cultival
ing the poppy for opium.
Only three citizens of New Orleans return il
comes in excess of $4,000.
Henry Ward Beecher delivered an Grafton q
Buffalo on the 4th Of July.
In Jasper county, Iowa, the grasshoppers ar
50 thick that there Is not standing room for all G
them.
Com. Worden Of Monitor fame is nj Drcsde
Tor a second time, and in greatly improved health
The names of 5000 pickpockets and pett
thieves are constantly on the books of the Pari
police.
MIR. and Mrs. Barney Williams have Just beer
offered $4,000 in gold to play for one season il
Australia.
The students of Cornell University have cult
saled 4o acres oil land belonging to the University
farm this season.
A daughter of the late Fletcher Webster WI,
married TO a New York millionaire at Marshfeld
the other day.
Paper petticoats are sold in London at sixpcnce
apiece.
y company has been chartered by the Connec-
ticut Legislature to insure plate glass and mirrors.
it mas a capital of $500 900 and power to increase
to $500, 900.
In order to be n successful politician, it is said
tnat a man must either have the poorest memory
u my man living, or be one Of the greatest liars
OF the age.
The army worm is threatening Central Illinois.
destroying whole fields of corn in Coles country !:
ana chinch bugs are thick north of Charleston
and appearing in other places.
The work on Brazil by Professor and Mrs.
Agassiz has been translated into French and pub-
Ished IN Paris. The translator was n member of
the late secret national government of Poland.
y German paper says Mr.. Burlingame is
American only by birth, and that i'm dress, hospi-
tally and language he exhibits the taste and
grace OF n perfect Partisan.
A lady vocalist appealed to the musical critic
oil the ". Y. Tribune, the other day, for n lenient
notice of her forthcoming concert, because she
mad a BAD cold and a large family of children
Cambridge, VT, claims to be the schampion"
maple sugar town of the United States. Last
spring 1879 trees were tapped, yielding 221 $50
pounds OF sugar, which was sold for about 500
500. ~
An inebriated man walking along the streets
ut night, regarded the moon with sovereign con-
tempt: "You needn't be SO proud. ole Teller,
he said, ''You're full only once q month, and 1
im every night
At a printers festival the following toast was
presented The Prinicr-the master of aIl
trades, he beats the farmer with the Hoe. the
'arpenter with his rules, and the mason with set
ing up tail columns he surpasses the lawyer and
he doctor in attending TO his cases, and he beats
he parson in the management of the DEVIL
CHANGING THE NAMES OF WAR yEssErs.-An
'fhcer on the u ;. ship Pensacola gives this ex-
ract from a circular issued May 18th from the
Navy Department, announcing the following
hanges of names of war vessels
Algoma to Benicia, Ammonoosuc to Iowa. Ca
to Detroit, Contocook to Albany,
lenosha to Plymouth, Kewaydin to Pcnnsylya-
ia, Madawaska to Tennessee, Manitou 10 Wor-
ester, Minnetonka to California, NIoshula 70
evern, RESTRAINING to Arizona, Omaha to Asto-
in, Ontario to New York, Piscataqua to Della
ARE, Pompanoosuc to Connecticut, Pushmataha
D Cambridge, Wampanoag to Florida.
Miss Ida Lewis. the great American Life Pre-
river, seems in n fair way of gaining great noto-
ety aud in danger of being spoiled, were she not
cry sensible, so many are the honors heaped
pom her. Besides the resolution of thanks pass
| by the Legislature of Rhode Island during
leir last session.. she has lately been the rccipi.
1t OF n testimonial from that mysterious BODY.
&c Sorosis, of New York. The lifeboat to be :
to her by the citizens of Newport is :
,arly completed.
The QUAKER ExPERnEST.-Prcsident's Grants q
'pointmcnts of several Quakers as Indian Agents i
we been confirmed, and the experiment OF send g
g men OF peaceful and economical notions, who y
C believed to be honest, to deal with the red d
an, is now sure to be tried for all ii is worth. 3
the Friends cannot ''thee'' and ssthou'' the T.
vuges into good behavior, at least no advantage "
n be taken of their humane profiers, for they a
III be backed just as closely as the keenest DO =
ical sharpers by the military power of the Gov e,
lment. The reputation of this sect for honesty n
d practical good sense is at stake in their bust W
rs dealings with the Government. If they do n,
), like most of their predecessors in the position %
Indian Agents, betray more anxiety to make ir
nov ntf - Tho fr,ot SL.r - - .
nself justly, their influence will be excellent. AT
ne change in the Indian policy was necessary, i'd
l perhaps they will be able to make the right Ms
AFTER DINNER NAPs.-Many persons are in the th
OF sleeping for half an hour or an hour i'm Pi
after dinner. This is a bad practice.
minutes sleep before dinner is worth more W
n an hour after. 1t rests and refrcshes and w;
pares the system for vigorous digestion. If III
p Is taken after dinner it should be i'm the sit in
3 posture, as the horizontal position is unfa- tn
able to healthy digestion. Let those who need III
and sleep during the day take 1t before dinner sp
.ead Of after, and they will soon find that they wi
feel better, and that their digestion will be rig
'roved tbereby.-Herad Of Health. as
NE INTERNATIONAL Boar RAcE.-Harvard's ,;r
noes to win the four-oared race against Oxford -
spoken of more encouragingly. The average f.
5 of the two crews will be nearly alike. The y.
rage weight of the Oxford crew considerably ~
that of the Harvard crew at last accounts a. -.
men weighing 661 pounds. and Ok 81.
Is 7S44 pounds. The Harvard shell will be .oI
ter than Oxford's, and the Harvard ~s.style'' "a;
lowing is claimed to exceed that of Oxford -,
ing. though the principle is nearly the same. ,Sl
year the Harvard six-oar crew, in their race ="
3Oscc wb;Ia 5n, o. +" are
English eight-oar time on a mile course. But a.
ward has never pulled a four-oared race before, .e
carried n coxswain.
HERE WoMEN Can VoTE.-Women possess the
t to vote more extensively than is generally
posed- In Austria women can vote as mobiles. -
heir corporate capacity as nuns, and as tax -
In some cases, however, they vote by ~
y. In Hungary. up to 18iS, widows, and
70 women who were landed proprietors, pos l.
d the right 70 vote. They were deprived of
the revolutionary Government, and are now =