The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-04-24
American Miscellany.

LHi NAPIER %! Nla-iAid id- TcturucI {" iHiA.
NeDciIsics are manufactured IN Juea, tor
twenty-five dollar-.
The Cornell University viii receive women stu
dents next wear.
Cutting of n coupon from the marriage
bond = the ornamental synonym for having a
baby.
\ Young man advertised for a wife. add rr-
ceived eighteen hundred answers from husbands
saying De could have their. This shows the
virtue of advertising.
Tie young American lady who was studying
anatomy 20 Vienna has been persuaded 10y a
wealthy Young Hungarian q give zap medicine
for matrimyuy. That'- the trouble ia thc woman
question.
The wifi. Of one stephen Damn. Of saltwater.
y. Y, last week presented him with seven " iittle
un- four boys and three girls-all doing we'll.
mother included. stephen will not probably
want any more di0iS for some time.
Mr.. Bonner once asked MI. Bennett. of the
H.r0id. If be could have the use of three pages of
his PAPER, and upon being told tlat by paying
double price be could have all he wanted.
promptly replied that lie would take the whole
advertising space Of tie paper. lie did take II,
md filed It with the repetition Of an advertise
mcut. which alone would not have occupied ten
lines. II paid, a. all thorough udycrti-iug J.
certain 10 do.
The principal Of the skinner school. In Chicago.
has been arrested for excessive and brutal punish
ment Of a child eight years old, whom the teacher
rounded. IL j. stated. with his clenched fist. \
doctor who was called in testified that there was
abundant evidence that the chiid bad been most
severely punished. That men who cannot govern
tLcm-eive- should bc employed To- govern schools.
is a-surcdly n thing to be laInented.
TIE Rev. Mr.. Murray. "a young man recently
settled over the Park Street Church in Boston.
startled hi- sraid Ilri~hipncrs the other sunday
by !u-ertiug = petition IN hs PRAYER that thc Lord
would al-D - bless those middle aged .-uaic- in
tie congregation whose youthful hopes lad been
disappointed"
y clergyman and one Of the elderly Iari-hion-
Crs We're walking home from mccting one frosty
day, when the old gentleman slipped and fell upon
hi- back. The minister ON being assured that ne
was not hurt. said 20 him My friend, sinners
stand ON slippery places" Tire Old gentleman
l0lkcd up, n ii To assure himself of the fact. and
replied .Ne-, 1 see they do / can't
Tie bill which has been introduced T. Congress
by Mr.. Poland. permitting persons accused OF
crime % give testimony IN their own ca>cs before
Federal Courts, cmbuiie- "a legal IrinciVi" which
IEs lately been established in several Of the New
England SGt->, ana which has long been adyo-
Gated by prominent lcSists IN this country and in
England. We believe r. has worked well. - far
~ il Las le-n tried, and We arc inclined u think
il would generally further the ends Of law and
Justice.
DETERMINING IONCITUDE.-An observatory l.
now IN process Of erection at salt lake City.
under the direction 1f the United States Coast
Survey, IN order t. obtain AN exact meridian, and
for the purpose Of determining the difference Of
longitude at specified points across tine continent
from Cambridge, Massachusetts, 10 san Francisco.
California. An intermediate station has been
established at Omaha, Nebraska, I,jOn miles
west Of Cambridge. The observatory 1t salt
Lake City - | 900 miles west Of Omaha. and a
little under 600 miles east Of san Francisco. To
obtain the requisite piers for mounting ;hc transit
instrument, Brigham Young has t. send teams Ia
Weber canon, and bring tire blocks oi stone a
distance Of go miles.
iHPEcuNICUs.-This j. one Of the new words
coined by the p~cdan:ry Of the press for il must
be confessed that the editors are sometimes &C.
DANTE a. well as schO1lElstcrs. and use words
and phrases which common people can not under
stand, and which tie educated condemn rs not in
good taste. y contemporary says that North
Carolina j. impccuniUus that II, she has no
money III her treasury. d" Making up q slate
- another phrase which has become fashionable.
Here j. another - TcrI@ichUrc never had more
vOtarics ia New York than during the present
scn-ol.' That IL, balls and dancing parties arc
frequent. Reception J. incorrectly used for IT.
ccipt. and - was made the recipient of" for r.
cciy,d. Red tape means about the same ~
circumlocuti0n. and each means needless regard
% forms. or extreme particularly.
The closing scene in tie Colc-iIiscock murder
trial at Albany, was an extraordinary one. im-
mcliatcly upon the announcement 81 the verdict
hot guilty-ncnTiy every person in tile court
sefA% 49," 49, @-NN ANN 'HA FaAAAa AAI
seats, and from thc audience there went up deaf
cning cheers. The presiding judge made vigur-
Ous demonstrations with his gnveI. and tie officers
cried Justify for :. order, " bat the audience. who
~symI0thizrd with fhe prisoner. could not be
restrained from giving full expression 70 their sat
i~-iuctiSn 10 tie verdict. They threw their hats
upwards, waved their handke-chicls. and con-
tiuucd cheering for upward Of two minutes.
While these proceedings We're in progress outside
tie bar. the counsel Of Cole clustered about him.
alaLn.ar Hfa lrnrl. IN Ffa Vva-f ..-Ns.1 -.
AMI c,ngrltuiatins him upon lis acqritiai. lie
was also greeted by scores 81 others. and for ur-
wards Of five minutes was surrounded by persons
striving to grasp his hands and tender their con-
grtulatiDns. After dismissing the jury. tine
Judge approached Cole and congratulated him ON
his acquittal. Cole left the court room ia COM
pany with his brother, Senator Cole. and his
friends. and n he stepped ont Of the front DIOR
pt the building lie was greeted with Cheer after
cheer. The demonstrations Ncr.- kept up unti.
after hr entered e carriage AM was driven away.
AMI cScn then many Of theta followed the car
riasc. n IL dcsirous OF giving further expression
To their feelings.
The bcnciactions Of Mr.. George Peabody are
far larger than generally supposed. \ few DAYS
ago, when his latest gift Of half Il million Of dol
lar 70 tlie London po,r was announced, We spoke
Of his donations ~ amounting 10 an aggregate Of
over four millions Of dollars. But We have
been furnished with an authentic list of Mr..
Pclhoiy's gifts, and we find that they amount To-
over double this sum in fact, they amount IN
oil e. over ten H.ikioHS Of dollars in our currency.
Tire following list gold yalucs) will display the
remarkable facts and this list does not include
the large =rim- DC gave To- further American
interests in the great exhibition Of 1851. nor
other large sums be- has given for international
~banqucts and such purposes
t. the r.ar ofLD-dou.
GaiLm1rr Institute IGrCo0
F1r education in thr -,uth o. blacks ard whites. 2.Vt.CJO
For . museum O. preserve American relics, Yale
10000
For a similar museum in Harvard C1i-g~..---..-. 10000
For institute aud riucrtsn a D4uycr-.--......-.. 10000
For a free museum a Snlsm 5nOJ1
To the state 4 Maryland. $4,000
Hsiop Mriivaiau fr Kenyon Coli--e------..... 5000
haus's Arctic ENp-iu1u-. --..... 10000
Pr Memorial church O. h- uUther.-.......-. 10000
T. members Dfhas Gnily.. 100000
s.sa1-vpp
WtNT OF LABOR N TIE S~OUTH-DECNDENCE or
TIE NEGEO.-Plantcrs complain Of the great
..rrrify uf hands and nuticitate much los dur-