The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-04-17
Foreign Miscellany.

eAl-teuce ~ y state
y New Yorker bought n safe warranted
% burglar proof" but thieves have broken il
open, and robbed IL, and now be sues the manu-
tleturrr for the amount Of money taken
Mr.. Thomas Anderson, of Gar7ari. Ky. has
n COW. four year. old IN September last, that ha-
given birth % i've calves
WscoNsN.-Mattbew H.. Carpenter. tire new
Senator from Wisconsin. j. a graduate Of the
Harvard Law School. lie j. = Radical Repaid
Ecan and able lawyer.
NEW CHEsrvrr-I1pane-e chestnut tres are
said g. be peculiarly prolific and very handsome.
some u them have been Teplantei in san Fru-
ci-cO.
Manon Marble j. now sole proprietor of the
New York World. this PAPER. under his man
agement, hI- become a power IN the newspaper
world. and j. conducted with marked ability III all
it, departments.
Daring the past thirteen YEAR, there have been
one hundred and ~-ixty-hyc murders committed IN
New York city, the perpetrators Of which have
never been brought % justice.
IL the Iunatic asylum near Toronto, there j. n
man who ha- been an inmate fT fifteen years,
and during all that time be has not been known
% peak a word u n living soul. He y not
dumb either.
There was a meeting Of the e. Booth family q
in New Haven last week to hear reports and to
confer in regard % n property belonging to them
in England The family j. said % consist Of
some 80 members, scattered through the cOun-
try. The actor Edwin Booth belongs % one Of
the branches Of this family.
Ulysses = Grant, Jr.. has entered on his
studies at Phillips Exeter Academy. lie is n
member Of the middle class. and will complete
bis studies in July, 1870, when he will enter
Harvard College. Ulysses, JT., evidently in
heTits his fathers love TOR a good piece Of horse
flesh, n large portion Of bis leisure time being
spent IN riding, and always with q good turnout.
1t is said that ParsJn Brownlow used to keep
an account Of his good and bad deeds, and Occa-
siOnally strike n balance to see what his chances
were for Heaven and IL used 10 be the boast Of
the ParsOn that If st. Peter kept account correct,
he should have no difficulty in entering the
Celestial City, rs his good deeds were in the
asccndency, until he nominated y. johnson for
Vice President. That sin sunk the Parson, and
he has since torn up the book and relies now ON
saving grace alone.
The Chicago AdraHce says -. Threc-fOurths
Of the Post Offices in the land should be kept By
women. They are strong enough and business
wise enough for the work. They might be more
tempted than men To peep into love miS-iyes, but
not half a. apt to piltcr money letters. How
many communities will silence the present mas
culinc w~Tangles for the Post Office and unite in
recommending some efficient, self-dcpendcnt wO-
man for the place."
An Illinois newspaper tells Ofa billiard player
at Alton who recently made n run 81 II ,U26
IptiltHY ultkIz -uV VI Nltll III lt4lct minutes anu
fifteen seconds.
Charles Dickens says he can always judge Of
the character Of n hotel or restaurant by an in
IT tile castor. The mustard pot and
oil cruet arc infalliblc tests.
Ex-Quccn Isabella j. issuing diplomas. accom-
the be-towal of decorations. antedatcd.
j. supposed to indicate her belief that in a
few months she Will be rciustated Ou the throne
Of Spain.
On New Years Day the Prince Imperial
presented a yclocipcdc to the Prince Of the A.
iuria-, the eldest son Of Queen Isabella. and
him how to ride il. The two boys are
p~laymatcs.
Mr.. LabOulayc has accepted a liberal olcr to
n lccturing tour IN the United States.
All bis travelling and hotel expenses are to be
paid, and the sum OF $50 in gold will BE- granted
10 him for each lecture.
At n recent ball at the Tuilcrics the guests
consumed 10000 ices, $1,000 glasses Il punch,
900 Of sherbet, 500 or 500 chickens, 500 bottles
II champagne, and ] 800 bottles Of Bordeaux.
Justus won Licbig, the celebrated German
recently told n friend that, during the
ast ten years, lie lad received seven calls from
american Universities, AMI that twice he felt
trOngly tempted TO 20 % the United States and
ecept there a prOfcssOrship.
The jury-bOx now used By the city Or Lynn,
lass. bears the datc of 1852, and all the Jury
len from Lynn since that year have been drawn
il. Notwithstanding it, long service, il il
till sound and IN good condition, promising to
rear another century it necessary.
Mr.. LANCE, the English representative OF the
uez Canal Company, announces that the canal
i'll be . completed and open 70 the general nayi-
alton Of all countries ON the first Of October,
Tire width, Mr.. Llngc adds, will then
e 100 metres (32S English fcc) ut the water
and - metres ca English icct) at the bot
,m of the canal. with a depth of 5 metres &c
et English).
Smokers who are susceptible to the effects Of
icOtinc should be careful in their choice Of
'baecO, the different kinds Of which have widely
iacrcnt amounts Of nicotine. In that Of Turkey.
rccce and Hungary, there u scarcely n tHcc OF
le poison. In that Of Brazil, Havana and
the amount Is . Per cent. In that Of
30 Of Alsace. 3.2l Of Kentucky,
Of Virginia, G.S7, and Of France, 80 per cent.
some one attacks the Rev. T.. L.. Hale for pub
hing q story in the Boston iGrsTTScr. in which
c~Jutrives To- change the sex Of a baby in two
liaccut columns. The baby goes 10 sleep "a boy
vi wakes NJ a gITl. and continues u girl through !
Il the balance of the story. This Is nothing,
" the Pittsburgh C%ODtmsrciai, TO an earlier
rfOrmance Of the Rev. Halc's, where lac makes
man fish through the Zee for pickercl ON sun :
", and on Monday makes him hoe I'm his field, 8
! without any variation IN the course Of nature {
Rev. Nr. Murray, n young man recently. '
tiled over the Park-stTcct Church In BlstJn, 4
lrtlcd his staid Pensioners the other Sunday q
inserting q lttltluu III us PRAYER that the "
ri would also ;. bless those milllc-agcl females q
the congregation whose youthful hopes had d
en- Disappointed q
IL i an offence To- sprinkle salt on the snow in :
iIadclphia but ono 81 tire street railroad com
cvadei the ordinance on the subject last :.
ck III an ingenious manner. \ cart, whose =.
Or was punciurcd with many holes, was filed :
Oh salt, and then covered with bags. IL wa- :
N driven over the route, and spTinklcl the :"
ek by accident =
sunday schools have recently been established u
the Greek Church. The Holy Synod has given II
ormal decision that there j. nothing in Sunday n
iOol~ which j. contrary o. the Church laws or :
judicial 90 Church order. Consequently. sun r,
!, schools lave been opened in many Villages for n
igiOus instruction Of the peasants. In some i
fishers IN the Government Of Samara ~ many n
COO or 200 peasants lave come together. The -
est read to them historical parts Or the Old N