The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-07-24
PUBLISHED AND EDITED By
HENRY NJ. WHITNEY.

Novn. SETTLEMENT oP BREACH oE PROMISE
Casa young man in England, who was lately
sentenced To pay So, 900 damages for not marry
ing according To promise. settled the matter In a
novel manner. He wrote TO the young lady saying
that he had :" behaved infamously !" bat II she
would only forgive and forget they might yet be
happy. His friends had objected to his marriage
on account OF the young lady's poverty, but now
she was to have $4,000 OF her own that objection
could no longer be valid. And 80 the Young
woman took him husband in lieu Of $4,000
which the Courts had decreed to her.
The SCGAR BEET IN WEST JEEsgT.-Gt has been
decided by actual experiment that the sugar beet
in West Jersey contains larger proportion OF sac
charine matter than that produced IN any other part
OF the country. This fact has awakened the atten-
ton of Colonel William G.. Patterson, who takes a
lively interest in agricultural affairs, and he has
determined to enter upon the cultivation OF the
vegetable upon a large scale. He has purchased
the - Fleming estate, - consisting Of twenty or
thirty thousand acres lie has imported one Of
Fowler's steam plOughs by the use of which he ex-
poets to put the whole tract under cultivation as
quick "a a hundred acre farm can be ploughed
over by the present mode.
THE NV PULLMAN SLEEPTNG CARs-As early as
1859 Pullman effected u contract with the Chicago
and Alton road, and remOdeled some old passen-
ger cars, fixing up sleeping berths IN them- lie,
soon after that date. made similar improvements IN
the Of the Galeua road, and the (tben) Dixon
Air Line. In 1862, he put the first lb-wheeied
sleeping car on tine Alton road and after visit to
Colorado, built in 1868 two such cars for the same
Company. Those were the FIRST TO which he gave
the designation OF Ialace.F lTOn tue luAuEy aAu
comfort with which they were endowed When
Pullman turned his attention seriously 10 the
matter most OF the devices relating TO the machn-
cry of berths. etc. had been patented by outsiders.
He began by purchasing all such rights-or at
least all those which he considered of yaiue-and
then modified them to- the exgencies Of the case.
lie also invented several improvements the ar
rangement by which the upper berth folds up In
the car-wall and roof Il disncLlyely his own Ihe
sleeping running on the Pacific Railroad
are in the day time indistinguishable from other
cars. except in the elegance OF their fittings. In
the evening n coiOred gentleman" comes round,
slides the seats together form the lower bunk,
unIocks and lowers the upper berth till il hangs
horizontally by strong metal cords from the wall,
puts up the curtains, and produces the necessary
bedding from cupbOards at the end OF the car.
The linen - changed daily. The aforesaid "colored
gentleman" blacks your boots while you are
rocked to sleep by the motion Of the car. and you
awake in the morning refreshed and strengthened
against the tedium OF the day. The arrangements
for washing complete a. the room nj disposal
will permit. Some parts Of these cars are shut OF
ladies and families One Of the best forms OF
sleeping car has the passage-way running round
the edge outside while the body OF the is cut
up into state rooms-four bertbs In each, mirrors
table and many minor conveniences- The charge
for such extra accommodation does not IN the East
usually exceed 50 to $3.50 (greenbaeks) per day
(twenty-four hours); and therefore. the additional
cost to the traveler-bOnud from ocean tO ocean
by new highway-Ought not to exceed : 10 OF
$50. The dining cars do not call for any remark
They, Of course, carry their cooking galleys
with them, and one can get as good meal " on
board " rs In excellent restaurant