The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-01-22
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The London Saturday Reiiepr. in % recent notice
Of q book of travels by AN American author, OBJ
serves: 1--WE are constantly reminded bow much
purer English is spoken and written by Americans
than by ourselves. IL behooVcs IT'S, therefore. 10
take heed of such casual lessons as may enable us
to bring up our notions Of what is corr ct oF chasts
in style TO the level of the latest and bost srans-
Atlantic standard. We are not grateful for any
hints which a visitor SO recent and 50 vivacions as
our author has to bring 10 bear upon our old-fash-
toned diction.'' -
The following will give some idea of the thrift OF
the colored population of the South since they have
been left to their own resources. 1t is irons 4
Georgia paper:
Six colored men, engaged on the plantation Of
Nh. Joshua Key, in Burke county. came TO this city,
and, backed by this gentleman, drew money enough
on their fine prospective crop from one OF our
cotton factors to purchase from Messrs. Nyman ~
MAY, six new buggies, with all appuTtenances. one
of them a two-horse vehicle. To these vehicles
they each hitcbed their own mules, animals which
evidenced by their sleek appearance the faithful
care they received, and drove from the city. an il
lustration of what industry, good behavior and
thrlft will accomplish for the colOTed, 10 well us
the white man. Here Is an example worthy OF
imitation by the many idle and misguided colored
men who cOngregate around the towns and cities,
living from hand 10 mouth.
At a recent session Of the American Association
for the Advancement u Science, held at Salem,
Mass. telegraph wires, which bad been put in
connection with some of the patients ut the City
Hospital in Boston, were 30 manipulated as TO
transmit the fluctuations of their pnlses, which
were faithfully indicated 10y the click of the in
struments in the ball. and by the AID Of q magne-
stun light the exact motion OF tbe blood was
depicted by u little circle OF ligb; east upon IA
darkened wall. After this it was demonstrated to
the ear by the ringing OF two little telegrnphic
bells, showing the two different sounds ~ the
beating heart.
The following, from the Louisville (Kyr) Courier,
is one of the most graphic descriptions Of that &C.
centric man, Geo. +. Train, that we have seen
A locomotive that has run off the track, turned
upside down. with its cow-catcher buried In n
stump, and the wheels making a thousand revolu-
tions a minute-a kite in the air which has lost its
tail-a humane novel without a hero-a man who
climbs u tree for a birds nest out on the limb, and
in order to get il saws the limb of between himself
and the tree-a ship without a rudder-a clock
without hands-a sermon that is all text-a panto-
mime of words-an arrow shot into the air-the
apotheosis Of talk-the incarnation OF CAB. Hand
some. vIvacious, versatile, muscular, as neat as a
cat, clean TO the marrow, "a judge OF the effect OF
clothes. frugal in food, and regular only in habits
"a MONDAY mystery-a solved conundrum--a
practical joke in earnest-a clipper hunting a Bg-
ure to pass for something with the brains Of
twenty men in his head all pulling different ways
not bad as to heart, but a man who has shaken
hands with reverence.
A great many anecdotes have been told by and
about Henry Ward Beecher, but the following by
himself, reveals the secret of the material this
wonderful man is made of. Any man who can
shoe a horse after once observing how il IL done,
is pretty sure of pushing his way through the
world
/ never saw anybody do anything that | did not
watch them, and see how they did it, for there is
no telling but that some time 1 might have TO do il
myself. L was going across a prairie once ; my
horse began to limp. Luckily / came across u
blacksmith shop, but the smith was not at home. l
asked the woman of the bonse IL she would allow
ne to start a fire and make the shoe. She said /
might il L knew how SO i started a fire, and heated
the shoe red-hot, and turned it TO ft my horses
foot, and pared the hoof, and turned the points of
the nails out cunningly, az i had seen the black
smith do, so that in driving into the hoof they
should not go into the quick, and shod the horse.
At the next place l came to, l went straight 10 II
smith, and told him TO put the shoe on properly.
He looked at the horses foot, and paid me the
greatest compliment l ever received in my life.
He told me il 1 put on that shoe / had better follow
blacksmithing all my life. Now i never should
have known how to do this if / had not looked Oh
and seen others do it.
Half-time schools have recently been established
by the school committees of several manufacturing
towns in Massachusetts. This plan, it is asserted,
advances the pupils more rapidly and thoroughly
ohNh OhO SOhhhiOh oiIhoy Sbppl' ~ INV iillio ~
has been ascertained that such pupils do better
work, and earn more money than they would by
being in the factory all day. The children and
their parents at first were afraid of the scheme, but
as a proof Of the popularity Of the plan. II is as
serted that the average daily attendance in the
half-time schools is % per cent.-so high an aver
age being unknown in the common day schools.
The Boston Journal tells an a~necdote. which H.
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says, that a leading publishing honse recently pub
lished an edition of a book Of Eve hU ldred copies,
and did not advertise it. In about a year nearly
the whole edition remained on their hands, as the
author, who was largely interested, did not think
it would pay to advertise. Finding his book did
not sell, he followed the advice Of his publishers
and advertised freely. His book has now gone
through seven editions Of FIVE hundred copies each,
the eighth is ordered. The author now believes
in advertising. -
Rome, which is now the centre OF public notice,
on account Of the great Ecumenical Council being
held there, has a population Of 100000 persons,
are distributed into ~Gfty-fonr parishes, for the
social and spiritual control and protection Of whom
here are kept in Office "a cardinals, 80 bishops,
l,457 priests, 367 seminarists, 1869 monks, and
2,O3I nuns. In addition to this there are eco male
I,674 female inmates OF charitable in
IL lsloO eHntie ulJJO. lHeTc ~ DebIucB
,l57 soldiers. 1t ought therefore TO be the most
virtuous, well-governed happy'city in
he world, if the Pope Is a good and wise ruler.
The following, from AN English paper, will in
crest the Good Templars and all who believe
ntoxication an evil:
Every year upward of E2zs, 600. 900 are spent
" the British nation on. intoxicati0D drink.
spent we say-bOw much Of IL is wasted2 How
title there is of il that is not wasted And this IL
the land of established churchesl 1t consists Of
money spent in drink In waste Of land, capital
md labor, in producing drink loss Of labor sid
by destruction and theft, by pauperism, desti-
ntion, sickness, insanity, prejudice, support OF
etc. This expenditure would pay Off
be national debt in less than Eve years. and lessen
axatiOn forever. Mark this further. This G228.-
o 10000 yearly il not productive. Expenditure
ught to be for the wealth Of society and wealth
TO be creative. II comes. tl:n. TO this, that
be mighty army established at the yearly-ccst Of
,22S, 0O0, 900. aud tailoring and fighting for the dis
establishment and disorganization OF labor, Is
patlv n m army Of UaunprQ fhiovea ar naQlaea mar