The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-12-28
THE PACIFIC
A6ertisers !
Foreign Items.

n Foreign Items
N: nuouisnl has been introdnced at the Cape of
|<H Cod HOpe. .>a<Ez
- 1se Masonic order in Tennessee embraces l6,-
4 go psnbeFs- % ~ 2 '--i -'-- -----'
G,I potatoes and corn have their eyes and
n sss i,5ut them
Dr. Diet for the Russian Autocrat-F Turkey
|F rsaUl Greece. : tzfeEf .tsits y 81
Brigham Young Is the third largest depositor
/ the Bank of England.
Henry Ward Beecher says it will never do to
reach cream and practice skin1-milk. -
Il 4 hospital is proposed in New York for the
44ring Of patients of tObacco-chewing and snuff
L hking. S
aReading,' says Lord Bacon, makes full
HaH conversation ready man writing an exact
| nan" :
r. Our prayers and Gods mercy are Ike two
tuekets in well-when the one ascends, the
siier descends-
The 500, 900 silk-worms in the cocoonery at
St Lake City Consume thirty bushels of null
/ Try leaves. per day.
It is believed that the principal preservative
5stance used in embalming the mummles of
ETpt was carbonic acid in the crude state
little dumb boy, when asked what forgive
Is was,E wrote upon his slate this beautiful
rply, '' The odor which yiolets breathe out when
.kampled upon - i, s.fvag -
The wealthiest people in the world arer,the
Dages The tribe. numbers 3.0DO,s and have,
a III <.c
L and Der cgpfa, and S6, ,0OO, 900 in money a =
A Persian philosopher propounds question,
Ind gives the answer :" Why has nature given
b two ears and but one tongusz'' In opder
bat we should repeat but one-half of what we
hear
The new constitution of Illinois, which compes
residence of 90 days in every voting district be-
fore nan becomes avoter, disfranchises over 700
aIethodst Minister'S, who are compelled to move
ibis Fall by the action of the late conference.
Rev Mr.. Walker, of Hartford, is at work |
upOn 4 new and enlarged. Concordance of the,
Holy Scriptures. which will be issued in January
4'y the \. E. Publishing Company. 1t is to con-
Ain 10000 references. or one-6fth more than
1uden's Unabridged.
~ Halls Journal says: elf a man can sleep
OundIy. has good appetite, with unpleasant
sminisrs after meals, the bodily habits being
eguar every day. he had better let himself alone,
whether be is as big as hogshead or as thin and
y as fence rail- .t-,s bse
lnOusOf the large Philadelphia factories 800 7
ben make locomotive engine in one day-boiler,
cylinders, frame, driving wheels, truck, stack,
rb pilot and tender complete-the speed of forty
niles hour and the power of 1000 tons
eeatei day.
II Pittsburgh, Penn, has 80 iron, 9 steel and
+ e0pper nils The daily consumption of the iron
nils : -2OO tons, and their annual production
3 S2 10000. There are 48 foundries, employ
ing 2Ooe men in all, and adding $4,000, 900 per
year 70 the wealth of our country. sr.....r-
The Plmma Star and Herald says that the
'h Of hst October was eoInmemorated in the
PaH Of Calao, the great earthquake and wave
r. 'lIch desroyed the first city in the year 1746.
lie image Of our Saviour which was carried in
frCssou through the streets of CalEao, is the .
IS ane that was used by the survivors of the catas
f0P0e IN l746, among the ruins of the city.
ASrBsrrUrE FOR LIoUoR.-The following recipe
nienperance has been sold all the way from
lw to $500, as great secret. IL is undoubt-
ly good aud will in many cases effect a perfect
Fre: Take sulphate of iron four grains pep
efnint water, four drachms; spirit of nutmeg,
he drachn; twice day. This preparation acts
tonic and stimulant, and SO partially sup
a the place of the accustomed liquor, and
s'ents that absolute physical and moral pros
|ak mon that follows a sudden breaking off from
Use Of stimulating drinks. Ii is to be taken
+ Fantities equal to ordinary dram, and as
\ co as the desire for drams return.
T. ile British Board of Trade has published. for
'eneft of sea-faring men, the following A
r.. sunset presages fair weather, and a bright
A0Ssh ky in the evening indicates wind, and
pale yellow, wet weather. A neutral gray is a |
Sorabk sign in the evening and an unfavorable
f. In the morning. If the forms of the clouds
soft, underlined and feathery, the weather will +
Inc; but if the edges hard, sharp and
sesned, it will be foui. Any, deep, unusual =
.es bounding the clouds betoken wind or rain,
-'s qpies and delicate tints bespeak fair
- ~e United States not less than 1000, 900 of
''i0en have been, to a greater or less de-
el'ng elementary education. 1904
1"0os have been sustained by the freedmen
They now own 584 sehool-houses.
f l., ~ < attendance of pupils has been 70 per
i6,s = E number enrolled. They have paid
Il !. l1 " the amount of Sol, 900. They
+ "a COO s,0i 90 In their savings banks nearly
i oOO ~ the number of depositors being Q
nave drawn from their savings
-, {" oe used for their eIuc.t;on e7O- -oo0
I N "Ao now among then, III colleges AZ
SCHOOLS and 1898 ordinary schools.
ss1J Is the wate.-lilz IL. -.
- " Ane surfane 70 H. --..0y III