The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-04-29
MISCELLANEOUS.

The poison taken into the system by the con,
tinued smoking of tobacco, 1t Is compuIeo' VIII
cause death in 1877 years.
II is announced that the labors of the JOINT
High Commission will be completed IN a ie"
weeks, and that everything Is favorable TO an
equitable settlement.
PLANTING TREEs.-The State OF Iowa planteo
last year about Is 900 900 trees, and VIII set our
a still larger number this year. Two farmers IN
one township set out, last spring. 25.OOO trees.
This is at the rate of about FIVE trees annually
for each inhabitant-none too many to meet the
demand for fruit, commerce., fuel. and timber.
We are to have "A Voting-Machine in the House
of Representatives And now, why can we not
also have a Talking-Alachine, which can De
wound up and so made to deliver speeches. on
given subjects audibly and volubly? A good
many members talk at present more like parrots
than patriots. What a saving OF wind 1t would
be to have a Talking-Machine constructed to talk
upon both sides of any given question. Hnen
one of the wheels got cranky, 1t might be rectlneo
by the Speaker; but when an orator gets cranky
now w defy the Speaker to keep him IN order {;
nor would the Talking-Maehine ever go out to
IS take something" The idea is perfectly charm
ing.-N. Y. Herald.
The PoPuLATIoN.-By the ninth Census, which
is now completed, the total population of the
United States for 1870 was SO, 538 $50, an in
crease in ten years of 1894 ,859. The places
where there has been the greatest percentage of
increase in ten years, are, first, Nevada, and
next Nebraska. In Maine and New Hampshire
there has been a slight decrease since 1860. In
all the Western States there has been a very
large increase. In New England generally the
population has not greatly advanced since 1860
the largest gain being in Massachusetts, which
shows LAST, 351 in 1870, against l ,231 ,O66 in
1860.
Be A MAN !-Foolish spending is the father of
poverty. Do not be ashamed of work, and of
hard work for the best salaries or wages you can
get, but work for a half price rather than be idle.
Be your own master, and do not let society or
fashion swallow up your individuality-hat, coat,
and boots. Do not eat up nor wear out all that
you earn. Compel your selfish body to spare
something for profits saved. Be stingy to your
own appetite, but merciful to others necessities.
Help others, and ask no help for yourself. See
that you are proud. Let your pride be of the right
kind. Be too proud to be lazy; too proud to give up
without conquering every difficulty too proud
to wear a coat that you cannot afford to buy !;
too proud to be in company that you connot keep
with IN expenses: too proud to lie or steal, or
cheat too proud to be stingy.
Father Hyacinthe, in a letter to the Lndepen-
dent, appeals to the Bishops of Christendom for a
Catholic reformation. The DEGREES of the Vatican
Council must be annulled. The pretensions of
infallibility and temporal sovereignty must be
overthrown, priestly celibacy abolished, the
Bible put into everybody's hand. Until this
is effected he pays no allegiance to
Rome, and exercises no ministry. Meanwhile he
sees in the present condition of the Church a new
embarrassment and peril for France. In the
reconstruction which is to follow the war religi-
GUS problems must bear an important part.
France cannot do without religion, but she
cannot accept religion as it is now interpreted at
Rome. What shall she do?