The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-11-30

4 dispatch from Hongkong announces tho ar
rival there Of Russian frigate SpsfIaaa, with tho
Grand Duke Alexis on board, accompanied by
other vessels Of the feet.
A Missouri newspaper claims that the hogs Of
that State arc 50 fat that in order 10 find out
where their heads are il is necessary % make
them squeal, and then judge by the sound.
A new dish is Crane leaves, fried in egg batter.
IL is called a French dish, and is imported from
Duke MallOpac. We can't think Of anything
that would be more delicious than fried grape
leaves unless it be circus posters on toast.
King Amadeus, in his speech on the opening Of
the Spanish Cortes. declared the government was
determined to subdue the rebellion in Cuba, and
would send to the island all the additional troops
required to bring the war to a close.
While the castor bean fever was nj its zenith
John Briggs, an enterprising fruit grower, erected
on his ranch near Yuba City, a hydraulic mill Of
considerable capacity, and last season manufac-
tured thousands of gallons of very fine ol, but the
price of the article being low, the enterprise proved
unremuneratiye.
The paternal author of this years belle at the
Virginia Springs, was approached by n youth who
requested a few minutes private conversation. and
began: E" was requested 10 see you. sir, by
your lovely daughter. Our attachment ~
Z" Young man" interrupted the parent, briskly,
{" l don't know what that girl of mine is about.
You are the fourth gentleman who has approached
NV ehAc AAN hAik ~ ahah WV p u ndNN ENNu
my consent to the others, and 1 give il to you.
God bless you !"
Medical evidence in tho Stokes case is contra
dictory, as medical evidence always IL. In case
any of our readers happen 10 be shot, it may be
a comfort to them TO know that IL the wound IL
probed II will kill them, and If il is not probed
they will die. IL they get the ball in the PERI
toneum it will be bad for them. and il will beas well
TO keep asharp eye on the ca pillary circulation and
the sympathetic nerve, for these are ticklish things
to deal with. The median line and the smaller
intestincs may also prove troublesome. This is
what we have learnt thus far from the evidence
what effect it all produces on the twelve men who
never read any newspaper and have no opinion 10
call their own, we shall see another day. IL will
probably be their median line or ~intestines which
will be most affected. for the present mode Of get
ting a jury assumes that brains are mot thar"
Mr.. SMITH is DEAD.-We refer to Augustus
Smith, who was king of the Scilly Islands, lao in
number, although only six are occupied. (" MIR.
smith, - says n sketch of our deceased friend in
the World, q was II wealthy and crotchety Eng
lishman, who in regard TO government had notions
Of his own which he wished to carry into practice,
and 80 he became lessee OF the Scilly Islands,
under the county of Cornwall. lie thus became
king OF about two thousand subjects, most Of
whom were a wretched lot of peasants, for the
islands are poor and unlruitful. With IA court of
twelve men he ruled the land, readiueted the
relations of land and people, and attended gener-
ally to their moral, social and religious status,
although in the latter item he was not very strict.
He made the children go to school, and In every
particular the inhabitants had TO obey him almost
az if they were slaves. Once be packed off all
the residents of one OF the islands, and turned il
into n deer-park; but in recompeDee hc gave tho
poor people better accommodations than they
had ever had before. At first he was greatly
disliked but when the islanders came TO roc
that his rule was wise and bcneficent, and that
they greatly improved under it, they learned TO
like and respect him, and Mt his death he was
much regretted. This Is probably the first king
who has borne the name Of Smith. at least in
modern times. and il is not likely that he will
have u successor " his tiGo."
ALARMING INCREASE IN USE OF MoRPmNR.-Tbe
use of morphine is increasing at nm alarming rate
in New York, and we learn from physicians that
very many deaths attributed by friends, in the
papers aud elsewhere, To other causee, are the
result of indulgence in morphine. The other
day, a prominent New Yorker was reported dead.
The telegraph bore tidings of his sudden deccase
in every quarter, but assigned no cause. An
inquiry since, set on foot by friends, has revealed
the fact that he had become as much n slave TO
morphine as many are to rum. He had purchased
and consumed Is grains a few hours prior to hia
death. l have u friend now lying very low from
the use of this dangerous drug. Twenty years
ago an ignorant physician gave it TO him in large
quantities to allay pain. lie was brought to
deaths door, when skilled doctors rescued him
and gave him warning that further indulgence
would surely kill him. Now, when once again
brought low, after having been nearly restored
to health, he confesses that he has been surrep-
tltiously using morphine, purchasing IL Of n we'll
known New York druggist. His friends are 80
indignant at the latter, that they propose to pros
ecute him. There is a law forbidding the sale OF
morphine to any one without n physicians pre-
s%cription. Such a prosecution would unquestion-
ably have a most s~alutary effect upon the un-
principled druggists in the metrOpolis.-Nl0
York Letter.
WOULDN'T AR Cor OFF.-The present position
of some of the eleventh-bour Republicans, who
have come out for Greeley, brings TO mind the
story Of an old fellow in New Hampshire who,
bis condition., never lost the sense Of his
dignity. One warm Summers day he was seated
on the top of a stage coach which was slowly
vending its way over the sandy roads above Con-
cord. Frequent application to his pocket-dask
had rendered his position somewhat unsteady.
ut last a sudden jolt tumbled him of into the
sand by the roadside. The driver stopped and
with aid from the passengers, he was ut last set
up again ON the coach, between two other men
were to guard against a recurrence of such
an accident.
Our hero looked very solemn for a mile or two,
without any remark, end then spoke:
81 shay driver, we had a pretty bad upsbet."
Upset! We haven't upset." replied the
driver, a little hurt at the suggestion.
"Yes we did upsheti / shay we did upshet!
I'll leave it to these gemmelmen if we didn't up
The umpires at once decided against him.
The solemn look came back to his face. lie
some minutes, and then gravely re-
81 shay, driver, if / had known we didn't up
shet, | wouldn't ar got off,"
The HooDLUM's HIsToRY.-The Eastern press is
profoundly agitated over the above conuDdrum.
What is a Hoodlum? asks the New York World.
Even Manton Marble, with all his classic and
lore, fails to catch the meaning of the
new California word. We are not surprised.
The animal is indigenous in our State, is the
growth of our State, is the growth of our peculiar
civilization-belongs to US. We proceed to en-
the Swans Of the press. The Hoodlum is
a male of the human species, Of the genius homo.