The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-07-20
Foreign Intelligence.

A correspondent says george " HasnIngtoi
never wcald have made editor, because h
could not tell lie
Kerosene Is rendered inexplosiVe by mizin.
with a portion Of amyIalcoi.ol. A patent fOl
the discovery has been granted IN France 70 Mon
sieur HuTthault.
CAsCALTIEs OF LONDoS.-Il0 persOns are crush
ed % death annually, by the wheels Of vehicles
and z, DO persons otherwise injured by the
same means
Long John Wentworth, for Greeley, is
accused of having once denounced the Philoso-
pher as - a undetermined, slOvenly crOss between
yam and a cylinder press
An eccentric old lady Of Portsmouth. y. II
an honor Of the agricultural nominee for the
presidency. insists upon wearing an ancient white
hat Of her husbands % church on Sundays.
The reorganization Of the president was fore
gone conclusion. He not OEiy Is the strongest,
But the only available candidate. With him as
standard-bearsr, succcAs is morally certain.
The London Spectator is strongly in favor of a
womans university in England, ON the ground
that the Judgment Of educated women Is needed
many Of the most Important questions of the
day.
The New York Herald concludes long edito-
rial with these remarks: - Looking over the
whole field Of political movements and prObabil-
ities the Indications are that Gen. Grant will be
President Of the United States till 1871
CooLLY.-A cutlery manufacturing company
in Pennsylvania, not satisfied with the protection
of native industry by means of the duty on for
eign hardware, ~ said 20 have made a five years
contract for 600 Chinese operatives at 80 cents a
day. This may be called doing coOlly.
PLxSrY.-The Cleveland Leader says that
twenty-five cent diamonds becoming
plenty among rairuad brakemen that they are
compelled To wear a piece Of carpet over their
shirt bOsoms after dark To avoid giving lantern
signals when moving about at stopping places. "
clerk in the English Admiralty Office lately
had his pay Suspended for twenty-eight days for
addressing 10 the first lord Of that august board
some suggestions IN regard TO iron ship building
There suggestions were admitted 70 be valuable
and original nevertheless a clerk had no business
TO know more than a lord.
Insanity has greatly increased in France, and
IL takes, in most cases, suicidal tendency. The
reports Of the Parisan authorities announce that
the dead bodies picked up in the Seine have
doubled in number. and the new MOrgue, though
greatly enlarged, is insufficient for the purpose
intended.
Twain has received to date, little 90, 900 1
for Innocents Abroad, ," and il likely to receive
very nearly the same sum for the first SIX months /
Of :. Roughing IT, which is not very rough on
Marx, but a long way short of the S2OO,OOO
spoken of IN newspaper paragraphs
The estate Of the hate James Gordon Bennett.
is represented be worth ten millions OF dollars
The property on Washington Heights goes to bis
daughter Jennette, the residence on Filth Avenue
to his widow, and the Herald and real estate
connected Herewith to James Gordon Bennett,
Jr., who Is obliged by the terms of the will to
keep it in the family.
The Costa Riea Government is not afraid that
by introducing COOlie labor in that country the
interests of the wOrkmen will suffer On the
contrary after mature consideration il has made
a special contract with Nessrs. Hubble & Seitsel
for the transportation OF large number OF China
men direct from China, and has granted them
several privileges for that purpose.
The Czersland Leader says: "a Lovers of celery
and lettuce will be pleased to learn that every
stalk OF the former and leaf Of the latter contains
u 900 900 healthy parasites to the square inch,
which taken into the human stomach, become
Ia pe-wOrms OF the friskiest pattern The poorest
family can possess few of these pets as vegeta-
bIes grow cheaper"
Queen Victoria recently gave grand state
banquet at Windsor on the Sabbath; and not
only this but she breaks the Sabbath by travel
ing on that day. All the English people are
talking about il, and good many of them are
it. Yet it is but making more per
feet union Of church and state, and England
never objected to that idea very seriously
Mark Twain has a receipt for the celebrated
Rochester bean soup, which II compounded a.
u 1
boil ir until iI is brown on both sides then care
fully pour one bean into il, and let il simmer.
When the bean begins to get restless sweeten 1t
with salt, then put II up IN air-tight cans; hitch
each cln to a brick and chuck them overheard,
and the soup Is done.
Stokes counsel seem to have at last exhausted
their ingenuity delaying his trial or the patience
Of the court in accepting their eyasiOns OF dis
tinct issue The last special plea has been set
aside as worthless and Stokes refused to plead,
a plea OF not guilty entered for him by di-
recriou of the Court. be then obtained delay
of thirty days to enable him to take testimony
by commission Of Witnesses alleged to be IN
London and Paris.
NEW YoRK, June I3.-The funeral or the late
James Gordon Bennett took place tiis morning
from his late residence on Fifth Avenue Among
the mourners were Mayor Hall, Horace Greeley,
judge Bedford, Jas. Brooks, and host of other
celebrities. The funeral ceremonies were per-
formed by Vicar-General Stars The remains
were taken 10 Greenwood. The streets along the
route Of the procession were lined with spectators,
and Tags throughout the city were ht half-mast.
Wilson is substituted for Colfax in the ground
,f e1pediency. The high favor in which he stands
With the southern blacks, the partality expressed
Tor him by the workingmen OF the North. his un-
ni-takable strength In New England and his gen.
raj popularity, nothing but opposition coali-
ion OF Democrats included will suffice TO make an
mursssiOn against Grant and Wilson, ana the
uy available basis for such coalition Is the inde-
,endens ioint-stock liberal ticket OF Greeley and
brown
Our fascinating friend, the Great Sea Serpent
make. once more! Seen by Captain McTaggart,
r the GOOD ship Kent, Of Liverpool, on the
Oth Of September, on the West Coast of Africa,
etweeu Cape PaImas and Grand Bassa On the
yening previous, enormous shoals OF fish OF every
description, including sharks and porpoIses, sur
ounded the ship, and the next morning HIs
nakesbip was seen with his great head eight '
.et out of water. He was apparently from lSO
D 200 feet long. and bis tail was like unto the ]
all Of a mackerel and 50 7Sas his color like that
the said fish. He travelled at a rapid rate, out