The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-07-19

and demand n legal opinion from ITS occupant, or
into an undertAker's and request 4 coffin, without
u pay for their respective wares or
services, a. INTO q newspaper ONCE and demand
the Use of its brains and muscle and type, with
out a thought OF recJmpeusc-
The las; Kentucky Legislature passed au act
declaring that the wages and compensation OF
married women for labor and service performed
by them shall be free from the debts and control
of their husbands. FIR q number of years the
courts Of the State have been authorized 70 EN-
power married women. on the joint application %!
themselves and their husbands, TO act a single
women in matters Of business. - kentucky Is
not 80 far behind the rest OF the world, alter all
\ gentleman OF an Ingenious turn sends To .
San Francisco paper his plan for eXterminating the
Modocs. Il i to construct q Kite capable OF carry
ing ten pounds. From Tue tail end of this he
proposes 70 suspend q can OF ultro-glycerIar Win
an arrangement for lis ready detachment. When
the kite i over the proper spot in the lava beds.
the detaching string Is to be pulled. and the havoc
following the fall and explosion % the box would
be awful. Another plan Is to drop the nitro
glycerine from a balloon. The project comes
rather late. but nobody can tell what other Indian
wars may be awaiting us.
The Philadelphia Ersuiag Bulletin published a
letter from Mr.. Elijah Steele, 4 lawyer in lreka- in
which the Modocs are partially described a. they
were before the outbreak Of the late troubles.
Twenty-thrrc years ago they were a numerous and
lsBt. tatA Naif~F VIZ a. -th'T z go t''
cenegades. They were not, n has been asserted.
in the habi; Of lounging about Greka. but went
thither twice 8 year 70 trade iurs aud goose feathers
tor supplies OF provisions and clothing. and thus
provided themselves well. Their credit was good
with the merchants Of Ireka, who trusted them
from fall TO spring. They were. however. always
requested TO camp ont OF town. captain Jack.
who was always the spokesman. never drank any
liquor. and Invariably punished any OF the tribe
for any wrong doing, whether they were drunk or
sober. They are. according to Mr.. Steele, a supe-
rior race of Indians in intellect and physical! de
velopment.
y grave complication i likely to grow out OF the
action OF Gen. Mckenzie. commanding q military
post on the Mexican border. Exasperated by the
lawIess and unchecked raids of the hickapoos
from Mexico into Texas, Gen. Mckenzie seems to
have dashed across the frontier. penetrated the
country TO the extent OF eighty miles, and attacked
a Kickapoo camp. OF course. no such pursuit was
anticipated by the Indians, and they were scattered
or killed. Heretofore the provocaton has all
come from the other side of the Mexican boundary
line, but in such shape that only 4 general COM
plant could be made by our Government. Now,
however, the reprsal of Gen. Mckenzie will give
the Mexican Government opportunity 10 ask why
an armed raid has been made into its territory by
Il detachment Of the army OF the United States.
An unfortunate culprit was recently brought
before an Iowa justice charged with assaultIng
and battering a maiden. Investigation showed
that the defendant had merely saluted the damsel
against her will. She was in court and gave her
testimony so very beautifully that the Judge was
compelled to make n special ruling. He could
not, he said, in conscience, fine the man for doing
what was done : for" said his Honor, 80 have
been obliged to hold on to the arms of my chair
to keep from kissing the complainant myself"
Never did 4 Judge give a more rational decision.
The editor Of n North Carolina newspaper
objects to receiving communication concluding in
the following photographed style "You will
pleas make emmy corecsions nessesery.' 1t is
quite as well if those who wish to write to Il
journal know how to spell but it isn't absolutely
- necessary" Like the editors of the Tribune,
we have had valuable information sent to us,
with a good deal of wild deviation from the
standard of Webster or Worcester; but the intel
ligence was not the less welcome. Still, We would
not discourage those who prefer to spell :" corec-
sions . in the usual way.
Nevada Is happy in q new source of wealth
borax. Immense deposits of this useful material
exist in the young Commonwealth, and the peo-
pie of the region, having a lively faith in the eff
cacy of encouraging home products in preference
to inferior foreign importations, use exclusively
the borax of Nevada. The supply Of the crude
article is represented as practically inexhaustible,
and from furnishing Just enough for her own
wants, Nevada bids fair TO advance in her new
industry until she becomes an exporter of bOrax
prepared for use. Thus is the good cause of
home industry taking firm root in the rich, broad
expanse of our country beyond the Mississippi.
Gradually evidence is afforded that the antici-
pations of Bonapartists, whether or not they be
ever verified, are at least reasonably enough
founded. Prince Napoleon, PEOn-PlOn, as he is
more familiarity known, has by MeMahon's per-
mission, been allowed his rightsa asa French citizen,
of which Theirs rather summarily deprived him,
and is now with his adherents living in Paris.
Shrewdest observers of European politics are only
waiting for u :" split > between the National
Assembly and the President. As soon as it
comes, (and who can doubt that in time it will
come) McMahon's course must be 4 positive one.
And it is not too much to anticipate that it will
tend toward the re-establishment of the Bona
parties on the French throne.
Notwithstanding the abuse hurled at Butler
for his boldness in putting himself forward as
candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, he has
prospered SO finely that he now reports full con-
fdence of receiving the nomination. We antici-
pated that Butler would not Immediately sink
under the batteries of his opponents. He is one
Of those public men who shed shot with exceeding
ease. and no one need be surprised if he secure
the prize he now coyets. Benjamin would not
perhaps lend lustre TO the Gubernatorial chair,
but there is every reason to believe that he would
make a reliable and determined Executive.
According to dispatch from St. Paul, Mime
sofa, the track of the Northern Pacific Railroad
has been completed to Bismarck, in Dakota, a
distance of four hundred and fifty miles from
Duluth. At Bismarck's the railroad connects
with Il line of steamboats, on the Missouri river.
which run 10 Fort Benton in Western Montana
from whence freights of all kinds can be shipped
over the s~ixty-fve miles of railroad completed on
the Pacific slopes. 1t will thus be seen that
although the Northern Pacific Railroad is not yet
completed, it is sufficiently advanced to enable
a new transcontinental route to be opened. This
may be expected to build up an immense trade
before the railroad is finished. In the meantime
the work on the road is being pushed forward
with all possible rapidity, and before the season
closes another extensive section of it will be IN
active operation.
The Farmers National Congress met at Indian
apolis recently. and adjourned on the following
day. As indicating the strength of the farmers
organization it may be stated that twenty-four