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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-10-10
Practical Studies at School.

The two propositions recently preached by promi-
nent educators in the United States, are receiving
merited notice in the public press. The first was
from President White, Of Cornell. for a National
University, to be situated Mt Washington, endowed
by the Government, and made to cover a great many
departments of instruction which are not included in
the average American college. President White
would have the leading scientists Of the age put at
the head of this institution and ii is part Of his an
ticipation that thousands of American youth would
flock annually to Washington to study at the feet Of
these original discoveries. A very pretty notion is
this suggested by President White; but it does not
receive much favor from critics, who for the most
part show themselves averse to the Government un-
dertaking the Inauguration and management Of a
school of the sort indicated and who further object,
that scientists are too busily employed in active
prosecution of their researches TO find time also for
the educational work President White would assign
them.
The second project comes from President Woods, Of
/ the Western University, Pittsburg. 1t s q scheme. or
perhaps more accurately designated, a plea, for the
establishment of what he terms Technical Schools
schools where boys may be prepared for trades. The
scarcity of skilled labor seems to have suggested this
idea. fA1ost young men seem to prefer the count
ing-room or the store to a position at the me
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the counting-rooms and the stores are over-crowded
at small salaries, the workshops, where better COM
pensation may be had, have often to be filled by
drafts upon the European labor market, and are
sometimes not sufficiently or satisfactorily filled even
at that. Prof. Woods believes that, as part Of the
system Of education, 4" shops might be erected where
certain trades could be learned, where the hand and
eye could be trained. and the student prepared for
work or the management Of works" The idea is
elaborated at considerable length.
As this would be a new experiment, it is not safe
to say that it would result in all its projectors claim
for it. 1t might be a source Of vast cost and little
benefit to the State, or it might in time come to be Of
vast benefit and nearly self-suppOrting. But, apart
from speculation, the purpose Professor Woods has
before him in submitting the scheme is a good one,
and should command thoughtful attention. 1t is of
sufficient Importance to warrant a trial by the State;
which could be had by the establishment at industrial
centers Of one or two such schools as are suggested.
If these would operate successfully the plan might be
still further applied if not it could be dropped.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-10-10

Mr.. EDITOR The trial for treason that has taken
place in the Supreme Court during the past week, is
the first one, l believe, that has ever occurred here,
and win therefore become historicsH The ofense
charged was in writing and circulating a paper that
was full of abuse Of the King, and contemplating his
dethronement. The punishment for treason by our
law, is death. The accused in this case was brought
in guilty by the jury, without any recommendation
TO mercy, and he must be sentenced to death. subject
to the Royal Clemency, which it is reasonably to be
expected will be exercised.
The summary conviction Of this individual it is to
be hoped may serve as a lesson to others among the
misguided small party known as 4" Queenites." They
have been so imprudent as to allow themselves TO be
recognized as such. There is good reason to believe
that a number of the Police of this city are disloyal
The night before the riot of Il February last. it is well
known that the majority of the native Police declared
themselves to be unfriendly to His present Majesty,
and everybody remembers how they behaved during
the riot. And it is reasonably suspected that promi-
nent native members Of the Police force to-day who
are the same men who so fagrantly misbehaved last
February, are still strongly d~isloyal. Mr.. Editor,
the peace and safety Of this community requires that
none but true and tried men should be its legal guard
ians,-aud there is no lack of such. 3 .
Every vestige of this smouldering disafection. of
treason in any form, should be promptly removed.
~Lo-HAw
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-10-10
Fair Play.

Ma EDrrogI suppose IL is a proposition that
no one in this community will dispute. that the
ways Il The editor of the G15rfs are mysterious.
and pas, snd.ag cut bu; as a lover OF fair play I
am constrained to protest agaiust bis cowardly
and uDchTjstisn attacks upon one OF the Kings
Ministers. I say 10 Is coward'y. Tor 10 amounts
simply q 4 reiteratioa 1f dark hints and insiHua-
tjoas, and il is Ruehrjs,iaa, because opposed to the
teachings OF Him who spake as never man spake
TO cherish q reyeugeiul and unioTgiyiug spirit
against any man. who, whatever may possibly
have been bis faults or his follies. eviuces a dispo-
siuon as we'll as an ability to do what j. right I
believe with yourself. thar #; is neither expedient.
just or proper. 10 dive into The rubbish u The
private records Of public men. II they have
ability and fitness for Office, and are blameless as
10 morals and general rectitude OF daily walk,
then it matters net TO me If at some distant period
in their lives they may have been frail as ordinary
humanity is apt to be under The pressure OF cir
cumstanees. But IL tue editor Of the Gazette con
siders it his mission and hounden duty to attack
sinners who happen 10 have got into Office. let him
be fair and consistent, and instead Of starting a
hue and cry after supposable myths, look for his
game nearer home. Are there not other and more
accessible private records that should attract his
nose, and over the delectable details # which he
might gormandize? And then he might eloQuently
eXpatiate upon the evils Of the rum traffic (ouiside
the Legislature this time) and thunder about the
gross improperly Of a retailer Of liquor, etc,
holding at the anne time a position in the govern
ment, and perhaps be might appropriately if not
truthfully say that the worthiest and most ineuen-
tial citizens are dissatisfied at that state Of things.
But I am constrained to believe that outside OF the
editor of the Gazette. and his two or three associate
writers, none could be found so uncbristian-like as
to parade the sins Of his n~eigbbor before the
public.
But after all. it is plain enough that with the
editor in question sauce Tor the goose is by no
means sauce for the gander. IUsrnIA.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-10-10

The intelligence from Louisiana indicates that
the foods have disappeared, and that the we'll
directed berevolence OF the country has been so
weII' bestowed that the expected restitution has
been prevented. The New Orleans Times bears
testimony to this, and says besides that the injury
to the crops will not be so serious as at nrst sup
posed. Although the overflow caused quite dimin-
ution Of the acreage planted with sugar cane. yet
there will be actually more sugar grown in Louis
lana this year than during any season since the
close of the war. The great recnperative powers
of the South has shown since the end Of the rebel
lion thus rise superior to the distressing eonse-
quences of the severest overflow the MississiPpi
has ever known,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-10-10

The interior California papers are having a bot
time with the " scientific cusses" concerning the
discovery OF wild coffee in the Golden State. The
papers say the coffee plant exists, and is pure wild
coffee. The scientists say it is a bogus affair, re-
~sembling coffee only in having a berry with two
seeds. The true coffee has an edible outside flesh,
while that of the bogus coffee berry is a powerful
purgative. The papers stick to their story, and
say they have drank the decoction, and it is quite
a palatable drink. Now let them eat the outside
flesh and report the state Of their bowels. That
ought to settle the matter.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-10-10

The Steamer CyphreRes, from Sydney for San
Francisco, will be due on Wednesday next.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-10-10
S4TURDAY !, OCTOBER 10.
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

A letter from Equiias' was received too
late for this issue. -
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-10-10

. PLANTATION AT AUcTIoN.-To-day, at noon, il
front Of the Government House, the kaupakuea
Plantation property, situated in the District of Hilo
Hawaii. will be offered at Auction by Mr.. f. P Adams
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-10-10

No VERDIcr.-In the case of VIM. Morrow, the
sailor of the Benecia, tried yesterday for an assault
with a knife upon Messrs. Gertz and Speckmann in
August last, the jury, after an absence of three hours,
came into Court unable to agree, and they were dis
charged. A new jury will be impanneled this morn
ing to try the case.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-10-10

I STRUCK BIZ IIGHTNING-The report comes from
Yaialua, on this island. that during the storm of
Friday. the I'd inst, a native man was knocked
down at that place by lightning, and paralyzed,
and a dog was killed by the anne stroke of the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-10-10

FORMs-LaSor Contracts. Manufacturers and Purchasers
InvoIces,
Prouisory Notes, Bills Of Exchange.
At T. G. THRUMs.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-10-10

4 MoSQUIro FLEET.-On Monday forenoon last, there
were no less than thirteen schoOners in port, mostly
loading and unloading in the c~oasting business.
The popular Nettie Merrill made two trips to and
from Lahaina inside of one week.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-10-10

OUR SUPPLEMENT, which we furnish to island
subscribers with to-day's paper, win be found to con-
tain much interesting reading, besides the official
programme of the Great International Exhibition of
1876. One article, particularly, entitled 'Tongue-
SINS from the Chicago .Hdvance, will well repay
perusal by some persons We wot Of.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-10-10

INKS AND The finest Black AMI Violet Inks. DoveI's
NECKLACE Carmine, equal to DAvds AMI cheaper
Nueilsge in Reservoir, Cone, Pints & quarts.
At THOs. G. THRCMrs.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-10-10

S[Z@- From two and a half TO three columns of
;" dead-head" advertisements appear each week in
the Gazette which is one way,-but certainly not a
! profitable one,--of &" slowly but surely occupying
the front place as the leading advertising medium
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-10-10

ARE THEY SHEEP-TICKs I'VE alluded some time
ago to a new species of vermin, a late importation,
and found on dogs, that was by some said to be the
real s~heep-tick of other countries. Now we hear
from the natives of these enterprising strangers at
taching themselves to human beings, they having
been found EMBEDDED in children's eyebrows, and in
one instance two were extracted from a persons ear,
in the interior of which they had made themselves a
hop,a
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-10-10

Silver Chord. Silver Wreath, Home Circle
Vol. I, ?, 3 AMI g. GoIden Diaden, shower
Of Pearls, Wreath q Gems, Gems %
Strauss. Labiaehe's Method Of Singing,
H~unten's, Craven's, and Richardson's
Piano FORTE Methods, " Winners Gutter and
Accordion Instructors. Sheet Music, In
strumen.al n Ssns Pieces, Latest Song
Books
At I. G.. THRUM'S.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-23
Have we a Volcano.

There Is testimony from North
Carolina which provOkes this ques-
ton. The country around about
Bald Mountain, one of the Blue
Ridge i'm Western North Carolina,
has been greatly agitated for nearly a
month. Bald Mountain, and the
people for twenty-five miles around,
have been quacking for more than
twenty days. There has been, the
natives say, ga terrible numbering"
resembling the falling of heavy tim
Der, or of the roar of artillery, or ter
rible thunder, and some say that fire
and smoke have issued from the
mountain but it must be borne in
mind that the witnesses who testify
to this were doubtless vieing with the
mountain in shaking. That Bald
Mountain has experienced a sensation
there seems to be no question. When
the. mountain began to quake and
the furniture to rock in the houses
the immediate result was the starting
of prayer-meeting, and the CONVEX
sion of one hundred souls. Cattle,
horses and hogs were turned into the
woods, and the people are living in
taking no thought for the
what they shall drink, or for
the body what they shall put on.
One prayer-meeting has lasted sixteen
days, suggesting the thought that the
might have secured tenn
pOral salvation for a while Sby
change of residence. But the Bald
Mountaineers arc attached to home
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-23

Mr.. Commissioner Laimbeer has
addressed q letter to his brother Com
missi0ners or Charities and Correc-
ton drawing attention to certain
facts in connection with the imprison-
ment of William M. Tweed, who Is
being treated with marked indul-
gence. Mr.. Laimbeer states that on
the Sd inst, he visited Blackwell's
Island In company with a Mr.. Crow
ley, and to his surprise found that
Tweed has a room on the second floor
of the center building, luxuriously
furnished, in which he receives his
visitors. The New York Times says:
SIN this not disagreeable apartment
the ex-Boss has been accustomed to
spend the day, having his private
secretary with him for the transac-
ton of his business, and relieving the
tedious intervals by entertaining his
chosen friends. The room Is entirely
removed from the prison, and, ac-
cOrding to Commissioner Laimbeer's
statement, though Commissioners
Stern denies this, there is nothing to
prevent Tweed making his escape any
day he chooses. The responsibility
for this is entirely with Mr.. Stern,
who promises an explanation. Tweed
himself says that he is suffering from
much physical prostitution, but not
outstanding this, performs the duties
OF hospital attendant faithfully. His
friends say that If the sentence upon
him be carried out as sentence to
hard labor, 1t will speedily kill him."
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-23
Nall Making.

First, large iron bar is pat be-
tween immense rollers, which flat
ten it out instantly into sheet just
thick enough for the nails which are
to be made. 1t next goes into ma
chine which Sits it into the proper
widths for nails. 1t is cut u little
longer than the nail is to be, because
the heads are to be made. When the
strips of iron are ready, man takes
one, and slips the end into machine
armed with pair of immense steel
jaws. These jaws are worked by
steam power, and instantly they bite
off q nail, while Il. furious little ham,
mer springs out suddenly, and with
one blow on the end of the bit of iron
flattens it, and thus makes a head
The instant this head is made-imag-
inc the great force of that little ham
mer the jaws open, and the nail
drops out finished. In one factory
two hundred kinds of nails are made,
beginning with spikes which weigh
nearly half a pound each, and ending
with the tiniest kind of tacks, not Il
quarter of an inch long. One ma
chine it is said, can turn out these
tiny tacks, or brads, at the rate of
three thousand minute. After the
tacks come out of the machine, they
are blued," as it is called. 1t is
done by heating them in an oven or
on an iron plate. Then they go to
the packing-rOom, where one girl can
weigh and put into papers two thou
sand papers a day. In one of our
nail factories there is used one hun
dred and fifty tons of iron in week,
all Of which is made into nails.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-23
An Earthquake Proof Hotel.

San Francisco glories i'm new hote-
which really seems to have some feaI
lures not often found i'm that class of
buildings. 1t is four stories high,
and contains four hundred suites of
rooms, yet is so constructed that the
direct rays Of the sun fall into every
room at some time during the day
provided it isn't cloudy, we suppose.
This is mainly effected by means of a
large central court. But the peculi-
arity which especially endears it to
the natives is the remarkable ftct
that it is earthquake proof, and hence
may be considered a house of refuge
In the midst of quaking city. 1t is
a compact framework of wood and
iron, put together somewhat after the
manner of d ship, and this is encased
in walls of brick. The theory is, that
in case of a very severe shake the
brick walls will either have to stand
up or fall outward, and so the in
mates have only to keep i'm their
rooms for safety. The rent of suite
of rooms, with board, ranges from
two hundred and fifty to five hundred
dollars month, which will doubt
less come up trifle during the earth
quake season.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-23
Economy.

One of the hardest lessons in life
for young people, to learn is to practice
economy. It is a harder duty for q
young man to accumulate and save
his first thousand dollars than his
next ten thousand. A man can DC
economical without being mean, and
1t is one of the most solemn duties to
lay up sufficient in his days of
strength and prosperity to provide
for himself and those who are or may
be dependent upon him in his days Of
sickness or misfortune. EXtrava-
gance is one of the greatest crimes of
the present age. 1t is undermining
and Overturning the loftiest and best
principles that should be restrained
and held sacred in society. 1t is an
nually sending thousands of young
men and women to ruin and misior-
tune. ia Tom .,5.I "
Cultivate, then, the sober and indus
trious habit o. putting q little aside
every day for your future necessities ;
avoid all unnecessary and foolish eX-
penditures. Spend your time only in
such manner as shall bring youprofit
and enjoyment, and your. money for
such things as you actually need for
your comfort and happiness, and you
will prosper in your lives, your BUSH
ness, and you will win and retain the
respect and honor of all substantial
people. lrt
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-23
A Model Mansion.

Speaking of Senator Stewards new
mousse i'm Washington, q correspondent
says: "Some idea Of the vastness of
the house may be gathered from the
fact that it takes four tons of coal for
every twenty days. fire; and yet,
large as it is, theve is q flood of sun
shine aud fresh air all through it.
In every room and In each of the halls,
which are the distinctive features of
the house, there are speaking tubes
and electric bells-these also connect
ing with the stables. The rooms de-
voted to the host of servants are
wholly separate from the main part
of the house. The dressing-rooms are
the loveliest little hooks Imaginable /;
heavy curtains, with delicate lace be-
meath, drape the windows; marble
lined bath; q corona of gas over the
mirror; and side-lights anu soft cush-
ions at the foot of the glass, wherein
the lady may rest her dainty feet
while under her maids manipulation.
Immense closets, with shelves and
drawers and pegs enough to accom-
mOdate the most eXtravagant ward
robe, are attached to the chambers,
and cedar and linen closets stand con-
venient to the housekeeper's hand.
The dome surrounding the hall and
the smaller one over the vestibule are
lit by corona of gas, forming two
rings of solid fire similar to those that
CULVER around the galleries of the
Capital rotunda. In every room
there is NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
rich escritOire, panelled, gilded, and
stamped with the monogram of its
mistress, ga. f. ST." sometimes an
unObtrusive little Davenport. Be
yOnd the mere richness OF the furni-
ture no visitor can help noticing the
complete fitness of everything. All
that experience and taste could sug-
gest, all that wealth could furnish, are
there-not in an incongruous tumble,
as too often happens, but artistically
arranged, appropriately contrasted,
and always beautiful"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-23
A Useful Plant.

+ Throughout the whole empire of
China, bamboo groves not only en-
bellish the gardens of the poor, but
the vast parks of the princes and
the wealthy. The use to which this
stately grass is put is truly wonderful.
The tender shoots are cultivated for
TODD, like the asparagus; the roots
are carved, into fantastic images of
men, birds, and monkeys. The taper
ing culms are used for all purposes
that poles can be applied to, in carry
ing, supporting, prOpelling, and meas
urlng; by the porter, the carpenter,
and the boatman for joists of houses
and the ribs of sails the shafts of
spears and the wattles of hurdles {;
the tubes of aqueducts, and the han
dies and ribs of umbrellas and fans !;
the blrd-cage, crab-net, fish-pOle,
water wheel and hand-cart. The
leaves are sewed upon cords to make
rain cloaks for farmers and bOatmen,
for sails to boats as well as junks,
swept into heaps to form manure, and
matted into thaches to cover houses.
The bamboo wood is cut into splints
and slivers of various sizes to make
into baskets and trays of every form
and fancy, twisted into cables, plated
into awnings, and woven into mats
for the bed and floor, for the sceneries
of the theatre, for the roofs of boats,
and the casing of goods. The shaw.
ings are picked into oakum to be
stuffed into mattresses. The bamboo
furnishes the bed for sleeping, and
the couch for reclining, the chair for
sitting, the chOp-sticks for eating, the
pipe for smoking, the flute for enter
tanning; a curtain to hang before the
door, and a broom to sweep around
it. The ferule to govern the scholar,
the book he studies and the paper he
writes on, all originated from this
wonderful grass.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-23
The Deaf Mans Mistake.


Old Mr.. Collamer, one of the men,
bers of a certain church, is extremely
deaf. On q recentSabbath, the clergy
man, during his sermon, had Occa-
sion to introduced quotation, and as
it was quite long, he carried the
volume with him, and when the
time came he picked up the book and
began to read from it. The Old Hun
dred doxOlogy is always sung after
sermon in that church, and Mr.. Coll
amer seeing the plster with the book,
thought the time had come, so while
the minister was reading, he opened
his hymn book to the place. Just as
the clergyman laid the volume down,
the man sitting next to Mr.. CoIlamer
began to yawn, and Mr.. COllamer
thinking he was about to sing, inn
mediately broke out into Old Hun
dred at the top of his voice. AS the
clergyman was just beginning "sec-
Ondly," and as, of course, there was
perfect silence in the church, the effect
of Mr. Collamer's vOciieration was
very startling. But the good old man
didn't notice that anything was the
matter, so he kept right on and Sang
the entire verse through.