The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-09-11

4 General German example Il 30 be Initiated By
yCoalederaie General Hood. who y going 10 wrie
a book about bis campaigns.
President. white felt 30 happy over The victory
Of the Cornell boys that be rnng me university
chimes a. soon M the news arrived
The religious societies in London received last
year IN the aggregate, voluntary subscription
from the public amounting % not lenS than slVr
coo. 600. The British and forign Bible Society
alone received sl.lOo.3io.
Jefferson Davis. Alexander II. stephens aud all
the ex-onscers and soldiers and sailors Of the Con
federalo army and navy, have bern given o gen
cral invitation 10 attend a national reunion OF ex'
Federal soldiers, soon 20 bc held al Caldwell, Ohio.
The Superintendent Of the Insane Asylum al
Batavia. IN, IN which President Lincoin's widow
was recently placed, does not regard the prosper
Of her recovery as very Encouraging. Her son
Robert visits her weekly, and every possible pro-
vision Is made for Der comfort
A number OF wealthy women of New York pro
pose 10 raise SIS, 900 for q colossal bust Of Wash
ington Irving. for the Central Park. II will be
placed on a handsome granite pedestal, with loar
bronze figures in inches, among them Rip Van
Wrinkle and an old Knlckerbocker.
They are already getting up an excursion from
Genoa. Italy. 10 the Philadelphia Centennial, the
travellers 10 come over Ia a special steamer The
COS, Of the voyage out and return Is put at $3.50
Tor passengers. and the expenses of spending thirty
six days on shore. including travel, a~mnscmenis.
etc, at $50.
Indiana has a stringent law against The inter
marriage OF whites and blacks. John Angel
Miller, a German, and Mary Sims, a negroes, were
married q lew weeks ago In Floyd county. They
and the clergyman who performed the ceremony
are now In prison and each ls liable 10 a convic-
ton and sentence TO ten years Incarceration, or
1ne OF $1,000.
The Sacramento Beet Sugar Company com.
menced operations for the season Thursday, aud
the machinery will now be kept In constant service
until the season Is over. IL Is expected that 1900
tons OF beets will be crushed, and about Twice Rs
much sugar made as last year. The disullery,
which is 10 be run 10 use up She coarAer syrnps.
will ommenc operations In n few days.-San
HdH0isco Bulletin, August Th.
" The Empress Eugene continues In her exile the
esteemed friend Of Queen Victoria, with whom she
frequently interchanges visits She L. everywhere
called the Empress, not tho ex-Empress. and re-
ceives royal honors. Within the last two weeks
she visited in company with the royal family, The
Camp Of Aldershot, and saw her son taking part In
the great review which attracted 30 much aiien.
tion.--CoL F6rRey.
A New York S,m reporter. who saw Bcecher
dining In a New York restaurant the other day
remarks Those who say Mr.. Bcecher Ia falling In
appearance and will not live another year, talk
nonsense. lie Is good for n double decade. at
least, or. as be once expressed hiMsclf, IL likely
20 live TO be n hundred years old" Ills appetite
could never have been better, and his spirits nc
dinner were excellent.
= Ii Is a fearful thing TO discharge the dignity OF
an official In Scotland. The other day n man was
arrested for whislllng In the presence OF one al
them and now we learn from the Glasgow Ofirrn
that a young gentleman = OF the name OF Scott
has been convicted OF insulting a town Councillor
by inqniring " who the deyllp made him a town
Councillorf The magistrate imposed a 1ne Of
seven shillings and six pence, or fonr days impris.
onRent.
After having tried every other test OF population
IN their endeavor TO get the better OF each other,
Chicago and -. Louis have at last fallen back
upon The smith gauge. IL 10 said that there IA one
Smith 20 every $40 persons In the United States.
Taking this as a basis OF calculation and multiply.
In "a lr 0nH 4 800. a IA - a. IA
DRY. -. Louis figures up q population OF $50, 2l0.
But Chicago ENDS that she has f436 Smiths. Smythe.
Smits and Schmids on her directory, and multi.
P ? yIg 'h dou number u y Sao maEes chicsgo's pop.
similar calculation, and obtains q population OF
920, $40.
A cargo Of tea shipped from a port In Japan on
the 24th OF May reached New York, by way OF the
Union Pacific railroad, In one month, running time.
Ten days from New York would land the same
in Liverpool. thus making the carrying time
from Japan 10 England not over forty days. n
this rate OF speed In the transportation Of tea can
create a complete revolution in that branch OF
business. No tea will be shipped via Inc Sney
Canal and the Mediterranean sea for England when
u can be dispatched 10 San Francisco and from
thence by rail 10 Atlantic ports. en- route for
Europe. The shorter time tea IL on The water the
better for the strength and aroma Of the article.
The day following the centennial ~festiyltios the
following incident occurred In q South End saloon;
A friend had invited one OF the South Carolina
into the saloon TO put another turf on the
buried Ratchet. While standing al the bar. a
came In. The Carollnlan suddenly
dropped his glass and closely eyed the stranger.
His gaze was 80 stoady and peculiar that the friend
began to be alarmed, and 10 fear that the Ratchet
70 be dug up again. Directly the CarolinIan
asked the stranger II he knew hlmf Thore was no
recognition whereupon The Carolinlan asked him
4 he was not In the late war; Yes was the
reply. and you were once stationed az such a
place " Yes" "And took part IN such A skIr.
nish ~ "Yes." "Well, / Thought sou renIIed
he Carolinian, and, raising bis hat, showed a large
on his forehead, saying, There II your sabre
mark, my boy come up and take a drink And
70 then and there they decorated the grave OF The
buried Ratchet.