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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-02-20

No incident Of Thanksgiving could have been
better worth Witnessing than one in the Massachu-
sets State Prison, where it is customary on the holi-
day to announce the pardOns by the Governor. Over
seven hundred cOnyicts were gathered in the chapel,
and were told by the Warden that az envelope which
he held in his hand contained the orders TO free four
of them. Who were the favored four he did not
know, he said, and while opening the packet perfect
silence attested the intensity of interest. Not less
than fifty of the prisoners, whose friends had been
trying to gain the Governors clemency, were hope
fully expectant. The frst name read, and greeted
with hearty applause, was that of Timothy Cronin.
an old man who had been there twelve years on o
sentence for life. His wife had earned a home during
his long Imprisonment, aud was waiting to take him
to it. The second pardoaed man was also a life pris-
oner, and his two sons and a daughter were there to
take him home for a Thanksgiving dinner. The
third and fourth were friendless fellows. whose good
conduct in prison had gained their pardon, and they
looked almost sorry at parting with their fellow con-
yicts.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-02-20
A Molecule on Profession Tyndall.

1t is scarcely surprising that the molecules, of
which Professor Tyndall has heretofore made so
much use, should feel rather sore by his present
eatme of them; and one Of them, it appears,
has written the following amusing letter to the
Times:
SIR Il consider 1 am receiving very unfair treat
ment at the hands of Professor Tyndall. Only the
other day be recognized in me the promise and
potency of all forms of life" and introduced me to
the notice OF the British Association in particular
and society in general as sufficient to account for
all vitality and intelligence to be found in the uni
verse. And now, in this discussion be is raising
about typhoid fever, which be appears to regard as
the product of an - organism" he gives me the
cold shoulder, holds that he cannot fairly be asked
how this organism began, and, adopting the Ian
guage of Sir Thomas Watson, denies that L" filth,
foul air and the gaseous products of animal and
vegetable decomposition, ever produce a conta-
giOus fever" or. in other words, the organisms
which give rise to such fevers. submit. alter hav-
ing so recently been the means OF extending tar
and wide the fame Of DE-. Tyndall, that 1t is not
very grateful or generous in him to leave me en-
tirely out of account now. 1t L, by my Inherent
structural and other force, am capable, as he in
simulated I am. of constructing a globe and clothing
it with life aad beauty, l think it very illogical. to
say the least of it, to maintain. as be now does, that,
even with the proper combinations OF 9th, over
crowding. decomposing matters, putrld water. etc,
| cannot originate and de noUo construct so paltry
an organism as a typhoid fever germ. DIR. Tyndall
had no right to exalt mt so high as he did and then,
when the ecclesiastical dust which he raised about
me is subsiding. to spurn my powers and capabili-
ties in so small 4 matter as this. | protest against
such treatment. and as you. sir. are the refuge in
their trouble of all, from the highest to the lowest,
| turn to you that you may share in the resentment
feel against one who first courts and then con-
dennis.
a PROMISING AND POTENTIAL MOLEcULE.
HIGHBURY, November 18th.
That is not bad for a molecule, and these atoms,
if they should combine together. might easily form
a Frankenstein which Professor Tyndal could not
slay.--LOndon Corr. N. Y. Graphic.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-02-20


Here is & journalistic biography, condensed
from Max Adler in the Danbury NeICs: Col
onel Bangs, editor of the Morning Argus, became
a journalist because he couldn't help it. Shortly
after he was born the doctor ordered that the
baby should be fed upon goats milk. This was
procured from a goat in the rear of the Office of
the Weekly Starter, and fed chiefly upon the
exchanges which came to the Journal. The con-
sequence was that young Bangs was fed entirely
upon milk that was formed from dlgested news
paper, and he throve on it, although when the
Irish woman mixed the Democratic journals care
lessly with the Wing papers, they disagreed after
they were eaten, and the milk gave the baby the
collie. Old Bangs intended the boy to be a min
lister but as soon as he was old enough to take
notice, he cried for every newspaper that he
happened to see, He ran away from school four
times to enter a newspaper Office as devil, and
finally when old Bangs put him in the House of
Refuge, he started a weekly in there, and called
it the House Of Refuge Record; and one day he
slid over the wall, and went down to the Era
Office, where he changed his name to Whangs, and
began his career on that paper with an article on
Our Reformatory Institutions for the young
Then old Bangs surrendered to what seemed to be
a combination of manifest destiny and goat'e
milk, and permitted him to pursue his profession.
But you would hardly believe this story if you
ever read the Argus. ! often suspect, when l am
looking over that sheet, that the nurse used to
mix the goats milk with an unfair portion CT
Water.n ..
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-02-20

ANEW TREATMENT OF CONSTITUTIONAL peculiar
method of treating pulmonary cavities in phttisis,
pursued by Professor Aosier of Wiesbaden, is
described as consisting in the injection of GER
tain drugs through the wall Of the chest, and leav-
ing the canula in, so as 10 repeat the operation at
discretion. He has even made an incision into the
wall of the cavity, inserted a silver tube or elastic
catheter, and succeeded iu drawing away the SCI
erection aud in disinfecting the pyrogenic wall by
means of week carbolic lotion. 1t is stated that
no difficulty was experienced in the operation, and
the condition of the patient was improved, the
cough becoming less troublesome and the febric
symptoms apparently moderated. One point at
least is regarded as ~settied-and it is certainly one
of great importance-so far as could be by a few
experiments of this character, namely, that the To-
cal treatment Of pulmonary cavities is undoubtedly
practicable. and that the lung is more tolerant to
external interference than has been generally be
lieved.-PiHsburg Chronicle.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-02-20

Recently an excited individual, with his hat
standing on two hairs and his eyes projecting
from his head like the horns of a snail rushed
into the Office of Coroner Holmes. The Coroner
is by profession a dentist, and his first thought as
he glanced at the man was that he was well nigh
distracted with the toothaehe. He was soon unde-
ceiVed, however, as the frenzied individual cried
out, as soon as he could catch his breath after
running up stairs, g Been a man murdered J"
"a man murdered cried the Coroner.
81 How? Whereof
In q garding, I believe, with q club or q
rock"
GLOW long ago?" cried the Coroner, seizing
his hat and cane.
Been done a good while, and no police nor
constables hasn't never done nothing about it.
Never been no coroner set on his body or nothin'
of the kind no verdict"
What's the dead mans name? Who was
he - cried the Coroner.
80 His name was Able"
cable? Able who?'
III" Don't know. Never heard nothing but his
first name"
q: We'll what is the name of the man who killed
him? Do they know? Any one suspected p
Well, I've heard that a fellow named Cain
put out his light. Cain was the brother of Able,
and"
Coroner fourishing his cane, cries
80 You get down them stairs, my fine fellow.
Get, and don't show yourself here again"
With a loud guffaw the fellow went down
stairs, three steps at q time, the doctor calling
after him. How dare you trife with an officer
in this way, sir?"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-02-20

Immediately after the announcement Of the rev
otuton 10 spain. Alfonso ;eIegrsphcd to the Pope
thathe viii defend the rights ofthc Holy
friendly terms With the Vatican. Bot whether he
means Il Is not certain. refhaps he was actuated
less by zeal fur religion than By desire Tor the as
sistance OF the Clergy. lie said that he would So
iect men Of all shades for the ministry. and that
does not look much like orthodoxy. The accession
Of = Bourbon King may. however. be considered
as a great gain for the Pspacy.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-02-20

Here is a new game very popular in the country
just now A young man takes a chestnut, cuts
round the hull with a sharp knife, and then
pretty girl the other half in her mouth and they
pull and the hull comes of. There may be
quicker methods of h%ulling chestnu.s, but none
more soothing to the feelings Of the young folks
and they don't get mad and dance wildly around
If the hull don't come off for five minutes or
so. Country games are not to be despised, after
oil
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-02-20

The dead are to be furnished with "rapid
transit )" in Vienna by means Of q pneumatic
subterrapeous railroad, with termini extending
from the cellars of centrally located chapels in
the city to the cemeteries. After the funeral
service in the chapel the coffin will be placed
lengthwise on a email platform car moving on
rails, and then shot off through the tunnel to the
cemetery at the rate of 40 miles or so an hour,
where the undertaken will receive it. Then the
mourners will disperse from the chapel and the
funeral will be over.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-02-20

Union, editorially, Rev. Henry Ward Beecber
states that there will be no compromise of the
matter in which he is concerned now before the
public, and concludes by saying he proposes to
continue his accustomed work and will preach as
long as God spares his breath and bis people de-
sire to hear him.. lie knows his own innocence
of the charges made against him, God knows it,
and as to mems knowledge that shall be as God
pleases.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-02-20

The RUSSIAN MoDE or CONVERTING DISsENTERs.-
The Liverpool Daily Albion says: THE Russian
Established Church in the province of Samara is
treating its disseuters in a concilliatory. though
very extraordinary manner. The orthodox clergy.
ending the religious sects around them increasing
in numbers. and the civil authorities unable to
extinguish them, resolved on making converts
of the dissenters by means persuasive. Meetings,
accordingly, are held every week in the churches
between the orthodox ecclesiastics and the dissent
ing ministers. attended by great crowds of people,
who manifest a lively. not TO say noisy, interest 10
the proceedings. At these meetings discussions on
certain fine theological points are held, somewhat
similar In character to the famous discussion held
some time since in the Eternal City as to whether
Peter had ever visited Rome or not. Very warm
debates take place between. the Russian priests
and ministers. and those OF the orthodox church
have not unfrequently to submit TO very hard
names, such as ENJOYS OF Satan and otherschoice
epithets Of the unpublished speakers. We are told,
however. that the movement on the whole is a
successful one, and at all events ~accomplishes
more than has been obtained in the past by snHb-
bling the dissenters and prosecuting them. The
very free Interchange of ideas taking place at the
meeting is diminishing the fanaticism of the sects,
besides. We should think, Frightening up the the
olOgy Of all concerned in the debates,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-02-20

We have often wondered whether those spirits
who delight to show their trailing garments from
the spiritual pawnshopS Of another world TO the
wondering eyes OF imaginative gulIibility. could
not be made Of service in informing Us where hid
den treasures were concealed, in posting us rs 10
lucky numbers in lotteries. or in letting us know
who was to be the next president, and such like
pieces of supernatural Information. How delight
ed were We upon learnisg from the Brooklyn
Argus that the the Eddy brothers lad succeeded in
Undertaking departed turkeys enough for their
Thanksgiving dinnerl Who khows but they also
partook of a bowl of spiritualizea hot punch pre-
himself. The days of =" Aladdin and the Wonder
ful Lamp " approach. In another generation each
adult will probably keep his familiar genii, aud
exclaim in the language of the Caliph Hadroun
Alrasched What no! there-spirits Of the dead
another urkey."-G icago Times.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-02-20

a certain sugar refinery in st. Louis. during the
past year. consumed $1,000. 900 pounds Of raw
sugar. II has sold refined sugar during the same
time to the value Of SIS, 000, 900.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-02-20

In the year 1884 4 statue oi Jefferson was pre-
scented to The nation. and Thursday put in proper
position in the capital. In the same year George
Bancroft, after many years Of study and close re-
search. issued the first volume Of his history OF the
United States and last Thursday ne was, by a joint
resolution. elected by The Senate a regent Of the
Smithsonian institution. vice Gvn. sherman resign
ed, on account OF removal from the city. Senator
Hamlin, 10 presenting the resolution. took occasion
10 speak in complimentary terms Of Mr.. Bancroft
as an eminent historian and 4 man OF great li,eraly
ability. 1t i worthy Of remark also thai this year
Mr.. Bancroft retired from active lie under the gov
eminent. and issued the last volume Of his great
work.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-02-20

At the headquarters of the human hair trade in
Germany, dealers are reserving choice samples for
exhibition at the centennial. The rarest colors and
the most priced is n pale gold color, a switch OF
which displayed is worth about 500.
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n PERIODICALS

NNOULD RESPECTFULLY
w the Public that he IL prepared NJ all times TO attend
to all orders Ia his line.
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advised ahead, or All received after the time desired will l.
charged at C0u1Ier Retail Rate, az from The low
margin on the News Subscription Business, it Is impossible 90
assume from one to three months publications beyond a Sub
scripiion through the want Of Orethought In others.
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Received or ordered. All Subscriptions unpaid al the end Of
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tnued. gA
, 1875-05-01

LAND PATENTs.-Below are the
names of some parties residing on
this part of the Sound who have
land patents awaiting them at the
Land Office in Olympia. If not
claimed before May 18th they will
be returned to Washington: R.
Attridge, 4; R D Attridge; S AL
exander; Nj Alger; D w An
derson; c E Bartlett; J F Boyer;
A Brown; VIM Barry, 2; D F
Brownfeld; CHI Blake; U E Be-
Earth; ] Campbell; J Cushman; T
Coupe, jr.; J w Cilley, 2; P Clau-
sen; w Davis; 1 c Dennis; J, Da-
Wis; Depray; A Edmonson; c
Eisenbeis; A Fowler; J Ferguson;
J Fitzpatrick 4; Trenholm, 3; W
E Garrett; S Gar6elde, 8; w F
Gibson; G H Gerrish; A K Gled-
den; L B Hastings; S S Irvine;
S Kinney; Sarah Kellogg; ] NJ
Lyons z; S Lyons; NJ J Luark ;
T Mckinney; F McCrohan; ) NJ
Nolan 8; T Purdy; T Phillips, 2;
] NJ Powers, 2; J Sherrard; James
Seavey; A c Swift; A H Tucker
| G o, Fred and Willie Wilson; S
WatermaB. Donation patents
H Hill; S S Irwin; A w Stew
art; ] R ThorAdike.
, 1875-05-01

On Friday night, too late for
our regular edition, news reached
us of the escape of Schwabhousen,
who was in jail awaiting sentence
for the murder of Kruger, at Port
Discovery, last February. The
circumstances, as near as we can
obtain them are, thas while being
allowed the privilege of a little
exercise, under the eye of the
Sheriff, he took advantage of the
opportunity to escape to the
woods. Sheriff Van Bokkelen
started in pursuit, but being un-
able to come up with him, gave up
the chase. Atthe present writing
men are out searching for him.
ARGUS Extra of Friday night week.
LATER.-The escaped convict was
apprehended at Port Discovery last
Sun day night and promptly returned
to the jail in this city. He had ap-
preached the domicile Of resident In
the hope Of secretion until an opportu-
nifty should offer for escape on board Of
some outward bound vessel. -
, 1875-05-01

JUDGE LEWIS met with an accident
on Monday evening. He was en- route
to his lodgings, and not being familiar
with the sidewalk, he slipped on the
corner Of Water and Quincy streets,
causing q serious sprain to one Of his
ankles, 30 that now pair Of crutches
are In requlsition for locomotive pur-
poses. The probability Is however,
that he win soon recover the use Of his
limb. Court was suspended on Tues
day by reason Of the Judges indisposi-
flon but resumed on Wednesday.
, 1875-05-01

INDIAN FLUTE.-The rarest speci-
men Of Indian ingenuity 1t has been our
province to witness for some time was
shown us on Thursday at the Cosmo-
politan Hotel. It was made Of slate
rock, and intended for flute or hageo-
let highly ornamented, with a bird
resembling an eagle, his keen gaze fast
ened upon his prey-several frogs
below him, which are on the alert to
escape, beside other ingenious de-
vices. The ends Of the instrument are
embellished with metal Of some kind,
and altogether 1t was most elaborate In
design and workmanship. IL was pur-
chased by Mr.. Crane OF the manufac-
turer and subsequently transferred to
Judge jacobs.
, 1875-05-01

"WHAT / KNOW, 1 KNOW" " said the
great surgeon Magendie. "Glve me
stubborn facts; care not for theories. "
This is. sound doctrine. Possibly a med
icVl martinez might be able, in plau-
slble way to show why DR.. Walkers
Vinegar Bitters ought not to cure indi-
geshOn, headache, nervousness, liver
complaint, muscular diseases and mias-
matte fevers; but as they do in every
insancet effect that object, his fine the
ory would be a waste Of words. AS
Magendie said. the world demands
facts, not speculative opinions.
, 1875-05-01

OK Monday last we took trip to
Victoria, returning next day, on the
staunch ana dcommodlous steamer Fa-
vorite. We found her officers and
attaches attentive, polite and agreeable,
which In measure accounts for her
popularity. The trip over ineludedbe-
tween forty and flfty passengers, among
which was the bridal party of Mr.. and
Mrs. NJ. oAConnor, formerly Miss
Maggie Ostrander OF Tumwater, the
mails and 3 fair quantity OF freight.
On her return her passenger list num-
bored over sixty. There was visible In
Victoria considerable chagrin at the
failure ofthe Esquimalt and Nanaimo
Railway scheme, and ii was even hint
ed by business men to Us that annexa-
ton to the United States would con-
dl'ee largely to the prosperity Of Vic
toria.
, 1875-05-01

REV. Mr.. REA departed for Portland
on Tuesday to attend the annual ses-
sion Of the Presbytery Of Oregon. This
body consists Of all the ministers and
one elder from every, fully organized
congregation within the limits OF Ore
gon, Washington Territory and Idaho.
During Mr.. Rea's absence Rev. Mr..
Judy, ofwhIdby Island, Is expected to
Ill the pulpit. Sabbath school as usual.
, 1875-05-01

LAUNCH AT PoRr LUDLow.-on
Monday evening the schooner Cassie
Howard was launched from the ways
Of the Messrs. Hall Brothers at Port
Ludlow. She Is represented as beau
tiful model, with a length of ITO feet,
breadth Of beam 81 feet, depth Of hold
S1< feet, and registers about 200 tons.
She Is designed tor the coast trade Of
California, and will be commanded by
Capt. Hayward, well known on this
coast. The builders have another
schooner ou the stocks-making the
eighth vessel since opening their yard
ut this polnt-to be launched In about a
month, and havea contract to build two
more three masted schooners, to be
finished this season.
, 1875-05-01

MERCHANDISE received last Thurs
day ex-North Pacific: E. s. Fowler &
Co., $50 pkgs; W H Learned, 16 do;
City Market 4 do; H L Tibbals, Ado;
and ] Good 8 do.
Shipped same day by Jackman & Co,
for Victoria, six head Of sheep.
, 1875-05-01

THE Phantom went up to Seattle last
Saturday, on Monday took party Of
Odd Fellows to Olympia, returned next
day and arrived here in season to re-
sumo her regular trips to Bellingham
Raw.
, 1875-05-01

The Fanny Morgan Phelps
Dramatic Troupe will give an en-
tertainment in this city on the
evening of May Sd; and in addi-
ton thereto Capt. McDonald's
Trained Indians will also appear.
, 1875-05-01
COastwIse.

Quite a fleet OF vessels passed up
Sound on Sunday.
The Mary Glover went to sea from
Port Discovery on Monday; also the
brig Deacon on Thursday.
The James Cheston went to sea from
Port Gamble on Wednesday and the
bark Raineer on Thursday. Mrs. Sea-
vey and Mrs. Walker and daughter
were passengers on the former.
The ship Arkwright left on Monday
for Nanaimo, In tow Of the GOliah.
The Fresno was towed to sea from
Nanaimo on the oath.
The Atalanta, Powhattan and Ros-
well Sprague are loading at Port
Gamble.
The Commodore and Page are load
ing at Port Ludlow.
The Gem Of the Ocean arrived at
Seattle on the 23d ult.
The Mich Biddle arrived at Blakely
on the 23d.
The Gen. Cobb arrived at this port
on the 23d.
san FranetscO.
Arrived, on the 25th, ship Revere.
Sailed, on the 23d, Buena Vista; 27th
] b Bell and Brontes.
, 1875-05-01

A MINE of fine anthracite coal
has been discovered IL, the Puyal-
lup Valley; the lead is seven feet
wide, easily worked, and will prove
of much value.
, 1875-05-01

= THE Committee of Arrange
ments are making every exertion
to have the May Day festivities at
Hastings Grove to-day, a success
in every particular.
, 1875-05-01

TEN Sclock, sharp, Is the hour ap-
pointed for the children to meet at the
schoolhouse on the 1st Of May. The
crowning Of the Queen will take place
at IL O'Clock at the grove.
, 1875-05-01

WE noticed, Thursday morning, three
ofH.L. Tibbals' teams engaged in haul
ing dressed sandstone for the improve
ment of lots in the cemetery.
, 1875-05-01

OUR MARKETS, for the past fortnight,
have been supplied with young onions
lettuce, caullfiowers &C., from the
gardens in AID around Port Townsend.
, 1875-05-01

WE were favored with call
from Judge Lewis Friday morning
He expresses himself as much
pleased with Port Townsend.
, 1875-05-01

THE man Frazer, shot by De-
laney lately at a coal mine near
Seattle, died on the 23d inst. from
tho effects of the wound.
, 1875-05-01

AN important step in building up a
town consists in patronizing home in
dustries.
, 1875-05-01

THE steamer Mastick entered the
harbor on Thursday afternoon with
boom of logs for Port Discovery.
, 1875-05-01

IMPROVEMENTS are still the order Of
the day in this city.
, 1875-05-01

THE usual services in st. Paul's
Church tomorrow morning and even
ing.